The theater presents Caesar Romero and Deborah Padgett. From Hollywood, the mutual network and cooperation with Family Theater presents Integrity, starring Caesar Romero. And now, here is your hostess, Deborah Padgett. Family Theater's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives if we are to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families, and peace for the world. Family Theater urges you to pray. Pray together as a family. And now to our transcribed drama, Integrity, starring Caesar Romero as Jerry. I've got it all now. The nine room ranch style house up in the hills with the patio and the pool. And Gloria, I've got her till death do us part. And security, I've even got that. 39 and a half hour TV films already in the can, plus a renewed option for half again that many more. I'm on top of the world. Jerry Keith has gone and made it. In two quick years, 700 days, he has learned and put into practice the hardest lesson that show business has to teach. The exact price of everything. Two years. I can tell you why it doesn't even seem that long. Because out here in Hollywood, there are no seasons. It rains some during the winter, but the rest of the year, it's mostly hazy in the morning and sunny in the afternoon. So you lose track of time. For example, it was gray and overcast that morning I climbed down from the New York plane at International three September's ago. But a few hours later, when his secretary ushered me into Mr. Larry Law's office, a bright sun was blazing in through the picture window behind him. Well, come in, come in, Mr. Keith, come in. Mr. Law? Larry. I'm glad to know you. That's Joe Shanley on the couch. Pleasure, pleasure. How do you do? And this, of course, is... Oh, I recognize him. It's nice to hear that, Mr. Keith. Clem Clayton, the greatest comedian the silent screen has ever produced. How do you do, sir? Pretty good, if someone your age remembers me. They're all gonna remember you, Clem. Take our word for it, like Dad used to say, the writing is on the wall. Well, I certainly hope so, Larry. Getting back into harness, not that I really need the money, but, well, it'll be a big thrill. Whether you need it or not, Clem, the money is gonna be there. What do you think, Mr. Keith? Jerry. Jerry. Think an old warhorse like me can make the folks laugh again on television? Well, our own heart, are you doing it? Andy Chase? I don't see why not, Mr. Clayton. Clem. Clem, after all, funny is funny. 25 years ago or right now, a gang is a gang. Remember that two-realer you made for Dad back in 29, the paper hanger? Larry! Ageless. Today, today on 800 stations, that film would sweep the field. People just think they're watching comedy on TV these days. Clem, they're watching things you did 25 years ago.  Dad used to say, if... What do you think, Jerry? You're going to have to write this series. Can I still be funny? Well, there's no doubt in my mind. Of course, things have changed a little. Television's not purely a visual medium. Well, it's nothing but visual. Well, I disagree, Joe. Listen, a gag is a gag. Sure, but it can't be nothing but custard pies. Don't knock custard pies. They've pulled a lot of laughs. You know what, Dad used to say, Clem, one end out, bring up the pastry truck. Joe, I think we ought to get Mr. Keith's feeling on the direction he thinks the show should take. After all, I realize that comedy styles have changed. That doesn't mean they've changed for the better. My own feeling, Clem, is that we should try to think, how would Dad do this if he were here? So I put myself in his shoes. Oh, Larry, that's impossible. What do you mean?  I knew him for 25 years, and I wouldn't even attempt it. Oh, but if he brought a writer all the way out from New York at the salary you're paying Mr. Keith, I'm sure he'd at least listen to him. Well, I'm always willing to pick someone else's brains, especially when they're on my payroll. Go ahead, Jerry. I sat there in the plus office of Larry Law Jr., a nervous young man whose father had left in his name and his fortune. But none of his talent, and I talked about comedy, the kind of comedy that might sell Clem Clayton back to the American public. And I got to wondering, as I always do at such meetings, what the public would think of the conditions under which the nation's laughter is created? The almost funereal atmosphere, the tense, unsmiling faces of the joke makers, faces like Joe Shanley's, 10 from 20 years of directing pictures in California sunshine, but now a little hard around the eyes, a little worried, because although the 52 week studio contract was a thing of the past, his family continued to live like it wasn't. A face like Clem Clayton's, a ghost face from the 20s, resurrected to haunt the living rooms of a generation that had never heard of him. The face of a man like myself, half young, half intelligent, half assured, capable of sounding authoritative without saying more than was necessary, and always, absolutely always, able to reverse his field with honor. The conference broke up at 5.30 with nothing settled. Joe Shanley offered me a lift back to my hotel, and on the way, he gave me the bad news. Say, I hope you didn't take any of that personally, Keith. Any of what? The opposition I gave. Oh, forget it. It's the only way I know to do this stuff. I'll give it out. No, no, I don't mean that. I mean the reason I argued with you. This thing's dead before it starts. What's dead? The series, the whole works, they're gonna carry Clayton for 13, then drop him. So I don't think I get this. They're tossing the old man a bone, that's all. What do you mean a bone? He says he doesn't need the money. Are you kidding? He can't get himself arrested in this town. So look at the clothes he's wearing, double-breasted vests. All right, so they're helping him out. That doesn't mean the series has to stink. Look, they're helping Clayton, but he's helping them, except he doesn't know it. What do you think his salary is? Well, 1,500 a week. 500 a week. Oh, no. Yeah, I'm glad to get it. This guy's been on the beach for 20 years, but stranded. Well, if that's so, he must realize it. What actor can smell charity? He thinks the public is clamoring for him, and it's our job to keep him thinking that. What do you mean Clayton's helping them? That's the key to the whole thing. Larry's got a big deal cooking in the east. Junior?  And he couldn't be. Now, this deal is with a name comedian, very big. You and I'll be doing the package, and we're a couple of high-priced guys. I'm not very high-priced when I'm unemployed. Ah, you won't be unemployed. We do the 13 with Clayton, see? We do them on short money. A few sets, simple lines, no rehearsals, like those two realers he's in love with. Larry keeps his plant working. The Overplus goes into the new series, and we're a couple of heroes. Is that the way Junior wants it? That's the way. He'll probably tell you himself as soon as he can scrape Clayton off his back. It's a rough business. I haven't lasted into 22 years without learning that. Sage, you bring your family out from the east with you? No, I, uh, I'm not married. Well, and how about going out to the house for dinner? Take a swim. Oh, thanks, Joe, but I, uh, I've got a friend I want to get in touch with tonight. Lady friend? Yeah, well, he used to be engaged. She's an actress. Maybe I know her. Gloria Walters. Walters, no. Used to know a cutter by that name over at Fox. No, she doesn't have any family out here. I don't seem to place her. Where'd she work? For all I know, the Five and Dime. I haven't heard from her in more than a year. All cooled off, huh? I don't know. Maybe she has. Gloria Walters. Looks, talent, principles, and bad luck. Too short, too tall, too pretty, too smart. Whatever they didn't want, she had too much of.  And in Hollywood, so are the department stores. I know, because after five phone calls and twice as many miles in a taxi cab, that's just where I found her. Can I help? Jerry. I'd like a foreign hand bow tie. Jerry Key. Live from New York. Shouting. Let him look. I just can't believe it. What are you doing out here? Renewing the old offer. Marry me and starve to death. You don't look very hungry. I haven't eaten since noon. But what is this? They got you working nights? No Mondays and Fridays. Get them before that paycheck's gone. Listen, really, I should be waiting on the customer. Do what I said. Sell me a necktie. You don't want any of this stuff? Give me that green one, honey. I'll buy a dog, and he can chew on it. Jerry. What are you through here? 9 o'clock, just another half hour. Will you wait for me? Honey, I've waited this long. It was the same old Gloria, smart and sweet and wide awake.  We ate and talked. Even got around to holding hands later, listening to the music. And then after a while, because I had to say it to someone, I told her about the deal I got myself into and the job they were going to do on Clem Clayton. That's the smelliest thing I ever heard of.   Well, at least he'll come out with six or seven thousand he never would have seen. And a broken heart. Oh, now, honey, let's not go overboard. Do you know this man? Oh, Clayton? Do you know a thing in the world about him? Well, I know he made a million dollars being funny. And where is it? It's a good question. He gave it away. Slow, deserved to exterior poor house. I mean gave it, not not parties, not yachts. He handed it out, $50 at a time to everybody who asked him. Softest touch in the business? Well, he was. OK, so he was. What do you want me to do?  Oh, Jerry, when you talk like this. Yeah, when I talk like this, it's three years ago. Don't have to shout. Three years ago, I took your advice then. And what happened? Jerry, if you don't lower your voice, I'm going to get up and walk right out of here. All right. Clayton is broke and Junior's pitching him a curve. But why is Clayton broke? Because he's one of these guys who can't have an enemy. Everybody's got to love him.  And now he can sleep at night in a flop house. Jerry, do I like what they're doing to him? No, I don't. Then why don't you try to help him? Like how? You know what I did this afternoon before I knew the ax was out? I sat in Law's office and spun out an idea for a situation comedy that would be perfect for Clayton. And he blinked at me like I was speaking Chinese. Did he say anything? Well, of course he didn't say anything. All he knows is pie in the eye. Jerry, just ask yourself a question. I won't have to. You'll ask it. If they'll cut Clayton's throat, who's next? Oh, baby.  Well, why me? Because you'll be tied to this turkey. You think not? Look, I've explained to you. Oh, sure you have. You've explained. But when this mess flashes on the TV screen, it won't say written badly by Jerry Keith because he's saving his good material for next fall. Look. You look. It'll say written by Jerry Keith. Period. I've tried to tell you. Sure, Joe Shanley says this. He says that. He says anything that'll put a smile on your face. I just met the man. If you're going to be cold-blooded, at least do it for your own benefit. I am not cold-blooded. I have asked you not to shout. Listen, I love you, and I'll shout when I feel like it. In front of me, you won't. Take me home. Gloria. You just said it. This is three years ago. Take me home.  