This is reading from Proverbs 25 and verse 28.  Talking about a condition that could happen to us if we don't have self-governing ability. We don't have any rule over our own spirits. Having no rule over our own spirit could manifest itself in terms of anger, problem with anger, problem with anything in excess, anything, or even not really stepping in because of fear, all those kinds of things. It's like a city that is broken down without walls, which means that the person is in a very vulnerable state. It's like a city that is broken down. In olden days, we know that the walls of the city or the gates of the city are really the protection. The walls could be so taken. You learn about Jericho and how the historical information is that two chariots could go side-by-side on those walls. Even modern day, you see the Great Wall of China and you see that that is the possibility of having a wall.  If a city is without walls, it's vulnerable to attacks. A person without walls or without this kind of protection is vulnerable to all kinds of attacks, vulnerable to manipulation, vulnerable to... In every situation, the enemy knows what buttons to push, what will really trigger, and then that's it. On the other hand, we see Galatians 5, verse 23, which says that the gift of the Spirit is self-control. The fruit of the Spirit, the work of the Spirit in a believer's life, the end result is self-control. That means self-governing ability. The Spirit of God really wants us to come to a place of strength, come to a place of not from a live in a vulnerable state, but really live a guarded, protected life, and he's really working in us to bring us to that place if we would work with, cooperate with, and yield to the work of the Holy Spirit. I just wanted to remind us about that. Let's pray. Father, we thank You, Lord. We thank You, Lord, that You are with us. You indwell us. Spirit of God, You know our needs. Lord, You know our limitations. Father, God, You know our shortcomings, Lord, and You know the areas of Lord which we need to grow in. We need to build ourselves in. And so, Lord, we pray that even as we pray in the Spirit that we will build ourselves up, Lord, in the Holy Ghost that we build ourselves in faith and, Lord, that we will be strong. As we would say, strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, Lord, that we will be strong in You and in Your power, Lord, and that we will be like a city with walls, Lord, protected, guarded, Lord, and with self-governing ability, Lord, as developed by the Holy Spirit. Master, we pray that each one of us, God, that we will have this and have more of this in our lives, Lord. I pray that You will lead us and enable us to learn, enable us to put to practice this fruit of the Holy Spirit and maybe manifest more in our lives in every situation. We thank You. In Jesus' master's name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. So, yeah, welcome to all those who joined us online coming to Life Skills. We are looking really at last few chapters. We looked at emotional intelligence last time and we kind of touched upon cultural intelligence, right? So, we saw that culture, cultures differ. Culture being, you know, it could be ideas, customs, social behavior, Lord, of particular people group, particular, you know, it could be even within a group, right? It could be within organizations, within teams and so on. So, culture, right? It's not only different nationalities or different ethnicities, but it could also be people of the same nationality, but within a certain age group, right? Maybe a certain language that they speak, the culture could differ, right? So, what is this cultural intelligence that we're talking about? Okay, let me just quickly share one. Actually, I just want to share a picture one second. Okay. I hope you can, wait, wait, wait. Let me, I'm not able to see the whole thing, right? Okay. Okay. Okay, it's not very clear. Let me just read it out. Okay. This is a grasshopper. Okay. This is a grasshopper. It's an insect. So, it has three countries with an advertisement by HSBC, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bagging Corporation. So, this is what, you know, the first thing is, it says USA, pest. Okay. China, pet, Northern Thailand, appetizer, right? So, it talks about three different people groups, maybe speaking different languages, and the same thing, right? It's the same insect. In one national, nationality, it is seen as a pet.  In China, it's a pet. You could put it in a small box and carry it around, give it a name, feed it, et cetera. In Northern Thailand, it's edible, used as an appetizer. So, you know, the tagline for this ad is never underestimate the importance of local language. So, yeah. So, it's a global, you know, bank. So, it says the tagline of HSBC is the world's local bank, which means they understand your culture. They understand, you know, what your needs are, and that's what they want to convey in this ad, right? So, you see that. So, just one second, let me show the other thing. Oops. Now, the notes that I'm sharing, it's actually, it's not uploaded, but I'll share it with you, right? I'll upload it in the Classwork section. Okay. So, if you, this is an article. So, and it's actually a lot of information from here is taken from an article by Harvard Business Review, HBR, so, cultural intelligence. So, cultural intelligence is the ability to adapt to new cultural settings. So, you see the difference in culture, and you learn and you adapt to it, right? So, what is it? So, people who have cultural intelligence, it means or control quotient, you know, CQ, as they call it. They have the skills to go into environments, new environments with confidence, right? And to make informed judgments based on observation, evidence, they excel at understanding unfamiliar or ambiguous behavior, right? So, it becomes a lot more complex as we go around, go along, you know, especially, let's say, when one is ministering cross-culturally. Okay. So, it will be very evident. For example, as Indians, you know, that's the complaint, you know. Most people have when interacting with Indians, you know. Are you saying yes or are you saying no?  Have you had breakfast? So, the question is, you know, are you saying yes or are you saying no? Because yes is like this. No, it's like this globally, but you are doing that, right? So, you know, that's it. So, some of these cultures or practices are across nationality, right? But it can even be within a nation, within a state, right? Especially something which is so complex like India, right? I know Lubega is there. So, I don't know how it works in an African nation. I'm sure it's similar, right? Like people might look the same, but then, you know, so different, right? So, it helps. It helps in knowing. It helps in understanding so that we can quickly adapt ourselves in order to... The objective is, of course, to, you know, be able to communicate. The objective is to be able to lead, able to direct and get the task done, right? So, in the HBR article, we talk about three things, three components of cultural quotient or cultural intelligence. One is the head, which meaning that you have the knowledge, you have the learning, understanding of, you know, you make an attempt to understand. Then the body, meaning you translate into action. Okay, so whatever you've learned, you put it to practice. Like, for example, you know, in certain parts of the country, well, the way of greeting is not to shake hands. You know, especially when it comes to the opposite gender, you know, maybe some parts of the nation, right? Or maybe some people groups, you don't shake hands, right? Maybe some religion, you don't shake hands. You maybe wish them like that.  So, to put to practice, you know, when such a team is there and you put to practice, right? Then the heart means that you are so secure in yourself that you take that step of faith or you take that, you know, you're bold and courageous to actually get into those environments and you're not, you know, you're not withholding. You're not holding back from getting into such environment because you're secure, right? And the thing is, there is the possibility to make mistakes. There is the possibility of offending. But because you're secure, you're honest enough to, you know, accept those mistakes, right?    