Hello, friends. I'm Sanjay Gupta. I welcome you on Sanjay Gupta Tech School. In this video, I'm going to explain how you can find out maximum and second maximum from an app. So I will be implementing this solution with that proxy programming so that you can understand the logic. Before starting just one update, if you want to watch more programming related videos. So you can go to detail or description of this video. So there you will find links of various players. So you can follow them as well. So now I'm going to write the explanation or you can say I'm going to write the program and then I will be explaining how you can find out maximum and second max. So this is our array. Let's say it's size is 15. I'm declaring two variables max and s max. Both are initially zero and one variable. Then I'm going to read array from user. So these are the building steps that we need to write because if we don't read any value, we cannot perform an operation. So this way you can see 15 elements will be available inside this array. Inside this array, I'm going to apply some different conditions so that we can identify which is max and which is max. So let's say I'm declaring this array and it is having values as this. So these are some random values that I provided 15, 27, 20 and 13 and so on. So total 15 blocks will be there and different values will be there. So now after this scanner, I'm going to write if condition if a of i is greater than max. So if any element is greater than value of max, then the value which is available in max will go to s max and max will be having the value of here. Right. So this is the new number. This is the new number which is compared with max. So if new number is greater than max, it means the current max will become the second max. So I assigned value of max into s max and then this new number is now the new maximum. So this is first segment. Now I'm applying else if so if a of i is greater than if a of i is greater than second max and a of i not equals to max and a of i not equals to max, then we can assign. A of i into s max. Right. So this way this group will complete here after completion of loop. I can print both on output screen. So this way maximum and second maximum will be printed on output screen with the help of this printer after termination of loop. So now I'm going to explain this logic with the help of this example. So initially you can see max is zero and second max is also zero. So now let's say user entered 15 first time. So we need to check this logic for a zero a zero position is 15. So 15 is compared with max. So it is true because max is zero. So it means max will assign its value to s max. So max is zero. So s max will remain zero, but a of i is 15. So 15 will be assigned to max. So new value of maximum is 15. Right. And if it is true, then this else part will not work and I will be implemented. So again, we need to read new number that will be available in AI. So let's say new number is 20. Now, new number is available in AI. That is 20 max is 15. So again, this condition is true. So right now, which is the current max that is 15. So now it will become the second max. So we are assigning max into s max. So s max will be 15 and a of i is having 20. So 20 will go to max. So if new max is 20 and old max is 15. So you can see now 15 is available at second max position and new max is now 20. Right. So if again, a new number is available that is greater than max. Again, new number is available that is greater than max. Let's say 15. So 20 will become second max and that 50 will become max. Now again, I will be implemented. So next input number is next input number is seven. So let's say we are combining the seven with max. So seven is not greater than 20. Also check this a of i is greater than s max. No, seven is not greater than 15. So this is also false. So if you provide any value which is less than max as well as less than second max. So no operation will be performed. Right. So now in place of this 20. Let's say I am putting 18 here and then I am putting 20. Right. So next input number is 18. Now check a of i is 18 and max is 20. So it is false. So check a of i. So a of i is 18. 18 will be compared with s max. So what is the value of s max? That is 15. So 18 is greater than 15. So now you understood why I put 18 because 18 is greater than s max but less than max. So this value is between max and second max. So this condition is true. 18 is greater than 15 and 18 is not equals to max. So a of i is having 18 and max is having 20. So 18 is not equals to 20. So this, these both conditions are true. So a of i will be assigned into s max. So a of i is 18. It will be assigned into max. So max will become now 18. Right. Now let's say you provided next value as 20. So which is equivalent to max, which is equivalent to max. So this condition will be false because a of i is 20. Max is also 20. So it will not work. Now we come here a of i is 20, which is greater than max. It is true. So let's say if we don't write this, if we don't write this. So this 20 will be assigned into s max. So in that case max and s max both will be same. So now I hope you understood why I mentioned this condition. So if new element of array is not equals to max or you can say if this condition is false, if this condition is false and new value of array is greater than second max, but it is equal to max that you don't need to execute this. So here you can see a of i is 20. S max is 18. So this part is true, but a of i is not equals to max. a of i is 20 and max is also 20. So 20 not equals to 20. So this piece is false because both are equal. So this part will not perform. So s max will be holding on the 18. So if you try to put max repeatedly as same value, so that value will not go to second max. So second max and max both will be having different values. So after completion of this loop, max and second max will be printed on output screen as output. So I hope you understood how we can find out max and second max with the help of this project. And if you want to watch more programming related video, you can open my channel, go to playlist. So there you can find videos. Also you can go to detail or description of this video. And there also you will find links of various place and you can watch them. And I hope you understood whatever I explained in this video. So thank you for watching this video.