The war wasn't over, but at least negotiations were underway for a truce. And we'd made a tentative date for lunch the next day. It was a few minutes before midnight when I got back to my hotel and found the message from Glenn Clayton. He wanted to see me. It was very important. He was sorry I couldn't reach him by phone, but his place was just a few blocks away on Franklin. And he'd be glad to pay my cab fare. No matter how late it was, please stop by. Hope you'll forgive me bringing you out at this hour, Jerry. Nothing to forgive. Sit down. Thanks. Wish I had some refreshment to offer you. No, no, no. But my landlady's mighty strict on me. Not at all. I couldn't use it. That's why I wasn't able to have you call me back from the hotel. Huh? She's got a house rule, no incoming calls on the payphone after 11. Wakes the other boarders. So I sure appreciate your coming over. My pleasure. What can I do for you, Clem? Well, it's about the show. I'm a little worried. What about? I've been thinking about the idea you had, the one you talked about in Larry's office this afternoon, making it a comedy of character. Real people, you know? I had the feeling you didn't care much for it. Well, first I didn't. But then I got to thinking how I know how things have changed when young Larry first came to me with this idea. Well, I thought the best thing would be to come back doing what I used to. Slapstick, pratfalls, the funny hat and the mustache. That's what Joe Shanley thinks. I know. So does Larry. It's what made you famous, Clem. Yeah, but it didn't keep me famous. You know the last job I had six months ago? They had a dollar there, something out in Van Nye's, and I was a clown. I handed out free balloons to the kids. Some kind of advertising on the balloons. I didn't know things were that tough. I'm not fooling myself. I may not look it, but I'm 62, 63 in December. This series is going to be the last chance I'll get. It's got to be good. Clem, I. That's why I wanted to talk to you. I think your idea is right. It ought to be stuff about real people, comedy with a heart in it. That's the hardest kind to do. It's fragile. I can do it. I know I can. You have to settle for chuckles instead of belly laughs. Yeah, but I was thinking about it tonight. It's the kind of comedy that makes people love you. You know what I mean. You're not just an entertainer. You're a person to the audience, like a close friend. And they love you. Yeah. By 10 o'clock the next morning, I was waiting in Junior's outer office at the studio. But it was another half hour before I got in to see him, and he was full of charming apologies. I'm awfully sorry, kid. I've been tied up on this phone. Forget it. What can I do for you? I thought we ought to have a little talk about this Clayton thing. Well, you know there's a story conference schedule for two this afternoon. No, no, I mean a private chat, just you and me. Kid, I'd love to, but the way I'm tied up this morning. Well, this won't take two minutes. I'm trying to find out where this project stands. Where it stands? Joe Shanley gave me a ride back to the hotel after the meeting broke up yesterday. Oh. Well, now listen, I meant to talk to you about that. So he said. Well, Joe has a tendency to exaggerate things a bit. I imagine the way he explained it, the idea sounds a little cold-blooded. That would depend on how you look at it. Well, you've got to understand one thing, Jerry. I am not deliberately trying to scuttle Clayton or the series. But you want to do it cheap and fast. I have to. And Joe's the perfect director to hack that kind of a job out. It's all he can do. What about the big package for the name comedian? Isn't he going to direct that when it comes through? Well, I know he'd like to. He said you promised it to him. No, no, what I promised him was that if I had my way, he'd be the director. I see. Well, you know how these big names are.  That goes for writers, too.  The big name? You used to work for them. I've worked for most of them. Eddie Rich. Do they come any bigger? No, they don't. So will you quit worrying? Sure you won't have some ice cream or something? No, I'm stuffed. I'd say I've been wanting to say this ever since we sat down. I'm sorry about last night, honey. So, my Jerry, I know you have to watch out for yourself. Well, if it'll make you feel any better, I'm going to do the best I can for Clayton. I knew you would. I had a talk with him last night. Turns out he liked my idea for the show after all, wants to do it that way. Oh, Jerry. The old man's living in one room in a boarding house. He's really down. Well, what about Junior and Shanley? What about them? Well, you said they wanted to do it cheaply. A show like this will take a lot more work, won't it? Well, mostly with Clayton, but I figured to do that myself. Well, even so. And I've got another angle, too. To cut costs? In a big way. A story conference with Junior and Shanley was set for 2 o'clock. I got back to the studio a little after 1 and called Clayton at his boarding house. I told him exactly what the situation was and that he should arrive at the meeting at half an hour late. If I hadn't licked Shanley by then, I wasn't going to. When I hung up, it was 1.15. I sat down at the typewriter. At 3 minutes past 2, I pulled the fourth sheet out of the machine and ran down the corridor to Junior's office. The stuff wasn't poetry, but it had to do. For what I had in mind, it would do handsomely. Have you finished reading it yet, Joe? It's rough, of course, but I think it catches the tone of what Clayton ought to be doing on the show. Don't you think so, Larry? Well, I found it very interesting, but I'd like to hear what Joe thinks. Absolutely. It's funny Clem's not here yet. You sure he knows about it? Oh, yes. I told him myself when we broke up yesterday. Well? Well? No offense, Jerry, but it just, well, doesn't hit me. Good enough. That's about my feeling, too, kid.  How big a part? Just a little thing I have.  I hate it. Well, for sure. You were saying about the material? Oh, yeah. Well, like Joe said. It doesn't hit you? Well, it just doesn't hit you. Yeah. Well, that's very good news, because it's not supposed to. Keith, now look. Custard pies are the sort of thing that hit you, Joe. And I'm not throwing any custard pies this season. I thought I made it pretty clear what kind of show this was going to be yesterday. You made it clear what you wanted, Joe, but that doesn't mean it's got to be. This thing you've written is a million miles from what Clayton does. From what he did, he can change. Suppose he can. What's the point? The point is we can make this a good show, even a successful show, if we're willing to fool with it. What do I have to do? Draw you a diagram. The thing is dead. For the name package that's coming in this fall, is that what you're killing it for? Now, wait a minute, Jerry. What are I saying? I know what you said, Larry. I know you want Joe to be along for the big killing, but I happen to know Eddie Rich pretty well, too. What are you talking about? You're not going to make it, Joe. You won't be the director. Huh? Larry, what's your- I gave you my word. That's right, Larry. You gave Joe your word. But whether you know it or not, you can't control these things. Oh, this is going to be a film, Joe. Sure. But if Rich can make the jump from live to film, so can his director. And believe me, he will. So where am I? Come on, Larry. Where am I? Where do I fit in? Oh, Joe. Nowhere, huh? Great. That's great. Now, Joe, this is months away. Yeah, sure. So's my funeral. Now, look, boy, I gave you my word. Yeah, and a lot it's worth. Your word, but no contract. Well, now it's working both ways. Now, wait a minute. You agreed to direct the series. Yeah, week to week for peanuts. Well, the gentleman's agreement is off. You get yourself another ball. No, now, Joe, listen. Your father was a great man. I was proud to work for him. You?  Keith, just what were you doing? Just what did you think you were doing? My best. You're fired. No, I'm not. Oh, you've got a contract. All right, it's paid off, and you are fired. I'm the only one you've got left, Junior. What? Junior.  Jerry, what got into you? I just don't like what's going on around here. I told you you'd have the rich show. Sure, sure. Just like you told Shanley. And Clayton, you told him he'd be a millionaire. Now, listen, you could talk to Joe. You could tell him it's on again. It was a big mistake.  What's my contract for doing the series? What do you mean your contract? I mean the money. Is it $1,500 a week? Well, of course it is. All right, I'm giving you a chance to hire me as a writer for half of that. What? And for the other half, I'll direct the series, so you get two for one. What do you know about directing? I know to take pictures of the actors. Oh, good grief. And that's about all Shanley was going to give you.  So is Clayton. You're giving him a chance. Yes, but he's got a following. In far as long, he's got a following. Face it, Junior. Wait a minute. Yes? Mr. Clayton is here, sir. Oh, well, send him in. Well, what's the verdict? The verdict? Well, you're very funny. What choice have I got? Larry, I'm sorry to be late. Perfectly all right, Clem. I've got some great news for you. I don't know if I can stand much more. How goes it, Jerry? Very well, indeed. Clem, I've decided that Jerry is not only the man to write the series, but also to direct it. Well, well, that's wonderful. It's like Dad used to say, a show like this, if it's going to have style and distinction, needs one unifying creative force to handle the whole thing. Now, don't you agree? Well, I sure do, son, but what about Joe Shanley? Joe realized it just wasn't his cup of tea, and he bowed out, and very gracefully, too. Wouldn't you say, Jerry? It was graceful, all right. Well, I'm glad there aren't any hard feelings. Oh, no, he wishes you nothing but luck the best in the world. Oh, excuse me. Yes? Mr. Ridge calling long distance from New York. Oh, uh, he, uh, well, just a minute. Well, boys, I think that about winds it up for now, huh? You bet. I, uh, I guess the first step, Jerry, is for you to whip up a script, bring it in, and we can go on from there. We'll do. Sorry, I was late, Larry. Oh, don't mention it, Sam. It gave us a chance to iron out a few trifles. Now, take it easy, fellas. That's what we'll do.  I think so. You know, it's hard to believe that Larry and Joe Shanley were planning to give me that kind of a dirty deal. I always counted them among my friends. Oh, I don't think it was anything personal. Well, I take it personally. But you know, a funny thing, I could tell you liked me. Yesterday in the office and last night at my place, I could tell you liked me. And I knew you'd go to bat for me. Clem. It's a talent I've got, making people like me.  