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[Assistant] I hope the Lion Prince is kind to her, and we get to see your little sister again.


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[Assistant] I see that your father has stood by his promise.


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[Assistant] And I am glad that you were the first to see him as you are very beautiful. I shall be honored to have you as my wife.


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[Assistant] I am actually a prince, and we have been bound by an enchantment that makes us lions by day.


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[Assistant] There is a festival at your father's house tomorrow to celebrate the marriage of your eldest sister. If you wish, the lions could escort you.


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[Assistant] Then, I shall call for the lions immediately, and they will take you there in grand style.


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[Assistant] My Queen, it is too dangerous. For even if a small beam of light touches me, I will turn into a dove and would have to fly about for seven years.


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[Assistant] For the next seven years, I will have to fly about. And at every seventh step, I shall drop a white feather. And if you follow it, you can set me free.


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[Assistant] No, I haven't. But here is an egg. Crack it open when you are in need.


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[Assistant] For the first time, I am truly free, for it has all been like a dream. Princess Asteria has cast a spell on me, leaving me to forget you, my love.


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[Assistant] But your love has blessed me and broken that spell.


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[Assistant] Let us hurry and get out of this place before the Enchanted Princess finds us.


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[Assistant] Hi guys! Can you guess the title of my next video?


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[Assistant] Hurry up! Write your guess in the comment section below.


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[Assistant] Come again? A juice bar? What exactly is that?


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[Assistant] It's a small shopper stand that sells fruit and vegetable juices that are freshly squeezed.


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[Assistant] Fresh healthy juices are very popular. It is a business with a low startup cost. Does this idea appeal to you?


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[Assistant] Well, sort of. But who is going to buy juice from a stand on the street?


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[Assistant] People who are concerned with their health and who want to increase their energy levels.


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[Assistant] We're going to make so much money. I'm sure it will be a successful business.


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[Assistant] Calm down. Don't get carried away. How are people going to know about our juice bar? You're gonna have your cousin make a website for us.


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[Assistant] You can also print posters and flyers and put them everywhere!


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[Assistant] You're going to buy a juice machine, a blender, an ice machine, cups, bowls and straws. All these things must be very expensive.


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[Assistant] And then rent a space that includes a sink for washing and preparing the fruits and vegetables.


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[Assistant] Wow. I sure am going to do a lot for this juice bar. Are you going to do anything?


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[Assistant] Hey there, I'd like a whole wheat loaf and a sourdough loaf, please.


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[Assistant] I'd also like dessert, but I'm not sure what to get. Everything in the case looks delicious.


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[Assistant] In that case, I'm gonna have to grab some. I'll take a dozen please.


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[Assistant] Yes, I'd also like three donuts of each type and two chocolate croissants.


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[Assistant] Hey Leah, that's a pretty big parcel you have. Can I give you a hand? Where are you going?


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[Assistant] Oh, it's not far. It's right around the block. Go to that corner and make a right.


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[Assistant] You'll see the post office right there in front of you. You can't miss it.


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[Assistant] No, it's nothing serious. I can fix it very easily.


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[Assistant] No, I don't think so. Everything is pretty cheap at this store.


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[Assistant] Yes, of course. You'll definitely be able to watch the big game tonight with your friends.


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[Assistant] I've started going to evening classes three times a week, and evening classes? But Chris, how can you manage?


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[Assistant] You already have to put in a lot of overtime at work as it is, without taking up a hobby as well.


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[Assistant] Well, it's not exactly a hobby. I'm doing my higher accounting diploma.


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[Assistant] And it's quite a lot of extra work, but, well, you know I don't like my job.


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[Assistant] And I've been looking for another one, but everyone wants the higher diploma.


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[Assistant] So I decided that if I was ever going to get anywhere, I'd better get on and pass a few exams. Well good for you.


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[Assistant] I don't think I'd have the courage to take on any more work at this stage in my life. I have to.


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[Assistant] If I don't, I'll be stuck in the same dead-end job for the rest of my life. And actually, I quite enjoy these classes. The other people doing the course are really friendly and nice. And the teachers are excellent. No comparison with school. I really feel I'm benefiting. I thought I might do a foreign language when I finish this, and then I'll be really well qualified.


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[Assistant] Since my parents house is so far away, I need to find an apartment closer to school. I thought you were going to stay at the dorm?


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[Assistant] I still have not decided whether to stay at the dormitory or not.


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[Assistant] I am looking at different options to find the best one suited to me. So what are you looking for?


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[Assistant] I just need a small room with a bed, a desk, and a TV.


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[Assistant] Of course, the place should have a kitchen, so that I can cook my meals.


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[Assistant] I will be living on a very tight budget and will have to watch every dime.


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[Assistant] Me too. A simple and decent apartment is all I need.


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[Assistant] School is gonna start next month, so I should find something as soon as possible.


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[Assistant] It is not easy to find a cheap apartment that suits your needs.


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[Assistant] I have been looking at the ads for two weeks, and I still haven't found anything yet.


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[Assistant] Everything I like so far is too expensive and way beyond my reach.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, the closer they are to school, the higher the rental cost. Since I don't have a car, I need to find something close to school.


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[Assistant] If you want, we can find a two bedroom apartment and share it. It may be cheaper that way.


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[Assistant] That could solve our problem. Do you want to try it? Yes, that's a terrific idea.


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[Assistant] My name is Olivia Moore and I'm calling about the apartment for rent on Spring Street.


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[Assistant] Wonderful. When can we come over to visit the apartment?


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[Assistant] This apartment is exactly what we're looking for. How much is the rent?


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[Assistant] Can we redecorate the place ourselves, or paint a room if we want to?


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[Assistant] That's a very good deal. What is the closest public transportation?


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[Assistant] We are students, so we need a quiet apartment to be able to study. Is this a quiet building?


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[Assistant] Everything sounds great. I love the apartment, and it's very close to school. What do you say, Sarah? I love it too. Let's sign the lease.


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[Assistant] I usually spend my leisure time reading books or playing sports.


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[Assistant] I like reading new and trending novels and my favorite genres include suspense and thriller novels. Which sport do you like most?


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[Assistant] Basketball, but I also like swimming and rollerblading.


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[Assistant] Wonderful, we can go to a roller skating rink together. Sure, you can count on it. What's something you can do well? Something I can do well, uhm, I think I'm a good people person. I can go up and talk to people easily.


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[Assistant] What's something you can't do well? I can't cook well yet, but I'm working on it.


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[Assistant] I hope to be able to make some progress soon. What about you?


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[Assistant] I can cook really well, so I can teach you a lot of recipes. But I don't know how to dress well.


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[Assistant] I have no style. I wish I knew how to create harmonious outfits.


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[Assistant] Don't worry, fashion is my thing. So I can give you some tips on how to be stylish and dress well.


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[Assistant] If someone spreads false rumors about me or someone talks behind my back, it makes me angry.


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[Assistant] I know what you mean. I get angry when someone tries to underestimate me without knowing me. Have you ever worked?


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[Assistant] Oh no, there's a leak in the pipe! Yes, I noticed a few minutes ago.


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[Assistant] I'm tightening the pipe, but it doesn't seem to work. And the toilet won't flush. Shall we call Mr. Johnson?


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[Assistant] Yes, I'm going to call him right away and let him know about this.


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[Assistant] We are having some plumbing problems in our bathroom and need them fixed. Can you send a plumber out to our apartment today?


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[Assistant] That's right. I tried using a plunger, but that didn't work. Have you used any drain cleaner? Yes, I have, but it still didn't work.


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[Assistant] And the last problem is the low water pressure in the shower.


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[Assistant] Me neither. We must talk to the landlord and make a complaint.


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[Assistant] If you'll remember, we clearly stated from the beginning that we needed a quiet building.


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[Assistant] And I suppose we'll have to pay a penalty for breaking the lease, right?


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[Assistant] Legally, we are entitled to a compensation for loss of peaceful enjoyment.


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[Assistant] He knew that the donkey was important for his business. The donkey was kept clean and healthy. He was given good food to eat. He was young and strong. He could take the load of many sacks on his back and walk to the market. But he was also very lazy. The donkey didn't like to work at all. He only wanted to sit around, eat, and sleep.


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[Assistant] The trader used to sell different things every day.


