The Cube at EMC World 2014 is brought to you by EMC, redefine VCE, innovating the world's first converged infrastructure solution for private cloud computing. Brocade, say goodbye to the status quo and hello to brocade. Welcome back to Las Vegas, this is Dave Vellante and I'm here with my co-host Stu Miniman. We talk a lot about the cloudification of information technology. It's really taken the world by storm, the cloudification, the sassification. It is the future and the future is now. Matthew Lodge is here. He's the vice president of VMware's vCloud Hybrid Service. Matthew, thanks for coming on the Cube. It's a pleasure to be here. So give us the update. What's happening with vCloud Hybrid Service? When you guys announced, a lot of people had questions. How's it going? What's the uptake like? People loving it. Yeah. What's going on? So we've accomplished a lot in the last six months. We went to GA in September in the first site in Las Vegas and since then we've extended out to five sites. So we added West Coast, East Coast, Dallas, Texas, the UK in Slough, west of London. We have the second UK site underway. We've launched our desktop as a service. We launched DR a couple of weeks ago, Disaster Recovery to VCHS from VMware Environments. This week we launched with Pivotal, Pivotal CF in the one-click deploy onto VCHS there. We also made some price reductions this week and introduced a new storage tier. So we've really been cranking away, oh, government cloud, in conjunction with Carpathia for the federal marketplace. So we've been busy. So Matthew, I wonder if you could take us back to the sort of impetus for the cloud hybrid service. I mean, we've certainly observed that the large cloud players, the public cloud guys, the hyperscale folks, the benefit from having, Paul Moritz talked about this years ago, the benefit from having high degrees of homogeneity. And so that was always, I think anyway, the VMware strategies, let's get a lot of homogeneity between the on-premise and the cloud piece. It'll make things easier. It'll allow us to enforce the edicts of our organization from the standpoint of compliance, security, audit, et cetera. So that is conceptually what was put forth to the marketplace, but it seemed like the market wasn't moving fast enough. And so you guys announced this service as a way to really prove the market, catalyze the market. Is that right, or is it beyond that? Essentially, it's two things. First of all, customers demanded that we deliver as a cloud service. They were very clear that was a part of their future. And so there's this secular shift underway to public cloud infrastructures. At the same time, the other thing that we heard very loud and clear from customers was it was incredibly difficult for them to extend what they currently did into public cloud infrastructures, because it was fundamentally radically different in terms of how it was architected and in terms of how you built applications. Which was great if you were building a website for the first time or you were doing a brand new application. But that led to very narrow uptake in enterprises in particular, because the challenge for them is the transition. They're bought off on the destination, but the challenge is the transition. So Matthew, when VMware first launched the service, there was a lot of partners that were involved. And now VMware hosts vCloud hybrid service. And can you give us the update as to really kind of the go-to-market and the channels and the partners, who's selling it, how many people are selling it? And is there anything you can tell us about just, I know there's great interest from customers, but I don't know if there's a number of customers using it or any revenue that you can share. Yeah, so let's talk the partner angle first. So in time of VMware, partner channel can sell VCHS. And we worked very hard in the first version of the service to make sure that channel partners could transact this in exactly the same way that they transacted business with VMware today. They could take on the billing responsibility if they wanted to. So particularly important for professional services and managed services partners, value-added resellers, SIs, the kind of people who are taking cloud infrastructures and ingredient and building a solution for a customer. So we want to make it very easy for them to integrate with what we did. And then EMC is now also selling VCHS. So you've heard about that this week here at EMC. Yeah, it's an important move. I mean, EMC is now, it's in the sales guys and all their channel partners that's in their bag. It's in the bag. They have a quota for the service. And we've already closed the first deals as a result of that collaboration. So in terms of where we are with customers, we're ahead of where we thought we would be in terms of our forecast. And so we're very happy with the uptake. And disaster recovery has been a particularly popular starting point for a lot of our customers. Yeah, if I look at that channel, one of the questions I have is, how do they make money on this? Because you're hosting it, you put together a lot of the stack. What can they build on top of it? Or how does the channel is a dollar driven machine? So how do they make money on this? So a couple of different ways. They obviously make money reselling the service, but the real revenue opportunity is in helping customers and turning that into a solution. So what do I mean by that? So it's being more concrete. If you're, let's say, a medium sized IT organization and you want somebody to essentially help you run your IT and maybe run the things that are important to the business but not differentiating for you, then a channel partner is going to be looking at the infrastructure service, which is great. But you need to manage the applications running on that service. You need to do things like patching and upgrades. All of the everyday run IT functions. And that's crucial role that partners play. Another example, disaster recovery. So we've got a very simple, very cost effective, very easy to use service, right? You can install this on your own if you want to. But fundamentally, a lot of organizations want somebody else to worry about that. So somebody else to manage that, maybe do an application assessment, figure out which applications can be protected, which ones don't need to be, which ones need to have on-premise DR or maybe Synchronous, something like that. There's plenty of opportunity there for partners, and particularly in the managing of IT running on top of cloud infrastructure. Okay, I wonder if we could talk a little bit about the competition for a second. Yeah. In the keynote, it was said that, you know, VCHS is maybe the first and best, you know, when it comes to hybrid, pretty audacious claim. Right. You know, everybody likes to compare Amazon with it, but I think the more relevant, you know, comparison is if you look at what Microsoft's doing with Azure. Microsoft has a cloud-first strategy. The way that they build things is they put it as Azure in their public offering, and then they push that down to the private. Of course, lots of customers have, you know, Microsoft in their environments. It still has to be the number one VM, I would think. You know, under VMware. So, you know, I think you have to give Microsoft kudos for kind of their hybrid strategy there. You know, do you think that's a fair assessment? You know, how do you think you guys stack up there? So, you obviously have a lot of respect for Microsoft and what they're doing with Azure. I think the argument that we would make is that it's really about the applications and the challenge for a lot of the hybrid cloud contenders is the breadth of application support. And it's one of the reasons, for example, that the DR, our DR service, we think is really a game changer because we can support any application you run today. And that's just not true at our competitors. And that makes a big difference. And that, we think, is one of the key differences between ourselves and Azure. So, I wonder if we could follow up on that. So the AWS mentality, you know, when you go to re-invent and you listen to the marketing pitches, guys like Andy Jassy will say, our belief is that there will be very few companies that own their own data center in the future. And then you listen to Joe Tucci and others, Pat Gelsinger, Paul Moritz in the past. We believe there will be many more private clouds and hybrid clouds than there will be public clouds. So, can they both be right? Or is that just different ends of the spectrum, different philosophies? I think it's unrealistic to say that everything is, everything's going to end up in the public cloud in the future. And this is coming from the public cloud guy, right? At VMware. So, when you take a look at what customers want to do, it's very pragmatic for them. It's like, look, I've got some, I've got workloads, I've got applications, I've got things that, it doesn't make any sense for me to move these. You know, software-defined data center makes a lot of sense around standardizing and automating the infrastructure underneath those applications. But fundamentally, is it going to drive value for my business if I take all of those to public cloud? So, why am I spending time on that? And then, I mean, then you have all the regulatory concerns and we can argue about whether, you know, those are valid or not, but they're a fact of life. And I know for a fact, for example, that some parts of Amazon's payment infrastructure does not run on AWS and runs on private IT infrastructure for that very reason, right? And so, for my customers, it's just very pragmatic. It's like, look, I'm going to have both in the future. And we can argue about how big those are. You know, how does, how big does public cloud get? What does that do to what happens on-prem with private cloud? There's obviously going to be growth in both of these different areas. But that's one of the reasons why hybrid is so compelling for our customers. You know, some customers see it as a transition strategy to all public. They got customers who want to get out of the business and running their own data centers. And other ones just see it as like, this is where we're going to end up. We're going to have some of our own stuff and we're going to have some of the public cloud. Matthew, so when some customers look at going to some off-premise solution, one of the things that they're looking to things like open source and to get rid of licenses. I mean, Oracle had this challenge, you know, a lot of people don't want to pay the Oracle tax. Microsoft has had that challenge and we hear in the marketplace that, you know, there are people that don't want to pay the VMware license fee. Is there anything that VCHS does to, you know, adjust or be more flexible on licensing? Well, I mean, fundamentally, we are a pay for use cloud infrastructure, right? So you pay for a virtual machine. You don't pay separately for any licenses for VMware vSphere or whatever else. And so we can have the opportunity with the cloud service to make things a lot simpler. And fundamentally, we have to compete with the rest of the marketplace when it comes to software licensing costs and, you know, our management stack, we're going to compete with the other management products in that space. And, you know, that's just the nature of the marketplace. The challenge with open source is that, you know, it's only free if you don't value your own time. And many organizations, you know, they, if they want to run and manage open source, they know they're going to have to take on some of the burden of doing that themselves. And so it's a trade-off, right? There is no free lunch here. And you can either staff up for that or you can pay a vendor for it or do somewhere in the middle. And so I think, I think the licensing thing is not really what we see as being the differentiator for open source, what the differentiator for open source is. The fact that I have the code, I can do my own enhancements to that if that's what I want to do. I can, I have much more transparency over what is in the offering. And fundamentally also for developers, where they have to understand exactly what the code is doing, particularly for integration products. Okay, we have to leave it there, Matthew. Thanks very much for coming on theCUBE. Appreciate your insights and good luck with the challenges and opportunities ahead. All right. All right, keep it right there, buddy. We'll be back with our next guest. This is theCUBE, we're live from Las Vegas. This is EMC World 2014 and we'll be right back.


