The fiery horse with the speed of light, a clod of dust and a horny hyo silver, the Lone Ranger. With his faithful Indian companion, Toto, the daring and resourceful mask rider of the planes led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. No where in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again. Long silver. Let's go big fellow. Are you silver? And goes surfing to Roger Grady, the commissioner of military and civilian affairs in the southwest, entered Grady's study. Senor, the new man he has arrived from Washington. Charles Webster? Well, haven't come right in, Domingo. Don't keep him waiting out in the hallway. Say, Senor, I get it. Charles Webster, the new deputy commissioner, introduced himself to his superior, Roger Grady. The genial commissioner made the young man welcome and then spoke to his servant. Domingo, Mr. Webster and I have a lot to discuss. Close the door and make sure we're not disturbed. Say, Senor, I do as you say. And take Mr. Webster's luggage to the south room. He's had a long journey from Washington. He'll be my guest for a few days before he goes on to take over his new position. Say, Senor. Webster, I'm glad they sent you down here to help me. I need someone to look after matters down near the border. It's too much of a job for me. And it's something the military people shouldn't be expected to handle. I hope I'll do a good job, commissioner. I'm not worried about that. I've been told all about you. They told you in Washington what your duties will be. Oh, yes, sir. But I'd like to review all that with you. Yes, of course. Oh, say by the way, the $50,000 you'll use as a working fund in Borders City is at Fort Taley. It's safer there. I'm to stop over at the fort. I'll pick up the money then. Yes. Major Conway will give you an escort to get it to your headquarters with the least trouble. You met Major Conway when the delegation from this territory was in the capital last winter, didn't you? No, I didn't, sir. The only man I met from that group was old Lee Hanna. We became good friends. Lee's a great old boy. The finest hunter and scout this territory's ever seen. But speaking as I was a Major Conway, you must get to know him well. Outside in the hall, the servant Domingo knelt by the door and kept his ear close to the keyhole. That night, he went to Commissioner Grady after dinner had been served. Senor, a most awful thing has happened. My mother, she is sick. I must head south to see her at once because she calls for me, I'm told. Well, I'm sorry to hear that, Domingo. Go by all means. Indeed, use my black stallion for the journey. Thank you, sir. Indeed, here's some money. Oh, thank you. You'll need it if your mother's ill. Hours later after riding hard, Domingo was in a hideaway cabin many miles from Commissioner Grady's home. Outlaw Jack Morrow heard Domingo's report with evident relish. Fifty thousand dollars, huh? Oh, that's a lot of money. You, uh... You say this fellow Webster's never been to Fort Taylor? That is right, Senor Jack. He has never met this major Conway who was in charge of the fort. That's all I need to know. We'll get the money. I have an idea. What is this idea, Senor Jack? I'll tell you later. I want you to do something first. The boys are playing cards in the next room. You tell Winn Cooper to come out here right away. I want to talk to him. See, I do that at once, Senor Jack.  You want me, Jack?  Thanks. Winn? How would you like to be the new United States Deputy Commissioner for this territory? What are you talking about? What's the joke? It's no joke, Winn. Listen to this. I've had Domingo planted in Commissioner Grady's house. Ever since the old man came out here. I know that. I figured someday he'd come across some information that I could use. Wait. He finally has. What is it? And what's this deputy business? A fellow named Webster is on his way to Border City, a supervisor down there. Something like that, but anyway, he's a deputy of Grady's. Oh, I see. Oh, no, no, you don't. Webster is going to stop off at Fort Taylor and pick up $50,000 to take along with him. But you're going to get it instead. Oh, you talk well for one thing. What's more, nobody knows you in these parts. So, so, the idea I have for you is perfect. Now, here's what we're going to do. And the entire gang will be in on this. Now, starting tomorrow, we keep an eye on the road to Fort Taylor. Domingo knows Webster. When Webster comes riding along, we move in on him. Now, Domingo will pretend to have a message for me. Early in the morning, three days later, Charles Webster mottled his horse and prepared to take leave of Commissioner Grady. Well, I'm ready, sir. Commissioner, I've enjoyed every moment of my stay with you. It's been nice having you here, Webster. Are you sure you don't want me to send a man along with you? You say the main road passes directly by Fort Taylor? Yes, that's right. Keep riding south and you can't miss it. You will get there by tomorrow evening. Then I'll not need a guide. I'll go it alone, sir. Whatever you say. Good luck on your job, Webster. Thank you, sir. And goodbye. Goodbye.  Give Major and Mrs. Conway my regards. The following morning, at a point halfway to Fort Taylor, Jack Morrow and his band of outlaws satisfied their horses in a grove of trees off the main road. Suddenly, one of his men, who had been keeping a lookout from an elevation, galloped down to the leader. Move, move there. Move, move, move. Jack, there's a rider heading this way from the north. He's alone. Alone, eh? Domingo, take my field glasses. Ride up to where he can use them. And see if it's Webster. See you, Senior Jack. I take the glasses, please. Here. Now, hurry up. See you. On the right, on the right.  Senior Jack, I see him through glasses. It is Senior Webster all right. I know for sure. And alone, eh? Good. This'll be easy win. I hope so. Domingo, you know what you're supposed to do now, don't you? See, when he ride past here, I wait till he get a little way ahead. Then I gallop after him and tell him like you say. Right. We rode in shooting. We might hit some of the papers we'll have to use and we can't take that chance. Or I get ready now, boys, and keep your horses still, right? This is it. Charles Webster passed a thick grove of trees a few minutes later, but his attention was on the road straight ahead. He had gone about a quarter of a mile when suddenly he heard hoofs galloping behind him. Senior! Senior, stop! Ho, ho, ho. Webster, when he saw the rider who galloped up to him, was surprised. Domingo, where did you come from?  See, senior, that I do. But now she's well. I get back a short time after you leave this senior commission. Well, what's the matter, Domingo? Why are you here? I'm right after you, senior Webster. You must return at once. The commissioner he want you to come back. He's most important. It must be if he sent you after me. All right, boy, get around. Let's start back, Domingo. Yes, senior, we go. Come on. When they reached the grove of trees once more, Domingo, slightly in the lead, reigned his horse. Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Domingo, what's the matter? Senior, you will raise your hands in the airport. A gun? What is this, Domingo? If this is a joke, why are you... Keep those hands up if you don't want to be thrilled. Right around the other side of him, boys. What do you men want? I have no money. Not much anyway. Take what I have. We don't want chicken feet, Webster. We're after the $50,000 you're supposed to get it for Taylor. What? Why, you're crazy. You can't get near that. That's what you think. We're going to use your papers to do just that. Win, come on. Hold this fellow while I search him in his haversack. Don't you try anything like that. If you lay a hand on me, you'll be sure...  That's it, Win. Now hold him. Boys, keep him covered. The outlaws relieved Charles Webster of his official papers. And gave them to Win Cooper. They bound and gagged the deputy commissioner. And left him in the high grass far back off the main road among the trees. Then they prepared to leave. Jack Morrow, the leader, spoke. All is well. I'll come back and cut those ropes. Things go wrong. It's just too bad for him. Win, you go right on to Fort Taylor. All right.  Senora, I'm not sure it is good for me.  They know you at the fort. You're a greaties man. And being with Cooper is going to be proof that he's Charles Webster. Now you get going or I'll... See, Senor Jack, I do like you say. You're all straightened out about what to do, eh, Win? Yes, you'll be waiting at the pass, right? Yeah, we'll ride that far with you. And get off the road and let you continue south with Domingo. We'll be waiting. All right, come on, Domingo. We're going to ride hard. I want to get to the fort by this afternoon. Well, so long, Webster. Keep an eye out for buzzers.   The long ranger and Tato had ridden from the hills in the east, and were now on the main road heading south. It was high noon, and they slowed their horses as they neared a grove of trees to the side of the road. We'll stop here, Tato, and feed our horses. Ah, Kimusabi. They've not eaten since sunrise. Uh, we'll rest them a while. Oh, you won't. You'll hope for the whole. We'll stop here, Tato, and feed our horses. Ah, Kimusabi. They've not eaten since sunrise. Uh, we'll rest them a while. What's wrong, boy? What is it? Kimusabi, him, see something. Howdy, big fella. What is it you see there among the trees? Easy now.  Go on. The long ranger relying on Silver's great instinct let the range drop loose around the horse's neck. Silver, his every sense alert, headed through the trees while the masked man watched the ground ahead. Suddenly, the long ranger saw a figure lying in the deep grass. So that's it. Silver's in here, didn't you, Silver? Oh, boy, whoa. Oh, fella. Kimusabi, man on ground. Yes, Tato, easy. Easy, fella. All right, mister.  There's the gag. Ah, thank you. Don't thank me. Thank my horse. He led us to you. Oh, you're, you're hosting? Yes, and don't look frightened. I'll explain later why I wear this mask. Right now, let's get you free of those ropes and then tell us how you happened to be here like this. The long ranger and Tato freed Charles Webster of his bonds, then encouraged him to tell all that had happened. The new deputy commissioner related everything and concluded... And the man who took my paper said they'd reached the fort this afternoon. We'll ride fast and try to overtake them. But they took my horse. Oh, you'll ride with me, Silver Strong. Are you ready? Oh, yes.  Let me help you up there behind me. Thank you. I'm all set. Then hold on. Come on, silly. The curtain falls on the first act of our lone ranger adventure. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue. It was mid-afternoon when Win Cooper with Domingo by his side appeared at Fort Taylor and offered the papers which identified him as the new United States deputy commissioner, Charles Webster. The officer of the guard led him and the servant across the spacious parade ground to Major Thomas Conway's quarters, situated at the far end of the post. Through here, Mr. Webster, Major Conway's been expecting you, sir. Major Conway and his wife were waiting inside the large house when Webster entered. Conway looked at Domingo with surprise. Domingo? Commissioner Grady didn't advise me. You'd be with Mr. Webster. He told me to come, senor. Well, not that it matters. I'm glad to see you. Oh, pardon me, Mr. Webster. I'm sorry. Major, I needed Domingo to guide me here. This country's new to me, you know. Of course. Mr. Webster, may I introduce my wife? How do you do, Major? Webster and the beautiful Irene Conway acknowledged introductions and exchanged the usual trivial pleasantries. Then Major Conway spoke. I've had your quarters prepared for you, Mr. Webster. They're on the other side of the post. Well, thank you, Major, but I shan't be using them. What? That's right. I'm staying just a few minutes, sir. I intend to continue on to Border City at once. Yes, sir. You've been riding most of the day, haven't you? Yes. Border City's quite a distance, you know. You'll do better if you start in the morning, Mr. Webster. That's right. Start now, and there's no place you'll be able to stay overnight. Well, please, Major, I have very good reasons for going on at once. Governmental reasons, serious ones. Well, if that's the case... Here, sir, are my papers. Now, that one on top is the order for the money you've been holding for me. I'll take it with me. Well, it's in a safe at headquarters. I'll have Sergeant White get it. I'll also arrange to have a squad of men to cover you to Border City. Please, no, Major, no, Guard. There are important reasons why I'll not want one. Oh, no, Guard. Mr. Webster, I'm responsible for that money and your safety. Well, you'll not be responsible for the money once I'm signed for it, will you? No. As for my safety, don't you worry about me. Domingo will be with me, and we... Mr. Webster, if there are governmental reasons for your acts and what you can't divulge... There are, and I'm sorry I'm not permitted to tell you what they are. Nevertheless, if there are, I still have my orders. At least one of my men must accompany you to Border City. One man? Oh, well, that'll be agreeable to me, but only one. May I have that money now, sir? I'll send for it. Meanwhile, I'll get the transfer papers and have you signed for the currency. I'm disappointed you're not going to stay. My wife will be, too. When Sergeant White returned to Major Conway's quarters with a satchel containing the $50,000, an elderly man in trappers' clothes was with him. The man slim, clear-eyed, and straight as a ramrod paid no attention to military formalities. Lee Hannah, oldest