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Good morning, John. It was October 26th, 2007, and you were explaining the political situation in Nepal while eating toilet paper. Nobody has malice rebels anymore. It set the tone for a decade-plus of us doing explaining-type videos on this channel. Brazil? Absolutely. Israel and Palestine? Yeah, we got that. Syria, since it started existing. 100%. Let's do it twice. Also, why not take on stuff in our own country? Mass incarceration, net neutrality, Benghazi, tax plans. This has been a thing for the whole life of our channel. Some of our most successful content. People like it were pretty good at it, but we have kind of stopped doing it, and I started to wonder why that happened. It wasn't a thing. We didn't talk about it. It just stopped. Now, you could say that your recent video about textbooks was an explainer. You could say my recent video about copyright was, but here's why I think those aren't explainers. Because they don't have the word explained in them, and they are clearly our perspective. The word explained to me says this is going to be my honest God best effort attempt to actually explain this thing, not to just tell the story that works best for me. Because that's the thing about explainers. If you are tasked with giving somebody the whole story of this thing up until now, there is a huge amount of information you have to pick from. You are only going to pick some of it, and there is going to be a strong urge to pick the bits that tell the best story for you. It is the ultimate opportunity to shape a narrative, and the story that's going to be most compelling is probably going to be one that meshes well with your values and your biases, and also those of your audience. It's an extremely easy thing to do badly, and also have people not notice how badly you did. I am not saying explainers are bad. Honestly, I'm a little bit proud of whatever role we had in the rise of this format, because I think it's really important. This is an age when we are asked to have a lot of opinions about a lot of things, and I think that explanatory journalism can help a lot with that, because I do not know how to feel about today's Brexit news unless I have some kind of refresher on the last five years of Brexit. But this channel is very clearly personal perspective stuff. Like, I can hit myself with a book. It's completely, it's time-quake by Kirk Vonnegut. Do I say Kirk? I'm not doing that take again. I've taken a lot more clear in the last couple years that we as a society and a world have a really hard time telling the difference between journalism and opinion, and I don't want to be part of blurring the line between those two things. The other thing is that people started to do explainers really well, like better than we could with editorial control, with expert interviews and highly trained journalists who've spent their whole lives working on them, not just Tuesday. And actually, some of our later explainers, we started to do the same things, introducing those same controls and standards. It turns out, though, that that's really hard and takes a lot of time. It's almost as if we as a society need highly trained people who are dedicated only to the task of explaining reality to us. But worryingly, it seems like what people want is headed in the other direction. We don't want complicated editorial structures. We want individuals who we feel like we can trust because, like, they just mesh with us on a values level and they're very charismatic. Trusting a source based on charisma rather than, like, rigor is bad. It's bad. And looking back over the last couple years and why we stopped doing so many explainers, maybe it's because we started to feel like we were part of that. I do think that we're good at them, though. I do miss them, but, like, I think that if we do them again, we have to be very careful about what we're doing and how to present it. So I guess it's a lot of stuff, but, like, down at the foundation of it, it's that I don't know that I trust myself to conjure the level of objectivity that I think the word explained implies. So I think that's the thing. John, I'll see you on Tuesday.


a very special guest this afternoon, Governor David E. Gay, who is just about to complete eight years as the governor of the state of Hawaii. And I thought this would be a great chance to talk to him about the journey. And what I refer to as the E. Gay year. So welcome, Governor. It's appreciated your presence this afternoon. People out there really want to know what it was like to be governor. So before we do that, do tell us a little bit about yourself, you know, every governor gets into focusing in on what they have to deal with at that moment and what they've done. But they don't necessarily have a chance to tell us a little bit about what it was like growing up in Hawaii. So why don't we start with that, you know? Right, thanks. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Sure, thanks, the governor. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to talk story with you. I've always enjoyed the conversations that we've had over the years and I truly appreciate, you know, you've been a terrific supporter and mentor on many different issues.  And I truly appreciated your support and sound advice from time to time as this was necessary. Well, thank you. Thank you. By the way, I instead, more times than one, and maybe I should, that if you're gonna be in politics, the best job in the world, or at least in the country anyway, governor of the state of Hawaii. Yeah. Well, I think the best place to grow up is in the state of Hawaii. So tell us a little bit about growing up in Hawaii. Yeah, sure, John.  It was sort of the very first community in the transition from agriculture and sugar and pineapples and the plantations to urbanization here on Oahu. So the Pro City Community Association was the very first community association anywhere in the state. Yeah, and, you know, Pro City, and you know, today is sort of the heart of the Democratic Party. It was the heart of working people.  