Then comes friends and then you are close to them. So, we are going to talk about the work life that we are all having. And today's topic that we have is navigating the directions between freelance entrepreneurship or regular jobs. None of which are bad, let me clarify that at the very beginning. And we have a fantastic panel over here, Rahul Singh as you already have met. Bidisha who is into a job segment and Arundha Maiyanda who is a freelance developer. So, let's start with the question that everyone have, right. What is, is it bad to have a job over freelancing or intermediation? That is the first question directed to Bidisha. So, a lot of people think that this is a very complex that works in a lot of people that I will have to have a self-employed, right. I have to do something of my own and a lot of people doubt where the people who are going job actually. Entrepreneurs knows how to direct those people but this ordinary concept, is prevalent among a lot of people. So, Bidisha I will just direct the question to you. How's the job here and why should no one consider it as an inferior segment? Hi, first of all, good afternoon everyone. So, as he has asked a very important question, why should we not consider job as looking at it like it's an inferior compared to freelancing or entrepreneurship. Let's see. So, I have been working for around three years now. This is all my personal experience. What I feel is that when we come to job, first of all it's not inferior because whatever you are going to learn as a freelancer or an entrepreneur. Let's say I am a web developer. So, from the perspective of a web developer let's say whatever I am going to learn as a freelancer, working on various projects so on and so forth. The same amount of knowledge which I can also gain in a job. That is a knowledge part. Now, there is a little bit advantage I would say. If you are a single freelancer, sometimes a lot of things need to be self-learned, right. But when you come to the job, most of the time we have our superiors, right. So, let's say I am writing a code that's good in my eyes. But in order to make it optimized, make it the best. I have someone who can actually guide me, right. So, in that way I can say that yeah, you are learning and coming to knowledge and learning, job is pretty good. Now, one important thing that people do miss out a lot of times is that they might come up and say hey, I mean in my job I need to work out for this hours. And let's say I am a freelancer or an entrepreneur in that scenario and have a lot of free time. Not really, not always I would say. Because let's say you are working, it's the wrong conception that you know if I am a freelancer I can work as per my time. With today's culture, job culture, I mean there is so many remote companies. This is not the scenario, essentially. You can work as per your time, your preferences as long as work gets completed. So, I don't think that someone doing a job should be looked at in a different way. Everything has its pros and cons. This is some of the pros that you can have while being in a job. It was a very nice perspective with Disha. Really, like a lot of people think that having superiors on my head is gonna, they gotta nag once. I can keep on showing, micromanagement that we call it. So, it is not like that. If you have a supportive senior above your head, you are gonna get a right direction, right from the very bottom, right from the start of your schedule. A lot of people here are young minds. They are going to get freshly graduated. They should understand this fact that having a senior on the head is only bad when the senior is bad. If the senior is good, there is common sense that people do not leave jobs. They leave bad managers or bad bosses. So, that's a very good point that Disha have dropped. Now, coming to that same point that having a senior on your head, feel like it's not something like that. But it is something different. You have to be accountable for what you are doing. Right, Anunda? So, continuing that question, I would like to ask Anunda, how do you think this freelancing is different from a job? While considering this senior boss thing, how do you manage your time as a freelancer? I do not think it's very different to jobs. Even if you do freelancing, you will have a team to work with. And in most cases, so there will be very rare cases where you get a single project that you need to handle. So, in most cases, you will have a team to work with. The only advantage you get is that you get flexibility of working hours. Whenever you want, wherever you will, you can work on it. Apart from that, you can choose your project. That's the best advantage of being a freelancer. You can choose what you want to work on. If you are an employee of somebody, the company brings in the project, you have to work on that. But in case of freelancing, you can choose which project or which clients you want to work with. That's the advantage of it. Definitely, that is a very big advantage. And continuing with you, I have a very interesting question that recently actually happened in Whitwood. A lot of people have heard moon lighting. Moon lighting was actually a concept that is you are working for a company and at the same time you are working with some other company who are sharing the interest or is a direct competition of that company. So, do you think if you are associated as a freelancer with a company and you are working with other company as a freelancer who is a direct competitor, is it considered moonlighting for you or is it considered unacceptable to you as a freelancer? See, if you are talking about a regular job, then you are already signing a contract and you are not going to work with any other company or you are not going to work on a project similar to the business they are doing. So, that's moonlighting if you are doing something. But as a freelancer, you are not signing any contract. So, you are free to choose. You want to work on five projects or ten projects. That's your piece. So, that's another advantage that would not happen for being a freelancer. So, you think like a lot of jobs, right? But this young mind, they might be doing the job. When I signed up for my first job, it was probably in Alcatel, which is a very costly state, right? You don't get rice, dals, like Bengali foods over there. It was very hard. I have to survive on Momo for seven days straight. And that was a very tough nut to crack. I was lost half of my weight. Anyway, I am going to talk to that. So, in that case, I am earning very less and I have to find some other things to do to earn, to sustain. So, do you think as a person who is employed, they should be able to work somewhere as a freelancer? That's a very nice question to say. So, what I feel is that legally, if you look at the contract, a lot of times companies sign you with the contract, with the contract that you cannot be working. The contract says that you cannot be working anywhere that clashes with our interest. Now, this is a very debatable talk. What is our interest here? I mean, let's say today I am working with Hotstar. Tomorrow I, on the back, starts working with Jiyasatma. What happens there? That's essentially more likely. You're not allowed to do that. But, at the same time, what I feel is that, like the scenario you mentioned, so we need to earn money. So, sometimes what we need to do is, out of the work hours, usually the weekends are available, right? Technically, you should not be working with another company because you might get fired if the original company gets to know. But what you can do is, you can take up projects that are, let's say, one-time for a fixed period of time, freelancing sort of job that do not have a very specific contract. In those cases, I think we can still have flexibility. And I would like to bring this point as well over here. Today, a lot of people who have grown in the job industry, who are working with reputed organization, they are teaching students with minimal cost. Now, think about the scenario where I'm getting a course from experienced professional with minimal cost, and likely a lot of students are registering. So, that can be also your source pickup, right? So, YouTube is something like that, but I don't know the details. I've never been a YouTuber. Maybe one of you can teach me one day. But, yeah, we can earn like this as well. But just be careful of the, you know, clauses in the job. Thank you, Vidisha. Now, I will continue this sequence to our round thing as well. He is an entrepreneur, right? So, basically, he has a team. He employs. And if he finds one of my guys working with a computer computer, a digital marketing company, or taking up some projects that is related to his interest. So, Ramu, how do you handle that? So, would you allow that? And what's your perspective of it? Today is going on where data is democratized, where people have seen the box of working for more, or when people are looking for hybrid, or working environment is practically very difficult to stop what you have been saying. So, slightly, in our way, somebody is working with us, and again, this scientific thinking of project is practically very difficult to track. As an organization, the whole idea should be when you are employing somebody, you should tax him with the amount of work which he needs to be delivered. Rather than counting the number of hours he is delivering, you should be judging that person based on work which has been assigned to him. So, like if I speak about buyer organization, what we do? We tax people about the work which has been given to them. So, if a work is completed in one hour, we don't mind if we do some kind of work. As long as I want this getting done, we are really not bothered about what he is doing apart from the job. And it has become practically, even the bigger company like Infosys and PCS has spoken about this, that their employees have started working. So, they also have realized it's practically impossible to stop this thing. And as an entrepreneur, we also feel like that. As long as I want this getting done, we should not be bothered by this being a project simultaneously. So, that's why we do it. Definitely, definitely. So, if you are considering moonlighting, as we call it, you should, if you are employed somewhere, you should be able to learn the contracts that are given to you. You should deliver your deliverables and you should make sure that the guy who is paying your bills on a regular basis, they are not suffering the consequences. If that is aligning to your ethic, if it's aligning to the cultural ethic and the organization ethic, you can go beyond and go