Say, Ron, when you look at what you guys have been able to do in the last six games, your five and one, just what do you attribute just the success that you guys have had? I think just everybody, you know, we got like a saying radical, radical truth. You know, I think everybody just bonded to that. And we just be honest with each other, like nobody not taking it offensive. We all just trying to play hard and win games. You say radical truth, where did that saying kind of come from at a what point in the season was that part of the message? That's been the messages. They won a training camp with JV.  Like coming to this season, like we not holding things back from each other. We all trying to get better. We all want to win. We all want to be great. You know, like we all trying to buy into that.  What do you want to see from your group? And what kind of what more do you want to do tonight?  Because we're going to need those coming on this big road trip, buying to the game plan, just paying attention to detail. You know, these type of games, we could gel together more.  You know, I'm just looking for the play and win. What do you make of this Wizards team in the year they've had so far? You know, right now they're having like a bad time right now. But you know, we all NBA players, you know, you can't go into the game, take it down to nobody. We all NBA players, anybody can win. As long as you play hard, play smart, play together, anybody can win. JV was saying the minutes may not have changed so much, but the way he's distributing your minutes with Nick. In other words, he said he was playing you guys kind of shorter burst so that you'd be fresher. Have you noted that? Like you talked about everybody's, you know, just filling their roles. I mean, A, how did that conversation come about? And have you felt that it's helped?  What conversation? He's going to say about A. You guys out on the court might be a little shorter. I ain't even really noticed, man. You know, I'm just, when I get in, I just play for real. You know, I can't even... Sometimes I feel like I play 30 minutes, I play 15. You know, it's just how it is. I just play when I play. So you haven't, not only did he not have a talk with you about it, you didn't even notice that he was doing it. No, no. I ain't even noticed. Who's the most honest person with this radical truth to have talked to? Who's playing the most, who's the most? Uh... Shoot, I guess... I'd probably say everybody, I don't know, I think everybody for real. I think everybody always bonded to it. But from the start, it was, you know, JV, you know, just giving us the floor, the belt, the speed, you know, that type of thing. I'd say JV, for real. He the one that started the whole thing. I know guys say Dennis talks a lot, so I'm sure Dennis may... Oh, yeah, Dennis probably number two, for sure. Like, Dennis gonna say what he got to say no matter who it is, you know what I'm saying? He trying to win no matter what. He definitely got their leadership role on the team for sure. What's that like having him be more that vocal leader since he's arrived? I think it's just like, get us all hyped up, you know.  I think he just hype everybody up. Because he got that just, I don't care attitude, you know, who we playing, don't matter. He trying to guard the best player every night, don't matter if he's 16, he's 5-10, you know. He just got that dog mentality, and I think it just rub off on everybody else. When he's playing like here, we're starting to trade, taking that match up. What does that do for you guys? Watching him be that dog? When you see him lock him up, it's like, well, I gotta do my job, too, you know. And when he started doing his job to trickle down and fit in, everybody else just buy in. What do you think the theme of honesty has helped you realize about your game, and maybe areas that it's helped you grow, or reflect? Um, I don't know for real, I can't even answer that one. I don't know, I just think they just, mind just start for a first year, man. Just buying in for the first year, like, when I first got here, Cal Cove was telling me weight room, and just like conditioning, and I was gonna be a number one thing, and like, just buying in, trying to change my body, all of that, so. And then, in the last Wizards game, they brought Gallinari off the bench to play, kind of the backup center. It's a pretty different look than a lot of backup vibes, shooting, spacing. What kind of challenges does that bench unit present when Gallo's kind of your match up? Uh, you know, just, he spaced the floor, really. That's the only difference, really, just spaced the floor. So, you know, he's gotta be prepared for that, late res, that type of thing. Just not let him get hot, for real.  From last season to now, what do you think is the biggest improvement you've made this time around? Just confidence, I'd say. Like, I'm on the court now, I ain't like, rattled. I'm not rushing to pass the ball, get the ball in my hand. You know, I'm actually looking at the room, you know what I'm saying? I'm paying attention to detail. I see the actions come before they come in. Oh, you know, just being comfortable, for real.


God help me. I'm an 8. I want to be included. So of course I said, I can do this. Never mind the red flags waving wildly while I pushed forward on six different projects, the last of which was, well, this. Meanwhile, I press on with the pressing on, exerting mostly appropriate authority over things I can mostly control and telling no one that all the balls are not in the air because vulnerability.