Welcome to our city celebration. I'm Steve Eustis and even though I'm your moderator I'm not serving in that capacity today and actually good to share some of my own thoughts. I want to start by reflecting to back when I was on the board of trustees back in 1998. We had citizens come to us and ask us for a way to change the status quo. Retreats were how research was done and in the end unanimously decided to go forward to become a city. In fact it was so important that trustee George Boucher even left Deer Camp for the first time ever I think to be at the meeting for the big announcement. All of us worked very hard in different ways to involve the community, meeting with businesses, holding neighborhood meetings and more. Current trustee George Tyler covered the topic in the essential quarter for us all. I remember many of those interviews. In the end 1999 was the first successful vote to change the status quo twice counting three goals. The town held a competing merger vote and the legislature wasn't sure what to do. They had the trustees use a professional mediator to the select board. We all worked diligently at that for weeks without coming to a conclusion. Conclusion. Unfortunately the legislature said sorry please try harder and the status quo was maintained but again. My term on the board ended in 2003 beginning my time as moderator. Many other people in the town and the village have since taken that baton and tried many other proposals to change the status quo to no unveil until it was passed here. I'm not sure who had the idea to petition the trustees to have a non-binding city vote during the merger re-vote but I think it was brilliant. That merger vote failure and successful city vote is what set in motion the final push to where we are today. I have watched the current board of trustees, our representatives and community volunteers work so hard in the last year. They set up agreements with the select board ahead of our formal vote, held informational meetings and made sure we all felt comfortable with what we were voting on. It is so exciting to see 88% community support to be a city and also the legislature and governor support. To end my remarks, I'd like to quote Rep. Laurie Houghton and Rep. Karen Dolan's Senate testimony. Quote it is time for our two communities who have tried almost every conceivable relationship to have the opportunity to thrive as two separate entities for the betterment of all residents. Unquote. I'm very much looking forward to thriving as an independent city. I'd also like to take a couple minutes to thank many of the people that are here today with us and I'm hoping I'm not going to miss anybody. It's the list we've got so far. Carl Houghton, former trustee. Jeff Spalding, former treasurer. Senator Thomas Chitman, Senator Phillip Baruth, Rep. Kurt Taylor, Rep. Charlie Kimball, former commissioner of financial regulation, Mike Peshack, and former village manager, Charles Safford, and many, many local officials that are too numerous to name and all of our community volunteers. There's been so many people that have made this whole effort successful. You know, in some ways the separation and us becoming a city was like the final happy chapter in a long story that really started back in 2014 when the trustees decided that no matter what happened we had to change the status quo. We tried to do the best deal we could with the town but we were never going to let up on the fact that we need to protect our quality of life and our identity here in the village. And when I think of it back then, I think if you would have asked a lot of us if we thought maybe separation would be a possibility, a lot of us would have said yes but we didn't think that it would ever be possible. Fantastic that all these community members stepped up and did all the hard work they did to bring the whole separation through. It's been a very long journey. I've been a resident here for that junction for a very long time. I've been involved with many of the boats and it's very exciting to come to a resolution. Very excited for the city. I think we're going to do great things. And a round of applause for everybody involved. With that I'm going to pass off to Interim Manager Brad Luck. Thank you very much. Thanks Steve, can you hear me? All right that's a little better. So my remarks will be a call and response. The call will be when I say with emphasis and your response will be we did it. So let's practice. And many community members hustled to get the signatures to put the advisory article for independence on the ballot on April 13th, 2021. They said villagers already voted overwhelmingly in support of merger. There's no way they're going to support the separation article. And nearly eight out of 10 voters were in favor of drafting a charter to create the independent city of Essex Junction. They said we couldn't possibly write a city charter in less than seven seven months. And our no-nonsense five-member Board of Trustees left no stone unturned and let nothing veer from the nothing veer them from the course to have a city charter before voters in November. We all know that change can be hard and scary. They questioned if a new city charter actually went on the ballot, would people truly be brave enough to vote yes for us to be our own independent community. There were doubts that some grassroots group of volunteers could successfully encourage people to vote and could educate people with fact-based, honest, and accurate information so voters could make an informed decision at the polls. And our village of voices got out the vote. 45 percent of our voters showed up to weigh in. 3,070 Essex Junction voters said yes. Only 411 said no. An 88 percent margin of success.  They warned us it could sit there for years before it even gets considered. And our representatives had the bill in as soon as our vote was certified. Our bill went to committee on January 7th. It passed 11-0 in the House Government Operations Committee. It passed 11-0 in the House Ways and Means Committee. They said there's no way the whole House will pass this charter. Imagine the mayhem of all of those villages in Vermont wanting to leave their mother towns. And 148-2, the House passed our charter. Allegedly, the two who voted no thought they were voting on something else. They said even if the House picks it up, certainly the Senate won't. And out of Senate Government Operations 5-0 and the full Senate 30-0. They said even if you jump through all of those hoops, there's a chance that the Governor won't sign it. And exactly one year and one week after approving the advisory article to create the independent city of Essex Junction, our city charter was signed by Governor Scott on April 20, 2022. You see, there is power in being positive, in being thoughtful, honest, cooperative, and resolute. As family's friends, neighbors, volunteers, staff, elected and appointed officials, we have demonstrated the true strength in community. We did it. Today, we thank, honor, and celebrate all of you. Thank you. You know, it in some ways feels like a long journey, but in a lot of ways it was a really fast one. We just had an amazing group of team of people between elected and appointed officials, volunteers, staff who just did a great job of making this all happen and happen pretty fast. Our representatives, you know, got this thing moving and the Governor signed it, and here we are. Now, would you please welcome our City Council President, Andrew Brown. If you are aware, and if not you should be, Andrew is our fearless leader of that five-member pack. He and the four other counselors truly deserve credit for their ability to be thorough, efficient, collegial, community-oriented, small-p progressive, and effective. There are very few elected bodies that could have achieved this monumental outcome in such a short period of time, and Andrew was driving that train. Ladies and gentlemen, City Council President, Andrew Brown. I have to admit, I wasn't quite expecting that. Thank you, I think. So as Brad mentioned, I'm Andrew Brown, President of the City of Essex Junction City Council, and I'd like to welcome each of you to the City of Essex Junction. Thank you, Steve. Thank you, Brad. I've been on the board of trustees for ten years, City Council, few hours, and I have to admit if you would have told me ten years ago that I would be where I am today, or that we as a community would be where we are today, I would have thought you were all nuts. And yet we are, because we did it. I'm so thankful each of you are out here tonight, or today, helping to celebrate the creation of the City of Essex Junction. And I have to say the reason why this separation effort was successful was because of a culture known as the Village Way. If you've watched our meetings before, or you've spoken with Village Staff, you may have heard this phrase, the Village Way. What this means is that when there is a problem, or when there is something that needs to be done, we do whatever it is that is necessary to take care of this issue. We work longer hours, we take time out of our day, we work on our days off, and we do what we have to for sacrificing for the betterment of our community, because that is what the Village Way is. In creating the City of Essex Junction, what was done was the perfect example of the Village Way, as you just heard from Brett. Community members were able to get hundreds of signatures for the advisory vote. In one quarter of the amount of time as it takes statewide candidates to get signatures for them to be on the ballot, that is quite the accomplishment. And I cannot express my extreme gratitude to those volunteers who made that happen anymore. The trustees, staff, and our attorney had buckled down and spent countless hours writing and editing and writing and debating all that it took to create the charter for the City of Essex Junction and the transition plan to help make the job of the legislature as easy as possible. The Village trustees spent nearly as much time meeting with the town select board to negotiate and negotiate and negotiate, and you're noticing a theme, and negotiate and finalize these agreements to help ease a transition and ensure the success of the City of Essex Junction. All of this took time and additional time away from our families and loved ones, and we did this because that is the Village Way. And I keep mentioning the Village Way because as we are now the City of Essex Junction, that does not mean we will lose the Village Way. As Representative Dolan said on the House floor of the legislature, it took a village to create the City, and I look forward to continuing the Village Way for the City of Essex Junction. Before I leave though, I'd like to take just a couple of moments to thank some very important people. Of course, we need to thank all four of the other City Councilors who are here today. I'd like to thank City Council Vice President Raj Chowla, City Councilor and Charter Writer extraordinaire George Tyler, City Councilor Dan Karen, and City Councilor Amber Tebow. Without each of you, we would not be here celebrating the City of Essex Junction. So thank you all, Village trustees and community members who came here before all of us, and we're here in particular before I was here to help advocate for where we are today. Each of you helps to