We're gonna be playing some more Sims today. I want to see if I can get into my distinguished degree program it I got rejected and you know rejection hurts, but I'm convinced that we're gonna be able to make it I believe so that's what we're gonna do right now We're gonna level up a little bit if we want to get that sweet sweet distinguished degree in villainy That is my goal. That is the plan. So that's what we're gonna try to do today a little bit.  These look really really good. Let's see Let's see what the levels like on the pancakes normal quality pancakes Okay, we'll have some pancakes because you gotta have some brain food if you're gonna, you know make your brain smart Yeah, so from what I was gathering like I was trying to think about what things I should do to beef up my skills To get the distinguished degree in villainy.  So let's let's get him a banyo break And then and I also think I also think mischief makes sense for villainy and my guy is naturally mischievous So I will probably try to invest some points in mischief as well today So that's kind of my my MO for today is like can I get you know? Can I get the Let's put these away Can I get enough skill points so that I can get the distinguished degree so that I can go and study villainy because that's what I want I want the Foxbury Institute. I want villainy. I want like all the high-level skills. That's the plan, you know So so yeah, we'll see we'll see if we can do that all right you let's let's get you cleaned up and And Ready to you know be productive and then all right, you're gonna go play some blik block.  I feel like Pilly's a little bummed out. She could use that Yeah, that makes her feel a little better.  So we always want to knock out things on your wish list. There we go All right, and she wants to cook a meal from being inspired. You just cooked a meal But if you really want I guess you can make something. What could what could we cook here? Cook a grand meal. What if you bake? I wonder if that counts if I bake something it says cook a meal, but Let's see what else can you make these days eggs and toast phobia to chocolate chip cookies? Let's let's try some chocolate chip cookies. Let's just see if we can make some some of those see if that counts, you know Then why don't you get a little bit of like social life going on here Let's socialize. It's like chat Just go chat on the internet's for a little bit. All right, so let's get you yeah, all right Look at that. I didn't even have to tell him. He already wants to get on the on the logic We got to get them logic points up. So yeah, you go ahead and do that while really, you know, like satisfies her urge to cook some chocolate chip cookies and And yeah, we'll we'll get people that was all uncomfortable. I wonder why Was making him uncomfy. I guess that does not count as a meal. I guess. Oh, no wait now. Now it says plant something That's totally different. I don't All right. Well, sometimes it'd be like that. Let's uh, Put those away. Oh My man's already back. What's up?  So that's another thing I wonder like how many items were in there because I got I got a few different things. Oh Maybe if I just hit open I wonder if that works All right, cool. Well, we'll get a little bit more. We got to get back to being smart though.  Although.  That all seems like a good idea Yeah, I don't want to let that food go to waste, you know, I get that num nums. Let's do it He's somehow he's figured out what a minnow is. I got questions. I don't know if he got that intel from Pilly I don't know I Have no idea what happened, but somehow Gustavo learned what a fish is and I don't I don't have an answer for you Man, it's raining You want to do a yoga mat routine? Okay? Well, maybe we can go do that. Yeah I guess it might be good for like my villain guy to have some fitness, you know fitness points I can see that I want to get him leveled up here into this and then oh, that was already on the yoga mat Look at that hog in the yoga mat.  That was like Trying to he wants to take a mud bath. All right fine. Go ahead and spend $60 on mud I have questions. Why why does mud cost $60? First of all, where do you get mud for a mud bath?  Where do I go? Like I don't know if that's a thing, but okay All right, so whoa, it's storming pretty dang hard, man All right, let's check out. What are my skills here? All right, so you got some mischief skill Got one we got to do some stuff to boost up that mischief skill And then we got a couple points in logic now, so that's good. Dang man. That's some intense thunderstorm in That's really intense is oh like a man. It's making me nervous. I'm pissed on nervous She needs to shout forbidden words. Yeah, you should do that Good that seems fine. Yeah, let it out Bad words is just you know, there's nothing wrong with the words. They didn't do anything bad I'll never understood why people get mad about bad words. I mean, they're not, you know The words didn't do nothing to nobody so Yeah, all right What else you got in here eatin still wants to eat an excellent meal All right, what are we working on here? What is what is this developing? I? Don't know probably like some sort of creativity skill Doesn't see oh, yeah writing. Okay, just straight up writing skill clear. Got it easy peasy Okay, cool. I'll just have his mud bath. So he's feeling pretty good.  You know you could be like Really? Really cool, how do I how do I do that? Dang man More choices, I don't know Close the crazy scheme My best under storms where where is the item for showing off your muscles? We don't know where that is Seems like it might be a You know muscles muscles in the romance department, but no it doesn't seem to be I don't know don't know who to show off the muscles to so oh you want to show them off to to somebody else apparently Oh, hey, somebody's here Cassandra got why don't you say hi peely? Invite her on in because it's raining that seems lame All right, cool All right, so we've got you a little bit of skill boosting I want you to get on here and like troll the forums or do something here that'll get me a some extra points in the What's it in the in the mischief? Social networking writing computer security Choices web Hmm, I know I've seen this on here before I know I've seen this Troll the forums, let's go Yeah, why don't you?  Nobody wants to All right, what if uh What if we dry off a little bit? Let's uh, let's change into Yeah change out of the wet clothes there we go That would be nice Okay All right, why don't you you need to calm down try to calm down? Quite literally you need to calm down. There's an option. This is try to calm down. That's what we're looking for. All right Yeah, we'll get you into that mischief category You've still been moist from being outside All right, you feeling better.   I didn't know that was an issue But okay All right, so I'll look at you just being like I'm gonna be nice and clean up stuff.  You know calm yourself down a little bit So yeah, I want to see if I just want to pull out like a specific item From here. Okay, so yeah, we can we can pull out specific items got it perfect. Okay Where are you going? What is your plan? Just stand around it at the umbrella, huh?  It has been a while you need some pancakes, Pili I think I think that's the issue Get some pancakes Grab a serving of them pancakes. That'll help you feel better always makes me feel better when I got some nummies and Feel like that could be a good way to go All right get pancakes and then you can talk to her. She'll still be there when you get back. All right Um Jeez, what is going on Pili?   Oh Is it oh, it's like that. Okay. Hang on. So if somebody's seriously though, you can't walk around him. All right That's weird. I didn't realize that was an issue Okay, let's let's move some items then if that's the case Maybe that'll do it Geez here, I am like watching her just stand there being hungry trying to get some pancakes And it's like no wonder because she can't even get to the pancakes that would be frustrating Have me really irate You yeah, we're just hanging out here. We're trying to have a good time You help yourself to the fridge or something, you know if you want All right Anything else we can do here Yeah, he's feeling confident Get looking for a promotion one a mud fight. Yeah, just go hang out. Have a good time There there. I am just getting my relaxation on doing some yogurts So, yeah, I think this is pretty good. We've got now. We've got skills. We've got let me see. What am I skills again? So I got some logic skills. That's good. I got a couple points in logic One point mischief.  All right. She just left We've got some emotional issues Yeah, we're not gonna go hang out right now. It's a it's a crazy thunderstorm. Nobody wants to go hang out It's a Saturday. Look at this weather. No one wants to go outside in this weather. You kidding me? We're just hanging out having a good time You know trying to relax everybody's tense for some reason. I don't know why Yeah, go ahead and vent. Although it doesn't seem like she can't out. There we go. Yeah, you can go vent All right, go vent to Gustavo. Tell him what's up. He'll listen to your problems All right, as soon as we get this mischief level up. I want to get him Reloaded. All right. All right, he's not quite there. Where is he going? Playing the rain Playing a mud puddle. All right. Playing the mud puddle. Fine. All right. We're not gonna do that right now. Let's go to the Let's go to the bathroom. Get him ready to go He wants to go for a jog in the middle of the rain. My man has a Very unique approach to life. I appreciate that All right, we still got some time left on the tofu tacos. Yeah, we should be eating like All the things that are Still eatable. Oh look at this. We're just taking a little nap Already so early But I guess, you know, some people need that. Uh, where are you going? React to first snow Where is there snow? What are you? What are you even looking at? My man is hype All right Send an energized text to Mariale. Tell Mariale what's up Um, and then Yeah Okay, I was just like out here standing in the rain for no good reason Feels like having a drink at the lounge getting promotion having a mud fight Yeah, we're not gonna do probably any of those things.  That'd be kind of fun um All right, you know, I mean he's feeling like working out too Let's let's do it. Okay. I'm down Um Yeah, let's go. Let's go to the gym It's late at night. Money only wants to work out. I feel like we should I want to stay active stay healthy I see nothing wrong with this So, yeah All right, cool Yeah, let's uh, let's do a little hip bump boom Boom. Yeah, we're pumped up. We're hype. All right, right there. Uh, we want to do go for a jog Can we do that on a machine? Can we can we do that like just anywhere? Do we got to go up here Yeah, let's do a workout on the machine on the treadmill Let's go Yeah Uh, it says actually now it says go for a jog. It's like something you got to do On your own Where's my man? Oh, he's over there All right, and it does jog now Yeah, you just go for that jog.  All right.  He's just still running All right now go do your push-ups Run back that way You should still be getting points for this honestly.  I mean, this is a very late night workout. I'm I'm surprised honestly But hey, whatever All right. Yeah, get some push-ups in there feels good, right feels good in a while Yeah, um, let's see. What else can we do while we're here? What else is going on? It's a nice gym Let's uh Do they have any like food? Have a little jamba juice or something like that in here. Yeah, let's go. Uh, let's go swim Okay, so you just kind of automatically go through there. That's cool. That's convenient boom Yeah cool let's uh Says swim with I was gonna say well, my daddy's leaving the pool anyway. So well, we've got hang on. Let's let's Yeah, let's swim with let's hang out and have a swim time Cool Now she's out. She's done All right, fine Whatever do some sit-ups you want to do some sit-ups. Let's do some sit-ups Right here next to the pool doesn't matter Sit-ups you can do them anywhere, baby. All you need is an attitude. Let's go All right. It's one in the morning on a sunday. I think that's about time for me to Me to go home I just discovered that home go home button and I feel like I'm an idiot for not realizing this a long time ago Because every time I was like trying to figure out how to get out of here and sure enough There's just a go home button that's been simplifying everything for me Should have known better All right All right, so you okay. Hang on once again. I have questions. Why is everybody awake?   