That night, I put the cap on the success story. Because of the way my luck had been running for the last 24 hours, I stopped by a jewelry store in Hollywood on the way to pick up Gloria for dinner. And later that evening, when I asked her the same old question and she finally said yes, I had the ring right in my pocket. But you can't go around marrying people under false pretenses. So on the way home, I steered the conversation around with a subject that would let her know exactly what she was getting.  You shouldn't be. You helped that old man. I knew you would. I helped myself. You know who the big name comedian was? I thought you didn't know him. I didn't, until 11 o'clock this morning. Eddie Rich, the guy who fired me three years ago because you convinced me I should stand up to him. You still want to keep the ring? Do you want it back? No.  All right. Who are you? A guy who occasionally does the right thing, but always for the wrong reasons. I wouldn't have much self-respect if I believed that, Jerry. No? How could I? If I'm one of the reasons. You have a favorite time to pray. One friend of mine, a woman, thinks that the best time to pray is in the morning, particularly a morning bright with sunshine when the skies are blue and the birds are singing. Prayers in the morning, she says, are prayers of hope. Now, another friend, a man, says that he prays best by the little reminders of the day, the sounding of a church bell, the sight of a poor beggar on the street, or the shock of a narrow escape at a busy intersection. He says prayers like this are mostly prayers of thankfulness. And still another friend, a woman, insists that the best time to pray is when the dark comes and gently enfolds this garish, scotty world of ours. Prayers at night are inclined to be prayers of love, both of God and neighbor. Well, what I am doing is proving that it doesn't matter much when you pray, as long as you do pray. 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So, briefly talked with Frank, you guys are doing some partnering, great to see you guys out at the Unisys event last night, it's great. Yeah, you know Unisys is actually EMC's longest standing partner, probably 17 years now. So it's one that's sort of, you know, very close to everybody at EMC. Yeah, one of those companies that is still around, right, Joe talked about the waves and Unisys is a great company, wonderful heritage, good people. Yeah, exactly right. So, Howard, you've been called the grandfather of VCE, we talked about VCE when that was announced. Yeah, I know, the gray hair or the no hair gives that away. So we're also talking about the show, the big news coming out of the show is that we call it the sizzle and the steak, the sizzle is big data, Hadoop is a lot of cool things around flash, all these new announcements, but the meat on the bone has been the services, solutions, we're hearing a lot about partnering. So a lot of people are having conversations around the business models of services, you're running that, EMC, it's a big part of your infrastructure, you guys are information infrastructure. So you move from storage to this transformation, tell us what the update is, okay, from your organization and your vision for this year. Yeah, no, I appreciate that and, you know, to your point, it's, you know, cloud meets big data, a lot of conversation of what's happening, huge disruption and excitement in the industry, and what we're all about is what is, how do we really make this real for customers? The other thing that's happening is the transformation and disruption we're seeing on the technology side and on business model is also a change in a disruption and transformation for the individual, right, whether you're an EMC employee, our customers, our partners, what's really happening to their trade and, you know, that's really something that we take near and dear to our heart and, you know, we work a lot on helping to provide the training, the capabilities, the skills, the methodologies and best practices for our employees, our customers and partners on how do we actually help them make that journey. What has changed, question that I have and that's been coming up this morning and weeks prior is the disruption impact, the damage to this, that this inflection point is causing in a good way, the innovation. What is changing in the market now that's different? It's growing, there's a lot of services, you have, you know, new solution providers out there on the business model side and technologies are shifting. What is your vision on the new change that you're seeing in the landscape of the market? Yeah, so, you know, it's really causing everybody to need to take a step up, you know, infrastructure is important but, you know, as Pat described in his keynote and you'll hear more about this from Paul as well, it's really, we view this as three layers of infrastructure, application and user experience, the client side experience and what's most disruptive of all is all three of those layers are changing and being disrupted simultaneously and so what that means is, you know, whether it's our consulting capabilities to help customers map out their strategy and provide some of this knowledge transfer to our partners and our customers as well, to new ways of thinking about managing that infrastructure as we go through that journey helping to implement and integrate into customer environments, even the basic maintenance and support, the ability, you know, you just had Prasad on here earlier talking about solutions and shifting left and integrating with the technology. We have to do the same thing on the support side. It's really triaging in a very different way. It's not a very narrow what's happening on that disk drive but how is that impacting that overall cloud architecture that's been put in place. So it's really forcing all of us in the industry to raise our game. You know, it's interesting you talk about raising the game. Joe talks about his wave size. He talks about it every year and he talks about how the new players replace a lot of the old players. I feel like in having observed this industry for a number of years that the companies that have been around for a while understand that waves bring change. The thing that strikes me the most is we've had two service providers on today. We had Accenture and CSE. Both of them talked about VC. Both of them talked about Vblock. Now, it's interesting. I mean, years ago they would have resisted something like that. Well, wait a minute. No, we charge services for integration. We don't want the single logical block of infrastructure. And that's a mindset shift. They're actually embracing this change. What do you make of that? Well, I really think it is this sort of recognition that the value is moving up the stack of just plain plumbing. Customers no longer want to just think about how do I, or not think about, but they don't want to see in their budget how much do I have to apply to just making sure the system integration is working together and cables and adapters and all that stuff. It's very important. I mean, all this wonderful thing we talk about, about client-side access and applications and cloud service delivery, you need that underlying hardware to actually work and work together well. But that's not where value is created. Value is created up that stack. It's integrating the applications. It's the mashup of big data. It's getting that information out to the user in real time as quickly as possible. It's integrating new business processes. And this has opened up a whole realm of new capabilities that the SIs want to focus on. I asked Prasad the question. And I was kind of baiting him. I thought he'd maybe go for the bait. But he took the bait and he actually said, it sounds a lot like Intel. He came from Intel. This is an operating system. What you're referring to is innovation. You talk about applications and solutions. It's critical that that fosters the creativity with the marketplace. And you guys have had a specific strategy of not competing with this stack, up the stack. And you want to enable that. You got VMware out there as well. So is that consistently going to be the path going forward? And how do you guys talk about that? It is. And it's a great point. And our valued partners, Accenture, CSE, and others, they are embracing working with us, whether it's Vblock, whether it's the private cloud infrastructure offerings. Even working with our services organization as we partner together, because what we have said is we don't compete. We're not going to set up our own data centers to offer cloud services. We're not going to be in front in competing for that business value that they create. We want to actually help supplement. And what we're finding is the Accenture's and the CSE's and the Unisys and the others in our ecosystem really do want to provide that higher level value. And they're looking to us to provide the subject matter expertise around our information infrastructure offerings. So will you do knowledge transfer? I mean, you must some way, shape, or form. But can you talk about transferring knowledge to your service provider partners? I mean, where do you draw the line? I mean, some of this stuff is family secrets. But at the same time, you've got an ecosystem that's competing with the likes of IBM and, of course, now HP, now Dell. How do you manage that? Where do you draw that IP transfer line? Yeah, we actually don't sweat that too much in the sense that whatever it is we can do to help the ecosystem for the benefit of our mutual customers. I mean, we're certainly not going to go ahead and open up source code, for example. I mean, that is the lifeblood of the R&D organization and providing new and innovative technology. But the way that technology works together, I'll give you a great example. Working with service providers, we've developed a methodology to help think through, well, what applications and data really belong in a private cloud, a public cloud, a service provider type, hybrid cloud. And we've developed this capability to walk through applications, the security and the compliance profile, the functional SLAs required. That then essentially allows a service catalog to get developed. And then from there, customers can really map out their journey, first year, second year, third year, about which applications and data goes where. We're actually helping our service provider customers with that methodology and those best practices, and letting them take that to the marketplace. We have no pride of ownership there. We would like as many of our partners to help enable customers to get that value. So you play an interesting role. You run services for a technology company. Absolutely. And the services business is really multi-dimensional, isn't it? I mean, it is outsourcing, there's consulting, there's customer support services. Now there's cloud service providers. You're really seeing an evolution of that. Talk about that a little bit and how that's changing. And are we going to see future platforms emerge as service provider partners? Yeah. I think that's a great topic. And we've talked about this a couple of times before, but EMC is a technology company. And services and the areas that I look after for the company are very important. They're growing. They're adding a lot of value to customers and partners in the ecosystem. But