Okay, like, things like that, right? So what are the advantages of having or developing cultural intelligence? So we were looking at it as a skill, right? So sometimes what happens is when we look at other cultures which are so different, we don't want to even build a bridge, right? We avoid. Oh, I don't understand this culture. So different, so alien. So, you know, I don't want anything to do with it, right? If people in a team are there, okay, you speak, you talk, I don't want to interact, right? Because culturally they are different, right? But if we would have these in place, if we would learn, understand, and based on that we interact, then it would help us to be effective, okay? Effective with someone who is different from us, effective, you know? So it helps us to be effective, right? That's the main thing, okay? And it's definitely an advantage for us. So we can be effective, we can be fruitful. And if you're looking at, you know, from a ministerial perspective, okay? Now, even within the nation, you see that culturally people are so different, very different. Right?  And you are looked upon as an outsider, even within the same nation, right? So such is, such are the differences. That's the reality of it, right? So it helps if you are thinking of reaching out, if you are thinking of, you know, administering, serving. With the gospel, it helps to know the culture. It helps to be emotionally intelligent, right? In our communication, in our behavior, everything, it helps, right? Simple things, like when people go up north, we see that in certain rural settings, we say that, okay, women are covering their heads. It is not just a religious thing, but it's a custom, social custom, right? That is how they are, like they cover their head, and recently I was in another, you know, like a rural setting in a different state, and well, people everywhere, they were covering their head, right? So that is a social thing.  So as women, if we are ministering there, it helps if the women also cover their heads. So what does it convey? It conveys that, hey, we are, you're not different. And culturally, you know, we are, we are doing this, we're building a bridge, we are sensitive, so we're able to receive what you have to share, we'll see the message without these things coming as biases, without these things coming as barriers, right? Okay, so how can I improve my cultural intelligence? Okay, so again, from this article, there are four things that a CQ drive, which means you have a motivation to learn about and respond to a different culture. Now, for some of us, you know, it could be a natural thing, right? We are naturally curious, naturally passionate about, oh, wow, the person from a different culture, wow, I want to know something, I want to know everything about you and how you guys do this and all. But some of us could be very passive saying, okay, I'm not very keen, I'm not very interested, I'm comfortable, why? So one needs to have that motivation to learn and respond to a different culture, right? So what we call as a CQ or cultural quotient drive. The second thing is cultural quotient knowledge, okay?  Learn behaviors, values, beliefs, okay? Body language, how people greet each other, clothing, food, these are all things, right? Clothing, food, eating, how they go about. Like for example, you know, one place, well, it was not a major thing, but it could be like people actually, you know, they hosted dinner and I went in, I stepped in and I saw that, oh, wow, they put a place on the ground, okay? There's a mat and then so on the ground, so it's been years since I sat cross-legged, right? I've been so stiff, I've never sat down cross-legged, always sitting at a table and so on. So for me, it was difficult. I said, okay, I'll manage, no problem. I sat and it was so difficult. I said, okay, there's no way I'm going to put the plate on the floor and, you know, take the food, I'm going to drop it all over the place, right? And I had to say, okay, it's okay, I'll hold the plate in my hand and I will eat.  So it just kind of sorted out. But the thing is that it could have been a major thing, right? It is just a custom about food and how food is eaten and so on, right? And let's say, you know, you're so used to eating with cutlery, right? You have to have a spoon and a fork and all that and then there's no sign of cutlery there, right? So you have to use your fingers. So you better do that, right? So these are things, right? So it's cultural knowledge, cultural quotient, where we increase in cultural knowledge and the third thing is you have a strategy, right? Which means that culturally sensitive, you know, as we have strategies for, let's say, missions or ministry and it could even be, you know, things like maybe you're working for an organization and it's about the product or the service that you're going to extend in that particular region. You know, it could even be that, right? So we need to have a strategy which includes being sensitive to culture, which includes, you know, not offending culturally, right? So yeah, so it helps that. So the strategy is, you know, how do we, you know, what things would help is to question, you know, to question and see why is it, if there's acceptance, why is there acceptance, if there is low tolerance or low level of acceptance, why is this, why is it happening? Is it because of the message itself? Is it because of various other factors? Is the culture, you know, that is because of which it's, there's so much of push back, right? So we can ask, keep an eye on local media and entertainment so that can actually give us an insight into, you know, the behavior, the leisure culture of the people. And we can actually note it now, okay? And the last one is also, is about the action, okay? So how we actually act, how we actually translate all that learning into behavior. Now we could be a little uncomfortable, right, in actually doing certain things that are not so, which doesn't come naturally to us in terms of culture, but we can do that culturally, and we can do that. I know of someone who was into cross-cultural missions and like he was going into a region, which was completely populated with people, he was reaching out to people who were vegetarians, who were very staunch, traditionally, et cetera, the way they dressed. And so on. So he actually completely, he was a city person, but he completely changed. He completely changed his dietary habits. He became a vegetarian. He changed the way he would dress himself, right? So he changed from wearing jeans and t-shirt to wearing something that was, you know, a lot more traditional, like a dhoti, and the way the dhoti was worn, and maybe like a kurta kind of thing. And he learned the traditional instruments of that region and so on. So he made that shift. He made that learning into action. Why? Because he was concerned. Why? Because he had a burden for the people. So he didn't want his culture or his, which is nothing wrong, you know, in the way he was doing things, nothing biblically wrong, nothing ethically wrong. So he did that so that he could remove those barriers so that the message of Christ could be presented without offense, without any prejudice. They could receive it without any bias or prejudice. So he did that. So we need to move into action. So those are some of the key things that we can look at, those four things that we can look at. So just to sum up, you know, it doesn't refer to nationality or ethnicity or religion. It can appear this cultural intelligence or culture that we look at is also within our own groups. If you look at, maybe, even if you look at a family, a family has a different culture. The way they do things, they say, okay, this is what we do before we eat. Actually, this is what we do after we eat. And this is how we do it. So it helps to learn, to adapt and be flexible in these things. We're not compromising on truth or anything. Okay, so any questions on culture? Anything, how flexible can we be? You know, et cetera. So this is all passed out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So let's say coming to food and if our culture does not, let's say we are not used to eating one type of meat and if you are in another place sharing God's word or ministry and they are okay to have such kind of meat and they are serving us how should be our response. Oh, we are not okay to eating certain kind of meat and they are okay with it and they serve us. Yes. Okay. Well, we can politely refuse and say, okay, I'm not used to this, but I'll have more of that the other thing. But also I've read accounts of, you know, missionaries saying that they didn't want to offend but they actually did it and it was like, it was a tough thing. It was more of, I don't know if it was reptiles or like worms or things like that, but it was something of high protein, definitely nutritious, but something that the missionaries were not used to but they went ahead and did it, because it was the first meal that they were offering and they had originally been hostile, but now they were making an extending friendship. So they went ahead and shared in that meal. So it depends, right? If you want to excuse yourself, you can always do that. Yeah. Yes, Pastor, thank you. Right. Yeah. And also I think, see Paul says, he became all things to all men in order to win a few, right? So definitely he was talking about the kind of people he was, you know, definitely not about compromising the truth of the message, right? But about culture, about the other things, about the external in order to build a bridge. Yeah, Jeffina, you want to ask? Can you hear me? Yeah. So I just want to ask, like, so APC goes on missions, right? They do two different places, they go. So India is very complicated, I believe so, because when I go back to Tamil Nadu, when I go and if I get any opportunity in ministry, I have to change a lot of things in Mathai as in the way they really speak and everything.  