for some sort of jobs that can argue extra costs. Sure. The problem is basically, in most cases, you will find that there are contracts that this allows doing it. So, you need to read your contracts properly. And if you are found that you are disobeying the contract, you may get fired. So, keep in mind that case. It's also freelancing as well. Freelancing will also have an idea. Definitely, definitely. Then you have an idea. Yes, freelancing. If you are getting good projects, you might have an idea, but you might not be able to do that. So, that's why I just like what the test has been saying. So, what should be a balance of those things? As long as your first work should be, whatever work has been assigned as part of your job, you should delicately complete that work and if you compare the long-term, you are free to move like this or you can pick up other systems and industry. But you should, as an employee, should be first dedicated to your organization. If at all you get work, it's for your, say, agreement with the government that you can perform the move like this. So, that's it. So, coming to the next points, for example, these young girls or maybe some are in the job, some are already in freelancing. So, this question is particularly for Rahul that these guys, this mixed crowd, for any of the segment, I'm talking about freelancing or a job or a fresh graduate, how should they pursue a look at entrepreneurship? Should they first go for a job or they should go for freelancing for experience, then go for a job and then go for entrepreneurship or how do you think a fresh graduate's life cycle should be regarding entrepreneurship? So, if I can talk about the life cycle, I think the cycle starts with job.  Learn the tricks of the trade, whatever you go there. Learn the tricks of the trade, learn from your seniors, learn from your mentors. When you have acquired a particular skill, when you think you have put in three, four, two years in a particular job, you have learned something, then you gradually move on to freelancing. You can start picking up projects. Why am I saying that after a job you should move into freelancing? Because when you are doing a job, you are only doing one part of the business. You are only getting your skill employed. But when you move to freelancing, then perhaps you also have to start talking with the clients. So, first you look at doing jobs, then you move to freelancing, and then when you have some set of clients with you, then you have already started making same amount of money, which you have been making when you are doing a full-time job, then you start considering moving to entrepreneurship. Because if I have to tell you, this is the most difficult job. From outside it is very flexible. Trust me, entrepreneurship is a 24 to 7 job. Like if you are working somewhere, you have 1 day to 5 days, 10 to 6, and if you are doing freelancing, then your work is over. But when you are into entrepreneurship, you have to think about the people who are walking around with you. You not only have to foot your own pills, you also have to foot your food So, first pick up a job, learn the tricks of the trade, then move on to your freelancing kind of assignment when you start taking your freelancing project and when you have ample amount of projects in your head, then perhaps you can start building up teams and you can move to entrepreneurship. So, I will tell people to follow that kind of energy. Job, freelancing and then entrepreneurship. Right, great. So, one more question. This is my personal question to you. There is a certain thin line between business and entrepreneurship. Guys, a lot of people are called businessmen. Some people are called entrepreneurs. What is the exact difference between entrepreneurship and being a businessman? See, for me, both entrepreneurship and business is more or less same in recent years. You know how to get clients. Because you create a network when you start freelancing. You start getting connected to one client and you get reference to some other client and that makes a whole network for you. So, definitely you can easily transition to entrepreneurship if you are planning to do so. So, you can get clients, you can talk to them and they can work for you to create the projects. So, that's one advantage of being a freelancer and freelancing to entrepreneurship. If you have any specific problem that you want to point to, how it gets easier for freelancing, that's it. I have actually, at one given point of time, I have been a freelancer that was in the early quality. I have transitioned. I have had a lot of freelancing friends who are still doing freelancing. The one significant difference, like what makes you go from a freelancer to an entrepreneur is how you hire people. Most of these folks, I still remember, there was a conversation with one of them. He is very good in freelancing. He's doing very good. He charges $80 an hour or something like that. So, he said a very simple thing. Why don't you hire freshers for getting started and you pay them 4,000 or 5,000 rupees and you get started? That was the most terrible idea because the first thing, people that you hire should be experienced folks not freshers. So that is where most of the freelancers struggle in order how to manage people and how to hire the right folks. So that is where things get stopped. In most cases, that's why people don't transition. It's just to add to what I would say. It's always not necessary for a potential transition from a freelancer to a entrepreneur. He's charging as $80 an hour. So, he would not try to move to an entrepreneurship role because he was the kind of money which I am making. I don't want to have an asset of hiring people, of training people. So, it all is very subjective. People do people. It's not necessary if somebody is doing freelancing that you want to move into entrepreneurship. Correct? First thing I would like to say is hiring people is kind of what do you need? It depends on how.  But if it's a matured project... There is a huge amount of attrition that people don't consider, right? When freelancers are getting into, they don't consider what is the gap, what is the customer acquisition possible themselves. Then they don't want to consider what is the amount of money that will take to hire an individual and dream an individual. If you are training somebody for three months and they are moving after six, seven months, that's a waste of money and a waste of time. That's all the good stuff. You need to negotiate with your client. You need to negotiate with the client that you are going to hire a freelancer. You need to pay for training. Then you should be starting on something. See, you cannot fail from your pocket. So, every burden that costs you as we put on the client because it's ultimately his project. I'm not a fresher in this case. So, let's say you are building something very significant. As a fresher, how much knowledge does that have? So, I have seen freelancers or actually experienced freelancers. So, if you are trying to, let's say, entrepreneur should always work with an idea where you want to expand scalability. I don't always think that a fresher with starting a job or just starting to fail ads, that person will have all the scenarios in mind which could stretch your scalability. So, he might write something or he might just do something. That breaks a particular scale. So, that should not be done as well. There are two things. One is relying on them and another is training them. So, if you are relying that you are giving them a job that breaks your schedule project then you are doing a wrong thing then. Because he's a fresher. He has just come out of his college and he's just trying to acquire the knowledge. So, you should be treating him as a fresher. That is actually the loophole that you get into. The point is ultimately it's not reducing your work hours. That's the objective of it. It will not. It's going to increase your work hours for the time being. Like, for three months or four months you will train them. How many students do you have? Students. Okay. So, when these students will get out of their college they will be looking for a job. And being professional, having an experience in the industry it's our responsibility to train them. Right. So, that's our responsibility. So, expecting revenue from them would be badly for at least six months. So, for at least six months they need to be trained. They need to understand what the industry expects from them. And after six months they are going to turn into a revenue for you. Definitely. Thank you. One good thing to add fresher. So, you know what? I have a very good experience with fresher. They are the most excited people in the companies. They want to do the job. So, that's the best thing of hiring fresher. Right. Yes, definitely. When you hire fresher there are pros and cons and we are going to take the question in few minutes, sir. Okay. So, before concluding this session I have one last question to everyone sitting in here if someone comes to you, a person comes to you as a willingness to become a freelancer or a willingness to get into a job or a willingness to be an entrepreneur. What are the questions? Individually, you would ask the person. First, if someone wants to be a freelancer what suggestion would you give him if someone wants to come to you and ask for suggestions? Actually, so you want me to tell somebody how to become a freelancer? Yes, what are the suggestions? You want to tell me why I would hire him? No. So how to become a freelancer? Right. So, see, it's like you said, a leap of faith. So, it's kind of that if you are working for some company and you want to become a freelancer it meets a bit of financial stability then only you can go for it and if you are going right from your when you started with your policy then I think it's easy but if you already are in job and if it is for creating your dependence then it's tricky to get into freelancing. So, I myself tried three times and only I became a freelancer. So, what you should do when you are working or you already are stable or you are in college so start building your profiling where on like G-Tub, on LinkedIn or the places where people will like to see developers if you are trying to become a developer. So, G-Tub is a place where you can create hobby projects you can publish it there and whenever you are going for a freelancing project so people would like to you can just reference them that is what I created already so you get the chances of getting hired by the clients easily because when you get a project on any freelancing website so you will see that there