scout in the territory, greeted Major and Mrs. Conway. Well, hi, Major, hi, Mrs. Conway. The sergeant just after telling me that Charlie Webster, the fellow I met in Washington, is here. I'm getting ready to take right off again. Well, I told you the truth, Lee. Well, where is he? Where's Webster? I want to say hello to him. Well, that's Mr. Webster over there. Uh, I'm Charles Webster. Huh? You're not Charlie Webster. I met Charlie Webster when I went with the delegation to Washington. Oh, yes, I know the man you mean. His name is the same as mine. We are constantly receiving each other's mail and things like that. That must be confusing. Uh, it's funny. I got a letter from the Charlie Webster I met, and he told me he was the one who was coming here and said that he was... Just a moment, Lee. You say this is not the Mr. Webster you met? That's right. They don't look anything alike. You must be mistaken, old fellow. Huh? Don't call me old fellow like that. Sergeant, come over here, please. Mr. Webster. I'm sorry, but I'll have to ask that you remain here overnight instead of going on to border city. What?  I told you... I know what you told me, Mr. Webster. Everything may be perfectly in order. But there's this matter of money and the fact that Washington, D.C. is a great distance from Fort Taylor. What do you mean by that? The matter of things might happen to a man traveling from Washington to here.  You'll get your hands up, Major. You too, old man. Sergeant White, get him. Well, that got him. Take his gun from the floor to Mingo. To Mingo. To Mingo's with me, and you're right. I'm not Charles Webster. We've disposed of him. Now we'll take care of you, all of you. You're insane, Mr.  You'll not even get out alive. You're doing both, Mrs. Conway. You're leaving this fort within five minutes. You're going with Domingo. That's right. You'll take you back to the pass where my partners are waiting. Major, you and I will follow them in one half an hour. You are insane, Oliver.  You have no alternative. Domingo will have orders. If we don't join my partners within half an hour, after he turns your wife over to them, she'll be killed. Oh, no. Oh, yes. I'm speaking the truth.   You want him gone? Take his gun, too, Domingo. Now, Major, I'm a coward doing this.  What is it you want us to do? That's better. I'll tell you. A few minutes later, Irene Conway and Domingo rode out of the fort. As they went through the gate, the Major's wife spoke to the sentry. When going for a ride with Domingo, Private Gray, the Major and his friend will join us on the road in half an hour. Yes, sir. Shall we go, Domingo? Yes.   Tonto was riding in advance of the Lone Ranger and Charles Webster, who sat behind the mask man on Silver's broad back. Suddenly, Tonto slowed his horse, then rode back to the Lone Ranger. Easy, Scott. Easy, fella. He must hubby. Yes. Riders come this way. One, a woman. Must be one of the officers' wives near the fort now. I will stop here, Tonto. Hold him. Hold him. Wait till they pass, Mr. Webster. They become alarmed at my mask. That's Domingo. What? I can see the man with her. That's Domingo, the one I told you about. Commissioner Grady's servant who... That's enough.  Let me handle this. Tonto, be ready for anything. The Lone Ranger could see the look of fear in the eyes of the woman who rode up to him and Tonto, with a man who had been pointed out as Domingo. Just a minute, please. I'd like to speak to you. Oh, well, there you go. So, these are your crooked partners. Are they Domingo? No. Well, we go on. We ride. Hello, Domingo. Senior Webster. Tonto. Uh-uh. Do not shoot. Take that gun. Tonto. That's it, Tonto. You're... You're not his partner? No, Miss.  Tell us, why are you with this man? Charles Webster introduced himself and related what had happened to him. Then Irene Conway told the three men everything. The Lone Ranger's decision was immediate. We've been here a number of minutes now. Now, Mrs. Conway, you say this imposter is to follow with your husband within half an hour? Yes. He said it would be exactly half an hour. Then there's no sense going forward to be seen on the road. We'll tie Domingo and ride our horses over there behind those boulders. Win Cooper and Major Conway had left the fort exactly half an hour after Domingo had taken the officer's wife. Now, silently, they galloped along the road that would take them to the pass. No, look, so scared. You'll see your wife soon. The pass is only a few miles beyond those boulders over there. A mask man. And an Indian. What is this? I'll get those two before you do anything. Oh! Oh! Oh! Wait, don't shoot me. Don't shoot. Don't worry, Major Conway. We know who you are. And all about this man. Huh? Well, how did... Oh, no. I'm seeing things. It's not... Yes, it's your wife, Major. Tom! Tom is safe! I read! Oh, there! I read, my darling. They didn't harm you. No, dear. I'm safe. Tom, that man coming from behind the boulders walking this way, that's Charles Webster. The real man. The real man. The real man. That's Charles Webster. The real Charles Webster. I don't understand this.  This mask man shot the one who said he was Webster. And Tatu's taking care of his arm now. We'll tie him and take him along with Domingo. Oh, Major, Domingo and this other man aren't the only ones involved in the attempt to take that money. Oh, that reminds me. I'd better get that satchel. There. Here I have it. Yeah, this is what they were after. Domingo told us the entire story. He also told us about the rest of the men in his gang. It's the Jack Morrow gang. Jack Morrow? Yes. He's the biggest outlaw in these parts. Domingo says that he and his men are waiting inside the pass. If we ride back to the fort, Major, and get some troops, you'll be able to take the whole outfit. They're supposed to wait until the money's delivered to them. The fake Charles Webster told me that. Well, let's get to the fort. I'll get every man available. We'll go after those rats. Webster, you take that horse the cook was riding. Come with us. Get back to the pass by sundown. The sun was sinking in the west when Major Conway let his troops down from all sides of the pass to surround Jack Morrow and the outlaws who were with him. The outlaw chief saw that he and his band had no chance. He shot it above the dig. All right, stop shooting. Pick it up. Up your gun, boys. The lone ranger and tato saw the outlaws and the wounded Win Cooper together with Domingo placed in the stockade of the fort. Then waving goodbye, they rode away. Oh, look at that mass man ride. What a fine man he is. He's wonderful. Tom, you should have seen how he and his friend Tato handled Domingo. I saw how he shot the gun clean out of that Win Cooper's hand. Greatest shot I ever saw in my life. I could have told you that. Lee Hanna, you're not... No, I'm not dead, Mrs. Conway. That fellow's bullet just nicked my side. I sneaked out of the infirmary when I heard the mass man and engine were here. Lee, you know them. You know who the mass man is. Not who he is, not exactly. I just know he's the greatest rider, the greatest shot, and the greatest man this west has ever seen. I think you must be right.  And my life too. Those outlaws would have shot Tom and me once they had us in the past. I'm sure they would have, darling. But, Lee, you say you know who the mass man is. Grateful as we are, we never did ask him. Who is he? I'm surprised a soldier like you don't know, Major. There's only one great mass man in the west, and that's the Lone Ranger. This is a feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated, created by George W. Trendle, produced by Trendle Campbell Muir Incorporated, directed by Charles D. Livingston, and edited by Fran Stryker. The part of the Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beamer.


