It's time for a new event, boys. Yo, what's going on, LeafreNation? It's Leafre back again, and welcome back to the channel. Today we're back with another NHL 22 pack opening. And today we have a new event. And boys, honestly, I think this is the best event EA has dropped this year. So as you can see here, we have the 22 under 22. So this is a new event that EA has dropped. We have some pretty good cards, pretty good sets, pretty good packs, in my opinion, boys, so get ready for this. So as you can see here, we're going to go through all those cards. Eventually, there's more coming soon as well. Boys, it's just huge. So let's get right into it. So we have 11 out of the 22 cards that are out right now. These are huge cards, boys. So we have a Connor Bedard. I don't know if I said that right.  It takes 50K coins with 522 under collectibles, 522 collectibles, 6, 6, 14, and that is it. So these collectibles are pretty easy to obtain, too. We'll go over that as well. So we got Connor here. We got Adam Bowquist at an 86. Obviously, they all upgrade to a 92. We got Bone Byram, who looks unreal. These guys all have three synergies as well, boys, which are pretty good. He's got Protector Bombarded Light, the lamp. He's got Distributor Spark Wingman and Applesauce. We got Kirby Dac, man. This this card looks unreal. One of the ones I do want to build or hopefully pull. We have Rasmus Dallin, another card that I would love to get as well. We have Spencer Knight, which is OK. It's a goaltender, Tim Stutzla. This card looks absolutely unreal, too, as well, boys. Andres Vechnakov. Obviously, this card would be unreal to make as well, man. Like these cards look absolutely unreal. We got Alex Turcott, a pretty sick card as well. Awesome card design as well. EA kills it every time. We got Oliver Wallström, decent looking card as well. Don't know if I'd want to make them, but at the end of the day, these guys are all 92 overalls. They're going to be good cards. And, boys, that is right. Trevor Zegres is now in NHL 22. He wasn't in Ultimate Team. He is officially in it now. This card looks nasty. Wouldn't mind making him as well. And that is it for the new cards. So these cards look amazing. You guys are probably wondering how do we upgrade these cards? So looking at the sets here, if you trade in five of these event collectibles, you can get a Choice Pack, one of three of the new cards that just came out. Here you trade in seven for a one of 11 Choice of the cards. Here is for a young star pack. Now here's where you get these collectibles. You can trade in 15 gold players, any gold players, for 22 under collectible, one of them. Here you trade in 10. I think these are 80 pluses for one, which is not too bad. Here you trade in 83 pluses for two of these collectibles, which isn't too bad. Here you trade in 186 plus for three collectibles. So if you have a duplicate 86 plus, you can just throw them in there. Here is for another Choice Pack is what it looks like here. 22 Master Step player. OK. Here you trade in 20, any gold players for one. I don't know. These are limited time, so they get more expensive when you don't do them for the limited time. But that's how you make these collectibles. Super simple, man. For free to play players, if you play rivals, champs, and you have all these cards you're sitting on, you can make these collectibles easy. Now, that's not the only way you can obtain these collectibles as well. So looking at the event milestones here, if you complete 40 games, 120 games, take 600 shots, all this stuff, you get 22 under collectibles. Now, you guys can decide what you do with them, whether that is build an MSP player. If you have an MSP player ready, upgrading him up to a 92 eventually. So pretty cool. And guys, look at the HUD challenges. If you complete all 11 of them, you get three of these 22 and under 22 collectible packs, which isn't too bad. So do your HUD challenges as well for these collectibles. And looking at the packs here, we have some good packs actually. So this 80k pack, 1600 hot points, you get 15 items, including a random master set player, one of the 11 that got released. So it's not too bad. And these are standard packs, 50k, 37k pack, which you get 22 gold players from that pack, which isn't bad, and a young size pack. So honestly, guys, I think this event is an absolute W. I think EA hit it out of the park, which is amazing. So we went through the event. You guys let me know what you think of it. I have some juice packs to open that as well. But boys, well, further ado, we have some juice packs to open from champs and rivals. We got some little packs here, the premium packs, the mini packs. We have premium players packs. We have mega packs. We have an elite players packing. We have an ultimate pack. We better pull something. So let's get right into it. We're gonna start off with the mini pack, get these small packs out of the way and build up to that ultimate pack. My first time this year, opening up an ultimate pack. So we're hoping for something big out of that. I don't expect anything from these mini packs or the premium pack. This is just to get the bad luck out of the way, boys. You know how it works around here. Obviously it's gonna work. This method works all the time. Anyways, yeah, we're hoping for something big. I think this event is an absolutely huge W from EA, given what's been going on with the game and everything. Very cool. Seems pretty easy to make master set players and upgrade them, so that's really cool. So, moving on to the premium packs. We have two AD plus players from here. Give me something good EA. I beg, I beg, I beg, I beg. I need something good. It's been a while since I pulled something good. Give me something good. Noah Hannafin. All right, come on. Give me something. I want a purple Nolan foot. Brock Nelson at an 82. That's not bad. Okay, anyone else? Phillip Ronick. And that is it for that pack. That one's a little bit tough, not gonna lie. All right, we got another premium players pack. I feel like we're gonna fly by these packs, which sucks, but they are pretty good packs, so we're hoping for something good, obviously. So, Nick Bukestad there. Zach Ronaldo. Oh my goodness. Ryan Strome, that's all right. Brett Murray. Two cards left. Travis Sanheim. Matt Molson still plays hockey, apparently. Moving on to the mega packs. These are big boy packs. As usual, they take a while to get through. 30 items, at least 15 gold players, four AD plus overall players. The good thing about all these gold players is I can make these collectibles, make a master set player as well. So, give me all these players. We got a Nino Nita rider, not too bad. Can we pull an 83 plus? Cause that would definitely help us as well. You trade in three 83 pluses and you get two collectibles, I believe. So that isn't too bad. Maybe it's one. We got a team of the week here. Petman, okay. Anything else? These packs, man, are always so big. Eric Carlson. That would have been a very big pull back in the day. 82 Carlson though, regardless, not too bad. Still got a decent amount of this pack left. David Perron. Canucks Jersey, Phillips Zadina. Two cards left. And that is a dud of a mega pack. That one, that one hurts the soul. All right, last mega pack left and then we got two pretty good packs left. I'm excited for the elite players pack and I'm excited for the ultimate pack. Very excited for the ultimate pack. So give me something good. Gorgiev at an 81. Can we pull an 83 plus in this pack? At least an 83 would be nice. Come on. Eric Comrie, Barbachev, not the greatest. Come on, man. Josh Morris, he had an 82. Not too bad. Keith Kincaid. I was gonna skip the rest of the pack. We're just gonna go through it here. Alex Galchenyuk. We got 500 coins a little back there as well. That's not too bad. Rhinda Zingle, 1,000 coins. We made 1,500 coins from this pack, which means we're probably not gonna pull anything. Love it. All right, elite players pack and an ultimate pack. This elite players pack has 10 items. All good players with at least eight. 80 plus overall players. 83 plus. That's all I asked for in this one. Let's go, yeah. Come on. Carter Verhagy, not the greatest. Anthony Siu. Callo Riley. Kevin Fiala. Pavel Zaka. Tyler Myers. Dustin Wolfe. Oh my God, Nick Bonino. Andre Kasha and Barbachev. Not even an 83 plus. I literally have no pack luck this year. It actually makes me wanna cry a little bit. And now we're onto the ultimate pack guys. 20 items. All of them are 80 plus overalls. EA. I beg, I beg, I beg, I beg. Give me something good. An 82 Monji Apane isn't too bad. He's actually been going off this season. So it's an 82 Monji Apane, not too bad. Jakob Silverberg. Cam Atkinson. Let me see a purple pull in this pack. It's an ultimate pack. Team of the week, Freddie. That's not bad. That is not bad. It is a purple. We pulled Rasmus Dahlien, by the way, who does have a master set player out. So that one hurt the soul, but it's a purple. 86 overall, Freddie. Isn't too bad. He might actually get used. We might try him out. So 86, Freddie's not too bad. We do pull a purple. Clayton Keller, Philip the No. Set Jones. Dustin Brown. Come on, one more purple. ADB's not too bad. Max Domi. Artemy Panarin. That's a W. He definitely goes for a little something, something. Artemy Panarin. Two purples in this ultimate pack. Great ultimate pack. We will take an Artemy Panarin. Set Jarvis. Teddy Bluger. Thomas Tatar. Tim Stutzla, who also has a master set player out. That one hurts a little bit. Butch Navich. And Tyson Berry. Not a bad ultimate pack, boys. Artemy Panarin and a Freddie. We will definitely take that. And for the sake of getting a master set player, we're gonna open up this pack. We get a guaranteed master set player item. Give me anyone but Spencer Knight. The two that I'm looking for is Kirby Dock. And Rasmus Dallin. Those two would be great. I'll be ecstatic if we pull one of those two. All right, Zach Bogogen. Who's gonna be our master set player? Just not Spencer Knight, please, game. I don't want a gold tender, please. I beg, come on. Where is our master set player? It's somewhere in here. If I don't get one, somehow I don't get one. I'm actually gonna laugh. They're saving it to the last three cards. Okay. I know this already. That's not bad. That is not bad. And Alex Turcot, what synergies does he have? Don't use any of those. Thief I use, Heart and Soul I use. Protector I use. So you know what? This card's a W.  So he's usable on the draw. We'll take an Alex Turcot for sure. And adjacent Spencer, nice. But hey, Alex Turcot, that's definitely a W, boys. And we got 650 points left. We'll open up an NHL players pack. We get four 80 plus overalls here. EA, give us something good here, baby. Come on. Liam Fuddy, Tom Wilson, Devin Shor, Tyler Bozak, Logan Stanley, Brandon Montour, Rasmus Dolin again. Masterset player, they give me his base. That one hurts. Ropeh Hintz, Adam Henryk, and a Miko Lentinen. So not a bad pack opening, boys. I will definitely take that. Anyways, boys, that is it for today's video. If you guys did enjoy it, be sure to drop a like on it. If you guys are new around here, make sure to hit the subscribe button down below. Let me know what you guys think of this event. Honestly, I think this is a W. I think this is the best event EA has released in NHL 22. Maybe an NHL ever. So let me know what you guys think about the event down below. But guys, that is it for today's video. If you guys did enjoy it, be sure to drop a like on it. I said this already. I'm just gonna end it here. Thank you guys very much for watching and I'll talk to you guys later. Peace.