are a number of bits coming on it and there will be exteriors people as well as the freelancers so the problem is that when you are freelancing you don't have the portfolio to showcase so you can build the portfolio starting from your college itself or when you are working as a professional through hobby projects not economical like not monetary profiting projects but the hobby projects and then you can create a portfolio and create network with your everyone like when you are contributing to an open source project you can create network with the people there they will bring in projects for you so these are few things that you can consider and try to become a freelancer Thank you Arupa Over to you Shalini comes and asks how do I get into a good organization how do I get into a job the first thing is start code of course obviously but more important thing over here is it's wrong to say that hey just because I am starting I don't have a code for you build interesting projects showcase it to the world what you can do what potential you have that will make you stand out and I think a lot of people here who have cracked a lot of kind of man jobs they do know the importance of TS I know when it comes to engineering so please lead code lead code as much as you want to have some time do lead code as he said build up a profile go to GitHub and start contributing I mean there are a lot of ways if you really want to and most importantly if you know like for me I knew that I didn't want to get into front-end development and my focus was only that but I also didn't understand so that if a question was asked from then I was able to answer so be confident have enough knowledge in whatever you are doing learn your basics properly and yeah you will be able to crack that down okay thank you I have a word to Rabu see if you want to move into confidentiality role the first collective that everyone should have is resilience like you should be able to do the same job same work day in the year 24 into 7 to 365 days you will fail again you have to get up you will fail again you have to get up agar aapko business karna hai you have to have a thick skin you will see failures but again you have to stand from them that is number one quality that you should have you should be able to do the same kind of job for next 3-4 years you should not think I will start my business I will become an entrepreneur in 6 months 1 years back I will see one that is very rare so if you want to be a successful entrepreneurship role you have to be very patient you have to have perseverance which will last for at least 2-3 years the second quality that you should build up is you should build your personal brand so when you move to an entrepreneurship role why should people give you this say in my last organization where I work for some 500 companies when I move to an entrepreneurship role I will not be making any projects then I realize people know me and I used to work with so and so company people don't know me so if you want to move up to an entrepreneurship role you start building your personal brand how you should build your personal brand is to network with like many people attend workshops like this events like this interact with the people who are into the community the startup community, the business community the more you network the more personal brand you will start being visible attend events, attend seminars so these are the 2 qualities which I will suggest you should be having a great amount of perseverance and you should be having a personal brand if you have these 2 qualities then you should consider moving and again I always follow that chronology job freelancing and entrepreneurship this has a higher probability of success again you can start off even without having a job or a freelancing but the probability of getting success is higher if you move from job to freelancing to an entrepreneurship role thank you Rahul that was really insightful to know the pathway the qualities that everyone should have whether they want to consider freelancing whether they want to go for a job like a lot of people are students over here people are freelancers they might want to move on to the next phase of their life they should have the qualities that he mentioned make sure you make yourself visible make sure you have clear mindset about each and every segment you are going to go to each and every one has its pros and cons and definitely not everything that glitter is cold so it has their ups and downs you must know that before moving into anything and definitely I would recommend if you want to go through any of these segments please do concern or grab those people over to lunch that there will be the best networking you can ever get before concluding this session I would like to we have many of you one question you can have one question from the audience first of all I am thanking you after the discussion I gained a lot of knowledge from you I mean if you speak English well you can speak English well I think freelancer never be free or expression or experience I am 46 years old I wanted a freelancer and before 6 months I have been through Facebook I started freelancing in Korkastik I used to be able to understand and learn from the time I was in college when I started working as a freelancer and I started working as a freelancer I started getting more and more pressure when I became a freelancer I got a lot of knowledge from them my question was whether freelancer can be free or not see you can speak in Bengali without no that is for the issue I will say it's for the short term okay so you can say it so I agree to you that financing is not an easy job, so you need to take care of your clients and there will be time that you have a lot of work and there would be time for you to have any work to do. So, this is a tough profile that you choose, but definitely I like to tell you the benefits. See it is not like that the client wants to like you said that they want to extract all the time from you. It is like you need to build a good relationship with your client. See I have a client who is working for me at least for 6 years and from the beginning when I started working as a freelancer. So, this depends on how good relationship you build with your client and for the time that you are considering that I do not get enough time. So, I think the best option if you want to visit around the world and do your work as well is freelancing. A businessman cannot do it, a job, a person in job cannot do it. The only thing is that you need to dedicate your hours that is for the client. So, if you have dedicated 8 hours work for your client you need to dedicate that. They are not concerned with whether you are dedicating it from Kolkata or you are in New York. So, the experience could be different for say like job is not satisfactory for everyone. So, so could be the freelancing. So, I agree with you. Actually that is the issue. I like it very much because I know that I am good at video editing. I know that I am good at graphic design. But I have experienced mathematics teacher for the competitive examination. But when I was in college, I did not have any training. Most of my classes were open. Video editing or image editing? One question. So, what is your professionalism?  I am a teacher. I am a text teacher. I like video editing. And you like to do video editing. So, you are doing freelancing in video editing. Yeah, yeah. Video editing and image editing. So, I will say that. I do not know what to say. See, this kind of job obviously needs to be, to you to be present at the location where you are doing it. So, this can never be... This requires you at the place where you want to go. We are really short of time. So, you can connect with... We can connect with Karol, over lunch. We have one more question category. So, one, only one. Okay. That question over lunch. Somebody can pass on the mic. Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. Give it to him. So, this type of job is to be ready. The problem is that you need to find a wide co-founder. And how is... that means you will be a best co-founder. What is the criteria you are looking for that part? So, one thing that I like to suggest. If you want to have a co-founder, stay alive for your family. Don't make any of it from your family as your co-founder.  The most fit, no, no. This is my personal, my main thing personal is that I have seen success. See, if you want to look out for co-founders, that's a very important investment. Because when you are starting up, you cannot do everything on yourself. You see most of the startups or the new businesses, they have co-founders. There is logic to it. So, if there is an investment, if I want to invest in a company, I will rather try to diversify my links if I see there are three co-founders. Because when you have a single co-founder company, everything you have to do with yourself. When you have multiple co-founders, you can distribute your job. So, how to come up finding for the right co-founder is to go to various networking events, attend seminars where like-minded people you think would be visiting, interact with people, find out their interests. You don't only look at domain expertise because the first characteristic that you want in your co-founder is whether you are compatible with that particular person or not. So, your personal compatibility with that co-founder is number one tick mark that you should look at. Rather than looking at the domain expertise, you consider whether you are compatible with that co-founder. If you find your nature, your characteristics matches with that co-founder, then you start digging the other boxes, whether you have the right domain expertise. Say if you are from the development side, so you want somebody who is from object-less development so that he can bring that expertise to you. Or if you are looking for a finance co-founder, whether he has an expertise or not. So, these are some ways where you can go and look for co-founders. And as I said, family, no. Again, I also say, don't work with your friends. Because not all friends are left and not the business is left. So, look out for people who are different. So, there you can have much more higher compatibility. I hope that answers. Definitely do that. Yes, look out for people here. So, if you are here for network, you go for people here. So, I want to say something. Who became a man? Sugar. Sugar. There are always exceptions. So, there are husband and wife who don't fight. But maximum husband and wife. That was a really good question. We are short of time. So, during the lunch, we will be available so we can interact.