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[Assistant] What the donkey didn't know is that there was no magic in the river.


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[Assistant] When he fell, the water dissolved all the salt in the sacks.


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[Assistant] Which is why the donkey felt no load on his back.


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[Assistant] The trader loaded eight sacks on the donkey's back, but the donkey did not complain.


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[Assistant] The donkey slipped again at the same spot and sat down in the water. However, today the trader did not pick his donkey up. As the donkey tried to get up, suddenly...


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[Assistant] Since it's our last, uh, two minutes or minus two minutes of 18065, uh,


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[Assistant] Let me just, I hope you guys enjoyed it, I certainly enjoyed it as you could tell.


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[Assistant] Teaching this class, seeing how it would go, and uh, writing about it. So I'll let you know about the writing, and meanwhile I'll get your writing on the projects, which I appreciate very much.


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[Assistant] And of course, grades are gonna come out well. And, uh, I hope you've enjoyed it. So thank you all. You're right. Thanks.


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[Assistant] Who was an incredibly loving brother. Now, one thing about being a twin is it makes you an expert at spotting favoritism.


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[Assistant] If his cookie was even slightly bigger than my cookie,


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[Assistant] I had questions. And clearly, I wasn't starving.


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[Assistant] When I became a psychologist, I began to notice favoritism of a different kind. And that is how much more we value the body than we do the mind.


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[Assistant] I spent nine years at university earning my doctorate in psychology, and I can't tell you how many people look at my business card and say,


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[Assistant] This favoritism, we show the body over the mind. I see it everywhere.


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[Assistant] I recently was at a friend's house and their five-year-old was getting ready for bed. He was standing on a stool by the sink, brushing his teeth, when he slipped and scratched his leg on the stool when he fell.


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[Assistant] He cried for a minute, but then he got back up, got back on the stool and reached out for a box of Band-Aids to put one on his cut.


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[Assistant] Now, this kid could barely tie his shoelaces, but he knew you have to cover a cut so it doesn't become infected and you have to care for your teeth by brushing twice a day.


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[Assistant] We all know how to maintain our physical health and how to practice dental hygiene, right? We know it since we were five years old.


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[Assistant] We spend more time taking care of our teeth than we do our minds.


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[Assistant] Why is it our physical health is so much more important to us than our psychological health?


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[Assistant] You know, we sustain psychological injuries even more often than we do physical ones. Injuries like failure or rejection or loneliness. And they can also get worse if we ignore them. And they can impact our lives in dramatic ways.


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[Assistant] And yet, even though there are scientifically proven techniques we could use to treat these kinds of psychological injuries, we don't. It doesn't even occur to us that we should.


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[Assistant] Oh, you're feeling depressed? Just shake it off, it's all in your head.


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[Assistant] Can you imagine saying that to somebody with a broken leg? Oh, just walk it off. It's all in your leg.


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[Assistant] It is time we close the gap between our physical and our psychological health. It's time we made them more equal. More like twins.


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[Assistant] Speaking of which, my brother is also a psychologist, so he's not a real doctor either.


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[Assistant] We didn't study together, though. In fact, the hardest thing I've ever done in my life


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[Assistant] Is move across the Atlantic to New York City to get my doctorate in psychology.


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[Assistant] We were apart then for the first time in our lives, and the separation was brutal for both of us. But while he remained among family and friends, I was alone in a new country.


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[Assistant] We missed each other terribly, but international phone calls were really expensive then, and we could only afford to speak for five minutes a week.


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[Assistant] When our birthday rolled around, it was the first we wouldn't be spending together. We decided to splurge, and that week we would talk for 10 minutes.


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[Assistant] I spent the morning pacing around my room, waiting for him to call. And waiting. And waiting. But the phone didn't ring. Given the time difference, I assumed,


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[Assistant] Okay, he's out with friends, he'll call later. There were no cell phones then, but he didn't. And I began to realize that after being away for over 10 months, he no longer missed me the way I missed him. I knew he would call in the morning, but that night,


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[Assistant] Was one of the saddest and longest nights of my life.


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[Assistant] I woke up the next morning, I glanced down at the phone and I realized I had kicked it off the hook when pacing the day before.


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[Assistant] I stumbled out of bed, I put the phone back on the receiver, and it rang a second later. And it was my brother. And boy was he pissed.


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[Assistant] Now I tried to explain what happened, but he said, I don't understand. If you saw, I wasn't calling you. Why didn't you just pick up the phone and call me? He was right. Why didn't I call him? I didn't have an answer then, but I do today. And it's a simple one. Loneliness. Loneliness creates a deep psychological wound.


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[Assistant] One that distorts our perceptions and scrambles our thinking.


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[Assistant] It makes us believe that those around us care much less than they actually do.


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[Assistant] It makes us really afraid to reach out because why set yourself up for rejection and heartache when your heart is already aching more than you can stand?


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[Assistant] I was in the grips of real loneliness back then, but I was surrounded by people all day so it never occurred to me.


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[Assistant] But loneliness is defined purely subjectively.


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[Assistant] It depends solely on whether you feel emotionally or socially disconnected from those around you. And I did.


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[Assistant] There is a lot of research on loneliness, and all of it is horrifying. Loneliness won't just make you miserable. It will kill you. I'm not kidding.


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[Assistant] Chronic loneliness increases your likelihood of an early death by 14%. 14%. Loneliness causes high blood pressure.


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[Assistant] High cholesterol. It even suppresses the functioning of your immune system making you vulnerable to all kinds of illnesses and diseases.


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[Assistant] In fact, scientists have concluded that taken together, chronic loneliness poses as significant a risk for your long-term health and longevity as cigarette smoking.


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[Assistant] Now, cigarette packs come with warnings, saying, this could kill you. But loneliness doesn't.


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[Assistant] And that's why it's so important we prioritize our psychological health, that we practice emotional hygiene.


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[Assistant] Because you can't treat a psychological wound if you don't even know you're injured.


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[Assistant] Loneliness isn't the only psychological wound that distorts our perceptions and misleads us. Failure does that as well.


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[Assistant] I once visited a daycare center where I saw three toddlers play with identical plastic toys.


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[Assistant] You had to slide the red button and a cute doggie would pop out.


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[Assistant] The little boy next to her watched this happen, then turned to his box and burst into tears without even touching it.


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[Assistant] Meanwhile, another little girl tried everything she could think of until she slid the red button, the cute doggy popped out, and she squealed with delight.


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[Assistant] The first two toddlers were perfectly capable of sliding a red button.


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[Assistant] The only thing that prevented them from succeeding was their mind. Tripped them into believing they could not.


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[Assistant] Now, adults get tricked this way as well, all the time. In fact, we all have a default set of feelings and beliefs that gets triggered whenever we encounter frustrations and setbacks. Are you aware of how your mind reacts to failure? You need to be.


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[Assistant] Because if your mind tries to convince you, you're incapable of something, and you believe it.


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[Assistant] Then like those two toddlers, you'll begin to feel helpless and you'll stop trying too soon or you won't even try at all. And then you'll be even more convinced you can't succeed.


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[Assistant] You see, that's why so many people function below their actual potential.


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[Assistant] Because somewhere along the way, sometimes a single failure convinced them that they couldn't succeed, and they believed it.


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[Assistant] I learned that lesson the hard way, when I was a teenager with my brother.


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[Assistant] We were driving with friends down a dark road at night when a police car stopped us. There had been a robbery in the area and they were looking for suspects. The officer approached the car and he shined his flashlight on the driver. Then on my brother in the front seat. And then on me. And his eyes opened wide and he said, Where have I seen your face before? And I said, In the front seat.


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[Assistant] But that made no sense to him whatsoever, so now he thought I was on drugs.


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[Assistant] So he drags me out of the car, he searches me, he marches me over to the police car, and only when he verified I don't have a police record, could I show him I had a twin in the front seat.


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[Assistant] But even as we were driving away, you could see by the look on his face, he was convinced that I was getting away with something.


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[Assistant] Our mind is hard to change once we become convinced. So it might be very natural to feel demoralized and defeated after you fail, but you cannot allow yourself to become convinced you can't succeed.


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[Assistant] You have to fight feelings of helplessness. You have to gain control over the situation.