Hey person who clicked that thumbnail, today we're taking a look at three variants of Deep Cool's LS720 SE AIOs and that includes the latest variant, the LS720 SE Zero Dark. We're going to be pairing all of those up with a very hot CPU and we're going to see if those AIOs can cool it down. And just to make things even more interesting, we're going to throw in the latest and greatest AIO from Deep Cool that's their Mystique 360. So whether you already have a Deep Cool cooler or thinking of upgrading or are new to the brand and are wondering if their coolers are right for you, I hope this video is useful. First things first for similarities, all of the LS720 SE AIOs discussed here are using a fourth gen pump whereas the Mystique is using a fifth gen pump. Generally, each generation of pump is able to circulate more liquid or more fluid faster through the AIO, theoretically improving performance, making things cool down faster. All of the AIOs covered here are compatible with all modern systems. So for AMD, that's AM4 and AM5. For Intel, that's LGA1700, 12100, 1150, 1151, and 12100. Now, the difference among the three LS720 SEs is mostly aesthetic. Starting with the base model, LS720 SE, this comes with ARGB and the CPU block has an infinite mirror design. It's nicely curved around its blocky edges and it both looks premium and doesn't look overly ostentatious. Di siya sobrang flashy. So it's RGB done tastefully. Second, the LS720 SE digital of which we have the white version on hand has an LED screen and on that LED screen, you can see at the glance basic performance metrics of your computer such as its current CPU temperature. Now, for my own personal rig, I'm also using one of the digital lines from Deep Cool, the Air Cooler AK620. And from personal experience, I can tell you, sobrang useful. Na makihita moong information na yan, lilingon ka lang nandon na siya. No need to click any buttons, no need to bring up any windows, just glance at your computer and that basic information is already there. Third, the latest variant of the LS720 SE line is the Zero Dark model. As the name implies, there is no RGB, perfect for stealth builds for more understated looks. The CPU block does away with the infinite mirror design and replaces it with a cap with both a glossy and alternating matte finish. Perfect for an upscale kind of computer, may be one that a professional might want to have in his office compared to a lot of the bling-bling of some of the other models on the market. Looking at the LS720 SE Zero Dark, the question that pops into my mind is which X-Man would choose this as their AIO and I think it would be Wolverine, kind of a steer, no moss, no fos performance that still looks aggressive. On the other hand, I can see Gambit choosing something like the LS720 SE Digital. A bit more flashy, a bit more flamboyant. Diko rin alam bakit X-Men yung na isip ko when looking at these AIOs as a point of comparison but the new Revive cartoon series is out and I did just see the trailer. Tapas parang bagay naman sa personalities na mga tinukoy ko. And our surprise entrant in this LS720 SE Round Up is a bit imba because it's not from that line at all. It's the latest AIO from Deepcool, the Mystique 360, which has the latest 5th gen pump and uses F12 SE fans. It has a sharper screen than the LS720 SE Digital. It's an LCD screen with a 640x480 resolution. The intention is the same for you to be able to see performance metrics at a glance but this screen is much sharper. And built into the Mystique 360 is a gyroscope so it automatically senses how it's oriented and if you mount it in a different direction, it will automatically change the positioning of the screen to match that position. Again, sounds like a simple thing but it's super useful. If you've done any kind of work with AIOs, you know that it can sometimes be difficult to mount it in a position and the built-in gyroscope does away with all of that guesswork. Mount it any which way you like and then the AIO will take care of the rest. That's just a short preview of the Mystique 360. We'll be covering it more in a future video but for now enough yammering, let's get to the performance. So we tested all AIOs with a 7800X3D CPU, one of the latest AM5 CPUs. It does run hot, it's expected to run hot to get its max performance. So a good choice to measure against these large 360mm rad AIOs that we have. We installed our test bench in Deepcool's Morpheus case, another item that we'll be reviewing very shortly. To ensure consistency, we used Noctua's NTH1 thermal paste with all of the AIOs. Finally, our torture software slash temperature inducer was in a bench R24. We did two passes on each AIO and measured the max temp reached as well as the average temperature recorded. Initially, there were no surprises as the LS720 SE Digital and the LS720 SE Zero Dark both had very similar results. Both showed the same max temps reached of 75.6 and 74.8 in both tests. Average temps for these two coolers were also almost identical. These numbers are very good for a 7800X 3D running at 100% load. The CPU does run hot but at sub 80 degree temperatures, indeed around 75 degrees even at max temperatures, you can see that the AIOs perform very well. They can keep up with the heat and are able to dissipate it quickly. No performance throttling, no test. The outlier in our performance test was the base LS720 SE. Now, this is basically the same hardware so you'd think that it would be around the same performance as the LS720 Digital and LS720 Zero Dark. But that wasn't the case. Performance was still good but it ran noticeably hotter compared to the other two variants. Unfortunately, we were under a little time pressure as we had to give back the CPU. It's not easy to find those high-performance CPUs. So we were unable to run the test continuously on this LS720 SE. In my opinion, if we were able to run more tests, I believe the average temperature or the average reading that we got from this AIO would go down to around the same level as we saw with the other two variants. But to be upfront, we weren't able to do those tests and we're reporting this little anomaly to be transparent and make the comparisons a little starker. The coolest cooler and it's not really a surprise is the Mystique 360 as it does have one generation pump higher than the LS720 SE models. There is a noticeable bump in performance with the Mystique 360. The hottest temperature we recorded with that AIO was only 72.6 degrees with the coolest average temperature of only 70.8 degrees. So just at the border of 70, tantalizingly close to a sub 70 performance and that's on 100% load on a 7800X3D. So where does that leave us or how does that help the consumer? If you're looking for the coolest performing AIO with all of the bells and whistles then that's certainly the Mystique 360. But if you're looking for a particular kind of look with just slightly lower performance and at a cheaper price, the LS720 SE series has a lot of variants available and they run the gamut from no RGB at all to full bling RGB to the very useful digital displays where you can see your performance. It's easy to find something that you would like among the LS720 SE variants. So if you're digging the look of one of those variants you can opt to go with that. The promo for months is not that far off from the Mystique 360 and you could save yourself some money. Thanks for watching. We fully assemble rigs. We clean computers. Kasama na rin yung excellent table management namin and CPU cooler repasting sa cleaning. We also clean and repaste GPUs. 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It is very important that wherever we're doing an activity that we use the student's names wherever possible when we're asking for feedback and so on and so forth. There are a number of benefits to using the student's names and they can include helping to actually organise the class itself, certainly to acknowledge when a student has given the correct answer and so forth, to indicate who should respond rather than just asking a general question to the whole class by using the names we can ask an individual to respond to that particular question. One point to note here is that if you are going to ask an individual student it is very useful if you put their name at the end of the question. This is useful because if you start with their name then all of the other students know that you're not going to be asking them whereas if you leave the name until the end of the question everyone at least will have the chance to think about the answer in case you actually call upon them. So moving on from the use of their names, the use of your eyes and voice and gesture, what about the actual classroom arrangement itself?