In the weird circle. In this cave, by the restless sea, we are met to call from out the past stories, strange, and weird. Bellkeeper, pull the bell, so all may know we are gathered again in the weird circle. Speak again, the immortal tale, the fall of the House of Usher. This is the history of the House of Usher. I am leaving it as my last will and testament because before this year is over, the cavernous tarn will close over the gables of our decadent home. It was written by our ancestors many years ago that when the rains are blood-red, the House of Usher will crumble to the earth. There are three members of the Usher family living, two in direct descent, the Lady Madeline and her twin brother Roderick. I was engaged to marry Roderick long before I knew my cousin. It is the custom for the Usher family to intermarry. The Lady Madeline has been confined to bed these many weeks, waiting for death, waiting for the last days of her life to pass quietly. I have so little time left, Roderick. I must see Charles before I die. Charles Wilson is tied up in London on business. He can't come down here every time you have a whim to see him. This is no whim. It's just a matter of days before I... Don't be impatient with me. Sister, please. Afraid of the truth, Roderick? You've always been afraid of me. I can read your mind so easily. Look at me, brother. Let's not argue again. You've always wanted me to die. You've waited for it year after year, praying and hoping that I die, leaving you free to inherit the house and the fortune. But you'll be fooled. Look. Look at the rain. Are you speaking? It's the fever. Fever or not, the rain is turning red, isn't it? Yes, it seems that way at times. Each day it will be redder and redder and darker and... Madeline. Afraid, brother. Are you afraid of blood-red rains? The doctor said you should have rest and quiet. You weaken yourself when you're excited. Where's Dina? I don't know. I'm not her keeper.  Every girl likes to read romantic stories, Rod. Heaven help her when she becomes your wife. Call her for me, will you? Her doctor's orders were that you're not to be disturbed. Call her, Rod. Do as I say. For your own good, I... I will get even with you someday. Dina. Dina. Dina. Madeline. Call me, lady Madeline. Yes, Dina, Charles. Come here, my dear. Is there something I can do for you? Yes. I want to see Charles Wilson before... before I die. I told you he was busy, Madine. Tell Talbot to hitch up a coach in Ford, Dina.  Tell Charles... I must see him right away. Bring him back with you. I'll not have Dina go out in this weather. Dina, please go. Don't listen to Rod. Do this for me. I will not have strangers dragged into our family secrets. Charles Wilson is no stranger. He's the only one who knows the secret of the house of Usher. I don't like leaving you, cousin. The doctor will be here shortly. Hurry, my dear, and bring Charles back. I forbid it, Dina. If I don't see Charles tonight, I'll be buried alive. Not able to live. Not able to die. Dear, we'll never get through to London tonight, Mum. Not in this weather. Not in a million years. It ain't a night for humans to be a bat. The lady Madine is dying. The least we can do is grant her her last wish. Dina! Dina! Quickly, Talbot, before Lord Rick tries to catch up with us. Dina, did you hear me call you? Yes, I heard you, cousin. I tried to protect you, child, because I love you. I don't want any harm to come to my future wife. Please, Rod. Why do you turn for me when I touch you? I don't know. Afraid of me? Answer me, Dina. Are you afraid of me? Yes.  That was before we returned to the house of Osher. Then you're going anyway? Yes, Rod Rick, for Madeline's sake. Are you ready, Mum? Yes, Talbot ready. We'll be back by midnight, Rod Rick. All right, cousin. Or else the lady Madeline might not live long enough to get her last wish. Did she leave, Rod Rick? Yes. Madeline, why don't you confide in me? Why must you call in strangers when you know how it humiliates me? I can't trust you, Rod Rick. Ever since we were children, you've kept one secret from me. What is that secret, Madeline? That's one thing you'll never weedle out of me. What is that secret, Maddie? Leave me alone, brother. I'm ill. You're dying, Madeline. I know you're dying. A secret won't do you any good. Now, what is it? Please, Rod Rick.  Tell me, or by heaven I'll force it out of you. This is his house, Mum. Thank you, Talbot. Mr. Wilson, is he here? Yes, sir. What are you doing in London? The lady Madeline sent me. Heaven's child, your clothes are dressed. Come on in. We haven't time, Charles. Madeline wants to see you at once. Please come with me right away. The doctor doesn't think she'll live through the night. Madeline? She's been ill for months. Charles, you wouldn't know her anymore. Why didn't you let me know before this? Rod Rick wouldn't let me. Rod Rick? But why? I can't explain now, Charles. Tell me once. Talbot's waiting outside. I'm frightened for Madeline. We've got to be back by midnight. You came in time, doctor. Lady Usher, you shouldn't allow your brother to excite you. There's a cruel streak in him at times. Surprisingly like my grandfather. What time is it? Midnight. Here, drink this. It will give you strength. I can't move. Madeline against me. There. Dr. Bain, you've attended all my family, haven't you? Yes, Lady Usher. You've been closer to us than almost anyone. If I ask you for an honest answer, would you give it to me? That depends on the question. How much longer have I to live? Years, my dear. No, doctor. I want an honest answer. Please. It's imperative that I know. I don't know really, my dear. Hurry, Talbot. Please, hurry. I'm going as fast as the horses can go, mum. Faster, Talbot. We won't accomplish anything at all if you lose self-control. I'm sorry, Charles, but I thought Madeline and Roderick were as close as brothers and sisters could possibly be. They were until about a year ago. What caused the change? Well, I'd been living at the house of Usher for about four months, and Roderick suddenly became nervous, jumpy. He'd locked himself up in his room for days. He was morbid, frightfully morbid. Sounds like an impression of spirit. Oh, it went deeper than that. Madeline fell ill at the same time. And then the horrible reddish rains began to fall. The first day those rains began to fall, the rift between Madeline and Roderick widened. Until now, their hate is a living thing. It fills the house. They seem to be battling constantly for possession of each other's soul. Charles, look. Look ahead. There's the house. And the rain. Look at the rain. Yes. Red rain. Charles, do come in. We've been waiting for you. It's good to see you again, Rubrik. Come in, Dina. Don't stand there staring at me. It's been a long time since I've last seen you, Rod. Yes, sir. A long time. Let me take your coat, Charles. I'll hang it up. Thank you, dear. My sister's waiting, Charles. You'd better go right up. Yes, sir. Of course. I'd better warn you. Madeline's delirious. She doesn't quite know what she's saying. Sometime.  She expressed her desire to see you alone.  I had to see you alone. Madeline, don't try to sit up. You'll only weaken yourself. Sit over here, Charles, next to me. You're the only person I can trust, and you must promise to do exactly as I say. Of course, of course. Remember what I told you years ago. Remember about Rodrik and me. I told you then that he and I were more than twins. Well, that was just childish fancy. I wish to God it were. But those suspicions have all been proven these last few months. We're only one person. Not two. We have two earthly bodies. But we share one soul. And Charles and I were born. Our shoulders were attached. The day of our birth, we were separated. Well, that doesn't necessarily mean you share one soul. I've never been able to feel anything for myself. His thoughts are my thoughts. His tears are my tears. His weaknesses are mine. Don't you understand, Charles? Are you sure of this, Madeline? Positive. His mind has the initiative. He doesn't respond to my emotions. Because I had none. None. I'm cold without him. Won't you see my earthly body is wasting away? But my soul is not my own. As long as he's alive, Charles, the power of his life will keep me living. Madeline, you mustn't even think of it. Oh, it's true, though. I'll have a living death. I'll be buried alive. Unable to live. Unable to die. Madeline. That's why I called you here. Promise me now, Charles. You'll never allow my coffin to be sealed. Keep my body in this house. You must rest, Madeline. Stop talking. Do you promise, Charles? Promise. Yes, yes, of course I do. Don't tell Roderick, Charles, ever. He'll seal me and my tomb alive. Madeline, my dear. Every model is entitled his own soul. If I can't rest in death, I'll return from the grave and take him with me. You promised, Charles. You won't forget it. My promise is my word. What are you doing standing outside this door, Roderick? Tina. Madeline, I see Charles in privacy. Why do you insist on spying on your own sister?  I can't understand you, Roderick. How many things you can't understand, Tina? Come with me downstairs. Let me go! To the ring room. I'd like to go with you. I'd like to go in and tell Madeline that you are spying on her again. Tell her if you wish.  I'm unable to lift her arm against me. I don't know how I ever loved you. You'll learn to again after we're married.  I'll never marry you. I... Roderick! Roderick, what's the matter? Pain inside me crawling like bourbon. Help me, Tina. Of course. Roderick! Tina! Beside your bed. You're dead, Madeline. Dead. Two people fought for the possession of one soul and you've lost. You'd try to drag me to the grave with you, but you're weaker than I, Madeline. You'll never return. Never. And that was her last request, doctor. It's a peculiar request, Mr. Wilson. I know it is, doctor, but it was the lady Madeline's last wish. Oh, Roderick. What are you doing here? Taking a last look at my beloved sister's face. Oh. Doctor, I'm not quite sure that the lady Madeline is dead. Look at the flush of life in her cheeks. Stop speaking like a fool, Charles. Look for yourself, Roderick. What are you trying to do? Frighten me? No. I've asked the doctor to verify her death. In cases of this kind, Mr. Wilson, death from catalypse, eh? The deceased often retains a life like flush, which is merely symptomatic. Nothing supernatural about it. Of course she's dead. Isn't she, doctor? However, if you feel the slightest doubt... No doubt at all. I'd suggest delaying the burial for a week or two. As a nearest of kin, I want the funeral held at once. She'll be laid to rest in the family catacombs beneath the house. Roderick, I gave her my word. Your word isn't valid. You're not one of the family. But it was my word of honor. Don't mix in family affairs, Charles. But the least you can do is grant her last wish, Roderick. This is nonsense. The dead are best buried. But, Rod, your own sister... No. As the doctor in the case, I don't feel justified in making out a death certificate for two weeks. The Lady Madeline will lie in state in her coffin in the catacombs. The coffin will remain open. For 30 years, these catacombs have been unused. Look at the walls, Deena. Time has entrusted them with nighter. It's cold in here. Cold and damp. Let's take the coffin this way, Talbot. Watch out, Charles. Don't fall. Be careful. Catacombs have always been soft with slime and nighter. Hard to breathe in here at times, isn't it? Where's the room, Roderick? Ahead. At the end of the corridor.  Yes, Charles. Talbot. Yes, sir? Did you start the fire? Oh, yes, sir. I did that early this morning. The room ought to be warm by now, sir. Talbot's a dependable man. He starts warm fires to bring life. To death. Roderick, how can you act like that? Your own sister. Yes, my own dear beloved sister. Hey, Charles, look ahead of you. Tiny room at the end of the corridor. The fire is blazing. Careful. Careful with the casket. We'll place it on the table. Send her in the room. All right, sir. We can place it down. Yes. Yes, Talbot. Down there. Rest in peace, sir. And it shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though this body be destroyed, yet shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord giveth, and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Yes, ma'am. Why, ma'am, what are you doing up at this hour of the night? I can't sleep. I keep dreaming the lady Madeline is crying for help. Where's Lord Roderick? Oh, he couldn't sleep either, ma'am. He said he was worried that his sister was cold, ma'am. Whatever does he mean by that? Did he go down to the catacombs? Yes, ma'am, that he did. He said he wanted to stir the fires a bit. Down there? Wait a minute, ma'am. Later, Talbot. I must stop him. I must stop him. I wouldn't go down there, ma'am. It's ever so cold at night and damp. I wouldn't go down there myself. I advised Lord Roderick against it, ma'am. I did. Roderick? The door slam shut. It's so dark in here. Cold and dark. Roderick? I don't like these goings on at all. I don't. People dying and not getting themselves properly bedded. It ain't normal. No, that it ain't. Talbot. What? Are you up too, Mr. Wilson? Don't nobody sleep proper in this year's house. Where are Miss Dina and Lord Roderick, Talbot? Well, I was sitting here as nice as you please. But where is Miss Dina, Talbot? Well, yeah, that's what I'm getting to. I was drinking this here cup of tea. When Lord Roderick comes in a little past midnight, or it was a little before midnight. Where is he? Well, I'm getting to that. He comes in and he says he does. He wants a flame. Yes? Yeah. He says, as calm as you please. He wants to go down and keep his sister from getting cold. And Miss Dina? Well, as for her, she came down a little later and said, she dreamt that the lady Madeline was calling to her. So she follows Lord Roderick to the catacombs. It ain't proper, sir. It ain't proper. Are you calling me, cousin? Oh, Roderick. Roderick, I was so frightened. I thought I was lost. Why did you come down here? I dreamt Madeline needed me. What did you do, Rod? Be quiet, Dina. You closed the coffin. Oh, how could you? Don't you approve? You were going to drive a steak through her coffin. She was a witch, Dina. A witch. Is that the custom to drive a steak through the heart of a witch? Watch, Dina. Watch. No. Watch me drive the hammer through her heart. Stop, Rod. Don't stop that. Roderick. Roderick, put that steak down in Heaven's name. Don't. Don't. Leave it alone.  Please, Roderick. Please. It's so horrible. It's your own sister. Your own sister. You'll pay for this, Dina. You and Madeline together. Roderick. Please. Cal would help me with this. Yes, sir. Pardon me, Lord Roderick, but please. Oh, child, darling. You came just in time. He looks like he was dead, sir. Flying there on the sofa. No. No, he's beginning to stir. Keep bathing his face in cool water, dear. It'll be all right. I'm afraid the shock of Madeline's death is too much for him. The shock of her death. The constant fall of the rain. It's getting redder all the time, Charles. Yes, it is. That's just an electric phenomenon. Oh. Don't try to move, Roderick. Oh. It's you, Dina. You again. Lie still, cousin. You'll feel better in a little while. You're both fools. You shouldn't have stopped me. She's a witch.  No. No, Roderick. Listen. Listen, Charles. What? Can't you hear it? What are you talking about? Listen. I told you once my hearing was super acute. I can hear a heart beating. You're over, Rod. Suppose I go for the doctor, Rod. He'll give you a sedative. No. No, don't leave me. But you need your sleep. Of course you do. All this horror tonight will pass over when the morning comes. And those infernal rains clear. It's not in my mind. She's coming. She's coming for me. You can hear her in the catacombs. Listen, Charles. Listen. Please believe me that you're simply overwrought and emotional. I've got to get out of here. I must leave at once. She's coming for me. Come here. She swore she would. I know she did. I overheard. I overheard her talk with you, Charles. Roderick. Cousin, no. You're hearing things. Now listen. I can't hear anything. She's leaving the catacombs now. Listen, Charles.  Can't you hear her footsteps? Her sighs? She's in the hallway, Charles. In the hall. Help me, Charles. Help me, Charles. Roderick. She's coming closer. Faster. Faster. Her feet are on the stairs. One by one, she's coming up those stairs. Listen, you can hear her now, can't you? You can hear her now. Charles, look out the window. The rain's our blood red. She's outside the door. Listen. Listen, Cousin. Listen. Madeline! No, sister. No. Leave the house of Usher, Charles. You and Dina leave this cursed house at once. The rain's our blood red. And I've come to reclaim my soul. Madeline. And you, Roderick. You will be soulless forever. From that chamber, and from that mansion, Charles and I fled aghast. The storm was still abroad in all its wrath as we crossed the park to the highway. The moon above the house of Usher was blood red. And Charles held me close as we walked down and on into the night. Dina, my darling, don't look back. The house has crumbled to the ground, crumbled into the cavernous tide. Charles. Little Dina, you'll always be safe with me. Time warns pages of the past. We have recalled the fall of the house of Usher. Bellkeeper, hold the bell.


