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Hey everyone, Dana here! And guess what?

It is election time in Germany.

That's right, coming up on Sunday, September 24, 2017, Germans will vote in the German

federal election.

Now, I'm not able to vote, I'm not a German citizen.

But Mr. German Man will be voting and listening to him and just living here in Germany for

7 years, I have definitely noticed some differences -- very interesting differences -- between

the German federal election and the Presidential election in the U.S.

Okay, so first of all, let's talk dates.

At the top of this video I said that the election day in Germany is on Sunday, September 24

this year.

Key word here being Sunday.

Voting in Germany takes place on a Sunday so that, what a concept, people have off work

so that they can actually go vote, unlike in the U.S. where the election is held on

a Tuesday, which may have been a perfectly convenient day of the week for people back

in 1845 when that day was chosen, but nowadays I think it's either time for an update,

you know, change it to the weekend.

Or maybe make election day in the U.S. a federal holiday.

Some states in the U.S. actually already have election day as a holiday in that state.

So just go ahead and make it a federal holiday and then more people can go and vote.

Another difference that is really apparent if you're in the U.S. a year leading up

to the election is the campaigning.

As I explained in this video here, I think we can all pretty much agree that the U.S.

election process from start to finish is a long, long, long and very drawn out process.

First you've got the primary elections within parties, themselves.

Multiple candidates running in each party against each other to decide who is going

to be nominated within the party.

And then once that's decided it's already been months of campaigning, and only just

then is it finally time for the candidates to actually campaign for the "real thing;"

going up against an opponent from another party.

So how is it in Germany?

Well, from what I could find, it looks like there's no official rule that limits the

actual campaign time in Germany itself, but it certainly does not go on for a year and

a half as it can in the U.S.

And in some states in Germany, there is a limit on when the political parties can actually

begin putting up the billboards and posters out on the streets around town.

So in a lot of states, there is a limit on that.

For example, in Bavaria, where I live the billboards and posters are limited to six

weeks before the election day. Six weeks. That's it.

You've got six weeks of political billboards and posters around town in Bavaria.

No more than that.

And while I have seen a good number of posters posted up all around town, as of filming this

video at the very beginning of September, I honestly haven't noticed so many billboards

out on the streets yet.

Mr. German Man says that the number of billboards out there usually actually only picks up right

before election day.

So, I'll keep an eye out for them.

In addition to that, there also aren't as many political ads running on TV in Germany.

Not only are the TV ads limited to a certain amount per party, but they're also limited in time.

But actually, so far I haven't seen any political TV ads in Germany because I usually

watch YouTube or movies or TV shows with streaming services, but I've heard they're out there.

Just not as many out there as in the U.S.

Alright, so, now how about the political parties in Germany, themselves.

And the first big thing to note here is that there are way more political parties in Germany

than in the U.S., and all of them are trying to get seats in the Bundestag, which is the

parliament here in Germany.

To get a seat in parliament, the party must pass the 5% threshold, which means the party

needs to receive at least 5% of the Zweitstimme on the ballot.

What is the Zweitstimme you ask?

Besides a tongue twister for me, it is the second vote on the ballot here in Germany.

Now, I, myself, have not personally seen a ballot, but Mr. German Man has voted many

times in his life and he describes the voting process on the ballot as follows:

The ballot is pretty easy.

I like how he starts off with that. I guess I'll let you be the judge, though, after hearing this.

But Mr. German Man starts with: the ballot is pretty easy.

You get two votes.

A first vote, where you can directly vote for the representative from your district

that you'd like to have a seat in parliament.

Okay.

For this, each party is allowed one representative per district.

But on the ballot for this first vote, there may also be some representatives that are

not affiliated with any party.

Okay. So I got that. First vote, you're voting for a representative from your district.

That's your first vote. Okay.

Then there's the Zweitstimme, the second vote you have, where you vote for the political

party that you'd like to send to parliament.