I have five brothers and, you know, we grew up, my parents bought into the very first increment of Pro City above Kamehameha Highway. So prior to that, yeah, it was plantation community and then, you know, they bought into Pro City as like the first increment of the urbanization of Oahu. And so, you know, it was a terrific time, you know, post-war boom and everything. You know, my father's a construction worker. My mom was a nurse, a registered nurse first and then a dental hygienist. But, you know, working class people, they work hard. I have five brothers, six boys. They realized that education really was the key to improving quality of life. And, you know, they sacrificed to make sure that all of us could get a good education. Well, I tell you, you know, what it looked like is that you have this unique experience of sort of being, of seeing the transition of Hawaii and growing up in the transition of Hawaii because, you know, as you know, there was time when anything beyond Kalihi was considered country, you know, if you go west. And then Pro City happened and then you were right in there. But you went to all public schools, I assume, right? Yeah, absolutely, you know, and Pro City Elementary School, which is really at that corner of Kamehameha Highway and Waimanu Home Road, which is the main dragon Pro City, but, you know, all of my older brothers went to Waipahu High School before Pro City was created. And I became, when Pro City High School opened, I was part of the freshman class. So I was part of the very first class at Pro City High School, so. Well, that's fantastic. Yeah, so it's, you know, it's really an interesting time. That was before H1 was built, right? I mean, it was a freeway. Yes, before, and John, it still was country. I mean, we're a Pro City. It still was country. We didn't have the freeways. So getting into town took a long while to go. Getting to the windward side, you know, was more than a half a day to get over there. And, you know, getting around the island, completely around the island really was a full day trip.  So, you know, it was an exciting time. It was the transition, as you said, you know, from really the plantation era to the beginnings of urbanization and Martin, Hawaii, right? I mean, my father worked on many of the big construction projects. He worked on H1. He worked on the Alamoana building when it was the tallest building in Hawaii, you know?   So there were three. You came with a family already built for a political campaign. You got six. Yes, most definitely. You know, you ended up at the University of Hawaii, right? Yeah, absolutely. And were you in student government when you were? I certainly was. I was in student government at both at Pro City High School as well as when I got to the University of Hawaii. You know, first I was involved with a couple of the Honor Society kind of service clubs, Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Kappa Delta. And then, you know, I ran for student government and actually that's when I met Don. So we met. Yeah, I was there. So both of you were running for student government or was she campaigning for you? Yeah, no, it was, we were both running. Our joint friend Tim Farr was running for ASUH President and he had organized a party to, he went out and recruited candidates and we formed our own party called Pride. And there were about 15 of us that ran as a collective. You know, we had a logo and, you know, we produced materials, we helped each other campaign and canvas and do all of those kinds of things and we both won, so. Well, congratulations and congratulations for eventually getting married and then getting in here. So, okay, so you get out of college, I can see where your values are being shaped by growing up in Hawaii, the Hawaii that you and I remember and getting active, becoming an activist at the University of Hawaii. What led to your involvement in politics? I mean, how do you get to be government? Well, actually, you know, John, it's not something that I had actually planned for. You know, I, in literally one day and I don't wanna take up all your time today but literally one day on the Thursday after Thanksgiving in 1985, I went from being apolitical and focused on my business career to meeting Governor Ariyoshi and actually getting appointed to the House of Representatives. And, you know, I was promoted three times in four years at Hawaiian Telephone. My goal at that point in time was to be the first local president of Hawaiian Telephone. You know, at that point in time, it was bought out by GTE, you know, they brought in chief executive from the mainland. You know, all of us local people working, you know, really felt there was a glass ceiling that, you know, that we would not be able to attain. And so, you know, I was, that was my goal to be the first local president. But then you end up in the House of Representatives, right? Absolutely, absolutely.  I wasn't a member of the Democratic party. I meet the governor, you know, he asked, he asked to appoint me. I check with my boss because, you know, I was very focused. And at first my boss said, no, they won't support me. And then the governor calls the president of Hawaiian Telephone, that's the guy's job I wanted. And he said it was okay for me to do it. So, you know, kind of the rest is history. I was appointed and then elected to the House of Representatives for four terms. So nine years in total, I served in the House. And then I ran for the Senate when Eloise Tumpalan retired. And then became a senator, huh? Yeah. So now that's... Sir, 20 years in the Senate. 20 years? Yes, yeah. Oh man. Oh wow, I didn't realize it was that long. But 20 years in the Senate, and then you run for governor and you get elected in 19, no. 2014. Yeah, 2014. So the last eight years you've been serving as governor for a while, you know. It's exciting because I think people now get a sense of what shapes David Igay's thinking and the like, you know. So you're now your governor of the state of Hawaii.  I, you know, it's always hard to kind of put your finger on any specific one. As you know, when you're governor you're dealing with a lot of different things. You know, obviously the biggest challenge and therefore that's why I think it's one of the biggest achievements is really dealing with COVID-19, right?  