Come on Come on towel clean up and clean up your tacos.  And I mean, I get it, you know There's a lot of water there. You'd probably don't want that there But um, also, you know, we got them we got order to maintain around here. So yeah We're gonna do that. We're gonna get you guys ready for bed. I think we're pretty close I think we're gonna apply tomorrow like this next on this monday. I feel I feel like we're ready For an application for another attempt You know, I think that'd be cool um What what skills have I developed here? Again, we're we're you know, file cleric. Okay research debate skill. Okay. So if I want to get a promotion I need to Research debate See what we could do here career all career Um, let's see. Let's see here Okay, so I could do file core documents Which would be ahead of time. I could like skip monday work. I like how they give you that flexibility and work now That's really cool. Um, but I want to I want to research Research and debate skill. That's interesting like Each level to research and debate. Okay research archive podium machine research paper Practice debating. Okay. You can uh, you can practice debating That'll work yeah and then um Billy needs robotic skill to keep leveling up in her engineering job So that's something else we could probably work on too, which would be good to do. Um, but let's uh Let's get you cleaned up We don't want to completely throw off our Because you both got to go to work at next party So we don't want to throw you guys off completely from your schedule here, which is kind of already done But whatever As Yeah, that's good. We got top of practicing debate for his law career. This this is very accurate This is exactly how real life has played out. All right, you go to sleep.   So you're pretty much in good shape for getting up early All right, we'll get you up here And have you Grab a grab a bite. Grab a Grab a serving of chocolate chip cookies, you know, because that's always a good way to start the day and then All right, Pilla, you're pretty much starving So you need to start getting up to and get some breakfast But you're pretty much in good shape other than that. Let's let's give her a little bit more sleepy time Because you need that energy Boy, I don't know about you guys, but I don't think I would trust scrambled eggs and bacon that have been in the fridge for a week I mean Like I've made eggs and bacon before I guess you could probably get three four days out of it in the fridge But I don't know if I would trust those eggs after like a week. That seems a little Seems a little ambitious if you ask me Um, I guess we'll see All right, and then can you Yeah Take out those Get that get that plate out of there Yeah, and then I like how there wasn't just an option to put it away.  Yeah be useful Good stuff. Okay, so now let's see you're doing pretty well I feel like we could put you back to Did it give me the option to tell them where to go to work? Oh, it's sunday. I'm dumb.   Why call the sadness hotline? Dr. Dogpili does want to adopt a dog. I could see us doing that.  We're still not exactly like loaded on money right now So I don't know about that. Um And then we also want to beef up her robotics. So I think we'll do some of that too That was inspired so he should be should be learning fast on this one Let's see his research and debate skills. Okay. It's it's all one skill. Nice. That's convenient Okay, I don't know what Pili's working on right now video gaming. Okay, fine. I guess get some points in video games Um, that'll work And then okay put away this food Cool.  That's a good rule of thumb in life I highly recommend you follow it. Um, if you don't I mean, it's your life It's your choices, but I think you should just be a little more careful. You know, I mean All right, so Yeah, you start out with one right away as soon as you engage in the skill I like that so she can probably get up to level two today and start working on that promotion because I need you guys To pay for my college education That's so important Somebody got paid for it. It's gonna be one of you guys Okay, she hurt herself. That's cool. All right, and then we'll get you up to this level two right here Um All right, cool And now at that point, I think We could do a little bit of tv watching You know, whatever you want to watch Um, let's watch watch watch some comedy. Comedy's fun. Yeah cool And he's still working on things outside. That's cool.  So We got Come playful get to know gustavo Get to know. Yeah, let's find out about this guy. What's up with his life? What does he want to do? What is what is what are his aspirations his dreams? Cool. Let's let's do that and help start getting rid of a Some of that sadness. There we go. That's what you like to see cool Talking out watch some stuff. All right, and then all right. I think we have A much better chance now at This I'll I do want to level up that mischief skill if I can get that mischief skill up. I have a feeling I will have enough Like enough, you know skill here. Um, fill the squalor bad environment. What is giving me a bad environment? What that's weird Oh crap, okay, hang on That's what it is Um, all right, we got to go fix that Tyler you're on it Um, even though Pilly's the engineer I want, you know, how to be You know useful So, uh, yeah, go tell go tell me about my dreams while you work on this All right, cool level two mischief level two logic I think that might be enough to get me into university. We're gonna do another application. We're gonna do Oh, hang on. No, so I already applied And it said I couldn't Get the distinguished degree. So can I apply again? I guess is the question because if not It's gonna suck That'll like completely defeat my whole plan And I hope that's not what happens Let's find out. All right Good You can stop doing that for a second All right, pal was working on the sink Trying to fix it. Yeah, I know you don't like it. Okay. You clean up. He he repaired.  Okay Still okay. So this is what I got before this is the results I had so what I want to know is can I even Reapply like is it possible? It seems like it's not so I might just be stuck with what I got here and if that's the case It's unfortunate. Um But let's check out our let's let's check out our Scholarships, maybe we can find some other things we can do here Um, all right you Whoa, we've also got a problem over here Geez, everything's breaking down over here. Call captain tallow to save the day. He's got the skills You can go ahead and use the banjo Yeah, man All right, thank goodness tallow's a very handy hand He's doing all sorts of handy things. You know very handy, man. All right, so What's my man doing over here? Oh my another thing is broken. All right, we got it. Everybody teamwork. We're going to repair all the things And solve all the problems. All right, I believe Okay, so it seems as though I cannot get my skills up for this Distinguished degree, which is lame. I'm going to have to check it out But you know what we'll uh, we'll deal with that after we eat some more leftover breakfast from several days ago And hopefully we can get these people, you know, their skills up. Um, what is this for the repair skill? Handiness handiness. Okay.   All right, and then let's throw that away and Okay, now you can clean up the floor All right, he's going to get something out of the fridge That's cool. She's gonna mop up the other part of the floor looking good. I like it Love it. He's full up. Everybody's happy good stuff Okay now What is this? It's hot Well, it is hot. So You know, what are you gonna do? Um summertime, so He's feeling feeling toasty I wonder if you get like air conditioning then or something. We're inside So I wouldn't think that would be a big issue, but maybe it is maybe I'm wrong Um, why don't you? For here There's no espresso grinder. Oh, we don't have an espresso grinder, but we have an espresso machine I didn't realize that this would be like like this Okay All right Well, now that I know what I know, I think we're just gonna have to proceed ahead and look for scholarships Um, let's let's review some scholarship information and find out if we can get a scholarship so we can do things Um, okay You are in a good mood. You're having a good time Todd was using a potty. That's cool We're over here um, you can Grab a grab a bite grab a bite of your pancakes from the other day All right, so let's take a look at these. Um, we got Okay, so we don't get any distinguished degrees because we we applied too early need-based Okay, we don't have a lot of money so maybe we can get some need-based scholarships for those of you who are Unfamiliar with these different types of scholarships. I mean we got distinguished scholarships, right? Because you're like going into like the honors program. So you're gonna get some sort of distinguished degree That's very similar to real life It's like get into honors college now need-based scholarships That's like you got you need money, you know, you don't have any money So you need money and so they'll give you some Uh, that's cool. It's it's nice that the sims university is so egalitarian because You know in real life if you need a lot of money, they don't let you in um Skill scholarships if you got skills in a specific thing you can get a scholarship in that thing That's kind of cool. I might be able to qualify for some of that because I've been leveling up these skills We'll see uh career ones. This would be like I guess if you've already got some work, which is kind of cool um resident grant Okay, you can maybe go for that sports and e-sports. I don't really have any skills in those areas So I don't think I'll be able to get any athletic scholarships. Um, but yeah, so so let's see. Let's let's try to apply to some scholarships Oh, oh the option to apply is back. Okay Well, let's do it again Then that's what I want to do Oh, no wait, that was pd never mind. Okay. Now that's why I'm dumb All right. So yeah, you can't apply anymore. So let's try to apply for scholarships though Let's at least see if we can get some free money and make things a little better That would be nice. All right, so Um, that was pretty hungry man.  All right. So I want to apply for Workplace scholar Education for all low funds. Let's let's go for the low fund scholarship and see if we can't get some of that. Okay Um, yeah, get yourself some pancakes because pancakes make everybody happier. We all love pancakes. All right Beauty's looking good feeling good get you out there The disappointing drink and nothing like a disappointing drink to All right, go tinker at your workstation. This seems productive All right, and then you're doing pretty good over here. Let's get you potted up And Then let's see your energy is kind of low. I don't know what I can do for that. Um But that's okay And then maybe we'll we will get you to Let's see clean that up Be useful. So we'll see we'll see if I get a scholarship opportunity. Apparently I have made the you know error Of applying too early when I wasn't ready You know and that's where we are now So Go check your application. Let's see if it's already back.  