the way I like to describe it is water finds its own level here. We're actually not trying to become a services company in lieu of being a technology company. We want technology to take out the steps that are necessary in services so that other value can get created. So we're not trying to be services for services' sake. We're trying to provide services to enable our partner ecosystem and have our customers get the maximum value out of our technology. Dave, you know what I love about interviewing with the EMC executive? We don't, it's not scripted. Howard's really good. I mean, he got the great answers. But try this one. I'm going to throw one at you. That's going to be a challenge. Talk about business model innovation because the common thread in all this service is people are changing their business models. And because the new technology, like cloud, like the new applications, are creating new OPEX opportunities to create efficiencies, at the same time with open source and other things, new user experience products. So that's causing some business model innovations. Can you share with the folks out there what's changing in the world? You've seen these cycles before. Michael Capellis was talking about it when we were at the analyst meeting around. He hasn't seen these types of inflection points since client server and blades. And those were big inflection points that caused solutions to change and services to change. So can you share with the folks out there your experience and vision around this notion of business model innovation and what it means to executives and folks out there? Yeah, business model innovation and business model disruption as well. And one of the things we're seeing just grow tremendously is new consumption models, which of course then drive the business model.  Well, maybe you want to still do that, but maybe you want to not buy that technology as a box at a price at a moment in time. You might want to buy it in a utility type format, more as a pay as you go. You might want to do that just on the product or the technology side, but you might want to layer on services around that. And so we've seen over the last couple of years a lot of interest in the market for sort of a broader continuum of ways for customers to consume value that we offer. So certainly a capital purchase is still there. It's the predominant part of our business model. We've been leasing for many years, both capital leases and operating leases. But we've also built capabilities around a unique offering called OpenScale, where you can actually sign up for a certain amount of capacity of storage for a year, but pay on the drip until you get there for that year. And then we've even been working on models all the way to full utility. Now certainly we're building in cost of capital, we're building in risk premium, and all the rest of that. But for those customers that have so much variability, at least that's something we can offer, again, directly and through our partner. So business model disruption and innovation's all around. Yeah, and your partners, the guys we've had on, seem very receptive to that. Their customers want to pay by the drink, and they don't want to. Well, they don't make money too. I mean, the thing is, their business model, they make more money. I mean, we're seeing. Well, but they don't want to eat the whole risk either, and I think what I'm hearing from Howard is we're willing to share that risk with our partners. And not get in the way. Right. But the thing that's important here is it's risk sharing and risk reward on the other side. So we've got to have that balance, and that balance has got to be understood, and is understood by our partner ecosystem, and even with customers. You know, you have the conversation with the customer, and they understand all the puts and takes. Let's talk about big data for a second. So last year we were here, the journey to the private cloud, a lot of the customers I talked to said, eh, we're not really on that journey yet. But of course, as we know, we saw from Joe's little audience poll, a vast majority of people have started that journey. Now we're hearing about big data. And I think a lot of people in the audience are like, hm, big data, what does that mean to me? But I liked your answer when we were talking in the analyst meeting about what is big data. Can you share with our audience, what do you mean by big data? Yeah, absolutely. Big data is all around. And our customers are immersed in it whether they realize the definition of that or not. And our view of big data is certainly one dimension is the tremendous growth of that data in our customers' environments. Second is the more unstructured nature. It doesn't necessarily fit in rows and columns very easily. But I think the most critical dimension of the definition that we have for big data is the disparate nature of it. The fact that it's in multiple silos, multiple databases, multiple file systems. So you've got large volume growth, predominantly unstructured and disparate, it's everywhere. And by the way, it could be disparate inside the company but also data sources outside the company that you want to integrate and mash up and bring value. So our definition of big data is that. And what technologies can we bring to help better store, manage and protect that information? And then at the application and data layer, how do we help optimize and get value from it? So now obviously the move to the cloud caused you to rethink the skill sets in your organization. I mean, it's part of your title, Cloud Services. Maybe we'll get big data in there. I think you have the longest title at EFC. Yeah, I can add to it if you want. And so my question is, have you started to look at, and if not, when will you start to look at really bringing in those sort of big data skill sets, data scientists? Are you hiring people like that today? We are, as well as developing those skill sets. And in fact, here at EMC World this week, we're going to have a couple of hundred data scientists all come together and converge and share best practices and methodologies and what they're seeing out in the marketplace. And I know you're going to be talking to Tom Clancy here soon as well. Over the last couple of years, we've really upped the ante as well. It's not just making sure we have the best proven solutions and proven certifications and qualifications around storage, but we've added to that across our portfolio to the point where last year we added two new certifications, data center architect and cloud architect. And in fact, we announced our first cloud architect that was certified, a gentleman from Wipro Technologies that we'll be honoring in the next couple of days here. We have many more in the pipeline and data scientists is actually one of those next ones that we'll learn a lot from each other about what that really takes to help get value there. That brings up the, I see we're bullish on data scientists and we had a little big data group within our organizations as well, but it brings up a good point about training and talking about Tom's coming on board next. IT is changing, jobs are changing, new employees are coming into the workforce. That's changing the game a little bit. I mean, people have been kind of stale. I mean, past 10 years in IT, it's been, you know, do more with less, right? So now you've got that OPEX challenge, but yet new skill sets are required to run virtual machines with V-Plex or with V-Block or VCE. So how are you guys looking at that market of the training and support? Is it just throwing more dollars at more, you know, brute force training? Are you guys thinking about it holistically around using social networking? Tony talked a little bit about it, but what's your vision of it? Yeah, it's a great point and I'll leave most of that for Tom. I don't want to steal all of his thunder. You know, training is certainly one dimension of it, but really, you know, it's going back to what you said before. You know, there's a whole transformation and disruption occurring on the technology side, but it's happening on the people side as well. And change can be scary, but it can also be phenomenal opportunity. And those folks that look at it as opportunity are the ones that can then embrace and move forward. You know, when Sanjay and I did the panel up on stage last year, we actually talked about the transformation necessary in the workplace. And while it could be a very, very worrisome thought to the IT professional, what we're finding instead is there's more opportunity as this, you know, sort of paradigm shifts. And, you know, we're helping by not only describing that opportunity, but helping customers embrace that opportunity, helping our own employees embrace that opportunity, whether it's through career forums, training, certifications, all of those things. And Tom will talk about several more of those things that we're doing. We talked to Jim Vampos earlier about a concept called dog-fooding, which he claims, Paul Merritt's coin. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but it's a great term where people, they say they use their own technology, get to know it. How much, and you guys are known obviously for doing a lot of, you know, eating your own dog food and taking all these new technologies in-house, how much has that helped you guys with your business? Has it given you a significant lead as you roll out new solutions? Tremendously. You know, we're close to 80% virtualized today, we're taking the last bite of the remaining mission-critical applications. Our new data center down in Durham, North Carolina, VBlock-based. We've got Vplex in place. Of course, we've been using our replication technologies for a year, but we absolutely, first and best is the way Sanjay talks about it. And yes, it helps us in, certainly as we tell our customers, cost-saving, faster time to value, do more with less. But the unique thing in a technology company like EMC, it also then helps inform our various teams. You know, our services teams, for example, do work with Sanjay's team on doing some upfront consulting, what works, what doesn't work, do the integrations, we get a lot of value back, what worked, what didn't work, and then also back informing our product roadmaps. And so, us being first and best, we absolutely get that value in our operation, but we get even more value how it informs our offerings for our customers. Great, we're here with Howard Elias, the president of EMC's services organization. Howard is talking about the transforming nature of the services business. We talked a lot about the waves of technology and how companies are adapting to those waves and how specifically EMC is not, as a rule, competing with its service provider's partner, it's enabling them, it's a technology supplier, and collectively, if I understand this correctly, that your ecosystem, EMC and its service providers can be much, much larger than any one company and deliver more value to the marketplace. It's really the strategy. Howard, thanks very much for coming on theCUBE. It's always a pleasure. Thank you. Great to see you. Thank you for your time, Howard.


