Looking at the income tax formula we're focused on line one income remember on the first half of the income tax formula is in essence an income statement although just an outline other forms and schedules flowing into these line items one of those being the schedule C it having business income minus business expenses the net business income flowing into line one income of the income tax formula looking at the page form page one of the form 1040 remembering the schedule C flows into the schedule one which flows into the first page of form 1040 line number eight the schedule C is a profit or loss from business in essence an income statement format income minus expenses we now want to think about the the self-employment tax and recall that when we talk about the self-employment tax in general it's similar to the payroll taxes that you may have or would have if you were a w2 employee where you would be paying half the self-employment tax as the employee and the employer would be paying half the self-employment tax when we talk about the schedule C we don't have any payroll if we are our own employees in other words we might have other employees that we deal with payroll but if we don't have any other employees or if we do have the other employees then we're not our own employee we're not issuing ourselves a w2 in a schedule C situation typically instead we're going to in essence take the income statement the income minus the expenses and the net income is what we will then use to figure the self-employment tax which is equivalent in some ways to that payroll taxes and it basically means that we're going to act as the employer and employee for the self-employment tax that we're going to have to be calculating and paying half of that self-employment tax possibly being an above the line deduction on a schedule one all right that's the general overview we'll get into it in a little bit more detail now so we got the self-employment tax the s e tax caution the s e tax rules apply no matter how old you are and even if you are already receiving social security and medicare benefits so when we think about self-employment tax notice that you you all you often hear so social security you think of when you're paying into social security or you might be thinking of when you're getting the money out from social security in retirement remembering that social security used to be thought of as more of a safety net program but it's now almost thought of as more of a government funded basically or we put into this government program for everybody's partial retirement program in essence and therefore if you put money into social security you expect to get something in return from social security although i wouldn't completely bet on that if you're a younger individual because the social security is having you know it's going to run into a wall somehow unless they make some changes to it at some point in time but that's the general concept of it we of course are talking here about the pain into the social security system when you have your own business and doing so therefore not through the payroll taxes but the self-employment tax all right who must pay the self-employment tax the se tax generally you must pay se self-employment tax and file schedule se form 1040 if your net earnings from self-employment were $400 or more so clearly if you have a loss on your schedule see income you're not going to be having the self-employment tax because it's going to be subject or based on your income in a similar way is if you are a w2 employee your income from the employer is what the basis is to figure the self-employment are in that case the payroll taxes social security medicare and this case the income to us is the net income from the schedule see that's going to be the starting point to calculate the social security and medicare if we didn't have any income or if we had a loss from that then we're not going to be paying the social security medicare so use schedule se to figure net earnings from self-employment so sole proprietor or independent contractor if you are a self-employed as a sole proprietor or independent contractor you generally use schedule se form 1040 to figure your earnings subject to self-employment tax self-employment tax rate so the 2022 se self-employment tax rate on net earnings is 15.3 12.4 social security tax and 2.9 medicare tax let's break that down in a little bit more detail here so if i pull out the trustee calculator we're going to say i'm trying to make it smaller not bigger all right so if you had your w2 withholdings as opposed to the self-employment tax and you were to look at your pay stub then the the rate for social security is usually 0.062 so and then the and then if you double that times two that gets to that 12.4 so the 12.4 percent is the employer and employee portion like equivalent to the employer employee portion if you were a w2 employee and you had an employer and employee portion that's so on our net income on the schedule c we're paying the equivalent of the employer and employee portion in essence so similar kind of thing for the 2.9 if you were to look at like a w2 withholding it would be 0.0145 the employee portion times two for the employer portion as well and hold on a second 0.0145 times two that's going to be if i move the decibel two places over 2.9 and if i add that to the 12.4 uh hold on a second if i take the 12.4 plus the 2.9 that's going to get to that 15.3 so there's there's where they're getting that 15.3 now you still need to be able to break out between the social security rate and the medicare rate because there could be some differences if you go over the cap or the threshold for social security then you're not going to have to pay any more social security above that amount we'll talk about that a little bit later so you have to think of these these rates different not just the 15.3 all the time and if you make a lot of income you might have to pay added medicare taxes over a certain threshold as well all right so maximum earnings subject to s e tax only the first 147 000 of your combined wages tips and net earnings in 2022 is subject to any combination of the 12.4 social security part of s e tax social security tax or the tier one part of railroad retirement tax so now that 147 so if your income minus your expenses on on your schedule c for example came up to 200 000 you would think that you would have to be paying the the tax on the 200 000 but no for the social security portion only you have the cap at 147 000 why would that be you might ask that seems odd why why would I stop paying taxes over that threshold because it's not a general tax here because we think of social security more as a retirement program or something that everybody should get a benefit from and therefore you have to kind of compare it to the to the calculations of the benefits that you're going to be getting so in other words the higher you the more money you put in the social security the more you should get back if we think about it as like a retirement type of program and the benefits of course are are reversed structured so that as your as your income goes up your benefit the amount of benefits you get in payments in retirement goes down and after you hit a certain threshold then you don't get any more benefit when you on the benefit side if you put more money in so that's kind of the justification of a cap on the social security because you're not getting any more benefit as you keep putting more money into the social security when you are at retirement age all right so we don't have that cap on the medicare side of things you'll you'll note so because and that would be maybe because we still think of medicare more as a safety net program not as like a like a government kind of sponsored retirement kind of fun program so all of your combined wages tips and net earnings in 2022 are subject to any combination of the 2.9 medicare part of the tax medicare tax or medicare part of railroad retirement tax if your wages and tips are subject to to either social security tax or the tier one part of railroad retirement tax or both and total at least 147 000 do not pay the 12.4 social security part of the se tax on any of your net earnings however you must pay the 2.9 medicare part of the se tax on all your net earnings okay so there's the cap applied just to the social security side not to the medicare side and then if we go to the medicare master what is medicare side addition we have this additional medicare tax if your income goes above a certain amount so a 0.9 percent additional medicare tax may apply to you if your net earnings from self-employment exceed a threshold based on your filing status so you can take a look at for more information self-employment tax in chapter one and form eight nine five nine and its instructions


It's very difficult to close the open abdominal layer, the fascia layer. So what we want to do is make a tool that can help us to do this. So we made a simple plier-like tool, something that you might see in home construction, like at Home Depot.  And the way it works is you just place it on one side of the fascia clamp, put the trigger, go to the other side and just go keep going back and forth. And what this does is it allows the surgeon to place sutures in a way that maximizes the abdominal integrity so you prevent the case of herniation as much as possible, given the patient that you have. It also makes sure that the lumen is very clean. Also, there's no chance of accident about it. I mean, a surgeon approached us saying, yes, this idea, saying that you feel like the abdominal wall closure process is antiquated, it's not modern, and it could be improved. Over the following summer, we spent time in the surgery room observing surgery and talking to surgeons, and we decided it was a good problem to tackle. I'm really amazed at how much work we've gone through in the past year. And working on this project has given me a real-world view onto the engineering process and how everything works and how we're going to meetings every week, working on the design, working on CAD work or working on a project that would come out like an actual prototype and actually holding what you have accomplished. I came to Hopkins strictly as a pre-med, I didn't exactly know what industry would be like. So as a freshman in this project, it amazed me at how far we went. Definitely these competitions such as debut and others, or we could present or we could go and show people what our idea is, really have interested me into going into industry depth. I want to go from bedside to bench to bedside. So basically as a doctor, help and then create the device and then bring it back to them. I think that hands-on, sort of physical, I've done this, created this, let me show you what I've done because it's an extra rewarding. It was here that it takes so much money and that it's so difficult to do that you have to be this really experienced guy, well into your 40s to even try. This is an experience, really talking to that, you can try, even as a professional. Dr. Yuan, the bariatric surgeon from Bayview Hospital at Johns Hopkins, he's the one who's been working with us the most. Every month we have sit down with him, we discuss our engineering designs and he gives us feedback, basically constantly talking with him to see what will work best in the operating room. It's great how big the job needs to be once they're closed, how best a tool will fit in a surgeon's hand. So he's a little biased but what he says is this tool has the potential to revolutionize the way we perform surgery. I think first I thought it was just helping one person at a time and I feel this device helps millions eventually which is what we hope for.