My name is Nathan Johnson. I am the owner of Drift Studio also the creative director of the X magazine by today ticks So I first moved to the city about 10 years ago with my wife She got a job on Broadway and And I was an actor at that point So I was doing a lot of auditioning for shows and you know I was waiting in line at 6 7 a.m. Putting my name in on the list and these giant cattle calls and just Trying to get seen and I I quickly realized that wasn't necessarily the life that I wanted But I love the industry of Broadway and I love the entertainment industry and that sort of thing So I started thinking about other things that I love to do and one of the things was photography and I kind of got this idea to maybe open up a photography studio, which I did I ended up doing that like on 56th Street and 8th Avenue and that's where I kind of started to work with a lot of actors That's where I shot my first campaign was when I was over there. I shot for Bonnie and Clyde What I do right now is a really a great balance between The theater and and the entertainment industry and photography all coming together Honestly, it's a it's a great place for me to be I love supporting theater. I love photographing theater I love you know Getting my teams together to be able to create work that that really promotes theater and makes it look as glamorous And sexy as possible. I mean I just Whatever I can do to help support the industry That's kind of how I see myself as somebody that's able to support what they're doing on stage It's I'm able to you know garner more attention and and show them off. You know what I mean? So yeah, this is a this is a great place for me to be So I've really wanted Drift Studio to be a place where creatives can come They can feel like they're inspired in this space. They can feel like it's a little bit of a blank canvas I wanted it to feel comfortable for my clients and my friends and for the community and so Drift Studio to see a lot of the stuff we have is this wood or old iron This is kind of worn field We've really played off the high line because we're at we're right along the high line And now what they've done is they've made it a park for New Yorkers And it runs like from 34th Street down to like 14th Street, and I really wanted to kind of have that feel I think we've achieved that but it's been a really great space We've we've been able to have really amazing clients and be able to see some really incredible work That's been created here So it's been fascinating to be a part of yeah, we've had some great actors from Riverdale and other CW shows We've had vogue his shot here and and GQ and Harper's Bazaar and all those cats All the magazines basically have all been through there at some point and then on the other hand I've had people from Breaking Bad or I've had shows you know people from AmSea I've had you know Samuel Jackson and Robert Redford and all these great people that I really respect and so it's been a cool Place to have just people that you you know I don't get to necessarily Connect with those people outside of this environment when they come in here You know I'm able to talk to Daniel Radcliffe or something like that where if I saw him on the street I would never approach him or if we were at an event, you know He's crazy busy, but when he's here he's able to be you know It's just a set of 15 people and it's like it's a being on set. It's just a little bit It's it's a little different everybody's there for to get the best product possible Everybody's there to get the best outcome and create the best work possible It's a it's a fun space to be in so my favorite part of photo shoots and about creating is the collaborations I love having Different people that are really good at their jobs. I love partnering with them And I love because what I can do I I can create good work on my own But I can create much better work with other talented people So today like we've got a photo shoot this afternoon and you know It's like when you find a great model and a great makeup artist and a great hairstylist It's like now now we're all for working together trying to create something better or you know If we're shooting a Broadway campaign, you know We've got the art director and the and the creative director of the company And we're all putting our heads together to create something that is much better than what we could do Just one person on their own some people are lone wolves. I like collaborating And so honestly like photo shoots I think being on set is always just kind of it's exciting I think every set's a little bit different and you get to create the environment that you like when a client comes in here The set is what I want it to be and I set the tone for those for those shoots And so I'm I have a lot of fun doing that too. So some advice that I would have for aspiring Photographers and filmmakers. I just I think it's important to just you know get out there and shoot and find out What you're passionate about I I'm kind of somebody that comes with the school of thought of just shoot everything until you start to understand where what your niche is and I It took me a while. I was shooting weddings. I was shooting, you know What else was I doing senior portraits and that sort of thing back in Minnesota, you know 12 12 years ago? And I realized very quickly That's not what I wanted to do and it's not what the type of work that I wanted to be shooting So in fact, that's why I think I came into photography a little bit later because I didn't see that wasn't what I really Really enjoyed so I hadn't found it yet And it took me being an actor To actually kind of get me thinking in that sphere of like, oh, maybe there's something I can do here with my community this way But I think shoot everything until you start realizing what you're passionate about and what you want to kind of focus in on and then Do that but then also start just watching the other people