Yeah, so whenever we go to, you know, any of the places where our outreach pastors are, so they kind of brief, they tell us, okay, this is what it is and this is what will happen, you know, as you minister, this is what is expected, et cetera. So externals, of course, you know, when men go, it's more or less, we are told it's a guideline that we wear simple clothes and we also wear to the most part formal wear, like we don't know shorts, no cargos or jeans or whatever, just wear simple clothes and try to keep it formal and do that. So that's the thing, externals clothing. But women, you know, if it is a practice of the women to cover their heads, the women also cover their heads and do that. Forms of greeting, go with whatever is the norm over there, right? So yeah, if it is shaking hands, shake hands, if it is, you know, just a namaste, you do that. So yeah, so that's the thing. So there's no intense briefing as such because we already have a presence there, like in terms of pastors or ministry happening there and most of our, you know, missionary or missions trips have been to these regions so there's already someone who's representative there and then who can brief us on these things. So it makes it so much more easier. Yeah, and to adapt, that's the thing. Yeah, okay. So let's look at the next topic which we have in our notes in terms of life skill. That is the whole thing of change. Okay, you know, what is this change? What should be my mindset B about change, right? Because we see that change is something which is ever present. We've changed. There's biological growth, like physical growth, spiritual growth, we've changed and so also the world around us is changing, right? So to expect things to be the same, to expect to hold on to the good old days, right? Is really a recipe for disaster, right? Sometimes we change, adapting to change is something, because we are creatures of habit. Okay, let's face it, right? Can we go to church? We want to sit in the same place. You know, the same chair, same place, whatever reason, right? So we are creatures of habit. We get up at a certain time and we have this thing. So change, adapting to change, you know, doesn't come to us so easily, but it's something that we need to, you know, be aware of and we should have that mindset. Okay, I just want to share with us this, you know, this APC publication written by Pastor about change. Just share a few things from it, okay? So we see that change is necessary. It's already happening. It could be an event, it could be a process. So what does it refer to? It refers to something that is going to be different from what it is, okay? Even if you look at the life of the believer, it is a scriptural thing to expect change. It's a normal thing. It's a beneficial thing to expect change, like, to be conformed to the image of Jesus, which means that you are changing. Changing, you know, to be like Christ, Christlikeness, right? We are changing from glory to glory, you know, 2nd Corinthians 3 and verse 18, right? You have as in a, beholding as in the manner of the glory of God, we are being changed into the same image from glory to glory by the Spirit of God. The Spirit of the Lord is bringing about change. So we need to understand that it is necessary. If you want to grow, if you want to leave, we have to leave certain things behind, right? So change is necessary if we need to grow. Change is necessary if we need to progress, like move ahead, okay? So we could be having mindsets where we want to stay in the comfortable, right? I just want to stay with the familiar. I just want to stay with the comfortable because change means that I'm going into new territory. I have to deal with things that I'm not comfortable with. I'm not familiar with, right? So, but God's will for us is that we change. We change from one level of glory to another level of glory that we progress more ahead, right? Like Paul himself says, you know, I press on. I forget. I don't want to keep looking back. I forget those things that are behind and I press on to those things for which the Holy God has laid hold of me, right? So I press on, okay? So whether it's something to do with our personality, something to do with our behavior, intellect, skills, everything, finances and so on, there will be change. So we need to be intentional about it. Saying that, yes, in all these areas, if I want to see progress, if I want to see, you know, good happen, there needs to be change, right? So we welcome this change. So we need to have a change or a growth mindset, right? Okay, so, you know, change in our motives, change in our desires, okay? Where the psalmist says, create in me a clean heart, renew a steadfast spirit within me, right? Saying renew a steadfast spirit within me, my motives, my desires, my, you know, whatever I long for, let it change. God, so let there be change in that, change in our motives, right? Maybe it's a motive or a desire, you know, if it is wrong, if it is fleshly, ask a lot to change, right? Confess it, let go of it and change. We don't have to be burdened by saying, okay, I'm living with this, I need to carry it. No, we don't have to, right? We can look forward to change. We can, definitely, we have the resources that empower us to change the presence of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, right? So our motives, our desires, everything can be, can change, can be purified, refined, and change our motives in ministry, right? Okay, so I'm just looking at these various areas where we can expect change or intentionally move in changing, right? So thinking, now these are main areas. Change in our thinking, change in our attitude, change in our speech, our communication and behavior, right? And of course, we know Romans 12, right? Well, the second part of it, it says that do not be conformed to this world. Don't fit into the pattern of the world, be transformed by the renewing of your mind, okay? To be transformed, renew of your mind, meaning your thoughts, your attitudes. Let it change. If the thoughts are keeping you down, if your thoughts, if you actually think about it, our thoughts are keeping us where we are, our current state of behavior, our current state of, you know, progress, or where we have come from, it's because of our thoughts which have changed, which have elevated us, which has transformed us. We have come to this place. One of the factors, and well, God changed us on the inside. He gave us, maybe we received healing, we received wholeness, we received strength, we received hope, but it all led to a change in the way we saw things, right? A change in our faith, even. A change in perspective, and because of which, we have moved forward. You said, okay, I'm going higher. I'm taking a step higher, right? So a change in thought, a change in attitude, right? Maybe these attitudes we have, which we just scripted, you know, over a period of time. Maybe we went through some experience, went through, you know, the environment that we lived in, we have, you know, that kind of an attitude, right? I remember, you know, my dad really didn't have a very positive attitude. Like he was very careful. He was like thinking of the worst, you know, which is helpful, but then, you know, which means you prepare well, et cetera. So that's a positive side of it. But then you always saw the glass half empty, right? You always saw, okay, what if something worse happens? What if you lose this, you know? So to the point that, hey, don't get into these things, right? Don't take up responsibilities.   