Greetings, Bolshevik Bunny. Greetings, Comrade Roark. What's wrong? You look depressed. Do you remember I owe Capitalist Pig a dollar with an 11,000% APR? Yes. Well, I fell behind on my payments and asked something called a collection agency. Started calling me about the debt. I even left a voicemail in the middle of the night.     Then I'm going to have you thrown in jail. You hear me a little f***ing? You better start paying up or you're going to be in deep f***ing. Geez, he swears a lot. I don't know what to do. I don't want to go to jail. Well, in the United States, you can't go to jail for being in debt. Yet. Why? Let me explain how collection agencies work. When you fall really behind on your debt payments, eventually a creditor sells your debt. Sells my debt? Yes. They do this for two reasons. One, by selling your debt, a creditor ensures they get some of their loan back.  A debt collector is now in charge of that. Now, Bolshevik Bunny, you know we communists never make sweeping generalizations about groups of people, right? Of course.  Like most parasites, debt collectors have only one function, which is to squeeze you for as much money as possible. Is there a way to stop them? Yes, by knowing your rights. Legitimate debt collectors are bound by U.S. law. Specifically, debt collectors have to abide by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or FDCPA. What is the FDCPA? Do. Let's go back to that very rude phone call you got from the debt collector. You said they called you in the middle of the night? Yes. First of all, the FDCPA prohibits debt collectors from calling you before 8am or after 9pm. Second, it prohibits them from using any profanity or abusive language.  Well, if that's all illegal, why do debt collectors do those things? Because most debtors don't know about the FDCPA. People don't know about the FDCPA. That's right. The only way a debt collector can get your money is by filing a lawsuit against you. They could sue me. Yes.  So they'll try to avoid going to court by using any method they can get away with. Like bullying poor people.  Well what should I do if I know the collection agency is violating the FDCPA? Before we get into that, let's make one thing perfectly clear. Due to the law, a collection agency has to send you a validation notice. This is a document listing who the debt collector is and how much you owe them. If you don't get a validation notice in writing after the debt collector first calls you, chances are that phone call was a scam. And this brings up an important point. As soon as you start dealing with debt collectors, start keeping written records of all your interactions and never ever ever agree to anything until you get it in writing. Now let's move on to how you can stop getting phone calls. I can stop getting phone calls? Yes. All you have to do is send a cease letter. A cease letter? Basically, it's a letter telling debt collectors they have to stop all phone calls. And under the FDCPA, collection agencies have to abide by a cease letter. What an important thing to remember about this letter is that you need to send it by certified mail and you need to send it with a return receipt. Why? Because the collection agency will have to sign for the letter and the return receipt. So you'll have written records that they received the cease letter and in the event that they call you after they receive it, you'll have proof they're breaking the law. And if a debt collector breaks the law? First, write down any violations and add them to your written records. Then you have two options. The first option is to file a complaint with your state's attorney general or the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces the FDCPA. Of course, if you go down that route you will be dealing with large government bureaucracies and as we all know, those are horribly inefficient. Except under communist regimes. What's the other option? The second option is to hire your own attorney and sue the debt collectors. But lawyers are expensive. Yes. But if you have a strong enough case with plenty of written records, a good attorney may be able to make the debt collectors pay all the legal fees. Check with your state's bar association to find an attorney who has experience dealing with debt collectors. Remember Bolshevik Bunny, your ignorance is the greatest weapon debt collectors have. So educate yourself about your rights as a debtor and realize you can fight back. Okay. Unless you owe money to organized crime. Then you're f***ed. Aw. Oh.


Perched high in the mountains above Beverly Hills lies the long time home of Anne Margaret, an actress, singer, dancer, and entertainment icon. Behind the gates of the Swedish-born performer's home is a glimpse into old Hollywood glamour. For over 50 years, Anne Margaret has lived in this sprawling Benedict Canyon estate, a beautiful sanctuary she shares with her memories, awards, and mementos from her decades in show business. Beyond the gates, visitors are greeted by lush gardens, mature trees, and a long, whining driveway that leads to her elegant, contemporary-style home. Built in 1938, this house is steeped in history, originally owned by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. When Anne Margaret and her husband Roger Smith purchased it in the late 1960s, they knew that it was the perfect setting for the actress to retreat from fame. At 82, Anne still resides in the home where she's lived the majority of her life. Inside vivid photos capture her early career in wild times in Las Vegas, costumes, vintage posters, and other memorabilia from her films Adorn the Walls, with each item representing a glamorous moment from her life's work. While the interior is straight out of old Hollywood, the 5,400-square-foot house has been renovated to include four spacious bedrooms and four luxury bathrooms. The two-story floor plan flows seamlessly between modern upgrades as well as vintage architecture. Outside, the property sprawls over three acres of land. Mature oak and sycamore trees provide total privacy and seclusion, and a large pool shimmers in the California sun. According to sources, this home is probably now worth around $9 million. Anne Margaret, this Benedict Canyon oasis, is perfection. Though she often travels, she always returns to the comfort of this exclusive area. Her home sits, among other celebrity mansions, yet being known as a very private person, Anne Margaret found her paradise protected high above the hustle of Hollywood. Long before she rose to fame, Anne Margaret Olsen was born in a small village in northern Sweden in 1941. Her father had immigrated to America but returned to Sweden and married her mother. When Anne Margaret was five years old, the family finally joined her father in Chicago. From early on, Anne Margaret's singing and dancing talents were clear. As a teen, she toured with various bands and orchestras. At the same time, she appeared on the Morris B. Sacks Amateur Hour, Dawn McNeil's Breakfast Club, and Ted Mac's Amateur Hour. She continued to star in theater as she attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. The same school that had graduated fellow movie stars Charlton Heston and Rock Hudson. She went to Northwestern University after finishing high school and joined the Kappa Theta Alpha Sorority. She wanted to study journalism but she left school during her first year and chose to be part of a group known as the Subtle Tones, which went to the Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. George Burns heard of her performance here and she auditioned for his annual holiday show, in which she and Burns performed a soft sheer routine. Anne Margaret's charm caught the eye of Hollywood. She secured a contract with 20th Century Fox in 1961. That year, she made her film debut in Pocket Full of Miracles, starring alongside Betty Davis and Glenn Ford. For the role, she transformed her Swedish accent to All-American. At the age of 23, Anne Margaret owned a 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint Convertible, cherishing this as her very first car. While the Falcon may have been a modest choice for the young star, it held sentimental significance, given that her father also had a Falcon. In a memorable event, her father chauffured her to the 1962 Academy Awards in his White Falcon, where she dazzled the audience by singing the theme song from Bachelor in Paradise. Anne Margaret's original red Falcon went through a striking transformation when she brought it to George Barris, who not only repainted it pink, but also added a month's auto-stereotape debt. Anne Margaret's rise continued with State Fair in 1962 opposite Bobby Darren, but it was in 1963's Bye Bye Birdie that cemented her status as a superstar. At only 21 years old, she lit up the screen as Kim McAfee, the wholesome teen who has a brief romance with a rock star. Her song and dance numbers showcased the talent and passion that would become her trademark. In 1964, Anne Margaret steamed up the screen with Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas. Her chemistry was undeniable both on and off screen. She proved that she was more than a bubbly starlet. By the late 1970s, Anne Margaret was firmly established as a multi-talented star at both comedy and drama. She earned her first Emmy nominee for a TV special in 1977. More nominations and awards followed as her career skyrocketed through the next two decades. Today, her performance spans 100 films, countless TV shows, and various stage productions. Well, apart from her notable acting career, Anne Margaret's also recognized for her passion for motorcycles and her own perfume brand. When asked about her beauty philosophy, she says there's no secret. I'm just happy and eating dessert first. I'm a sweets person that's my favorite part of the dinner, dessert. In 1967, Anne Margaret married her husband Roger Smith and she took on the role of a mom to three non-myological children. Their marriage endured an impressive 50 years, but sadly concluded with Roger Smith's passing on June 4th, 2017. Now, an entertainment legend, Anne Margaret continues to perform occasionally, and she brings the same enthusiasm that launched her career in the 1960s. Though her legendary status is cemented, she stays grounded in her Benedict Canyon sanctuary. Beyond the viewful terrace and manicured three-acre grounds, her home guards price his memories. For Anne Margaret, the magic continued. She lived in her Beverly Hills home longer than any other, and decades into her legendary career and her passion for performing continues to burn bright at 82. While that concludes today's house tour, answer this question for me before you go. Who was your favorite leading lady to see alongside Elvis Presley back in the day? Share your thoughts in the comment section below. Don't forget to hit subscribe and turn on your notifications so you never miss a video. I'll see you all in another one. Bye! As you might expect from a legend like Martha Stewart, she's lived in some beautiful properties over the years. I mean, her brand is all about cooking and home decor, so she makes sure the places that she calls home also match her image. Whether it's an upscale Hamptons retreat, a massive farmhouse, or a historic vacation home, Martha is living in style. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses, and even though I've done a house tour of my own place, please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. Martha Stewart is an American icon. Not only has she spent time as an entrepreneur, but she's also a world-famous television personality and one-time model inmate. Over the years of her decade-spanning career, has earned a net worth estimated to be in the range of $400 million. These days, the Martha Stewart brand is still an integral part of Americana. So in that way, it's pretty fitting to discover that Martha has homes located all around the northeastern seaboard of the United States. In fact, she's been growing her real estate profile since the 70s, and over the years, it's expanded to include half a dozen properties, only a few of which she actually spends much time in herself. For instance, the first property she ever picked up was a gigantic farmhouse located in Westport, Connecticut. Shortly after, she purchased another sprawling estate when she found a property located in the hamlet of Katona. And then, there's Martha's stunning woodland retreat located on Mount Desert Island, known as Skyland. And that's only the beginning of her homes. Hey guys, it's Kara back with another exclusive house tour here on Famous Entertainment, this time checking out the homes of none other than Martha Stewart. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit me up on Instagram to chat. Now let's get into this video. Martha Stewart's first home became a labor of love between her and her then husband Andrew, who purchased this gigantic farmhouse together way back when in 1971, with an amazingly low price of just $46,750. Those were the days. At the time, they had dreams of turning what was already on this two-acre plot into the perfect family home, but the original residence was in rough shape. First built back in 1805, by the time Martha got there, not only did the property have a seriously neglected backyard, but the picket fence was in shambles. The kitchen was in total disarray and there was no porch, garage, driveway, or even a working toilet. Regardless, the couple got to work and undertook much of the renovations themselves. By 1975, the couple decided to expand further. They bought the lot located next to theirs for another $47,000. This time, they added two additional greenhouses, a chicken coop, an all-seasons garden, and a massive veggie garden. Turning their home into a full-fledged farm. Now, in terms of the interior of the main house, the original structure boasted three bedrooms and two bathrooms, but Martha would expand that count to five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms, increasing the overall square footage to 6,710 square feet. Martha was so hands-on during the reno, she even got down on her hands and knees to stencil the wooden floors, while also painting the remarkable mural that highlights the front hallway. Since moving here and undertaking all of these renovations, Turkey Hill, as it's come to be known, is what many people consider to be Martha's most iconic home. Not only did Martha fill its halls with some of her most enviable antiques, but it was in this very house that Martha would write several of her first cookbooks, including Entertaining, which gave her fans an in-depth look at her dining room. This was complete with her grandmother's china and even her mother-in-law's silver. Martha would live in this house for 30 years. She only moved out and started spending time in her litany of other properties in 2007. At that point, she sold the farmhouse for 6.7 million dollars. Dubbed Cantito Corner, as Martha Stewart's current sprawling farmhouse is 153 acres of land that she purchased back in 2000 for the whopping price of 15.2 million dollars, and located in Bedford, New York. Sold to Martha by the family of Ruth Sharp, a millionaire who had owned the property for 50 years before her passing, this estate is composed of several buildings strewn throughout the immense grounds, making it look more like a village than, say, a home. When staying on this property, Martha resides in a three-story farmhouse first built in 1925, and often referred to as the Winterhouse. This structure features a spacious front porch, a fireplace, and stylish dormer windows. After taking on the property, Martha reached out to architect Allen Greenberg to expand the main farmhouse. Not only did he turn an old garage that used to hold farming equipment into a brand new entertaining space just off the kitchen, but he also took a nearby barn and turned it into an office project room for Martha's endless amounts of arts and crafts. In addition to Martha's main residence, there's also a colonial structure that dates back to 1770, which once served as the original home for the property, called, politically enough, Summerhouse. There's also a cottage, a guest house known as Maple Avenue House, and a more contemporary home built towards the back of the property, rounding things out of a series of horse stalls, barns, and greenhouses. And for a finishing touch, Martha imported cobblestone from Elizabeth, New Jersey, the state where she was born and raised, to pave the courtyards throughout the property. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Those two homes are fantastic. But when Martha's looking to get away for a little R&R, she also has a couple of vacation properties that are also enviable. Let's start with her historic house located in May. Martha calls it Skylands and it sits on Mount Desert Island. Like many of Martha's other homes, this property is steeped in history. Completed in 1925 for Edsel and Eleanor Ford of the Ford Motor Company, Skylands is sprawled across 63 acres of pristine woodland. The Ford family would summer here every year until 1980. 17 years later, Martha would buy the property for herself for $5.4 million in 1997. At the time of the sale, everything in the home was included, which meant that Martha didn't have to buy a single plate, even though she's no doubt added her share over the years. The massive stone house sits on top of a hill and contains a dozen bedrooms, alongside 8.5 baths and nearly 15,000 square feet of space. It also includes granite paving throughout the interior, beamed ceilings as well. Rounding out the additional spaces is a cathedral-like main hall, a sun-filled living room, a cool flower room, a stunning library and a kitchen to die for. But as eye-catching as the interior of this place is, when Martha's spending time here, it's really all about those views. Over the years, Martha has taken to spending more and more of her free time here, and it's gradually become the favorite of her many home. In 2015, she decided to expand the property by purchasing a $4.2 million six-acre neighboring estate called Oxhill Law. This addition may be less grand than Skylands, but it still includes a main residence that boasts 9 bedrooms, 7.5 bathrooms, and roughly 6,800 square feet of living space. Finally, we've come to Martha's Hampton's escape. She fell in love with the Hamptons during a summer spent at Kurt Vonnegut's home in the 90s and became so enchanted with the idea of living there, that she found her own slice of heaven and purchased what has come to be known as Lily Pond Lane in 1995 for $3 million. First built in 1873, this shingled cottage space is just a 10-minute walk from the beach, and at one point featured some truly stunning rose gardens that Martha eventually ripped out, worrying about the potential safety of her grandchildren. Much like with most of her other properties, once Martha moved in, she began to renovate thoroughly. While keeping many of the original fixtures to retain as much charm of the property as possible, Martha would touch up the cracked plaster ceiling, add additional windows to provide further natural lighting, and she even added a fresh coat of paint to replace the white walls with warmer buttercream tones. Meanwhile, outside is a garden lover's paradise. Not only are there gorgeously green private hedges, there are also trees and plants that run for about as far as the eye can see. In the event that gardening isn't your cup of tea, then you can spend time in either the gigantic pool or the even bigger front porch that houses a dining table, capable of seating as many as 60 guys. Over the years, Martha would come here whenever she needed a little time to get away from it all. Being the busy person that she is, that didn't wind up happening all that often. As such, Martha eventually decided to sell this property for $8.4 million in 2021. Alright guys, that's going to bring this look at four of Martha Stewart's most remarkable properties to a close. Which one do you think suits Martha best? It's hard to choose, but maybe I'll go with her first farmhouse, or her Hampton's getaway. Anyways, be sure to leave your thoughts down in the comment. Thanks for tuning in. Don't forget to follow me on Instagram, and I will see you all in the next video. Bye!