Discover the exquisite beauty of Islam with our exclusive poster collection, showcasing the 99 names of Allah. Each poster meticulously presents the Arabic name, pronunciation and English translation, embodying the essence of our Creator. Elevate your surroundings with these high quality designs that not only serve as art, but also offer a glimpse into the profound beauty of Islamic culture. Immerse yourself in the collection and unveil the magnificence of the 99 names. Links in the description box. Alright guys, welcome back to the channel. If you're new, my name is Bobby. We talked about the Trinity, we talked about Jesus supposedly being God, but every single time I would react to a video, of course, Christians would tell me, yeah, well, that guy doesn't know any better. That was not a good explanation. You have to listen to the real preachers, to the real priests and whatnot. And therefore, today, in an attempt to please my Christian viewers, we're going to react to preacher Mary, who went somewhat semi-viral lately on social media. In this video, he will explain why Jesus said, my father is greater than I. So this is, of course, an argument that many Muslims bring forth. If Jesus, the son, is equal to the father, why would he then say that the father is greater than I? That doesn't make sense and goes directly against the whole co-equality argument that is proposed by Trinitarians. But nevertheless, let me not rant for too long. Let's hear what Marie Marie has to say about this subject. Guys, before we jump into the video, as always, if you enjoy my content, leave me a thumbs up, subscribe to the channel if you haven't already, and check out the links in the description box below to further support. And now, with no further ado, let's have a look. John 14.28.  If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said I am going to the Father, for my Father is greater than I. So this woman is taking John 14.8 and saying, you see, Jesus Christ is not God, because he's saying my Father is greater than I. So if we are going to believe in the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, all equal, well, there is no equality here, because Jesus is saying, my Father is greater than I. Looks like this woman has no idea what the Holy Bible is all about. The Holy Bible or Christianity. She needs to learn a lot. My goodness. It's very funny, of course, because he claims she has to learn a lot. The point of the story is, by reading that passage, at face value, it is crystal clear, of course, that the Father is greater than Jesus, because Jesus himself says it here, apparently, allegedly, in the Gospel of John. But no, we're not going to listen to the words of Jesus. We're going to listen to the church Fathers 300 years after Jesus Christ at the Council of Nicaea, where they decided it is a Trinity after all, and Jesus Christ is the eternally begotten Son from God, God from God, light from light, et cetera, et cetera. Jesus Christ himself, however, says clearly that he will return to his Father. Jesus Christ clearly prayed to the Father, asked for forgiveness, asked for his life, ultimately. He was begging God in the Bible that the cup will be lifted from him, i.e. the crucifixion, that he will be spared. His life will be spared by God Almighty. This is how Jesus prayed to God. But no, all of that is wrong. Jesus is actually God after all. Very dangerous nowadays. Everybody's a teacher. It's always good to be a student, a disciple. Don't be a teacher. Let Christ teach you. Humble yourself. But you're teaching right now. You say that she's wrong. She says that if all three are equal, one cannot be greater than the other one. Yes. My Father is greater than I. Well, if the Lord Jesus here says my Father is greater than I, we need to understand who is talking here. Ah, it's just a man Jesus, of course. Totally. It's that when you talk about Christ, you are saying Christ is perfect God and perfect man at the same time. Looks like she has forgotten the humanity of Christ. She has forgotten the humanity of Christ. So Christ is perfect God and perfect man at the same time. Okay, man, but that's a contradiction because even if we suppose that this is true, what you're claiming there, he is fully man and fully God at the same time. Then he cannot claim that God, the Father, is greater than he because he is fully God and fully man at the same time. Why is he swapping roles all the time in the Christian doctrine? Jesus never said that he does it.  Sometimes I'm speaking as the fully man and sometimes I'm speaking as the fully God. There is, of course, no evidence whatsoever presented from Jesus himself that he did that at all. Even if we would adhere to the Christian doctrine, to the Christian theology and would say, yes, it is absolutely accurate. He is fully man, fully God at the same time. This would imply, of course, that he has metaphysical knowledge of the reality of God, of the reality of the Trinity, of him being the second person of the Godhead. And if Jesus, your God, knows that, then he would, of course, proclaim, me and my Father, we are equal, he is not greater than I, but he does the opposite.  Example, example, example. The Lord Jesus saw Jerusalem and cried for Jerusalem. Who cries? The Son of Man. God does not cry, my beloved. The Lord Jesus got hungry. Okay, but there you debunked yourself because you say God doesn't cry, but Jesus cries. Now you're gonna say, yeah, well, that was the man Jesus. But wait a second, didn't we already clarify that Jesus is the Son of God? The Son of God within the doctrine of the Trinity is God. That is what it is. The Son is not the Father. The Father is not the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not the Son, et cetera, et cetera, you name it. So those three persons are not each other, but at the same time every single person is God, which then implies in turn that Jesus, the Son, is God. He fasted 40 days and 40 nights and then he was hungry. Who was hungry? The human side. Divinity never eats. Divinity never hungers. The Lord Jesus was thirsty. That's the human side. The Lord Jesus slept. That's the human side. But then the divine side of Christ, he raised the dead. He healed the sick. But hold on, man. Which divine side of Christ? Which divine side? If Jesus, the Son, is the second person, he is God and therefore he is divine, right? Isn't he divine through and through? If he is especially fully God? Again, this is another contradiction. He opened the eyes of the blind. He cast out demons of people. Here is showing Christ is perfect God and perfect man. Yeah, he seems very confused. Here it shows he is perfect God and perfect man. Okay, how exactly? By performing miracles, every prophet performed miracles. Moses split the sea. So splitting the sea from my human perspective here is a greater miracle than somebody walking on water, right? Splitting the sea is an absolute grandiose miracle. Therefore, by your definition, Moses must be God. Now when the Lord is saying, my father is greater than I, it is the human side of Christ. What does that mean? Because humanity is lesser than the divine. The divine created the human side. This is where Christianity is so perfectly put together. We never say this man became God as some claim and attack the Christian faith. Right, so Christianity is perfect because you never claimed that man became God. Okay, by that premise, Hellenic mysticism, Greek mysticism, mythology is absolutely perfect because they never claimed that man became God. Ultimately, it was God Zeus that had a son, Hercules. So Hercules was half man, half God from the get-go. Zeus was God from the get-go. Therefore, Hellenic mythology is absolutely perfect. They say, how can you say this man became God? That's a blasphemy. Exactly. Christianity never claims this man became God. Christianity claims God became man. And if you are going to say that God cannot be a human, then you have limited God. Don't ever call him Almighty. You have stripped him of his rank. He is no longer God. Wow, what an extremely weak argument. So first and foremost, he's creating a strawman, of course, saying some people claim man became God, but we do not say that we say God became man. Okay, that's not the argument. We are saying it's preposterous that God is man. That's the position.  Of course, God can do all things. But does that then in turn have to imply that he has to become all things? Then we're in Hinduism. Some Hindus believe that God manifests in rats. You as a Christian are surely against that, right? Why are you limiting God? God is manifesting as rats because he can, of course. Again, God can do all things, but certain things simply do not befit God. It is always the same atheistic argument, right? If God is so powerful, so strong, can he create a stone that is too heavy for him to lift? It's absurd, of course. God is all-powerful and always going to create a stone that is too heavy for him to lift. But if you say that he can, then you're limiting God. God is all-powerful.  This is so extremely, pathetically weak. If God cannot do anything and everything, then he's not God. Can God be a human? Yes. Can God be a rat? Yes. No. No. So that's why the human side of Christ says, my father is greater than I. Not the son of God, the son of man. It's talking here. No, it makes sense. I get it. So we need to understand how the Holy Bible operates. All right. This is it for today's video. Absolutely pathetic attempt of defending the divinity of Christ by ultimately claiming that Christ was not divine as the son of man. He is fully man and fully God at the same time, which then implies, of course, that he has full knowledge of everything as God all the time. But in that moment, he actually chose not to, right? And therefore he simply tells you, yeah, well, the father is greater than I.  Digest it, right? Really think about it. God sends prophets, and we see that in the Torah, for thousands and thousands of years. All of those people received the message from those prophets to worship God alone. And now suddenly God makes 180 and he manifests in the flesh. He incarnates to earth and teaches them, apparently, allegedly, about the Trinity.  This is what Jesus came for. And now he's there to proclaim this message and teach his disciples. And instead of telling them, listen guys, I am the son of God, i.e. God, and me and the father, we are equal. And all of this is called a Trinity. No, he's going to tell them, you know what, guys, the father is greater than I. How do you make sense out of this? Especially from a Christian perspective where you believe that God walked the face of the earth. Man, this never happened before and never happened since. The disciples of Christ were in touch with God. And obviously you would then believe that if God revealed himself to humanity, not through prophets this time, but directly, of course, you would get the perfect message, right? Everything would be told. Everything, absolutely everything you ever needed to know in your life would be revealed. No, no, absolutely not. Because if we believe Christians, 300 years later at the Council of Nicea, this is when 1,800 church fathers had to come together and discuss what actually happened, right?  He said the father is greater than I. Well, we're going to equate then that actually Jesus is God and he is part of the Trinity. The Trinity is a later innovation. It is a man-made concept based upon certain Greek mystical philosophies. Wouldn't you believe, for the Christians watching here, that if God really was amongst you, he would tell you everything you need to know about the nature of God? Why do you need then Saint Paul and 1,800 church fathers to tell you something that Jesus Christ, your God, did not tell you? This absolutely preposterous and makes no sense whatsoever. All right, guys. And this is it for today's video. If you liked it, leave the thumbs up, subscribe to the channel. If you haven't already, check out the links in the description box below to further support my work. And now, as always, may God, one God, bless you all, much love and peace.