You want to see progress, right? So which means that our attitude, if one has that kind of an attitude of a, you know, pessimistic attitude, that has to change where you recognize your identity is not from the environment. Your identity is, you know, who you have become as a new creation, and therefore your attitude has to conform to your identity, right? So there's change in that. We expect change. We work towards change in that, right? A change in our attitude, right? So we see possibilities. We expect possibilities, which is faith, right? According to the word of God, it's not assumption, it's not presumption, but, you know, grounded in the word of God, where we come to a place of having a positive attitude. Not for the sake of saying, hey, I need to be positive all the time. It's not like that, but really grounded in the truth of God's word. This is what God's word says I am, and this is what God's word says. I can be, right? Therefore my attitude, I will change my attitude, okay? Okay, so what are some things like, you know, maybe our desires are small, our aspirations are very small or low, right? So with the change in attitude, with the change in thinking, we can actually think big, dream big, aspire big things, right? Who was it who said, you know, expect great things from God, attempt great things from God, expect great things? Who was it, William Carey? We have, we have one of these, maybe you could do a quick Google search, you know, act. I don't know if it was John Wesley or William Carey, you know, yeah, so expect great things, attempt great things for God, right? So that comes from a place of, again, change, William Carey, okay? And yeah, I think we see it in his life, in the phase of so many challenges and, you know, he attempted great things, he expected great things. And by no means is it a, you know, it's accomplishments in ministry. No means any, you know, it's not small in any way. It's a big, so many languages, the Bible, being translated into so much of social change, et cetera. Right, so, okay. Right, okay. So in terms of attitude, it can be that, you know, maybe one has a very complex and attitude, maybe a, you know, very passive attitude, you know, we need a change in that, okay? Certain things can be, maybe there is delay, because we postpone things, because we fear a change, right? We postpone things, because we are perfectionist, maybe. And we say, we think that, okay, we're not ready enough, we're not skilled enough for whatever we need to do, right? Or we won't want to make a mistake. And so these are reasons why things are put off, right? So, but we need to change that.   And so, you know, so people will actually downplay it. Oh, I really don't know how I got this marks. I really don't, I didn't study at all. You know, I didn't know, I just, I think it's a fluke. Just got it like that, I don't know. And also there was a much glorifying of failure, okay? So if you failed in like two papers, three papers, at least among the guys, it was like this.  So I got three cups. I got three areas, three papers I failed. And you know, that was a culture thing, right? So, but we need to change that, right?  I want to do well, and I'm not really apologetic about, I'm not going to be apologizing for doing well. That is what is, you know, I want to progress. And I don't want to, I'm going to be comfortable wearing it. I want to be comfortable walking in that progress. I want to be comfortable walking in that success, right? So yeah, okay. So the other thing is that there are certain changes that happens, which are unexpected, right? So, for example, because, you know, as believers, we're open to the work of the Spirit, God does some changes in us. You know, maybe events, people, divine appointments that really launch us into a divine destiny, right?  This is an unexpected thing. It's an unexpected change, but let me go with it. We can't reason things out. We can't, you know, explain each and everything. It's the work of God, right? Like for me in my life, me coming to, you know, saying yes to an invitation to lead worship at a church, changed destiny, right? So, well, that was how the Holy Spirit orchestrated. It was just saying yes to lead worship. I could have very well said no, not available, not thing, but then just that saying yes, you know, sent me on a path or a trajectory spiritually and otherwise and reaching a destiny and continuing with the journey, right? So these are things. You can read the book and there are some personal instances which pastor shares and very encouraging to see that, right? So we need to understand that change is necessary. You have to have this mindset, just to have this as an ongoing skill, right? Ongoing thing where we tell ourselves or we reiterate saying, okay, this is necessary for my growth. This is necessary for my change, okay? So, John chapter 12 verse 24, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. There is a change. There is a change to the texture. There is a change to the state of that grain, that seed which falls into the ground. And with that change comes fruitfulness, right? Much fruitfulness rather. So we just need to be aware of that, okay? So yeah, so just for us to reiterate, to have that perspective, right? To have that mindset where to expect growth. No, we all of us want growth. All of us want progress. I don't think anyone who does not want that. But to really link it, to make that connection, that it is linked to change. It is linked to change in environment. It's linked to a change, you know? If we have that within us, then we are better positioned, like for growth and progress, right? Okay, yeah. So you can go through this, this booklet as well. I'll upload this along with the cultural intelligence one. Okay, so we'll stop here. Next class could be our last one where we look at the final chapter, which is continuous learning. And I really haven't posted the quiz yet. So I'll do that. I think in the announcement, I actually made a thing saying that during the day, I couldn't do that. So I will post the quiz for the online class and for the in-person class. And for the e-learning students, it will be posted. And then you will have the information on your discussion page as a post, so you'll know about it. Okay, so we'll stop here. Thank you. God bless. Bye-bye. Thank you very much.


I'm just gonna show you like more detail of it, but yeah, I'm about to record this show on the set. Anyways, thank you for watching. Stay tuned. Don't forget to like this video, comment, and subscribe. Thank you for watching. Look at the puppies! I think that's, yeah, that's Kobe looking. That's a curious sign. The brown one is my son. He doesn't have a name yet. So I just got our puppies. I haven't really been vlogging because I've been literally driving this whole time. It was like almost two hours to where I had to pick it up and then two hours back. Right now we're stopped in my hometown and we're getting us a little seat at this pizza because we're hungry.  And our puppies are in the back. Back there. Let me not act up on the vlog. Just get it. I think they're getting pepperoni because it's the cheapest pizza. It was extra.  They said that cheese is, let me tell y'all, Cersei says cheese pizza. You don't stay here. Where are you from? Anyway, Cersei's cheese pizza is $5. But if you want to add a topping like pepperoni or sausage, it's an extra two something. That's supposed to be mine too.  Exactly. Girl, let me get back to where we live, Jonesboro. What you doing, honey? You driving back?  I forgot where we're in, sir. I'm getting over there. I still got to get out. I guess I put it in your seat. You got pepperoni too? I just said that. She don't listen. Oh, I'm about to hit this part of the door. He placed the whole order. He said I got an order for Caleb for a pizza, a sausage pizza. I don't know if I can stay up to me or something. I'm about to hit Ruby. Y'all, my hair crazy. You need to be wet again, so don't mind me. We on the road, baby. But we're about to go to Sonic and Niki need water. Our baby's back there up now. My baby don't even have her name yet. Hey, Kobe, you going back to the left and it's going to be on the right. I'm ready for some pizza now. You can eat while you're waiting on your drink. Probably get two in. Niki just found a puppy name. Winston. Winston. Sten. Kobe and Winston. But I'm a shoe.  I know you won't. You ain't never ate this much. I ain't never ate four slices of pizza. Shit, I'm speeding. So. What's your name? What is your address? What's your name? I'm so sorry. I'll look for it. It's what we need. It's what we need. Okay, yes. We need this. We got a book for free stuff and coupon. Save $10 at the bit. We at Petco. I mean Pet Smart. Pet Smart. And I got a doggy bed. We can take him to doggy day camp. Wow. I'm not about to play. That's a good coupon. Save $10. You want me to get to college? Yeah. Okay. What are we getting next out of here? I'm trying to save $5 on any doggy bed. Look where he laying on the tag. Mine. He is just tired. He is. Winston is up showing up. Winston went to sleep. My baby Kobe doing it. So he up ready to play. So he going to play with Niki. I mean Kobe sleep. Is Craig or the... Which one? Let's bring him.  