Let's go over to our man, Mr. Basil Chapman, as we do each and every Tuesday at 20 past the hour. And don't forget, folks, Basil has an outstanding show here every trading day, 10 to 11 Eastern Standard Time, also a great newsletter, the opening call. Now, it's very easy to get the opening call, folks. You come over to our website at TFNN, you're going to see it right at the featured content. You just hit it right on the left-hand side. You can hit Subscribe. You can get the opening call for one month for $149. You can get it for six months for $695, which is a savings of $199.22, and you can get it for one year for $1195, which is a savings of $593, or 33%. Now they all come with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Check it out. You like it. You keep it. For some reason, it doesn't work for you, folks. You can get your money back. Bottom line, Basil also has there an outstanding array of webinars that he's done, over 10 webinars. I really want to understand how you ride the Chapman Wave, how you're looking at the marketplace. It comes with the newsletter. Check it out. Hit that banner on TFNN. Basil Chapman, what's going on? Hi, Tom. How are you? I'm doing great, man. Yourself? Very good. Thank you. Yeah, this is very interesting. The patents that we look at last Tuesday, remember when we spoke in the interview, I said this particular patent that, for me, is something that I'm keeping my subscribers to my opening call cognizant of, and that is the dreaded H patent. The lowercase H, which says it comes down sharply. If it rallies and then at a peak A or a peak B, it turns around and rolls over and takes out the left side low, you've got to be very careful. I call it the dreaded H in red because if it does do that, it can continue down and that's usually an omen to say, just be really careful. And of course, what's happened on Friday, it just nicked the left side 35,639 level in the down, and today we're down 532,35379. Day is young. You never know these days what can happen in the last hour, but so far what we're looking at is the price is underneath, quite substantially actually, underneath the left side low of, I think it was January the 10th. And we have formed that arch formation at a peak A becomes an A minus. And that just says, in this particular chart, in this particular timeframe, that's the dating timeframe, be careful because you've had a confirmation of a cell signal that's gone to a cell mode. That is just descriptive. It doesn't say, oh my God, cell mode means that you're going, it doesn't say you're going down to anything. It just says that is the nomenclature that you can give it right now that it has already reached a cell mode. And if you had to do a one-to-one to the downside, you've got a little bit more to go and then you get your one-to-one to the downside. But look at the weekly chart. The weekly chart says, hey, we've been here many times before, underneath the 14-period moving average, we're in a rising channel at this particular point. But what is happening is that the technicals are starting to deteriorate. But at this particular point, unlike the data chart where the nine-period on Friday was really close to crossing negative, today it has crossed negative, so that's a confirmation of the dating cell mode, the weekly, I have to wait until Friday before I can give any determination as to where we are. It does look technically like this nine-period will at some point go under the 14, but you don't want to anticipate it, hasn't done it yet, so far that's good. If you look at that monthly chart, remember last week I was talking to you about this chart, we have inside track repellent zone that we hit it, we hit it in the dating, we hit it in the weekly, and the same price point hit the lower trend line in the monthly. So these are all things, just to say be careful, there's a rotational market going on here. We saw that on Friday, suddenly there was that big move up in the semiconductor index, and yet that was just one of those fake moves because today's down sharply. And to me this is a bit of an indicator for semiconductors, and I've been warning subscribers that this is an area you've got to be really careful of, at 295 any time in the next two weeks if we see a close under 285, I think that says that overall the best index to date is starting to weaken there for you've got to be careful. So I've got the benchmarks to look at, and even when you look at the XLF, which was doing really nicely because rates were going higher, and usually the financials they like when the rates are higher, it's not the only thing, but it's one of the things that's important. So now we've got a PEE in the XLF. That's interesting there that yeah, there's a disconnect in the aspect that the financials, you know, JP Morgan and Goldman are getting smoked. So it's really intriguing that, you know, we've got rates going up, and they're spread, folks, between the moment money that's in the bank versus what is going to be paid on it, you know, goes up dramatically. When you're talking about the spread, let me see if I can do this quickly. OK, this is the, so what I'm pulling up here, you'll see it come up in a moment. This is the weekly, the 30 year, the 10 year and the five year yields, and then on the right you'll see wood, which is the ice shares, global timber and forestry ETF, and then the bottom one, you'll see the HGX, which is the Philadelphia housing index. So yeah, we got so because the 30 year yield made a lower low in that move that went down to what was that 1.678, the week of the 3rd of December, this move that broke out to a new high is actually new leg A. Now that's, you say, oh my God, it should still go to A, peak B, peak C and D, but it's only just started the A. That can fail because it's under the previous major high, but look at the breakout of the yields considering where we were and where we've come from. This is a very big move in like a single leg going for about nine or 10 weeks. If you look at the 10 year yield, that's also risen very sharply and the five year is even higher. So this squeeze of the yields is basically telling investors that for not that much difference, you don't have to go all the way to a 30 year, you can go to a 10 year. Not that you're getting the same yield, but you're getting a really good risk reward in the sense that you don't have to go up an extra 20 years. So that just says to me that the conflict that we're looking at in the market and one of the reasons why I think the market is still pulling back, and I've been talking about this for some time now, that the QQQ, the NDX100, which in a sense is tied to the semiconductor index, that rotation can go on for a little while longer because if we do get some kind of a consolidation in the semis, it means that you can start to see some stabilization in some of the very weakest NASDAQ stocks that we're doing fantastically and that's why I've said to subscribers to open the call. We've raised cash. Let's keep raising cash because at some point some of these fantastic winners that just took a 30, 40, 50% dive are going to be good buys, so you want to have money ready. So I don't think you need to just tear your hair out and say what on earth is happening to the market because it is rotational and we've had MRO, which is marathon oil for a little while on the long side and we've gotten from the 1730 area and here is a 19.51. So there are places that have been working very nicely. And folks, it's very easy to get Basil's newsletter. Come over to our website at TFNN. You're going to run into featured content. You see the opening call, you just hit that subscribe button. And I heard it's been a little cold up there. It has been cold. You have a great one safe one, Basil. Look forward to the show tomorrow. Thank you, man. Stay right there, folks. Come right back.


All right, welcome to the podcast on today's show. We're talking to David from Folk Revival. Thanks for joining. This might be an investor type conversation. So I think the listeners are in for the treat. For people who don't know, what is Folk Revival? Folk Revival right here is a high protein, low carb, hot cereal made with acorns. Bomb drop, right? Acorn. So people, for people listening, so I grew up in New England, New England's full of acorns, never in my wildest dreams. And probably for Nick here either, would we ever think about consuming them? And so at the same time, as let's say a potential investor, I think that's an exciting, there's something exciting about that. There's an interesting marketing opportunity. Squirrels come to mind. It's a clear brand. Like you can sort of see it in your head immediately. How did you get even into the world of knowing acorns are nutritious?  Squirrels eat them. They must be somewhat nutritious. What'd you see? So I first encountered acorns as food many, many years ago, like six, seven years ago, I read an article in a, you know, in the Atlantic or in the New Yorker or something. And it was like a little introduction to acorns. I at the time did not know that acorns were edible also.  Was it high end? Was it like, like fine dining? Because sometimes the innovation comes from the chefs on the fine dining side or the other side. No, it's always been like just a traditional food.  Oak trees grow across the world. They're still consumed in pockets here and there around the world today. And in the US, in North America, they're consumed by Native Americans. They've been consumed by indigenous people in North America since, you know, pre-Columbian times. And they're still sort of like a prized heritage food amongst, you know, different tribes, different groups. And it always intrigued me. So that was the origin, but also I've been in the food industry for a really long time. So I've been running innovation teams and always sort of keeping my finger on the pulse of interesting quirky foods out there. And I, the more I learned, the more I realized, wow, this is like a huge untapped sort of natural resource, literally right underneath our feet. We use wild harvested upcycled acorns and we're putting them to good use. So what do you do with them? So I'm sure everyone's going nuts. They're like, all right, so what do you do with an acorn? I grew up with them. How do you clean them? What's the process for getting them to the point of digestion? Yeah. So you can't really pick an acorn off of the ground or off of a tree and eat it. Good to know. I wouldn't do that. Right. So if you were to do that, you'd probably spit it out, be really bitter. It's sort of like an olive.  That's a good example. There's a big process. Yeah. Right. So you have to, you have to wash the bitter flavors out of them. And when you do that, you're left essentially with like a tree nut. It's literally a tree nut. So it's, you know, it has the nutritional profile similar to other tree nuts we're familiar with, walnuts and almonds, et cetera. How do you wash them? Is it like boiling them or is it like what's involved in that? So you have to crack open the shell. So the acorn that we're all familiar with, it's like, it looks like a little nut, has a little cap on it. You have to actually take the cap off. You have to crack that open. Then inside is actually the nut. So inside there's like the meat of the acorn. You take that, you, there's different ways of doing it. And actually, if you were to go online, there's tons of examples. It's done, you know, today you can find YouTube examples of people making acorn flower at home and washing their own acorns and washing out the, those bitter flavors. The way we do it is we essentially grind it down into sort of like a flower and then we soak it. We use cold water rather than hot water. That preserves the vitamins and minerals. And we do that repeatedly of like soaking and rinsing until essentially the water runs clear.  