We knew very little of it. We had no way to test for it. We had no treatment. And thanks, thank goodness, you know, we are able to develop a vaccine and treatments and two and a half years later we are still dealing with COVID. But, you know, I'm really proud because the Commonwealth Fund had evaluated all of the state in their COVID response and Hawaii ranked number one. And, you know, we are the only state that did not get overwhelmed by COVID and had our hospitals unable to provide services to our community. We're gonna take a short break and we will be right back. If you enjoy watching Think Tech, please consider making a tax deductible gift to keep us going. Just click on the donate button on ThinkTechHawaii.com. Yes, click on the donate button on ThinkTechHawaii.com. Think Tech streaming great content every day on ThinkTechHawaii.com, YouTube and Vimeo. Available on demand on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and other social media and regularly broadcast on Olalo. Think Tech, video with vision, always learning. Thanks so much for your interest and support. Aloha. And thanks so much for being such a good friend of Think Tech and a member of our Think Tech family. Welcome back to Talk Story with John Wahee and our very special guests, Governor David Igay. We are talking about the Igay years and we have just been discussing the fact that Hawaii was ranked as the best in the nation in terms of its response to COVID-19. And as you were saying, we're the only state in the country that didn't experience overwhelming at the hospital facilities and things like that. Yeah, absolutely. John, you know, the national average for states were 50 days in last year. 50 days, the hospitals were overwhelmed in Hawaii was zero. You know, and John, we've talked about before what makes Hawaii special, right? I do think that, you know, we were on calls every week with governors across the country to talk about what was happening. And yeah, I was proud because in Hawaii, when there's an emergency, when there's a disaster, you know, everyone is asking, how can I help, right? People come together, they understand. It's not about personal rights.  Everyone is asking, how can I help? And I really think it shows in the statistics, you know, and, you know, and everyone, the business community, you know, when we had to make the tough decision to order the quarantine, and we knew that lots of people would be laid off and, you know, the economy would be impacted. You know, we went from the lowest unemployment rate in the country in the end of February to the highest unemployment rate in the country from, you know, less than 3% to 22% unemployed in the course of six weeks. But, you know, the businesses called and worked with us, you know, we, I chose to involve the counties. So I was the only governor meeting with the counties two, three times a week to talk about, you know, what they were seeing, what we think we needed to do. We were talking with the hospitals and the long-term care facilities. So we could understand what was happening there. You know, we were meeting with the business community. I convened the hotels and the visitor industry to talk about the challenges they were facing. And, you know, John, Hawaii is one place that you can gather everyone and you can engage them and you can get input. And, you know, when we make decisions, they were willing to help and implement and be able to respond. I think that's a tremendous advantage living here. But I think what people sometimes when we talk about the COVID response, don't realize that at this point in time, it sounds so mechanical. And yet when it was going on, what you were really dealing with when you talk about statistics and the like was people's lives. Absolutely. That people were actually dying, you know? And it bothers me now when I see some of the people running for office saying, well, you know, especially across the country or wherever, even especially in Hawaii where they're talking about, well, you know, I would have done something different, more like Florida. They don't realize that that difference might have cost lives, I mean, actual people. I mean, that must have weighed on your mind a little bit at least or somewhat. Absolutely, you know, John and you know, we have limited healthcare resources here in the state and in the neighbor islands it's even bigger challenge. So we definitely wanted to, you know, make sure that we could keep our community healthy and safe. So we were pretty aggressive in, you know, applying restrictions and managing the pandemic, you know, doing what the public health experts had recommended because we didn't want our hospitals to get overwhelmed and we knew that if that happened that many, many people would die. You know, it was certainly something that the mayors and I talked about all the time, you know, about recognizing that we want to be proactive because we don't want to get into the situation where our doctors and nurses are having to decide who lives and dies because we can't service everyone who needs help.  And I think that that's an achievement you should be really proud of. And we in Hawaii ought to be really grateful. But I know that in addition to the pandemic, you also really carved out a niche for yourself in education. Absolutely, you know, I am a proud public school graduate from Pro City High School. And first class, right? Yes, first four-year class. There was a class that went to Waipahu and then came back to Pro City. But, you know, I'm proud to be a public school graduate and really, you know, I talk with many people my age and those in the next generation. And, you know, to me, it's really upsetting when they talk about being failures because their kids didn't get into private school, you know? And, you know, they felt like if their kids were at Highlands Intermediate or Pro City High School or Moana Loa or, you know, any of those schools that they failed their children, you know? And that's not the case, you know? No, we... Well, tell us a little bit about your college program.  