We save $4 on bows. You save $4. Hold on. Is it two? Oh, we got about two. It's the first one. The first set of coupons. And what's this? Food storage. That's cool. I'm banging it. I need doggy bows. Food water. That's cute. I know, right? Mine is blue. So I need blue. You do? I need red. Yeah. Or green.  This is cute. They mesh my bathroom. I think I'm going to be getting them too. It's fine girl. As long as we got them. They are cheaper than you. Yeah, I like that though. I like this. It's food water too. It's been cute too. And I don't want no red glass bow. These real cheap because it's bow. Yeah, and then they plastic. He not getting that. Bill it and get that in. Oh, that's cute. That bow bigger than him. That's what they need. Yeah. This is what they need. Actually, this is what they need. But they can. They're ready to take out. Step up there girl.  Say hi Winnie. I want pictures of this. Yeah, take pictures because I record.  He like it girl. Got some doggy pants. It's like if you leave or whatever.  It was cute. This toy toy. This is strengths for Winnie training him. This is his little doggy tag. He's looking at me. This is his little doggy tag. His name's Coby. I was trying to attain this because it was like $15 and I bought this one for $1. But I cannot find my receipt. And I think the tag. I might have threw the tag away. So yeah. That's a bum or something. I'm just going to go with him. Let's get my dollar bag. This is the puppy shampoo. And then this is the milk that I got for him. I'm going to mix it in with the food to make it. So just got some cleaning stuff. And these are his two little bowls for water and food. So cute. So I'm about to put that in right now because I'm probably thirsty. Soon. Coby. What you think you're doing in my panties? Come back. Coby. What are you doing? We're at the gas station. It's two stay now. And you can see Niki back there. And don't judge me. I didn't do my eyebrows and nothing today. We got an early start. Coby has woke me up. It's six. He went back to sleep. We're about to go return the milk that we got and the food that we got for them because the owner that we got it from bought them from was feeding them something else. So we're just going to give what they was feeding them because she took them off the milk late so we tried to get milk. But we're taking that formula bag and the food bag.  Because our coupon book this little book came with a free examination. So that's what we're about to do. That's what we're about to do. And we were about to stop by this lady house. She wanted to see them first because she knows all about dogs and stuff so she just wanted to check on them before we head out. We got to go to Memphis to the vet place or whatever. It's only one. It's two in Memphis and it's two in Little Rock. So that's what we got to go do. And I'm really sleepy. But it could have been mashed up. It could have been like it felt slimy. What you did just come out of his butt. And it had poop all over it.  Yeah, like that. But it kind of scared me because it was slimy and I'm just like, I want to make sure it's not a worm. Can you say it's not a worm?  It looked like a piece of wand here. And he did have a bowel movement which was a solid dark brown. You know, it was like this big. A solid dark brown poop. Like a little turd. And he teased me twice. I'm like, I think my baby's okay. But I need to tell you everything. I need to know. He sleeps well. He plays a lot. He gives kisses. You know, just... It's hard being fine. The lady they gave him to. They were super nasty. Like they were stinky. And they had bad fleas. Unfortunately, they probably came from a puppy mill. I heard that. We keep on being told that. A lady we went to today for them to, you know, she wanted to look at him. She said something like that. Yeah, which is not necessarily... I'm glad you got him out of that situation but not necessarily a good thing because it could mean that they could be the best. That's why you wanted to bring him. That's why we got him here today. So I'm going to mark that they both have fleas even though I don't see any on him. Because you guys have told me that they do. And like I said, it may not... It's good, huh? What does it taste like? I mean, then... So I had a technician who tried it and said it tastes like vanilla. Kind of like cake batter. It won't hurt your technician? It'll just... It means it's not... Yeah, exactly. He won't have any worms now. He's like, well... Did we get the tapeworm one yet? No, that's the one that's going to have to go home with you with the pill. I might have to prescribe it and tell you how much it is first. Alright, there's one. What is y'all doing? Y'all supposed to be over there on the mat.  This y'all a-ass wolf. Y'all ain't standing on that. I told you one of them feet. You should have brought one. Hey, Bobby, buy my purse a little Winston. Anyways, we went to the vet at Petco. And at the hospital there. And we did a little payment plan. And we got... Just getting on my nerves. I'm about to throw that out. And we did a payment plan for them. So we go back in three weeks and we got two pills for them for what? Tapeworms? Tapeworms? Tapeworms. Or whatever.  So I like squeezed it.  Then she told me it's a tapeworm. I'm like... We just got him yesterday. This lady selling her dogs with tapeworms. Please. All types of stuff. Like you should not be selling dogs.  Because first time we got ours at six weeks. We didn't know we weren't supposed to get them until eight weeks. And they were the last two which means that she had been selling the rest of them way before. Which can kill them. Like, why would you want to sell somebody? You need to be selling good product. Especially for how much she charged. I didn't even get started. We gave them this. Kobe is trouble. He's trying to get my phone in trouble. He barked for the first time like a real bark at two BS dogs. So, gotta get used to that. I just can't believe this. They back there chilling and cutting out. We got Rowley's checkers or whatever you want to call it. Whatever you want. So, you know, we about to eat. And then leave Memphis and head on back. And go to sleep because I need a nap. You want to babysit? That was every two hours. You hand me your dog? My dog! Damn, no! Classed, too. It's like 140. Okay, so clearly you all done watching or you just look at the puppies and skip to this part. Anyways, so in my best friend we got brother Chihuahuas. They're going on seven weeks. They'll be seven weeks on 27th. They were born July 27th this year, though. And my puppy name, as you all see, is Kobe. My best friend, Nikki, her puppy, that is Winston. And we're done Kobe up in his bed.  Anyways, so we got them yesterday. We drove back to kind of where we're from. But we drove back, got them. When we got them, they had fleas on them. And first off, we paid the lady. She took off some money on it, so we really didn't pay that much. Like we got a good deal, kind of. But they had fleas on them and we're just like, are you serious? So, yeah, we didn't really like that. And as you heard, I guess through the video that Nikki put Winston, he boobled out a little worm, tapworm, tapeworm. I guess it's what it is. And then I see that if they ate fleas or got into them, whatever, then tapeworms can be into their intestines. So clearly, I think that's what happened. Kobe just boo-boo for the second time. And he had I looked at it since Nikki said something about it and he was like a little bitty, I guess, tapeworm in it too. So we do have two, we got a prescription for them and they're going to get, they already took one pill for it in two weeks from today. Just took them to the vet and we did a payment plan. So we can go to them for all their shots that they need, checkups, anything like that. And we pay like $27 a month for that.  So, yeah, I don't know how they got, like, this is my son. He says mother. Here go Kobe. I'm going to say hey. I did have him on some clothes as y'all saw. He did Kobe. Say hey Kobe. His little tag. So it's his name.  But we gave them a good bath, washed it off, whatever. But of course, they don't go away just that quickly. So, we're just going to keep giving them the treatments that they need and, you know, baby, I miss them. It's much as needed when they have them on them. Yeah, baby. Oh, he needs nails cut. Oh. So, yeah, thank you. Thank you all for watching this video for my baby. He's going to say hey. He's still very, very young, you guys.  But it's okay because I'm my me now. Hey. Hey. If you're not already subscribed to my channel, subscribe to my channel. Like this video and, you know, make it do what it do. But thank you for watching my video. I care out.