Okay. So first vote you vote for the actual representative, a person.

And the second vote, you vote for a political party.

Okay, that makes sense.

He goes on to say: So if you wanted to, you could actually vote for two totally different

parties, if you voted for a representative from one party in your first vote and then

voted for a different overall party with your second vote.

Okay, that makes sense.

First vote could go to representative XYZ from one party.

And you could give, technically, your second vote to another party, a different party. Okay.

Why might you do that?

And then he explains: Complicated strategic reasons that are too much for me to go into here.

Okay, got it.

Thank you so much Mr. German Man for that explanation!

Thank you, thank you, thank you very much.

But if you are still left feeling a little like: Huh? after that explanation, I will

leave some links down in the description box below that hopefully help clarify the German

voting system a little bit more.

The political parties that are currently in the German parliament include: the Union,

which is the CDU and the CSU together, SPD, Die Linke and Die Grünen.

But in this 2017 election, there are actually a lot more political parties vying for spots.

According to the Bundeswahlleiter, there are 42 different parties taking part in the election this year.

42 parties!

The largest party in parliament right now is the CDU, which stands for Christian Democratic Union

in English, and it is a moderately conservative party,

and is the party that Chancellor Angela Merkel is a member of.

The SPD is currently the second largest party behind the CDU.

And SPD stands for Social Democratic Party in English, and it is a moderately liberal party.

This year, it's the only political party whose candidate, Martin Schulz, stands any

chance at all of beating Angela Merkel in the election, although the current forecast

is predicting Angela Merkel to win once more.

Die Linke or The Left in English is a left-wing populist party.

And most of this party's votes come from the area of Germany that was formerly East Germany.

And Die Grünen, The Greens in English.

This party often focuses on environmental and sustainability issues.

And then there are also two other parties that are not currently in the German parliament

but are forecasted to get enough votes this year in order to get in.

Because remember: that 5% threshold.

The FDP is one of them, which stands for Free Democratic Party in English.

And it is a liberal, pro-business party.

And then the other one is AfD, which stands for Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany.

And it is an anti-immigrant, right-wing populist party.

And lastly: Who can vote?

Well, as I said, not me because I'm not a German citizen.

But German citizens 18 and older can vote in the election.

So my question for you is: What are your thoughts on the election this year, and how are elections

that you've experienced in other parts of the world different from how it works in Germany?

Please let me know in the comments below.

Thanks so much for watching.

I really hope that you enjoyed this video.

And also a really big thank you so much to our patrons on Patreon who help make these

videos possible.

Thank you so much for your support.

If you would like to check out our Patreon page or if you'd like more information on

the election process in Germany, you can find links to all of that down in the description

box below.

Until next time, auf Wiedersehen!

But there is a limit in...there is...yeah. There's that.

We are recording! We are recording? Yes. Recording.

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Hi this is Phil from Make Tech Easier and welcome to how to speed up Chrome

with five easy tricks. Chrome is the most popular web browser in the world and a

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it spreads itself out across multiple processes on your PC means it takes

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something like Firefox doesn't (for now at least). But that doesn't mean you can't

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ways to speed up the already speedy browser. Suspend tabs you're not using.

Over the years the amount of tabs we simultaneously leave open has ballooned

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on screen and the options of multiple desktops these days, why not? The reason

why not is because tabs that continue to run in the background continue to hog

your system resources. Instead of just closing those excess tabs though you can

enable a chrome flag that suspends tabs you're not using and then re-enable some

when you click them saving on memory. To enable this go to chrome://flags

and then hit CTRL-F and search for "tab discarding". When you see

it, click the drop down box, select enabled, and restart Chrome. You can read

more about our favorite Chrome flags in the description. Compress sites as they

load. If you're using a PC there's a good chance you're in a position where you

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data saving can also have the desirable effect of speeding up Chrome. Google

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compresses most web sites (aside from encrypted HTTP ones) as it

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Simple. Use an ad blocker. Not all ads are bad and you should

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AdBlock Plus is a classic and Ghostery is nice as well if you want to

fine-tune what kind of ads you are and aren't happy to see. Turn on hardware

acceleration. The graphics card in your computer, whether a rudimentary

integrated one or the latest Nvidia "beast", is an invaluable part of keeping

your browsing . . . zippy. In Chrome you can use hardware acceleration to utilize

your graphics card power for more graphically intensive browser processes.