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[Assistant] And you have to break this kind of negative cycle before it begins.


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[Assistant] Our minds and our feelings, they're not the trustworthy friends we thought they were. They're more like a really moody friend who can be totally supportive one minute and really unpleasant the next.


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[Assistant] I once worked with this woman who, after 20 years of marriage and an extremely ugly divorce, was finally ready for her first date. She had met this guy online and he seemed nice and he seemed successful, and most importantly, he seemed really into her.


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[Assistant] So she was very excited, she bought a new dress, and they met at an upscale New York City bar for a drink.


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[Assistant] Ten minutes into the date, the man stands up and says, I'm not interested, and walks out.


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[Assistant] Rejection is extremely painful. The woman was so hurt, she couldn't move. All she could do was call a friend. And here's what the friend said,


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[Assistant] What do you expect? You have big hips. You have nothing interesting to say. Why would a handsome, successful man like that ever go out with a loser like you? Shocking, right? That a friend can be so cruel.


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[Assistant] But it would be much less shocking if I told you it wasn't the friend who said that. It's what the woman said to herself. And that's something we all do.


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[Assistant] Especially after a rejection. We all start thinking of all our faults and all our shortcomings, what we wish we were, what we wish we weren't, we call ourselves names, maybe not as harshly, but we all do it.


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[Assistant] And it's interesting that we do because our self esteem is already hurting. Why would we want to go and damage it even further?


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[Assistant] Right, we wouldn't make a physical injury worse on purpose, you wouldn't get a cut on your arm and decide, oh I know, I'm going to take a knife and see how much deeper I can make it.


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[Assistant] But we do that with psychological injuries all the time. Why? Because of poor emotional hygiene. Because we don't prioritize our psychological health.


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[Assistant] We know from dozens of studies that when your self-esteem is lower, you are more vulnerable to stress and to anxiety, that failures and rejections hurt more, and it takes longer to recover from them.


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[Assistant] So when you get rejected, the first thing you should be doing is to revive your self-esteem, not join Fight Club and beat it into a pulp. When you're in emotional pain, treat yourself with the same compassion you would expect from a truly good friend.


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[Assistant] We have to catch our unhealthy psychological habits and change them. And one of the unhealthiest and most common


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[Assistant] It's called rumination. To ruminate means to chew over. It's when your boss yells at you or your professor makes you feel stupid in class or you have a big fight with a friend and you just can't stop replaying the scene in your head for days, sometimes for weeks on end.


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[Assistant] Now, ruminating about upsetting events in this way can easily become a habit, and it's a very costly one.


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[Assistant] Because by spending so much time focused on upsetting and negative thoughts, you are actually putting yourself at significant risk for developing clinical depression.


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[Assistant] Eating disorders and even cardiovascular disease.


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[Assistant] The problem is the urge to ruminate can feel really strong and really important, so it's a difficult habit to stop. I know this for a fact.


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[Assistant] Because a little over a year ago, I developed the habit myself. You see, my twin brother.


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[Assistant] His cancer was extremely aggressive. He had visible tumors all over his body. And he had to start a harsh course of chemotherapy.


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[Assistant] He had this incredibly positive attitude. His psychological health was amazing. I was physically healthy, but psychologically I was a mess.


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[Assistant] But I knew what to do. Studies tell us that even a two-minute distraction is sufficient to break the urge to ruminate in that moment.


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[Assistant] And so each time I had a worrying, upsetting, negative thought, I forced myself to concentrate on something else until the urge passed. And within one week, my whole outlook changed and became more positive and more hopeful. Nine weeks after he started chemotherapy, my brother had a CAT scan, and I was by his side when he got the results. All the tumors were gone.


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[Assistant] He still had three more rounds of chemotherapy to go, but we knew he would recover. This picture was taken two weeks ago.


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[Assistant] By taking action when you're lonely. By changing your responses to failure. By protecting your self-esteem.


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[Assistant] By battling negative thinking, you won't just heal.


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[Assistant] Your psychological wounds. You will build emotional resilience. You will thrive.


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[Assistant] You know, 100 years ago, people began practicing personal hygiene.


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[Assistant] And life expectancy rates rose by over 50 percent in just a matter of decades.


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[Assistant] I believe our quality of life could rise just as dramatically if we all began practicing emotional hygiene.


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[Assistant] Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone were psychologically healthier? If there were less loneliness and less depression? If people knew how to overcome failure? If they felt better about themselves and more empowered? If they were happier and more fulfilled? I can. Because that's the world I want to live in. And that's the world my brother wants to live in as well. And if you just become informed,


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[Assistant] And change a few simple habits, well, that's the world we can all live in. Thank you very much.


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[Assistant] That's right, Victoria's obviously a quieter person.


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[Assistant] Maybe she was just a bit intimidated by the whole setup. That doesn't mean she can't handle stressful situations. You wanna reject her simply because she was a bit nervous?


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[Assistant] Well, the quietest people are the smartest people. The ones who talk less have the most brain power.


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[Assistant] I see. It's very likely to be a clogged drain pump filter. You can find the filter in the bottom right corner of the washer. There's a little door here, see? You must open it and take out the pump filter.


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[Assistant] Okay, I've cleaned it. Let's put it back. Now the washer will start to drain quickly. Let's just do a quick test. I'll fill the washer up with water, and then see how fast it drains it.


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[Assistant] Hello, this is Paul Thomas. I'm calling to make an appointment to see Dr. Martin. It's about a checkup.


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[Assistant] Thursday or Friday would be okay, and I'd prefer late afternoon if you have an opening.


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[Assistant] We have all kinds of cars available, from small size to SUVs. If you want an economy car, we have a nice hybrid.


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[Assistant] Well, we have a mid-sized car, but the hybrid is more economical.


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[Assistant] Sure, we have a van. It's very roomy. It's the biggest and most expensive of the three.


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[Assistant] It's $37.25 a day. How long will you be renting the car?


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[Assistant] It is $14.95 a day and it covers everything regardless of fault.


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[Assistant] Your expected time to return the car is September 15th. When you return the car, bring this invoice with you. Is there anything else I can do for you?


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[Assistant] I was in a hurry, tripped and fell, and I think I broke my hand.


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[Assistant] I'm Dr. Miller, and your name is? My name is Rob Allen. I hear you have a hurt hand. Let's look at that. We'll take some x-rays, but it definitely looks broken. Will I need to have surgery? No, you will need a cast. How long does a cast take to put on? It will take about 30 minutes.


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[Assistant] Including the x-rays and putting on the cast, we should have you out of here in about two hours. Will it be uncomfortable wearing it?


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[Assistant] Well, it can cause your underlying skin to feel itchy. How long do I need to wear the cast? For about a month. But let's first get you to the x-ray room.


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[Assistant] I was stopped at a red light and struck from behind by another car.


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[Assistant] How long were you stopped before being struck from behind? A few seconds What was the impact like? It was pretty severe. What do you mean by that?


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[Assistant] The crash was loud, my head snapped back and my neck hurt. I felt really dizzy at the time. Explain what you mean by your neck hurt.


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[Assistant] They put me in a neck brace and placed me on a stretcher and then into the ambulance.


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[Assistant] What happened once you arrived at the emergency room? A nurse came in and cleaned the wound, put the bandages on and called the doctor. What happened then? The doctor came in and looked at me. He admitted me to the hospital and sent me to x-ray.


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[Assistant] I found out that the impact caused me to suffer an injury requiring surgery.


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[Assistant] How good is this guys? Three incredible mentors each week. One of these guys is going to turn up to guide you through an immunity challenge. You won't know which one it will be until they walk through the doors.


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[Assistant] And the next couple of months is no doubt gonna change your lives.


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[Assistant] I'm so lucky to have this around my neck. But all the smells coming through this kitchen are amazing. It's obvious that everyone is cooking for their lives in the Must Chef kitchen and though we got off to a rocky start, Sandeep's dish is looking and smelling amazing. D2, her curry smells are wafting through the kitchen and making me hungry.


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[Assistant] The judges have a massive decision today. I just don't know how they're gonna choose.


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[Assistant] Have a surprising amount in common. Like, they both have trunks. But they also


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[Assistant] Both have growth rings. Just like trees add a layer to their trunks each year they're alive, mastodons added a layer to their tusks each year. And a new study published this week in the journal PNAS.