Audio Renaissance presents 10 Big Ones by Janet Ivanovich. Read for you by Laura Ly King. The way I see it, life is a jelly donut. You don't really know what it's about until you bite into it. And then, just when you decide it's good, you drop a big glob of jelly on your best t-shirt. My name is Stephanie Plumb, and I drop a lot of jelly globs, figuratively and literally, like the time I accidentally burned down a funeral home. I got my picture in the paper for that one. I'd walk down the street, and people would recognize me. You're famous now, my mother said when the paper came out. You have to set an example. You have to exercise, eat good food, and be nice to old people. Okay, so my mother was probably right. But I'm from Jersey, and truth is, I have a hard time getting a grip on the good example thing. A good example in Jersey isn't exactly the national ideal. I'm a bond enforcement agent working for my cousin Vincent Plumb, and I run down bad guys. I'm not the best BEA in the world, and I'm not the worst. An incredibly hot guy with the street name Ranger is the best. And my sometimes partner Lula is possibly the worst. Maybe it's not fair to have Lula in the running for worst bounty hunter of all time. To begin with, there are some really bad bounty hunters out there. And more to the point, Lula isn't actually a bounty hunter. Lula is a former hooker who was hired to do the filing for the bail bonds office, but spends a lot of her day trailing after me. At the moment Lula and I were standing in the parking lot of a deli mart on Hamilton Avenue. We were leaning against my yellow Ford Escape, trying to make a lunch choice. We were debating not shows at the deli mart against a sub at Jovicini's. Hey, I said to Lula, what happened to the filing job? Who does the filing now? I do the filing.  You're never in the office.  I was in the office when you showed up this morning. Yeah, but you weren't filing. You were doing your nails. I was thinking about filing, and if you hadn't needed my help going to look for that loser Roger Banker, you'd still be filing. Roger was accused of Grand Theft Auto and possession of controlled substances. In layman's terms, Roger got high and went joyriding. So you're still officially a file clerk? Heck no. That's so boring. Do I look like a file clerk to you? Actually Lula still looked like a hooker. Lula's a full-bodied black woman who favors animal print spandex enhanced with sequins. The job title is tricky since I do a lot of this here bounty hunter stuff, but I've never really been given any of my own cases, Lula said. I suppose I could be your bodyguard. Hell, you don't even carry a gun half the time. I always got a gun. And Lula pulled a 40 caliber Glock out of her purse. I don't mind using it either. I'm good with a gun. Watch me hit that bottle next to the bike.  There was a court bottle next to the bike. The bottle had a rag stuffed into it. No, I said. No shooting. Too late. Lula squeezed off a shot, missed the bottle, and destroyed the bike's rear tire. Oops, Lula said, returning the gun to her purse. A moment later, a guy ran out of the store. He was wearing a red devil mask. He had a backpack slung over one shoulder and a gun in his right hand.  He turned to get onto the bike and realized his tire was blown to smithereens. Fuck! I didn't do it, Lula said. Someone came along and shot up your tire. You must not be popular. There was a lot of shouting inside the store. The guy in the devil mask turned to flee, and Victor, the Pakistani day manager, rushed out the door. I am done! Victor yelled. This is the fourth robbery this month, and I won't stand for any more.  He shouted at the guy in the mask. Dog excrement! Lula had her hand back in her purse. Gun! I got a gun!  Why can't you ever find a damn gun when you need it? An hour later, Morelle dropped me off at the bond office. You're gonna be careful, right? Right. And you're not gonna let Lula do any more shooting. Sample complete. Ready to continue?


In a very recent plot twist that has surprised Hollywood, the glamorous couple, actor Joshua Jackson and his wife Jody Turner-Smith have officially called it quits, leaving fans and industry insiders in disbelief. Despite recent public appearances during New York Fashion Week that painted a picture of marital bliss, sources from the inside reveal that hidden tensions, drastic lifestyle changes and relentless work schedules have led to the end of their once-enviable union. Huge lifestyle change, especially for a free spirit like Jody, but they seemed so devoted to each other, so everyone's shaking their heads, one source said. Jody and Joshua's hectic work schedules started to weigh on their relationship, starting over a year ago when they were both filming projects and not always in the same place. They tried to make things work and were taking steps to help their relationship and deal with managing their busy schedules. From an outside perspective, things looked great for a while, but privately, they were slowly growing apart. It can be remembered that the couple first met at Usher's birthday celebration in 2018. And by August 2019, speculation about an impending wedding had arisen as they were seen getting a marriage license in Beverly Hills. It was confirmed the exchange vows on August 18, 2019. Another insider, as reported by the Daily Mail, provided additional insight into Joshua Jackson's emotional response to their separation. According to the source, Jackson wasn't in favor of the divorce, but it became evident that their romantic relationship was no longer ideal. They concluded co-parenting their three-year-old daughter would be a more suitable arrangement. Joshua's heartbroken over the impending divorce, he always thought he would be married and grow old with his family and everything would be happily ever after. The source said. He had the dream scenario in his mind and Jody was his person and the person he thought he would be with forever. The actor, renowned for his role as Pacey on Dawson's Creek and Christopher Dunn she and the Peacock crime show Doctor Death, acquired his first residence into Panga, California back in 2002. Remarkably, Jackson and Jody lived in that home, alongside their daughter Janie and Joshua's family. According to the listing for the home in the LA Times from September 23, the Tupanga residence is a spacious four-bedroom, two-story home nestled on a sprawling 1.7-acre estate. It boasts panoramic ocean views and features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a dining area, a family room, and two cozy fireplaces. The heart of the home centers around a luxury swimming pool, complemented by expansive decks that offer spectacular views. The home was already worth $1.98 million in 2019, but Josh only paid $865,000 for it in 2002. In 2017, Joshua Jackson sold his West Hollywood home that he once shared with ex-girlfriend Diane Kruger for $5.76 million. Initially, the stylish residence located on North Orlando Avenue featured an attractive stucco and cedar exterior, and it appeared to be a difficult property to part with. With features including brass chandeliers inspired by the iconic Sputnik design, decorative concrete and glass subway tiles, charming Julia Belkines, dual-sided fireplaces, hand-crafted wooden built-ins with a mid-century flair, and accordion-style glass doors, the architecture and design of this home is a checklist of contemporary renovation and new construction trends. However, come May 2017, the former partners made the decision to say goodbye to the 4,931 square foot dwelling, putting it on the market for $6 million. The spacious and modern primary home boasts an expansive design, steel pivot doors that seamlessly connect to the outdoor areas. A dual-sided stone fireplace serves as the focal point in the heart of both the living and entertaining spaces, while the kitchen seamlessly flows into the dining room. The home boasted five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms adorned with wood and concrete elements. Access to the second floor is granted by a wooden staircase enclosed in glass, adorned with a charming vintage Italian light fixture dating back to the 1960s. On the second level, you'll find two guest suites in an open family room. The master suite offered floor-to-ceiling glass set open to the sunken courtyard, plus a glass-in-case shower. The walk-in closet had its own central island, making it more of a dressing room in this case. There's also a two-story guest house on the .28-acre property right by the pool. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom structure has its own full kitchen, and there's even a fireplace inside. Incorporated within are eco-conscious amenities ranging from solar panels and heated floors to a rainwater collection system. Jackson also once co-owned a Hollywood Hills Pita Terre with Kruger, which was sold way back in September 2014. Located on a prime street in the Hollywood Hills, the property was walled and gated for the utmost privacy. Originally seeking $1.45 million, they managed to secure $1.48 million for this three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom residence. They originally acquired it in 2009 for $1.32 million. Upon entering, you'd find a welcoming living room adorned with a cove ceiling, a brick fireplace, and an elegant animal hide rug. The kitchen is a true standout, boasting black marble counters, charming honeycomb tile floors, a central island, a spacious double-wide range, and a porcelain farmhouse sink that overlooks the garden.  The adjacent master bathroom was equally luxe featuring a generously proportioned marble floor shower and French doors that lead to a tranquil terrace. Upstairs, the second bedroom offers convenience with an adjoining remodeled bathroom and direct access to a terrace. Additionally, the guest suite opened onto a deck and a gravel-filled terrace that spans almost the entire width of the house. Further down, you'll find another deck, basking in sunlight and surrounded by lush trees and vegetation. The lower level of the home offers a serene haven for guests, providing a complete suite of rooms at their disposal, including a bedroom, a comfy sitting room, a compact kitchen, and a well-appointed bathroom. Now, as we say goodbye to the home's Joshua Jackson once cherished, your mind is of the transitions in life. It's also a reminder that life is a continuous cycle of hellos and goodbyes, and each farewell paves the way for a promising hello to the future. After concluding today's house tour, answer this question for me. Real estate can often play a big role in breakups and divorces, celebrity or not. So what would you choose to do when dividing your real estate if you found yourself in a similar transition? Let me know in the comments and don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow me on Instagram to chat. I'm Kara The Vampire Slayer and I'll see you all in another video. Bye!