Then they're dried and packaged and it's, it's pretty time consuming and arduous to do. If you're, if you have an oak tree in your backyard, it's a fun exercise. I recommend people do it, but it's a lot of work for, you know, a pound of flower. This is interesting. So as you're saying this, I'm just thinking a lot. I'm thinking like about, so from Peru, so quinoa, which has sort of made an emergence in the food world as like an ancient grain. And now it's sort of considered like a superfood and you can find it at a lot of restaurants here in Los Angeles or, or just in general, to the point where other countries are now making it. And so it's almost like it gave exposure to this market. So I can, I get it. Okay. So now you, you got that side of the story. What did you see in the product space? So what did you see as an opportunity for, I want to make a product. What's the product? Where do I see a whole gap in the market? What was it like to discuss, like to get to where you have, what you have in front of us? Great question. So I started with the product, like with the, with the brand idea first, which is a, which is a little unusual in the food industry. Most food brands we know and love start with someone's recipe or their, or their grandmother's recipe. Right. And they decide they're going to love, yeah, that's true. So it's, it's pretty unusual. So I actually started with sort of the, the idea, the brand idea. I really wanted to launch a brand that was focused on heirloom and heritage foods. It's something I know and care quite a bit about. I've worked in this natural food industry for 20 years, but before that, I ran my own organic farm and studied agriculture policy. And always, even though I was doing for 20 years, I'd be doing sort of corporate natural and organic food marketing. I always kept my finger on the pulse of what was happening at the cutting edge. Always, you know, I still have friends who are organic farmers and always sort of kept one toe in that water. And I saw that, I saw that there was a white space there that really weren't, you know, any brands that had really planted their flag and said, you know what, we're going to be an heirloom food company. Okay. We're all sort of familiar with heirlooms. We're all sort of maybe even familiar with heritage foods, things like acorns, quinoa is a great example. Yeah, right. But there wasn't a brand that was really sort of planting the flag there. So I saw a little bit of white space that that started to emerge very early on as I left my corporate job for, for this endeavor. And the world thanks you for doing that. And as that brand sort of architecture was taking shape, I started going through a, you know, a typical innovation brainstorm and screener, sort of throwing 100 ideas against the wall and looking at size of prize and ease of execution and profitability and all, you know, consumer appeal, all the sort of different screener questions. One would ask, this is what food companies do. This is how they launch new products and decide. So I was using the same sort of model. And one of the ideas that was rising to the top was oatmeal. We're literally throwing 100 ideas against the wall. But oatmeal was one of the top ideas. And I was already eating this sort of funky, high protein, delicious oatmeal alternative that was primarily nuts and seeds. And it struck me that, you know, I could add acorns into this. I had dabbled with making acorn and acorn flower a few years ago. And I started investigating the supply chain. Where can I buy this? And is it sustainable? And decided to incorporate it, incorporate it, tasted really good. And started investigating that competitive landscape. This is in the category I had previously, you know, managed. And I looked and I saw that it's actually sort of a boring category. Oatmeal, it's a big category, but it's big and flat and mature. And there's not that much innovation. Hasn't been disrupted in any meaningful way. Not really. And then when it comes to just, again, thinking out loud, when it comes to, I think about quinoa versus like another grain, right? It's got so many more, so much more protein or nutrients. And so is it the same with the acorns, where it's just like, it's a better for you version of the oatmeal?  So acorn is sort of the hero ingredient that we tout. But it's not the first ingredient. Yeah. But it's low carb. I see here you got two grams of net carbs on very low carb, very high protein. Your typical oatmeal might have in the serving this size might have six or seven grams of protein. There are some other competitors that are sprinkling in some other protein, maybe bumping it up to 10 grams. This has 20 grams of protein because those are all oat based. They're oatmeal based oats, a grain. It has, you know, roughly 30 grams of carbs per serving. This, as you said, has, you know, less than five, depending on the skew. So this is for the new consumer, basically. The new consumer today is more interested in this type of thing. Yeah. So I realized that you have to, like when you're launching something into grocery, you have to, you have to offer the retailer something that makes it hard for them to say no to. Yeah. What was that like? Well, the last thing they need is like another, you know, apple cinnamon oatmeal cup. They already have five on their shelf and they're charged in their, you know, their mandate is to grow their categories. So if you can offer them something new and differentiated, although not too differentiated, because then it's, you know, the market's not ready for it, it will bring new consumers into the category. And when I sort of surveyed the competitive landscape and I saw that there really weren't any brands that were doing like high protein, low carb oatmeal. I was already eating one at home for quite a while. So it seemed like there was a little white space there. And it was sort of, you know, at the end of that innovation exercise and a little bit of surveying, I realized I think we have our first product to launch with. I mean, there's so many questions I can get into, but from that perspective, so when it comes to just sourcing, is it difficult? Is it easy? Are you the only player in town? Are you the largest now acorn buyer in America? What does this look like? Probably am. OK, I probably am.  If you're if you know, you need a dependable supply chain that's not going to be disrupted by, you know, like a weather event in one area and that type of thing. So I've lived through that in my career. So we found a supplier. We got to know each other. They're very cooperative and collaborative and actually became a very early investor in the brand. They as we got to know each other and they got more familiar with what we were trying to do here in the US, they offered to invest and get in on it and it's become a wonderful partnership. OK, and then establishing your price point. What does it cost you to make one of these guys? What do you what do you sell them for? So we so we sell it on folkrevival.com for three ninety nine a cup. It feels cheap, feels very cheap. Yeah, yeah. You mean like a good value? Good value. OK, I like that. Yeah, it's better. Yeah. And affordable luxury. Yeah. That's right. It's it's not a high barrier. Right. It's it's about depending on the, you know, the variety were about fifty cents to a dollar fifty more than the other sort of natural and organic single serve oatmeal cups. Again, they're using oats, oats are really cheap, you know, depending on your supplier and your scale of your business, definitely less than a dollar a pound. So it's almost like filler. It's like when you go to Chipotle and there's a big bed of white rice on the bottom, it's like that doesn't cost them a lot of money. That's right. Yeah. Especially at the volume that they're doing.  So when it comes to speaking to the investors, what are the things that they get hung up on at the moment? So so in my head, I do the analysis of like, OK, this is a better for you product in the category that's established. Check that box. Interesting. David, you personally seem like you know what you're doing. I like the story.  That's really interesting. You can check that box. I think about the ability to get into into a retailer feels pretty straightforward. It's interesting enough for I think most retailers to take a risk on or a bet. They're willing to try. And they know that maybe it's stagnant in that space. And so then the question becomes, is educating the consumer on something like acorns, is there apprehension? Is it crazy? Is it fun? Right. And I think it's interesting where I think these these impasses per se can either be a massive opportunity or a point of like, maybe people won't get it. Besides that thing sticking out to me in real time, as we're talking about this, what are some of the things that the investors or the pushback or just the deeper dives you're doing? What are they around? I'm not getting a ton of pushback. Yeah, the deeper dives. Look on the deeper dive. No, so so they they want to know that we have a track record of success in, you know, across channels. So we we've, you know, we're a new company. We've only been around for we launched at the beginning of 2023. So it's been just over a year and we've been developing traction. So we have this DTC business, which is growing and actually like sort of progressing towards this, you know, profitability this year. It's just on your website right now. So we're on Amazon. We're on a few other places. Got it subscription based, I'm sure. Yeah, that's an option. We have our first we have a really nice repeat rate. We're like, bring down our cost per click, you know, cost per acquisition. All of our online metrics are trending in the right direction. We're like really actually beginning to scale and it's becoming a self-sufficient business, which is really nice, especially considering how short a period of time we've been at this. That's great. So people get it. It seems like the consumers understand it or are willing to try it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it will. And then and then on the retail side, where actually I have much more experience than direct to consumer. We are on shelf in Whole Foods stores up and down the East Coast. We're in about 170 Whole Foods stores. We just landed on shelf in January. So it's very early, but we're starting to turn and we're seeing like velocities increase, you know, week after week. Haven't really turned on marketing yet, but that's happening next weekend. We're having our first wave of demos, things like that. So it's very early, but it's behaving and functioning just like we wanted it to. When I think about the marketing side of this, you have an opportunity where you can go full liquid death, right? You can go fully into the squirrel, the nuts. There's a fun, like you can be cheeky to some extent with this opportunity. Uh, what do you think about that? Where is your mindset around the splash you want to make from a branding marketing perspective? So great question. So, and actually I think it. No wrong answer, by the way, this is no wrong answer. With respect to some of your earlier comment or question around acorn. So what I have learned from listening to consumers over the past year is that it's the protein and the carbs that grab people's attention first.  