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[Assistant] It was unearthed in 1998 outside of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Now, we already knew some things about Fred. He weighed 8 tons and died around 13,200 years ago after being gored in the skull by a rival's tusk at the age of 34.


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[Assistant] The study of the forms of strontium and oxygen in his tusks


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[Assistant] That's because strontium in bedrock varies a lot by location. When herbivores eat the plants that grow in that area, the strontium gets incorporated into their tissue like, say, the newest layer.


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[Assistant] By matching the strontium level to the profile of a given geographic area, the scientists could tell where Fred was eating. The ratio of different forms of oxygen in the water is also variable from place to place.


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[Assistant] So by putting together the specific growth ring, the strontium level, and the oxygen level, researchers were able to figure out where Fred was at what part of his life during what part of the year. And here's what we found.


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[Assistant] He stayed pretty close to his home stomping grounds, most likely in what is now central Indiana. That's to be expected, because as a young mastodon, he would have been living with his mom's herd. The researchers think male mastodons got kicked out of their mother's herd as adults. We think that because male mastodons have a thinner growth ring in their tusks when they get


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[Assistant] Spring and summer are mastodon mating season, so the scientists suspect that Fred was traveling to a preferred mating ground every year. The part of northern Indiana where he died is around 160 kilometers from his home territory. He never went that far north as an adolescent, even as he started exploring further from home, which suggests the researchers


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[Assistant] That teenage males probably stayed away from adult mating grounds in order to stay out of trouble. And these migration patterns...


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[Assistant] They're actually pretty similar to modern-day elephants. Elephants are not descendants of mastodons. They're more like cousins with a shared common ancestor much further back in the past. So the fact that mastodons and elephants display similar migration and mating behaviors suggests that these behaviors evolved in that common ancestor before the lines split off. And we got all of this. All of this from tusk rings.


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[Assistant] Moving from megafauna to mini-invaders, a recent paper in Frontiers in Immunology may pave the way for getting fewer shots in the future. There are different ways of giving vaccines, including through a needle, nasal sprays, and more recently, inhaling aerosols via the mouth. Nasal sprays mix a drug with some sort of liquid so that it's delivered in droplets,


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[Assistant] Though, what form this technology will ultimately take isn't final yet. Nasal sprays and inhaled aerosols are of particular interest for respiratory infections like the flu, COVID-19, and tuberculosis, because they go straight to the respiratory tract. That means they create an immune response directly in the areas respiratory viruses infect, instead of more systemically, like injected vaccines. But aerosols inhaled via mouth have the potential to penetrate much deeper into the lungs compared to nasal sprays.


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[Assistant] So researchers are interested in whether that makes them more efficient. In the present study, the team wanted to get a better sense of how nasal sprays and inhaled aerosol vaccines compare in terms of where the vaccine droplets end up.


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[Assistant] The immune response in the respiratory system, and how effectively they protect against disease. In order to get up close and personal analyzing the tissue of the respiratory tract, the researchers gave mice a TB vaccine.


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[Assistant] Either through a puff up the nose or delivered directly to the windpipe and then inhaled.


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[Assistant] Four weeks later, some of the mice were infected with TB, so the researchers could study how their lungs responded to it.


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[Assistant] They found that mice that received the inhaled aerosol vaccine initially had more vaccine droplets in their lungs than the ones that got the nasal spritz. And after they were infected with TB, the mice that inhaled also had more immune cells and fewer TB bacteria in their lungs. Not that the nasal spray didn't work, it's just that the inhaled aerosol vaccine


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[Assistant] This is promising, because inhaled vaccines don't involve needles and are painless, which may lower some barriers to administering them. Plus, because they create a larger immune response in the lungs,


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[Assistant] You may be able to give a smaller dose, which could have a number of benefits, including stretching short supplies. Aerosol formations might also not need refrigeration, making them easier to distribute far and wide. But this is considered a preclinical study, focused more on understanding mechanisms


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[Assistant] So things will get more complicated in actual practice once scientists are considering the vaccine's formula, the body's response to a particular invader, and the vaccine delivery device. Despite that, it does tell us that it is important to consider inhaled aerosol vaccines


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[Assistant] So Flop said, stay statue still, and very quiet.


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[Assistant] If you're very quiet, and the statues still, then the duckies will come. What?


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[Assistant] Hi guys! Can you guess the title of my next video?


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[Assistant] Why are fish eating plastic? Every year, about 8 million metric tons of plastic waste is dumped into our oceans. Hence, in some parts of the oceans, there is more plastic than planktons and krills, which are a source of food for many fish.


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[Assistant] Now, according to a research, fish eat plastic because it breaks down into smaller fragments which are similar to the size of planktons. In addition to this, the plastic fragments present in salty seas or oceans release odor similar to that given off by planktons.


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[Assistant] Besides this, some of these fish even reach our table as seafood. If we eat such fish, it can cause severe health problems. Hence, it is very important to recycle plastic and use eco-friendly products like paper bags.


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[Assistant] Our skin is made up of cells. These cells have DNA. When we are in the hot sun for very long, the UVB radiation enters into our skin cells and starts to damage the DNA.


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[Assistant] DNA damage can lead to cancer. Thus, to reduce the risk of cancer, the damaged skin cells kill themselves.


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[Assistant] This programmed cell death is called apoptosis. Apoptosis activates the immune response. As a result, the blood flow increases to that area to heal the skin. This leads to red and inflamed skin which we call as sunburn. Why do we have different skin colors?


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[Assistant] Confused? Obviously. Alright, I'll explain. Millions of years ago, people living near equator received a lot of sunlight and ultraviolet radiation. Now, ultraviolet radiation is actually absorbed by our skin to produce vitamin D.


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[Assistant] But excess radiation can damage our skin cells. Hence, the skin of these people produce more melanin to block the excess ultraviolet radiation.


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[Assistant] Thus, over time, these people and their succeeding generations adapted to have a higher level of melanin in their skin, making their skin darker.


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[Assistant] However, people living away from equator receive less sunlight and less ultraviolet radiation. Hence, in order to absorb sufficient ultraviolet radiation and produce the essential vitamin D. These people and their following generations adapted to have a lower level of melanin. Thus making their skin lighter.


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[Assistant] A part of our brain called hypothalamus controls and maintains the core body temperature.


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[Assistant] Will it also maintain my physique? Oh. Please listen.


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[Assistant] Usually during cold months the temperature is quite low. Hence if we have not worn any warm clothes we feel cold. Our body temperature starts to decrease. This decrease in temperature is instantly detected by our hypothalamus.


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[Assistant] Thus, it sends signals to our muscles to contract and relax rapidly, making us shiver.


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[Assistant] This rapid contraction and relaxation of our muscles generates heat. This heat warms our body, thus helping us maintain our core body temperature.


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[Assistant] Why do buildings have lightning rods? I know! They are used to dry clothes!


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[Assistant] Nah, they are used for earthing. Earthing means digging the earth, right? No, earthing is the process of transferring charge from a charged object to the earth. It is done with the help of this lightning rod.


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[Assistant] Top 24 would be the most amazing opportunity. It's been...


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[Assistant] I'm pan-fried broccoli stem and then a cream of pine nuts and Jerusalem artichoke and poached cod in butter.


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[Assistant] What's your name? Ben. So what have you cooked? Lamb with pasta and beetroot.


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[Assistant] Round the corner, not far away, Bing is building a tower today.


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[Assistant] As tall as you? Well then, you'll need more blocks.


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[Assistant] Hmm. Not yet. You need more bluff.


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[Assistant] But if you want your block back, we need something that really makes him laugh.


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[Assistant] I thought we were playing with these blocks, not fighting.


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[Assistant] Are you sure? How about we build a new tower together?


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[Assistant] Good for you, Bing Bunny. It's a beautiful rainbow tower.


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[Assistant] So, does it spray paint itself with pink color? No. Flamingos get their pink or orange color from their food which is mainly algae and shrimps. These organisms contain carotenoids.


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[Assistant] Carotenoids are reddish orange colored pigments. When a flamingo eats algae and shrimps, its liver extracts the colored pigments. The pigments are then absorbed by fats. These fats start depositing in the flamingo's growing feathers. Which eventually cause the flamingo to turn pink or orange.