Tom here from Warren systems. And if you're like me, you like Synology and you like TrueNAS and maybe you have both of them I've talked about the pros and cons and I'll leave a video down below of what is good and bad about each of these and well In some cases I end up with both of them Synology I think is a wonderful platform TrueNAS is a wonderful platform that each have their strength They each have their weaknesses But one of the challenges might be to back up your Synology and have a nice holistic backup And maybe you don't want to use the Synology C2 service or pay some cloud provider to hold all your data And maybe you have a TrueNAS that is in a geographically separate area Or maybe even a more broader scenario where you have multiple Synologies like we do and you want them all backed up to one single TrueNAS in a very easy way to handle it This is where S3 object storage comes in I've done a video where I dove deep how TrueNAS and it was free NAS back when I did the video But you can use the MinIO which is built into the TrueNAS server and use it as an S3 target And because the Synology Hyperbackup supports S3 targets and you can set up different buckets for different Synologies You can take many different Synologies and back them all up there in a very easy way The other advantage using this protocol is it could be transported across the Internet even if you don't have a VPN Now I would still recommend putting everything behind a VPN Things should be as secure as possible But the S3 protocol when using HTTPS does offer a layer of encryption And as long as no one gets your keys to that it is safe as you may have heard from different security problems that occur When people leave their buckets open or leave the keys out somewhere where they can be acquired and people can log into those buckets Provide those two factors are mitigated. You can now transport this The other option is if you know the IP address from which the Synology be coming from you can also just set your firewall rules to filter for only the IPs that you have put on allow list and Make this a pretty secure setup overall But before we get started in these details if you want to learn more about me and my company Have her to laurencesystems.com click to hire a short project There's a hires button right at the top if you like to support this channel other ways There's affiliate links down below to get you deals and discounts on products and services We talk about on this channel The first thing we need to do is set up the S3 storage I have another video where I've dove deep into this topic There's a lot of different fun things you can do with it But we'll go through the basics in here just to show you how easy this gets set up We are using true nas 12.0 you 6.1 the latest release as a November of 2021 and we're gonna have to create a spot for this data to go We're gonna go over to the storage to pool and we're just gonna add a data set and we'll call this data set s3 for Synology now the nice thing is this is very simple because we call this S3 for Synology and leave everything else here absolutely Generic and hit submit you don't have to worry about permissions because that's gonna happen over here when we go to services You're gonna go over to the s3 service And we'll actually call this one Synology. I'd actually apparently set this up before So I already had a key in there and we'll call the key Synology 1 2 3 I Highly recommend you choose something more secure than this and the port choose the port that you're looking for Bind the IP address the one that you're looking for as I mentioned you can transport this over the internet This what makes it very simple when you're dealing with S3 object storage It's port 9,000 or port whatever you set it to and that's the only thing that needs to be done So even if you're doing this over a VPN or routed network There's not a bunch of ports to configure there's not a bunch of different things or if you're routing this publicly over the internet You can always filter and have a firewall rule that says only allow coming from the IPs of maybe remote Synologies you have are the only ones allowed to talk to that so a couple different options You can think about here. It does use a certificate We're just use the free NAS default certificate for the transport It will work with analogy with an unsigned certificate But of course you could go through and set this up to have its own sign certificate If you wanted even possibly use a less than crypto goes beyond the scope of this video But those are all possibilities here and we're gonna leave enable browser checked and then we're gonna choose that S3 first analogy it's selecting a data set with min IO removes all existing permissions for the data set in any nested directories So you have to make sure you're either creating this new or willing to lose whatever is in there It's gonna set all the permissions and fleet everything within that now min IO is the video topic that I said I'll leave link down below Even if for example because we only can set one key Want to access key one secret key for this particular bucket if you wanted to set multiple You'd build them all in separate individual jails. Just a little side note if then we hit save Pretty simple, then we just go down here to the s3. We're gonna enable it and Definitely want it to start automatically. So now it's gonna start on startup That's all we have to do inside a true NAS over here in Synology You'll notice that I've had at least one job running right now I wanted to make note of this that if you are running any type of ice guzzie It needs to have a separate backup the hyper backup does not back up the ice guzzie And this is a really simple task to set up You can say one backup task with the one backup task does is goes ahead and sets up a schedule If you put it on schedule if you only want to run once but probably you want things backed up on a schedule You set this to run and it creates a backup of the ice guzzie one into a file That can be backed up or series of files in a folder So if we go and see where we target it under destination here We directory ice guzzie backup. We go over here to file station Ice guzzie backup. There's those files. It does not keep revisions of them It just runs as a schedule whatever schedule you may set But if you do not do this when you're doing the next hyper backup task You'll notice that ice guzzie is not part of what gets backed up at all. That's why they have that separate and we're gonna go over here to the data backup task so easy enough here and Then we're gonna go over and choose s3 now Instead of Amazon s3, we're gonna choose custom server URL and the server address is going to be HTTPS 192 1683 dot 213 colon 9000 don't need to slash at the end now this colon 9000 and the 213 that's the IP address of the true nas system that we had set up on there Also, if we want to test we can test something real quick We're gonna open up a new browser put that in and then we can try our Synology and Synology one two three and everything goes well Hey, we're in here and we're able to log in and as I said We got the IP address from the machine itself and then we told it which one to bind to if you have multiple IP addresses I mean you can have them on multiple or have them on all of them. I only have it bound to this particular IP address Back over to here We do want to choose v4 then we want to choose the access key of Synology and then our not so great passwords of Synology one two three Bucket name. There's no buckets in here. So we're gonna create a new bucket It's at this point if I were to take the password wrong it would have told me it wouldn't be able to talk to it so we're gonna say Synology backup and I pressure spell backup right there we go All buckets are supposed to be fully lower case But dashes are acceptable so we can put a dash there if we want but they do have to all be lower case to Not cause any errors Directory Albert one happens to be that this system is called Albert. I will just leave it at that because it really doesn't matter Let me go next Ask what do you want to back up? I was gonna check the box and say back it all up So this is everything that's in here surveillance station and things like that Please note when you're backing up surveillance station That may not be ideal for you to back that up because this is specifically backing up all the data That's in there This can be a