Let's find out Pending pending. Okay. So we're not going to know that today. That's fine. I'm gonna see what I can do with this Um, but we'll be we'll be getting on campus soon people. I'm feeling it feeling good about it All right, watch some dishes for some reason. We got to go all the way over there. I don't know why Um, what's my man looking for just getting a drink of water got to stay hydrated very important all right, um Why don't you? Well, you don't know nobody, huh? Um All right, cool. We'll call Maria layover and see if we can get her to hang out and have a good time with us What's up, Maria? Say hello I'm gonna ask Maria if she's a mermaid because I want to know I want to know if she's a mermaid I need to find out. I've always wondered this Okay, apparently I don't get to do that Um, where are you doing bro? We're hanging out.  Why don't you impersonate mermaids? Everybody thinks that's fun Yep, that's definitely what mermaids act like Yeah, everybody loves that that works cool Okay, good times I like what I see All right.  All right. We got that Cool. All right Clean up the glasses bro. Come on. Be be helpful. Be productive member of society All right. Pity's in a lot of pain So it goes sometimes Um, do you want us to lay down a little bit on the couch?  No, you know, they always want to go to bed so early It's like guys and then they're up at two in the morning when they when you don't want them to be it's crazy So, yeah, let's complain about the local youth That seems like a thing to do All right them darn kids today Aren't they just such a pain All right, cool. So I think you can have a sleep time. You guys are clearly You know pretty tuckered out And y'all got work in the morning and we need you to be productive. So that's fine. All right, and then cool Yeah, spend some time here. All right. Yep. Apparently I'm sleepy too Um, I don't want to nap though nap is like half. Oh man all right fine Looks like it's it's your job to repair this sink because Talbus certainly can't he's sleeping feel he's working on it too. So all right, you clean that up And then clean that up And then that's probably a good time to say bye. Marielle and then Man this will take a long time to clean so All right, um I think it's a sign that it's time for bed.  Sorry, Marielle. You could just hang out as long as you like But um, we're all going to be sleeping now So, yeah, she'll probably just hang out watch tv show that our house. It's cool. You can always hang out.  We're not we're not doing that. It's everybody's tired It's sunday night people got to work in the morning. What kind of guy wants to party that late, you know Just seems irresponsible and I appreciate the efforts. No, dude. We're not going to a night club on a sunday night That's just crazy talk. Nobody does that You know, maybe you go to church on sunday, but I don't see anybody doing that stuff. That's just nuts All right, for some reason costa was already awake because See, this is the thing that drives me crazy about this game. You can't sleep in if you want to sleep in You're almost certainly gonna like You know mess up everything so Yeah, grab a serving of pancakes. I guess now that you're up at three in the morning Like this completely throws off the rhythm Because now you're like, oh cool. I thought it was gonna be fine.  You can't just sleep in a couple hours That's okay. We'll we'll make it work. Grab a serving pancakes I want us to finish the food that we made don't We can save the chocolate chip cookies for another time. Okay um All right, so you have a couple of random items. That's cool Yeah You guys hang out talk a little bit. That's cool. We'll catch up I want to see if I scholarship application comes in and then if I have no choice, but to go and study villainy at the You know brightchester. I guess I will I'll be I'll be a fancy villain and that's okay. I can do that You know, um, it's not the end of the world all right, and then Okay, you're doing good So now what's your plan? Oh, you want to go play chess outside? I don't know about this Um, why don't you get cleaned up because you're gonna need to do that although As usual Let's use the bag you have first And then my man is going to be going to work pretty soon. So why don't you just like You want to do all right.  Go bathroom. No, you don't need to go there. No. Did I accidentally tell you to go outside? Yeah, I guess I did. All right, and then you need to eat big breakfast All right, we still got still got one more scrambled eggs and bacon. We're gonna eat that that sounds like a good idea all right, and then Well, you need to just get freshened up a little bit for work. We could do that now that you've had some fun time um, let's go in here and clean up and get you brisk shower Brisk because we don't need a whole lot. All right, cool It's feeling good feeling great. Send a happy text, you know, send a happy text to somebody that you know Send a happy text to back home All right Do you not know anybody else? Have you not met a single other human being on this planet?  There aren't people at work that you got to meet or talk to Beats me man. I don't know. What's up? Okay, you're good.  Go to work You just do that and uh But I'll see you have a water balloon fight. Yeah, we're not gonna do that right now.  Let's see if we got the scholarship What impression can we do? She wants to do an impression so Yeah, do an impression All right, you want to play some video games Cool, I see people in the chat making a post that I have no idea what they're about probably links to inappropriate material That's usually what it is. So, uh, cool. Thanks Just the nature of the internet can't can't do anything without All right, you got to go to work too Well, she turned on some comedy I thought we were on comedy actually All right, that was off to work You should be doing well um Really be going to work soon too. All right. Do we get What are we doing right now? I thought we hang on Let me see. What are we do I have notifications? Pending still okay still pending the scholarships. All right fine So, uh, what else can you do? That would be helpful. Well, I think We don't have to wait for that scholarship application then we'll have to just go to university probably that seems like the The reasonable thing to do you should brush your teeth too, bro. You know, it's a good way to start your day Feeling fresh that does that does make you feel fresher Admire yourself. Go ahead and admire yourself. Take a good look at yourself You handsome beast All right, and then pillow you got to go to work So she's gonna do that soon and then Yeah, looking great gotta love it Go rollerskating eat an excellent meal All right. Cool. It's off to work. Good stuff I think that might be where we pause it tonight Yeah, so I want to I want that application I don't know how long that's gonna take to get back to us But once we do get that back then we'll be able to like You know figure things out I think it's a good plan. All right Um, yeah, who's out there who wants to hang out? What's the talk? What's up people? All right. I don't know. I forget. Oh, yeah, remember talking to this person for a little bit I went on that weird date with Nina caliente Yeah, you check good text somebody while you're sitting on the computer or at the tv That's that's what normal people do Check that application we're just gonna keep checking the application Till we get word back that it's done Shouldn't take us long All right, still pending still pending. Can I apply to any other ones? Maybe I can apply to more than one scholarship like let's just see what other ones we have here Okay, new crest resident. All right, but I must be enrolled first interesting Now, okay, it makes me wonder if I need to enroll then if I can't just do it without doing it Well in that case, you know what? I think we make the big decision today my people We're gonna enroll in a university. Let's let's check it out. Let's see what our options are Oh, hey, what's up stranger? Oh, it's more and more. All right, so Okay, this is gonna be our big big decision So from what I can tell I can't unapply and then reapply so I can't get into the distinguished degrees unfortunate, but I do want to get into A villainy degree and so I have to do The brightchester because they're the only ones that have the villainy degree as a basic option. So we're going to do that now Take villainy. All right, so let's take a look at what we got to do. So We can we can get into the jobs like boss and an interstellar smuggler and villain. That sounds fun Okay, class load. Let's see number of core classes two classes Maybe exploiting weakness and minor pranks and misdemeanors. That would sound good. Maybe an elective as well Um Let's see. Oh, cool. Let's let's let's check out some of these options that we have right for our courses. So we've got um Now if I wanted to go all out, okay, I got a complete 12 classes to graduate That's a lot. Geez four classes seems like a lot domino theory and even play. Let's let's go two for the first semester here All right, so we've got gourmet cooking gourmet water gardening water efficiency charisma myths and mantras advanced shower singing humanoid robotics improvisation and acting some of these are real courses so far like humanoid robotics and improvisation and acting are definitely legit courses that you could take in university I don't think advanced shower singing would be on that list But hey, you know, some of these things are mixed ability mixology. That could be useful parenting. Don't do that I like that title. I wish we had more of this stuff in real life salvaging for handiness. I like that Salvadorian culture and cuisine hmm Serenading sims on violin two real realism paintings Trolling the forums for mischief. That's something I already do. I think that would be a good elective for me tummy rubs pet training 101 I like that unstable rocket science writing fiction or are we let's let's pick the trolling the forums course So if I do three I should be able to do Like I should be able to do this in four weeks, right? Because it's a weekly thing. All right, so I could stay at home I can Move off campus. I can go stay at one of these places. All right. Let's check out what we got so This one is university bright chest for students only. These are all bright chesters. Okay So why would I want to be in one or the other? Let's see. So This one's really fancy This one's like the opposite of it drake hall wyvern hall dark wing house. So this one's just more expensive probably because it's a nicer place Um, I don't understand why this one would be 10 dollars more, but okay. Sure. Whatever Um, and then this one's mad expensive Um, also, do we establish how much This is all gonna cost Oh, tuition's at the end. Okay. So all right, so Let's keep it simple. Let's let's stay at the place with all right. There's only have four beds now Let's stay with all the people. Let's stay with the family. Let's make a bunch of friends We'll take the cheapest housing option that we can get. Um, you know, we'll keep it simple All right, and then 1,051 is what I got to pay For this and I can also get a loan with a modest amount of interest. That's pretty reasonable interest honestly Um, but we can pay for that with the household funds. I think throughout the week We'll be able to handle that and uh Let's freaking do it. I don't see why not all right, so He's gonna oh wow. All right, so I have to move out And I got to transfer funds to my man and he doesn't have any money. So All right Like let's just send all the money over there 300 bucks. That's what you get buddy That's all you're gonna have and hopefully we can see how to send more money to my boy here Because it's about to get rough All right, we're sending him away to college. We are going to college. Oh my god I I you know, I didn't get into my first choice of degree and and that's life sometimes You're not always going to get into your dream school But you're going to get into a place that'll take good care of you and I feel like I'll do okay here, brightchester Um, let's see what I got here. So all right, so Let me see what my classes are. All right, so I have a class in three days Classes in two days All right, all of these are gonna be all right. So I have Monday I have two classes and Tuesday Thursday is my elect or no my other major So today I have homework I should do some homework. I should be a responsible young