that are sitting in the space that you want to be working in and See what they're doing and what you would want to change and all that sort of stuff So and then I think for that it's after there. It's just like doing as much as you can but also You know read as much as you can and look up as much Tutorials and behind-the-scenes as you can online as well. There's so many resources, you know Some people do college classes totally great for me I taught myself and I was I you know, it was a little bit of trial and error and Which I think can be a real, you know a real good teacher failure can be a good teacher You know and and finding what what you didn't do so great on a shoot and how can you fix it? How can you make it better the next time? I'm always working to make my work better. So this photoshoot this afternoon I'm literally thinking like what what can I try that? I haven't tried before like how can I push my boundaries and there's always a risk for failure, but I think That like that little the little butterflies. They just never leave me like they're always there when I'm trying something new and I think that's a good thing, you know So Princeton night. Thank you for joining us. You're on the set of Drift Studios and it's been fun having you


Hi, and welcome to another CUBE conversation. This one from BMC Helix Immersion Days in Santa Clara, Marriott in Santa Clara, California. I'm Peter Burris. Every organization that attempts significant change, and there are a lot of organizations attempting digital transformation, which is about a significant set of changes you can make, has to worry about what platform, what foundation has to be in place to make that change easier. And that's what we're going to be talking about in this conversation. We've got John Frazier, who's the managing director of service management at Online Business Systems. John, welcome to the CUBE. Thanks, Peter. So tell us a little bit about Online Business Systems. Let's start there. So Online Business Systems is a Canadian digital transformation and cybersecurity consultancy. We've been around now for 33 years. We're headquartered in beautiful Winnipeg, Manitoba, but have operations all across North America. We're about 330 people today and growing rapidly. Winnipeg happens to be one of my favorite cities in the world, so good for you. All right, so let's talk about, I mentioned up front this notion of a stable platform or stable foundation. Tell us a little bit about what your understanding of, as you work with your clients, what constitutes that stable foundation for change? Well, one of the biggest challenges we see with companies is they try to make change in the wrong way, too much too fast with no control, no governance. And they just don't have the proper controls in place. One of the biggest challenges with change in an organization in digital transformation today is they don't know where they're starting from. So one of the fundamentals is really understanding where they're beginning and what they're trying to change. It's staggering to see organizations, and I've got lots of stories to tell around companies that have gone through major program transformations to really try and embrace digital technologies, only to fail again and again and again, because they don't understand how things are connected together or where they're starting from. So the foundation has to start with knowing what's in the foundation, have I got that right? That's right, you can't change what you don't know. So as online business systems helps clients move through some of these digital transformations, I gotta believe the service management element is a crucial feature of any successful transformation. Absolutely, we begin with embracing technology to help companies understand where they're starting from. We leverage a lot of tools and techniques in terms of understanding where they're starting as an organization, the people, and then using tools like BMC's Helix Discovery to understand all of the components that make up the systems within the organization that they're trying to transform and how they're all connected together. Now, as we go through this process, one of the things that a lot of my clients are discovering is that the cybersecurity challenges get that much more extreme. One of the things that's become increasingly obvious is as companies talk more about digital business, talk more about how they're transforming and generating new classes of revenue or customer experience, they become more obvious targets to the bad guys. What is the relationship between digital transformation, service management and cybersecurity? Yeah, interesting you say that. We believe as an organization that they're intertwined. You can't do digital transformation without a strong cybersecurity program. You can't do either one of them without automation. The pace of change and more importantly, the volume of threats and challenges facing the organizations is beyond human capability. You can't do it manually anymore. It doesn't matter how many people you throw at it, it's just impossible. So you've got to automate, you've got to leverage technology, artificial intelligence to really face these challenges. So given your standing and working on the service management side, what are some of the steps that your customers are taking to ensure that they are going to succeed with digital transformation in a way that doesn't open them up to security issues? So one of the key areas is understanding, like I said before where they're starting from how all of the components that make up their business services fit together and then understanding from a security aspect how to prioritize fixing those threats. One of the biggest challenges in security organizations today is understanding what to work on. The average large organization gets thousands and thousands of new vulnerabilities a day and the backlog just becomes insurmountable. So without being able to understand how to prioritize that work against valuable business services, they're never going to win. So you mentioned something about service capabilities or service components. The historical norm for IT has been until a few years ago to focus on mainly the hardware or infrastructure assets as the thing is to be managed. And that has been not working as well in a world where we're delivering digital services to customers and partners for revenue or other purposes. So what constitutes a service capability or a service component in your mind as kind of the new notion of asset within IT? It's assets anywhere. It could be the traditional hardware sitting in your server room. It could be servers and or microservices sitting in a cloud location. It could be a software as a service component that they all make up business services together. Or combinations of all this. And it often is combinations of all of