create the path that we were on and that we have finally finished long before I've been around. In fact, this process started about 20 years before I was even born to just try to put that into some perspective. So thank each and every one of you whether you're here or not for helping to pave the way. Really to become the City of Essex Junction, it really took a philosophy or a culture that we call the Village Way. We all just rolled up our sleeves and just got the work done. It was a lot of meetings, a lot of conversations, some good door-to-door conversations with the community. It took a lot of work to get where we are, but thankfully all that eye-dodding and tea-crossing and community conversations really made that legislative conversation of when 88% of the community says they want this, that's what needs to happen. It made that very easy. Now I'd like to just take a quick moment and introduce our next speakers. So next we have representatives Lori Houghton and representative Karen Dolan who without their leadership we would not be where we are today and really help to see this process forward in the legislature. Karen, Lori, thank you. Charter change? Karen and I, it's the right path forward with the right people at the right time. Easy to explain because of all of you here today. All the trustees and committee volunteers in meetings, types of weather, to attend meeting after meeting, to knock on doors yet again. All the teas that were crossed, great petition, every agreement and the final Charter. And the 88% of voters who voted yes, it's hard to ignore. We tried a favorable relationship. Our colleagues agreed the right path forward was independence. The people in the legislature, yes, we were still busy with COVID redistricting, pension reform and so much more. But Karen and I firmly believed this was the right path. Our confidence because of each of you never wavered. A little known fact about the legislature. Over 1000 bills are introduced every session. Let's remember our session is January through May. Less than a couple hundred are given airtime. Committee chairs and house leaders drive the policy that we will address in any given year. A Charter change doesn't always receive immediate airtime. The right people were in leadership. We had a house government operations committee chair in Sarah Copeland Hanzes who will speak to us next, who understood town and village relationships, who believes in democracy and the power for decisions to make be made at the ballot box. Our house leadership looked at the facts and also agreed the time was now. Your advocacy on social media, your letters to committee members and our senators ensured that legislators were paying attention to as extension. And honestly, our colleagues from all corners of the state have followed the news over the years and although they had a lot of questions, they were really, really happy for us. Before the final charter votes happened, we had colleagues one here tonight who refer to us as representatives from the city of Exjunction. That was really cool to hear. The right path forward with the right people at the right time. As Karen said, during our floor speech in support of our charter, it truly takes a village to create a city and we did it. I'm going to take a moment to share just how special this day is for me. Former trustee has lived here all his 86 years of his young life.  Both have been active community members engaging in our efforts over the years and both have really strong opinions. Our family has had countless, and I mean countless conversations about the village's future and they wanted independence long before I did. In Carl's case, for a really long time. I'm grateful for their history lessons, their opinions, and their patience and I was really honored to be one of the two ex-exjunction representatives who helped to bring their long-held desire for independence to reality. So choked up, I actually didn't vote. Challenge. Our work is not done. Continue coming to city meetings, join city committees, attend with the creation of an independent city of ex-exjunction. Our work begins again tomorrow to make the city of ex-exjunction the best place to live in the state of Vermont. Thank you. Our situation, we would not be here today. Please join me in welcoming Sarah Copeland-Hanses, chair of the House Government Operations Committee where H-491 began. So great to be here today and the warmth, I can feel it. And I'm not talking about the temperature, I'm talking about the heart of all of you people who are coming out here to celebrate the creation of Vermont. Congratulations ex-exjunction. When I took over as chair of government operations a few years ago, I got filled in on a little bit of the history, and then a little bit more of the history, and then a little bit more of the history, and I thought, oh my gosh, these communities. And I was so excited when, in the end, Lori and Karen said what we've decided we're going to do is we're going to move forward with creating our own municipality. Because after so many years of marriage counseling and living together and cohabitation and all of that, in the end it wasn't working. And so I'm really excited for the leadership of your city council for the great job that they did in writing a really complete, really careful, really thorough charter change for you all. And that, in addition to the strong vote, 88% of your voters coming out to say yes, was what made it easy to move that through the legislature. So I am so excited to be here today. It is a wonderful celebration. Please drink lots of water. And congratulations to Vermont's newest city, greatest city, the city of S. Exjunction. Pleasure to introduce someone who needs no introduction, I'm sure. Chair of the Steering Committee of Our Village, Our Voices, Elaine Haney. Thank you, Sarah, and thank you to everybody in the State House who was called Essex the gift that keeps on giving. It was fun to, we're glad we're done with that. So we're, we have all joked and commiserated on how long it has taken us to get to this day. And so long we thought that it wouldn't come. But in the last two years, there were people throughout our community whose vision, initiative, and effort made this time different. It started with a petition from Village residents in July of 2020 asking for financial estimates of what it might cost to separate the village from the town. Seeing those numbers helped us all envision what was possible. And we are grateful to those residents who sought that information on our behalf. Village residents stepped up again in March of 2021 when the first merger vote failed. Inspired to reach higher than just a merger revote, over the course of only a few short days in March, hundreds of residents signed a petition asking the Village trustees to investigate becoming an independent city of Essex Junction. This chance at a new future would not have been possible without the superhuman efforts of Annie Cooper and a team of volunteers who obtained all those signatures before the deadline to get that question on the April ballot. We are so grateful to Annie and everyone who worked so hard to make that happen. I can't see their seats. On April 13th, 2021, Village voters overwhelmingly decided to take their collective future into their own hands and forge a path towards independence. Within days, a group of volunteers came together to begin the outreach and education necessary to achieve this audacious goal. Their mission was to connect with as many voters as possible and to share with them accurate, thorough information about Essex Junction independence, what it was, why it mattered, and when to vote. It started out as a small steering team. I was honored to be a part of this team with three deeply committed women, Bridget Meyer, Gabrielle Smith, and Elise Serda. Provided the vision, the drive, and the organization for this massive effort. Bridget, Gabrielle, and Elise, we are so grateful to you for your hard work. I'm not sure where they are. The team rapidly grew to include many more residents. It was amazing to see how many of us did not know each other before becoming together to work on independence. That was how powerful this mission was. It brought together strangers and created friends. Our village, our voices, was born. This crew of intrepid volunteers took on the huge project of connecting with voters throughout the village. They canvassed over 3,000 homes, sharing independence information with over 70% of our community's registered voters. Not only that, they got the word out everywhere they could. Social media, front porch forum, one-on-one conversations, community coffees. They were so successful that on November 2, 2021, 88% of voters casting ballots that day approved the new charter for the city of Essex Junction. This core group of our village, our voices, volunteers includes the following residents for whose hard work on our behalf. We are deeply grateful. Bob Burroughs, Marcus Serta, Heidi Clark, Diane Clemens, Joe Cornaccia, Barb Custer, Diane Fuchs, Hilary Holmes, Chris Klein, Jennifer Luck, Kim Mayberger, Deb McAdoo, Jean-Vierve Mell, Tim Miller, Greg Antoni-Organ, Patrick Niggle, Mike Plagueman, Sheila Porter, Richard Smiles, Mike Sullivan, Carmel Turbor, and Dennis Tebow. There were many more people involved in this success, more than could possibly be listed here today. From our elected legislators to the governor of Vermont, from our steering team to the scores of people who spread the word, from village staff to village trustees, we could not have done it without the effort of every single one of you. On the day our new charter was approved by the Vermont House of Representatives, the day we began to realize that this big dream might actually come true, a phrase was coined, you heard it before today, it describes what happened here in Essex Junction. It truly takes a village to make a city. Thank you, every one of you, for your work, your vision, and your dedication to our wonderful new city. Let's keep working together. Okay, so we have one more fun thing for all of us to do. Our firefighters got taken away briefly, so it's just going to be a little bit of a delay, but in 10 minutes, please don't leave in the next 10 minutes, in 10 minutes I'm going to come back to the mic, and I'm going to ask you all to go to the center of five corners for a group photo, and we want everybody in the center of five corners, so even those of you who have been in those long hot lines, we hope that you'll take a break and respectfully get back in your places after. So the instructions will be in approximately 10 minutes, I will give you ready, I'll give you a 60 second running, and then we will say go, and on go, your job is to get yourself to the center of five corners as close as you can, and we are going to do a quick group photo. Okay, so 10 minutes, please don't leave, enjoy your food and beverage. Thank you all for coming. Done so quickly that we made it happen. There were so many volunteers, there was a lot of creative thinking about which petition should we submit, and what questions should we put on the ballot, and what should we do once we get there. We did so much education and outreach, everyone was so receptive. This event today is a testament to the enthusiasm for us at Structure, so I couldn't be happier today.