That's tremendous. Absolutely, you know? And Keith Hayashi and Leeward Community College were really critical in just noticing that, you know, our kids, they deserve to be challenged. And so they work through all the details of what courses at high school level can earn college credits and which college courses we can make available to high school students, you know? And John, so it's amazing. I mean, Keith wanted every high school student at Waikahu to take at least one class, you know? Because it's a much better environment. Their peers can help them. You know, he believes every student can go to college if they want to. And this is a way for people that have kids in the public schools to lower the cost of college education, isn't it? Absolutely, you know? And that first, we called them Olympians at Waikahu High School, who were the pilot of early college. But 13 of them, John, graduated with their associate of arts degrees before graduating high school. So they saved their parents at least $20,000, $25,000, even going to UH Manoa, just by the fact that... Yeah, well, that's something that they're now adopting across the whole country. So this is, you know, again, you're right on the cutting edge of achievements. Yeah, absolutely. And every public high school is offering college credits now. So that's great. Fantastic. On every island? Yes, on every island. Wow. You know, well, you know, getting, unfortunately, we don't have as much time as I wish we had. And someday, Governor, I hope you do, like, a much longer broadcast. And so that people can, you know, get a sense of all of this. But also you had a boom a year this past year, so doing things for Native Hawaiians, which I don't think public really appreciates what that means, you know? Well, absolutely. You know, we appropriated $600 million. And Governor, I remember when I was chairing Hawaiian Affairs, when you were governor, and we made that commitment to the Hawaiian homesteading programs 20 years ago. And certainly this past session, $600 million to accelerate development of homesteading. You know, we revised the rules. So we're allowing for subsistence homesteading. So homesteads as little as one acre. And you know, it makes a big difference when we were awarding 10 and 40 acres and 200 acres in some instances. Being able to award leases at one acre really allows us to reach more families and beneficiaries. And then most importantly, you know, I'm proud that we were able to settle the Kalima case.  But, you know, I'm glad after decades of fighting it out in courts, we were able to settle and provide us a fair settlement for Native Hawaiians who, I think we all agree, spent too many years on the wait list. Well, I tell you, all together in Native Hawaiian programs got something on over a billion dollars with the settlement and the Hawaiian homes. I think that's fantastic. We got a couple of minutes left. What happens now, Governor? I mean, in December, you're going to pass the mantle over to a new governor. And what happens to Governor Ike and his family? By the way, you have a fantastic family. I wish we had time to talk about them. But I've met all your children there. Incredible. Yeah, thanks. You know, we're just racing to the end, Governor. You know, it's just trying to finish off the one or two or 10 things before the end of your term. Yeah, and then Don and I are going to take a vacation. We haven't really decided where yet, but we'll probably take the first extended vacation. We didn't take a vacation at all this second term. You know, and then we're going to assert through our options. You know, we definitely are not going to retire. We'll be engaged in some way. You know, Don is still an advocate for literacy and other feeding children and those kinds of things. And, you know, I love the technology of today and so many things are able to be done because of technology and really trying to help our communities be able to... Well, I wanted to say one thing, you know, I'll put Don, you know, as the first lady for Spouse of Hawaii. I mean, she's her program stuff to make sure that kids get a healthy meal to start off the day. It's really fantastic. And I was so surprised when I learned, well, I'm not surprised. And with admiration that she got to me in some kind of hall of fame, people have done something for helping young people. And the Grab and Go program. Yeah, she's been a terrific advocate, you know, for ensuring and, you know, she saw it in the classroom, you know, when kids didn't get dinner last night and they come to school and did not have breakfast, it impacts their attention and their ability to learn. So she really has been a strong advocate for making sure that kids can eat. You know, just in today's communities, it just shouldn't be that our children are not able to eat healthy breakfasts and healthy meals. Well, that's why, you know, it's interesting is that my wife is still trying to get me to eat healthy meals, but I know what you're talking about. But anyway, Governor, I wish we had more time. I'd love to do this again. Maybe after you come back from your vacation, we'll see what David Igay is gonna do in the future. So thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. Yeah, Aloha. Thank you so much for the opportunity. Aloha Governor, thank you.


So first one would be, definitely get an early start in the morning. The early is the better, you beat the sun, you beat the crowds most likely. But it's just kind of nice to be able to get some of those hours out of the way, you know, without having to get stuck in the middle of it for all of the hike. Tip number two, pack a lot of water. I mean really pack a lot of water. The way somebody had explained it to me in the past was, imagine that you come across somebody else who needs water, and if you wanted to be able to help them out without getting both of yourself in trouble, like that's so much extra water you should pack all the time. I think we both have three liter bladders that we put in our bag, and then we both were like carrying around like extra one liter bottles on the other side, and we had another water bottle in our bag. Yeah. It was a lot, but it's better to have a little bit extra water at the end, than is to have none, and that's obvious. But really when you're looking yourself in the eye before you leave, tell yourself to grab another. You don't want to depend on anyone. You want to have your own water, enough water for you, and then he wants to have enough water for him.  So water is very important. There are noon tablets out there that we like. There are other tablets like these as well, like that you can just drop into your water. We obviously put some stuff in our bladder. We don't put any additives into our bladder, but we usually have the bottles on the side we'll throw some of those tablets into. And they're good because when you're hiking you will sweat, and you'll sweat out a lot of sodium, a lot of your salt too, so you do want to be able to replace it, otherwise you might get those little spots in your eyes if you stand up too fast or something. So not only do you want to drink water, but make sure that you get yourself some of the electrolytes or some of the other tablets even with a little bit of sodium in there. Sometimes salty snacks make it thirsty, and you don't want to put too much water in, because you might actually be carrying around a big little bladder of water inside your body now, and that could feel weird. But make sure you put those tablets in. It's not just water. You kind of want some of those minerals and nutrients too. So that's the noon tablets that Alex is talking about.  