One of the biggest film icons in Hollywood, together with magnetic performances and charisma, Denzel Washington is a living legend in the world of entertainment. Whether he's playing a detective, a coach, or a historical figure, Denzel brings his A game every time. He leaves audiences in awe and always leaves him wanting more. Not to mention, this A-lister lives in one of the most coveted areas in Los Angeles. In a beautiful mansion, he's owned for years and will tell you all about it soon. This is Care of the Vampire Slayer and today we'll see how Denzel Washington turned from a schoolboy from a rough neighborhood to one of the wealthiest men in Hollywood. Born in 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA, the son of a pentacostal minister and a beautician, Denzel grew up on the borderline of Westchester and the Bronx. He described his mother as talkative and aggressive and claimed that he might have gotten that from her. His father, on the other hand, was a powerful, big guy, but really a gentle man. Having his parents divorced, Denzel was sent to a private prep school in Oakland Military Academy in New Windsor, which he later described as life changing. He said, That decision changed my life because I wouldn't have survived in the direction I was going, the guys I was hanging out with. At the time, my running buddies have now done maybe 40 years behind in the penitentiary. They were nice guys, but the streets got them. In high school, Denzel played football, baseball, and then basketball in college. Denzel has said he had no idea what he wanted to do in life, so he tried several courses in college, such as core date morphogenesis, political science, then journalism. When Denzel worked at a YMCA camp and did a show for the kids, someone told him to give acting a shot because he had a talent. Mr. Campdenzell transferred and enrolled at the theater department on the day school started back. By finishing his study at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, his love for acting slowly developed, and soon he starred in his first movie, Wilma, in 1977. He also starred in the TV medical dramedy, St. Elsewhere, with William Daniels and Ed Bedley Jr. While working on the TV drama, St. Elsewhere, with the approval of Bruce Paltrow, Denzel had to take three leaves in total from the span of the production set to make room for others' projects. At this time, he starred in his soldier's story, Power and Cry Freedom. He said, I worked with great directors Norman Jewison, Sidney Lumet, and Richard Attenborough, so if it wasn't for him letting me out to do these movies, we wouldn't be sitting here. While behind the charming smiles and appealing presence of the great Denzel Washington is a talented actress, philanthropist and musician. Denzel may have been named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1986, but he caught Palletta's eye long before then. Denzel was interviewed in Live Kelly and Mark, and he shared that he was cast in Wilma as one of the leading stars, while Palletta was one of the background. The couple met on the set, but didn't speak until months later at a mutual friends party. He said, I met her then, but I didn't meet her then. At that party Denzel talked about going to a play and when the intermission lights came up, Palletta was there, and she just happened to go and see it as well. Palletta also revealed that Denzel actually proposed twice, and she finally gave her sweet yes on the third time he did. When they asked the reason why Palletta turned Denzel down, it was straightforward. She said, because I said no. While the couple tied the knot in 1983, and they celebrated 40 years of marriage by now, you don't get that a lot in Hollywood. After multiple best actor awards and nominees, all of Denzel's hard work paid off big time, and we mean big time. When Denzel's career had a breakthrough, he, Palletta and their children moved to the ultra-exclusive Beverly Park community, home to countless other A-listers like Samuel Jackson, Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Justin Bieber. Going on 2.13 acres and featuring a pool, a tennis court and a fountain, this beautiful home in the Los Angeles area is stocked with 8 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms. While other celebrities treat their mansions as replaceable properties, Denzel, well, he's a devoted homeowner. He's lived in this Beverly Park home for over 20 years. He's added a couple of other impressive houses to his portfolio, but he kept his first mansion as his main residence. The palatial estate has all the luxuries any person would want in a home, which is probably why Denzel never wants to leave. Surrounded by lush foliage and tall trees in all corners, the luxury home keeps the family secure from prying eyes. The gated roundabout driveway is decorated with a fountain centerpiece, the perfect thing to welcome guests. The property has two structures, a large guest house by the pool which can comfortably house a family on its own, and the stunning main mansion that would make anyone drool with envy. Surrounded by nature, the outdoor area is a great place to unwind. There's a hedge garden right across the pool area and beautiful landscaping everywhere you look. A full tennis court by the side of the house is equipped and ready in case Denzel needs a little sports action. While Denzel wasn't quite ready to let go of his mansion, he did add a couple of properties to his real estate portfolio. His most recent purchase is a bit smaller than his Beverly Hills Park mansion. Last year he dropped $10.9 million for a luxury condo in the star-filled building the century, whose roster of residents include famous names like Candy Spelling, Rihanna and Paula Abdul. Washington's unit was purchased from Saudi Arabian royalty, Princess Rima, granddaughter of the late King Faisal. The stunning unit is a double-wide condo renovated to combine two units into a mansion-sized flat. The princess spent more than $8.9 million for the apartments. Later, she splurged a fortune for the modification. The super-sized condo has over 8,000 square feet of living space, with six bedrooms and eight bathrooms. While the unit is situated on the lower floors of the high-rise building, the glass windows still offer beautiful panoramic views of LA. Because of its unique combined layout, it has two living rooms and two dining rooms. There are several seating areas and numerous terraces for outdoor lounging. All of its bedrooms have ensuite full bath. When it comes to amenities, the star-filled building comes complete with resort-worthy features. Condo has 24-7 concierge services, five-star in-house restaurant, business center, a children's play center, a pet spa and a 75-foot swimming pool. Moving to the East Coast, Denzel's apartment building in New York is anything but ordinary. The independent reports that it took about a billion dollars to construct the limestone building and while it might look like another high-rise and a sea of high-rises, it's so high-end, the wealthiest in the Big Apple decided to call this place home. In 2006, for $13 million, Denzel and his family purchased a three-bed, four-bath apartment on Central Park West. At 3,000 square feet, this place is bigger than most people's houses. Hooked inside this 20s-inspired condo, you'll find a private restaurant, health center, showroom, private chefs, interior courtyard, marble columns in the lobby and a lap pool. It's no wonder, then, that among the tenants are big names like Sting, Jeff Gordon and a host of CEOs and business execs with piles of money. With his wife and kids, Denzel Washington enjoys his mansion and homes that he and his wife invested in. After looking at his life and properties, that's going to wrap up today's video. But before you go, answer this question for me. Which celebrity would you most like to be neighbors with? Let me know in the comments and don't forget to like, subscribe and follow me on Instagram to chat. I'm Kara and I'll see you all in another video. Bye! Hey everyone! It's Kara, or Kara the Vampire Slayer, as you might know me and given my love for all things house and home, I recently wanted to get more hands on myself and I started tackling DIY projects at my own house. Being a new homeowner, there are plenty of unexpected things to fix and it's cool to learn what you're doing and hopefully be able to fix it yourself. There are also plenty of DIY projects suitable for beginners like me to do and ones that improve the look of your space drastically. 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Hi and welcome to the session. I am Deepika here. Let's discuss a question. If cot theta is equal to 7 upon 8 evaluate part 1 1 plus sin theta into 1 minus sin theta upon 1 plus cos theta into 1 minus cos theta and part 2 cot square theta. Now we know that according to the Pythagoras theorem, this is a right angle ABC. So according to the Pythagoras theorem we have AC square is equal to AB square plus BC square, hypotenuse square is equal to some of the squares of other two sides and theta is equal to addition to angle theta upon side opposite to angle theta that is BC upon AB sin theta is equal to side opposite to angle theta upon hypotenuse that is AB upon AC and cos theta is equal to side adjacent to angle theta upon hypotenuse that is BC upon AC. So this is a key idea behind our question. We will take the help of this key idea to solve the above question. So let's start the solution part 1. Have given cot theta is equal to BC upon AB is equal to equal to 7k then AB is equal to any positive number equal to 7k and AB is equal to 8k. Let us find out AC by using Pythagoras theorem. So by using Pythagoras theorem is equal to AB square plus BC square that is AC square is equal to 8k square plus 7k square this implies AC square is equal to 64k square plus 49k square and again this implies AC square is equal to 114k square AC is equal to that is 8k which is equal to 8k is equal to 1 minus sin square theta minus cos square theta is equal to 8 upon under root 113 square upon under root 113 square. So this is equal to 1 minus 6413 upon 49 over 113. So this is equal to 113 minus 64 upon 113 into 113 upon 113 minus 49. So this is equal to 49 64 1 plus sin theta into 1 minus sin theta upon 1 plus cos theta into 1 minus cos theta is equal to 49 upon 64. Hence the answer for part 1 is 49 upon 64. So let us move to the part 2 this is equal to now BC square upon so this is equal to 49k square upon 64k square and this is again equal to 49 upon 64. Hence the answer for part 2 is that is cos square theta is equal to 49 upon 64. I hope the question is clear to you. Bye and take care.