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[Assistant] Now, an interesting fact is that we also eat fruits that contain carotenoids. Such as carrots, apricots, mangoes, etc. But, we do not eat enough of these fruits for them to affect our skin color.


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[Assistant] Long ago, in a small village, there lived two farmers named Jack and Harry. They both were very rich.


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[Assistant] The next day, Jack and Harry went to Thomas and asked him if he was interested in selling his cow.


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[Assistant] Thomas had a small glass jar which he often used to save money. There was not much money left in there.


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[Assistant] As he didn't know how long he will be away from his house, he decided to carry all his money in a pouch and left his village.


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[Assistant] After walking for a while, he came across a village.


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[Assistant] He decided to rest a little. He left his cow under a shed and walked away to look for some water to drink


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[Assistant] As soon as the count turned her head towards the owner, a silver coin fell from her neck.


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[Assistant] He decided to go closer and inspect the cow.


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[Assistant] As he took one step closer towards the cow, another coin fell from her neck.


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[Assistant] Whaaat? This is a magic cow!


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[Assistant] The owner didn't notice the pouch of silver coins attached to the cow's bell. Taking it to be a magic cow, he decided to buy it at once. Just then, Thomas came back.


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[Assistant] On the other hand, the owner found Thomas' pouch of coins attached to the cow's bell.


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[Assistant] He realized that it was no magic cow after all. But there was nothing he could do about it now.


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[Assistant] And Thomas, on the other hand, had never been happier.


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[Assistant] Only a few universities and some government agencies could use it.


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[Assistant] Even if you had a mobile phone, you were only able to use it in big cities. Because there was no signal in the countryside.


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[Assistant] Can you imagine how exciting it was the first time an engineer managed to make a phone small enough to put in your pocket?


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[Assistant] Nowadays, lots of people can wear their phones as a wristwatch. Yeah! That's amazing!


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[Assistant] Experts say that soon phones will be able to see through fog, inside the human body, and even behind walls.


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[Assistant] Look, Laura Smith is on Facebook. I'm going to send her a friend request. There, done.


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[Assistant] Wow, she's got 800 friends. She must be really popular.


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[Assistant] Yes, she must have 20 proper friends at the most. The rest of them might just be acquaintances.


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[Assistant] Something bad must have happened to him a short while ago.


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[Assistant] He arrived pretty late today, and you know that almost never happens. He usually comes in very early.


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[Assistant] Rita is going into his office and she doesn't look happy. She must have done something wrong.


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[Assistant] Hello. Sure. You need to fill in this form. Then, after we've processed the form, you'll need to make an appointment for a health check.


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[Assistant] Each new member needs to have a health check before using the equipment.


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[Assistant] Well, we have a very strict policy here.


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[Assistant] But don't worry, it's only a simple interview.


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[Assistant] Oh, you needn't have brought in the camera. All we need is the memory card.


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[Assistant] You just delete the pictures and use the space on the memory card for your new photos.


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[Assistant] Well, you are right. You shouldn't eat fast food. It's very unhealthy.


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[Assistant] And you ought not to go to an evening class if you aren't interested in it.


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[Assistant] Instead, you should join a club with people who are interested in the same things as you.


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[Assistant] Thanks for watching, and be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos like this.


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[Assistant] Cooking for the first time in the MasterChef kitchen, there's new ingredients in the pantry, there's new equipment to work with. Okay. I'm overwhelmed. And uhm, yeaah, I'm very nervous.


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[Assistant] Today I'm making a caramelised stout panna cotta with a chocolate ice cream, a chocolate sponge, caramelised pear and a bacon crumble. Anything that's sweet and indulgent I could eat every day. Putting stout and bacon into a dessert is a bit crazy, but I think it's great and I think the judges, they'll love it too. I'm going okay, it's just taking a while to cool down.


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[Assistant] So I'm hoping that the panna cotta will be soft and it will have a nice wobble to it.


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[Assistant] But I do have a spare one in the blast chiller. So I'm really hoping that the next 10 minutes will work. I don't really know if it will. Just gonna plate up and put that on the last thing.


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[Assistant] Okay, it's time. I need to get that panna cotta onto the plate, regardless if it's set or not. It needs a stout flavour.


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[Assistant] How's your son, Nicole? He's 25 now, right?


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[Assistant] He gives us some money every month for bills and, you know, it's nice to have him at home. But we'd like him to be more independent.


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[Assistant] He told us a few days ago that he's planning a two week vacation to Canada with his friends.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's true that he works full time, and we know he needs a break.


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[Assistant] But we think he should save his money so that he can get his own place to live. Should we talk him out of going to Canada?


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[Assistant] I mean, he's only 25. It's good that he has a job and everybody needs a vacation. My advice is that you should let him go to Canada.


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[Assistant] And when he comes back, you should sit down with him and talk to him about starting to pay rent.


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[Assistant] That way he'll understand that he needs to start planning for the future. And to start thinking about renting an apartment.


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[Assistant] There are a lot of young people still living at home in their 20s and 30s. And some of them don't even have jobs. So in many ways, I think you're lucky. Yeah, you make a point.


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[Assistant] I've got a problem Maria, and I need your advice. Sure, what's your problem?


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[Assistant] Well, a month ago, my friend Claudia and I decided to go on vacation together to Los Angeles.


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[Assistant] So, we played everything and, er, I was really looking forward to it.


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[Assistant] As Claudia's an old friend and I don't see her very often.


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[Assistant] But the other day, she told me that she invited another friend of hers. Somebody I don't know. A girl called Phoebe to come with us.


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[Assistant] I don't even know Phoebe, and I really don't want to go on vacation with someone I don't know. What should I do?


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[Assistant] I think it was kind of thoughtless of her to invite Phoebe without telling you. And she's put you in a difficult position.


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[Assistant] You have several different options. You could say that you aren't going if Phoebe goes.


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[Assistant] Or you could just cancel and suggest having another vacation later with just the two of you.


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[Assistant] Or you could invite someone else who you like, and then there would be four of you.


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[Assistant] But in fact, you might like Phoebe. Maybe she's a nice person. So I think you should try to get to know her first.


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[Assistant] If not, then you should tell your friend you aren't going because you don't think it'll work with Phoebe. Okay, I'll give it a shot.


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[Assistant] I'm trying to get acquainted with Phoebe first and see if we can get along. Thanks for the advice!


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[Assistant] Thanks for watching, and be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos like this.


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[Assistant] No, my children, I have to go. It's a proud thing to fight for your country.


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[Assistant] Is that so? There is nothing to worry about.


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[Assistant] I'll definitely treat her. That's my duty. And I'll collect my fees from your parents when they will return.


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[Assistant] It's such a lovely day. We could take our sandwiches to the park and have a picnic if you like.


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[Assistant] Sandwiches. Let's get the sandwiches.


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[Assistant] Okay, now we have a picnic blanket.


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[Assistant] Wait a minute. Bing, I'm sure we forgot something else.


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[Assistant] Indeed. So now we have a blanket.


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[Assistant] You never know when you might need a clean pair of pants.


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[Assistant] Okay, now we have a blanket.


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[Assistant] I know, hey. Maybe we can picnic another time when it's not raining.


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[Assistant] I know. Come on, let's get the things out of the wheelie.


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[Assistant] Sure. Here, Bing.


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[Assistant] Having a picnic. It's a Bing thing.


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[Assistant] So, round shaped covers can be rolled easily from place to place.


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[Assistant] This lip makes the opening smaller than its cover and prevents the cover from falling into the hole.


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[Assistant] But, a square or rectangular cover can still fall into the hole, if inserted diagonally.


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[Assistant] A round cover won't fall into the hole, because no matter how you place it, the cover is always wider than the opening.


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[Assistant] No. Please don't sleep under that tree. It is quite harmful. Oh.


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[Assistant] See, you are not able to breathe properly, right? Do you know why? Wait, I will tell you.


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[Assistant] This is because during the day, in the presence of sunlight, plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen in the process of photosynthesis.


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[Assistant] In this process, plants take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide.


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[Assistant] But the production of oxygen is more than the production of carbon dioxide.