What's up everyone, Takedown here. Welcome back to another comic book video.  What you guys have seen mostly in the past was comics that I bought to resell a lot of Fantastic Four, X-Men, different comics like that, which I'm also a huge fan of, but a lot of those were sold and not kept for my personal collection. These ones today are all part of my personal collection, ones that I'm trying to put together and collect a whole bunch of. And that is what if comics, I absolutely love the concept behind them and I absolutely love these comics here. So these are not in any particular order. And some of these, I'm hoping I already pulled out some of the doubles that I do have to resell. Hopefully there is no doubles in this, but we're just gonna get straight into this. There is maybe 25, 30 comics around that. So let's just get started here. On top of that, all the comics you guys seen in the past was mostly all bagged and boarded. These ones here, I am going to be rebagging and boarding myself, but most of them do not have the boards, they're just bagged. So keep that in mind. Up first we have issue 53, which just looks really, really cool. That is an awesome, awesome cover there. Next we have 58s. What if the Punisher had killed Spider-Man, which is awesome. I think that's a really, really cool one that I can't wait to read. 59, what if Wolverine led AlphaFlights? That's an interesting topic right there. I love AlphaFlight just because they are a Canadian team. This one here is boarded. 42, what if Spider-Man had kept his six arms? That is very, very interesting and I actually forgot about this. So that is very cool that it is in a what if? 21, what if the Amazing Spider-Man had married the Blackcats? That is a very interesting one there. I can't wait to read that. Issue 20, what if the Amazing Spider-Man had not married Mary Jane? That's also awesome. We have Electro here, that's kind of good. I don't remember him in the first one for this, the wedding, I think it was in a annual or whatever. This one here is a doubled one. I haven't had time to re-bag and board it, but up first, what if Storm had the power of Phoenix? This is a modern, Volume 2, 79. Sorry, Volume 2, Issue 79. I should have explained that a little better and we also have Issue 80 on the back here. What if the Hulk had involved into the Maestro? So that's really cool. That's a little too, not modern, but higher up than I want. I want to complete a run of volume one and then Volume 2, Issue 1 to 50. That's kind of what I'm trying to put together right now. We have what if Captain Marvel had not died? Issue 14 of what if? Issue 15, what if the Fantastic Four had lost the Trial of Galactus? That's an interesting one, I do love Fantastic Four. Issue 16, what if Wolverine battled Conan the Barbarian? That's an interesting one. I forgot to even have that one. So that one is definitely a cool one for me. This is one I've been looking for for a while and I finally picked it up. This is Issue 17, what if Craven the Hunter had killed Spider-Man? That's a very interesting comic. A lot of people have been selling this one for $15 plus. I managed to pick this up for $7, not too long ago, actually. Issue 22, what if the Silver Surfer had not escaped Earth? Interesting, definitely have to read that. Next up, we have what if the Marvel superheroes had lost Atlantis attacks? Issue 25, which is awesome, I absolutely love the cover. I think this one here, I have two other copies that I am going to be selling, but that is still a really cool one for myself. Issue 31, what if Spider-Man had kept his cosmic powers? That would be very interesting. That one I'm really, really excited for, so I can't wait to read that. Next, Issue 35, what if Fantastic Five fought Dr. Doom and Analias? Probably butcher that, but that's really cool. Issue 46, what if Cable had destroyed the X-Men? That's a very interesting one. I haven't even thought of that, so that is really cool. Absolutely love Cable. I have Issue 1 to 50 in my collection now. Issue 47, what if Magneto took over the USA? Part two of two. So that means there's part one of this? Definitely have to be on the lookout for that. This is volume one. Issue 25, what if Thor and the Avengers battled the gods? I don't know why I was stuttering there, but this is in pretty decent condition. It's not really beat up, it's just not boarded. If we do have another modern one, this is Issue 77, what if Legion had killed Magneto? So again, for volume two, I just want to collect right now to start. Issue 1 to 50, and I'll show you why in a minute. And also I want to collect volume one as a complete two, but some of those are a little pricey. Issue 13, what if Professor X of the X-Men had become the juggernauts? That is I think one of the first what ifs that I picked up. I just happened to have in a lot that I did purchase and decided to keep for myself. That's a really, really interesting one right there. This one here is also really cool. What if the Avengers lost the evolutionary war? Issue one, that is one that I picked up. I actually thought it'd be worth a lot more money since it's issue one, but it's volume two issue one or one of the issue ones for volume two, so that is really cool. It's still a great comic for my personal collection and one that I absolutely love, not necessarily the most because I love all of these ones, but it's definitely very unique. That is issue 50 of volume two. What if the Hulk had killed Wolverine? And it is foiled. That is awesome. You guys know I absolutely love foiled comics, so that is really cool. So I am on the lookout for more what if comics and I actually can't freaking wait to start picking these up completes the volume one and complete volume two issue one to 50, but I hope you guys enjoyed this video. I will leave this here. Please take care. Peace.


So I hope that you enjoyed World of So far as I told you earlier, I'm George Tugusi and today we're going to talk about optimizing WordPress Web Server. Let's start this. Okay, I'm sharing a few key facts on that on me, just in case you find them interesting. There are also some contact information in the left side, so you can contact me later or catch me in the break or just send me a personal message if you're shy or whatever. I hope that we will have enough time for questions at the end of the presentation. In case we run out of time, you can always catch me outside. Okay, so this is the appendix of the presentation. It's separated in three chapters. It's actually our way of troubleshooting things. We need first to realize the common stack problems, the problems that come with the default installation of a WordPress Web Server. And then we have to go on understanding and analyzing the special needs of this stack. And then we should apply the optimal solutions. So this presentation has an intermediate level. It's not an amateur run. It's not an advanced one. But I'll be happy to answer your questions, even if they are based in an amateur level or advanced one. But let's stick please to the intermediate level and have all questions analyzed based on these slides. I have some assumptions for this presentation. The assumptions are that you already have a WordPress Web Server installed. We won't learn how to install a WordPress Web Server from scratch, because this is kind of outside of scope of the presentation. So I do assume that you already have your stack installed there. But you do have it at the default stage. So we're going to optimize this stack in order to behave super fast. Okay, let's focus on the technical part. And let's start this and realize the common stack problems. The problems that they do exist in the common installation of WordPress under a default WordPress installation of the server. It's a LAMP or LAMP. There are a few things in their resources. And we actually need to be sure that we don't limit ourselves. Things like shared hosting or related are limited ourselves. We can always apply some optimization there in shared hosting. But actually as we or our special needs grow, we will need dedicated resources. And you will need dedicated resources in order to get super fast. You can apply some plugins or do some optimizations in shared hosting, but these are not enough. These can be done in plugins level. So these are not the optimal solutions for this, for going super fast with WordPress. And actually there's... This was my server. We'll speak about the technologies. You need to have the optimal software to apply. This is a common issue. Just because when we are under dedicated resources, we don't have efficient time to manage our efficient knowledge to manage our stuff. So we are not really sure about the optimal software that needs to be applied or we don't have the time to manage or we don't have the knowledge to manage it. So we need to go under a managed plan. We need to have a level 4, level 3 engineer there, a DevOps engineer in order to actively maintain up to date and keep up to date all technologies that are involved in our WordPress websites. Web server. So don't set yourself on restrictions. We don't want shared hosting for this optimization because we might have some problematic neighbor or things that will lead to false words marking. So we need to be sure about our installations and we don't want to be under set. And there is another issue. It's actually stuck to CMS level. And it's just because WordPress has every other CMS uses PHP and MySQL so all these things are kind of heavy. They do a lot of queries and they need great time to respond back. Let's understand the needs. What happens when you call a single WordPress website URL? It's actually a request that it's from your browser. It's out to the server and it responds back. And this request has to be fast. It has to be fast because of the faster the better. Everything is going fast nowadays from user experience to SEO. Everything should be fast because of the user. You need to take care of the user. You need to be in user C and realize if you have a WordPress website that reacts fast and gives a better user experience than a slow one. So we need to take care of this request. We need to optimize things so they get back the faster. They get back faster than the default installation. So in order to do this, we will analyze the roadmap of a browser request. A browser request starts from user's level. It comes from your browser when you type a WordPress website URL and you hit enter. This request goes straight to the web server of the hosted website and in order to be parsed back, it needs to involve many technologies there. It needs to contact your CMS and your CMS might need to contact your PHP and your SQL which are big pains for this and should be optimized in order to get a faster response back. So we need to make sure that we apply some technologies in these levels in order to get them fast. And this is the roadmap of a CAST browser request. This is what we're going to do. This is what we call the hero state. We actually need to apply casting solutions between the web server and your CMS. We need to apply an HTTP CAST solution. You can use things like varnished services that run outside of the CMS but you can actually use services that run inside the CMS level which they are not the optimum solution because they will use the dropping of a WordPress in order to cast things but it's still a solution. You can also do that in case you are limited in services level. So once you apply an HTTP CAST you will get responses back and you will get responses back without being served directly from PHP. We have been regenerated. So you probably have noticed that once you have a website URL that is not changed for months or something on your website it gets heavy and it needs more time to get back. So applying an HTTP CAST will cast your issues and will get a response back to your browser without the need to regenerate through PHP. So stack on this and make sure that you apply a proper HTTP CAST solution. WordPress needs also to contact MSQL for several queries. It needs to contact it in order to respond back for almost every request. So we will have to also apply there an object cast which actually WordPress is using an object cast but since it's not persistent it's kind of useless.  