Welcome back to my channel sugar car for today's video. I'm gonna be showing you guys my 2018 Favorites because today is New Year's Eve, and I wanted to show y'all what I've been loving this year Nice. Do you want to be in the camera? Yeah, I'm in Atlanta right now and a Jasmine has a dog Hold on. Let me see if I can put on the other light So y'all Jasmine has a dog. This is nice Y'all see y'all will see her in the vlogs coming up, but I'm not uploading any blog yet until I get home But this is not and she's gonna be in my favorites video because I'm in love in dogs So, okay Well, she she might she might be because I have to watch her because she's bad So anyways first we're gonna start with skin products because I've been loving my skin lately But when I just got to Atlanta y'all I broke out in like right here and right here. So No So but I'm not gonna talk about skin care yet because I don't want to show you all the products That I've been using because I want to wait till my skin care routine But the mask that I've been loving right now is the body shop mask I used it in my pamphlet routine and I used it quite a few times in a couple vlog But oh my god, like I need it right now because I feel like every time I use that mask like I swear my pimples go away like Like that. I can't snap with it. I'm like that. I swear like my face like it's so clear So fast when I use that mask and I don't know if y'all really knew because I never told y'all but I had problematic skin I have acne porn skin like I had problem skin in high school. I was so insecure about it I had to go to the dermatologist. Yes. I was on acutane. That's probably why y'all think that oh You have so such good skin. No, I had to go through a lot. So But yeah, I've been loving my skin lately and that mask I swear y'all it really like Bounces my skin back ace that I need it right now, but I don't have it So but that's okay because right when I get home, I'm doing it I might go get a sample real quick. So I'm here for another two days, but Yeah Then that's good about it's bound. So another thing that I've been loving for my skin is this Brazilian Bumbum cream Y'all this is so good. This is so good y'all and it smells so good like I I Really love this thing like I can't even get over it. So this how it comes.  It's pretty thick. It's not It's thick, but it's like thing if that makes sense, and it smells so good here and I smell She loves it. She wanted to look at I can't let her do that But yeah, oh my god And I also have the hand cream to be with me all the time so I can smell like it all the time Like this is my signature like lotion saying honestly girl This is my signature lotion saying I love it so much y'all like Y'all have to try this out like and it really tightens my skin. I've noticed a difference in my butt But I'm not gonna show y'all But I have noticed a difference and I have noticed a difference like in my legs and stuff like that But yeah, and I mean it's probably not gonna tighten on my stomach. That's like let's be real here but yeah, no But I highly highly highly Suggest that don't you do too nice, right? Next a lip product. I talked about this before in a couple of my blogs as well. It's the lineage sleeping mask It's very popular right now. It's pretty bomb. You can get it at Sephora. Basically you put it on You put it on like when you're about to go to sleep, and then you wake up and your lips will be like bomb on point moist rise Because I don't know like my lips just always And I need something to help my lips all the time Carmen's doesn't work. That's only doesn't work So yeah, this sleeping mask really helps me I bring it with me and I put it on throughout the day even though It's a mess like I'll get it like up here and stuff, but I don't care like I don't care Nobody's here to see me like I go to work in that city and I go No next thing y'all the next thing is my fave Like this is probably my fave that I discovered in 2018 Like I will never never never never never never never never never switch up probably until I find something better But I don't think I'm gonna find anything better, but it's the It's the bakarot perfume, so I'm gonna show y'all how it comes that I just bought some more But let me get it on my suitcase. Hold up. I gotta put her down So, okay, so this is what it comes in. This is the name Mason Francis something and then it's bakarot rogue This is the box that it comes in but you can get it in like an actual bottle But I get the travel size just because It's expensive like it's a $400 for that little bottle I have the oil of it, but the oil okay I had started with the travel size then I ordered the oil because it was like a hundred and something on the internet and Then I got the oil like it doesn't give you it smells the same But it doesn't give you that same effect as if you had like the spray of the actual perfume So I'm like, no, I can't do it, but I'm gonna use it on top of the Sent but yeah, so anyways, so it just comes in a box like this the travel size ones and You get four of five one two three. Yeah, you get five of them. So it basically girl I'm gonna put you in a cage. You don't stop So it just comes like this you get five of them and then right here is where you're gonna have this Sitting right here. This is like the little travel case like and then it's magnetic So it goes like that and then you just put the spray in there And then it's just always with you and you can always version of I Love this so much smells so good if you have never smelled this go ahead and go smell it It's unisex so it's for men and women. They have a stronger one That last hunger or something but this lasts for me like this sent the clear one is good for Women and then the red one which is a little bit stronger is for men and I personally don't like that one because I feel like it's just too much of the product and then when you have too much of Something I feel like it smells like something else I don't know if that makes sense, but I put it on me and Jasmine was like, oh, it's my like baby powder. I was like Yeah But yeah, so this is my fave I love this so much y'all If you want to give me anything for Christmas you can give me this or you can give me the big bottle But I personally like the travel ones just because it's always on me So yeah, and I always make room for my purse for anything that I want To touch up and then another lip product that I always use that's my fave is the next fortune cookie This is always on my lips and I always always always always always use the lip liner Quirk from Mac cuz it's like the perfect brown for my lips So next thing that I've been always that I've been really really into this year Like I don't know like what it is like I love sweatpants and like sweatshirts and stuff So it's just this chick like Girls she's making me so nervous Don't mind if you see makeup on my robe because this is my get ready robe So and I don't get it even though it's white. I don't care Okay, y'all so the next thing that I've been loving I don't know what it is But I've been really really into like just sweatpants being comfortable cute classy like I just love being comfortable So I don't really like jeans. I like sweatpants or leggings like that's the only thing that I wear basically So and I love matching sets. So I'm like champion is where it's at So I've been really really loving like the cute little champion like sweatpants sets and stuff like that I love these cute colors. I got this from I got this from Akira Akira basically has all the colors and I'm basically like How many of them do I have I have like a gray hair red Gray red, I don't know I got a lot of colors So but this one is my favorite one like this peach pinkie set. I don't know. It's cute I posted on my Instagram. It'll be right here cute picture. Make sure you follow me on Instagram But yeah, I just love these sets. They're so comfortable and then so cute and stylish at the same time And I'm about to put it on right now For the day because our articulate sureness and it's pretty much the lounge where I'm not gonna dress until tonight. So It doesn't matter So I'm gonna just throw this on for right now And I feel like this is like the perfect on the go like for outfit if you want or like you can take it You can wear it out for drinks if you want.  So that's why matching sets are gonna always be my go-to because I don't like trying hard Even though people think I do Trying hard and put effort into my outfit. I really don't like I don't put no effort in my outfit like, okay Like that's cute moving on sweatpants. Yes matching set. Yes. Let's go. Right. So another piece of clothing like item that I've been loving I have them on right now. I got them this year and I literally got them when it was about to get cold outside Um, which are these Gucci slides. I never showed y'all these I showed y'all in like one vlog But I never like actually show drop if these Gucci slides. I love them so much Oh my god, these aren't even on the website, but they're at the store. They have these on the website in red, but When I seen these I didn't even see these before like I haven't seen nobody like no instagram models No, nothing with these So I'm like, oh my god, like I want these like instantly like I was thinking about it like When it wasn't even on my foot yet. I'm like, I don't know But then when I instantly put them on feet, I'm like, oh my god, I have to have them But look how they just listen And it's so cute and these been like through a lot. I've been through a lot and none of the diamonds have fallen off They're not foggy or anything. Maybe these are real. I'm just saying But these are good quality. This is definitely a splurge and definitely luxury a luxury item But I really love these so much my first slides are my go-to But when I like want to look cute and a little bit more like dressed up and a little bit more like, you know I'll put I'll put these on so the last thing that I've been loving is my lowest photon never full Like I never thought I would really like this bag because you know, I did my what's in my bag and I said Um, this is like the lowest photon starter kit But this is like my go-to bag Like I just throw it and then like, you know go about my way So and I put my laptop in here. I put everything in here.  You know what I'm saying? So okay, y'all. So another thing that I've been loving in 2018 is my mini Ugg boots like I love minis now. I don't even want the medium ones anymore I don't even want the tall ones because they're always difficult to get past my calf And then like the medium ones. I don't know. It just looks like a little bit like every time I put them It's just like this like weird. I don't know But these are just easier to put on for me and I need these in like every color Like I need a mini in every color like I love the mini ones way better And I really highly recommend I just got these ones this year from journeys Um, these ones just have like sparklies on them at y'all can tell I love my shoes sparkly or anything sparkly But um, yeah, these just have like the little sparkles that outline The shoe and then they outline right here on the top and it just has gray fur in it. This is my first pair Of gray Uggs and I wanted to get these ones just because I love the detailing and they were mini And I wanted to try out the mini ones just because my calf muscles are a little bit big Um, they're a little bit muscular Um, I gave run track. I was an athlete for a while. So like hunter boots I cannot wear those like No, those don't work for me Like certain shoes just don't work for me But and then my feet are big at the same time.   