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[Assistant] Hence, if we sleep under a tree during daytime, we may get a good amount of oxygen, thus giving us a nice sleep.


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[Assistant] However, at night, plants do not perform photosynthesis due to the absence of sunlight.


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[Assistant] But respiration still goes on. Oh. Hence, as compared to oxygen, the proportion of carbon dioxide around the trees is more.


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[Assistant] Thus, if we sleep under a tree at night, we may feel suffocated due to lack of oxygen.


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[Assistant] Moreover, inhalation of excess carbon dioxide is harmful to human beings. Therefore, it is not good to sleep under a tree at night.


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[Assistant] Topic, paper cut. Why do paper cuts hurt so much? It is because paper hates us.


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[Assistant] Hence, they have more number of nociceptors than any other parts of our body.


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[Assistant] Now, the edges of the paper are not smooth but are rough or jagged. Oh. They are like a saw. Absolutely.


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[Assistant] Hence, sometimes when we rub our hands or especially fingertips against the edges, it cuts them like a saw, activating the nociceptors.


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[Assistant] Now, as there are more nosoceptors on our hands, we feel more pain.


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[Assistant] Heat is a form of energy present in our body. When the temperatures around us are low, we begin to lose heat.


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[Assistant] Hence, the heat given off by our body does not get lost from the igloo. It stays in the igloo, thus keeping us warm.


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[Assistant] So that we look more experienced and intelligent? Nah. Smoking makes people look old because things like cigarettes contain nicotine. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor which means it narrows our blood vessels, restricting the blood supply.


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[Assistant] Also, when we smoke, we purse our lips and squint our eyes. Regularly repeating these actions may also cause wrinkles in our lips and around our eyes. In this way, smoking makes our skin dry, saggy and wrinkled, thus making us look old.


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[Assistant] Berkshire is an amazing company. It's fourth largest company in the Fortune 500.


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[Assistant] Build a company that is in the top 10 of the Fortune 500.


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[Assistant] Ben Graham basically coined the term value investing. He believed in careful scrutiny of a company's financial statements and that if you bought value, it would eventually prove out.


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[Assistant] Warren was at that time dealing with small companies, and his investments often were to buy a company that you could figure was a discarded cigar butt, but it had one more smoke in it.


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[Assistant] I would say that Suzy led Warren toward changing his political views. He grew up as a young Republican. His father was a Republican congressman. But Suzy saw things in different ways. She was the catalyst.


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[Assistant] Charlie has no tap. Alright, let's talk a little bit about bankers. Charlie on Friday compared them to heroin addicts.


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[Assistant] Warren's opinions of Wall Street investment bankers would not endear him to their mothers.


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[Assistant] He feels that they're, for the most part, not out for their clients.


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[Assistant] They're out for their own business interests.


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[Assistant] And float is the money that hangs around Berkshire while a claim is waiting to be paid. And Warren turned out to have a extraordinary ability to use the money thrown off by the float to buy companies that fed the growth of Berkshire.


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[Assistant] Warren was quite an expert about newspapers. He got interested in The Post because he recognized it as a greatly undervalued company.


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[Assistant] And here he was investing in one, Solomon Brothers, that was known to be a member of the club.


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[Assistant] And he believed that at that particular point, his reputation was on the line.


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[Assistant] Warren believed that there was a too big to fail scenario. The term was not used then, but he believed that Solomon was too big to fail.


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[Assistant] And if Solomon went down, it would take other important parts of Wall Street with it.


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[Assistant] He truly loves to do what he does.


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[Assistant] My dad used to rock me to sleep at night and sing over the rainbow. So I have this insanely sentimental attachment to that song. I've always had a really close relationship with him.


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[Assistant] He was there, uh, physically, but he was upstairs reading all the time.


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[Assistant] I always told my mother we have to talk in sound bites. I learned that early on that if you start


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[Assistant] You know, going into some long thing, unless you've explained to him ahead of time that it's gonna be a long thing and you need him to hang in there, you lose him.


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[Assistant] You lose him to whatever giant thought he has in his head at the time.


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[Assistant] That he was probably thinking about before you came in and really wants to get back to.


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[Assistant] I did make a joke at one point. I said, you know, we could make a tape.


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[Assistant] Of mom yelling, you know, bye Warren, I'll be back later. And then have the door slam. And you would just think she was here. I don't think he knew what she was doing most of the time.


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[Assistant] Once Howie and I were both gone as we've gotten older.


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[Assistant] She started to see the writing on the wall here and, you know, just started trying to figure out how she could at least have some more. She called it, you know, a room of her own.


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[Assistant] It was devastating for him. And I came home.


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[Assistant] Because I, I, I, I can't say I was mad at her exactly, but...


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[Assistant] I kept thinking, how can you leave him? He's so, he can't function by himself. So, my mother, she'd asked a bunch of her friends to sort of look in on him. And Astrid was one of them.


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[Assistant] And my mother and Astrid were very close. You know, they really, really loved each other. And I think that my mother was glad that she was there because she, you know, she loved my dad. She wanted him taken care of and happy and there's no one better than Astrid. I mean, she loves my dad. She wouldn't care if he had one cent.


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[Assistant] I was with her in Arizona at this fortune most powerful women's conference and she told me that she'd had a biopsy the day before and I didn't really think much of it.


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[Assistant] And the day she was going into the surgery that morning, my dad...


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[Assistant] It's funny, there's some of it he just can't, you know, he just can't. The thought of something happening to her was just for him, you know, it was just the worst thing that could happen.


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[Assistant] It was quite a big surgery. She couldn't talk, she couldn't swallow, she couldn't eat. But she came out and...


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[Assistant] I really was with her for the next four months or so. And my dad came out every weekend.


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[Assistant] And my dad called, this was, I don't know, eight o'clock at night or something. And he said, something happened to mom. I'm in an ambulance. You need to come.


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[Assistant] That was horrible. And a total shock. You know, she'd been fine. She'd been fine. They went off to Cody and she was fine and they were having dinner and you know, she didn't feel well after dinner and she had the stroke.


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[Assistant] I was so proud of him because when it came down to it, he knew what he was supposed to do. And he did it. Which was nothing.


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[Assistant] Didn't feel anything, so I went out and I got the nurse and I said, uhm, can you come in here? And she said, no, she's gone. So.


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[Assistant] And that is my biggest job, in my opinion, is to make sure that every penny gets spent the way she would want it spent.


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[Assistant] Solomon Brothers is under investigation by the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, the SEC, and the Justice Department. But more important than the fate of the firm itself is the impact their actions could have on the public trust and on the credibility of the American market worldwide.


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[Assistant] Talkie-talk scene. Round the corner, not far away, Bing and Sula are pretending today.


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[Assistant] Hmm, you can still go driving. Do you need her to say anything else?


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[Assistant] Now let's put a napkin on the table by each person's plate on the left side. Next, let's bring the spoons and forks. We're going to place the fork to the left of the plate.


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[Assistant] That comes above the plate. The glass should be positioned directly above the knife. Put the bread plate above the fork. The table is set. It looks very good.


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[Assistant] We have chicken soup, mashed potatoes, meatballs, pickles, salad, and cherry cake.


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[Assistant] Lily, we don't pick up the bowl and slurp the soup like this. You must use your spoon.


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[Assistant] Never reach across a dish or someone else's plate to reach something. Instead, politely ask the person sitting next to you to please pass me the salt.


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[Assistant] Didn't you install that anti virus software? I forgot to do it.


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[Assistant] No wonder you've got a virus. I'll have a look at it later, if you like.


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[Assistant] Fighting? That has never happened before. I wonder what got into him.


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[Assistant] In the nation, the only permanent way to prosperity is a balanced budget. Unless that goal is achieved, all post-war plans will collapse like Hitler's conquest.


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[Assistant] First listen and then answer the following question. What is the author's main argument about the modern city? In the organization of industrial life the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been completely neglected.


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[Assistant] Modern industry is based on the conception of the maximum production at lowest cost. In order that an individual or a group of individuals may earn as much money as possible


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[Assistant] It has expanded without any idea of the true nature of the human beings who run the machines, and without giving any consideration to the effects produced on the individuals and on their descendants by the artificial mode of existence imposed by the factory.