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Sounds to which we normally listen, for instance over the telephone, or over radio, must have been amplified hundreds of times before we can hear them. For example, the output of a microphone must be amplified before it can produce an audible sound through a loudspeaker. A device used to accomplish this is a vacuum tube amplifier which increases low energy to a higher level in an identical wave form or as nearly identical as possible. This energy is increased until the loudness or amplitude of the sound or speech heard is the same as that transmitted. Now let us examine a typical amplifier and in general terms see how this amplification is accomplished. If you speak into a microphone, the mechanical energy of sound waves is converted into electrical energy by the vibration of the diaphragm of the microphone under pressure of the sound waves. This vibration in a carbon microphone causes the diaphragm to first compress and then release the carbon granules in accordance with the pressure of the sound waves. This varies the resistance of the microphone element which in turn causes more or less current to flow in the external circuit. The changing current in passing through the primary of a transformer sets up a changing magnetic field which induces a voltage into the secondary. This electrical energy must be amplified before it can be reconverted into sound. We can then apply this energy to the grid of a vacuum tube and thus cause the current through the tube to vary in accordance with the voltage applied to the grid. The changing current flow through the tube can now be used to develop a much higher voltage across a plate load and either drive a speaker or another amplifier tube. Each of these steps causes a loss of a portion of the energy. We restore the lost energy by use of batteries and a vacuum tube amplifier. Now in more specific terms, let's study the construction and operation of a typical voltage amplifier. The heart of this amplifier is the vacuum tube. Power for the output circuit is supplied by a B supply, in this case a battery. The positive side of the B battery is connected through a resistor to the plate of the tube. The negative side of the B battery is connected to the cathode. Bias voltage is supplied by a C battery with the positive side connected to the cathode and the negative side connected through a resistor to the grid. The output is taken across the plate resistor and the power supply. The input is applied across the grid resistor. When a small signal is applied to the grid, it varies the difference in potential between the grid and cathode. This causes the current flowing through the tube to vary in accordance with the difference in potential between the grid and cathode. This varying current flow through the tube causes the voltage across the plate load to decrease and increase. This voltage change across the output is an amplified reproduction of the input. It should be noted that the output voltage and the input voltage are 180 degrees out of phase with each other. Now suppose we place some values here. The B battery has a potential of 200 volts and the load resistor is 10,000 ohms. To compute E2 or the difference in potential between the plate and cathode, we must subtract E1 or the drop across the load resistor from E3 or 200 volts. Therefore, we must first compute E1. Let's say that the bias is minus 9 volts, resulting in a static plate current of 6 milliampers. The input signal has an amplitude of 1 volt. Using Ohm's law, we find that if we have 6 milliampers of current flowing through a 10,000 ohm resistor, there is a 60 volt drop across the load. Subtract this 60 volts from the supply voltage of 200 volts and we find that the difference in potential between the plate and cathode is 140 volts. When the positive portion of the signal reaches a peak of 1 volt, there is a difference of potential between grid and cathode of minus 8 volts. This is found by subtracting plus 1 volt from minus 9 volts. This reduction of the voltage difference between the grid and cathode allows more current to flow. If the current flow increases to 8 milliampers, this causes the voltage across the load resistor to increase to 80 volts. The voltage between the plate and cathode will consequently decrease to 120 volts. When the signal voltage goes to a negative peak of minus 1 volt, the difference in potential between the grid and cathode becomes minus 10 volts computed by adding minus 1 and minus 9. This increase in potential causes the current through the tube to decrease to 4 milliampers. The voltage across the load resistor now decreases to 40 volts and the plate to cathode voltage increases to 160 volts. Comparing the voltage change between the grid and the cathode to the voltage change between the plate and cathode, we find that there is a 2 volt change in the grid circuit and a 40 volt change in the plate circuit. We have thus amplified the signal voltage 20 times. This amplified voltage is applied either to another stage of amplification, a loudspeaker or some other device which uses the amplified output. It should be especially noted that the original signal influences only the current flow through the tube and the plate voltage change becomes a new signal which is an amplified reproduction of the input signal. The amount of bias placed on the tube determines its operating point. Practically every type of tube manufactured requires different plate voltages as well as bias voltages for particular modes of operation. A good tube manual will give the proper voltages for the condition under which the tube operates best. The saturation and cutoff voltages can be determined without a manual. A meter in the plate circuit will show how much current will flow when a fixed B plus voltage is applied. If we increase the plate voltage until a further increase makes no further change in plate current, the tube is then saturated. Applying a specific negative voltage on the grid decreases the plate current. This negative voltage is increased until the plate current meter reads zero. The tube is now cut off. The relationship between plate current or IP measured in milliampers and grid voltage or EG can be plotted on a graph. As a line is drawn from point to point we derive a characteristic plate current curve. Note that we do not get a straight line but a gradual movement upward until a point of saturation is reached. That portion of the curve which is straight is called the linear portion. If we apply the amount of bias which allows current to flow only within the linear portion, we are operating the tube as a linear amplifier or as it is called a class A amplifier. In this type the grid is most sensitive to a minute change in grid voltage. When operating a tube as a class A amplifier, make sure that the signal voltage shown here as the lower waveform does not drive the tube beyond the limits of the linear portion of the curve. This will avoid distortion. If we bias the tube at or near cut off, it is a class B amplifier. Note that plate current represented by the upper waveform flows for only slightly more than 180 degrees of the input cycle. If we bias the tube between class A and class B, we have a class AB amplifier. Again note the relationship between plate current flow and the input cycle. If we bias the tube below cut off, we have a class C amplifier. This class of amplifier is almost exclusively limited to radio frequency applications. In a class A amplifier, the plate current flows during the entire input cycle. This makes the class A amplifier the least efficient yet the most sensitive. As another example, in a class C amplifier, plate current flows only during a portion of the positive half of the input signal and is cut off at all other times. The class C amplifier is the least sensitive but the most efficient. Amplifiers are also classified according to type of service, whether they are to be used as a voltage amplifier or a power amplifier. Most circuits contain several voltage amplifiers and one power amplifier. However, there are exceptions, especially in radio transmitters. A voltage amplifier is designed primarily to deliver a large varying output voltage to its load circuit. In order to accomplish this, there must be a relatively high value of load impedance. For a given vacuum tube voltage amplifier, the impedance of the load is usually as high or higher than the plate resistance of the tube. A tube manual will give the plate resistance for the tube selected and its recommended operating voltages. For voltage amplification, the most common choice of tubes is the pentode. There are four general methods for coupling the output of an amplifier stage to a following stage or to a load. They are resistance capacitance, impedance, transformer, and direct coupling. Each method has its own particular advantages and disadvantages and therefore is employed in circuits where its advantages can best be put to use. Resistance capacitance or RC coupled amplifiers are so termed because the amplifier stages are coupled by combinations of resistances and capacitors. Advantages of RC