problem if you're backing up off-site because well if you're creating a lot of data a lot of recordings With surveillance station it may not be able to transport over so we'll go ahead and actually maybe skip that like this and Yeah, we'll leave it on for now I guess but you kind of get the idea that you got to think about that one before you're doing it This is local so we can do this. I want all the applications backed up Now this is where you get another option for surveillance station You can go back over here and not back up any of the data within surveillance station So we can do it like this next but then go here and Back up package only or recordings only I like this feature because you have a lot of work You may put in setting up 20 cameras configuring I'm setting all the options on those cameras and you make sure those package settings are all backed up This is an easy way to do that But if you want to back up the Recordings as well it can do that and I recommend doing it through this method right here And I'll show you why when we do it so I'm gonna back up them just for example purposes But like I said if you're doing off-site backups that can be a problem Now here is the problem actually we should call this true NAS That's three back up You can choose all the different options here for task enable change log compressed data highly recommend compressing it Enable transfer encryption. Hey, why not? You can't have enough encryption so encrypt things that are going over encrypted connection sounds like a great idea when you Wanted to run client side encryption I actually really recommend this and we're gonna put a really weak password in here The reason I really recommend doing it this way is because you never know what can happen to the box on the other end If the box on the other end gets compromised if you encrypt it right here, it's encrypted prior to it leaving So I'm always just more encryptions better says this is referring to the transport layer encryption But you would see you want the files at rest to be encrypted to but warning if you lose this password You also have no way to restore anything So if you ever have to restore this analogy, you don't know what passwords you use you're in a lot of trouble Recommend saving that password and password manager Then we're gonna get the warning after you've encrypted if you forget this password a key is lost your backup will never be restored Yes, we understand this backup Rotations from the earliest version just keep number of versions smart recycles actually really clever And it's one I kind of recommend if you're not sure what to do Just click the smart recycle and you'll have eight weeks six weeks four weeks and two weeks So you have high density and then it starts purging on the scattering amount So you only keep some of the really old versions there in case you have to go back really far But it's you can also do customized retention sayings beyond the scope of here to go in all of them There's so many different scenarios But just kind of decide how many revisions of things or how many days you'd like to keep things and that's what the Retention options are so we're gonna get done Of course now we want to say backup now Yes, and we got here this little file that downloaded was a Key encryption if we need to upload if we don't use the password We can actually use this key to go ahead and do that and the backup is running right now Now there's not a whole lot on a analogy. So this completed relatively quickly So we have all of 86 megabytes that are backed up right now And you may notice that is not performed an integrity check That is actually part of the schedule But you can force an integrity check anytime you do want to double check to integrity of these backups by default When you go into settings and schedule the integrity check is gonna run once a week Just to double check all of your backups and see if there's any problems with them But like I said, we can just force one I wanted to force one because this is one of the things it's gonna ask either a to upload that encryption key or put the password in It's it okay and let it kick off the integrity check real quick While it's doing the integrity check, we'll switch back over to our true nas here and we can see that there's About 87 megs in here and not much compression that we're able to get out of it because well It's compressing the backups and so the backup sizes roughly are going to be really close to each other because there's obviously a few other Files that might be in here. Let's go back over to here Our integrity check was successful and if we want we can even run another backup again and Right now. Let's delete something for example. So we can even go here Or even better yet duplicate something. So if we went ahead and All right, I pasted this in so dumped a little bit more data in here We'll go ahead and run the backup again real quick So we have at least two backups we've run and then we'll do a test restore to show you how that works All right now we've run two backups on it and we can go here to the restore and see the revision So we go to data backup. Here's that one. We see this now here we can restore and we'll see that The 936 or 939 and this is any of the configurations for a analogy Don't do a system configure restore if we want to restore any of these shared folders The shared folder exists and it has to be overwritten by the previous version So we have two versions here. We can choose which version of the files that we want pretty simple to do Or we can go next and restore one of the applications and actually that's the demo I really wanted to do is what happens when we have to restore a full application such as Surveillance station and I think we have a camera in here with some recordings We do cameras currently disconnected. We set up a test cam. We were doing some demos here in the office and Real exciting view of the wall there, but it might be important to someone There's like two minutes of video of looking at the wall But let's pretend there's a lot more configuration that we spent a lot more time and it wasn't just looking at the wall So therefore it's important details And we're gonna go ahead and hit delete And we want to remove all recordings including locked items, okay, they're gone If I go back over here recordings, I've lost my camera. I've lost all the recordings related to it. Now what?  We're gonna hit here and hit next Disselected application will be disabled during restoration makes sense to me I need it back. It's kind of broken right now. So it's gonna stop these applications running It's going to understand that I selected the Synology Surveillance station including all of the Related folders to back up the data in there hit okay Then I go over back to Synology Surveillance station go look at our recordings Recordings are back. I can look at the wall again There's those exciting wall videos and if I look at the IP camera It's trying to talk to it, but I know the camera is disabled So it's activating and eventually timeout because the camera was well, it's turned off right now It's not just looking at the wall Using Trunass as an S3 target is really straightforward simple easy to route over the internet Also, if you have multiple Synologies at multiple locations, you want to back to one single central Trunass That's easy enough to do and you can create buckets for each one of note. They will share the same Key for each one because they share the same key if one Synology were ever to get compromised and some were able to somehow extract the keys out of that particular Synology they would have the keys to get into that bucket So that may be a concern there is a use case in that point for maybe building out a series of separate jails Each with their own key each with their own unique identity and different port numbers There's different strategies you can do to mitigate this to make things more isolated from each other But from a simplicity standpoint because this will transport encrypted over the internet and of course I highly recommend using a VPN, but I know that isn't always as practical in some scenarios This is a great way to get especially your off-site Synologies backed up or even just looking for an easy way to back up Everything on your Synology to your Trunass that is sitting next to it right there So pretty simple way to do it. 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