them together. And that's one of the biggest challenges is understanding how they all fit together and how the information flows. So for instance, if an organization is trying to prioritize how to secure a business service, let's use automated tellers as an example. They may have traditional on-premise servers. They may have cloud offerings and they may have third party software as a service. Just protecting their servers on-premise is not going to protect that business service. So they really need to understand how all of the pieces fit together. So are you actually working with business leaders and IT leaders to do a better job of defining what constitutes a digital business capability and use that as an organizing principle for how they think about how all of their resources come together? Yes, it's critical that you have business and IT working together and you have the right level of business working with IT. Without sponsorship at the executive level, digital transformation will fail. Even in Canada. Even in Canada. Well, this has been a great conversation. John Frazier is the managing director and service management and online business systems. Thanks very much for being on theCUBE. Thanks Peter. And once again, this has been a CUBE conversation from BMC Helix Immersion Days, Santa Clara Marriott and I'm Peter Burris. Thanks, until next time.


Welcome to George H. Smith's Excursions into Libertarian Thon, a production of Libertarianism.org and the Cato Institute. Spinoza on the Bible Among contemporary scholars, no one has stressed the influence and historical significance of Benedict Spinoza more than has Jonathan Israel, especially in his two formidable books, Radical Enlightenment and Enlightenment Contested. Israel noted in the latter volume that Spinoza's infamous reputation prevented many thinkers from acknowledging their intellectual debts to him. Furthermore, no one else, not even Hobbes, was denounced as often as Spinoza whether in the late 17th, early 18th, or mid 18th century, or in so many countries, or indeed was so widely known to the public as a universal philosophical bogeyman. In this respect, Spinoza remained the most feared philosopher in 18th century Europe, eclipsing in contemporary perception every other alleged atheist in history. The result was spreading awareness, discussion, refutation, condemnation, and also admiration of Spinoza, often without his name being so much as mentioned. Both of Spinoza's major works, the Theologico-Political Triatis 1670 and the posthumously published ethics, were widely excoriated as atheistic and politically subversive. Between the two, it was the triatis that exerted the most influence on later generations of free thinkers. In the triatis, a pioneering work in what later would be called higher criticism of the Bible, Spinoza insisted that we should approach the Bible as we would any other historical book, or in this case, collection of books. We should not begin with the assumption that the Bible is divinely inspired, and then afford it special treatment when we encounter stories that we would reject in any other history. Rather, we should examine biblical accounts with the same rational objectivity and critical attitude that we would apply to any other book. As a result, Spinoza analyzed the Bible with a boldness that had rarely if ever been seen before. He provided an abundance of details to support his claim that the Bible is salty, mutilated, tampered with, and inconsistent. We don't know the authors, circumstances, or dates of many biblical books. Moreover, we cannot say into what hands they fell, nor how the numerous varying versions originated, nor, lastly, whether there were other versions now lost. Spinoza drew on various sources for his critique of the Bible. He credited Abraham ibn Ezra, a 12th-century rabbi, with discovering that Moses did not write of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament. Ezra wrote Spinoza, confined himself to dark hints which I shall not scruple to elucidate, thus throwing full light on the subject. Spinoza's light consisted of denying the Mosaic authorship altogether. It is thus clearer than the sun at noon day that the Pentateuch was not written by Moses, but by someone who lived long after Moses. Spinoza was not the first writer of his century to question the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch. In Leviathan 1651, Thomas Hobbes, another notorious heretic, conceded that Moses may have written much of the Pentateuch, but he also argued that Moses did not compile those books entirely and in the form that we now have them. But the pioneer of modern biblical criticism was Isaac La Pereira, a renegade Calvinist who espoused his own peculiar brand of mysticism and messianism. Writing a decade before Hobbes, La Pereira, altogether denied the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, identified biblical inaccuracies and contradictions, proclaimed the existence of mankind before Adam, denied the universality of the flood, and embraced many other heretical views. La Pereira later abjured, insincerely under threat of force over one hundred such heresies. Spinoza was familiar with La Pereira's ideas and incorporated many of them in his treatise. Authorship of the Pentateuch may strike the modern reader as an esoteric controversy, a topic scarcely important enough to become excited or upset about, and certainly nothing that would warrant punishing anyone who denies that Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible. But this attitude, which seems commonsensical to many people today, merely illustrates how drastically things have changed over the past several centuries. In Spinoza's day, to deny the Mosaic authorship was widely regarded as a dangerous heresy, one punishable by law, because it called into question the status of the Bible as a divinely inspired document. Both Orthodox Christians and their critics understood that the authenticity of a purported revelation depends on the credentials of its human messenger or prophet. A miracle, if reported by a divinely inspired prophet, was deemed authentic. But that same miracle degenerated into a tall yarn if reported by an unknown and uninspired storyteller. As the deus Thomas Paine explained in the Age of Reason, take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange belief that it is the word of God has stood, and there remains nothing of Genesis but an anonymous book of stories, fable, and traditionary or invented absurdities, or downright lies. In the Triatus, Spinoza attempted to render the Bible useless as a source of knowledge, at least for those who are able to reason philosophically. Biblical narratives, he argued, may sometimes illustrate moral precepts such as justice and charity, but unaided reason can discover those virtues as well, without recourse to revelation, and with more