You can enable hardware acceleration by going to your Chrome settings and

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SHIFT and ESC when Chrome is open. Here you'll be able to see which tabs and

extensions are using the most memory and subsequently slowing down your browser.

Click the memory column to put them in order of how much memory they're using.

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select it and click "end process". Conclusion. Implementing just one of

these settings might not have a profound effect on your browser but add them

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extensions, tabs and so on straining Chrome. Do you have any of your own tips

to speed up Chrome? Share them in the comments below. Ok as

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Hello! My name is Dr. 'Malik Haruna King and today we will be looking at NoFap

and some of the common questions people ask about NoFap like: Does NoFap work?

and we will be giving ourselves answers! Ok...What is NoFap?

Well...NoFap is a community forum and also a website that serves to support

people who wish to avoid pornography and masturbation. It is meant to help people

free themselves from any form of compulsive sexual behaviors and

addiction; and the term "fap" comes from a slang which means "male masturbation".

Well..it is up to you and it depends on your sexual goals. Some

people avoid sex altogether while participating in NoFap while others

choose to just abstain from pornography and masturbation and both ways with or

without sex have been found to be quite effective

rebooting is a technical term in the NoFap community

which simply describes the process of abstaining from pornography, masturbation

or even orgasm altogether and there are different forms and types of rebooting

there's the P-mode rebooting which is the porn-free rebooting and it simply

means the person abstains from only pornography and the person can

masturbate without pornography or have sex without pornography. There is also the

PM-mode which involves abstaining from both pornography and masturbation but

the person is free to have sexual intercourse and finally there is the

hard-mode reboot where the person abstains from pornography, masturbation

and even sexual intercourse

No! The forum contains

both men and women and we have seen both guys and ladies taking the NoFap

challenge. The only requirement is for you to want to develop healthier sexual

habits and to overcome sexual addictions

NoFap works based on the process of rebooting which we said is abstinence but

ultimately you get to choose the type of rebooting: the P-mode, the PM-mode or hard-

mode and the duration of the rebooting they had different types of challenges

There are different duration for the challenges: we have the 14-day challenge

We have of the 30-day challenge, we have the 90-, 180-day challenge and so on... you get to

choose the type of reboot and duration of the reboot and finally you get to

choose the parameters that constitute failure or success for you. However, the

NoFap's gold standard of success is a 90-day reboot! And now, the ultimate

question: does NoFap really work? Well we have different people with different

results and these results are subjective -- based on their experiences. Some persons

have recorded improvement in their sex-life and in their life generally; others see

no change at all; while a few others feel they got worse! But the evidence is on

the forums, from thousands of people reporting a complete change, complete

relief of their sexual addictions and unhealthy sexual habits and sexual

symptoms. Also you can educate yourself with the actual science behind NoFap,

pornography, masturbation and the effect they have on your sex life and I'll be

placing the links to some of the forums, so that you can see the testimonials and

some of the scientific articles so that you can get to the actual science behind

it in the description below. NoFap actually describes

how our brain reward system gets overstimulated leading to some form of

addiction which is like the addiction we have in cocaine and with this addiction

the brain and the body gets used to stimulation from pornography that it no

longer gets excited by intimacy with real-life partner and this has been

thought to cause a lot of side effects including erectile dysfunction and low

libido and as much as possible NoFap grants you the education and the

resources to help you to overcome such addiction to pornography

in order to have a healthier sex life. NoFap

generally does not encourage lifelong abstinence from masturbation or sex

however it encourages abstinence from masturbation for a while to give you the

space and a chance to overcome any form of addiction

And, usually, the time is 90 days of abstinence from masturbation however some persons