coupled amplifiers are high fidelity over a wide range of frequencies, relatively high gain, low hum pickup from nearby AC fields, small space requirements, and low cost. The disadvantages of RC coupled amplifiers are higher B plus supply voltage is required and the reactance of the coupling capacitor increases at lower frequencies, thus reducing the gain. Now let's analyze the typical RC coupled pentode amplifier. In this schematic drawing, C1 is an input coupling capacitor from a previous stage. R1 is the grid return resistor which connects the grid to ground or B minus. It also develops the signal voltage for the tube. R2 is the cathode bias resistor used to develop a voltage drop that can be used as bias for the tube. C2 is the cathode bypass capacitor used here to filter out variations in the cathode current, thereby maintaining a constant drop across the cathode resistor. C4 is the screen bypass capacitor which serves to remove any variation in screen current from the B plus voltage and to bypass these variations to ground. R5 is used as a screen dropping resistor. Its value depends upon the potential at which the screen must operate. R3 is the plate load resistor for the tube. Its value depends on the function of this amplifier and the type of tube used, the larger the value of the load, the lower the voltage on the plate. C3 is the output coupling capacitor for the tube and the input to the following stage. R4 is the second stage grid resistor and performs the same function as resistor R1. The RC coupled amplifier, because of its better frequency response, is used in almost all types of amplifier circuits where broad bands of frequencies are utilized, whether they be audio, RF, or even some UHF. Now let's change the plate load resistor to an inductor and we have an impedance coupled or LC amplifier. LC amplifiers have one particular advantage. Removal of the plate load resistor reduces the voltage required from the power supply. However, LC amplifiers have a disadvantage. Due to the inductive reactance of the inductor at low frequencies, the gain is small. As the frequency is increased, the gain increases until the distributed capacitance of the circuit nullifies any further gain and frequency response drops off. Therefore, around the middle of the audio frequency range, the LC amplifier will give maximum gain. Analysis of the circuit is essentially the same as for RC coupling. When it is desired to select one frequency out of the middle of the audio range, the inductor can be tuned by placing a capacitor across it. This makes the LC amplifier very selective. An amplifier circuit using transformers as coupling elements is called a transformer coupled amplifier. This type may be used either as a voltage or power amplifier. When used as a voltage amplifier, transformer design can permit stepping up the voltage between amplifiers. One advantage of transformer coupling is that at lower frequencies, the step-up characteristics increase the voltage to a point where fewer amplifier stages are needed. When a transformer is used to couple between stages of amplification, it is called an interstage transformer. When the transformer is used in the final stage to couple the output to the device which will reproduce the sound, it is called an output transformer. Usually an output transformer has a step-down ratio because by reducing the output voltages, the current is increased to the larger values required by the load. It also serves to match the generally high impedance of the power amplifier to the commonly low impedance of the output device. Interstage transformer coupling is superior to other methods of interstage coupling in many respects. The step-up ratio permits the amplifier voltage gain to exceed the amplification factor of the tube. Transformer coupled amplifiers can operate with a lower plate voltage. The circuit is readily adapted to push-pull operation. Transformer coupled amplifiers have several disadvantages. The cost is greater since the cost of transformers is considerably higher than RC coupling elements. Frequency response extends over a relatively narrow band and is less uniform than in other methods of coupling. Stray AC fields induce undesirable stray voltages into the transformer. Also, interstage transformer coupling requires an amplifier tube having a low plate resistance. To analyze the circuit, we can see that T1 and T2 are interstage transformers. T3 is an output transformer. When the microphone is energized, the very small voltage is stepped up through the interstage transformer and applied to the control grid of the first amplifier tube, V1. V1 is a standard pentode tube with the plate voltage being applied from the B-plus supply through transformer T2. The bias for the tube is developed by the cathode resistor R1 and held constant by the bypass capacitor C1. The input signal influences the current flow through the tube and this current passing through the primary of the interstage transformer T2 induces a stepped up voltage into the secondary. The same action is repeated for V2, but the voltage across transformer T3 is stepped down. When voltage is stepped down, current is stepped up, resulting in small voltage but high current across the speaker. As you know, power is equal to the current squared times the resistance. Thus, sufficient power is obtained to produce sound of the required loudness. Notice that in the plate circuit of V2, there is a resistor R5 and a capacitor C4. These elements are placed in the circuit to decouple any variation in the B-plus voltage around the power supply. This type of circuit is found when there is more than one stage operated from the same power supply. In many RF circuits, tuned transformer coupling is used between stages. This method of coupling has several advantages. For one, it makes the circuit very selective. Still another advantage of tuned transformer coupling is that the bandwidth may be broadened by adding resistance to lower the Q of the tuned circuit. In addition, the cost of the transformers is substantially reduced. This is because there is no need for the iron core and the number of turns required is less. Now let's analyze the typical tuned transformer coupled circuit. Pentode tube V1 is operated as a class A amplifier. This is determined by the cathode resistance and the fact that there is a very low DC resistance in the grid to cathode path. That is the secondary of T1. There are two reasons for operating the stage in this manner. One is that the grid will be more sensitive to any voltage change. And two, the tuned transformer makes the stage very selective. The screen voltage is applied through resistor R2, which drops enough voltage to supply the correct amount to the screen. Bypass capacitor C6 bypasses any variations in the screen current. The plate voltage is applied through the primary of T2. Ganged tuning capacitors C1, C2, C3 and C4 make resonant circuits of T1 and T2. All these circuits may be resonant at the same frequency or at different frequencies. A pentode tube is used in this circuit to give maximum gain to the signal voltage which arrives at the antenna in the microvolt range. The last method we will discuss is direct coupling. A direct coupled amplifier, DC amplifier, is a vacuum tube circuit whose coupling network consists of resistive elements and direct connections. The chief difference between this method and RC coupling is the direct connection between the plate of V1 and the grid of V2, which eliminates the coupling capacitor used in RC coupling. Direct coupled amplifiers have several advantages. One, it has excellent low frequency response. Another advantage is that the response of DC amplifiers is the same for slow variations as it is for non-varying signals. And a direct coupled amplifier is suitable for amplifying both alternating and direct current signals. Chief disadvantage of DC amplifiers is that due to distributed capacity in the circuit, the response drops off in the high frequency range. Direct coupled amplifier circuits are used chiefly in vacuum tube bolt meters, in oscilloscope deflection amplifiers, and in radio teletype circuits. To review some of the main points, a vacuum tube amplifier amplifies sound by increasing low-level energy to a higher level in an identical waveform or as nearly identical as possible. There is a particular use and mode of operation for class A amplifiers, class B amplifiers, class AB amplifiers, and class C amplifiers. Amplifiers are also classified according to types of service, whether they are to be used as a voltage amplifier or a power amplifier. There are four general methods of interstage coupling. They are resistance capacitance coupling, impedance coupling, transformer coupling, and direct coupling. It is important that you learn the theory and operation of basic amplifiers, that you know their classes and types, advantages, disadvantages, and use. That you become thoroughly familiar with methods of coupling and multi-stage operation. It is only by a thorough understanding of all this and more that you may become an expert in the increasingly vital field of electronic equipment repair.