We were like very, very clear that acorn is mentioned on the packaging, even on the front panel, but it's sort of low down on the hierarchy. We really wanted to like deliver the benefits. People understand the benefits of protein, the benefits of low carb, and that's what grabs people's attention. That's what I think compels people to take a cup off the shelf and turn it over, maybe look at the ingredients, look at the nutrition facts. And then if they do so, they'll read about acorns. So acorns are a little, so even though it's a hero ingredient, it's a little bit in the background. I think if it just said folk rival acorn hot cereal, I don't think we'd have as many people pulling it off, off the shelf. So that, so in terms of marketing, it doesn't feel like we'll go all in on the, you know, cheeky, squirrel costume just yet. I think we're going to continue to talk to protein seekers and carb avoiders, and they have very pragmatic demands. Yeah, I think about myself. So generally speaking, I'll try to eat like one meal a day, but in that sometimes I'll play tennis early in the morning and then I'll get hungry around lunchtime. And so then generally what I eat are like these either beef sticks, something like that, like, you know, high protein beef sticks, I'll also eat like tin fish. And so tin fish is obviously just a little bit more expensive. That's between like a 12 to maybe $18 price point. But it's a tremendous amount of protein. Pretty delicious. If you're into tin fish, a lot of healthy fats, some good vitamins also. When you sent me your product a while back, like that's the one thing I was doing too. It's like now I had a third option around, and it's significantly cheaper, actually. Right. And so to your point around the pragmatic buyer, it hits that it makes sense to me. Right. For people listening who have never had your product, give them a window into how to experience it. So they buy it, they open it, what do they do? That's really easy. You can make it just like any other sort of instant oatmeal, pour some hot water in it, or in this case, or oat milk or your favorite milk into it. Or you could put, you know, cold water, cold milk of choice into it, put it in the microwave for, you know, 45 seconds, let it, you know, stir it, let it sit for another minute and stir again and enjoy. It's like very, very simple. You can also eat it cold. A lot of people like, you know, cold overnight oats. So you could put it, essentially follow the instructions and put it in the fridge overnight, enjoy it the next morning. It's portable. It's fully sealed, has like a litting film over it. So it stays, the contents stay in the cup. So it's good to throw in your backpack or purse or whatnot and take to the office, take on your travels, whatever it may be. Let's double down on this. And so here we are, we've doubled down on the, on the high protein, low carb. Now I just go fitness enthusiasts, or are we partnering with Jillian Michaels? Are we partnering with someone in the, in that space? Just to sort of, for sure, right? It seems like that becomes sort of an angle. Lose the squirrel, lose the acorn to your point. It's an interesting thing we can bring up later. But now you move literally into the, the pragmatic fitness person, perhaps. That's right. That's right.  And in that setting, I can imagine if I was like ranking brand folk revival as a name punches much higher than like anything squirrel acorn related. There's something about folk revival that feels on par on brand with a Spartan race. So let's talk about the name for a second. So, so folk revival is a funny name. It's a weird name, right? Um, well, there's lots of weird names in the, in the food business. So, so folk, it sort of evokes the human nutrition part, right? The human nutrition part of the mission. The mission is all about sort of delivering real functional nutrition by reviving heirloom and heritage foods. So it has this sort of two part mission. The folk is all about the, the first part, the, you know, the delivering functional nutrition. And then the revival, of course, is about reviving heirloom and functional food. So that's sort of the wonky, nerdy. Uh, so naturally what product is next under the same umbrella? That's right. So when, when we were sort of thinking through the brand, we intentionally sort of stayed away from incorporating acorns into the name. We really wanted to eventually have a vision of an umbrella brand that could work across multiple day parts and eating occasions and aisles in the grocery store and hero ingredients. So we're starting with, we're starting with essentially, uh, high protein, hot cereal made with acorns, but there's nothing to stop us from going into adjacent breakfast items and, you know, and with other hero ingredients. So this is what we're starting with, um, and actually our next product also, and our polar third product also will contain acorns as well, but the vision is to introduce and revive other heirloom and heritage foods and continue to deliver real functional nutrition. Just so I'm aware, what products are you considering? Ooh, like what's on the, obviously there's a ton of directions you could, but are you going to stick, let me make it simple. Are you going to stick in the breakfast category? Okay. So, and there's efficiencies there. So we're sticking, we're sticking in breakfast. It will also be ambient, but it's not a, it's not a hot cereal. It's not oatmeal.  It will ride on the same trucks that, you know, our distributors use to deliver a product. It's, uh, it's the same buyers, the same buyers who, you know, category managers who we're really getting to know and we're getting to know us that have gotten behind the brand. They're asking, well, what else do you have? So we're showing them new innovation and so we're not dealing with now a frozen food buyer or a snack buyer or a beverage buyer. It's still the breakfast buyer. What else can you tell us? You're raising capital. Where are you at on the raise? Where's the company at financially? So we are raising money on WeFundr. So it's WeFundr.com forward slash folk revival. Yeah. That campaign is successful, right? It's been successful. We've raised over a hundred K. Um, it's mostly been colleagues, people I know in the industry, it's been terrific. You know, when I started, I sort of thought this would be like a friends and family round. It really is. It really is. But I mean, it's for all intents and purposes really colleagues around and it has a really low minimum to get in. So a lot of people who are early supporters have been able to get in. It's a convertible note. It's sort of all traditional terms, nothing, you know, out of the order. What's the lowest someone could put in? Just a hundred dollar floor. So it's very low. You don't have to be a banker or super wealthy if this is something you're interested in and supporting. Virtually anyone can get in on this. And it's gone great. And we, I mean, I mentioned Whole Foods earlier, we actually landed a few other retail chains. So essentially our plan for 24 is to sort of on the East Coast still and that are you moving? No, it's varied. So we landed Central Market, which is an important chain down in Texas that is owned by H.E.B. And they're wonderful, very progressive retailer of beautiful stores. This is the first time I'm announcing it, but we just landed a chain out of Chicago called Fresh Time. So it's about 75 stores across Chicago land in the upper Midwest. Again, beautiful stores, really important chain. And we also landed NCG. So NCG stands for National Cooperative Grocers Association, which is essentially the network of independent food co-ops across the country. Those are the four retailers we're sort of starting with. Whole Foods we've put on shelf since January. Central Market on shelf since January. Fresh Time will hit shelves in April. NCG will hit shelves at the end of the summer going into the fall. OK, here we are. It's Expo West season. It's Expo West. So you're going to be there, obviously. And so when it comes to raising capital, how much are you trying to raise at the current time? So we'd like to raise about another hundred and fifty, two hundred thousand. So it's not much. It's not it's sort of small. It's enough for us to continue to validate and prove this out across both DTC and in brick and mortar. All the early signs are positive and encouraging in terms of velocity and the feedback from the buyers and things like that. So we're off to a good start. There's no surprises. We have a very strong broker. So earlier I mentioned that our acorn vendor became an investor in the brand. It's worth noting that our national sales broker became an investor in the brand. Also our co-packer, the company that helps us put the product in the cups. They became an investor in the brand. So we've sort of built out this little ecosystem of strategic investors. It's a good vote of confidence that these people have gotten to know what we're up to and understand our business best that they've actually decided to invest. Let me go super high level here. And so when it comes to you being the largest buyer of acorns, this gives you a bit of a monopoly of sorts where you can kind of dictate the market. And so that's an interesting opportunity just from an investment perspective. At the same time, maybe competition comes on and the relationships sort of may be different or change. How do you look at that? Just just the acorn market. You look at that as like a massive strength for the brand and the company now that you're these people are also your investor to some extent. Right. And so there's you've created a moat potentially. Right. Yeah. So I think it would be very I don't expect necessarily other direct competitors say single sort of single sort of oatmeal brands to begin sprinkling acorns into their oatmeal. Like that's very unlikely. If acorns were to appear in other food products across the across the landscape, beverages or whatnot, I'd welcome it.  I've seen that in other categories. I've worked in, you know, whether it was, you know, dark chocolate 20 years ago, right? Where you saw you started seeing all of this news around dark chocolate being good for your health and the news started getting out. And I think all of the chocolate brands benefited. I worked at Dr. Prager's overseeing marketing and innovation. And it was concurrent to the rise of beyond and impossible. All of the press that they were helping to generate to drive people into the category, it really helped Dr. Prager's. So there is some sort of benefit if someone wanted to get in and and help tell all of the myriad benefits of acorns. I think folk rival would really benefit from that. I'll sort of juice this from my conversation. But originally when we met, there was a my brain was like the acorn thing. That's interesting. You would like that to go to the background. That's clear to me in the sense of like quinoa came out and everyone just knows quinoa. That's it. They don't even know a brand. You couldn't tell me a single brand that actually sells it. I could, but I won't. Most people couldn't, right? Because they're just like, give me the quinoa.  Sure. When it comes to that, it's like people are very clearly seeking, you know, the attention grabber is the item, the thing, the quinoa. In this example, it really doesn't matter. You're just using a better for you version of something that might already exist and you're packaging it in a different way. And perhaps the only thing that really matters is the sense of like you, you in some sense can own the supply chain. But it's not like you're coming to market with that, which is interesting. So one of the things I saw was that I don't know if this I don't know if that was a question or a comment. No, no, it was more of like an understanding for me of like, I think when it comes to products in general, there's like a buzz that you can choose. Your natural buzz you can choose. You don't have to choose it, but the natural buzz you can choose could be around the acorn. And we're picking up some of that. There are definitely people not saying you have to. I kind of like that you're not, in fact. So we're picking up some of it, but I would say that, you know, it's a little bit bipolar. So like one pole would be, you know, the protein seekers and another pole would be sort of the really green lohas or, you know, sort of halo sustainability consumers who are interested in, you know, wild foraged foods. So. But we decided to what I find it wasn't so much that we decided it's more like we just listened. We listened to see where the interest was. We have had our first. We've only the website only been live for a year. We've had our first consumers that have purchased more than 10 times. So they're buying focal rival essentially once a month. They're buying nearly a hundred dollars at a time. They're eating it for breakfast nearly every day. And I have interviewed one on one, a bunch of those sort of heavy users to learn about what motivates them. What do they like about the product? What don't they like? What would they change? What, you know, what did it replace in their diet? And what I've learned is the vast majority of them were attracted to it because of the protein and the carbs. So it was almost like we're just we're taking path of least resistance in a sense. If we heard nine out of 10 people say, oh, we thought acorns are really cool, then we'd probably be dialing up our acorn communication and making it more sort of, you know, make it pop on the front. This is the one thing I learned in business school. I think the one thing was this. It's like come out with your assumptions, right? Acorns, protein, and then assume you know nothing now and let the world tell you. And so what you're saying is the world told you what they care about is protein and low carb. Boom. That's right. And you're just going to double down. It makes a lot of sense. Yeah. So so a few things when we launched the website and started putting on some shelves across New York City, I got out in front of it as quickly as I could.  