So So yeah, these are highly recommended by me. I love me And the last thing that I've been loving this year I don't know why but the beginning of this year I'm like, I'm gonna start wearing like, you know cute little pajamas to sleep Like I don't know like cute light ones like put together Ones that are like a matching set with the buttons and stuff like that I've been loving them. Like I don't know like I just love I don't I always take my pants off sometimes, but honestly, I get cold at night So I sleep with them on like the leg Like if I have like a pants pair, like I'll sleep with them on but if I get hot I can always take it off But I just been really like, you know Into like matching pajama sets. I don't know like I just love them So this is one pair that I have with me right now. It's this cute Like button up let me button it up for y'all so y'all can see. Okay. So this is the pajama set Um, these are like the pajama sets that I like I'll get like short sleeves or long sleeves, but I really really love matching sets and this one is so comfortable I got this one at target target has some good ones good quality comfortable ones. I love them Most of the minds are from target actually and then it just comes with these little cute shorts little blue shorts They're cute. I don't know. I just really been loving them. They're good to lounge and they're good to sleep in Like I don't like just wearing a t-shirt anymore. Like I don't know if that's weird But I mean I wear a t-shirt and sweatpants like when I'm on like the goal But when I'm at home just chilling I like being comfortable and like these Um that hug my body a little bit more instead of like a t-shirt or sweatpants or something like that. I don't know But yeah, that's what I've been loving to sleeping so if you guys were curious and Wanted to know what I sleep in that's what I like to sleep in I sleep in sex to keep me warm since nothing else is keeping me warm at night. You know, you know I'm just kidding Not really, but yeah, so I had to bring dog back. She's kind of I don't know. She's sleepy or something Are you sleeping? She's sleeping She's sleeping She's sleeping Y'all can now wait to get my own dog like I cannot wait, but okay So that is it for this video. I hope you guys enjoyed. Don't forget to like comment subscribe Um 2018 has been the year of growth and I hope you guys have a good 2019 I hope you guys learned from whatever you went through in 2018 Just to get better and don't bring that negative energy No negative vibes into 2019 because we are prospering honey and we are gonna get it So today's new year's eve and I hope y'all turn up take a shot for me if you're able to drink if you're under 21 Take some juice from me or something. I don't know But I love y'all so much. I'm vlogging so these vlogs will be up When I get back home And I love y'all so much and I will see y'all in the next video. Say bye Nas Y'all I'll see y'all in the next video. Bye Say bye Say bye. Say bye. She don't want to say bye. Okay y'all. Bye


Hi, Jeff Rick here with theCUBE. We're in the Palo Alto offices today for a CUBE conversation as part of our ongoing Women in Tech feature. We're really excited to have Randy Barshak, the CMO of X Matters in the office. Welcome, Randy. Hi, thanks for having me. Pleasure. So, and do a little research for this segment. Looked you up online. You've been around for a while, seen a lot of changes in the valley. I think the term we've heard before is a woman of the valley. A woman of the valley. I don't know how that sounds. No, that's a good thing. No, I mean. Better than a woman of the night. Even all the way back to organic, which to me is a special company is kind of a symbol of that time, of when things were just booming back in like 96, 97. People were dropping out of school to go start companies. VCs were throwing money around like crazy, and it was really the boom. So here we are now. So talk a little bit about kind of your perspective as you've seen this thing morph for the last, kind of like 20 years now. It's a little bit everything old is new again. That's true. I think people are still dropping out of school to start companies, maybe even more so now, and they're getting paid to do it. But some of what we're seeing now is very similar to what I think we saw back in 1999, 98, the first boom, or the first one right now. We're in the second and a half, it's boom 2.0. Right, boom 2.0. Boom 2.0. But it's, my perspective has changed because I've got several years under my belt now that I didn't have there. So with that, I think comes some cynicism for some of the unicorns and rainbows. That's right. Not last forever. You didn't have unicorns the last round. I remember the unicorns. That's true. It was all just rainbows. But also, having seen it through, I think as an executive in a company right now, you understand what's important and what's not important and what's more sustainable. So I think it's more fun this time around having some experience under my belt and being a little bit more realistic about things. And it seems, too, that this boom is really more enterprise-boomy. It's all about, to me, it almost reminds me of early ERP days, really this kind of transformational unlocking value at an enterprise level where little, tiny changes, 1% improvement, 1.5% improvement on a really big number really delivers a significant number. But let's back up again. I apologize. Why don't you give us a quick rundown on X Matters? Sure. So X Matters is a company that plugs intelligent communications into any business process. We started in the IT market where you would have a server going down at 2 o'clock in the morning, 500 people working in your IT department. And you really need to find the one or two or a handful of people that you need versus sending emails out to all 200 people and nobody responding. Everybody responds or no one responds when you have that scenario. So we really apply the intelligence both in terms of finding the person with certain skill sets that's available, that's responding, along with the business process, based on what's happening. What do I do if they respond or if they don't in a certain way? So it's the business process, the intelligence, and the communications all together. And now with cloud communications growing so much and you no longer needing to be dependent on a physical phone or a physical phone line, we're seeing uses in any imaginable business scenario. It could be I need 10 extra nurses to work this weekend. So I send something out with the internet of things. We're seeing a lot of devices now that can talk to us. They tell us they need help, but they need to find a human. So we find that human who's closest with that skill set that fits them and get them to respond as quickly as possible. So that's interesting. So you said we talked a little bit before we came on air. The next matters has been around a lot, but really there's some transformational stuff that's changed recently. How much of that is cloud-based? Talk about really the impact of the cloud because obviously we go to a lot of shows and cloud big data, mobile social, or the big recurring themes over and over and over. What's the impact of cloud to X Matters business and is there a big data play in there as well? Yeah, both are relevant. The cloud's been huge tremendous for us from two perspectives. One is our platform now is cloud before we were an on-premise solution and now we're primarily in the cloud. And that's enabled us to grow on-board customers much more rapidly, give them a lot of flexibility, gives us more insight into what's happening so that we can help clients more rapidly and they can scale instantaneously. Cloud is a wonderful, good thing. The other thing that's really changing in terms of the cloud is cloud communications means we're getting rid of all those desk phones and fax lines and physical constraints of communications and with it all in the cloud, it gives us the ability to be much more infinitely more flexible in our communications. And cloud communications is probably one of the fastest growing segments, growing about 150% year on year versus traditional communications which are stagnant if not declining. And what do you define as traditional because even phones have been kind of voice over IP for a long time. So is that considered cloud or that was just kind of digitization of old analog? Where do you kind of draw the lines? I'm not sure where the lines are drawn in. I'd say voice over IP is probably somewhere right there in the middle of things. But I'm talking about traditional telcos selling you landlines and if you want to make 500 calls, you need 500 phone numbers, right? I think somewhere I still own a phone line in Japan, you just have to pay $500 to own a phone telco. Well, I hope there's a shrine to a pager somewhere in the office, right? The original. Yeah, we've got some old equipment. You've got some old equipment? Absolutely. That's great. What's the big data play? I mean, how is big data and again, the change of technology over the last couple of years enabled you guys to deliver better service? The big data is a really interesting play because big data is all about getting to the answer more rapidly and crunching all of this information. But at the end of the day, I like to say if big data falls in the forest but nobody hears it, did it really ever compute, right? I'm not sure if that works or not, but and it's really about I, you're crunching all these numbers and you can predict that you're about to, there's about to be a security breach or something's changing in your business. And if you've got to wait for an email to be sent Monday morning, it's almost useless that you went through that entire process to begin with. And we're really about that last mile about making sure once something's been detected, you're engaging the person or people that need to be as rapidly as possible. So it's created tremendous opportunity for us because suddenly big data is creating all of these insights but you need to deliver that information to the right person to take action. Right, so the actionable insight. So are you finding it's easier to kind of get ahead of the curve because we always talk about two kind of predictive versus prescriptive. How is that journey going for your company? Are you getting from kind of a predictive to prescriptive in some of these actions and some of these systems? I think people are still quite honestly working on the predictive part. The space that we came from used to be about resolution. It really focused on resolution. Something's broken or something's wrong and how quickly can you get things back up and running. So getting to the predictive is a next step for I think many IT shops. I think we talk about it a lot and people still quite, quite, quite, quite hard. Get excited about the future. It's always interesting to see, you know, you read the white paper from Gartner and you're like, yes, this is exactly what we're talking about and you realize no one's actually quite there yet, right? So I think people are really, honestly, I think people are still working on predictive and obviously we, to be able to prevent something happening is much better than to be able to restore it rapidly, right? So that's sort of the next step of where we're seeing our clients, our clients going. We always talk about real time being real time means, you know, in time to do something about it. You know, that's real time as you need. Well, the other thing that comes up and I'm interested in getting your take is on the cloud is the security piece. You know, early days, obviously, that was one of the biggest criticisms of certainly public clouds is the security. What are you finding in terms of your customer's comfort level with cloud in terms of security? That's a good question. I'm not, I don't want to claim to be a security expert. We're, we see the full range, right? I mean, we see shops that are cloud only, all cloud, you know, everything's cloud and no concerns. And then we'll see more conservative clients that are coming from regulated industries that might have more concerns. But once you actually go through the, our particular infrastructure and any concerns, we don't see any issues with addressing them. I personally don't think, you know, the cloud, whether it's cloud or on premise, it's you're often with shadow IT these days that you've got cloud in there anyway. So I think embracing it is a better strategy than denying it. Right, right. Well, the other evidence would be, you know, how much of your marketing material collateral effort is focused on laying the fears of security in the cloud? And it sounds like not very much. We have, we have them, you know, in the drawer for when it comes up. But it's, I think in today's world, a lot of that is a given, but we, we often, again, for larger companies, security is a big issue. And so we will, you know, we do have marketing materials, but it's not first in, first in form of, you know, we're safe and then explain. No, I think it's a good thing. I mean, I think in a lot of ways, probably public collateral is safer and better security than private cloud, because that's their job and that you don't have kind of rogue employees running around necessarily that are pissed off that something bad happened. So then let's kind of look to the future and you even got it on the website, which is the internet of things and using these types of processes that used to be kind