I'm a commercial sales executive at Dali MC, which is a computer and software company. I'm also involved with my iwi in the Māori sector and involved in a variety of different initiatives that help our people. I really enjoyed my MBA. It was the first time where I could actually get real-world experience, real-world knowledge and put it into play straight away. The networks that I got out of there are fantastic. I've made lifelong friends and we still catch up today. It's returned so much in value just in the people that I've met throughout the whole journey and experience.


Ms. Dawn Seymour was one of America's first female military pilots as a member of the Volunteer Women's Auxiliary Service, known as Women Air Force Service Pilots, or WASPs. Throughout World War II, she flew approximately 700 hours in the B-17, all before the age of 27. Seymour grew up in a lively family of seven children in Pittsburgh, New York, where she enjoyed playing baseball, tennis, swimming, ice skating, skiing, and sailing. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Cornell University in 1939. That autumn, she became the first woman accepted in Cornell's Civilian Pilot Training Program where she earned her private pilot's license in 1940. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Seymour knew she wanted to be as close to the action as possible, so after receiving two requests to join the WASPs, she reported to Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas to complete primary, basic, and advanced flight training in the PT-19A, BT-13, BT-15, AT-6, UC-78, and AT-17 aircraft. Seymour graduated initial pilot training, earning her Silver Wings with Class 43-W-5. Upon graduating from initial pilot training, she was among the first 17 women selected to train on the 4-engine B-17. Following her training, Seymour was assigned to 2nd Ferry Command, Wilmington, Delaware, and then received orders to report to 1174th Flight Operations at Lockburn Army Air Base Columbus, Ohio. Seymour was one of the lucky 13 who graduated from the B-17F and B-17G combat training course and received her 4-engine rating and instrument card. She later went to the Florida Everglades to help train gunners for the D-Day invasion and duty in the Pacific Theater. On 20 December 1944, Seymour, along with the other WASPs, received a letter from General Hap Arnold announcing the end of the WASP program. In January 1946, she returned to Rochester, New York, where she worked for her family business as a manufacturing executive, raised her son, Bill, and became a community volunteer. Ten years later, she married Mort Seymour and later had four more children. In 1972, Seymour attended her first WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas and later served as president of the organization from 1982 to 1984. In March 2010, Seymour, along with over 250 surviving WASPs, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her outstanding contributions to the United States during World War II. Air Command and Staff College is proud to honor Ms. Dawn Seymour as an eagle. Ms. Seymour, thank you so much for being here and sharing your stories about the women Air Force service pilots. Thank you, Rachel. I am absolutely overwhelmed and exuberant at the welcome you have all given me and my fellow male patriots. It's been outstanding and it's warming the heart and I'm telling you every day I hear I lose 10 years. So I feel younger and more and more exuberant. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. So let's start at the beginning. How did you become interested in flying? It's quite a story, actually. I was teaching at Cornell after I graduated and my life was not active enough. I had been very active in undergraduate work. And so I saw this scientist and said, would you like to volunteer for a health study? And I signed my name. And through that I opened the door and became the professor in charge of the program, had recently been appointed director of flight research. This is 1939, seven universities in the company. We had expressed interest in the program. And they were trying to find a way you could pick a pilot without going through ground school and flight school. In other words, a quick way to summarize who's a good pilot, what qualities do you need? And so I said sure. And Dr. Richard Parmenter was in charge and he happened to be a World War I pilot. And he said, would you be interested in the program? I said yes, but I've never been up in the air. So he said let's go. And he took me to the Ithaca Airport and on a golden October day, we soared in a piper cub, a yellow cub, through the sunbeams of the sky. And I was just overwhelmed. This love of flying is the thread that started me to continue. And fortunately I had the opportunity after I received my private pilot's license to join this new program that Jackie Cochran had started in Sweetwater, Texas. So how did you learn about this new program, the WASPs? Well I had, Jackie Cochran, I received my private license in May of 1940 and in 41, this is probably May or June, I had received in the mail an invitation to a cocktail party at Jackie Cochran's apartment in New York City. I was unable to go but she had culled through the records of the CAA, the Civil Aeronautics Authority and had found my name and I was on a list, which is the important thing, you're on a list and that's how it happened. Then of course, then I had a telegram saying to meet the recruiting officer at the Hotel Roosevelt in New York City for an interview. And at the interview, which is interesting, I, the Ethel Sheehy said to me well you know you look like a fine specimen of womanhood and I'm sure you'll pass the Army 6-4. We have an opening in the May March class. Now here it is, the 5th of March and the class starts at the end of March and I thought would I be ready to go, what an opportunity, she said well you can join the April class if you wish. No one said I'd flip the nickel, hence I go. So I found my way to beside my job and on my way I went. So you were on your way to Sweetwater, Texas for basic flight training. Can you tell us about Sweetwater, Texas? Sweetwater, Texas, 200 miles west of Fort Worth is absolutely the wildest country you've ever seen and the wind does blow. So we were all very able to make crosswind landings, it was a great experience. To go back to my training as a private pilot, I sold on skis and so it was unexpected that we had to take hot water to de-ice the skis from the frozen earth. That was a thrill. I was so excited to be able to take off and land in this beautiful country. So the training in Sweetwater was quite rigorous. Oh the training in rigorous was rigorous and the ground school was rigorous. The only thing was that there was this undercurrent that you might wash out, a third of the girls washed out of the program. 25,000 women applied, 1830 were accepted and 1074 graduated from the Sweetwater program. You do the math, I think it's about right a third. So and when you washed out, you'd come home, your maid, six to a room, would find this mattress of a girl who washed out, fold it over, all of her belongings were gone, no note, nothing. She just simply evaporated and she was whisked away to the blue-bonnet hotel and we heard nothing about it. That sort of an idea of being sent home was not exactly acceptable to me. So after this rigorous training, you graduated from basic training in Sweetwater. What was that like? Basic training? From basic training. Your graduation ceremony. Oh that, don't forget we had an advance too. Oh and your advance too. It was exciting. It was a hot day. It was September 11th of 1943. Jackie Cochran gave me my wings. She wore a flower dress. She wore sandals and a broad bramed straw hat. And when she presented my wings, she gave them to me in my left hand and I shook her right hand. And the wings were cold and I said I didn't, I finished, it was a wonderful one. And what did your family think about you flying military aircraft? My dad was very interesting. I said I know I don't have to get permission because I'm over 21, but I'd like to know your thoughts. And he said well, if you think you can do it, then I'm all for you. And mother said, how thrilling. So after Sweetwater, where did you go next? After Sweetwater I thought I'd be a ferry pilot. And I was sent to Second Ferry Command in Wilmington, Delaware. It had two weeks, it was a rainy September and learned to had a check ride in a PT-19A which is the primary plane, open cockpit and so forth. And I was there for just two weeks and I received orders to report immediately to Laughburn Army Air Base in Columbus, Ohio. And packed my car up, went across the Allegheny Mountains, arrived in Columbus, Ohio and found over 180 B-17s on the field. What a thrill we're going to fly a B-17. And sure enough, we were in 1174 Squadron and Freddie Wilson, who's the Colonel on the set, the day before, he received a telegram saying, expect 17 wasps. They are your new trainees. And he said, oh my God, what am I going to do with all these women? He said, and later he told us, oh, I know what I'll do, he said. I will, I'll have my marriage instructors be their instructors because they know how to handle women, sorry. And sure enough, our instructor was Logue Mitchell and he had been training Canadian pilots in the B-17 and he could just come back to the States. He said to his wife that night that he had the first class. He said, I'm going to get every girl through. And he was that positive and that persistent and he realized that women did learn to fly differently than men. Women wanted to prove to themselves that they could fly, they could do it. They knew how, whereas men might have had other motives. But he liked teaching the women and he had a trick. This is now we're getting into cold weather up north. And he'd sent us out to do the pre-check of the airplane. About three or four of us would go in one training mission. And he'd have us go out and check things over the outside and inside the cockpit. And then he'd come out and we realized that we were warming the seat for him. He said it's cold. There's no heat in the B-17. It's a big airplane. And the very first time, I'm a student, I'm in the left seat, he's on the right. And all of a sudden, during the course of the flight, the number three engine caught on fire. And fortunately I'd read the manual and we were all turning switches, cutting off things, putting the couplers up, punching the emergency fire extinguisher. And the fire was out. And I said to my colleague, they had trimmed it. So it flew straight and level. And I said, oh, this is the airplane for me. And it was so dependable. The pilots sat even with the propellers. So you could see what was going on with the engines. You had the call flaps, which are air intake around the engine. And you had to learn how to handle four engines at one time. Now I have a good ear so I could measure up the instruments to where they're supposed to be. And then I'd hear a little rumble. And I could tweak the engines and get it to purr. It was not a fast airplane. It was cruised around between 180 and 220. But that was a lot better than AT 17 that we trained in advanced flight in Sweetwater. So it was a wonderful experience. We lived in the nurses' quarters and flew mornings, afternoons, and the next day would be evenings. So we were flying and then the ground school would be the other time of the day. We had PT. We marched to class. We had a full colonel march just to the flight line in our class. It was serious. And here we were, women, on an army base for the first time on the flight line. And we had no real uniforms. We would go to officers' stores and buy either they were suntans, perhaps it was warm weather, or greens and pinks. And we must have looked rather tacky. Jackie had these beautiful uniforms made with San Diego blue cloth. And she had Hab Arnold approve of it before. The other choice was the army drab, greenish babes. And he chose the San Diego blue, which is the basis for the Air Force color today. She was a great person. If it hadn't been for Jackie Cochrane and for Hab Arnold general, it was called Commanding General of the Army Air Forces. His interest in us, we wouldn't have had the experience, I'm sure. And there was another general, Yelter, who was in charge of the training command. And he was gung-ho for the wasphalso. So Jackie had power where she needed it. But she didn't have the power she needed in Congress to fund our program. So we can go on that later. So throughout the war you moved around a lot? Oh, I did move around a lot. After we graduated, our CO at Freddie Wilson's club as a graduation present gave us a silver dollar with sweetheart Air Force wings soldered on the other side. I think we were accepted and 13 of us graduated from that program. We did do, we had night flight. We got an instant rating and four engine certificate. We went to write patterns and we flew up there one day to go through the oxygen chamber and learn what happens when you don't have enough oxygen. We each had a pattern of pencil and you'd write some story or some line or name address and then nothing, you know, you'd wake up and hear it would be off the page. Your pencil was off the page. I think we went up to 38,000 feet in that time and we did touch 43,000 feet on our oxygen certificate. So one of the requirements in the Air Force was oxygen mass to 10,000 feet. So where else did you fly? Where else did you fly through? Well, after we were trained V-17 pilots, five of us were sent to the Everglades. And this is called a Buckingham Army Air Field. A field is just a temporary operation. A base is like Maxwell Field. Base we had permanent housing and beautiful, you know, old trees and whereas a field had, you were in the sunshine and it's stark and you had to make, of course, we had to make our own entertainment too. In Buckingham, we were assigned rooms in the civilian dormitory and barracks and we slept under, we had cots, slept under mosquito netting. Mosquitoes were a troublesome thing. And you'd be on a date, of course, we didn't wear stockings.  