And I did that as essentially as much as I could in early twenty three and very quickly decided to make some changes. So we made some changes to the recipe, made some changes to the packaging. We got our non GMO project verification and we sort of it took it takes a few months to do all this. But we know to burn through the packaging and that type of thing, but we sort of packaged up all of those changes. And that's what we pitched to Whole Foods. And that's what Whole Foods said yes to. I think if we had gone to Whole Foods earlier with the first iteration, I'm not sure it would have been a yes, but we got a yes in the fall. And like I said, appeared on shelf in January. And then back to your early point about like protein versus acorns, I mean, one of the I don't know the best way to articulate this, but it's sort of like here I'm more of a natural foods consumer than I am a high protein consumer. So what I found was as I've gotten older and as metabolism has changed, as I have to be more and more mindful of, you know, my of my gut, I realized that there weren't a lot of high protein low carb options amongst my favorite biggest most established natural food brands. There was a little bit of a white space. It's almost like most of the established natural organic food companies don't have high protein and low carb offerings. This is your story. And then the the keto brands don't appeal to me. I think this is your story. They're like very for buying this is your space. Yeah, that's it. So it's sort of like blending this world of how can we. I love that. How can we bring in this case high protein, low carb offerings to the natural foods consumer? I think we just made your tag line, at least in my head. I'm sure you've already thought about that a million times. But for me listening, I'm like, that's it. That's the thing that sort of threads the needle. I see that clearly, actually. And it sort of also further reinforces everything you do. It further reinforces who your partners are, who you go to market with. Yeah. And also what you launch in the future. Totally. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. All right. So you come back on the podcast a year from now. Where's the where's the business this time 2025? It's Expo West again. What does it look like? So it's everything you see here with a wider portfolio of products, more availability and more stores across the country and more robust marketing supporting it and clearer messaging all of it. It's that we're just we're continuing to sort of grow up and graduate to the next level on all of those fronts. Well, David, tell everyone where they can find you. I'll give you an endorsement. I tried the product. Big fan. It tastes great. It is very similar to oatmeal, which may be a good thing in the sense of like the consumer, the meat, doesn't feel like they're taking this drastic leap into the unknown. And so there's some familiarity with the texture and the product itself. It tastes great. And obviously it's almost hard to believe that there's so much protein and no carbs in it, to be honest. So thank you. But where do people find you? Where can they support? So they can go to folkrival.com. There's a link at the top of the page to invest or you can go to we funder.com forward slash folk revival. Learn more about it. See a little video that we produced introducing you to the brand. You see some financials there and sort of hear our whole story and selfishly.  Coming soon. OK. And that way you can just scoop it into a bowl. Sure. David, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for tuning in. If you enjoyed this episode, share with your friends, your family or anyone you might think might benefit from the conversation we've had today. And if you haven't already, please take a moment to leave a review on your favorite podcast platform. We'd greatly appreciate it. 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Thank you everyone for tuning in to the CubeCon Valencia 2022 and thank you very much for tuning in to my talk on what I have learned by running the local CNCF chapter of cloud native Islamabad. My name is Sainz of the developer advocate at Venn Cloud. I'm another cloud co-founder of cloud native Islamabad community. So here's a pretty logo where you see them. It's a cloud native Islamabad logo and what is cloud native Islamabad? This is a CNCF meter group dedicated to building a strong open diverse developer community around cloud native technologies and platform in Islamabad. I've conducted 20 plus meter and I have gained one of them. I have gained very good good following in the socials. So we have conducted 25 plus webinars on the various technologies around cubecast, podman, cater, cubester, recluster, linkage, waypoint, qiverno, and supply chain security. So that is what I've gained as of now of running the two spheres of community in cloud Islamabad. But when I started way back in March of 2020 during the COVID time, I'm thinking about very hard. Do I waste my time? Or do I divert myself from the key goals? My focus should be on cat not on people. I'm talking to people virtually. I'm not a good at it too much work. I might lose my friends. So I've the things motivated me because I want to learn new technologies every day. I want to share the knowledge what I've learned. I want to collaborate with other tech folks. I want to be in the CNCF community and I want to build the community. But the hurdle for me that COVID the pandemic changes everything and she knows empty office, empty conferences. I can't arrange a conference in person because of that pandemic. Now what the idea? What should we do? We can connect virtually, but I need something I can manage some of the things like I need to I need a website. I need a speakers. I need a registration registration courses. I need own blank platforms. Don't G meet. I need a live stream platform to neck globally advertisement banners for my webinar, create social media channel. Some of the things I can easily manage. I can create the social channels. I can get the advertisement. I can be a good graphic designer. I can use the free services available for me at that time zoom and she meet. But I can't do the expensive fun. I need a website. I need to have some money for me to establish those things. I need to have a decision process. I need to have a live stream platform that are fee based charges. But thanks to the CNCF, they provided me wonderful community dot CNCF slumber back where I can do anything. I can do a live stream. I can do our registration process. I can I can send them notification when the webinar is happening. But the last piece of the puzzle where I find the speaker. But thanks to the CNCF community, we have wonderful speakers in the CNCF. And every time I talk to social about I want to conduct a webinar. They are really easy. Very easy approachable for me. And thank you very much for the last two years. You come to my webinar and now I'm able to conduct 25 plus meetup and all because of you. You are truly awesome. So CNCF speakers, you have most respect and more love for everyone. And community dot CNCF dot IO slash slumber thanks to the CNCF can I can connect virtually and arrange the webinar. So that is everything established in March CNCF provided all the mechanism for us. What I want to learn everything established. I want to learn the language that CNCF community talking about. I want to have new friends. I want to talk in public. I want to learn how other people talk in public. I want to learn how other people learn Kubernetes every day. I want to learn how other people build their products on top of Kubernetes. I want to learn the success stories. I want to build my community where I can share my success and failure stories. I want my community to get closer to the CNCF. I want to share my knowledge. I want to let other people share their knowledge. So these are the core core that I want to learn from by running the new CNCF community. But after running the two years of consistently arranging the meetup of my learning become my new passion and I've strengthened my clouded vocabulary. I know what is observability. I know what is K native. I know what is serverless meaning. I know what is supply chain security. I know what is the KTOPS. So I've also gained local love and global friends. I have removed fear and gained love while talking in public. I have found the knowledge how people talk in public. I have found the knowledge how other people learn Kubernetes every day. I have found the knowledge how other people build their product on top of Kubernetes. I have found success stories. I have built a community where I can share my success and failure stories. I'm able to bring my community closer to the CNCF. I have built my community so I can share my knowledge and let other people share their knowledge in the CNP in our cloud native Slambath community. So everybody who is really up who was really looking forward to building their own community locally ping you the CNCF Slack channel as by the name of science of the also the LinkedIn as science of the and you can talk to me on Twitter at a cloud native. Why I will help you build your own local community closer to you. So remember you can't be learn anything, but you can be remembered for what you have shared. So here I am. My name is science of the developer advocate of one clouds clown is now a co founder. You can talk with me on the cloud FM podcast and you will also but I talked to me on the van clouds dark net, the multi cloud migration and is also the company service company. So thank you for tuning into my talk on what I have learned by running the local CNCF chapter cloud native Slambath. 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we will be discussing about the first course of BBA program that is principle of management and organizational behavior. So, today I will be discussing about three units the first three units that is your introduction to management, development of management thought and functions of management. So, first we will be discussing about what is management. So, it is a distinct process which consisting of planning, organizing, actuating, controlling the performance to determine and accomplish the objective by the use of people and resources. So, management basically consists of getting things done through others. Managers are the person who accomplishes this task for the organization. Basically, there are three levels of management, top level management, middle level management and lower level management. Depending on the type of task they performs this category has been made. So, top level managers where those people where your CEO then top level executives, board of directors, they formulate the policies for the organization, they do strategic planning and then your middle level managers where those personnel who act as a bridge between the top level managers and the lower level managers. They performs more of a human relation task then comes our lower level managers. Lower level managers where those who basically performs the task of supervisors and technical task they performs. So, they coordinate activities, they look after the production units. Now we will be discussing about the development of management thought or we can say it as the theories of management. The theories of management can be generally classified under three approaches that is your classical approach, neoclassical approach and modern approach. Frederick Winslow Taylor he has first initiated the concept of scientific management. He is also known as the father of scientific management. Under classical approach we will be discussing the two theories that is Taylor's theory of scientific management and Henry Foyle's administrative management theories. Then under neoclassical theories we will be discussing about Hotron experiments and behavioral science approach. Then under modern approach of management