of break fix, go, go page somebody to do this into new applications, new business process, and then ultimately the internet of things. I love the internet, I think, so I'm a big fan of it. Connected refrigerators and everything. So the internet of things, again, if you look at art history at X Matters, it used to be a server, a network could tell you that it's having a problem. Those are the machines that could talk to you. Those were the things. Now, now with, yes, well, they're still around. For yesterday's things. There's yesterday's things. Now everything's a thing, right? Even my husband's in the medical field and he had a pacemaker sample yesterday and he said it's Wi-Fi enabled. So everything can tell you what its status is. But again, that last part is, but you need to engage someone. It's actionable, but people, are they really actually taking action? And in order to take action, you need to get someone engaged. So for us, it's really exciting because we see sensors and monitors everywhere. They'll be everywhere and they can give us really valuable information. But at the end of the day, you still, until robots have completely taken over the world and I think we're not quite, maybe that'll be tech, tech, tech, tech, tech, tech. They're sending this, they're sending the software download to the Tesla cars. They'll be driving themselves next week, I mean. I mean, let me tech them for point out. You've already aged me. So I, I don't know that I'll be around for that. I'm not, I'm not, I'm not. But, you know, at the end of the day, if something, if there's an anomaly, right? If something goes wrong, you need to engage a human. So the more we automate, the more you're screwed when things go wrong. Because you really can't leave the building. Somebody's got to be there to take care of things. So the, that's where we come in. The pager metaphor will never go away, even though. Probably won't go away. So let's talk, let's shift gears, talk a little bit about your journey. And, you know, again, looking at your LinkedIn profile and doing a little research, you went to Dartmouth and you studied Asian studies and film production. Yes, yes. Awesome. Very obvious path. Straight to Silicon Valley. Not the, not the obvious stem that's getting so much talk about today. So how, how did you get here for, for again, for, for people that are, you know, kind of figuring out what they're going to do and potentially trying to get a career in technology. Talk about how you got here from there. Yeah. And I think we were talking about this a little bit before. I mean, first and foremost, I followed my heart. You know, I always did what felt right versus something that felt necessarily calculated. Right. The next step, rather than plotting some master plan out from an early age. So I was passionate about international and particularly Asian relations and film and school. And I was a filmmaker in Japan for, for six years of, of my career. What kind of films did you make? Mostly documentary, but I did spend a year creating propaganda films for the Japanese government. Propaganda films, alright. Propaganda filmmaker. And first and foremost, I think of myself as a storyteller, which parlays amazingly well into tech because particularly as a marketer in tech, you're really bridging the gap between two cultures, people that understand the tech and the consumers, whether they're business consumers or consumer consumers. Right.  So I went from media into multimedia, which was slightly more technical. And then when I came to Silicon Valley in 1999, hooked up with a group of engineers that were in working out of SAP at the time about to spin off a company, they couldn't tell their story. Nobody, nobody, everybody understood they were brilliant, but no one could really understand what they were doing and what the value was. And it was like all the pieces fell into place for me. I was not interested in ERP or enterprise. I wanted to work in internet advertising and something a little bit, but it felt to me at the time a little bit more sexy. But I realized as a storyteller that being able to bridge that gap was even a bigger challenge than cultural gaps between two countries. And kind of been doing it ever since, I think the best marketers are storytellers. That's interesting. So I'd love to get your position because I agree and I think a lot of times people get away from the story, the story of the customer, the way the customer, what are they doing that they need your product or service? How are they gonna use their product or service? How is it gonna change your world? To now, with a lot of companies, the very successful companies, it's really an engineering-based culture. It's just like we're gonna just keep rolling out. We're just gonna keep rolling out new features. We're gonna keep rolling out new products. Hopefully they work. If they don't, that's fine. We'll do a fast fail, we'll roll out some different. And it seems like kind of the emphasis on the storytelling has fallen a little bit. I guess on the other hand though, when you talk about Kanban and a lot of the new algebra methodologies, they do start with stories. So what's been your kind of reception leading with I'm a storyteller and do you do that in terms of your product development meetings, your sales meetings, what is the story of the experience of this product or service? It, I think it always, I don't think the art of storytelling is ever lost. I think good salespeople, good marketers, whether they realize it or not, are good storytellers. The best calls we have are when we can, people talk about case studies and references. It's really stories, right? I wanna know if I engage with you and if I use this technology, what's my life gonna look like before and after? So sometimes that's done better in better ways than other. You don't quite build campfires in somebody's conference room. Right, right, right. And dim the lights. Bring out the marshmallows. But the, by far, the feature, and even when you're looking at something like features and functionality of a product, if you can't relate that to the story of, with this, you can do this. This is how your life is gonna change. And without this, you can't do that. I think you're not gonna be effective in the sales process. So I can't, I'm a big fan of storytelling as a marketing tool and as a sales tool. And actually, we've got a company meeting coming up in a few weeks and it's gonna be all around storytelling and how to tell the stories of what our clients are doing. Excellent. All right, so we're almost out of time, but I'll give you the last word of what we often do at the end of these segments. This is really give you an opportunity to talk directly to, again, usually it's, we think of young women, maybe early in their careers or they're in college or their families. And there's a lot of talk about women in tech right now. It's a very hot topic in the news and STEM. What advice would you give kind of looking back on your career to some of these people just getting started in their career? That's a good question. And I know you said you do some stuff with Dartmouth and you're involved. Yeah, we had, I had Dartmouth entrepreneurial network has an intern program and I had a group of interns here that were working on a project for me over the fall. And that was fun. You kind of get to relive your youth and also realize that I was not anywhere near that ambitious nor smart when I was back in college. So. I don't know. Documentary filmmaker in Japan is pretty good. You know, again, like I said, first and foremost, you do what you're gonna be passionate about. I sometimes will see younger people that are all about the success and success is not guaranteed anywhere you go. So make sure you like what you're doing and you go to work every day and you're happy about what you're doing because you can put a lot of time into something you're not passionate about and you might not see that return. So again, I've been fortunate enough to see some success by following my heart and that's maybe not the most practical advice to give but we've seen the ups and downs, right? So the options might be worth something or they might not.  And as for females out there, you know, you hear a lot about women in tech.  If this is what you wanna do, you know, this is your world too. So I would absolutely not discourage women in tech. We see the value, sometimes it's the softer skills like storytelling, they're also some amazing, some of the best engineers I know are women. So, you know, it's a free open world or at least it was last time I checked. And I, you know, it's great. I love this industry. It's always changing. If you want stability though, be a doctor. Stay away, because you do wake up and there's some new technology and everything's changed. But if you love challenging yourself, I mean, technology will continue to change all the time. That's what I love. Every year, everything's sort of being reinvented and you've gotta keep your mind fresh and it's a great, it's a great industry. Randy, it's a great message and I think what's really neat about your story is that, you know, you weren't a computer scientist. You know, you've brought your passion for storytelling and applied it to technology across a variety of companies in big data and hardware and software, now in IT services. So I think it's a terrific message and really like I said, follow your passion. We all have drawers full of options that are not worth the drawers that are holding them. So, if you're not liking what you're doing and it doesn't build off itself, you know, that's a problem. So, Randy Barczak, thanks for stopping by. CMO of X Matters. Really a pleasure. Jeff Frick here at theCUBE offices in Palo Alto, California. You've been watching CUBE Conversations. We'll see you next time. Thanks for watching.


HTML Blocks An HTML Block is a customisable block allowing you to add images, texts, links or even embedded code or widgets to blocks at the side of your course. You can add more than one block as you see here where we have for example an image of the Art de Triomphe which links to the website of Paris Tourism. We have a support email link and we have the Twitter timeline of the official Tour de France Twitter account. To add a block we turn the editing on either by clicking the button top right or in the administration block clicking the link turn editing on and then from the block drop down we choose HTML block. Let's add an image and link to that image. When the block is added we need to configure the new HTML block and so we give it a title I'm going to call it Paris and then in the content we add the image we want. I already have a public domain image of the Art de Triomphe and I'm simply going to drag it in from my desktop. Note the text editor I am using is Moodles Ato editor. If you're using a different editor such as TinyMCE you won't be able to drag and drop your image in. You can check this from your user menu. We could simply save it now but we're going to link this image to a Paris Tourism website so if we go up to the browser address bar where we have the Paris Tourism website in another tab we can select copy the URL and then go back to our image click and select it and then click the chain or link icon to paste in the URL. I'm going to select to open in a new window or tab. We can then if we want to decide where the block appears whether to make it visible on this page and when we save the changes we'll have the image linked to a website in a side block. And that is how you add HTML blocks but optionally if you would like to try something more challenging you don't have to but let's try adding the Tour de France Twitter account timeline. So I'm going to add the title and for this we need to expand the editor and click on the HTML code link because we're going to embed some code from Twitter. So again we go up to the browser address bar and go to the Tour de France official Twitter account. We need to be logged into Twitter to be able to see the configure icon and one of the options you'll see there says embed this profile. When we click it we can choose embedded timeline and we simply copy this code and then return to our HTML block and paste the code in. It doesn't matter if we don't know what it actually means. If we click the code icon again we'll see that there's text there but when we save the changes we go back to our course page. We see that the Tour de France account Twitter timeline has embedded and we can also see our image with a link to the Paris Tourism website.