Good evening to you. Welcome to why to fit for entertainment news. My name is feeling art feeling gin across all social media pages Is that where you find me? I'm super excited to have you guys. I know you're staying at home keeping safe and Quarantine, you know, make sure you do that. Stay safe. Wash your hands as much as you can I don't have a very unfortunate news. Unfortunately, the number has risen to thirty one those who are right now affected with the COVID-19 but we shall overcome right? The hashtag is why 254 updates and as always, you know how we do I always Have a panel with me to help me break down the stories and if you're joining us, you've never been here We're all about trending topics would that could you what's been happening in Kenya and internationally as well Now let's get to it. But first things first meet my panelist I called them my co-hosts actually starting with a very honest super star. Hey, King Kingsley. Hi I'm a potato ghost bounce My name is Kingsley Karibuni 10 and I'm a co-op of The Bounce Leo Yes, from Q4 that is 620 Yes, and I'm back. My name is Kingsley, code black represented fully Yes, but so what's your social media handle King Kingsley and that's cool. Instagram up on the official Yes, and we have a super producer with us today Shout out to Hamstown all of you Hamstown and your mom born and everything They don't know who he is. Now you can put the first to the name Hamstown right here. Say hello Yo, yo My name is unfortunate. My name is King Oh, King Hamstown King I don't know how that happened King Kingsley and Hamstown King Now he's called John King The late Yeah, exactly But you're still too I'm back. I'm back. I'm back. I'm back. I'm back. I'm back Right. Can you introduce yourself and your social media handles? Yo, I'm Hamstown King Social media platform I'm Hamstown King Yeah Yo, can you just give it up for the guys? Can you see the shoe game going on here? I feel it Chow chow Right. They're in studio and guess what? We have our other guys Working from home, my nanos Let's take what they have to say I'm talking about Deniz We have MCK as well as There's Deniz, there's MCK and there's JC Let's have a look at them Yo, yo, what's up? What's up guys? My name is Deniz And I go by the name Deniz Bobmine Across all social media platforms And I go by the name of Jesse Mugore Who told you to stop the quarantine And I said, mom, I'm going to let you know You're suffering from coronavirus Let's see how it goes Let's see how it goes So, hi guys My name is Jesse Mugore And today is Thursday We're suffering from coronavirus We have so many stories for you And just don't touch the dial I go by the name of Jesse Mugore the name is Justin Mugura and Justin Mugura Instagram, Justin Mugura Facebook and Mugura Borussia Twitter, interact with us and talk to us and let us know what you think about our studies. So just don't touch the dial. So what up guys? It's just another Thursday and you know how we do it on entertainment Thursdays. So yeah, my name is MCK official on all social media platforms. Again, make sure you sanitize. You're on a serious lockdown or whatever it is. So guys make sure you sanitize. Keep safe, keep your loved ones safe. So yeah, let's do this. Now we've met everybody. They are working from home and then we have these guys right here in studio but without wasting any more time, let's go over to our first story. Now Court to Secretary General Francis Twoyle has been training for the better part of the day reason, you know, how he's handling his quarantine period. It is alleged that he hired a live band from Congo to entertain him during this tough time. However, that is not the only thing that caught actually caught the attention of most Kenyans as many were mesmerized by the size of his Kajado house and compound. The same band that goes by the name Nibola and they've even done a song for his birthday. So let's hear it from our panelists right here. I'm going to start with King Kingsley. What's up? First of all, Mr. Twoyle, hey. Yeah. What? Yeah. First of all, he's how many years? I don't know. But I think he's over 50. He's over 50, of course. Yeah, probably. Maybe 60. Yeah. Yeah. Now that's you. He's above 50. Now that's me at 50. He's an eagle. He's an eagle. He's an eagle. Yes, amen, inshallah. All right. And then, King. Oh, another King. What's up, Mr. Twoyle? I love you.   We realize that people are not having options. People are not having options. But when you look for a door, you're spoilt for choice. And you are scared about the food. I am scared about the food. Food is a priority. Come and say Siskejha. We are not going to enjoy life. I'm not going to extend the tour. I'm not going to do that. If you want to go to a match, you can go on December. December? Partly after party. Party, after party. I'm going to go on the tour. I always get to meet and be on duty. Yes? Meet and be on duty. I don't understand why that lady married him You know, she was like, oh, she's a dog She's a dog But anyway, we have the comments from the other guys that are watching at home Let's have a look at what they have to say So apparently, at all, at all, surely Why are you joining us? Like this guy, this guy decides that Because now to go quarantine He's going to have a whole band come to his place And you can see, imagine, these people are just playing next to him How lucky can you be in this life? Why are you doing this to me? Why are you doing this to me? Wow, that guy is just... I'd love to look at the house That is not a house That's a parastato You should know that You stay in another place That's another world by itself No wonder you have the guts of drawing phones everywhere I'm sure you can draw a thousand phones You'll still not go broke He's going to have a quarantine At all, at all, this man This guy, I think He bought a whole band to be playing for him Like your quarantine Well, that's what we call it That's what money can do And you know, he's going to have a quarantine The quarantine is boring And you cannot watch movies all day So if you have the money to actually bring whoever you want Be it Kofi Ulo Media Or whoever you want, do your favorite artist to play for you Or Dr. Chris Brown If you have the money, just bring him That's what money can do It's good for him And I sit in the corner I do the same, but what can we do? Let's watch our movies and stay at home And stay safe Yeah, let the man do what he does best You see, if you want to live, you just have to stay at home So clearly, he has the money to do that So everyone has his fun during this quarantine But the quarantine is boring, right? It's crazy, it's crazy To offer story, hey, film You want to wear something So, I told you Wow, wow, wow, wow Okay, so Money It's important It's important It's important It's important It's important It's important to have a whole village Wow It is evident So, actually Wow Dennis will say Okay, it's okay, but Most things At all Please Please Don't throw them Just give them to me And I'll be so grateful I'll be so happy I'm begging you So, I think But I still think It is okay You can have even Houses there You can have even You can have even It is even evident Like right now You have to stay indoors Despite all that you got So, have fun I don't know about you You guys, yeah? I just work hard for your own money I don't know if MCK is the one who is cutting No MCK, Joe MCK At 1 B Sindiya I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know I don't know Alright, now we go to another Just as interesting story And the hashtag is For updates keep talking to us And socialite and businesswoman Has received a lot of backlash From Kenyans for claiming That she didn't know any of Calligraph John's songs Speaking to actress Bridget Shigadi Who just saw that she does not Know any of Papa John's songs And that even after reading about What he had said about her It was when she first Went ahead and looked at his page Calligraph had earlier posted on his Instagram that Huda doesn't Answer his calls because She thinks that he wants to be involved with her But that's not the case because he's already Married Ken, who is lying to who? Nobody is lying, but I think Huda is lying If that makes sense I can say that too But it's like I think too I don't know what to say I don't know I don't know I hope you don't go to Kofi Kido You wanted a pocket for that I'm just kidding I'm just kidding But I'll calligraph Surely I'll calligraph I'll calligraph I'll calligraph I'll calligraph I'll calligraph I'll calligraph I'll calligraph I'll calligraph Now, Kingsley Not King The other king Hamston I'll calligraph I'll calligraph It's on Tuesday It was Sunday It was Sunday It was the beginning of the week I'll calligraph I'll calligraph I'll calligraph I'll calligraph How many will follow? Good but we'll take a wait We'll take a wait I'll follow 1.9 I didn't see I'll follow I'll follow That's after you follow People are getting beat over I'll trust that I only calligraph That's their opinion. Let's have a look at what the other guys at home have to say to mom Yeah, they're walking from home, but I have to be part of the news. So let's hear what they have to say Hadry calligraphy Nani. You don't know the og the real og All I think that is just a beef the fact that you know Octopiso Where's it? What would you call it graph? The beef that that has been there The push and pull that has been there before to me.  It has been there. You know, we drama all over Everybody knows of the og where like he's just the og og. I think it is very bad The fact that you have to hate on someone when you're talking about the same you don't have even the same career path like We show bees We show bees we work on a different lane. He's on a different lane Plus his Kenyan. I don't even think that this is the right time. You have to start hating on people or anything No, no, no, no, no, no, I think you should It it's all about play ke. I think you should even support Can you then is a miss a macky too? He got personal at him as a whole to the kind of Julie kind of twin virons is a Then I wrote me. I did not say that then if it I'm just recording his word. So It is true by the way, could not work with you. So I could not just hate on people First things first, let's talk about who the who is who the who is who da What do you know you just known in the vicinity of Nairobi I don't know Julie can you know and knows you but people know calligraph No, people know how to do So if you have the guys of Sun standing up and saying oh, you don't feel like you know calligraph, but you know his voice, really You know his voice, but you don't know him and we just looked at his profile Jinka He's just looking for these Kiki and stuff come on.   