we will be discussing about four theories. First we will be discussing on contribution of Peter Drucker then the quantitative or management science approach and then system approach and contingency approach. So, first we will be discussing on classical theory of management. The classical approach comprises of the development in management thought that marked the beginning of the systematic study of management. So, our first Taylor initiated this concept of classical theory of management then comes our neoclassical approach. The neoclassical approach consists of the development that occurred during the human relations era and the social science era. Under this approach mostly the emphasis is given on the human relationship and under modern approach it is comparatively a recent development in the field of management. It makes use of various mathematical formula statistical tools and techniques and economic models and engineering knowledge to study the management theories. So, our Taylor scientific management theory it can be described under two parts. One is your elements and tools of scientific management and principles of scientific management. Under the elements and tools of scientific management he said that there should be separation between the planning and doing task. So, he said the managers should be devoted to the planning task and the workers should be concentrated more on the doing task. He said that proper job analysis should be there to minimize the motion activities of the worker. Then there should be time study and motion studies. Then he also said that workers should be fairly paid because they were motivated to work when they get a proper remuneration. So, under principle of scientific management he stated that first thing is there should be replacement of rule of thumb with science. So, it is not like that having something as we are doing it all the time instead of that we should analyze the scientific reason for doing such work. Then he said that there should be harmony in group actions. In every organization there should be harmony between the employees and the employers so that there won't be any conflict and people can work for better productivity. Then there should be cooperation and not individualism. People should be more goal oriented for the organization instead of thinking about their individual development and then development of workers to the maximum extent. If we can properly arrange the activities of the workers then we can think about the development of workers to the maximum extent. Then comes our next theory that is Henry Foyle's administrative management which is again a theory under classical approach. So, the entire approach towards studying management by Foyle can be divided into three parts. First is your managerial qualities and training. He spoke about the qualities and training required for a manager. So, under this there are six component comes. First is your physical fitness of the manager.  Then moral ethics whether he has got that particular quality. Then educational qualification for the manager. And then technical knowledge about the particular task and whether he has got the experience to perform that task or not that need to be considered. Then under second component he has described the general principles of management. Under this general principles of management he stated 14 principles of management and these were very popular in the management field. So, Henry Foyle's 14 principles of management were first is division of work. Foyle said that there should be division of work for all the employees. Depending on the skills and expertise the work should be provided to them. Then the second component he spoke about is authority and responsibility. He said proper authority and responsibility should be delegated to each employees so that there won't be any ambiguity in performing the task. Next comes discipline. In every organization to have proper growth and development, discipline is most essential component in the organization. The fourth component he spoke about is unity of command. There should be one person who provides the guidance to the subordinate. Otherwise there will be role ambiguity and lower level employees will get confused if they gets command from different managers. So, there should be unity of command then unity of direction. Employees should perform only one task. So, unity of direction should be there. Then the sixth principle he spoke about is subordination of individual interest to general interest. In every organization there were certain general goals of the organization and every individual also has their own goals. So, they said there should be coordination between this subordination goal and the goal of the organization. Then the seventh component is about the remuneration of the personnel. If the workers will get fair salary then only they will be motivated to work better which also stated by Taylor. Then comes the centralization concept of centralization. So, Fuhr said depending on the type of organization the amount of centralization and decentralization should be decided. Then a scalar chain. The work should flow in a single direction that means from top to bottom. Order he said that there should be an orderly flow of work then equality. Equality means there should not be any discrimination in doing the task. Then his 12th component is stability of tenure. He said that employees should be working in a longer period of time for more productivity in the organization. If people were not satisfied in the organization they might quit the organization and go for the other organization. So, it's a very important factor and there is a need of stability of tenure. Then initiative. He said that people should be encouraged to create new things and innovative things in the organization. And the last principle is spirit decorbs that means team spirit. In every organization the team spirit is most important factor because if there will be any conflict in the organization then the organization cannot grow. The third component of Fuhr is elements of management. According to Fuhr management should be viewed as a process consisting of five elements which actually represented the functions of management. These functions consist of planning, organizing, commanding, coordination and control. So, the concept of Taylor and Fuhr were considered as a part of classical approach of management. Now we will be discussing about the neoclassical theory of management. The neoclassical approach to management consists of the development that occurred during the human relations era and the social science era. The classical theory was mainly criticized that it is more technical oriented and they have neglected the human factor. So, under this neoclassical approach it is an upgradation with the human factor. It is basically humanistic in its approach and adds the study of behavioral science in the field of management. The famous hotron experiment marked the beginning of the intensive and systematic analysis of human factor in the organization. So, under neoclassical theory we can spoke about this hotron experiment. It is an experiment done in a lab where the researcher has studied whether the workers work better under a low illumination or under proper illumination. But the finding was very surprising. They found that the employees prefer more on the studies originally looked into whether workers were more responsive and work more efficiently under certain environmental conditions such as improved lighting. The result found that the workers were more responsive to social factors such as the people they work with on a team and the amount of interest their manager is showing on them. So, instead of the factors that researchers study that is illumination factor they found that the behavioral factors that means the belongingness or whether their managers were looking for them those factor influences more in productivity. Under behavioral science approach it puts more emphasis on human resources in an organization. This approach can be understood from two perspectives. One is your interpersonal behavior approach and group behavior approach. Now we will be discussing on the modern approach of management. The modern approach of management is comparatively of recent origin. Under this approach are generally mathematical tools, statistical tools formulas and quantitative techniques were used to evaluate the performance of management. So, one of the major contributors in this approach is Peter Drucker. He is considered as the father of modern scientific management. The main contributions of Drucker can be stated as first thing is nature of management. So, Drucker emphasizes more on innovation and creativity as the basic objective of management. So, he treats management as a discipline having its own tools skills techniques and approaches. So, he said that instead of going for any stated specific techniques you need to emphasize more on your innovations and creativity. So, secondly he said that the above management functions. He said that management does not have any specific functions, but the managers need to follow certain rules to accomplish the task. So, he has also decided the task of a manager. He said the first task of a manager is to setting the objective of the organization. Then decision making depending on the type of managers they were the level of managers which I have already discussed. So, they need to take different types of decisions. Then there another task is organizing and motivating the employees. So, next component he discussed about is the key areas for setting business objectives. Drucker lays great emphasis on the objective setting functions of the manager. Drucker has also said about the organizational structure. He emphasized three basic characteristics of an effective organizational structure. So, these are enterprise should be organized for performance. It should contain the least possible number of managerial levels because higher the bureaucracy there will be more time needed to perform a task. So, he said there should be minimum level of managerial levels depending on the type of task they need to perform. It must make possible the training and testing of tomorrow's top managers. Then another function he spoke about is organizing aspect. So, Drucker identified three major aspects concerning the organizing process, those were your activity analysis, decision analysis and relation analysis. Then he had incorporated another important factor that is management by objectives. So, it's a setting clear cut objective for each individual in the organization and the management by objectives it is a participative type of objective setting process. Then he spoke about the organizational changes. So, Drucker foresaw the rapid changes in the society due to the rapid change of technology. So, he said the organizations need to be more dynamic in their activities. Now, we will be discussing about the quantitative or management science approach. This approach is also known as the mathematical approach. This approach visualizes management as a logical entity, the action of which can be expressed in terms of mathematical symbols, tools, then relationships and measured data. The main feature of this approach where the management can be regarded as a problem solving mechanism with the help of mathematical tools and techniques. So, they have tried to quantify the things. Then it covers decision making system analysis and some aspects of human behavior also. Again, we can say that from the classical there will be there is some upgradation in the neoclassical theory and then again in the modern approach, it's an upgradation of the neoclassical theory where all the components were considered. Here operation research, mathematical tools, simulation models, etc. are the basic methodologies to solve the managerial problems. So, under this modern approach, another approach is system approach. Here everything is considered in totality. The system approach of management provides an integrated approach of managing and considers management in its totality. It rejects the simplistic approach of managerial analysis and suggests uniformity of management of an organization with the demands of the organizational environment and the members