certainty. So of what use is the Bible? Spinoza replied that most people lack the inclination or ability to follow a long chain of philosophic reasoning, so they must learn their morality from easily digested stories and examples. That is where the Bible plays an important role. It does not provide definitions or proof, so it cannot provide the knowledge available through reason, but the Bible's sayings and reasonings are adapted to the understanding of the masses. Belief in the Bible, or certain parts of it, is particularly necessary to the masses whose intellect is not capable of perceiving things clearly and distinctly. In addition, ordinary people are likely to read Biblical stories without grasping their moral import, so the masses are always in need of pastors or church ministers to explain them to their feeble intelligence. Spinoza's derogatory remarks about the masses exhibited an intellectual and moral elitism that would run throughout the history of free thought well into the 18th century Enlightenment. Voltaire, for example, regarded Christian doctrines as unworthy of enlightened minds, while insisting that those self-same doctrines were necessary to keep the unenlightened masses from running a muck, morally speaking. But not all free thinkers shared this attitude. Many 18th century free thinkers, such as D. S. Peter Annette, Thomas Chubb, and Thomas Paine, specifically tailored their anti-Christian tracks for the common man, believing that the average person is capable of thinking for himself and arriving at rational judgments. And that attitude became dominant among 19th century free thinkers. Government authorities typically regarded the vulgar popularization of free thought as a greater threat to the religious and political status quo than the more sophisticated treatments intended for academics and intellectuals. Nevertheless, when modern historians discuss the history of free thought, they almost always focus on the academic free thinkers. They typically dismiss those I call the street free thinkers, who wrote in a style that would appeal to the masses as unworthy or serious consideration. For Spinoza, as for many deus, the essence of a good religion is its ability to improve moral conduct. A person may believe every word of the Bible, but if that belief does not make him more virtuous, he might employ himself just as profitably in reading the Koran or the poetic drama or ordinary chronicles. In contrast, a person may be wholly ignorant of the Bible or deny its divine status, but if he is a good person who leads a moral life, then he is absolutely blessed and truly possesses in himself the spirit of Christ. The natural light of reason for those skilled in its use is sufficient to show us the true way of salvation. With this background, we can understand why the theological political treatise generated a maelstrom among Spinoza's contemporaries and for many decades thereafter. Few books have been so universally reviled. Although some theologians, Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish, invested reason with an important and independent role, they still insisted that revelation provides knowledge inaccessible and superior to reason, knowledge essential to salvation. Spinoza would have none of this. Reason, he insisted, is supreme and sufficient. If people hawk about something superior to reason, it is mere figment and far below reason. Spinoza was thoroughly convicted that the Bible leaves reason absolutely free, that it has nothing in common with philosophy, in fact, that revelation and philosophy stand on totally different footings. Each has its separate province. Neither can be called the handmaid or the other. That statement sounds like an important concession to revelation, but as we have seen, the province that Spinoza assigned to revelation is rather mundane. Obedience, not knowledge, is the sole object of revelation. And even then, revelation is needed only when dealing with the dull-witted masses. The Bible does not presume to teach philosophy or science, but only very simple matters such as could be understood by the slowest intelligence. Do reason and revelation conflict? Early in the Triadus, Spinoza remarked that he found nothing taught expressly by Scripture, which does not agree with our understanding or which is repugnant there too. This apparent concession was a bit misleading, however. Later in the Triadus, Spinoza stated, I insist that the Bible expressly affirms and teaches that God is jealous, and I assert that such a doctrine is repugnant to reason. After mentioning additional irrational teachings, Spinoza pushed his case even further. He asserted that the Bible contains many contradictions, thereby exposing the absurdities of accepting the Bible as a source of knowledge. How do we reconcile Spinoza's claim that the Bible and reason are consistent with his laundry list of biblical absurdities and contradictions? Quite simply, reason gives us knowledge whereas revelation does not. Reason conflicts with revelation only if we take the Bible to be something more than a collection of moral lessons directed to those who cannot acquire the habit of virtue under the unaided guide of reason. The Bible is useful but not necessarily true. Reason reigns supreme in all matters of knowledge. It is the light of the mind and without her all things are dreams and phantoms. Perhaps the most scandalous part of the theological-political Triadus was its unequivocal rejection of miracles. A miracle is said to be an event that contravenes the laws of nature. According to Spinoza, however, those natural laws are themselves manifestations of the divine nature. To say that God contravene natural law is to say that God acted against his own nature and evident absurdity. Indeed, since we perceive God through the immutable order of nature, our knowledge of God increases along with our understanding of nature. But a miracle defies rational comprehension so it actually diminishes our knowledge of God. In addition, a miracle would be an insult to the divine nature. It implies that God has created nature so weak and has ordained for her laws so barren that he must repeatedly tinker with his flawed creation through miracles. Dias would later have a field day with this argument. It was even used by the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz against the claim of Isaac Newton that God must occasionally intervene in the natural course of events to keep the universe running properly. That line of thinking would suggest, according to Leibniz, who was not a religious skeptic, that an omnipotent and omniscient deity was unable to create a perfect universe on the first try. This has been Excursions into Libertarian Thought, a production of Libertarianism.org and the Cato Institute. To learn more about Libertarian philosophy and history, visit www.libertarianism.org.