Yeah, and they come with different flavors, so this one is the fresh lime. There are all types of flavors that you can think about. So tip number three, this is something that I learned throughout the years just from hiking out, is you see right now, it's really hot outside, but I got everything covered, like wearing long sleeves and protecting your skin. I mean, I'm wearing my long pants. Yeah, so we both are wearing pants. I mean, it's tempting to want to wear tank tops and t-shirts.  You want to look cute and have some nice cute outfits, but it doesn't work like that when it's really hot outside, and I've experienced it once in South Dakota because it was really hot, and I just wanted to show off my skin. But really, on top of the sunscreen, which is very important, cover in your skin with long sleeves, long pants, and even for Alex, he has a special hat. Do you follow some of our kayaking stuff? This is the one I wear, kayaking, though. But it's got a hat, and then it's got these little floppy guys that I can either button up in front of me here if I wanted to. All right, let's see if I can do it. All right, so sometimes if the wind's blowing, it'll still kind of keep me in this little area. Yeah. Or I can just let it flop around like a big dog with wet floppy ears, or I can button it up in the back too if I want to kind of keep it out of the way, but I still want that protection.  I think the buffs are another good substitute. For me though, I usually had like a full brim hat, but still like if I tilt it forward or backwards or the sun starts to set, I would still get burnt on my neck. So we figured we'd give this one a try today, and I got to be honest, it worked out pretty well. And if you have sunscreen, put it on at the interval that they recommend. I'm usually pretty bad about that. I usually am wearing a long sleeve shirt as well, but I bought some sports sunscreen today, and I got to be honest, I feel fine, but I was putting it on every 80 minutes, like they said, but the rule that people have given me all the time in the example was when you're driving down here through the desert, through Arizona, et cetera, and you go past a construction site. They're not all out there in tank tops and short shorts. They're all dressed to the top with a full buff, a full hat, jacket, long pants, everything. So keeping that sun off of you, especially if you live out here, because you should only be getting sunburned like maybe once or twice a summer at like the worst. Like, and out here you could get it every day, and I don't even mean to say that you should be getting sunburned at all, but just have a map. I mean, know where you're going before you get there. All trails is the one that we use, and I know Habib has had a couple videos out on all trails and such, but we certainly like all trails. They've just done a retrofit where some of their user interface has changed, but you can download maps, you can bring them offline. All you need is GPS, so you can turn off your Wi-Fi and your phones, everything. But it's important that everybody has a map in your group too, not just like one person. You get separated, that's a problem. Somebody's phone dies, that's a problem. You want to be able to be responsible for yourself, so download the map, know where you're going before.  It just sends them a text, and they can go click a link and follow your location. It's called, it's a new feature. Well, it's fairly, I think it was implemented last year, but it's called Lifeline, and it basically would allow you to let someone know where you're going, which is pretty important. The next step is, well, during summer here in the desert, you obviously want to watch out for the rattlesnakes. During summer time, it's the right time to come across rattlesnakes. Now there's someone who reached out to me the other day on Instagram asking me, oh my God, how do you hike in the desert? Are you not afraid of snakes? I mean, when I started, when I moved to Arizona, it was, you know, I was always worried about snakes and rattlesnakes, but I really didn't understand back then with time, we kind of learned that snakes don't want anything to do with you. They are as scared of you as you are of them.   They're not going to come your way if they hear you. The only problem is if you start a rattlesnake. So the one tip is, especially during summer, is probably avoid putting headphones and just try to listen more and be aware of the sounds around you because the rattle that the rattlesnake has will make enough noise, believe me. Like one time when I was hiking in the Grand Canyon, I can hear it from far away, and we couldn't even see it. The rattle noise is really strong. So that's something to watch out for when you are hiking in the desert, especially in summertime. Yeah, we come across coyotes and such, too. And you can treat it like bear stuff, too. Like just make some noise while you're going if you have somebody else. But usually if you're on trail, you won't happen across any nests or anything like that because there are usually enough people on those trails that they're not going to make a home there. But if you're off trail or other things like that, too, be definitely be aware because if you stumble across something like that, too, we learned what was it? The baby rattlesnakes as an example are a bit of a problem because they're not smart enough yet to know not to just discharge all the venom. Yeah. So they're actually worse than the parents. The parents will give you a hit of venom and they'll get out, but the kids will just latch on and they'll just drain themselves. And it's problematic. So the next tip for hiking in the desert during summer is to obviously... You want to make sure that you have your emergency kit everywhere you go. I try to take it with us. We only have one that we share together. It's probably a good idea for long and students to hike through. Each team member should have their own emergency kit. Each emergency kit is different. This is the one that we have. It's the first aid kit or I call it emergency kit anyway. So first aid kit, it has all of the necessary gauze and alcoholic wipes and bandaged scissors and an emergency blanket. So all of these are necessary, but on top of that, if you're hiking in this desert, you probably want to have tweezers with you. I think it's important because I don't know if you get stabbed by a Troyer or one of those jumping Troyer. So if you want to remove the needle, tweezers are going to be very helpful in that scenario. Yeah. And I'll say even today when we were hiking around, especially when we get to this part of the summer where some plants start to die, sometimes some of those cactus pieces will actually fall off or maybe other animals might even disturb them in such a way that they fall off and they'll be sitting right there on the trail just like a part of cactus.  