student But uh, I also need to go meet people. I need to like You know Make some introductions Because I'm gonna be staying with these people for a while. What's up? You're my mariko Mariko Mori Yeah Isis Mackenzie I wonder if they like realize that name is, you know, kind of not cool anymore Join the good timers, you know, I'm interested in that. Yeah Let's join the good timers because you guys I remember being interested in that and uh The good timers sounds like a thing I would do. I want to have a good time. It'll be a good timer. Um, okay now Is there like anything I can use? I need a computer On site. I don't even have a computer Because I'm broke And I don't even see any here that I can use. I didn't even come to university with a laptop. I am horribly unprepared for college Um, so maybe I need oh wait, there's a crappy computer on the desk. Okay. We can use that so, um All right coursework Let's study. Let's study for what do we have tomorrow? We're gonna have exploiting weaknesses So let's do that. Let's uh, let's go be some responsible people And uh, take care of some business, you know now that I'm in university Um, hopefully I can get some money sent to me by Tabumpili at some point here because otherwise it's gonna be tough I'm not sure how am I even gonna Gonna do this, you know um So The other class is in the afternoon. I wonder if I'll be able to go It says in three days, which is weird because like It's kind of like, I don't know I wonder if it's just because I started on a Monday if it's not gonna count These first couple days or something like that, which is that's the case. That's okay, you know, um So we do have to man, there's homework for like everything. Geez, and then there's a final exam and a presentation for this one So, yeah cool Yeah, well, we're gonna be responsible or we're gonna study and then we got to figure out how we can make some money I can do commercial Spurgs person select an agency AI staffing agency interesting. Yeah, sure fine by me um All right, he went he wants to take a shower because he's tense That seems reasonable But uh, you're not really that stanky right now. So Yeah, other people are around. He's he's a bit of a loner He doesn't really like a lot of people and that's gonna be frustrating by you know, we're gonna have to get used to it We're gonna have to deal with it because That's just what it is um all right, so cool We're gonna check the scholarship applications. I wonder if now that I have Enrolled if I will be able to get a scholarship So Well, we'll come back to that in a minute. Let's check out our application for the scholarship merit zero Oh pending, okay, so I can still apply for another scholarship. Let's let's do that Let's see if I can apply for the brightchester resident grant because I'm broke I have 300 bucks to my name and I'm gonna need some help here if I want to make it through so uh Yeah Let's go ahead and use use a potty And then like is there anyone to make food in here? Boy her violin music is pretty annoying. All right.  What's that? Let's read what that piece of paper says All right, what's it saying? Okay. So somebody's just complaining about life. All right Yeah, why don't you meet some people here to say hi to people? You know? All right, cool Cool Um, all right. This seems pretty reasonable so far. We're doing pretty good Um, we are gonna need to troll the web forums a little bit Um, but I also want to see oh, what's that? Is that somebody's food?  That's my roast chicken now Shouldn't have left it out there.   That's mine Free food. Let's go Although he doesn't seem to be enjoying it very much Um, yeah, there we go That's making him feel better. He's in a room by himself with some chicken That's basically what I want to be in life is in a room by myself with some chicken All right, here in hygiene's festival. Show me some info about this festival. Okay Um, well, we know which side we're on the light or dark tea interesting Purchase unique fireworks standard performances Devilish voodoo. Oh, I can get a voodoo doll. That sounds kind of cool. Um, it's all right. We can come back there later Let's let's check that out. That sounds like a good idea um, all right, so Yeah, I do want to do that actually so, um Yeah, let's go Let's go to the festival for a minute here. Let's see what this festival's like. All right, cool things to do at college festivals Colleges full of all sorts of fun activities. All right, so, uh, let's see here. Let's um, let's make an introduction and uh Talk to Beko a little bit here I'm bored Bored by a dull discussion Just like now you're not interesting Not a cool. All right. I do want to buy a voodoo doll. Where do I do that? That sounds interesting to me. Um All right, let's see what the it says from the swag stall. Okay By swag Let's go buy that voodoo doll. Maybe that'll make me happy I can play some jokes on people with it. All right. How much is the oh man?   Where's that dark tea at? Didn't they say there was like two kinds of tea All right, maybe not here Um Let's see. Let's see some more information. Where do I get that tea? All right, so there's the stand-up stand I don't know where the tea is. I want that dark tea. I want to try the dark tea I want to get dark with my tea. I want to try the stuff You know, um Buffalo wing tea. No, no, no Um, all right. He wants to hi from everybody. He's feeling embarrassed Socially awkward. Hey, that's life sometimes man. Sometimes life is going to be socially awkward. Don't let it bother you All right, I want to take a look around though before we let too much time pass here Where do I get me tea? There's no tea. The tea was a lie Oh, cool. We can try That thing that looks fun. Um, I'm glad that they have these sorts of things in the game That is very cool, but I just all I really want is my uh my tea Prankster fireworks Rummage for food. I may have to do that considering my unfortunate lack of funds Um, what are you doing over here? During the pranksters. Okay. Yeah, we want to join the pranksters So that seems like a way to go. Okay. Okay. This is the tea stuff. I got it.  I like it Yeah Drink that stuff. Let's go What sort of pranks can we do? Yeah All right, what does he want to do? He wants to write jokes. Interesting. Um, no, I don't want to write jokes I want to play like pranks on people She's a jokester Let's uh Imply some jokester sabotage What could that do? Let's see Like hey, maybe you want to try sabotage like are we trying to suggest something like hey, hey You want to Okay, apparently it didn't go over well Yeah Let's uh, let's Let's chat with uh Somebody that we know, you know, let's let's talk to pv. We're having a having a tough time It's it's our first days at university. We're gonna need to make some phone calls. We'll talk to top of her a little bit Just um Hold the phone Say what's up Okay, for some reason that didn't do anything. All right, cool. Um What else can we do here? Can I see anything good for food? What's my food status? I'm doing okay. I'm having some fun here. What else can we do for fun at this place? Well, let's sit and try that. That seems like fun. Actually, no, you know what? You should sit and try this one Because that one's gonna make you less of a prankster. Well, it's too late for that now Yeah, yeah, that's totally safe. Definitely good for you. Um Start a bright gesture cheer. Let's get the school spirit going. Let's see if we can't, you know, maybe get Get a little that going This guy's like, hey, you shouldn't be over there. So you give me the business Because i'm over here On the wrong side. Is that what it's about? Be careful, buddy because I will uh, I'll message you man. I'll start pranks. Watch out Yeah, okay, cool. Yeah using my side's thing is better. Pester someone. Yeah, that guy was kind of rude to me. Um Although you don't want to pester your bartender too much. You should probably You know What can we do here? Who can we pester? I'm a little I'm a little off from uh, I'm blanked from using the bubble blower Okay, what else can we do? Um Is there a way to pester? How does one pester? I don't know. I don't know how to pester people. There's so many actions so many options so difficult Can I can I play with the jokers seeing the prankster theme song? Let's let's see. Yeah, let's do that. Let's uh, let's sing the thing prankster theme song cool Looks like we beat the festival um, all right, so Yeah, okay cool So, um This place interesting So, uh, yeah, let's head back We're gonna put my boy to sleep and I think we're gonna call it a night A lot of turnip events a lot of things that we did not expect today. We got All sorts of crazy stuff going on. We got all right. Where's which which bed is mine? At least there's always a lot of food laying around. It looks like I'm not gonna have to worry too much about Whoa, whatever that is gross um Does it matter which bed I jump into it kind of seems like it doesn't so Let's just pick This cold. Oh wait Okay, single bed assigned to Signed to Am I seriously gonna be no, there's no way they would put me in that room, right? They wouldn't put me in the pink bed with the check that just seems weird But i'm looking around and i'm not seeing any other beds that are unassigned. So I think That is indeed my bed. I somehow managed to get the grilliest Like room with the Random japanese girl, which cool fine, whatever um We got things to do in the morning. We're gonna do those things So after we go potty call tonight Um, sorry my dearly. I'm not gonna do a crazy party right now. I'm pretty tired And apparently my man's a little bit sick Well on that note that is what we're doing here. We're calling this one a night. It has been a pleasure of my people Yeah, i'm having fun with this It's kind of cool to check out the university life and see how uh, how much it stimulates actual existence So that is what we're going to be doing here. Um looking forward to it So anyway next week. I'm going to continue to work on this Playthrough I want to see if I can get through some classes now that i'm going to be starting You know, let me start my classes on I mean it says in 13 hours. So that's yeah, I got to get up for class and then um We're gonna have to we're gonna have to take our classes tomorrow. So yeah next week. We got classes We're in university. We're gonna be doing all kinds of stuff in here and we'll see what else the university life has to offer Uh, thursday, I got another video coming out from my trip to the united states So you guys can check that out if you want, um, but that's the plan right now. So that is all my people Have a wonderful week and i'll see you next week