We got tan, of course. And then we had 23 mosquito bites one night I counted and I didn't touch them, I didn't scratch them or anything the next morning they're gone. This is now, this is a flexible gunnery school and there were thousands of young boys, 18, 19, 20 years old who were trained to be gunners for the buildup for D-Day. Because we wore these peculiar mixed up uniforms, and we'd have whistles and calls and who are these women on the base and so forth and so on. And then of course that settled down. The men who were the pilots at the time were respectful and they found out that yes indeed, we could fly the B-17 and yes indeed, we were good at it and yes indeed, we were determined to help win the war. And that was fine. We flew one mission a day between six a.m. and 12 and then the next day would be 12 to six p.m. We had the gunnery instructor was on board, the students fired live ammunition from the 50 caliber machine guns posted in the top turret and in the fuselage side windows. They had a steel bar to protect the, to go back, the B-26 would tow the target. Let it out, we were over the Gulf of Mexico as our range from Santa Belle Island to Marco Island. And at Santa Belle Island you'd rendezvous with your B-26 at the posted time and then you'd go down the range. And the gunners were supposed to hit the target, which is a cotton sleet that's dragged behind the big airplane, the B-26. Well actually they're A-23s of strip B-26. And once in a while they had tracers of course and so you could tell whether the tracer went too close to the aircraft. I had 30 hours perhaps in the B-26 and I loved it. It was a fast airplane, maneuverable, quick on the controls and it landed like a, well how to describe it. You got to the end of the runway, you chopped the props and you landed on the numbers. It just dropped like a rock. And it was just a wonderful aircraft. I had a chance to fly a B-24 that was visiting the field and thought, what a terrible airplane. There's always been a nice little conversation between the B-17 and the B-24 pilots. Because the B-17 lets face it, it's the last of the tail-draggers and it had that big tail, that wide fuselage and it was a tough one to land in a crosswind. But I loved it, everything next. So after? And I finished, I could do the, I could do go through the mission if you want me to, splash. The idea was to teach the gunners how to fire a gun from a moving base to a moving target. And you would skip the water of the goal and hit the water would hit the boat, the boats would hit the water and then you'd try to hit the splash on the water. We did have what's known as 12 o'clock high exercises when we flew by Page Air Force Base, which is low field actually, it's a field, small. And the P-39s would come up and now the gunners put film in their guns and they would practice 12 o'clock high, you know, coming at different angles so the gunners could go ahead and different posts. I did fire a piece of the 50 caliber and it had a kick to it, it was good and interesting. Nothing exciting happened in terms of adventure, some thoughts there. But one day the 50 caliber gun did jump its course and caught the poor gunner right on the nose and we had him first aid and we called the ambulance and went in. We called it the meat wagon, isn't that a terrible term? And they got us there. So throughout the WASP program you did lose some WASP pilots. Pardon? Throughout the WASP program you did lose quite a few WASP pilots. Oh yes, during the war we lost 38 women pilots. 11 were killed at Sweetwater, an area around Sweetwater in training and 27 were lost in the service. Various reasons, in 1996, after a great deal of research, in fact I came here to the base here at the Bexel Field for research to accumulate information about the girls in their history. They published a booklet called Immemorium to the 38 Women Who Lost Their Lives in World War II. And one was a, my buddy, her name was Peggy Sype and she was flying at the end of a training to finish up her time with her instructor and with another WASP. And for some inexplicable reason on a CAVU day the plane crashed and they lost all lives. But before she had died, she had had plated a government alongside the wall of the barracks and watered her faithfully and on the day we graduated September 11th, 1943, the garden was in full bloom. And I like to think that 30 years later when the first women continued in the flying military planes that the seeds took that long to ripen and flower with this new generation of women pilots. And you can be very proud of your women pilots. You can be very proud of your own male pilots. You can be very proud of the people who support the Air Force. I think you are probably, I'm full of optimism that the war somehow will find the secret way to get along with people and stop killing people and destroying things, build things up, why just destroy? So I'm hopeful on that and that's my dream, I think, for that. So all of the women Air Force service pilots had a special bond. Can you describe that bond that you had? Oh, we had a special bond. We only knew, just face it, you have a squadron. You have a group of people in a base, six girls. You have a small group going up to the flight line. You have a small group going to the PT, canteen or the, and you only knew a few people actually, but you knew after the war we bonded, we had reunions and you were instantly connected. You'd been through the same training more or less and you were wasps and you had that sense of fellowship. And they were your buddies, it's a marvelous experience. To this day, there was a big reunion at Sweetwater last weekend, weekend before last and 15 was attended. Not, that's a good number. I think we're around a hundred now. And our stories are being told by the younger girls, 18 classes and the younger girls graduated in December of 44, December 7th. They didn't have much service time. And so they're carrying on this tradition, but the women military aviators are strong and healthy and carrying on with their stories.  It's great. So you mentioned in December, 1944, those wasps did not have very much time in service. And that was because the WASP program ended. And that's why I was so lucky to have chosen 43.5 in that class in March or the April. Because only a few of us were able to walk through that door for advanced training. Jackie Cochran wanted not only to have a girl fly a unique aircraft, but she wanted a group of women. Her point was to prove that a group of women could fly the P-51, could fly the B-17, the B-25, the B-26, P-47, P-38, and she proved it. And that's to her everlasting credit. Jackie Cochran was an interesting person. She was a record setter, an aviation in the 30s, and her buddies and competitors were Hap Arnold, Jimmy Doolittle, so forth. So she knew the, she'd flown against them in races. And of course, this was the last part of the golden age of aviation. Aviation, this, this, I, are we ready for go out? Sure. Got another question? I'm giving you too much history, aren't I? No. This space is interesting to me because after the war was over and December I was, you know, let go, shall we say. I was sent here with my husband as a wife. We had, we lived in the married officer's quarters. And he was in the B-29 school, which was here at that time. And we, the whole base, I'm sure, moved downtown on the August day of 1945 when the Japanese declared surrender. And it was also a part, a base where pilots and enlisted men and so forth were disbanded from the service. And it was an interesting time. We thought we'd stay in the service and then had made no decision to get out. So I was here and our friends kept leaving. And it was, all of a sudden it was a whole different situation that had been during the war. And everybody went their own way and picked up their own lives as best they could. I was talking to our young man who's in charge of the officer's club today. And I was telling him that we had dances during the year, formal dances. Girls were along in evening dresses.  There was no television, no communication, no computers, no little boxes. And you saw your planned events, it was great. So let's fast forward about 60 years. Okay. Okay. What did it feel like when you received the Congressional Gold Medal? Oh my goodness. Congress is an interesting body of men representing us. What? Congress in June of 44 decided that they wouldn't fund our program anymore. However, any girl who was accepted, was in flying status in Sweetwater, could stay and that to their time was up. Congress in 1977, when the other women started to fly and they said they were the first women, and then suddenly our group became interested in our history, had a caveat on their bill to make us veterans. They made us veterans, but not honest to goodness Air Force personnel, Army Air Force. Oh no, it was 47, it was the Air Force. So they little waffled there. So we jumped from being a volunteer into the service to a volunteer into the veterans organization. And then the gold medal comes along as a piece of cake after 30 some years, well, 2010, you had being made, you're right, it's over 50. And suddenly, again, we're still veterans, we're still volunteers, veterans and gold star. So I'm pleased. I was thrilled. I did several interviews at the time. And here we were, we had grandchildren. Some people had great grandchildren. They had sisters and brothers, and the Congress was overwhelmed with people. It was the biggest audience they'd ever had for a ceremony in the House of Congress. It was muted. It wasn't joyful. It was that sense of deep satisfaction that, yes, your country has recognized your service. And I think that satisfaction is kind of warming to the heart. I didn't tell you the other moment of, I was particularly interested to me was when I did the first night's solo on the V-17. And I'm making the pattern. The beacon is going around in slow, steady circle. And the blue runway relights are calling. And all of a sudden, I realized I was a part of it. And it was that same feeling of satisfaction that you'd accomplished something. And I think that's given me a sense of strength all my life. And I'm so glad to be invited here today because I really appreciate this moment with you all. So with that, what was your favorite part about flying? I loved the sky and all its changes. We had a night flight one time when we didn't have enough time in Columbus, Ohio to graduate. And the powers that be decided we'd go to Houston to get better weather. And so we were in this terrible weather. The ice boots, they're rubber boots they're called that are on the leading edge of the wing. And they would take the ice and crack it so we didn't build up ice. And then the propellers had a de-icer machine. They would keep the propellers from getting ice. And that ice and the propellers would hit the fuselage and make this real crashy noise. And all of a sudden we were in the soup there for a long time and all of a sudden we broke through the clouds and we're up above on the top of the overcasts. And there's white clouds, it was completely flat. And there's the full moon. Oh, just gorgeous. And they have many memories. The coast of Florida in the afternoons perhaps here in Alabama is lined in the afternoon with thunderstorms. Just isolated unit storms but they're dangerous because they can go up 40,000 feet and they're full of currents of air and so forth. But you can fly around them and there's only maybe two in a row before you get to dry land again. Here's the ocean or the gulf and so forth. And as you route about one of these towers all of a sudden you see the pilots cross which is a complete circle of rainbow with your airplane shattered in the middle. Oh, it's absolutely stunning. And this world is so beautiful that I still to this day when the wheels leave the runway I have, ooh, I'm thrilled. All right, ma'am, we're almost out of time. So I wanted to give you the opportunity if there was anything else that you would like to tell the students. Oh, it's a wonderful. And you have so many people to think because you don't do it alone. You do it through the kindness of other people. I'd never have gone to Cornell unless my Latin teacher had said, you must go pack your suitcase, here's $50. Harry will drive you down to the Dean of Women. And you will find your way. And you must take the step between thought and action because it's only through action that you are set aside when you're 99 years old. And I don't think I miss many opportunities because I guess my goal was actually to be of service to my country, to my family, to my community, to myself, and to inspire other people, perhaps that life is wonderful and be happy, please. Ms. Seymour, you have truly inspired all of us. Ladies and gentlemen, please help me recognize Ms. Dawn Seymour.