And WordPress is doing some kind of cast by default but since it's not persistent it's getting cleared every time my PHP process is being stopped. So we need to add an object cast there in order to cast all these requests using a dropping that WordPress offers for this object cast. So this way you will have also the queries cast and you will get back a super fast response by doing so. So let's analyze everything. We talked about HTTP CAST that you can apply there. We talked about the object cast and we talked about solutions that are offered as a service in the dedicated resources but you can also apply solutions as a plugin directly to your CMS level which will be kind of slower but still it's a solution. You can reduce the request to PHP so you don't get regenerates and avoid bottlenecks here and you can also do some extra stuff that are not mentioned here. It's kind of casting PHP on code levels applying opcash or related technologies adding the HTTP plus two protocols in order to maximize requests and there are a few other things like keeping things up to date keeping your MySQL up to date keeping your PHP version up to date using the latest technologies so you are super fast and you are always up to date in order to provide more efficient speed. Let's move to questions. I left much time for this. You can always contact me using my personal information in case you want to. Questions? You can do caching within CMS through a plugin or outside. So the solutions outside are coming. What are the options? There are actually a lot of options there. What should we look for? What we look for is to have a test solution there. A solution that simply works for WordPress solution that this test is on WordPress and this actually needs a much technical background that we applied. It's not something that the end user can always do and it depends on your level. It actually depends on your level. If you are not familiar with technical stuff it's better to hire some guys to do that that usually offer manage hosting or there are experienced level 4 engineers level 3 or whatever. So you cannot say that there are few trusted solutions but you cannot say which will work better because every website has its own needs and as these special needs grow you may need to apply another solution that works better for you. Analyze these needs to propose a solution which what do you look for on the website when you analyze it? Well, actually this one is the default state of every WordPress installation. It comes and cast. It includes only a temporary cast and this cast as I already said is being removed actually upon every PHP process termination it gets wiped. So we don't actually want that. We want to cast as much content as we can. We want to serve as much static content as we can because every PHP application that uses MySQL is kind of heavy even if you are applying the latest technologies and you have a super fast server but the fault is not enough you need to optimize it. So you need to analyze what your WordPress website is doing and use website is not the same like a corporate one. You need to take care of the traffic you need to take care of the slave queries there are many things that you need to take care of so you do analyze things based on your needs and on your website needs but this is a generic rule you need to apply an HTTP cast and you need to apply an offset cast in order to make PHP regenerates terminated and in order to make WordPress not to be dependent on the MySQL in order to regenerate queries upon every single page view And do you have specific tools you recommend for analyzing the needs of WordPress sites? Well, I do recommend you can apply varnishes and etc because it's a very good tool and for the cast you can apply Redis or main cast they are pretty well used solutions that work for sure What's the name of it? It's Kuna It's main cast and Redis Redis is widely used even by Twitter it's a technology that replaces main cast or kind of replacing main cast was used for years and it's proven that it does a very good job You can also apply a node cast in HTTP cast which will cast things on code level in PHP code level but that's an option you would think it casts with user cast with PHP so if you are running PHP art it's the latest version you will have a great op-cast version in order to be enabled so you can compare things with it or without it it might generate some issues to you because you need to analyze these special needs that we earlier talked about Any other questions? Yes please You talked a lot about cash How do you know if cash is out of date? You want to validate cash? Yeah, but when you know that the cash is out of date It's out of date Yes, that's a special needs I talked about earlier you need to understand where you can apply a cast and you need to make sure that you apply a cast wherever it's possible but it's useful so we need to make exclusions you probably need to make some books during an edit of a post or something in order to serve always the latest version but actually you need to always serve as static as you can but this is not an option that you update a post for example because let's imagine that I am editing a post and I need to provide the latest version to the reader and the reader visits the post and it gets a previous version okay, he gets a cast version but it's not useful it's not our case so you need to make exclusions and you need to make sure that it fits in specific website parts but in some cases you might need to involve your surfing needs it's not like a play solution at all Thank you for that last question so then if it's an outdated page where do you look to know that it's outdated? actually you can see the headers of the web page and you need to see if the content was served using a cast mix or a cast hit a cast hit means that it gets served through the cast yes, it's such a lot of development tools you need to press depending on the language yes, it's usually F12 you use Chrome for example and you need to analyze the roadmap the tree of the load in the banks it will help you in order to understand the headers and you will get many useful information from this part not only about the cast you will get some hidden things that you may need to provide in order to debug things or whatever are we fine? thank you ok, thank you


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Let's go Spam Ramos. No, oh my gosh, dude. It's one of these fake ones man. Oh my gosh bruh Hey EA with a passion frick. I mean it's a good card.  It's a matter hunter Kate. How's it work? He's a hunter Kate Oh, it's an 88 rated untradeable for me See we're trying list this bad boy and this happens.   I got so excited. I thought we got Ramos. Oh my gosh, come on back to back Oh Dude, I saw the purple man. I was stoked. I thought it was Ramos, too I just I when I see the flag rather see, you know, Portuguese Mendy. Hey, yo Wait, is yours tradable? Oh No No, we'll craft something But it I guess somebody somebody responded to the tweet and said he uses pictures of reference the dynamic image on the actual Card is a 3d model render. I guess it does look kind of like weird Board elam takes the file bro soccer level. What's up? Percolated thanks to the file to man. It's an image made on a computer. Oh, we craft in time We're crafting boys Only one vote for tradable. So you know what? I think we go tradable. All right tradable. It is That's true. Although these are all technically not tradable for you since you Rocket Give me a walk out. Come on EA sports That's just awful.  Okay, it's a new chi. Yeah, that's good for a species So better than nothing now we get him in this one and then we get his teammate Ronaldo in the next 100k Not a wicked smart move there All right, come on, let's go Boards again New cheap back Wait, is that insignia? Yeah. Oh Wait, what is this guy's name? Oh the hamster? Some somebody elite. Do you remember elite? Yeah, he calls him. I think the hamster or something like that. Oh Tangin singing got nothing from the hundred cases. I guess I'm from the 125s. Come on EA sports Bro That's an inform though But it's not a walk out. No, it's that it's that same Italian left for it. So could we have a dangla? Could we have a dangla? Friday Pack, it's all right, dude Wow three Comedy bowls Alexander Rigoland Ozil. All right, that's not bad fodder. I guess but like it's okay All those are untradable. Thank you Let's go All right, let's go. My pack is dried up TFA's ultimate pack Come on. Yeah, let's go Fanta Fanta Erickson Denmark again the same guy Rodriguez so that's gonna be a dupe on tradable, isn't it? That was 450k worth of packs for not a walkout Imagine rough imagine a Nate and Cripsie stream. I'd buy your ticket to Australia. Oh, what is that? Yo, that might be the worst ultimate pack I've ever seen it better be some dupes All right, let's go. He said 13 that was mk7 says 13 he wants to gift itself for a team of the year. Oh, no Well, it's a walkout. It is a walkout. So the oh wait. Yes, one. Someone just lost 56k Hey, woo Summer for the walkout and yes pays out.  Ali got Bruno. No way. Why is Ali getting all this stuff, man? Hey, yo When we get a board drop answer was yes You guys bet and you won big Six seven we haven't been opening pack seven much man. I haven't even been doing on my account. Yeah, maybe that's the Clue Or not. It's a board. It's a board German keeper. Yeah, I lose against this research 35,000 chain of points with two 11 people. That's not that's not bad. No Four to go Then we have probably a cracked with maybe two more and then maybe one more actually because we we full So, oh, come on, please. Please. Let's go. Please.  