Hi guys, I wanted to do a quick little video here for you all on a topic that I don't think I've touched on in Sorry, my dog's right here. If you hear like loud breathing scratching whatever I want to do a quick video on advanced directives and Why it's important to me why it's important to our patients How do we talk to patients about these things what I've seen in my career as an ICU nurse when it comes to advanced directives? I don't think I've made a video on this and it's like it's seriously so so important One of the things that like literally the first things I ask my ICU patients when they come to the ICU if they are available to answer questions is Who makes decisions for you if you can't and then I also will ask them like you know Do you have any advanced directives about what you would want in an emergency situation? You know, would you want a breathing tube? Would you be okay with blood products? Would you be okay with a feeding tube now? Obviously, you have to make sure it's an appropriate time if your patient's like up getting up to you and they're struggling breathing and What not you've got to be you know classy about how you ask these questions But for sure one of the very first questions I asked my patients is Who makes decisions for you and if your heart stops beating are you okay with us doing CPR now? These are also conversations that the doctor needs to have with the patient Especially depending on the location and where you are at but in the state of Arizona a physician has to write that order and have that Conversation I should say a higher-level provider like nurse practitioners and whatnot can but as the nurse I at least like to know so that way if the patient is a full code in the chart and they just told me no I don't want CPR. No, don't put a breathing tube in me I don't want any artificial like means of life Then I can grab the physician and be like hey We need to get this set in stone I Cannot tell you how many people do not have advanced rectives like whatsoever It's not common. I would say it's more common for people to not have anything written down Then it is for them to actually have you know, they're advanced rectives either one on file or two like Actually available at their house are written up So many patients don't think about what they want and that can get very very very messy Especially in an end-of-life ICU situation. I can't tell you how many times I have seen a patient have maybe An ex-wife that's not they're not legally divorced But per the state of Arizona, and I'm sure it's like this most places where you're at If you cannot make decisions for yourself It defaults to your next of kin and there's an order of who that would be and the first person is your spouse So if you're not legally divorced from your spouse They can make decisions for you whether you want them to or not and that can get very very very messy when Maybe they don't have a great relationship Or maybe it defaults to your your daughter or your son or your parents or whatnot And you don't you don't want decision them to make decisions for you Or maybe you know that your spouse would keep you alive forever But you have certain criteria of what you would want when you would want to be kept alive and when you wouldn't You can see how messy This whole situation can get very quickly, especially when you're dealing with highly sick patients in highly stressful and emotional situations Families friends are already on edge as is and if you don't have what you want written down It can be very messy and I'm sure a lot of us nurses have seen this in one form or another So what that being said my husband and I made sure we got our advanced directives done We've got our health care power of attorneys situated our mental health power of attorney Financial power attorney living will all of that stuff. We got that written down and set in stone and we used A good friend named Lindsay who actually has an Instagram on here. So if you're in the state of Arizona, I Recommend you look at her. She is Phenomenal very quick very knowledgeable and her pricing is very affordable So if you're needing a resource and you're in the state of Arizona, you have to be in Arizona Unfortunately, I will link her Instagram so you can go check her out But regardless of which state you're in I highly recommend you get some Some form of something down written down and written up legally and if you can't or you can't afford it or what not then at least talk to Your next of kin person whoever that may be and let them know what your wishes are I cannot tell you how many times that I have come home from work and I've told my husband like straight up like Do not keep me alive if x y and z happens This is what I saw at work today and like if I have no quality of life like do not keep me alive And he's probably like what the heck happened at work But I'm sure so many of you come home and you tell your significant other or your friends or whatnot like look If this happens, don't you know, don't keep me around I don't want to be around if this happens and it probably scares them a little bit But we just as nurses see the like realistic side of what Happens to two patients and what like quality of life looks like and so I really encourage you to think about what you would want If you're in a situation where you can't make decisions for yourself And what that would look like and get it down and writing if you can so I have to say if you have any questions about advanced directives or Maybe you're struggling with talking to patients about this or talking to your partner or whatever Leave me your questions in the comments below. Thank you for watching this video Make sure you check out Lindsay if you're looking for someone in Arizona to do your advanced directives and I'll see you in my next video Bye


Recognizing Thailand's strategic importance in Southeast Asia, the United States has been conducting a long-range program to train units of the Royal Thai Army in counterinsurgency. Aware that there is more to counterinsurgency than just locating the enemy and fighting him, the U.S. Army is advising and assisting the Royal Thai government in training their special forces. These selected Thai soldiers are currently taking part in a program which has been in operation since 1954, when a U.S. Special Forces team assisted in organizing, equipping, and training the Royal Thai Special Forces. Patterned along the lines of the U.S. Army Special Forces and under the capable guidance of their long-time commander, Colonel Tien Chai Sera Sampan, the Royal Thai Special Forces have developed into one of the finest units of its kind in Southeast Asia. Colonel Tien Chai, a graduate of the Royal Thai Military Academy, received much of his training in U.S. military schools, including the command and general staff college. The Colonel's close cooperation with the United States Army has resulted in a free exchange of ideas that have benefited both U.S. and Thai Special Forces. This has involved sending selected Thai soldiers to Okinawa for training by U.S. Army Special Forces. In return, the Thais have helped train U.S. Special Forces in a variety of subjects, including survival techniques and language. The Special Forces soldier must have the strength and motivation to overcome all types of physical hazards. Thus, physical conditioning is emphasized throughout the soldier's career. Royal Thai Special Forces undergo rigorous training in all phases of conventional military activities. At the Ranger and Airborne Training Center in Arawan, the Thai Special Forces soldier is thoroughly trained in airborne techniques. He becomes familiar with the parachute harness and learns how to manipulate his shoe. He practices the correct parachute landing form. The 34-foot tower is used to train potential jumpers in exiting techniques and body positions. Once the soldier progresses beyond this phase of parachute training, he generally has little difficulty in mastering the actual jump. The agile Thai soldier has exhibited a natural talent as a paratrooper. Hand-to-hand combat is a vital part of Thai Special Forces training. The Thais find their own boxing techniques extremely effective when combined with U.S. methods. Special Forces weapons specialists are extensively trained in the use and maintenance of a variety of weapons. These specialists are trained in the employment of weapons found in their own army as well as those of foreign manufacture. Through intensive training, the Thai Special Forces soldier gains confidence in all his weapons. There, as with everything else, he must be able to teach others what he has learned. Communications specialists must rely on continuous-wave radio operation using the International Morse Code. They must be able to receive and transmit at the rate of 18 to 20 words per minute and to maintain their sets in the field. Special Forces demolitions specialists must have a working knowledge of explosives. They learn how to make their own incendiaries and how to make a shaped charge out of a bottle. For several years, Thai Special Forces have been sending selected officers and NCOs to Okinawa to learn advanced techniques and demolitions. The Special Forces medical specialist is perhaps the most highly trained enlisted specialist in the army. In the field, dropped into a remote area and cut off from outside support, he is required to treat wounds, fractures, perform surgery, and treat the countless ills common to this part of the world. All Special Forces soldiers must become experts in living off the land. They learn which plants are poisonous and which are edible. They are taught how to get their food by using various traps, such as a fowl snare, a small walking animal snare, or a squirrel trap. They learn how to handle dangerous snakes. And they are introduced to delicacies such as this viper stick. Recognizing the importance of small patrols in jungle warfare, Thai Special Forces concentrate on small unit tactical training. Finding and destroying the enemy is only one element of the fight against insurgency. In addition, Special Forces training includes the all important area of civic action, helping the people to help themselves. Skilled in the many facets of counterinsurgency, the Royal Thai Special Forces today are a significant factor in helping to maintain the security of a nation whose stability will help determine the course of history in Southeast Asia. Dusting down your sleeves and wearing gloves an increase in mop is not required.  You may unmask after dusting off. Four, always observe standard field hygiene procedures including washing your hands and face. These simple precautions will help protect you from inhaling or ingesting DU and other contaminants, transferring contamination from hand to mouth, or getting contaminants in cuts and abrasions. You may notice that some personnel wear additional protective equipment. This is because they spend a significant amount of their working day in destroyed or damaged vehicles that may contain DU contamination as well as burned plastics, POL products, and tungsten contamination. These personnel include battle damage assessment and repair teams, and maintenance and recovery personnel. They are issued equipment such as respirators and coveralls to be used for daily work inside destroyed or damaged vehicles. A fourth situation in which DU could present a hazard is if you find penetrators or parts of penetrators because spent tungsten and DU penetrators can appear very similar. Assume all penetrators you find are made from DU. You can determine when armor has been breached by a DU penetrator by using an AN-VDR-2 or an AN-PDR-77 radiac meter. These meters can also be used to determine whether a spent penetrator on the battlefield is DU. As with all battlefield debris, do not pick up penetrators or pieces of penetrators that you find on the battlefield. Notify your chain of command so they can coordinate a response. A final situation in which DU could present a hazard is if you are near, within 50 meters of, actively burning fires involving DU. If met TC permits, stay at least 50 meters from actively burning fires involving DU. Assume all armored combat vehicles and ammunition supply vehicles contain DU munitions. Never delay first aid or combat rescue because of DU. Conduct rescue and administer first aid in accordance with the soldier's manual of common tasks. The presence of DU on a wounded soldier poses no threat to those administering first aid. Notify your chain of command that the person could have injuries involving DU because additional medical tests could be required. Brief entries into DU-contaminated crew compartments will not expose you to unsafe intakes of DU. It is important to note that DU and nuclear, biological or chemical NBC hazards are completely different and require very different responses. If you are operating in an NBC environment, you must respond to the NBC hazard, a threat many times more serious than the low risk from DU. The protective measures taken in a depleted uranium environment will not protect you in an NBC environment. Depleted uranium superiority in munitions and armor has secured its place on the battlefield, while unfired DU munitions and intact armor do not pose a health hazard, the potential exists for incidents or accidents involving DU. Accordingly, U.S. forces must have the training and preparation required to operate safely and effectively in the presence of battlefield DU contamination.