Maybe it won't go through the rubber, but then you pick your leg up and now it's on your leg and then you poke yourself with it. There's obviously you want to make sure that you are following the leave no trace. There are seven principles. I'm going to leave a link in the description box. So we're just going with an assumption that you are following leave no trails. You know the principles that you want to follow them as well. If you are driving to the trailhead, for example, I think it's a good idea to leave some water in your car as well so that when you finish hiking, you either have a cooler with some extra water just to help you hydrate when you finish hiking. And then the next tip I was thinking about and that's probably just like a lesson learned from our hike today is know your limits and know how much your body can handle. You know, don't push yourself more than you should, especially in the desert, especially when it's 100 degrees out or more than 100 degrees out. That's something that I learned today about myself. Obviously, we picked this hike. We try to not hike during summer. I personally don't enjoy it, but this was us training for our Kilimanjaro climb and putting ourselves in situations where we can't push forward. And I always advise, you know, people who are new to hiking to avoid it unless it's, I don't know, necessary or you start very early in the morning. And then just don't push yourself beyond necessary, if that makes sense. If you have any other areas that you have a list of to-dos for, that you think are region-specific, bring them up. We always go out and travel other places to hike, too. You know, there are plenty of other ecosystems that have their own rules set. So... Well, awesome. Well, thank you so much, guys. Thank you for tuning in. And we will see you on Thursday. We do live streams every Thursday. We change the time from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. So we'll see you this Thursday, 6 p.m. Thanks, guys. And we'll see you soon on another adventure. Take care, everybody. Bye.


Men's Hoops, Beavers hosting Augustana Saturday evening. First half, BSU starts hot, Cherie Flack. The drive, the floater gets it to fall. They have a two point lead then later. Nice ball movement around the perimeter. Logan Bader then for three from the wing, that's good. 22-20, BSU, and a little drive and dish. Christian Bacaric to Derek Thompson, the jumper. Back and forth they go. But John Wood from Augustana had a game. Barry's the triple in transition. He had eight of them on the night, 32 points, 14 rebounds. They're a tough weekend split for BSU. They fall 92-66. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.


The Skywalker Saga is over, three generations of Jedi films loosely knitted together. The question is, which one feels like a satisfying conclusion, and which one's just downright forced? It's the Revenge of the Sith vs Return of the Jedi vs Rise of the Skywalker on Movie Feuds. Return of the Jedi brings back all the fan favorites for One Last Ra, and then decades later they're brought back again for one last meh. Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, Yoda, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader, and the big boss man himself, simply known as the Emperor. These are some of the most recognizable characters to ever hit the big screen. Joining them on their non-Disney-owned adventure are the Ewoks. Lovable, murderous little scabs. Who make for a terrific collection of plush dolls? I'm honestly a bit shocked Disney hasn't spun them yet into their own minion-style animated adventure. Speaking of animated, let's talk about Revenge of the Sith. A film that's only been made better thanks to the Clone Wars cartoon series. Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan, Padme, Mace Windu, Count Dooku, General Grievous, Palpatine, and a more athletic Yoda. Fan of Jar Jar Binks will be disappointed that he has as much screen time here as a black man does in Lord of the Rings. Last but also probably least is the Rise of the Skywalker crew. We have Poe, Finn, Rey, Skywalker, Leia Found Footage, Cookie Doe, I mean Lando, George Lucless, BB-8, and the droid crew. Emperor Pulpoclone, Snokes, Lifeless Husk, Kylo Ren, Chewie, Rose Tico, General Hux, Maz Kanata really in this movie, and the newcomer toy, Baboo Frick. And I think there is a poor cameo for good measure. As far as character development goes, Luke and Anakin certainly changed and grew over their adventures. While Rey never really had much of an arc outside of the whole, who am I, shtick? That was done much better in Zoolander. Kylo Ren, on the other hand, had a far more compelling story, and probably should have been the focus of this trilogy. And we're going to dive more into that in round two, which is the story, and guess what? It's here. It's happening right now. If anybody's familiar with me and my channel, you'll know my thoughts on the prequels. I'm not too keen on them to put it lightly. I'm also not too overjoyed with what happened in the new franchise. So the OG is really the only one that I think is worth going back and watching. Yeah, I'm one of those gross people. That said, there is zero question that Revenge of the Sith is easily the strongest of the prequels, and I believe that many really only enjoy the prequel films because of how good the third one was. Return of the Jedi in contrast is a very fun, albeit safe affair. And that works kind of as a criticism, but more as an observation. Empires often consider the greatest of the original run because it pushed our characters into harsher situations with darker tones. Return of the Jedi could have pushed things further, but instead reverts back to the