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So in the northern hemisphere at least it's summertime at the moment which unfortunately means it's also fire season and there's been a lot in the news recently around fires in Maui, in Hawaii. Yeah, that's a terrible one. They went in Maui. We were recently in Greece. We happened to be in Rhodes right when the fires were happening there. In fact, our hotel got turned into an evacuation center, which is something I haven't seen before despite being an Australian and somewhat familiar with fires. In fact, because I woke up at about five o'clock in the morning to go to the airport and I'm walking through the fire and there's all these people sleeping everywhere and thinking, does the hotel know there's people sleeping everywhere? They knew. And families will try to sleep because they've had a rough night being kicked out of their hotels and whatnot. Yeah, they didn't look very comfortable at all. But it also got me thinking about at the institute we've delivered training to a lot of people in roles related to emergencies like fires. So whether it's first responders who are needing skills to look after their own well-being, after what they've been through in responding to different scenarios or we recently trained 1,500 staff of an insurance company that managed the home claims of people who'd lost their homes to fire, for example and community members and volunteers training them around things like trauma-informed practice and how to work with people who've been through trauma. So it's a topic that is relevant in many different ways and I just want to have a chat about it. Yeah, definitely. People are interested in trauma. But one thing I would like to remind people, trauma is not as common as most people think. Trauma is an extreme reaction to an event. So a very small percentage of people suffer from trauma. Now we can be impacted by something and still have an impact to our mental health without being traumatized. That's right. So trauma in psychology is very specific. And we've got to be really careful I think with the language we use because when we make assumptions and we use words like this person's being traumatized by something, we can sometimes actually make it worse by setting this expectation that if you've been through an event, you will be traumatized for the rest of your life when we know that that's not the case, statistically speaking. Only a small proportion of people, I'm sure everyone's affected by something, the things that they go through in life but statistically only a small percentage of people will get to the point where it's considered a trauma response and they'll need additional help with that. The reason for that is because in psychology there's very particular therapies for trauma than for something that is disturbing or distressing to a person, different treatments. Obviously the trauma one requires a much more heavy approach. However, we can't take away from the fact that in the Maui fact fires, this has been a little bit traumatic in a sense to the whole world because we're all aware of this. When you look at the pictures of the fire, the devastation of the fire is incredible, what's happened there and it makes very little sense to the human mind how can something like that happen to that level of catastrophe. And that's one of the things we know, whether it's a direct experience of an event like that itself or whether it's a vicarious experience watching on the news and hearing other people talk about it etc. The existential aspect of responding to something like that. So by that I mean when people become aware that I thought I had control over my life but there are situations where things happen that are outside of your control and that can be a real shock to our system psychologically. And that's I think one of the biggest impacts because there's a lot of emotions obviously that are normal emotions after an event but one that people don't expect is just how much it gets people thinking about what's the meaning of life if I don't have control over these things, how do I have any certainty in anything ever at all and people need to kind of work through that process. And that is a normal human response because when we hear of a story in which there are characters whether the story is real or not, we always identify with a character. So how we learn that we show empathy. So it's normal for a human being to hear of a news event and to go if they stop and pay attention to it to say how would I react in this situation? What would I do? Would I be one of the ones that get caught out or not? So it's essentially- And we assume that we wouldn't, oh no I would do this, I would do that, I would be prepared and that protects us and makes us feel good but then you find out in the moment that that's not always possible. Well, there's a part of us that knows that we're bullshitting ourselves that we know that we can't prevent everything in life. We know that one day we will die, it will be us. We don't know how, we don't know in what circumstances but we are finite and we know that. So this serves us to prepare us for that moment hopefully but most people would rather not think of that moment because it is scary. It's scary to think that one day we're going to die, we're going to finish but it is important that we are prepared for it but it does throw us into an existential crisis for most of us even if it's a mini one. And the aim is that we can move through that process rather than get caught in it we can come to alright well seeing as that is the case the one day I won't be here, am I doing the things that are most important am I living my life the way I want to are there any tweaks or changes that I might want to make you know spend more time with family or you know pursue this career instead of that one. So if we can move through it we can actually use that for good and you know make sure that we're on path we're living our life that's authentic for us but these are all normal responses in fact any response after we've seen an event like this we say it's a normal response to an abnormal situation and so if we can not panic about it and we can remind ourselves that this is okay my body and my mind is just doing what it needs to do to cope with what's happened and when you look at you know we have in our training we look at all the different sort of responses that people can have and you look at each one and there's a logic to each one even if it might not seem logical in the moment when you actually look at it there's a really good reason that we do what that we respond in a way that we do whether it's avoiding you know shutting down withdrawing from the world for a little bit of time that's okay and many of the stuff that we teach people have got inbuilt psychological processes that help them at the neurological level not just at the intellectual level you know people sometimes they say I'm not sure why I'm doing this exercise just trust the process just go with it because we understand what's happening in neurology but that's why it helps to if people aren't sort of moving through that process on their own it can help to have someone who understands that psychology to come in and say look I'll guide you through this process you're right where you need to be it's all okay I'll just help you take those next steps through and sometimes therapy is warranted but what we know with traumatic events like Maui is that forcing people to get counseling it's a bad idea forcing them people should only access counseling when they feel they need to when we force people that are not wanting to talk to talk we actually make it worse we've got the studies now to prove it that when we force people to talk about something because we believe counseling is the way to go those people don't fare very well as a percentage later on and that's a really good point because we often get asked how can I help my friend who's being through something and really the answer is ask them ask them what help they need and they may or may not know in that moment but if you come in demanding you've got to talk about it when they're not ready that can have the opposite impact on what you want or vice versa if you go in and you don't say anything about it and they really need to talk so it's really that sort of negotiation and checking in regularly and just kind of feeling out where they are, what do they need, how can you know so I think the final words to the Maui people we send you our love and our thoughts and our prayers and we hope that we can put this horrible event as quickly as we can behind us I know it's going to be a recovery stage for them so, thank you


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Good morning and welcome to the week ahead video with me at dinner madam Today's date is Friday the 3rd of January 2020 and the time has just gone 1120 GMT And I'm looking ahead to next week, which is Monday the 6th of the Friday the 10th of January Before we talk about the big events of next week Let's first talk about the events of the last few days. That's the first few days of the new trading year So we had a big sell-off in European equity markets this morning We're also seeing a pointing and lower start for the US markets as well on the back of the news from overnight that air strikes carried out by the United States have assassinated or killed a senior Iranian military officer in Iraq And this is really upset the other cart in terms of tensions in the Middle East. We've seen the price of all Shoot higher. We've seen global equities Fall on the back of it like some of the old classics Things like the quality plays such as gold is doing well as is the Japanese. Yes The traders are clearly very decisively in risk of mode But this comes personal on the blue But second of all on the back of a fairly positive start to the year 2020 Yesterday was the first trading day of the new of the new trading year and also the trading decade What we saw what we saw a decent move higher in your in Asian European and US markets And that was driven by the up to continued optimism in relation to US China But also we've heard from the China Central Bank who stated that early next week They're going to lower the reserve requirement ratio and this probably going to be a massive Impact on lending in China bonuses, but as it shows the Chinese authorities are there to assist the economy so The news in the last In the last 12 hours of 18 hours about the US airstrikes in Iraq has really given traders an excuse to actually get out Get out of equities. They were coming from a fairly lofty position to begin with And now we're seeing very much cash being being funneled out of stocks and into the Japanese yen Gold and also all of those that had a major move to the upside just over fears that there's going to be some sort of retaliation from Iran where that may or may not happen that could lead to disruption in the kind of global energy market or Logistics in that part of the world as we have seen a major move to the upside in the oil market Now what I do is I think a quick look at how markets have been fairing the major year Major global stock markets take a look at the pound as well, and then I run through the big events of next week So as you can see here tickets at the wider view We've seen a decent move to the upside in the first hundred between Early October running it to the end of last year at the back end of December. We saw the first hundred hit a level last seen Since July so it's in a fairly polished polished run We have seen a bit of a move to the downside Today in line of what's going on with Iran So in the near term if we do see any further downward pressure You might head back to this old here seven thousand four to the seventy or perhaps even down to kind of seven thousand four hundred but you know, we really would need to see a major kind of Wrist between the US and Iran before we have you know, we have a prolonged sustained sell-off in this bit of competition It'd be something that kind of lasts for a number of days I should that be the case we might see the wider upper trend to continue because it's been a place for some time now I should be seeing a scenario where the market Cams calms down and we see the market pushing higher We could really get retesting the late July high now just north of seven thousand seven hundred and thirty I should we go beyond that we could be looking at our economy this old here in around seven thousand just shy of seven thousand eight hundred But if you do have a fairly size move to the downside We could see the the rocket head back down towards this