There is the need to scale up rapid self-testing to increase the knowledge of HIV status, care and treatment among Nigerians. A group, African Network of Adolescents and Young Persons Development, which laments that only one out of five young people knows the HIV status, believes that self-testing kids remove the barriers or the apathy exhibited by traditional testing services. The director of the group, Erin Sunday, says, Adolescents and Young People, AYP, are usually underserved by traditional HIV testing services in Nigeria, due to fear of perceived stigma and inadequate friendly service facilities. While explaining their HIV self-testing Africa initiative, tagged Star 3 Project, Sunday said it will ultimately reduce mortality and morbidity. The target of the Star 3 Project is to oversee distribution of 30,000 HIV self-testing kids among priority groups of persons aged between 15 and 24 years across five local government areas in Lagos state. The Project Explore solution to the problem of low testing rates among youth studies and statistics shows that understanding the peculiarities of adolescents and young people will employ primarily a peer-to-peer-led approach, AYP switching their peers with HIV and HIV self-testing information. This is because young people find it easier to confide in their peers and they believe that their peers understand their struggle better than older adults. This approach is considered from two perspectives, the online and offline component. This is to engage a wider demographic of youth in their diversities. I'd like to use this opportunity to say to the government, the partners and other stakeholders that they should look at involving and engaging other young people on projects like this, especially when it is something that is about them, that concerns their well-being, their health. It's not just enough to design projects for us. We can do projects for ourselves, like we can get involved in projects for ourselves because we understand our pains, we understand what we need, we understand how we can reach other young people as ourselves, we understand our best to talk to ourselves. Actually, while working with the online study program, I've already experienced a lot about relating with my peers, my fellow peers, and building their confidence to do their HIV self-testing without having any fear of stigmatisation and not also counselling them more on HIV self-testing to tell their friends and fellow ones to know their HIV status and to be sure that they are free from AIDS. Thank you.