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[Assistant] The great cities have been built with no regard for us. The shape and dimensions of the skyscrapers depend entirely on the necessity of obtaining the maximum income per square foot of ground, and of offering to the tenants offices and apartments that please them.


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[Assistant] This caused the construction of gigantic buildings where two large masses of human beings are crowded together


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[Assistant] Civilized men like such a way of living


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[Assistant] While they enjoy the comfort and banal luxury of their dwelling, they do not realize that they are deprived of the necessities of life


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[Assistant] The modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of dark, narrow streets full of petrol fumes and toxic gases, torn by the noise of the taxicabs, lorries and buses, and thronged ceaselessly by great crowds.


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[Assistant] Obviously, it has not been planned for the good of its inhabitants


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[Assistant] Well, let's hope that they think you're not a member either.


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[Assistant] Are you still planning on performing those armed interventions like you did before? No.


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[Assistant] They've produced tens of thousands of casualties, though all records of these attacks have been erased. I believe you've experienced their methods firsthand.


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[Assistant] Wasn't the Federation government formed in the first place because of your interventions? That's why we intend to make things right again. But if you fight, more innocent people will be hurt! Whether we fight or not, people are gonna die.


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[Assistant] So, no one can find the biggest prime number.


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[Assistant] Because primes are used in credit card transactions, security codes, encrypted emails, etc. Without them, we couldn't securely perform all these tasks.


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[Assistant] What is depression? It is a five-star hotel deep underwater!


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[Assistant] As usual, you are wrong. In our life, all of us feel sad or depressed for some time. But that doesn't mean we have depression.


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[Assistant] It has a list of symptoms which include sadness, worthlessness, hopelessness, changes in appetite, suicidal thoughts, sleep problems, etc. If we have five or more of these symptoms for at least two weeks, then doctors diagnose us with depression.


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[Assistant] The exact causes of depression are unknown. But studies suggest that people who have depression may have a smaller hippocampus. An area of the brain that regulates emotions. Moreover, genetics might also play a role.


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[Assistant] Studies have shown that a variation in the serotonin transporter gene makes us more prone to depression.


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[Assistant] Environmental factors such as coping with the death of our beloved ones. Traumatic events, etc. can also cause depression. How do microwave ovens work? They work with the help of iron man lasers. No.


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[Assistant] When switched on, the magnetron converts electricity into microwave.


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[Assistant] Microwaves penetrate the food and excite water, fat and sugar molecules, generating heat and thus, helping us to heat up or cook the food.


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[Assistant] Also note that conventional ovens heat the food from outside in. Hence, the outer surface of the food is exposed to heat for a longer time, thus causing the food to cook unevenly.


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[Assistant] Why does it feel so good to scratch an itch? Coz scratching gives us new ideas.


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[Assistant] In addition to this, scratching also helps reduce the itch sensation. But how?


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[Assistant] Scratching activates pain receptors. So, the idea is that when we scratch, the neurons in the spinal cord transfer pain signals instead of itch signals to the brain.


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[Assistant] When the pain signals reach the brain, it releases a neurotransmitter called serotonin. Which is a happiness related chemical to make us feel good and thus, dull the pain.


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[Assistant] In this way, scratching an itch makes us feel good.


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[Assistant] Why is the upper surface of a leaf more green and shiny than the lower surface?


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[Assistant] Yes, it is. You don't believe me? Why don't you check it? The upper surface of a leaf is more green and shiny.


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[Assistant] While the lower surface is comparatively less green and shiny. See, I told you. Do you know why? Okay, let me tell you.


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[Assistant] You must be aware that chlorophyll, which helps the plant to prepare food. Is responsible for the green color of the leaves.


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[Assistant] But why is the upper surface more green than the lower surface?


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[Assistant] This is because the upper surface of a leaf is more exposed to the sun as compared to the lower surface.


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[Assistant] Hence, to trap maximum sunlight. There's more chlorophyll on the upper surface as compared to the lower surface.


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[Assistant] Hey, you forgot. You also wanted to know why is the upper surface of the leaf shinier, right?


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[Assistant] Transpiration is the loss of water from leaves, stems, etc. in the form of water vapor.


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[Assistant] Now, to make sure that the plant does not lose a lot of water, the leaves are covered with a shiny, waxy coating called a cuticle.


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[Assistant] But being more exposed to the sun, the upper surface will tend to lose more water. Therefore, the upper surface of the leaf is covered with a thicker cuticle as compared to the lower surface. Hence, the upper surface of the leaf is shinier than the lower surface. Topic, earthquakes.


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[Assistant] What causes earthquakes? I, me, and myself. Yeah, yeah. You show off.


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[Assistant] Absolutely. Mostly when these tectonic plates move, they brush against each other without causing great damage.


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[Assistant] However, sometimes they get stuck and cannot easily slide against each other. But the plates still keep pushing, thus creating pressure.


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[Assistant] A tardigrade is one of the smallest animals. It can grow only about one millimeter or less in length. However, it is the toughest animal in the whole world.


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[Assistant] Alright, now listen. Scientists say that tardigrades can survive in extremely inhospitable environments.


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[Assistant] In this state, tardigrades can survive in about minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit and even in about 300 degrees Fahrenheit.


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[Assistant] No. Wait. I'll explain. A preservative is a substance added to foods, cosmetics, medicines, etc. To prevent them from spoiling.


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[Assistant] For example, preservatives like salt and sugar prevent the growth of harmful microbes in foods. Thus preventing them from spoiling. However.


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[Assistant] A high amount of salt and sugar can increase the risk of diabetes. High blood pressure, heart diseases, etc.


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[Assistant] Some food items even have preservatives like benzoic acid to inhibit the growth of harmful microbes. But benzoic acid is said to cause hyperactivity in children, asthma, etc.


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[Assistant] Sorbic acid which is used in cosmetics can cause skin irritation.


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[Assistant] In people suffering from asthma, preservatives like sulfites can cause very serious problems like difficulty in breathing, tightness in chest, etc. Hence, it is very important to check the preservatives used and have them in moderate amounts.


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[Assistant] Dismal. Once again, my request to join the Headless Hunt has been denied.


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[Assistant] Dismal. Once again, my request to join the Headless Hunt has been denied.


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[Assistant] Dismal. Once again, my request to join the Headless Hunt has been denied.


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[Assistant] Another Weasley. I know just what to do with you. Gryffindor!


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[Assistant] Another Weasley. I know just what to do with you. Gryffindor!


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[Assistant] Lactose intolerance is basically the inability to digest a sugar called lactose found in dairy products.


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[Assistant] Usually, our smaller testing produces an enzyme called lactase.


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[Assistant] Lactase breaks down lactose into simple sugars called glucose and galactose. So that they can be absorbed into the bloodstream.


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[Assistant] The undigested lactose passes into the large intestine where millions of bacteria break it down. Leading to the production of excess water and gas. Thus causing bloating, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, etc. Lactose intolerance is of two types.


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[Assistant] First is primary lactose intolerance in which individuals sufficiently produce lactase during childhood. But gradually its production decreases as they age.


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[Assistant] Then comes secondary lactose intolerance which occurs due to some illness or injury to the small intestine.


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[Assistant] Causing it to temporarily decrease the production of lactase.


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[Assistant] Dude, anything that has cheese can never be bad.


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[Assistant] Oh, you are unbelievable. Dairy has become a controversial subject these days. Some say it is good because of its high nutritional value.


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[Assistant] Also, dairy obtained from grass-fed cows has more omega-3 fatty acids which are beneficial for heart and brain health.


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[Assistant] This being said, some say dairy is bad because a large number of people are lactose intolerant.


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[Assistant] An allergy occurs when our immune system mistakenly identifies a normal innocuous substance as a harmful intruder. Hence, it produces antibodies to kill the intruder. And in the process, gives rise to itching, runny nose, watery eyes, etc. Thus causing an allergy.


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[Assistant] Now, according to hygiene hypothesis, allergies are caused due to clean environments.


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[Assistant] During childhood, exposure to germs allows our immune system to identify harmful substances.


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[Assistant] Because their left hand is much more beautiful than their right.


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[Assistant] Oh, you are unbelievable. Actually, till now, it is not fully understood why some people are left handed while others are right handed.


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[Assistant] If the baby inherits a D gene from both the parents, then the baby will surely be right-handed.