red line here the truth a moving average and that comes to play at seventy three forty five I Take a look what's going over and over in Germany, you know keep mind In mid-December in December we saw the German market hit it twenty three months higher So the stocks the German market wasn't very lofty position. We've seen quite an aggressive move to the downside today Which is and this candle here looks to be very much very much a very very bearish candle We could be looking at a very bearish engulfing here But keep mind despite the fact we've had a large sell-off We're still managed to hold above this blue line here the fifth any moving average and that comes to play at Thirteen thousand one hundred forty so if you could hold above that as a possibility that the wider upper trained upper trend Might be sustained and should that be the case And if you look to retest the recent highs and then go beyond that We could be looked potentially looking at heading up towards this area here at thirteen thousand six hundred But if you do if contentions between the US and around continued to kind of rumble on We could see further pressure take us back below the fifth removing average And should that be the case? We could head down towards the kind of psychological important 13,000 mark And if you go below that we could head back down toward this area here in around 12,900 I take a look what's going on with the S&P 500 You know keep mind be at the S&P 500 yesterday and yet another all-time high and today's candle is quite bearish We could look in a very engulfing you Things finish up on today's trading session So if we do manage to get a press on lower from here in the near term We could be lucky heading back down towards 3,200 as big you know big psychological number and we go below that we could be like me heading back down towards this is old here in around 3,400 and 80 but you know I said the wider trend has been to the upside. So should we kind of retest should we retake the recent high in around 3,261 we could then be looking at You know continuing on the kind of wider of a trend of 3,270 80 90 so one and so forth I'll also take a look at what's going on at the British Pound We've had a seen a rebound in the US dollar in the last couple of days keep mind the back end of back into December The dollar index was basically at a five month low So we've seen a bit of a rebound in the US dollar and with that we've seen downward pressure in the British Pound So starting to get a terrific a terrific run between September in true December But then since then we obviously had a fairly sizable Correction changes that were happening to your lock-in some profits that were made on the British Pound first US dollar We can see here that there they're about the manage to kind of rocket held above kind of 129 It's a bit below the fifth of the moving average, but we're still above that metric now I know we've seen we've got a couple of negative days But this could potentially just be a short-term pullback given that we've had a rally in late December So the kind of wider upper trend does continue and we take out the racing high in at 130 to one spot 32 84 We can have been looking at you towards kind of 135 zone It's only really if you're going to take out get this zone here of a 50 moving average Which comes to play at one spot 29 84 down to one spot 29 It's only really going to have a size break below 129 could then we begin to get worried And should that be the case we could really get a back down toward this red line here Which is the tour the moving average and that comes to play in one spot 2690 Now in terms of the big events to keep I afford next week Early already on next week We have the the final reading of flash services PMI from Spain Italy France Germany the UK and the US On Tuesday very next early next week on the 7th. We have the the Eurozone CPI reading that's going to be close close you watch seeing as demand in the Eurozone has been fairly weak recently Any sign of things picking up will be welcomed by the ECB We have first quarter figures from Walgreens boots Alliance on Friday on Friday This is the 10th. We have the all-important US non-farm payroll figures Keep in mind last month's numbers was very impressive report the unemployment rate fell back to a 50 year low The headline figure come to be topped expectations and earnings were decent our summer I'm respecting a fairly good numbers from this report as well I'm respecting the headline figure to be a similar region of 166,000 the unemployment rate is tip the whole study at 3.5% and wages are expected to be 3.1% So keep an eye for non-farm payroll support Speaking of which it is worth remembering noting a my colleague a micro fuses would be calling a live webinar event Next week for non-farm payrolls. If you go to insights and go to web webinars and events You'll find this the sign up page right here that begins at 1315 GMT next week And lastly next week. We also have the Canadian jobs support So keep an eye for what's going on over in Canada too because Canadian numbers often get overlooked By the by the US numbers. Well, that's all for me this week. Thank you very much


Okay, so you guys have been asking me to do a gaming video or comparison of the Oppo Find N versus the Galaxy Z Fold 3. So, here's both. Now let's jump in. Hey guys, Thunder E here and welcome to my gaming video and battle vid of the Oppo Find N and the Galaxy Z Fold 3. Now, the Find N is the latest entry to the foldable market and also a late entry in 2021 because it's pretty much the end of the year. But this is one that has stirred up a lot of just interest and fascination. Now, this is Oppo's first foldable device and it comes in with a striking 5.46 inch cover display but that really makes everything stand out compared to what you have with the Galaxy Z Fold 3 because it's a much wider display as opposed to that 25 by nine aspect ratio with the Z Fold 3. So what does that mean for gaming? Well, the very first thing is that look, if you're gonna be using the cover display because it's wider, it's more usable for day-to-day tasks and also it feels more comfortable when gaming. So you're playing games on that cover display, on the Oppo Find N, it feels much better than the Galaxy Z Fold 3, which is still good, just very wide, almost like cinematic wide, if you will. Now, what other aspects do we have in this device? Now, this comes with the Snapdragon AAA processor just like the Z Fold 3, but when you open up the Oppo Find N, you do have a 7.1 inch display internally and that display has more of a square shape as opposed to the rectangular shape on the Z Fold 3. Now, this also has a hole punch on the top left-hand corner compared to that internal camera that you have that's under display on the Z Fold 3. I can easily tell you that the hole punch is definitely much better. Now, both displays are 120 Hertz LTPO displays, so you've got that same fast adaptive refresh rate on both devices, but I will say though, I do like the Z Fold 3's larger display at 7.6 inches, especially when you are using it for multiple viewing tasks, but we'll get to that in a second. Now, devices also have some really interesting cameras. Samsung went with the triple 12 megapixel camera set up while Oppo has a 50 megapixel shooter. I'm just gonna show you images so you guys can take a look and decide for yourself. Okay, so images are out and that's very interesting, but we care about games and gaming on this device. Now, as I mentioned, Snapdragon AAA, we also have eight gigs of RAM on the Oppo, as well as 12 on the Galaxy. So how do our games actually fair just performance first? So we start off, of course, with Call of Duty Mobile, and we're playing that on the main display. It ran really smooth, really well on the Oppo Find End, and we got roughly around 60 frames per second, no drops, it was fine, which is matching from the Galaxy Z Fold 3 as also 60 frames per second. So really solid performance in Call of Duty Mobile, which is to be expected. As we move over to PUBG Mobile, we also saw a really good smooth gameplay experience from the Oppo Find End. And with both devices, we played games at both Smooth Extreme and Ultra HD Ultra. Smooth Extreme on both the Oppo and the Galaxy Z Fold 3, we got 40 frames per second, both of them were locked steady at those frame rates, which is good to see. At Ultra HD Ultra, we got some really solid gameplay, and we got frame rates locked at 40 frames per second for both the Oppo Find End and the Galaxy Z Fold 3, which is expected. Now moving over to Genshin Impact, which a lot of you are looking at and saying, what about that? Genshin, we played Genshin in around 34 minutes, roughly for both devices in terms of time, and we played out of max settings of 60 FPS extreme settings. With Genshin Impact on the Oppo Find End, we were able to get 55 frames per second in 34 minutes, while we're also able to get 55 frames per second in about 33 minutes on the Galaxy Z Fold 3. So performance-wise, they both do really well, but playing that alone, what about temperatures? What about heat? That kind of stuff. On the Oppo Find End though, we found that the device actually ran really warm on the screen itself on the main display, around the top right-hand corner, getting it up to about 113 degrees Fahrenheit, while the Galaxy Z Fold 3 went up to about 117 degrees Fahrenheit, and of course that heat was more located towards the back of the device. So in performance-wise, both devices performed very similar in terms of gameplay with the games we like to check out. How about usability? How easy it is to use both devices to game? So I mentioned the cover display that went to Oppo. When it comes to the internal display, I prefer the 7.6 inch of the Galaxy Z Fold 3. I think that wider real estate gives you more space to actually access the buttons you want, doesn't feel too cramped out, and also just allows the game to look much better and less crunched on screen. Now comparatively with the Oppo Find End, yes, it does a good job in adapting the games to your screen real estate, but you can see things are still crunched in, and it's a much more narrowed field of view. Think of it like you're watching Justice League Snyder Cut where you do have just that IMAX framework where it feels like you're losing some things on the side. So that's what it looks like. You're not losing anything. It just feels and looks that way when you're actually using the Oppo Find End to game. Now the Oppo Find End also has a game hub where you can see the GPU and CPU usage, FPS. You can also go into improve your performance settings. So if you're a gamer, you want more performance from the chipset, this is pretty awesome. Now in terms of the crease on this device, we know very well that Oppo does a really good job of just hiding or taking away that visible crease compared to the Z Fold 3, which it is quite visible when you have a darker display, and also when you're running your fingers across it, you can feel that divot or dent, if you will, with the crease. That is something Oppo does well and it's very useful, especially gaming. If you have to kind of just slide across that center of the display, you don't feel it, it doesn't actually hinder you, it doesn't stop you in any way. So I do like that from the Oppo Find End. Now in terms of extras, we know that the Galaxy Z Fold 3 has the S Pen and you can do a lot of things with that, which is nice and cool to see. But in terms of gaming though, I will say though that I do like the larger display of the Z Fold 3. I do like the comfort and portability that you do have with the Oppo Find End. I think this is a phone where you are going to be using more of that cover display than the internal display which you'll be using for watching content and maybe of course, definitely playing games. In terms of just usability, it's great and I think it's something that people will definitely love. Now just put it out there, this device is not available in the United States, it's only in China, but I suspect it will be a global version released later soon. And maybe even a version from OnePlus because you know what, they're part of Oppo now. So we just have to wait and see what we get, but I do like the device and I like the fact that they're pushing more, just more competition within the affordable market here. So if you guys have any questions or any comments, let me know and if you think that the Oppo is just better in every way than the Galaxy Z Fold 3, leave those comments down below. Otherwise guys, don't forget to check out my other videos on the channel right now and always enjoy your entertainment.