So you keep going and I don't know Let's go and do the old thing Who the calligraph? Art will be the other Siju and I want to listen and any because they're on totally two different lanes One is I don't know Again is a makeup the other one is a rubber. I don't even know how they mingle but I think it's from the district I guess and I don't think She took it lightly because obviously who doesn't know calligraph like let's be serious. Yeah who doesn't know calligraph and She was saying she knows ok to be so but I Do calligraph like really the guy just won like the best Hippo power for the whole of Africa like the best Hippo parties for Africa. So how don't you know such a person, you know She's just being hypocritical and you know, I think I like to follow the clout or Compatial all that credits and everything but obviously and I'm sure yeah, and if not, so there's something we don't know about these two people Maybe and maybe you can a money tour in Pitana in one year or another. You don't know You know, there's just something that happened and They're trying to square it out in a while in one way or another, but who does not having it. So I guess that's how we have Leasing the og but you know, you don't you never mess with the og that guy can really mess you up You remember what he did to Vera that bleaching stuff and everything. Yeah, so As I'm here to like watch out watch your back If you can if you if you want to go down that lane with the og He's gonna mess you up like big time, man. So the og must be respected Well, not my wife. That's a quality Upcoming Yes, that's the story There's space And it's fun But it's delicious too It's a calm down At 3 years old At 3 years old, calm down Okay, I'll come to you later I'll check on you You can tell me anywhere else As in everywhere You can tell me if you want to go to Kila Mahali Kila Mahali No, she said she doesn't do interviews anymore No, she said she doesn't do interviews The clubs in Kila Mahali Yes, she At 3 years old At 3 years old Alright, now On to another one Now controversial Canyon singer Yes, once again And self-proclaimed president Of single mothers Akute has called out her ex-lover For not getting over A viral video of her and Siddika Grinding on Eric O'Mondi The said video was shot in December At a nightclub And Akute still doesn't get Why it went viral Because it has Over 37 million views Let's hear it from the guys at home first My name is Madame Boss My name is Madame Boss You decided to have your fun In December I'm here in Jibang Whoever this guy is Is just a nobody He's your ex for that matter I'm going to make you too As it is at you My ex sees me doing stuff And she comes running Who is she? That guy should not even Make you miss To do anything in this life And for the record The video has hit 3.2 million views I wish it was on Eric's page I'm on your page You can have made something about it This is a way you're an ex-lover He's still calling you names Calling you names I'm just going to share For the exes out there It's either you move on Or you move in What an ex-lover is An ex is right in there Because an ex-lover Danced with Eric Wow What do you got to do? Honey What else do you want from her? Let her live her life Let Madame Boss be Honey, go do your thing Keep on If you don't want to bother With whatever you do Of course I'll let you know for some reason But she doesn't bother you Then I'll tell her It's either Ex are moving I'm going to move on So I think I'm Going to let Madame Boss be Just move on And let her be The views that are on that video I'm going to say They're super super Super super huge Like At her It is irrelevant You're actually making Other views I did You get a view None are like What are our views Like You just Get her life Basically just get her life Madame Boss Madame Boss I think nothing Nothing surprises me From this woman But Before we underlay A friend of mine Just told me He never cut in Oh my God Oh my God Just because my clothes Are matching with my curtains Remember He never cut in Anywho Like I don't even know What do I communicate Some other ladies are funny What are you talking about What are you talking with Your ex Whatever you do Unless I just move on So You point to your ex And When he's here Ex are not like They're too old to be asking Each other Like They're too old to be asking Each other Like They're too old to be asking Like to be asking each other like Mona for never to come here. And for the father of one of her kids, I think it's just a matter of principles, respect, and everything. It was obviously a problem. So for him, he has a valid kind of perspective to asking, you know, like, but it's a call there. Yeah.  I think, I think this thing passed people because they recommodate as a comedian. So if it's a kid who like, or to have kids or like, just jokes and everything, but personally also took offence to what they did. And after the engage, you just don't do as much as you say you're a president to use single mothers and everything. There are some things you don't do online. My G, my G, it's feeling normal. Right. But we love you all the same. Thank you so much. So for XS, whether you move in or move on, move in or move on, do you agree with that?  Who are your ex? You know, for two years, I don't know what my ex is. I think I know what my ex is. So I don't know. I say about what I do. And I don't know what my dad does. And I don't know what my dad does. But how are we together? But I don't know what my dad does. Yeah. You see it, huh? Exactly. So you see it? I have to say, I have to say. But we have more than one. Yeah. So we have more than one. So we have XS and XS, you know, we love each other, yeah? You know, we love each other. We love each other, you know? Yeah, we love each other. That's our story. I say, since the day you came here, our story is over. Over. Over. Over. That's a good one. That's a good one? Yeah. Over.  Why would you be afraid? Oh, she is a very interesting person She is a champion Yes, I know You are a real star I know many people who are FAMILIAR They don't know the truth They are familiar Yes, I know The hashtag is whitefifu updates.  Yes? At whitefifu channel is where you find us. And also at feeling June. Now, business woman and diamond platinum's baby mama, Zari Hassan is enjoying the quarantine season while bonding with her children and sharing it on social media. In one of the videos posted on her Instagram, the model 5 is seen dancing with one of her sons while in her walk out outfits. Alright, so go over to the guys at home. Let's have a look at where they have to say, then come back to their studio. Alright, it's our stone. I'm going to start with you. Zari is living her best life. Miss Zari, come and live the best life. Why? I think...  No, she's happy. Are you sure? Yeah. I don't know, I don't know I don't know I agree In the video, Alkwana dances One of the sons She's been doing all these challenges I don't know I don't know What's wrong with that? Hamston doesn't agree I don't know But I don't know They are both twins And they're younger So, maybe some problem What's the reason?  I'm serious There is no reason Those who plan they'll be dazzled You have to plan I'm me She keeps mixing I think it's a way to kick off the boredom, you know being quarantine and everything plus it's a good thing I like the kind of bond doing such videos I think it's a tip-talk or something I've seen the challenge go around and everything she has a really nice bond with the kids and I think that is what we should be advocating with each and every parent just be free with your kids and everything it's nice to have fun with your kids and just be friends with your kids I think that's my take I cannot say much about it so it's a nice thing I'm just laughing because Zarin is bonding with the kids and poor things that it is because in your manner you watch on a diamond, why are you getting involved in diamond in situations and circumstances it is okay let her do that for the for the time I think it's okay but I personally I don't think they can do that I know there are some extents that we can go with her but it's tricky Zarin I love how she treats the kids and being a single mom to speak sounds like how she needs to have a strategy and bring them closer to her that's why he feels like the gap that was left there because of the dad and I think it's okay I think it's okay and my reaction is super super positive positive everything positive positive positive wait wait that's Zari's son how old is that guy by the way how old is he I think I understand why diamond cannot stay around this Zari woman because if that's the son they almost look alike if you're told that that's not the sugar boy for any Zari I'm not drawing shade but look at that age Zari keep that life is something those are goals those are goals anyway it's a good thing I'm my mother I was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur I'm 14 years old where is your home where are you happy when you're quarantined please stick to that when you're quarantined you're facing challenges stick to that when you're quarantined it determines what you want to do everybody has their own opinion all I have to tell you is do you yes you keep doing what you want as long as it makes you happy I'm all about that now on to another story now most people just trying to adopt to walking from home as officers shut down following the outbreak of coronavirus now it's easy to become a little bit too comfortable in your new surroundings as one worker discovered when she suffered an embarrassing moment while skyping her husband walked into her room in his underwear and while trying to get out knocked his head on the wall and came back around once again we have the hilarious video this is a checkered only we have to register autonomy to circulate and the emotional response of the children here sorry the part of this checkered only we have to register autonomy to circulate and the emotional response of the children here walking from home everybody is walking from home every single person is walking from home and that's what you get you have to be careful just be careful not too comfortable I'm going to start with the guys in the studio who are you? I imagine they say you are from home I love one but I don't know how to say it I don't know how to say it it's disappointing but I think if you come to Kenya first of all most of us in Kenya accept me most of the Kenyans accept me accept me and maybe you and me and I will be happy because in Kenya most of the people in Kenya are from the same house they say I'm from the same house so I understand some of the people in Kenya are from the same house but all will be well soon we are going to be okay another Ken you know his Ken I don't know his story I'm walking from home I'm going to imagine what the situation is I'm going to throw up what? he said it's not funny maybe he said it's not funny maybe he said it's not funny he said it's not funny he said it's not funny you don't remember that STC STC is the same he's going live on Instagram he was in the 10 lives he was in the 10 lives he's going live he knows how to say it he's going live it happens I was in the video flan I saw him at a board meeting one of the biggest members when I saw him with the head up he was sitting beside me and he was miked he said he's miked hey, see the story hey hey I'm still trying to understand why are you walking from home to a bar like you're having a Skype meeting for that matter and you see the husband is very comfortable I don't see him in Tokyo at home I don't know I don't know so working from home and your husband passes behind wow while you're on a live meeting on Skype but it's tricky it's really hard just think of such a scenario why I'm sitting right now I have something that is behind me that is making me go nuts I just feel like sipping it and then continue I have some juice here I understand but the funny part is where the man realizes he's on camera and then at the wrong side and he has a game to pass through the same camera I don't know yes so this story about working from home you guys have noticed I've changed the benefits of working from home your closet is just there you change, you know so you're working from home like you're working from home I love one of us who does that why would you even do that it's embarrassing to the enemy I think it's a live feed so I'm a cat or anything and the guy is just there with a cabaux and I compare each other any working from home women that you have to change since you're working from home it's okay I don't see we're going to be working from home probably maybe from next week but we're hoping this corona menace like we appreciate you thank you it's a pleasure having you now here's a quick quick okay I'm going to talk to them first before he comes but don't know how many men are working from home we're ending up yes that's why now because time, time, time my name is Kinsley keep it code black Kanda School International you can find Kinsley on Instagram live on Instagram Friday night 9pm straight to 12am yes to find Kinsley on Instagram code black underscore international code black underscore international and if you don't know the details just follow him on Instagram at KIN KINKINSLEY underscore and they are the KIN what's up my fans thank you so much thanks for watching see you make sure many folks follow us on Instagram KIN K-E-E-N K-E-E-N stay safe all right now I'm going to be going live on Friday at code black guys on Instagram right? follow your celebrities we have live parties quarantine parties now here's a quick reminder starting tomorrow 7pm there's going to be a curfew please listen tomorrow at 7pm there's going to be a curfew will be listed at 5am so make sure you stay at home and thank you so much for watching we'll see you again hopefully next week with another amazing stories other amazing stories at philinejune at Y2P4 channel keep the conversation going at hashtag Y2P4 Updates thank you to everybody that met their shop we'll see you again soon