extend beyond the 90 days; in fact there other persons that go abstaining

from masturbation for life! Whichever way, the goal of NoFap is to help you

overcome every form of addiction especially addiction to masturbation and

so there might be abstinence for a while but you get to choose eventually

well...those who practice NoFap -- after abstaining from

pornography and masturbation for a period of time have reported increase in

social confidence, increase in their energy, increase in their concentration, increase in their

mental acuity, increase in motivation, improvement in their self-esteem

improvement in their emotional stability improvement in their happiness

improvement in their sexual prowess and interestingly, improvement in their

attractiveness to the opposite sex and so these are some of the benefits that

people who practice NoFap do enjoy

Granted! Research has shown that ejaculation reduces the risk of

developing prostate cancer however ejaculation is just one factor among

several other factors and several other even more important factors like your

genetics and other lifestyle factors like diet that are equally more important if

not more important than ejaculation itself Moreso, NoFap doesn't

outrightly forbid ejaculation! No, but it only restricts ejaculation to some

parameters like ejaculation without the use of porn and finally any form of

restriction of ejaculation maybe with masturbation is only for a

limited period of time so you get to enjoy the

benefits associated with ejaculation and reduction of the risk of prostate cancer

flatline is a technical term used in the NoFap community to

represent negative emotions and negative feelings and negative symptoms that have

been associated with the stopping of pornography use and a recovery from

pornography addiction and different persons have different flatline symptoms

from no libido to insomnia, to anxiety, to sexual urges, to irritability, to

depression, weakness, fatigue, headache, flu-like symptoms, joint pains, homosexual

thought, intrusive thoughts and so and generally these feelings and symptoms

tend to reduce and resolve with time. Wet dreams

describe the release of semen during sleep and it's thoughts to be the body's way to

subconsciously release accumulated semen and generally in the NoFap community, wet

dreams are not considered as "failure" in the NoFap challenge because they are

spontaneous, unconscious, involuntary and the body's way to achieve balance

when it comes to sexual urges the most important thing is

to do something else. Get yourself distracted. You can do

anything else to get you distracted. It could be from prayers, to getting involved

in your hobby or something you're passionate about ...you could write, you

could read, you could make music, go take a walk, you could talk to someone you could

volunteer in a community service, you could do a vigorous exercise that gets

you sweating and you must have heard about having a cold bath...cold shower and

how it shrinks penile erection and help relieve sexual urges

so just do something get yourself distracted and most likely the sexual

urges will resolve! In 2003 there was a

research study that was done on testosterone level in males who abstain

from ejaculation for a period of time and it was found that there is a gradual

increase in the testosterone level in the blood of these males who abstain

from ejaculation for the first five days... on the sixth and seventh day there was a

huge spike up to 147% increase in testosterone

on day seven; however after day seven the testosterone level tends to return to

normal. So generally for NoFap and for those who abstain from ejaculation

there's an initial surge in testosterone level in the first few days but after

the first week it tends to return to normal

researchers have identified pornography-induced erectile dysfunction and

pornography-induced abnormally low libido and it is thought that due to

high exposure to pornography some men tend to have this low response to

sexual impulse and there's an increased need for more of pornographic materials

and due to this overload with pornography some men no longer get

aroused by the touches and the presence of their significant other or their partner

and they begin to experience sexual symptoms like inability to achieve and

sustain an erection and low libido. So it is logical when people abstain from porn

and overcome their pornography addiction for them to have improved libido and sex