first film in a lot of ways. It starts out very well, with a good amount of time dedicated to saving fan-favorite Han Solo from the clutches of the evil, Jabba the Hutt. Once the dated fight in the Sarlacc pit concludes, though, the movie comes to a pretty abrupt stop. The energy drains during the middle act, but thankfully the final conflict with Luke and his father is easily worth the investment. Having Vader in the end make the right choice finally, and dying with a small amount of humanity felt oddly satisfying. It's a shame that storyline is blended with the silly antics down on Planet Endor. We see a tribe of Ewoks hurling rocks and beating AT-ATs with sticks. My nine-year-old self ate that up, absolutely, even those Ewoks spin-off films. But as I grew older, and more bitter and jaded, yeah, that doesn't really blend well with the whole Death Star, you know, good versus evil thing. Revenge of the Sith is not messing around at all. The movie's tone is incredibly dark and somber. A brutal decapitation within the first 20 minutes really sets the stage for the rest of the film.  I mean the contrast alone from, now this is pod racing, to this is where the fun begins.  The Yoda fights are epic to watch unfold along with the extended lightsaber battles. Are they completely over the top in showboaty? Yes, for sure they are. They're also the only parts I really find myself enjoying. I still wasn't sold on the ending of this thing. It somehow still felt rushed into getting characters where they needed to be for a new hope to kick in. This is where Rise of Skywalker has an advantage as all the characters were already pretty much mismanaged that there was no stakes going into it. Rey and Kylo are still frenemies. On the search, on the hunt for a thing that leads to another thing that leads to a final thing which opens the gates to the final boss of a video game. This is similar to Return of the Jedi in the sense that much of the story has gone backwards to the first entry. Poe and Finn get their bromance back, Kylo is once again conflicted and missing his dad.  And of course another large wave of nostalgia takes flight, which travels to familiar places with familiar faces. There are some interesting ideas brought into the fray, such as Jedi healing and force linking, but nothing has any time to breathe. The final confrontation with Pelpe is large and bombastic, it's intense, yet it never really hits the crescendo that this saga should have.   For a franchise that's all about being in tune with the force, it feels incredibly fractured here. I've been doing movie feuds for quite a while now and it still amazes me to this day how people in the comments can get upset when I compare production values thinking that it's unfair that I talk about a movie from 2019 to a film back from 1996, like people don't have eyes and ears and we should just ignore the fact that technology has gotten better. I mean it's just like anything else, you talk about video games and you always look back like wow look how much better the graphics have gotten in the gameplay, like these are good things, things will age, that's just a part of life, but to turn a blind eye to it is just silly and nonsensical. And that also I believe kind of hurts the creators, you know it's a disservice to the artists and the musicians and people that do put passion into the projects even if those projects don't turn out that well. And to continue this little rant CGI has grown leaps and bounds, but that doesn't necessarily make the film overall better. There's so much more that goes into it than fancy computer wizardry. The lighting plays a huge aspect, the whole tone of the film. And that's where I think the original Star Wars is such a kind of timeless wonder, yes the effects have aged, yes the action is pretty pathetic, but there is a feel that rings throughout the whole movie. And to me this is still where Revenge of the Sith suffers the most. I just don't like the look and style of the prequels. Lucas was of course championing new tech in terms of the audio and visuals but lighting, camera placement, and some of the more nuanced techniques are often off. Many moments feel lifeless and unnatural. It's easy to get removed from the scene because of the presentation. This is where the original really was ahead of its time. While the models and fight choreography certainly have aged, the elements all blend well together. The heroes are often interacting with physical objects on set and puppets and models have real weight to them. That can be very hard to replicate on just computers alone. Revenge of the Sith has some beautiful shots. Don't get me wrong, but the overall package just isn't what I enjoy. The JJ Abrams directed conclusion is very polished but very uninspired for the final act. Exigul is a parking lot of machinery and empty temples. The earlier stuff is far more interesting and easy on the eyes. From the lush forest to sweeping sand dunes, there is some great variety. There's a light speed jumping sequence early on that showcases just how interesting some of these locales can get. But like every single other thing in this movie, they're teased and gone just like that. Visually though, I think JJ does land a perfect balance between old and new tech. The new films may have missed the mark in terms of story, but it really does nail the execution in production. John Williams composed all three entries and our ears are very thankful for that. The OG trilogy has a lot of fan favorites while providing some new flavor. While Revenge of the Sith has some incredibly heavy and haunting pieces. Rise to me is the weakest of the bunch here, which makes sense because John Williams often mirrors the music to the story. I put a poll up on my YouTube community tab as I always do. Granted, this one is like months ago, but still I got to it. I made it happen. And the viewers have spoken as to what's installment of the final trilogies they enjoyed the best. In last place with a paltry 12% of the votes is Rise of the Skywalker. In second place was Revenge of the Sith with 37%. Making Return of the Jedi the winner at 51. I'm in full agreement with this list, and in fact, I can totally see why people would put Revenge of the Sith as number one. I respect those that enjoy all these films and I can only ask they do the same in the comments below. I'm joking, this is YouTube, that's not gonna happen. 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