Today, and thank you for joining us today, I am Jan Loffel and I am the CEO of BIPROP South Africa. I've been asked to talk to you about the importance of using trusted prop tech in the residential rental payment space. Before I kick off, I just want to extend a special word of thanks to Amasi, Carl and the rest of the team of private property. It is a huge privilege for my colleagues and I to participate in this event today. I also want to commend the team of private property for taking the initiative to host yet another world class event amidst all the challenges that we have been facing as South Africans and more specifically the challenges that we have been facing as the South African real estate fraternity. Something about me, I am a former public prosecutor and also a former bank litigation attorney but I ventured into the mortgage origination space and the franchise sector in an attempt to help consumers. I wanted to put people in homes rather than to evict them from it. In 2006 I ventured closer to the real estate fraternity and I ended up spending a few years in the franchise real estate sector. I joined BIPROP in January 2019 and I used to be a BIPROP user. Our franchise group used BIPROP for a number of years after we had tried to do it yourself solution en also tried some joint venture arrangements. BIPROP is an automated payment platform for the residential rental industry allowing rental agencies to transact with landlords and tenants in a quick, safe and transparent way using world class technology. Since 2004 and up to August this year BIPROP South Africa has successfully processed more than 66.6 billion rand in rental payments en we recently have been processing more than a billion rand a month in a single month. That is in South Africa alone. We also process rental payments in other countries, namely the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Canada while we also have a presence in Switzerland predominantly for our sister company that processes donations for charitable causes through the non-profit Swiss Foundation, given Gain. So let me share a few thoughts before I hand over to my colleague Yured Smuts who is BIPROP's head of data analytics. Yured is also the general manager of BIPROP Capital, our group's financial advisory intermediary services company. As we enter the latter part of 2020, most South African businesses and individuals are feeling financially straind due to the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The same is true in the property rental industry as landlords, tenants and agents alike are forced to have difficult conversations, sometimes about affordability, sometimes renegotiating the terms and conditions of their lease agreements and of course upholding their commitments. When times are tough and even under normal circumstances it is important for the parties to the rental contract, namely the landlord and the tenant and then of course also the agency to deal with a trusted payment service provider. Ask him why? Well for starters we need to eliminate human error and of course we need to eliminate creative look keeping. Electronic payment security is more crucial than ever for rental agents in the COVID-19 era as the use of cash has plummeted and businesses raised to accept money online. According to a management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, the volume of online payments has sought globally and so has online fraud. There has been a 700% increase in online fraud since March 2020. Just try to increase your professional liability cover and you'll definitely see the difference in your monthly premiums. Any agency that handles online transactions or client funds whether that's manually or electronically has a duty to ensure that those funds are kept safe. Agencies that are new to taking online payments must have suitable security systems in place to prevent online attacks and fraud. As a general rule, information should never be passed unencrypted. The personal and financial information of consumers should be protected with rigorous data centre security and proper backups. Why is the protection of sensitive information so important? Firstly there is a reputation or risk. Theft of data can be as damaging to an agency as his financial theft and it can carry equally heavy fines. Then there is operational risk. Losing information can disrupt or hold your business operations and significantly damage your client relationships. Then of course there is liability. The possibility of civil claims and even criminal charges should not be forgotten. Let's talk about people, potentially the weakest link in many businesses. The most advanced cyber attacks exploit human vulnerabilities as often as they exploit technological weaknesses. Attackers often pose as trusted senders of recipients to steal information or to divert funds. The property industry cannot afford to become complacent when it comes to the handling of client funds or trust funds. The rental market needs to increase its focus on tightening up on electronic and human security measures as relying on the one or the other is no longer adequate. How can agencies do that? Better training of employees to recognize attempts at threat of fraud is important. For example, how to identify a fashion attack. While employing more automated systems and moving away from manual processes is critically important.  Then there is the segregation of duties. No individual should be allowed to perform a single transaction from start to finish. Let's talk about the importance of trust fund separation. All rental agents and property managers are aware of the legal requirement for trust funds to be held separately from business funds. That is to ensure that third party funds are used for the intent purpose. As per Section 32, subsection 8 of the Estate Agency Affairs Act of 1976, client monies in trust accounts from part of neither PIPROP nor an estate agency's balance sheet ensuring that there is proper protection. For example, an agency's creditors cannot attach the funds kept in trust. However, simply following the provisions of Section 32 of the Estate Agency Affairs Act is not enough to have a proper level of segregated trust funds that will keep your tenants, landlords and estate agents safe. It is an act dating back to 1976 in the days when the internet did not even exist yet. So the basic separation of trust funds and business funds is inadequate. Client funds are still pulled together. It's aggregated, making it very difficult to identify who's funds are being paid out and used for what purposes. All tenant funds flow into the same main trust account.  There's different sources of water flowing into the same bucket. Now each month, some funds are scooped out of this bucket and it's distributed, but is each scoop delivered to the correct recipient and is it in the correct measure? Without separating individual clients' money there is no way of knowing which money belongs to whom. You could be paying property A's expenses with property B's money. So this requires next level trust fund separation because life happens, some tenants will pay early, some tenants will pay light, some will pay too much and other too little, or maybe not at all. Who does all that reconciliation and what happens when money is supposed to be retained in trust? Yes, where he's the tenant's damage deposit which is supposed to be applied or refunded only at the end of the lease term, depending on the condition of the property. And then sometimes there's also landlord's money that should be retained for repairs and maintenance in the subsistence of the lease and agents should not get this mixed up. Imagine that within a trust account or within that water bucket there is a little bucket for every property into which only funds that belong to a particular property can go. Each little bucket within the bigger bucket is further subdivided with space for funds held for the landlord and space for funds held for the tenant in trust funds are flowing. Does your prop tech enable you to manage that level of complexity? What prop tech differentiators do we see in the market? Live integration with the South African banking system guarantees that beneficiaries are only paid once funds have been cleared. Expenses are only paid with money meant for a specific property and any money we claim is separately stored and accounted for in real-time. In a protected bank integrated trust account environment a prop tech company should offer transparent real-time tenant and landlord reporting and it should maintain permanent or unbelievable audit logs. Incoming payments should be identified systematically and pre-reconciled for each individual property. Outgoing payments for supplier invoices for the landlord should be paid automatically based on payment rules as soon as the funds have been cleared. Multiple payments should be possible at the click of a button and the receipts should be automatically sent to the tenants and landlords just like the invoices were sent automatically earlier. Proof of payment should be stored separately and securely on the platform and your payment service provider should assist you with your next round of audits. Your undelietable audit trails should always be available to tell you who was responsible for what part of which transaction. Let's talk about using prop tech to your advantage. Property is and will always be a business for and of people. Sorry guys, I want to get that right. Let's talk about using prop tech to your advantage. Property is and always will be a business of and a business for people and technology should serve the real estate industry rather than to replace it. In other words, successful technologies should be an enabler rather than a disruptor of a real estate agency. A key principle to consider is, who is in charge? Is your prop tech telling you what to do next or are you telling it what to do and when to do it? Do you need to wait for someone to download or manipulate something before you can actually attend to your work? Do you have to copy and paste information? How much room for error is there? How much room for fraud is there? True automation is when your software works for you in a safe environment and it works with you not telling you what to do but responding to your rules. Let's look at the value of automation Automation boosts productivity, saves you time and money. You can use redeploy skills and your time to focus on other high value activities. Remember that time is a very scarce commodity.  I trust that you have gained new insights and that you've enjoyed my talk. I'm now going to hand you over to my colleague