Harper audio presents sing to me my story of making music finding magic and searching for who's next by L.A. Reed read by Dionne Graham prologue the audition I'd never auditioned a child before my partner Kenny babyface Edmunds and I had written and produced records with a couple of boy groups but working with kids wasn't something I'd envisioned doing when we started our own record company I vaguely figured I would listen to a song or two and tell the kid to come back in a few years but the minute this 14 year old boy walked into my office that afternoon in 1993 I could tell that there was nothing that felt remotely childlike about Usher Raymond the fourth these were high times at LaFace Records the label I had started with babyface in Atlanta four years earlier the company was beginning to make a name for itself we had an album about to be released by an unknown singer named Tony Braxton that would become a multi-platinum smash the label had its first multi-million seller the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy movie boomerang and we had sold millions of records with another previously unknown group called TLC babyface had become a star in his own right after releasing two stellar solo albums and writing dozens of big hit songs with me as his regular producing partner on the heels of all this we had recently relocated the LaFace office from Norcross to a bright beautiful space we built out on the 15th floor of the Capital City Plaza building in Buckhead we built a conference room in the 10,000 square foot office to be shaped like a piano which made a curved wall in the lobby nobody ever mentioned that particular design feature so we probably spent a lot of money for something that went largely unnoticed the staff was growing as our operation expanded behind our two multi-million sellers the sleek modern office lent the label an era of prosperity that I hoped would define us in the years to come but with all the success had come some serious adversity our top-selling group TLC was unhappy about money and that was causing problems between me and my wife pebbles who also happened to be the manager of the group and after scaling the heights of the music business together from late nights at Chitlin circuit dives in the Midwest to the top of the charts my partner babyface and I were inexplicably drifting apart what made the growing distance between me and Kenny even more difficult was that when LaFace started it was a small operation just a handful of close friends who moved out from Los Angeles together in the early days LaFace was a family affair me Kenny our office manager Charlottes my wife pebbles Kenny's brother-in-law Derek lad Kenny's childhood friend Daryl Simmons my childhood friend Kayo my younger brother Bryant moved from Cincinnati where we grew up to Atlanta and came to work for us Brian and I had always had similar tastes in clothes and style we shared music a lot when we were growing up his world revolved around music fashion and sports he was funny and charming and knew what he was about once we signed Tony Braxton we assigned her to him and he became the keeper of all things Tony Brian also scouted talent and it was through him that I first heard the name usher my brother brought several writers and producers to the label he caught usher at a local talent show he'd gone to check out another act on the program and called me from the show to tell me about him I wasn't especially enthusiastic but Brian insisted that the kid was something I needed to see though I hadn't been running a label for long finding talent had become a specialty of mine our hit record so far had come from artists who had never made a record before I auditioned them you never knew what to look for an audition everyone is different special in their own ways you have to remain receptive open but without losing your critical and analytical side it is a tricky combination of balancing intelligence and intuition and being able to tell the difference between having a vision and a hallucination I auditioned talent in my office three or four times a week part of my regular work day there was a corridor that led to the side by side twin offices occupied by Kenny and me my office was a big fluffy all-white space with furniture from Christ and huge speakers powered by my Macintosh amplifier posters of our artists hung on the walls people would come in and out to ask questions to show me artwork to get a moment of my attention I always had an open door policy and people knew they could walk in anytime it was a sample complete ready to continue


Cube Covering, DataWorks Summit Europe 2017. Brought to you by Hortonworks. Welcome back to the DataWorks Summit in Munich, everybody. This is theCUBE, the leader in live tech coverage. Chandra Mukyala is here. He's the offering manager for IBM Storage. Chandra, good to see you. It always comes back to storage. It does, it's a foundation. We're here at a data show and you got to put the data somewhere. So how's the show going? What are you guys doing here? It's going good. I mean, lots of participation. I didn't expect this bigger crowd, but there is good crowd, storage. People don't look at it as the most sexy thing, but I still see a lot of people coming and asking, what do you have to do with Hadoop kind of cushions? Which is exactly the kind of cushion I expect. So going good, we're able to. Well, it's interesting. In the early days of Hadoop and big data, I remember we interviewed, John and I interviewed Jeff Hammabacher, founder of Cloudera, and he was at Facebook and he said, my whole goal at Facebook, when we were working with Hadoop, was to eliminate the storage container and the expensive storage container.  Why does the world need anything different than HDFS? Hi, this has been happening for the last two decades, right? In storage, every few years a startup comes, they address one problem very well. They address one problem and create a whole storage solution around that and everybody understands the benefit of it and that becomes part of the main storage. And when I say main storage, because these new point solutions address one problem, but what about all the rest of the features storage has been developing for decades? Same thing happened with other solutions, for example, deduplication. Very popular, right? At one point, dedupe appliances. But nowadays, every storage solution has dedupe. I think same thing with HDFS, right? HDFS is purpose-built for Hadoop, right? It solves that problem in terms of giving local access storage, scalable storage, big pool of storage. But it's missing out many things, you know? One of the biggest problems they have with HDFS is it's siloed storage, meaning that data is only available, the data in HDFS is only for Hadoop. You can't, what about the rest of the applications in the organizations who may need it through traditional protocols like NFS or SMB or they may need it through new applications like S3 interfaces or Swift interfaces. So you don't want that siloed storage. That's one of the biggest problems we have. So you're putting forth a vision of some kind of horizontal infrastructure that can be leveraged across your application portfolio. How common is that? And what's the value of that? It's not very common. That's one of the stories we're trying, messages we're trying to give out, right? I've been talking to data scientists in the last one year, a lot of them. One of the first things they do when they're implementing a Hadoop project is they have to copy a lot of data into HDFS. Because before they can ingest the data into HDFS, they can't run any analytics in it. That copy process takes days. It's a big move, yeah. It's not only wasting time from a data scientist, but it also makes the data stale.  You can run Hadoop straight off that. Why do you even have to copy into HDFS? You can use your same existing applications, MapReduce applications, with zero change to it and point them at Spectrum Scale. It'll, you can still use the HDFS API. You don't have to copy that. And every data scientist I've talked to is like, really, I don't have to do this, I'm wasting time? Yes. So, it's not very well known that, you know, most people think that there's only one way to do Hadoop applications. It's on HDFS. You don't have to. And the advantage is there is, one, you don't have to copy. You can share the data with the rest of the applications. But, and it's no more stale data. But also, one other big difference between the HDFS type of storage versus shared storages. In the shared nothing model, which is what HDFS is, the way you scale is by adding new nodes which adds both compute and storage. What about applications which don't necessarily need more compute? All they need is more throughput. You're wasting, you know, compute resources, right? So, there are certain applications where shared nothing is a better architecture. Now, the solution which IBM has will allow you to deploy it in either way. Shared nothing or shared storage. But, that's one of the main reasons, you know, people want to, data scientists especially want to look at these alternative solutions for storage. So, when I go back to my Hamabakar example, it worked for Facebook in the early days because they didn't have a bunch of legacy data hanging around. They could start with pretty much a blank piece of paper. Re-architectively, plus they had such scale, they probably said, okay, we don't want to go to EMC and NetApp or IBM or whomever and buy storage. We want to use commodity components. Not every enterprise can do that is what you're saying. Yes, exactly.  But, if you go to any large commercial enterprise, they have lots of data. The whole point around analytics is they want to pull all of the data and look at that, so find the correlations, right? It's not about analyzing one small, one dataset from one business function. It's about pooling everything together and see what insights can get out of it. And, so that's one of the reasons it's very important to have support to access the data for your legacy enterprise applications too, right? Yeah, so it's NFS and SMB are important, so are S3 and Swift. But also, for these analytics applications, you know, one of the things, one of the advantages of IBM solution here is we provide local access to the file system, not necessarily through NAS protocols like NFS. We do that, but we also have Post-X access to have direct local access to the file system. That's one of the, with that, you don't, with HDFS, you have to first copy the file into HDFS, you have to bring it back to do anything with that. All those copy operations go away. And this is important, again, in an enterprise, not just for data sharing, but also to get local access. You're saying your system is Hadoop-ready? It is. Okay, and then the other thing, you hear a lot from IT practitioners anyway, not just so much from a lot of businesses, that when people spin up these Hadoop projects, big data projects, they go outside of the edicts of the organization in terms of governance and compliance and often security. How do you solve, do you solve that problem? Yeah, that's another reason to consider, again, that enterprise storage, right? It's not just because you have, you're able to share the data with the rest of the applications, but also a whole bunch of data management features, including data governance features. You can talk about encryption there. You can talk about auditing there. You can talk about features like WAM, write once, read many, right? So data is, especially archival data, once you write, you can modify that.  