Hello, everyone, and welcome to this session. Three steps to your first open source PR. My name is Dewan Ahmed. I'm a developer advocate at Red Hat. I'm based out of the beautiful New Brunswick, which is in the Atlantic region of Canada. I love everything cloud native with a focus on DevOps and GitHub tools. Besides work, I like to play pool and ping pong, and I'm also a freelance carrier coach. That means I help students and new grads to start their career into the software industry. The primary audience of this talk is an early professional who lacks employment experience and is daunted by the minimum number of required experiences in job descriptions. However, if you're an experienced professional and you just lacked open source experience and you'd like to get started with open source, I think you can get some value out of this talk as well. In terms of agenda, we'll start with understanding open source projects, the value of open source, outline why you should contribute to open source projects and three steps to your first open source PR. I'll end the session with some PR-press practices and we'll have time for some questions and answers. So open source is a term that originally referred to as open source software or OSS. Open source software is code that is designed to be publicly accessible. Anyone can see, modify and distribute the code as they receive it. Do not confuse open source with free software as the focus is not on pricing. I've added a link into the resource session which goes much more in detail on how open source is different from free software. Now what are the values of open source? Because the source code is freely accessible and the open source community being very active, the open source code is actively checked on an improved upon by PR programmers, not only from one company, but across many companies, as well as individual contributors. Think of it as a living code rather than a code that is closed and becomes stagnant. Next, transparency. Do you need to know exactly what kind of data are moving out there or what kind of changes have happened in the code? What happened in the latest release? Look no further, the code is open. You can look under the hood yourself and see exactly what happened within the code base. Property code relies on single author or company to gate keep. That's why the reliability could be an issue. Since open source code outlives the original authors because it is constantly updated through active open source communities. It also lowers the cost. That means if you're getting a product that is based on open source project, most of the code is basically free of cost. So what you end up paying is for security hardening and interoperability. Now with open source, there is no vendor lock-in. Freedom for the user means that you can take that open source code anywhere and use it for anything at any time. And lastly, the existence of active open source communities means that you can find help, resources, and perspectives that reach beyond one interest group or one specific company. Open collaboration is one of the core essence of open source projects and communities. Now, this is a question for you. Why you should contribute to open source projects if you're an early professional or even an experienced professional. The first point is very obvious. You'd like to gain experience. Now for those folks who are not into an employment, it's very difficult to gain employment experience. And the point which I mentioned at the beginning of the talk, entry-level jobs requiring many years of experience, it's difficult to gain that many number of years of experience unless you have lots of co-op or internship experience. One thing to keep in mind that experience does not necessarily mean employment experience. You can very well use open source project experience as the number of months or years of experience under your belt. So open source projects can give you that valuable experience. Second point is you can build new skills. Most of the open source projects are very friendly with first-time contributors.  Now Go code is just an example here, but you can have any type of skills which you can build upon working with senior engineers in the industry. Lastly, you can also build confidence when working on open source projects. Imagine if you landed a job at a company whose product is built upon that open source project, you would already be familiar with the code base. You probably would be much faster at code contribution than your other peers who just started who have to get familiar with the code base. So open source project experience would give you confidence. This is the first step of the three steps of getting your first open source PR. You have to learn Git. Now, whether you're software developer, UXCY designer or project manager, most of the stuff that happens in open source projects are happened via Git. So learning Git is an essential skill. In the resource section, I've added a link on how you can learn Git, but you can choose any medium of your choice on learning Git. One of the open source project I know sent out tweets based on Git workflows. The second point is choosing an open source project. Now, there are three things to consider when choosing an open source project. First is you have to consider the programming language. Now, this is especially true for code contributors. If you have a preference of language, you can filter out open source projects by that. And if you don't, you can start with anything and switch to a different project if that is not something you'd like to keep learning on. Second point is area of interest. Now, there could be a lot of different open source projects based on types or areas of interest. There could be projects geared towards front end or back end or security or machine learning. Now, if you have a strong preference for any of these, it might make sense to choose a similar open source project because you'll be just be more passionate in order to contribute to those projects. The last point is the size of the project. Now, established projects might have a large code base which could be daunting for first-time contributors. But it is also true that established process have a standardized process of first-time code contributors. That means those projects would have labels that says good first issue. And once you identify the issue, there'll be other peers in the community who'd help you make your first code contribution. So if the first project you're part of has a large code base but is an established project, do not be disappointed, do not be scared. Open source community is very collaborative and very welcoming to help you make your first code contribution. Let's do a quick exercise on how you can narrow down a good first open source project for you. Good first issue.dev is a website which lists a lot of open source projects and their open issues which are for good first time, which are good for first-time contributors and you can filter out these projects by programming languages. What you see in the screen is filtering by go programming languages and it shows the number of issues that are open. So this could be your first step for filtering out open source projects based on programming languages. If you have heard about CNCF, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, this is the landscape and it has a number of open source projects as you see, but what I was mentioning in terms of area of interest, you can filter out projects by that. My specific area of interest is DevOps and CI CD. So let's see if I can find projects based on that. So I see continuous integration and delivery. Once I filter that, the first project I see that is Argo, this is Argo CD's repository. If you click on issues, you can filter out issues based on labels. Typically, established projects have a label called good first issue. Let's see if this project has that label. So here I see that this good first issue label, it says it's good for newcomers. So once you filter that, you can find out issues that are good for first time contributors. One other thing I wanted to show you is when I selected Argo, it also shows me the stack. So I can see the code basis primarily go. That means if go is the programming language of my choice and CI CD is my area of interest, Argo could be one of my target open source project. So here's how you can filter out a good first issue starting with an open source project based on a language and an area of interest. Let's see what could be your next step once you find a good first issue. Once you find a good first issue, you can go raise that first PR, but there are some steps before that. Here's my suggested approach. The first thing is you have to commit some number of hours every week. Whether it's one hour, whether it's 20 hours, commit to that number of hours and block your calendar every week so that you can start contributing during that time. Most open source projects have weekly meetings. It might also be a good idea if you don't have any other meetings or classes during that time, try to attend those community calls. These are the times where you can introduce yourself, ask for help or get guidance on the issue you're trying to tackle on. The second point identifying good first issue is something we just demoed how to filter issues based on that label. The third point is you can discuss on communication channels which could be Slack or Discord on the requirement of the issue. Once someone acknowledges that you can take up that issue, you can assign yourself that issue. Be committed and professional. You can have one hour or even 10 minutes commitment per week, but let the community know about your level of commitment and stick to that commitment. Be professional in updating the issue on where you are and if possible, provide an estimated time of fixing that issue. It's very natural for you to get stuck or feeling completely lost when you're tackling your first issues. You can discuss on Slack or other communication mediums on the implementation. One helpful thing at this point could be studying existing code base, how other classes or how other features were implemented in the same code base. Feel free to ask other senior engineers. However, keep in mind that most open source contributors volunteer their time. That means they might have other commitment. Before you raise your first PR, you might need to sign the contributor license agreement, CLA or DCO depending on the type of open source project. This basically means that you're allowed to contribute to that open source project and the project is allowed to redistribute your work. When raising a PR, you can follow the standard procedure. You can fork the original repo, work on your feature branch on your own repo and then create a PR against upstream repo. Lastly, have patience. As I mentioned, most open source maintainers or contributors volunteer their time. So having some patience will go a long way. Now open source contribution is more than writing code. Open source community don't only have software contributors. Open source is a diverse community consisting code contributors, project managers, UX, UI designers, Q engineers, developer advocates, technical writers and more. It's important for us to understand all these different types of roles because combined we succeed.   If you'd like to write a blog about you, that open source project or create a video to promote, those contributions count as well. Now, this is a list from Curtis Einzman and a tweet that he posted a while ago. Here, some of the PR best practices. We read code more than we write. That's why code quality matters. Poorly, we can code, creates PR trends which results in delayed delivery and can block other team members. Step number, point number two is when you're taking on task, take on small task first. In case you're taking on a large task, feel free to break down the larger task into multiple smaller tasks. Tip number three is ensure that your local different environment is ready. Now, this is very important. Pull down the latest code, ensure your local build and tests are passing. This will save you time and headache when you're coding. Step number four is read the existing code. If you're getting stuck implementing your own feature, understand how similar features were implemented. Step number five is plan your code. Write skeleton interfaces, classes and methods for the code structure. Step number six, don't try to write perfect code on the first go. Write a lot of ugly code. Think about refactoring later. Once you have the draft code ready, you can focus on refactoring. This is where you can use decent names and you can segment your code into small functions, finalize the class structure. Tips number eight is perform manual tests so that you ensure all the classes are working properly. Cover basic functionality and don't rely on catching granular edge cases on this step. Your unit test cases are there to catch those edge cases. Step number nine, prepare and review your own PR. Set yourself to a high standard and leave some feedback for yourself on how you can improve upon that PR. The last point is listen to feedback. Fully understand a teammate's perspective before addressing their comment. Even if you think that their comment is wrong, understand it's likely due to a lack of clarity in your own code. These are some of the helpful resources for you to get started. I hope you found value from this talk. I welcome any questions you might have. If you'd like to connect with me, my LinkedIn and Twitter handles are there at the bottom left corner of the screen. Thank you. So I'll cover the question that's being asked in the chat. Can you go into a bit more detail about manual tests versus unit tests? So great questions then. Thank you for the question. So manual test refers to as when you're just doing some echoes and testing if your feature or that specific code box is working as expected. And what I was highlighting with unit test is edge cases. For example, if you have a remote edge case where you're worrying about the logic how to catch all those edge cases, you shouldn't worry about that when you're just writing the basic functionality. You'll just go into a rabbit hole trying to get those edge cases. So once you have all those unit test cases in an automated fashion, you can catch edge cases. But manual test is mostly to test the basic functionality in a much quicker way. Surya, I think that's the only question we had, right? From the chat. Yeah, that's the only question in the chat at the moment. So I think if you want to discuss more you can go to the breakout session and talk to the speaker. And yeah, thank you very much Devan Ahmed once again. I would also like to tell the audience that we are having a break for half an hour. And


These are your children. God gave you them so that you could train them up according to His ways and yet we've given them over to these folks that are teaching these ideologies that are completely counter to God's ways. No education, no school is neutral. Everyone teaches out of a worldview but more and more we're beginning to see the truly godless worldview that's often taught in these schools. It's not a matter of if the next generation is going to be discipled. It's who they're going to be discipled by.