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Hello, this is Nation Beat. I am General Norville bringing you this brief on the pulse of our nation and highlights around the heart of St. Lucia. Progress is made on restructuring the institutional arrangements surrounding tourism development and management. Fisher's urge to increase sea safety measures as the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season enters its peak period and vendors are now better prepared to reap the benefits and compete in the regional tourism market. Since its launch in May this year, the Tourism Advisory Committee has brought together a multi-stakeholder advisory group, comprising public and private sector representatives as well as NGOs who have an interest in bolstering tourism development and management. The committee has been working steadfastly to resolve long-standing bottlenecks that impede product development and enhancement. It is expected to generate consensus on the way forward for the development and management of the tourism sector in St. Lucia and evolve into a more formal and permanent council. The government of St. Lucia aims to improve quality of life by ensuring that sustainable tourism remains integral to national socioeconomic development. It requires a strong framework that is integrated into national and sectoral plans, sensible business practices and consumer behavior. The establishment of guidelines and regulations in accordance with national priorities and legislation is important for promoting and supporting sustainable tourism. Towards that goal, the Tourism Advisory Committee is working on the framework and three-year strategic plan for St. Lucia. And now we're going to go on to the other aspects of strategic planning, missioning and also we've been through the SWAT analysis and we had a very, very productive first day, I thought. I loved the enthusiasm which we saw around the room, the diverse viewpoints on tourism and the role that it should play and the role that it was structured was very evident. And I am very, very proud of the statements made by our facilitator when she mentioned that St. Lucia in many ways was pioneering this exercise. So I think we should all be proud that we are the second island in the Caribbean within the CTU region that is going to or has established an interagency collaborative management organization. Tourism is one of the world's fastest growing industries and an important source of foreign exchange for St. Lucia. The sector is crucial to increasing economic benefits because of close linkages to others and its ability to create decent jobs and generate trade opportunities. A lot of the issues we face here are certainly issues that the region faces as a whole. Regionally and internationally the issue of airlift is a big one, the connectivity between our islands regionally but also internationally. So we're talking about inter-Caribbean airlift, also international airlift. So the transportation issues are issues that we all share. People development, really the skills development is very important. We want to create more linkages to other sectors, manufacturing, agriculture, creative arts. So that's also really a regional concern. And then the marketing of the region. Here is a region that is the most tourism dependent region in the world. Yet we are losing from year to year, we are losing global market share in tourism. It should be the opposite. We should be gaining every year. So we need to look what is causing that and we need to work together to market ourselves and by extension the entire region much better. Well our expectations is that the role of the manufacturers is recognized, the linkages are understood, the benefit to the nation that all sectors are integrated into the whole tourism industry is very important. Well we have to make sure that our products are recognized, the quality of our products are recognized, that we have a variety of products that are interesting to the tourism industry so that basically people don't have to think about importing from Miami but they can get their products locally. Sustainable tourism requires community engagement in order for the benefits to trickle down to the man on the street. Members of the tourism advisory committee are working with a specialist to develop a common starting platform for sustainable tourism reviewing relevant trends and new terminology. Destination management, best practices for public-private partnerships, defining a common vision for tourism as identified and agreed by the committee is also a part of the process as well as establishing the nomenclature and tagline of the council and confirming its mission, structure and terms of reference. They are setting strategic objectives and strategic goals today. They actually went through already an entire vision, what they would like to see tourism like in St. Lucia and we are looking at certain gaps and then we'd see how all of the agencies and the ministries together could actually put something together to make tourism really much more competitive and to build on the economic growth that is happening around globally for tourism development. So St. Lucia could actually benefit further. This interagency ministry is actually a best practice recognized globally so the United Nations World Tourism Organization is asking countries to do this. It's been done out of the region. Within the region, the Caribbean Tourism Organization specifically wants this approach to take place and we have seen the same kids have started. They have done really good work. They have a destination council made up of similar to this because they have gone through the process before. The BVI is getting along and so on but St. Lucia will be one of the first. The 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development commits member states to devise and implement tourism policies that create jobs and promote local culture and products while at the same time ensure responsible consumption and production. The UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs is a universal and transformative strategy for the global community to achieve in development in three dimensions economic, social and environmental in a balanced and integrated manner. It encourages the promotion of investment in sustainable tourism including ecotourism and cultural tourism. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting. Vendors are now better prepared to reap the benefits and compete in the regional tourism market having completed a training seminar facilitated by the OECS Regional Tourism Competitiveness Project. Here's Geraldine Beset-Joseph. The vendor training program facilitated by the OECS Regional Tourism Competitiveness Project has come to a close. On the evening of the 4th of September 2018, the ORTCP held the closing ceremony for the program. In attendance were project organisers, facilitators, governmental representatives and participants who had completed the course. The workshop was one of several initiatives to be undertaken by the project as part of plans to stimulate the business aspect of the St. Lucia tourism product within the city of Castries. Organised by the Department of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, the training program underlines efforts to support the upgrade of the Castries market and surrounding areas. The workshop focused on components such as tourism product development and marketing, environmental health and food safety, sanitation and hygiene, standards, business development and consumer relations, elements needed for the growth of a stronger tourism product. The fact that we're taking the time to do this, it is because you are important. It is because you are important to us, you are important to the tourism industry of St. Lucia and we are prepared and I hope by now that we have proven to you that we're not just about talking but we are here to play a significant role in your development. Mr Peterson-Francis, Mayor of Castries, urged the vendors to retain the vital lessons learned during the program and to ensure that they put all new skills and knowledge to good use. We as policy makers, contributors and developers should be dependent on you for quality of value, innovativeness and usefulness of the training programs you received during the workshop period. Remember the fundamentals and the overall goal of the training workshop. Challenge yourself, upgrade, take risks but effectively share the knowledge and skills to better streamline your business. Vendors praised the initiative and shared with their fellow participants aspects of the program that they found particularly significant. Certificates were later awarded to all those who participated. For the Government Information Service, I am Geraldine Bisse chosen. The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season has entered the peak period of August to October. While the number of storms predicted for the season has been revised downward, the Department of Fisheries is urging fishers to increase sea safety measures during the hurricane season. Jack Hingson Compton reports. Fisheries Extension Officer for Labry, V4 and Savans Bay, Mr Hardin-Japier says adhering to sea safety guidelines during the hurricane season is vital. When a fisher goes out there, whether it be in the hurricane season or the dry season, we recommend that they do the necessary prerequisites. That is carried in necessary safety gear and equipment. But that's even more important during the hurricane season. First of all, we have the oars and sails. That's in the event that they have engine problems. They can sail. We also have life jackets. One per crew. We have the day and night flares. We also recommend that, well, not recommend. It's a requirement to carry at least five gallons of water, drinkable water per crew. The process of licensing vessels also helps to ensure that fishers are aware of all necessary safety measures. Currently, we are under the licensing period, which we started in April. It's government financial from April to April. It's a one-year license issued. So we do the inspection starting from April. That's for 2018 this year. And we make sure, as an Extension Officer, when you come to the fisher, before you make sure that they have the necessary safety gear and equipment. Fisheries officers say pre-voiced checks are essential, as they ensure that fishers have everything they need before setting sail. The checks should be carried out by more than one person to ensure that all essentials are on board and should include food stores, extra water and fuel, navigational and communications equipment, and safety gear. The lighthouse should also be informed of the fisher's time of departure and estimated time of return. Reporting from the Government Information Service, Jackingston Compton. Our actions are our future. That's the theme for this year's World Food Day Observance on October 16. The occasion underscores the global thrust towards the access and right to food by everyone. The issues of malnutrition and food security are paramount, as the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Corporatives sensitises the nation to the significance of agriculture in every facet of daily living. You have to look at food availability, food affordability, food access, and you go deeper than that, you look at it now, food and nutrition. Because even if you have food and you're eating a lot of junk food or your diet is exceeding in starches and carbohydrates, but no protein, you're still not food secure. If your diet is high in protein, but no vitamins, you're still food insecure. If you have eaten food, food, food, but you're not drinking enough water, or as a