drive and to have better control of the penile erection

well... several persons have reported improvement in their social

life with NoFap and some form of cure of social anxiety and it is not really

clear cut but while pornography addiction and masturbation addiction or

sexual addiction or any form of addiction for that matter, can affect

one's self esteem and cause social anxiety and difficulty in socializing, it

is logical to see why people experience some improvement

in the social life with the abstinence from porn because generally any form of

addiction can cause low self-esteem and social anxiety also generally,

psychologically, if you set a goal and you hit the goal or achieve the goal, it

will most likely improve yourself esteem your self confidence and your social outlook

so this might be another pathway by which NoFap improves social anxiety

we've already said there's an initial increase

in testosterone level with NoFap especially at the beginning. Although

research has also shown that this increase is too small to have any

noticeable impact on muscle growth. So granted, people who practice NoFap or

fapstronauts may experience increase in muscle growth

but not likely through testosterone or the hormones directly...it may simply mean

that people who practice NoFap have increased energy, increased motivation to

exercise more and to go to the gym more and to exercise harder and to be more

consistent which will lead to better results and more muscle growth - that is

most likely the pathway and not through hormones or testosterone

when it comes to hair, hair loss or hair gain, they have been mixed

results with NoFap. some people claim it causes hair loss; others think it causes

hair gain and then they have been mixed results but generally when it comes to

hair, hair loss or hair gain, two very important factors are genetics and

stress and presently we don't have adequate evidence to show that

masturbation or pornography induces enough stress to alter hair growth

there are a few sites, forums, articles

and apps where you can learn about NoFap, connect with people who practice NoFap

gain support, see testimonials, have access to actual science and articles

and even have resources to help you start the process and participate in

NoFap yourself and I will be placing the links

to the site, forums, articles, and apps in the description below

well it depends on you

there is actually no harm in trying. However, clearer results are seen with

people who already have some form of unhealthy sexual habit or sexual

addiction like pornography addiction, masturbation addiction or sexual

addition especially if it is affecting their relationship, their self-esteem

their confidence and causing some form of social anxiety and affecting their

social life...so results will be clearer with people who have some sexual habits

and some sexual addiction. However there is no harm in trying so you can equally

give NoFap a shot!

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Hello everybody Jorphdan here the PH is silent.

Let's continue to talk about Amn!

Amn has a population of about 3 million.

Over 80% being human and the rest mostly halflings.

Amn made it's wealth through trade.

The cities here specialize in importing and exporting goods from neighboring regions.

It is a nation of merchants, the place where caravans start and end.

Ships leave for exotic ports and return with gold.

Amn really took off with the discovery of Maztica which lies to the far west, across

the ocean.

Creating a new city in maztica called New Amn, Amn maintains a large colony on the distant

tropical continent and profits great from its trade.

People in Amn are obsessed with wealth.

The wealthy seem to control everything, which was made especially true when the wealthy

merchants reformed the government during the creation of the Council of Six.

But currently by 1479 DR the Council of Six has been regrouped as the Council of Five.

Amn is home to Lake Esmel, which is a dark blue lake that plummets to unknown depths.

Rumors speak of an aquatic monster that lives in the lake.

Much like the Loch Ness Monster.

The western shallows have a sea green color as mineral springs flow into Lake Esmel.

Many believe the tales of the sea monster to be nothing more than Balagos, a red dragon

that lives in the area.

And although it's true that Balagos often bathed in Lake Esmel the monster of the lake

is actually more than a dozen Pythosaurs who live in the deep cold waters.

They've been there since the days of the creator races.

The Pythosaur isn't in the 5th edition monster manual, but I did find it in the AD&D book

"Lands of Intrigue: Part2 Amn."

It's 120 feet long with a 70 foot neck.

A really large animal that has the ability to swallow the victim whole.

The major cities exist along the ocean, rivers or Lake Esmel.

The capital city is Athkatla and is one of the busiest ports in all of Faerun.

Mainly due to the trade routes with Maztica.

The marketplace here is twice the size of Waterdeep's.