These are all part of the data management stack we have. You get that for free. You not only get universal access, unified access, but you also get data governance.  You know, you remember the client server days. Oh wow, cheap, cheap, cheap, microprocessor-based solutions, and then all of a sudden, people realize, we have to manage this. Is it, are we seeing a similar sort of trend with a dupe where the ability to, or the complexity of managing all this infrastructure is so high that it actually drives costs up? Actually there are two parts to it, right? There is actually value in utilizing commodity hardware, industry standards. That does reduce your cost, right? If you can just buy a standard x86 server with a storage server and utilize that, why not? That is going to reduce the cost. But the real value in any kind of a storage data management solution is in the software stack. Not the, yeah, you can reduce your CapEx by using industry standard. It's a good thing to do, and we should, and we support that. But in the end, data management is there in the software stack. What I'm saying is, HDFS is solving one problem, but it's missing out the whole other data management problems, which we just touched on. And that all comes in software, which could run on industry standard servers. Well, and you know, it's fine, I've been saying for years that if you peel back the onion on any storage device, the vast majority anyway, they're all based on standard components. It's the software that you're paying for. So it's sort of artificial in that, you know, a company like IBM will say, okay, we've got all this value in here, but it's on top of commodity components, we're going to charge for the value. And so if you strip that out, sure, you can do it yourself. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, in the end, it's all standard servers. It's been like that always. Now, one difference is, you know, 10 years ago, people used proprietary rate controllers. Now, all of that functionality is coming into software. In ASIC, you know, I think 3PAR still has an ASIC, but most don't. That's probably the only company I can think of, right? Almost everybody has some kind of a software-based or rigid coding if you're able to utilize standard servers. Now, there is an advantage in appliance model because, yes, it can run on industry standard, but this is storage. This is where, you know, that's a foundation of all of your infrastructure. Yeah, and you want RAS, right? You want reliability and availability. The only way to get that is a fully integrated type solution where you're doing a lot of testing on the software and the hardware. Yes, it's supposed to work, but what really happens when a drive fails? How does the system react? And that's where I think there is still a value for integrated systems.  And you're the offering manager for Spectrum Scale, right, which is the file offering, right? That's right. And it includes object as well? Spectrum Scale is our file and object storage track. It supports both file protocols. It also supports object protocols. The thing about object storage is it means different things to different people. To some people, it's the object interface, like the S3 or the S6. To me, it means get put. Yeah, yeah, if that's what the definition is, then Spectrum Scale is object-shared. The fact is, everybody supports S3 and Swift now. Sure. But to some other people, it's not about the protocol because they're going to still access it by file-based protocols. But to them, it's about the object store, which means it's a flat namespace, but there's no hierarchical name structure and you can get into billions of fine-ords without having any scalability issues. That's an object store. But to some other people, it's neither of those. It's about a ratio-coding which object storage provides. So it's cheap storage. It allows you to run on storage service and you get cheap storage. So it's three different things. So if you're talking about the protocols, yeah, Spectrum Scale is, by that definition, object storage also. So in thinking about, well, let's start with Spectrum Scale, generally, but specifically, your angle and big data and Hadoop, I mean, we talked about that a little bit, but what are you guys doing here? What are you showing? Partnership with Hortonworks? Maybe talk about that a little bit. So we've been supporting this, what we call as Hadoop Connector on Spectrum Scale for almost an year now, which is allowing our existing Spectrum Scale customers to run Hadoop straight on it. But if you look at the Hadoop distributions, there are two or three major ones, right? Cloud, Aura, Hortonworks, maybe MapR. One of the first questions we get is, we tell our customers you can run Hadoop on this. Oh, is this supported by my distribution? So that has been a problem. So what we announced is, we formed a partnership with Hortonworks. So now Hortonworks is certifying IBM Spectrum Scale. It's not new code changes, it's not new features, but it's a validation and a stamp from Hortonworks. That's in the process. The result of this, Hortonworks certified reference architecture, which is what we announced. We announced it about a month ago. We should be publishing that soon. Now customers can have more confidence in the joint solutions. It's not just IBM saying that it's Hadoop ready, but it's Hortonworks backing that up. Okay, and your scope, correct me if I'm wrong, is sort of on-prem and hybrid, not cloud services. That's kind of, you might sell your technology internally, but. Correct, so IBM storage is primarily focused on on-premise storage. We do have a separate cloud division, but almost every IBM storage product today, Spectrum Scale included, which is what I can speak of, are, we treat them as hybrid cloud storage. What we mean that is, we have built-in capabilities. We have featured most of our products called transparent cloud tiering. It allows you to set a policy on when data should be automatically tiered to the cloud. Everybody wants public cloud, everybody wants on-premise. Obviously, there are pros and cons of on-premise storage versus off-premise storage, but basically boils down to if you want performance and security, you want to be on-premise. But there's always some data which is better to be on in the cloud, and we try to automate that with our feature called transparent cloud tiering. You set a policy based on age, based on the type of data, based on the ownership. The system will automatically tier the data to the cloud, and when a user access that file, it comes back automatically tiered. It's all transparent to the NDA. So, yes, we are in the on-premise storage business, but our solutions are hybrid cloud storage. So, as somebody who knows the file business pretty well, let's talk about kind of the business, file and sort of where it's headed. There's some mega trends and dislocations. There's obviously software defined. You guys have made a big investment in software defined a year and a half, two years ago. There's cloud, Amazon with S3 sort of shook up the world. I mean, at first it was sort of small, but then now it's really catching on. Object obviously fits in there. What do you see as the future of file? That's a great question, right? When it comes to data layer, there's really either block, file or object. Software defined and cloud are various ways of consuming storage. If you're a large service provider, you would prefer a software based solution so you can run it on your existing servers, or whoever you prefer to serve a vendor is. You know, depending on the organization's preferences for security and how concerned they are about security and performance needs, they may prefer to run some of the applications on cloud. These are different ways of consuming storage, but coming back to file, an object, right? So, object is perfect if you are not going to modify the data. You're done writing that data and you're not going to change. It just belongs in object storage, right? You know, it's more scalable storage. I say scalable because file systems are hierarchical in nature. Because it's a file system tree, you have traverse through the various sub-directories. Beyond a few million sub-directories, it slows you down, right? So, but file systems have a strength. When you want to modify the file, any application which is going to edit the file, which is going to modify the file, that application belongs on file storage, not on object. But let's say you are in dealing with medical images. You're not going to modify an X-ray once it's done. That's better suited on an object storage. So, file storage will always have a place.  That belongs on file storage, not on object. If you care about file modifications and file performance, file is your answer.  Now, either of these can be software-based storage or it could be appliance. That's, again, an organization's preference for do you want an integrated, robust, ready-made solution then appliance is an answer. I don't know, I'm a large organization, I have a lot of storage administrators, they can bring something on their own. Then software-based is an answer. I think most vendors will give you a choice. What brought you to IBM? You used to be at NetApp, you know, IBM's buying the weather company, Dell's buying EMC, what attracted you to IBM? Now, storage is the foundation which everywhere else, but it's really about data and it's really about making sense of it, right? And everybody's saying data is a new oil, right? And IBM is probably the only company I can think of which can actually, which has the tools and the IP to make sense of all of this, right? So, NetApp, it was great in the early 2000s, right, you know? I mean, even as a storage foundation, they have issues with scale-out and, you know, a true scale-out, not just a single namespace.  What tools do you have to make sense of that? And that's where, you know, machine learning and deep learning comes, you know, Watson is very well known for that. IBM has the IP and it has the right research going on behind that, and I think, you know, storage will make more sense here. And also, IBM is doing the right thing by investing, you know, almost a billion dollars in software-defined storage. They are one of the first companies who did not hesitate to take the software from their integrated systems, for example, XIV, and made the software available as software only. We did the same thing with store-wise. We took the software of it, made available as Spectrum Virtualize, you know, we did not hesitate at all to take the same software which was available as, to some other vendors, I can't do that, I'm going to lose all my margins. We didn't hesitate, we made it available as software, because we believe that's an important need for our customers. So the vision of the company, cognitive, the halo effect of that business, that's the future, is going to bring a lot of storage action, is sort of the premise there. Excellent, well Chandra, thanks very much for coming to theCUBE, it was great to have you, and you know, good luck with, you know, attacking the big data world. Thank you, Dave, thanks for having me. You're welcome, keep it right there, everybody, we'll be back with our next guest. We're live from Munich, this is DataWorks 2017, right back.