consumer, as a citizen, if you're not drinking enough water you're supposed to. Or if the means for you having water is not there, there is still an essence of food insecurity. So all these things speak to food security, all this has to be looked at. The Ministry of Agriculture is continuing work on a land use policy, which is a critical element to regulate in the industry. The Roman Catholic Stewardship Office is partnering with the Ministry in its sensitisation efforts this year. Director Reverend David Popo says the implementation of the land use policy will lend to the revitalisation of agriculture as seen in countries like Jamaica and Barbados. What do we zone off in terms of production and culture, for commercial, for housing, especially given the impact in terms of tourism development. So I think this is some of the internal issues that have to be addressed, both by the private sector and government sector. So that we can ensure that again that food is not just a privilege, but it's a right to do it. It's an imperative. While the land use policies being hammered out, the Ministry of Agriculture continues to provide institutional support to stakeholders. The commercial food producers, which are the farmers, the fishers, and the food processors, and we facilitated them via different means. For the food producers, for raw materials like the farmers, as you might already know, you have the agricultural extension officers, the livestock extension officers going out there, and providing the technical guidance to those food producers as to how best to produce food in terms of quantity and quality, and also including that food safety aspects. And then you also have the marketing unit, which speaks to the food processors, which do sort of the same thing. And then we also look into the normal householder, the normal consumer, and we encourage what is called backyard gardening. We encourage them, in case you don't have the money to buy the food, you don't have to worry, there's other means of doing it. And we encourage them to go into having a little home gardening. The same flower pots, like you have right in your studio. The same flower pots, you usually put your nice rows and flowers. You can put tomatoes in if you want to, even cucumber. And you can grow what you want to eat. School leavers have been encouraged to get into the agricultural field, particularly agro-processing, as it ensures not just food security, but job security as well. A food fair will be held at the Fordo Park on October 14. You can hear much more on that whole Food Day Observance Thursday on the program Agriculture on the Move. This is Nation Beat. Coming up next, three developmental projects you're funded from UNESCO. When you're out at sea, there are no service stations along the way, or supermarkets for a quick stop if you need something. It is essential that everything you will need while at sea is on the boat before you leave. That's why pre-sea checks are so important. Checks should be carried out by more than one person to ensure that all essentials are on board. Everything on board? Pre-sea checks should include food stores, extra water and fuel, navigational equipment, safety gear and communication equipment. Before heading out to sea, always ensure that all equipment is in working order. You are stocked up on food and also extra fuel. Call the lighthouse to inform them of your voyage plan and inform someone responsible of your departure time and estimate the time of arrival back on shore. For more information on obtaining a license to fish, contact the Department of Fisheries at 468-4143. Welcome back. Several underprivileged children were recently the recipients of school supplies made available to them ahead of the opening of the new academic year by St. Lucian living overseas. Fernelle Neptune reports. St. Lucian-born Cherylin Barfelmi is giving back to her country for the provision of backpacks and other school supplies to the young ones, specifically those whose parents cannot afford. Barfelmi is an executive of Cork's Automotive Incorporated of the United States, which specializes in buying and selling cars. Junior Emmanuel Deleze, who is the aunt of Cherylin Barfelmi, presented the donation to the Division of Education on her behalf. She says her niece is committed to playing her part to the success of deprived children within the school system in St. Lucian. This is not a one-off project. This is a project that will continue as the years go on and provide more and more opportunities for children like yourself and other children who may have not been privileged to get assistance throughout this period. So she found that the opportunity for little ones like you and the happiness that you will thrive from going back to school with your brand new stuff and your uniforms, your new school bag, your supplies would give you the joy that she did receive when she was at school. The supplies were presented through the student welfare officer of the Division of Education Miriam Hanville. She applauded the initiative and found Cherylin Barfelmi for the donation which she said will prepare the students to learn and succeed in the classroom. She is giving back to her country and underprivileged students of St. Lucian. We hope that you appreciate what she has done and that you take good care so that in the future it can be replicated so that more students can benefit from this gesture. As part of the package, the students also received socks, undergarments, vests, shirts, reading books, and stationery. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations, and Sustainable Development, I am Fennel Neptune reporting. UNESCO has approved just over $180,000 E.C. dollars, the equivalent of some 67,000 U.S. dollars for three local developmental projects under the UNESCO program 2018-2019. Presentations were made to the School of Arts and Design St. Lucia receiving U.S. $23,000 for the creation of a publication on St. Lucia women sustaining lives and livelihoods through the arts. Associated Schools Project Network ASPNet received the U.S. $22,000 to help with a project entitled Sandwatch which hopes to address climate change through education for sustainable development while the Cultural Development Foundation CDF received the U.S. $22,000 to strengthen local capacities to save God's St. Lucia's intangible cultural heritage. Secretary-General of the National Commission for UNESCO, Marcia Simphorian, while heartened by the proposal submitted for consideration, has called for more local organizations to tap into funds provided by UNESCO, specifically under the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund. This fund, which is open on a continuous basis, provides member states with a maximum of $100,000 for ICH projects and submission can be made at any time during the year. Minister with Responsibility for Education and the National Commission for UNESCO Honorable Dr. Gail Rigabet has meantime called for more formal training of government departments and civil society organizations in project proposal writing and reporting to avoid lost opportunities and for those successful to meet their obligations under the arrangement. I also know as well that there are agencies or entities that have received funding from international agencies and have not been able to meet the reporting requirement. If an agency is making money available to you, it is expected and it is understood or it should be understood that you are obliged to report on how the money was spent and how impactful the project has been. Many two organizations, one hand for the presentation, both the Cultural Development Foundation and the School of Arts and Design, St. Lucia, thanked UNESCO for considering their proposals and pledged their commitment to meeting their obligations under the program. The very nature of Intangible is that we would have allowances in the season for allowances and once that is done, it's gone. And so for the CDF to take on actually trying to document the Intangible Cultural Heritage in St. Lucia, I think it's a laudable task. We hope that this publication will inspire young aspiring artists and creatives to follow their passion in whatever art discipline they choose. Funding for these projects is in keeping with UNESCO's efforts at providing financial technical support to member states for activities in UNESCO's fields of competence, education, natural science, social and human science, culture, communication and information. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, I am Chris Satney reporting. The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development has appointed an Interim Board of Governors to the St. Louis Community College with immediate effect. Minister for Education Dr. Gil Rigabet highlighted her confidence that the Board has the required assets to see the college through the many issues requiring immediate attention. My team from the Ministry of Education and I will meet with the incoming board of the St. Louis Community College and I'm very excited about that. St. Louis has been in the news for a while and whereas I was very ready to name that board within 24 hours of the resignation of the last board, I thought it necessary to engage more stakeholders and to allow for greater input in the selection of that board. The board is constituted for a period of six months and consists of six individuals, namely Dr. Joyce Lynn Fletcher, who is the chairperson, Dr. Rifwina Frederick, Dr. Vanessa Nervey, Barry Cochran, Dr. Claudia Louie and Beverly Josie. Dr. Gil Rigabet explained that the board was carefully selected on the basis of expertise and skill. I'm satisfied now that we've been able to select a board that is equally committed to ensuring that St. Louis remains the premier to ensure institutional island. But we can't escape the fact that we've got some tough decisions to make and I pray that that's the good publicity that St. Louis got recently, that all of St. Lucia stands ready to work with us to make this happen. The Cultural Development Foundation CDF plans to use Creole Heritage Month 2018 as a platform to celebrate one of the nation's icons, Joseph Ramu Polio, also known as Papa Kilty. The CDF and the folk research center FRC will host the ICON series. The series celebrates individuals who have made significant contribution to St. Lucia culture. Director of events and production at the CDF Junior, Frederick says this year's event will be an outdoor concert in Polio's own community of Bellevue. And you may ask why we're not doing the event at the Cultural Center. This gentleman has contributed to his community and why not go to the community of Bellevue where he'll be celebrated as an individual and that is where he lives. And of course we're using the primary school at Bellevue which will be transformed. According to Frederick, the event will have an edutainment component. The term refers to the effort to educate the public on Polio and his work. We will have a traveling theatrical production which will comprise of young talented persons who will tell the story and the history and the impact of Ramu and his music. That will be done at school zones around the island, a short film competition and a commissioned video on Ramu's music using an element of that to be aired on television. The production itself is slated for, as I said, the Bellevue Primary School October 1st. It officially starts at 5 p.m. but it begins at 3 o'clock. Polio has been playing the violin since the age of 15, no stranger to accolades. Polio was awarded the Sinducia Medal of Merit in 2000 by the Governor-General. And that's Nation Beat. Join us next time as we fill the pulse and heart of our community. I am General Norville.