1. The summer drought of 2015 affected a large portion of continental Europe and was one of the most severe droughts in the region since summer 2003. 2. The summer of 2015 was characterized by exceptionally high temperatures in many parts of central and eastern Europe, with daily maximum temperatures more than 3 degrees Celsius higher than the seasonal mean in the east. 3. The 2015 drought developed rapidly over several regions in May and reached peak intensity and spatial extent by August, affecting especially the eastern part of Europe. 4. It was associated with four heat wave episodes and positive geopotential height anomalies over Greenland and northern Canada, as well as large negative SST anomalies in the central North Atlantic Ocean and positive anomalies in the Mediterranean Basin. This article was authored by Emi Anita, L. M. Talikson, D. G. Kingston, and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.


The practical training of future teachers is essential to ensure they have the necessary skills to teach effectively. During the practical training, trainees can apply their theoretical knowledge in real-life situations as well as gain more experience with technology. This has become increasingly important due to the spread of infectious diseases, which has made face-to-face contact impossible. Cloud technologies were used to create open educational resources, allowing them to be shared across different institutions. This allowed for the sharing of best practices and the distribution of educational materials. This article was authored by Vladislav Yivalichko, Elena G. Fedorenko, Vladimir and Soloviev, and others.


what time it is. It's Tuesday and it's time to get this giveaway. Colleen's coming up. I figured we could do a spooktacular nitrous kit giveaway. Compliments of my daughter and her friend painted up the shop windows and I think they did a pretty jam up job. I'm not sure if you can actually see a lot of it as a lot of this stuff down here is black. They got some tombstones and stuff like that in there but they did a jam up job on the windows but let's get talking about this. So we're gonna go over a few basic things. I'm gonna try to keep this video pretty short and hopefully pretty sweet and pretty clear for everybody to understand.  We're gonna be giving away a free nitrous kit and that's thanks to all of you guys out there for watching the videos, subscribe to the channel, commenting on the channel, keeping this channel growing. So this is only possible guys because of you all out there supporting this channel. So with that said I want to give back and I thought the best thing to do would be give away something really frickin awesome and that's gonna be a nitrous kit and yeah this thing's ready right. So this is the bottle out of frostbite. This is a 15 pound bottle. I'm not gonna be giving away my 15 pound bottle because I love this bottle too much. It's done it's really really good but what we're gonna be giving away oh let me get this thing down to tell yous help. So I'm gonna be giving away a nitrous express wet nitrous kit. It's gonna be a single fogger nozzle kit that is universal. That way it'll fit basically anybody out there. Not everybody on this channel drives a ram truck or a Dodge Charger or a Dodge Challenger or just in general they may not even have a moped part. So the best thing to do is to give away a single fogger wet nitrous system. That way it'll fit anything out there that is fuel injected.  If it's fuel injected this kit is gonna work for you. Not only that you'll be able to adjust the horsepower on this kit easily from 50 up to about 150 horsepower very very easily with a jet change. So very good basic kit for anybody out there trying to get into nitrous and best part of all it's gonna be freaking free. So three things to keep in mind. There's really only three rules to this giveaway and one is you have to be 18 and that's just how it rolls. Gotta be 18 to be able to receive this nitrous kit. So if you're not 18 and you win sorry for your luck we're gonna have to go on to somebody else. So make sure you're 18 to be able to win this kit. Rule two you have to be in the lower 48 and that's basically so I can get this stuff to you.  So lower 48 is eligible to win this nitrous kit. And rule three obviously you gotta be subscribed to the channel right. So hopefully you're subscribed to the channel. If you're not and I go back and I look in my analytics and I check the winner and they're not subscribed then we're gonna do it again and we're gonna go to somebody else that is eligible to win. So make sure please that you're subscribed to the channel and that's pretty much it. Very simple. So the other day I put a video up as a heads up to this video to get you an Instagram account. And the reason you need to Instagram account is so that you can enter into the contest and be eligible to win the free nitrous kit. And how that's gonna work. So pay attention please to this part right here. Don't skip. Listen up. Right now I need you to go in the comments on this video and put I'm in it to win it. Okay then I need you to go over to your Instagram account and you should already be if you're not you need to be following frostbite ram on Instagram and you need to direct message me on Instagram your exact YouTube username. I know some people have different user names for Instagram and YouTube but I need you to message me on Instagram your YouTube username. And that will get you entered into the contest. That simple. That way we're trying to keep out some of the fakes and the phony accounts out there on YouTube. That is why we're doing this. So right now comment on this video. You're in it to win it. Then go over to Instagram. Send me a message of your YouTube user name. And that is all you have to do and you will be entered into the contest as we speak. So please do that right now. Comment on the YouTube video. I'm in it to win it. Go over to Instagram right now. Send me a direct message to my Instagram page frostbite ram giving me your YouTube username and then you will be entered into the contest right now. So after you do that you're good to go. All you got to do is wait for the actual giveaway to go down. Now as far as time frame goes for entry I'm going to accept entries for the next 24 hours. So as soon as this video drops you have 24 hours to do exactly what needs to be done. Which is comment on this video. I'm in it to win it. And then go over to Instagram. Send me a direct message of your YouTube username and then you are entered into the contest. After the 24 hours I will not accept any more entries. They will be cut off and whoever has it entered into the contest at that point in the 24 hours will be the ones eligible to win the free nitrous kit. So for the actual giveaway I'm hoping to do that video live this Sunday and I'm shooting around 8 o'clock. So be on the lookout Sunday night around 8 o'clock. Standard Eastern time and we're gonna try to do this free nitrous kit giveaway live on YouTube. So how we're gonna do the actual giveaway? I'm gonna use random.org calculator and everybody that has entered into the contest I will place a number next to their YouTube username and however many entries that we have we will put that into the calculator. So say 10,000 people actually enter into the contest. We'll go from 1 to 10,000 and it will generate a random number. Takes me out of the equation, makes it fair for everybody so that's how we're gonna do it. Very simple and I can't wait to give away the free nitrous kit and I'm super stoked for to be someone that has not ran nitrous before. I love nitrous.   I appreciate every single one of you guys out there for supporting this channel and growing it to what it is right now. We're still growing we got a ton more stuff coming and lots more giveaways to come. Most likely we'll do another awesome giveaway when we gain another 10k. So be on the lookout for the 20k mark as we're gonna do something just as epic as this. If not even better but stay on your toes. Make sure you're subscribed to the channel. Hit that bell button so you don't miss anything and as always guys stay safe out there and we'll see you on the next one. Peace.