That is before the spellplague when Maztica was lost to Faerun, being transported to Abeir.

Gold flows freely in Athkatla transporting vegetables, slaves, jewelry, strange relics,

pirated goods and more.

Above the bay is Goldspires, a temple to the goddess Waukeen nearly as large as a small

town.

Mentioned in my last video Amnians have a very poor view of arcane spellcasters.

This is due to certain wizards that released a series of plagues and monsters, some by

accident others intentional.

Divine spellcasters are looked upon favorably though.

Many deities are worshiped in Amn but some of the bigger ones include Bane, Chauntea,

Cyric, Selune, Sune, and Waukeen.

Amn has a high agricultural region that worships Chauntea in hope for a good harvest.

Sune for artist or actors, anyone who tries to create and bring beauty into the world.

Waukeen is particularly interesting and very popular goddess in Amn.

Known as the merchant's friend or the golden lady her portfolio includes everything related

to commerce and the accumulation of wealth through free and fair trade.

Many merchants worship and pray to her.

During the Time of Troubles Waukeen walked Faerun like the other deities, but was determined

to get back to her Celestial spot.

She ended up paling around with another goddess named Lliira the goddess of joy.

Since Waukeen couldn't travel freely back to the outer planes she decided to smuggle

herself back in.

She found a path through the Astral Plane and then in the Lower Planes.

She would have to make some deals with creatures of the lower planes to allow her safe passage

through their territory.

Believing that her divinity was trapped on Faerun and not her physical self she handed

over her divine portfolio to Lliira for safe keeping.

She managed to contact a greyhawk deity named Celestian the God of Wanderers who agreed

to transport Waukeen to the Astral Plane.

The plan worked and her physical self was transported to the Astral Plane.

Once there she contacted Graz'zt an Abyssal Lord to negotiate safe passage through the

Abyss into the Outlands.

In return Waukeen would give Graz'zt the location of a number of secret treasure hoards

on Toril and across the planes.

And on top of that she would give him super useful information on the financial deals

of the rival Demons and Devils.

Giving Graz'zt an edge in the Blood War.

Graz'zt lied about his end of the bargain and ended up trapping Waukeen in the Abyss

for an indefinite future.

Calling her his guest while they "renegotiated" the deal previously agreed upon.

Graz'zt's goal was to substitute his daughter in place of Waukeen, hopefully without anyone

noticing.

Back on Amn the worshipers of Waukeen saw their lack of divine powers and their prayers

unanswered.

However Lliira appeared to the worshipers of Waukeen in dreams and stated that she would

step in for Waukeen until her return.

The Church of Waukeen desperately wanted her back, and through some divine visions her

true location and predicament was revealed.

Knowing they could not wage war on the Abyss it was decided that a small band of powerful

adventurers would cross the planes and rescue Waukeen, returning her to the Faerunian pantheon.

This is outlined in the AD&D Module "For Duty and Deity."

You the players must climb the Infinite Staircase, use it to make your way to the Abyss.

Rescue Waukeen and break her out while being pursued by Abyssal demons.

Ultimately returning the goddess to the Outlands, her home.

The heroes are successful and Waukeen is returned home.

Lliira hands over Waukeen's divine portfolio elevating her back to divine status again.

Priests and Priestess rejoice at the return of their god.

All is set right with Amn once more.

Today Amn is ruled by five noble families, the council of five

The Nation is richer than Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep, it's influence is curtailed

by the unwillingness of its rulers to work together in the nation's best interest.

The spellplague removed their financial success with Maztica, but after the Sundering trade

with the reappeared Maztica has begun again.

Control has reached as far south as Chult, where Amn oversees port trade centers.

And that's it for Amn.

There's more to talk about I'm sure but those are the highlights I found interesting.

Let me know if you think you'd start a game in Amn, or maybe a Waukeen cleric from Amn.

Thanks for watching everyone and I'll see you next Wed.

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