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[Assistant] If the baby inherits D gene from one parent and C gene from the other, then the chances of baby being right handed are much higher. However,


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[Assistant] If the baby inherits C gene from both the parents, then the baby will either be right-handed or left-handed. The chances are 50-50.


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[Assistant] Because, they are aliens. Nah. A joint is an area where two bones meet with the help of ligament. Joints enable us to bend various body parts to a certain extent.


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[Assistant] However, some people can bend their body parts more than normal.


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[Assistant] It is said that hypermobility is because the individual has more or double joints which give him extended range of motion. However, this is incorrect. Hypermobility in some people is the result of flexible ligaments which enable their body parts to bend more than normal.


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[Assistant] Dude, that really looks creepy. Besides this, hypermobility can also be seen around ball and socket joints, which involve the ball-shaped end of one bone fitting into an indentation on the other bone. The shallower the indentation is, the greater the range of motion, thus giving that individual hypermobility.


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[Assistant] People who've made a choice, not to make money, but to serve other human beings. I think it's the best kind of life anyone could have.


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[Assistant] No, cooking is not my thing. And I don't even have time for it. Eating in a restaurant saves me time.


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[Assistant] And most restaurants don't buy the best quality produce because it costs too much. But the food is always so tasty, so I'm sure it's very fresh.


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[Assistant] That's because they use a lot of fat and seasonings like salt, pepper, and spices to improve the flavor.


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[Assistant] Come home, cook, and then do all that washing up afterwards. I can't afford to waste so much time.


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[Assistant] You need to get in the car, drive to the restaurant, wait to be seated, wait to order your food, wait to get your food, pay for your meal, and then drive home.


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[Assistant] If you plan your meals in advance, you only have to shop once a week. And washing up doesn't take that long to do.


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[Assistant] Well, why don't we talk them over together? That might help you to sort yourself out.


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[Assistant] Well, that calls for quick action if the presentation is tomorrow. Why don't you do it yourself if it's so important? You should cancel your other meetings.


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[Assistant] Oh dear. You should deal with that problem as quickly as possible. Try to make a list of possible suspects.


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[Assistant] Think some more about exactly when and where things were stolen. And you'll probably find that the answer jumps at you.


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[Assistant] What's something that makes you sad? Being looked down on for taking a certain career path.


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[Assistant] You can't measure someone's worth by their occupation and not their character.


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[Assistant] I totally agree about not shaming people about the job they do.


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[Assistant] There are people that genuinely can't afford to pay for their studies.


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[Assistant] I know many people that did so well in school, way better than me. That ended up being cashiers or carpenters. Simply because they couldn't afford to pay for their studies.


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[Assistant] True happy moments are those spent with family and friends and all the people I love.


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[Assistant] Doing the simple things in life alongside them, like hugs, smiles, conversations, good food, brings me so much joy. What about you?


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[Assistant] The thing that makes me happy is when I contribute to someone's life.


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[Assistant] That contribution can be financial, emotional, or physical.


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[Assistant] It makes me happy to connect and speak to ordinary people from different backgrounds and share stories about how we live our lives.


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[Assistant] I wish I had. I'm a disaster. I'm good at remembering things like appointments and meetings at work. That's fine. But I'm terrible with faces and names.


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[Assistant] It happens all the time that I meet people and immediately forget their name.


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[Assistant] Well, I'm okay with birthdays because I write them all down in my diary. I wish I didn't have to, but, you know.


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[Assistant] You see this shirt? I bought it here a few days ago. But the first time I washed it, the color changed. It went from bright red to light pink!


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[Assistant] Well, I just tossed it into the washing machine with my other clothes.


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[Assistant] I usually wash my clothes in hot water, so, I guess hot.


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[Assistant] I heard there were new model mobile suits mixed in with the enemy forces. Maybe we should


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[Assistant] Look Klaus, these guys are serious. I think it's best we postpone the rescue operation at pr-


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[Assistant] I'll contact the rescue team and tell them that the operation's been rescheduled.


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[Assistant] You know, there's a possibility that they could target us for armed intervention.


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[Assistant] Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a spell when I see one. I've read all about them.


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[Assistant] He's going to go and look in the library for information on Nicholas Flamel. We've looked a hundred times.


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[Assistant] Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a spell when I see one. I've read all about them.


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[Assistant] He's going to go and look in the library for information on Nicolas Flamel. We've looked a hundred times.


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[Assistant] Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a spell when I see one. I've read all about them.


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[Assistant] Well, we ran a pretty thorough check on her. Besides, I think Hallelujah needs her.


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[Assistant] With solar power, the orbital elevator project, and colony development, the Federation has achieved financial stability.


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[Assistant] I understand. Milena, do you think you could take over the maintenance duties for Ian?


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[Assistant] The next time we meet we could be on the battlefield. Though I'd hate to find myself facing you as an enemy.


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[Assistant] She said mom just now, didn't she? Yeah, she did. So that means...


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[Assistant] We have to divide the enemy forces. Fire high density particle and smoke torpedoes. Old man!


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[Assistant] Everyone can play together, sing songs together. That's right. And show each other their cool stuff. And then also they can, uhm, uh.


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[Assistant] Oh, I don't want him to go. I love his paintings. He is such a nice and honest man. How can I make more people buy his paintings? Hmm, wait. That's not the real problem.


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[Assistant] To raise your child in a religion that your partner lives by but leaves you cold. Or whether to donate your life savings to charity.


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[Assistant] What makes a choice hard is the way the alternatives relate. In an easy choice, one alternative is better than the other.


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[Assistant] We shouldn't think that all hard choices are big. Let's say you're deciding what to have for breakfast. You could have high fiber bran cereal or a chocolate donut.


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[Assistant] Suppose what matters in the choice is tastiness and healthfulness. The cereal is better for you. The donut tastes way better.


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[Assistant] There are amazing things you can learn as a philosopher and all from the comfort of an armchair. But I came from a modest immigrant family.


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[Assistant] Where my idea of luxury was having a pork tongue and jelly sandwich in my school lunchbox. So the thought of spending my whole life sitting around in armchairs just thinking.


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[Assistant] I did what many of us do in hard choices. I took the safest option.


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[Assistant] The fear of being an unemployed philosopher led me to become a lawyer.


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[Assistant] So now I'm a philosopher and I study hard choices. And I can tell you that fear of the unknown while a common motivational default in dealing with hard choices rests on a misconception of them.


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[Assistant] Even taking two alternatives side by side with full information, a choice can still be hard. Hard choices are hard.


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[Assistant] Does the extra money now make a banking job better than the artist one? Not necessarily.


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[Assistant] But it might not be enough to make being a banker better than being an artist.


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[Assistant] It's not like we're trying to choose between two things that can't be compared. We're weighing the merits of two jobs after all.


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[Assistant] Not the merits of the number nine and a plate of fried eggs.


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[Assistant] I think the puzzle arises because of an unreflective assumption we make about value. We unwittingly assume that values like justice, beauty, kindness are akin


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[Assistant] Take any comparative question not involving value, such as which of two suitcases is heavier. There are only three possibilities. The weight of one is greater, lesser, or equal to the weight of the other.


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[Assistant] That describes what's going on in hard choices. I like to say that the alternatives are on a par.


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[Assistant] When alternatives are on a par, it may matter very much which you choose. But one alternative isn't better than the other.


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[Assistant] In the same league of value, while at the same time, being very different in kind of value. That's why the choice is hard.


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[Assistant] Understanding hard choices in this way uncovers something about ourselves we didn't know. Each of us has the power to create reasons.


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[Assistant] Imagine a world in which every choice you face is an easy choice. That is, there's always a best alternative.


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[Assistant] To wear black socks instead of pink socks, to eat cereal instead of donuts, to live in the city rather than the country, to marry Betty instead of Lolita.


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[Assistant] When we create reasons for ourselves to become this kind of person rather than that, we wholeheartedly become the people that we are.


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[Assistant] We might say that we become the authors of our own lives.


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[Assistant] We shouldn't beat our head against a wall trying to figure out which alternative is better. There is no best alternative. Instead of looking for reasons out there, we should be looking for reasons in here. Who am I to beat?


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[Assistant] And I might decide to be a black sock wearing, urban donut loving artist.