needs. Then the last approach is your contingency approach or we can also say it as situational approach. So, under this approach, it tries to adequately fill the gap between organization and its environment. So, here it is considered that depending on the type of situation, the nature and functions of management varies. This approach takes into account not only the given situation, but also the influence of given solutions on the behavior pattern of an organization. Then we will be discussing about the functions of management. In later part, we will be discussing briefly about each functions of management. Today I will be giving you just an overview of what are the different functions of management and how it is started. So, earlier I have already said that Henry Fowle has stated some elements of management or those were considered as functions of management, those were your planning, organizing, command, coordination and control. Then Luther Gullick, he has classified functions of management by using some alphabets that is POTS Corp which refers to planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordination, reporting and budgeting. You can see that it is clear Gullick's classification is almost similar to the Fowle's classification. Only the new thing is that he has divided the function of controlling into reporting and budgeting. So, now we will be discussing these factors one by one. First we will be discussing about planning. Planning is concerned with the determination of objectives to be achieved and the course of actions to be followed to achieve them. Before starting any action, one has to decide how and where it has to be performed. Thus planning implies decision making as to what is to be done, how is to be done, when it is to be done and by whom it is to be done. Planning can be of your short-term planning or long-term planning. So, in every organizations there were certain strategic planning which were generally developed by top level management. Then there will be some short-term planning to perform the day-to-day activities which can be done either by your middle level managers or maybe by your lower level managers. So, next function of manager is your organizing. Organizing involves bringing together the manpower and material resources for the achievement of objectives laid down by the enterprise. Organizing basically is your arranging the resources in proper way. So, organizing involves the following process. Determining and defining the activities involved in achieving the objectives laid down by the management. Then grouping the activities in a logical pattern. Then assigning the activities to specific positions and people. And then delegating authority to their positions and people so as to enable them to perform these activities assigned to them. The next function is your staffing. So, it's very important that choosing the right people for the right job, otherwise the productivity will go down. So, staffing functions basically involves proper selection of candidate for the proper position. Then, proper remuneration. If they don't get the proper remuneration, then they might go to the other organization which will be again harmful for the organization. Then there need to be proper training and development because time to time as the technology changes we need to train and upgrade ourselves. Otherwise, again the organizational will face lots of problems. Then proper evaluation of personnel. Whether the employees were satisfied with the organization or not. Whether any upgradation is needed. So, all these things needs to be evaluated on time to time basis. Then comes the function of controlling. Controlling is basically checking whether we have reached the goal which we have already stated in the planning stage. So, controlling is concerned with seeing whether the activities have been or being performed in conformity with the plans or not. According to Hammurran, control is the process of checking to determine whether or not proper progress is being made towards the objectives and goals and acting if necessary to correct any deviations. If we have not achieved as per the plan, then we need to go for the corrective actions. That means where we have done mistake we need to check it. The last function of management is coordination. There need to be coordination among the employees and the employers so that the organization works in harmony. A modern enterprise consists of a number of departments such as production, purchase, sales, finance, personnel, etc. And there is need for the management to see that the department function in such a way that they move harmony towards the realization of the stated objectives of the enterprise. This function of harmonious blending of the activities of different specialists also of different departments for the achievement of the desired goal is called as coordination. Now as we have already said that there are three levels of management that is top level, middle level and lower level management. So, they require different types of skills to perform their task. Those skills can be again categorized as conceptual skill, human skill and technical skill. And every level of management whether they need different types of skills. The top level manager required more conceptual skill compared to the middle and lower level managers. Then again the middle level managers required human skills more to act as a mediator between the top level and lower level managers. Then the lower level managers they required more technical skill to perform the task. Thank you very much.


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Item number SCP-383 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures All samples of SCP-383 must be kept in standard airtight plastic containers, frozen into ice blocks, and stored in a locker kept at negative 5 degrees Celsius at all times. All samples of SCP-383 removed for testing must be handled with a minimum safety equipment of a face mask, latex gloves, and protective goggles, optional of personnel already wear prescription glasses. Personnel are reminded to wash hands after handling SCP-383 related materials. All suspected and confirmed infections of SCP-383 will be treated with personnel, and anyone they have had direct contact within the frame of infection, placed into quarantine for the duration of testing. A confirmed case of SCP-383 will result in personnel being placed under a week-long quarantine, and placed on antivirals until testing reveals that SCP-383 is fully flushed from the system. Infected civilians are to be treated similarly, and given a class BM-nestic, and told that they are in quarantine for a highly virulent new strain of the flu, and the cause of the outbreak must be identified. All objects created by SCP-383 must be catalogued, along with the current state of the host. Hosts of SCP-383 will be given a high-nutrition IV drip, and unless class D testing is in operation, hosts will be kept mildly sedated and in safe, hospitable situations. For obvious security reasons, SCP-383 may not be introduced to any other SCPs. Description SCP-383 is a viral infection, first categorized as a variant of influenza. The initial symptoms of SCP-383 are similar to those of the common cold, ranging through a variety of aches and pains, sinus issues, sore throat, upset stomach, coughing and sneezing, and fatigue. It appears to only be capable of infecting human hosts, but has been observed to be carried by other animals, such as rats and pigeons. Similar to a common infection, SCP-383 will work its way through the human body naturally within a few days, or faster with routine antivirals. However, SCP-383 is also accompanied by extreme waves of nausea, along with bringing up the contents of the host's stomach. SCP-383 appears to be capable of, through unknown means, producing random items. These items are always sized appropriately to the host's mouth, even if it appears infeasible for them to originate from the stomach, suggesting that these items are actually produced either in the mouth or throat. More often than not, these items are useful, individually, to the host. For example, a host inside of a locked room may regurgitate a key, or a lockpick set, or a crowbar to pry the door open. While the results are far from consistent, the only pattern shown is that SCP-383 always produces items of use to the host in one way or another. SCP-383 has even been observed to create living animals and complex mechanical devices. Although SCP-383 would seem to have great potential as a foundation asset, it should be noted that these items do not spontaneously appear. Rather, they are created from biomass from the human body. Victims are prone to anemia, nutrition loss, bone damage, and severe weight loss depending upon the fashion of items produced. Items that contain substances not found often inside the human body are often replaced with similar substances, or missing non-vital parts. This can also cause damage to the mouth and esophagus, and a weakening of the immune system. Hosts have also been observed to have a risk of choking on any items produced from SCP-383. Hosts of SCP-383 also report some difficulty swallowing foods, and the relatively consistent nausea makes it difficult to consume or digest any foods or liquids, occasionally resulting in dehydration. Due to SCP-383's highly virulent nature, occasional mutations can occur, resulting in SCP-383 strains that cause the host to regurgitate unsafe items, or substances such as boiling hot liquids or knives that injure or kill the host. Other somewhat common SCP-383 strains include a similar effect to the parent virus, but manifesting its item creation abilities through fecal excretion instead. The risk may be taken to prevent further strains of SCP-383 from developing, as a strain capable of infecting non-human entities, or with an entirely fatal reaction, could prove disastrous. Outbreaks of SCP-383 outside the SCP facility have been observed and contained. See Addendum for details. Addendum, awaiting declassification. Lesson complete. If you missed the previous orientation, go watch SCP-382, Haunted Baby Carriage, right now. Or for the complete course, watch this playlist.


And on to political matters, a political analyst has described the cause for both Vice-President Yemi Oshibajo and former Governor Bola Tinibu to run for presidency under the platform of the all-progressive Congress as a game. He opined that Bola Tinibu can only be interested in remaining the political Godfather and not the seat of the presidency. Justin Delbuco reports. It all began when members of a pro-democracy group known as Progressive Consolidation Group on Friday 27th of August visited Governor Aminu Maseri of Kastina State to converse for Professor Yemi Oshibajo's presidency in 2023. The group, however, told Maseri that they were not sent by the vice president. The latest is that the group has received the approval of the all-progressive Congress to converse support for his imagines as the practice presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential election. On the other hand, Lagos State Governor Baba Jidesongu Lu flagged off the Southwest Agenda 2023, Suwagat 23 to draw support for the presidential ambition for Ashiwa Jibola Tinibu. This has got a political analyst Baba Shula Adebuyeh talking. He believed it is all a political game. Actually, one can say that this is a game and it's a game that we either play one of them. In other words, when the time comes for negotiation, someone will have to agree with another person, whether it's someone who will have the collaboration and they work together as one. So it's a political game. Although concerns have been raised about the possible effects it may have on the party's chances and governance, the analysts believed that there is no cause for alarm. I can tell you, the two of them definitely need to shake. Someone will step down for another person.  But the only thing is that, because they really need it, and all of them get together. So it's not going to affect the party. Meanwhile, Governor Baba Jidesongu Lu has declared that Bola Tinibu is fit and ready for his next political move. Inasmuch as the national chairman of the party is yet to make his intention known. Jacinta Obyuku for PLOS TV Africa.