Yeah, somebody's being very romantic with you this week temptation hooking up third-party interferences here So someone is definitely making some romantic moves on you. They're even making a solid offer towards you. Oh My goodness and they're coming in fast three nights. Are you kidding three nights in a row? Have you ever seen that just like that? Maybe you've seen it. I just is just This is crazy you 100% have offers coming in you've got someone who's taken charge of the situation You've got someone who's being romantic flirting seducing Someone totally like into you. This person has ended a past relationship and is ready for something brand new and lovely and warm and Happily ever after with you Yeah, definitely, I mean they're coming in with a lot of anxiety. I will say that it could be a water sign an earth sign or an air sign


Dear students, in this module we are going to talk about the amino acids. You know that amino acids are polymerized together to form proteins in a process called translation. RNA molecules that have the nucleotides within them, they dictate how these amino acids will be put together towards formation of a protein. These nucleotides, they act in nucleotide codons in which three nucleotides are present at a time. So three nucleotides, they code for one amino acid at a time. In all, there are 20 different amino acids that can be coded by the codons in the RNA. So if you have a codon with a different sequence, then it will code for a different amino acid. So total, there are 20 amino acids and any combination of the nucleotides arranged into a codon of three nucleotides can code for those nucleotides. Next we will see which codons are going to code which amino acid. As you can see here, if in an RNA molecule you have U, U, A or U, U, G in the sequence, then leucine that is the amino acid will be coded. Next following these codons, if there were another codon with CAU or CAC, the amino acid histidine will be coded. So now you have two amino acids coming together. Next, if you have a codon from any one of these four in the RNA sequence, then you will be coding for valine. So this will be your third amino acid. So in this way, your amino acids, they come together in a chain. And this chain is the beginning of the formation of a protein. In all, there are 20 amino acids and as you can see in this periodic chart of amino acids, the basic amino acids or the amino acids with basic properties are listed on this side here and the acidic ones are listed on this side. The rest of them, they have partially acidic and partially basic properties. Interestingly, the amino acids, they share a common structure. The commonality between these 20 amino acids is such that at one side of the amino acids, they have the NH2 or the amino terminal, while at the other side, they have the carboxylic group attached, carboxyl group. So this is the C term in short and this is the N term in short. So all others are differing, all the amino acids are differing here at what is called the R group. So basically, all the amino acids have an N term, they have a C term and they have an R group in which they are different. So this is how the amino acids, they are organized in their structure and how do these two amino acids, they come together as a result of the process in which a peptide bond is formed. So the process is highlighted here. So the C term of one amino acid gets attached to the N term of the other amino acid and water is released in the process while the two amino acids, they come together to form a dipeptide. So this is the polymerization of amino acids by formation of a peptide bond. Here the polymerization of amino acids, the amino acids, they fold into structures and therefore they become folded proteins. The folding of these amino acids chains is very important to impart function onto the proteins and once you have the proteins that are folded together and taking forms of different sheets and barrels, they are active within the cell. So now you have seen how an amino acid chain is formed and it gets folded which is then functionalized to perform certain functions within the cell. In conclusion, the proteins are polymerized after the amino acids, they come together and that they are chain together by the peptide bonds and the proteins they take 3D structures and forms that are important towards functionalizing these proteins.


Just your name, rank and unit? Sorry to do good. Bravo Company, 2nd 503rd. And first name's what? It's Keith. Keith, okay. So what kind of rain are you running here? We're running, it's about a 500 meter lane, and the guys are moving to a notional motor tube on the far end of the lane. It's appropriately guarded, and then about halfway to the motor tube is a fire team. So the guys will come under contact and it's their decision how to react to that and then clear those guys and then move on to the motor tube. What nation are you working with? This morning it's Moldova and then apparently this afternoon a few of the British might be coming through. Which units have you worked with prior and what would you say some of the strengths are? This is our first day running the lane so this has been it, the Moldovans. Other than that it's just been the airborne operations of the other nations so far. And overall, what are you looking to see? This is really just about decision making. There's several ways you can approach it. Most of these guys are bringing in considerably larger groups of guys and then are resistant so they have enough men to take the objective and they don't have to really bug out. It's all about decision making really, what it is. And what's your OP4's objective? OP4 is just to give them a bit of a headache and make them work and make them think. It's really that. You never really get used to getting shot at and even though they're blanks it's still someone else making a lot of noise coming at you. And so far you're enjoying Rappentryton 11 or what do you think? Rappentryton, it's been pretty good. The jumps have been fantastic. It would have been great to work with the other nations a bit more but it's been a pretty good time. Thanks, Art. Alright, thank you.