Let's go, baby Team of the year finally, baby Jesus get in man that high five was weak compared to what you guys that was pretty weak Yes, let's go bang What a pack what a pack Oh Yes, all right boys here we go. Here we go. Come on. Come on. Give us the blue Brazil center back Hey, there he is. We just we turned him in there for Ronaldo. I'll take it We do have a bet going right now for this 85 times five. So let's freaking rip it man. Let's rip it Thanks to the great Nick. I appreciate it bros X mission mark links in the chat if we get involved Nick is in pain walk out. Okay. All right. What is it going to be Brazil? Casemiro, okay. Oh, we hit the over we hit the over. I'm upset by that again That's gonna help with Ronaldo that is gonna help with Ronald for true true true. All right So not bad not bad. So that does hit the over though. The over better is the favorites they won. Oh And Rashi, yes There a man to the mattress Yo, why'd you get to Greenwood Diabala? Hey, that's uh, that's some good fodder. Yeah, that's that's a solid fodder 85 times five right there All right boys. You ready? Let's go. We don't want Kimmich. We want blues Injected EA sports It's no blue. It's no blue. It's not even in form English Striker it's Harry. Oh, it's Harry. It's Harold It's Harold Voice crack Harold dude. You need to put the foot with kid on or something bro All the points on the line. It's with it over could still hit there might be like 388 in here, man. That's true This is not hurts Erickson doesn't have the greatest Pac-Luk dude. Thanks for all the fouls lads. 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Good evening. I'm Elizabeth Ecksten, Precinct 13 and chair of the Arlington School Committee. The Arlington public schools have had a busy and productive school year, including the onboarding of our new superintendent of schools, Dr. Elizabeth Holman. In September 2021 students returned to buildings full time after two years of disrupted schooling. And in February 2022, we opened the new steam and performing art swings at Arlington High School. In addition to maintaining our high quality programming across the district, this budget works to support students in all areas of development and promotes equity of access. This budget includes support for students social emotional and mental health addresses increasing enrollments at the secondary level, ensures access to necessary related services for all students and continues work towards goals of the five year budget plan. This year's budget also eliminates elementary instrumental music fees and high school athletic fees. This change supports our continued work toward equity by allowing access to all for these important aspects of a well rounded education. Additionally, participation in the performing arts and athletics support improved mental health and enhanced student engagement in school. APS is able to include the aforementioned budget additions, despite continuing to spend 10% less per pupil than the town manager 12 average. Unfortunately, the Arlington public school teacher salaries continue to be behind those of the other town manager 12 towns and APS would like to close that gap in an effort to attract and retain a strong and diverse workforce. Now Superintendent Holman and Mr Mason will share more specific details about this year's budget. Thank you. Good evening town meeting members my name is Liz Holman and I am the superintendent of Arlington public schools I am joined by our by our chief financial officer Michael Mason. And we would like to begin by thanking our student artists whose artwork grace the cover of our FY 23 budget which we are pleased to present to you this evening. I want to begin by articulating what some of our priorities were as we develop the FY 23 budget chief among them was enrollments we are keeping a close eye on enrollments and have increasing enrollments at the secondary level in particular and leveling off enrollments at the elementary level. Also among our priorities was ensuring that we met the needs of students as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, making sure that we can offer them opportunities to connect with school and meaningful ways and support their academic needs as well as their social emotional and mental health. As I said enrollments are a major driver of the Arlington public schools budget. What this slide is demonstrating are the different projections that we have gotten over the years to help us project enrollments and budget accordingly. And key the key thing to realize about this graph is that it's demonstrating that while our October one snapshot demonstrated right here by this little green dot showed our enrollments right along our projections. We currently have more students in the system as of March, then we had in October and so it makes it difficult to project what our enrollments will be in the coming years and we anticipate they'll be somewhere in between. The projections that we've received from our vendors or that we've calculated ourselves and some of the larger projections that we've gotten before the COVID-19 pandemic. As you can see there's a huge impact of the pandemic right here. This is where we lost enrollments and we're now gaining a lot of those moments back Mr Mason. Yes, thank you Dr homing. And so what this slide will demonstrate is that on the public schools from fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2020 trails behind the town manager 12 average, as well as the state average per pupil average. Let me clarify that in that the gap is, is if you look at a trend line the gap seems to continue to grow year to year. Despite having trailing behind our town manager 12 and the state average, we have been able to still provide an excellent education for the students of our one. However, with that per pupil average trailing the town manager 12. It also leads that to us trailing behind and salaries of our largest direct instruction staff, which teaching assistants are behind the town manager 12 average of up to 40% on the own and our teachers are 5% below average. And when you compare this to even other work groups in the town in the town of Arlington, you'll see that our staff is below their average compensation to their comparable in the town manager 12. Overall, this slide here is a reflection of what our budget is made of and what our budget is what we value and over 75% of our budget is toward direct instruction, which includes elementary education secondary education, as well as about 25.8% going directly towards students with special needs and special education. The other is covered by management and administration as well as curriculum development which has some best supports the instruction, and as well as facilities and other operational costs. Our total budget for fiscal 23 is 84,447,869 dollars. That is 4,343,235 dollars higher than the fiscal 22 budget. However, before that does not go directly to just adding positions, we do have to look at, you know, what cost living increases that we have to give to our staff, we have to look at any contact contracts or obligations that we may have with vendors or even our staff that have contracts or are even our bargaining units. And then as well as we have to look at inflationary costs. And that's what we're covered about 448,000 dollars to that about 450,000 round up to be even this with, we had to reduce some positions or reduce allocations of certain resources by 2.1 million to actually leave us with something to be able to provide funding for new positions or new initiatives that we would like to take on, which leaves us about 2.4 million dollars for proposed additions that I will hand back over to Dr. Homan to discuss with you. Thank you, Mr. Mason. And this slide gives some highlights of some of the additions that we are prioritizing for the FY 23 year. Among them you will notice that we are eliminating instrumental music fees and athletic fees in an effort to give some funds directly back to taxpayers who might want their children to connect with school and meaningful ways during extracurricular times. We are also adding library librarians and digital learning teachers interventionist English learner teachers special education teachers team chairs and coordinators, as well as content area teachers at the secondary level in response to increased enrollment. As you'll notice down here, we have been able to use budget efficiencies in order to fund other additions and we have a net additions of 14.1 additional positions in the Arlington Public Schools in an effort to ensure that our students continue to receive an excellent and equitable education in Arlington. Thank you very much for sticking with us for this brief presentation and we look forward to answering any questions that you might have. Thank you.


We attended a briefing on human rights and democracy in Saudi Arabia today and I was asked to say something about Gaza and U.S. policy. Here's what I said. So I would say, well, there is just almost zero democracy in Saudi Arabia. There is a sense of let's keep our ear to the ground and know which way the wind is blowing and move things in that direction. On the other hand, we have the United States. Where we are supposedly this great democracy with two political parties and free and fair elections. And yet, just think about it, the sentiment on the street in the United States is in favor of Gaza. We have seen this for months now with CNN polls and more recently with a Gallup poll that shows that the sentiment every month that goes by is more and more against what Israel is doing. And yet you have a White House that continues to go against even coming to Congress for weapons and authorizes over a hundred weapons transfers in the last couple of months to Israel behind our backs but using our money. And you have here in the halls of Congress a total disregard for what people on the street are calling for. And so even to this day, well people in this room have been walking the halls of Congress every single day since the second week of October. We only have about 70 members of Congress who have called for a ceasefire and even then have couched it in different terms. Oh, a temporary ceasefire, a ceasefire if the hostages are released. And we only have about a dozen members of Congress who have agreed to pledge that they will not send a vote for any legislation that would send more weapons to Israel. And we almost had with us today a Congressperson who's supposed to represent the District of Columbia, Eleanor Holmes Norton. Well, we in the District of Columbia have been literally knocking on her door time and time again to meet with her because this is a very liberal city. And I would say the vast majority of people in this city want a ceasefire and no more weapons to Israel. And yet Eleanor Holmes Norton has not even come out with a call for a ceasefire. And every time we go to her office, she locks the door, literally locks the door and refuses to meet with us. And when we ask her schedule and time and time again for a meeting, we get zero response. Of course she doesn't have a vote on Congress. She doesn't have a vote on Congress, but her voice is important. And so I just want to say, as we are talking about the lack of democracy in Saudi Arabia, let's recognize that there is a huge lack of democracy here in the United States. Let's go!