Will helium make a football fly further? Let's find out. We filled two NFL footballs with helium and two with regular air. Then I kicked 25 field goals with each to see how well I could perform. The left ball is air, the right ball is helium. Every single kick was a 45 yard field goal and my first kick with a helium ball was a bomb. That ball soared. And after a ton of kicks, I finally got down to the last two, money. Here are my end results. With the air filled football, I went 13 for 25. But with the helium football, I went 19 for 25. So was this placebo effect? Or is it really that much better? Subscribe for more.


Hi guys, it's MJ the student's act tree and I'm going to be making a video on Pokemon and the video is going to be on advanced strategies. So Pokemon Go It's this new app everybody's playing it and a lot of videos have come out on giving beginners tips and all that type of stuff I'm going to assume that you're level 5 or above and that you understand, you know The basics of this game so we can delve into the more strategic and you know game elements Because it's not that much of a child's game There actually is a lot of strategy and tactics that you can employ in this game. So before we get into them I just want to introduce Defense and attack of your Pokemon. So your Pokemon has a top so in this case We have a scythe who is a both a bug and a flying type and it has an attack Which is steel the steel wing is a is another type So your Pokemon could in a sense have four different types Now why are types important because certain types have different advantages and disadvantages against other types? For example, look at this game matrix. It is quite intense but what we have here is all the various types and the the green represents that has got an advantage and red means it's got a disadvantage against those other types Now I have looked at it from a game theory point of view Trying to see if there is a dominant strategy, you know, is there any criteria that you can try use to to simplify this? The math gets quite messy I mean even I was looking gross seems to be quite weak fire and ground seem to be quite strong But that is not incorporating the probability and the likelihood of coming across these various Pokemon So as far as trying to gamify or build a strategy around this game matrix that is quite difficult Instead by advanced strategy, I'm going to recommend that you focus on two things Okay, and the first thing is your XP. So XP allows you to level up The more XP you have the higher your level is and the higher your level is the more Pokemon in the different varieties that you're going to see and that's the point of the game You've got to catch them all so the higher your level the more likely hood You're going to see Pikachu and Eevee and the rare Pokemon So you want to build up your XP the second thing you want to build up is something known as star dust Which is quite new to me I was like, well, what is the star dust but star dust along with candy can build up your Pokemon and make them stronger and Having strong Pokemon is very essential when it comes to taking over the gyms Okay gyms are these things that pop up on the the map and they're very important Okay, when you see a gym gyms are important opportunities because not only by fighting them Do you gain XP and all that type of stuff? But also if you hold a gym for 20 hours You're going to get rewards and the rewards you get are star dust and Pokemon gold Pokemon gold you can use at the shop to buy various items and the star dust you can use to make a Pokemon stronger and take over even more gyms which will allow you to get even more star dust every day So how do we take over gyms and how do we defend gyms? Because that's that's the whole thing is attacking gyms and defending gyms And the best way to do that is to team up Okay, this Pokemon game just like in Greece, which is kind of based on it Very much is a social game and you're going to be way more effective when you're in a team Okay, you need a team up and then together you guys can go to gyms and take them down way quicker I mean, let's say you come across a gym First thing you want to do is see okay. This is a pincer. He is a bug Pokemon Memorize this this matrix or have a copy with you at all times Pins is a bug Pokemon. So you'll see that fire. What else hurts him fire flying and Rock yeah, those three are going to be very effective against Pinsir and I mean by using this game matrix on the gyms It's going to be very easy to defeat them, you know, you're gonna feel like a Roman we came we saw we conquered We took over all the gyms. Okay, but that's the easy part. The easy part is taking over the gym The hard part is defending a gym. How do you defend a gym?  I was I was only level eight. I don't know what I was doing when I was like Yeah, I've got my got my first gym. I've got my magic cop But I mean if another Pokemon comes I mean one hits and the magic cop dies Which means it's gonna be very very easy for the other teams to take over a gym That is defended by a magic cop So don't don't defend it with a magic cop. Okay now that we know what not to do I'm gonna talk to you guys about what you should do I would recommend putting in Pokemon that only have one type. So Let's say that cipher. It was both bug and flying I would recommend against using cipher as a defending Pokemon rather put a Pokemon that just has one defense This is gonna make it less vulnerable to various attacks I'd also then recommend that it has a two-type attack so that it will be more effective From various other Pokemon, you know if it's got both water and psychic say like like slow, bro Then, you know, it's gonna have advantage against a fire Pokemon and other Pokemon such as a poison one Which is we've got its weakness to To the psychic power. Okay, so that's what you want one type defense two type attack and What you want to do is Get in your team and the order that you place the Pokemon So like I said, I'm assuming your level five and above you understand how the gyms work Once the gym prestige hits a another level you can then place another Pokemon and in order to upgrade the prestige You need to battle the Pokemon and you only get only for me I don't know if this is a bug on my side But I only get one Pokemon and I have to take on all the other Pokemon in that gym Which makes it a little bit difficult So what I would recommend is the first strategy if you're just starting off and you with your team is let the weakest player Put in their Pokemon first. Okay, this is gonna make it much easier for the other players to beat that Pokemon and Build the prestige they're gonna be building it slowly But they're gonna be able to be building it and then they're gonna put in the second strongest Pokemon and This will allow the strongest Pokemon the number one to come in and have a good chance of beating both of these Pokemon At the same time which will increase the prestige quite quickly. So then you put in the strongest Pokemon However, this is an advanced video and I'm going to show you how you can increase the prestige Even more efficiently and even quicker and that comes to strategy two and what you do here Is you put in the strongest Pokemon first? Okay But now we need to play that top matrix that we've been looking at So for this example Put in the strongest Pokemon and make him fire Then put in the weakest Pokemon And make him ground Okay Ground has an advantage over fire and because he's got a smaller combat power to the fire Pokemon It's going to improve this prestige very very quickly And then for the second poke for the final Pokemon You then put in a water one which has an advantage on both fire And ground and this is going to let you build up your gym's prestige very quickly and allow you to put in three strong Pokemon Without having to go through the whole revivals and potions and doing it, you know numerous amount of times Because remember Pokemon Like ingress which the game is based on it kind of all comes down to managing your resources You want to manage the amount of Pokemon you have you want to manage You know the amount of potions you use the amount of revivals you you consume All this type of stuff and for this reason I would highly recommend against Trying to set up and defend a gym In the waterfront or some hot tourist attraction place as you can see we've got a gym There's a whole bunch of pokey stops around people are putting lures out. It's a very festive area There's a lot of tourists coming over here, which means when you have this gym I don't think you're even going to last one hour before another team is going to come and take it down Because there's a lot of people in this area You're going to lose that gym very quickly I recommend getting your team and going to some weird distant location You should be safe because it's a group of you guys You know safety first and because you're in a group set up a gym Or build up a gym that's in quite a remote location where there's not a lot of traffic And it makes it quite hard for the other teams You know they really have to go out of their way to try to take down that gym And you've built it up quite nicely So it is going to be a bit of a hazard for them And that way you're going to keep the gym for the full day You're going to get the benefits which you can then use to build up more pokemon to take over even more gyms So well, I've spoken quite quickly but in a nutshell I've spoken about gaining xp and saving star dust Are the two things you want to focus on then I highly recommend teaming up In order to attack gyms in such a way you can manage your resources And then finally I spoke about the best ways on how to hold gyms so that you can get even more resources So that you can repeat the entire process again And there we have it. Thanks guys so much for watching and job I'm wishing you guys all the best with pokemon go. It's a lot of fun And I hope you guys have really great memories with it I'll see you guys next time for my other videos. Cheers