Another day another journey. I know we did right how is how's your aim? Well Not great in the middle of the night, but I sometimes just sit down. No, I say I meant I meant your snooker your pool or in this case your billiards. Oh We're going to a billiard hall that we are sir So I Made a thing that's unusual for you. I know like to in this many months or something. Yeah Yeah, it's a new thing. I But it's really it's a little yes, it is a web app. It's a website. What's the difference?  We're not doing websites. I would say it's an app Flip the coin it's it's an app. No, it's not. It's a site It's it's it's a Wikipedia article viewer, okay, which I realize is what Wikipedia does already Yes, but this was more of an exercise in looking at like performance like page load time performance But you think you can beat Wikipedia at a server-side render. Yeah, I did Well, so this is a thing I so I was hosting on GitHub. So I was doing a client-side render I know all you said it seemed like a nice simple way to get into it And I so yeah, I was serving it just you know JavaScript down the wire Then JavaScript is going getting the content putting on page and I was seeing you looking at my official figures 2.6 seconds for first render, okay And 4.7 seconds for content which even at that point was faster than Wikipedia's actual official site But you know, I knew it could be better than that Okay, what was in that first render first render was just like the top toolbar that said like Wikipedia and a spin, okay But you but from a user's point of view, they've got something they know they're on the way Okay, and then I think it was 4.7 seconds to let the actual Wikipedia article came down So you've actually got see a good couple of seconds there where you're spinning up Way you like your app doesn't seem to be No, it's idle essentially.  I'm mulling over. Okay. Okay. Well, you know pulling your mulling face I will actually I can tell you what I did There's a happy better than my other faith is you okay? You're having a stroke So yeah, I Make the jet made the JavaScript async Okay, and put some markup on the page for that first render. Yes, and I inline the CSS for that first render Good and all normal.  That's a big ask for them. Oh, whoa, big what? It's a request pal. Yeah, I know.  Yeah, next up You'd be asking to reason about things or using modulo to reason about I hate that one because it is just developers not wanting to say They don't understand. I should do like modulo, but yeah, so I do agree that it's too hard to async load CSS This is something that we have a problem with on the platform, right? I tried it. It's rubbish. Yeah We've got loads CSS from the filament group, but it's it's a bit it's quite it's more script than you shouldn't it should Be async on the link element should be declarative. Yeah, but more more over I think what Firefox and I do at the moment is actually really good. It's a bit of non-standard behavior I really like it put the link element on the page in the body just before the content that needs it and it will block the Rendering wait for it. It'll block the rendering of the subsequent content until that CSS loads It's not blocking all page rendering. Okay, it's just the elements after don't go into the render tree We should do that. Yes, we should take that one. We should also have async as well. Okay, so right So we had a parallelizable thing last time this that of where you had the JavaScript that went off to get the Wikipedia page And I'm saying that's bonkers and so yes, I came to the same conclusion. I thought this needs server rendering wise man Yep. Thank you. Let's let's do it. Cheers. Cheers to server rendering. Well, this is the nerdiest chair that ever went up So I'm like looking at my calculations once I introduced server rendering Things got slower Right my I was a bit annoying my my content render actually sort of came down a little bit not much, but my first render Why it was slower because? Connection goes off to my server is my server goes off to Wikipedia gets the data comes back The page sends it on you're looking at a white screen for longer now because you've got the bottleneck of your third party service You know by taking that just the the JavaScript CSS the basic page shell yeah down to naught point one seconds Like oh as good as instant. Yeah for that first render because it's all offline and But here's an interesting that happened is my content render went because I'm now back to doing client-side rendering Yep content renders gone up again Because it even though it's coming from the cache There was two problems as one that it was the request to wiki pedia is a little bit delayed because it has to pass The JavaScript to wiki pedia to wiki pedia It's delayed. I like that. It's always like here. I didn't do that on purpose really But yeah, so I cut that delay by as soon as the request went to the service worker had the service worker go off and get Fetched stuff for wiki. Oh, okay So how do you how do you then because you still want to send your response back with the app shell stuff? Yep, what you're talking about there is chunked encoding. Ah, okay So this is that the art of being able to see being able to quickly send data back Like you're without knowing your whole page content So so I was able to send back like the header and the first render stuff essentially So now the browser knows about the extra CSS and JavaScript needs meanwhile or like at the first possible opportunity My server's gone off to wiki pedia and it's okay gathering that and then as it arrives it just streams it through and and and that Slash the rendering time. We got down to well, so we were at 1.4 seconds for first render and I get the official figures up so that That would it was down to 2.4 seconds for the contents and that's like the two second saving compared to JavaScript That's good. Yeah. Yeah, it's pretty huge and can't really get any better than that. Can you oh, you can sir By using a little technology you might not have heard of before Service worker But yeah, as soon as you take the content the page shall offline that's that you can get that first rendering like Not point one seconds like the measurement came out, but it's instant really. Yeah But it was I took 9k of the content down the wire And once I had that wrote it to the page and then wrote again once I had the rest And it was a total hack to do that And this is why my next wish for the internet for the web web standard is streams Because I want to be able to just take some content that we're downloading pipe it into an element and it appears Is it and I think once we have that that kind of rendering as it goes along I think that's when we can see client-side rendering apps become Competitive with server a little drink to that cheers


This paper presents a new algorithm that can reconstruct Missing Modi's land surface temperature LST maps from incomplete data sets. The algorithm was tested on all nine years of available daily LST data, 2000 to 2008, improving the original LST map resolution of 1000 meters to 200 meters. This allows the algorithm to be used at a regional scale, making it applicable to a wide range of environmental and ecological applications. The results were compared with Meteorological Station Time series, demonstrating the accuracy of the algorithm. This article was authored by Marcus Needler.


Let's say you want to make a video and share it with a private group of people. You want them to be able to access the video easily, but you also don't want the whole world to be able to find the video or to be able to find it on your YouTube channel. So here is how you do it.   You should find this page and here on this page you will simply either click select files and select the file on your computer or you can simply click and drag the file from your computer here and then it will begin the upload process. And here you name the video testing. I'm just going to make a, and the description is whatever you want to type and then scroll down and it's optional to upload a thumbnail. It's optional to put in the playlist. Of course be careful of putting an unlisted video into a playlist because if it's in a playlist and that playlist has been accessible by other people then this video will also be accessible by other people. So if you're making a kind of a private or unlisted video you might not want to put it into a playlist unless you're careful about it. These other options are optional and then so let's go to the next step. Okay monetization I would recommend turning it off so that those who watch your videos don't have to watch ads and then click next. This is optional click next. This is, this should usually turn out fine copyright no issues. This was a really short video so they were able to check it quickly but if you have a longer video the copyright might be checking for sometimes even hours but you can still share the video before the copyright thing has been done. Let's click next and here I think by default now it's unlisted but some people make the mistake of clicking private. Not a mistake but it's tricky to make it private because this means to make other people be able to see it you have to have the email addresses of people who have their Google account is associated with the email address you're adding here and so if you don't know which email address they have that's associated with their Google account they won't be able to see the video. So I always choose unlisted because this means it's easy for the people I share it with to access the video but it's not findable by anybody else and it's not findable on my channel so that's my recommended way of doing it. Public means anyone can find the video online or on your channel so unlisted. Okay and then after that that's we're done by the way notice that here is a button you can click on it to copy the video link to your clipboard so that makes it easy to paste it in an email or on Facebook or wherever later. So I've copied it and I click save and the video is officially published unlisted and the other way to get the link to the video is simply to go into your YouTube studio which is where you upload videos and edit videos and then click on the three dots next to that video and click on get shareable link and that also copies the YouTube video URL into your clipboard and this is where you can then paste it into for example a private Facebook group I pasted using command V on the keyboard or control V on the windows and press enter and then within a few seconds for example here in Facebook there should be a yep there you go and people can click on this and be able to watch the unlisted video so I hope this helps let me know if you have any questions below.


This training is important because it helps us to get our time down. It builds morale. Repetition increases skills, home skills, and so in a deployment situation we're not lost on what we're doing. We need good crews, and so we find out who's best within the platoons, and we assign the certain sections such as EEP, the trucks that come down here, we have a short crew who drops and retrieves our loads, and then we have our boat operators pick up and go out. And then we have build crew who is retrieving those loads as they come and then putting them together. So we did two kinds of work wrap crossing today. We did a seven float and a full float. So a seven float is five base two ramps. We build that, we load it up to two CVTs, which is our truck equipment. We wrapped it up in one slip across the planks and second slip, and loaded off those two trucks as anchors. We broke that seven float up, so the ramp went to the other side of the near shore. And therefore that allowed us to start building our two rafts for the full closure of that stuff to come. One raft. What was really amazement to me was the new talent. When I saw these new soldiers that come straight from AIT, or they're never being able to build and I was able to see their potential, it was definitely eye opening. It's the fun part where people get to see and get to see what they accomplished. You get to see what happened, what you built with your own hands and your own sweat. It's just really productive for us.


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