So we're here at the APA booth, and who are you? This is Summer from APA. And who are you? This is Rebecca from APA. And so you have some new phones? Sure, sure, of course. And this year our main focus is the 4G LTE phones. As you know now the 4G network is growing and growing. So this model is our 4.5 inch 4G LTE and it has a very slim design with different back covers. This one supports both 4G and 3G, so end users from Latin America can buy also the 3G version. Alright, so is it very affordable? No, no, no, the price is very uncostly because the price for 4G is only around 50 US dollars. 50 US dollars for the phone? For the 4G version. For 3G only 40 US dollars. But it's the same SOC for 3G and 4G? Yes, yes, yes. Alright. So why is it a jump from that to 4G? What is the cost difference? $10. $10? Yes, like 4G is $50, 3G is $40. Is it a license? No, it's the chipset. The chipset does change. So one is a 6, 7, 3, 5? Yeah, one 3G is 6, 5, 8, 0 and 4G is 6, 7, 3, 5. Are they pin-to-pin compatible? Yeah, pin-to-pin compatible. Cool. And what are we looking at here? This one is a 5 inch 4G phone which is a big brother for this one. People like the big size phone they can choose to go for the 5 inch. So 5 inch also supports 4G and 3G. 4G, the price will be around 60 US dollars and 3G will be 50 US dollars. So again the $10 gap and how about this one? Yes, and this one is a low end 3G model. Although it looks quite nice but actually the price is much lower. This one only prices less than $50. Less than $50 and then you have a... We say HD panel and 2 and 5 megapixel camera. All right. All this mass production already? Yes, all this are available. How many phones do you sell every month? We are selling now almost 50K, 50,000 pieces per month. And people can buy your brand? Sure, sure. So you have phone max? Yes, we have our own brand phone max and we welcome all the retailers or distributors to come to us and sell our brand phones. Is there MOQ for our phone max? No, no, no. We can sell 100 pieces, 200 pieces no problem. Otherwise if people want the other brand is MOQ 1K or more? 3K. 3K. All right. So what's going to happen in the future? In the future we will bring to our end users more competitive phones with better designs and higher specs, lower price. That's our aim.


What is going on guys welcome back to the channel and I appreciate you being here today I am back with another Fortnite video and today we're going to talk more about Season 4 within Battle Royale and actually the plausible probability that we might actually see DC characters introduced with Season 4 as skins we can win and purchase but before we do that people as per usual I'm giving away 2800 vbox to be with a chance of winning them simply make sure you're subscribed to this channel and have that bell button ticked hit that like button on this video and leave a comment down below when is our picked weekly and contacted via direct message so good luck everybody okay so with season 4 coming out very very soon indeed literally hours from now there has been plenty of speculation about what theme will be behind this new season the main theme people think it might be will be superheroes I mean hey that sounds great to me I am a massive superhero fan and I would love such a thing with the addition of the meteor within the sky I know the clues as to what's going to happen we kind of piece together that this meteor will strike the map at the start of season 4 and basically start off this new season there were just too many clues and hidden secrets found again pointing towards possibilities of what's coming in the future because the meteor was shown to be the main point in what was going to happen many thought it was going to be kind of alien themed space themed some even thought Chinese themed the Chinese theme came from a tweet Epic May talking about traveling through China which was just basically them confirming fortnight will be launching in China their space and alien themed seasons though kind of have a bit more backbone due to in-game clues once we really don't need to go over due to literally everyone covering everything there is to know about said clues so before a week ago it was anyone's guess as to what this new theme will represent then epic tweeted that this image right here which many thought was a meteor traveling to strike the earth which I suppose still could be the meaning of this image you can also see a new character within this meteor trail people saw this character and immediately thought it was going to be a superhero themed new season and when you take another look at the image the new character does indeed look like the flash and this meteor not actually being a meteor at all it's actually the flash within that lightning speed and this is that lightning trail he leaves behind him the day after that they tweeted this image right here you can see on screen now and again it's like another pretty famous superhero called Wonder Woman then we had a leak on season four it hasn't been confirmed to be factual but what's mentioned does kind of make sense the leak states that this new season will indeed be superhero themed arriving within season four will be two heroes and two villains it also states totally tells won't be hit by a meteor but dusty depot will be which we will get to in a second so this leak states it's going to be superhero themed we then got two more teaser images those are these new characters I don't really recognize as superheroes they still indeed could be or maybe they are the villains this leak spoke of two heroes flash and Wonder Woman and two villains we then got this final image today which shows what looks to be like a meteor hit the map and we've got four people standing over it now these actual four characters right here three of them are known to be old characters the fourth one the one with the glowing blue eyes I don't know what that is it could be a character from back in the day I can't remember but three of them I definitely recognize I first thought when looking at this image that this was an actual spaceship that struck the earth and these appeared from that spaceship but because three of the four characters we've already seen before I don't think that's the case I think they just back up I think they just come here to see what's going down but the one thing that does come inside with the leak is the fact that we can see within this image power lines within the background these power lines on the fortnight map are located by wailing woods and you guessed it dusty depot so could indeed this meteor be hitting dusty depot like this leak states we're just gonna have to wait and see so fortnight season four being superhero themed and then basically ripping off DC characters in flash and wonder woman seems a little off to me and many other people and rightly so if we had rip-off versions of characters of an already established company like DC to me just wouldn't fit right at all I mean yeah for sure maybe one rip-off character they could probably get away with by whole season and theme based off rip-offs to me just won't work and won't happen so I decided to do a little research into epic and their history did you guys know epic has a parent company called tencent tencent arms the majority of epic game through 40 percent now if you didn't know about tencent they have their fingers everywhere they have published many many games so a quick google search looking for tencent and dc comic ties reveals some seriously interesting things tencent actually already have a dc licensing deal in place a game published by tencent called strike of kings uses this license and actually has playable dc characters within the game here's more info on this matter tencent has sealed a licensing deal with time war now to bring characters from the dc comic universe to its hit mobile mobile strike of kings the game known by many names including the honor of kings is one of the most popular titles in china right now having hit suppressed some 50 million daily active users now it's been soft launched in the west as strike of kings and tencent aims to use popular IP to fuel its success tencent has already introduced some characters to the game including batman superman and the joker as comic book reports the licensing deal however will give the chinese publisher the opportunity to delve further into the dc universe's catalog of characters it could prove a smart move for tencent with the new wonder woman film about to hit cinemas on june 1st 2017 and the first justice league movie arriving later this year on november 16th 2017 though currently called strike of kings tencent is now surveying fans and their opinion for a new title for its morba so in reality guys after reading this it isn't as far-fetched as i initially thought it would be it's doing actual license here for epic to use dc comic skins within four night battery while with the help of the parent company tencent it is a true possibility no ripoff fake ass characters actually amazing true to design hero skins coming sounds absolutely great to me for sure sounds too good to be true but actually in this case it might even happen season four starts tomorrow and when we will find out for sure if a deal is in place i just want to run around as batman people i want to be the dark knight how about you now dc comics and only big-time players in their superhero business there's also another company called marvel who are now owned by disney so are there any ties between epic games and disney in fact people there is another quick google search reveals the following the walk disney company today announced that epic games is among the 2017 disney accelerator companies that are helping build the future of media and entertainment the disney accelerator is designed to connect disney portfolio companies with the creativity imagination and expertise of the walk disney company by giving participants unprecedented access to disney's leadership team mentorship and support this year's program is helping shape the future and intersection of entertainment and technology you can read the full announcement below for details epic games founder and CEO tim sweeney said over the past few years we've had great collaborations with the walk disney company contributing unreal engine technology to everything from theme park rides to star wars movies and we look forward to participating in the disney accelerator over the past 20 years developers have chosen epics unreal engine to ship visual stunning high quality games and experiences across pc console mobile vr and ar platforms today developers also choose unreal engine for cinematic production visualization and design and simulation disney accelerates helping companies include an epic turn their dreams for new media and entertainment experiences into reality so guys epic and disney do have some kind of partnership but i am afraid i don't think there's any licensing deals on the table here yet i mean i could be wrong but i just couldn't find any information on it plus with tencent already down with dc and being a parent in company of epic i highly doubt we will see both dc and marvel characters in season four that in my opinion just won't happen again guys tomorrow we will find out and i cannot wait but i'm not guys i am out so i hope you guys enjoyed the video if you didn't leave them right trun helps me out thanks as always for stopping by and hopefully people will see you on that next one