Good day! Welcome to the first lesson of NSHCO physical science in a series of two lessons. The topic of this lesson is the test for n ions. The objectives of this lesson are to make use of tests to identify aqueous n ions like carbonate, chloride, iodide, nitrate, and sulfate. Let's switch over to hear what Mary and her mom discussed after she came back from a tour at the coast. Welcome back! How was your trip? Fantastic! I brought a bottle of seawater as a canvas. She can do some analysis on this water, can't you? I understand that seawater contains sodium and chloride ions, but I was wondering what other ions are present? Can we do some tests to see what other ions are present? We use different processes and machines to do water analysis, but to test for simple ions we use chemical reagents. I will show you now how it is done. I think we should start with tests for common n ions. What are n ions? n ions are negatively charged ions. We are going to test for carbonate ions, chloride ions, nitrate ions, iodide ions, and sulfide ions. Get your Gregor Pukredi for tests, reagents, and observations. We are going to start the carbonate test. How do we test for carbonate? We test for a carbonate by reacting the given sample with a dilute acid. This can produce effervescence. The gas produced is bubbled through lime water. What is effervescence? Effervescence is bubbling of a gas. Okay, this is like testing for carbon dioxide. Yes, a carbonate reacts with an acid to produce carbon dioxide. If the lime water turns milky, then we can confirm that the solid contains a carbonate ion. Oh, I see. I am going to add some hydrochloric acid to the unknown solid in the test tube. Look, the lime water has turned milky. Does that mean the white solid is carbonate? Yes, this test confirms that the solid does contain a carbonate. Next, let's test for the chloride ion. The sea water you brought should contain chloride ions. Yes, mommy dear, sea water contains table salt, which is sodium chloride. Now, I am going to add a few drops of nitric acid to acidify the solution. And now, I will add silver nitrate to the solution. Wow, a white solid is formed. The solid produced by reacting solutions like this is called precipitate. When a white precipitate is formed in an acidic solution, we confirm that the solution contains chloride ions. Okay. The silver ion of silver nitrate combined with the chloride in the sea water to form the precipitate, which is called silver chloride. According to my table, next to test is sulphate. Yes. To test for sulphate, we again need to add dilute nitric acid. But this time, we add a few drops of aqueous barium nitrate. To the solution labeled unknown, we add a few drops of dilute nitric acid with the medicine dropper. And then we add aqueous barium nitrate with another medicine dropper. Wow. A white precipitate is formed again. Yes. This time, it is the precipitate of barium sulphate. This proves to us that the unknown in iron contains the sulphate in iron. Now, we are going to test for iodide. We will again need to add dilute nitric acid and aqueous lead nitrate. To this unknown in iron, I will add a few drops of dilute nitric acid and then a few drops of aqueous lead nitrate. A yellow precipitate. This is cool, mom. Yes. The yellow precipitate confirms the presence of iodide. Okay. Lastly, we are going to test for the nitrate in iron. We will need aqueous sodium hydroxide, red litmus paper, aluminum foil. Now, let's see. We have sodium hydroxide, the Watt spirit burner, red litmus paper, aluminum foil, the unknown in iron, test tube holder and of course, matches. I will now add a bit of sodium hydroxide into the unknown in iron. Next, I will insert a piece of the aluminum foil into the test tube. I will heat the test tube over the spirit burner. The litmus paper is turning blue. Now, I know how to test for anions. It was great to observe the color changes. I will definitely remember them since I saw the changes myself. Thanks, mom. It's a pleasure, dear. Here is a complete summary of all the tests for the different anions. Let's go through them again. The test for the carbonate in iron. Effervescence and carbon dioxide were produced when dilute hydrochloric acid was added to the solution with the carbonate in iron. The test for the chloride in iron. A white precipitate was produced when dilute nitric acid and aqua-silver nitrate were added to the solution with the chloride in iron. The test for the sulphate in iron. A white precipitate was produced when dilute nitric acid and aqueous barium nitrate were added to the solution with the sulphate in iron. The test for the iodide in iron. A yellow precipitate was produced when dilute nitric acid and aqueous lead nitrate were added to the solution with the iodide in iron. The test for the nitrate in iron. Ammonia was produced when aqua-sodium hydroxide and aluminium foil were added to the solution with the nitrate in iron. And then it was carefully heated. Next time we will do the test for the cations. Goodbye.


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Hi, my name is Anthony Chung and I'm a director here at Amplify Trading. I've worked in financial markets now for over 12 years with my specialism being in delivering real-time market news and analysis to a variety of different investors, ranging from proprietary trading firms, hedge funds and investment banks to individual retail clients. The topic we're going to cover is an introduction to how Amplify approaches trading the news, or in fact, understanding the implication of news to make better trading decisions. This short session is aimed at providing you with a concise framework of how to make sense of the immense amount of information that you're exposed to every day as a trader. Big leaps in technology have drastically changed the way today's markets function, not only from execution points of view, but in how quickly sentiment can change and asset prices fluctuate given a new piece of breaking information. Your job as market participants is to effectively cut through the noise to only pick up on the information that will move financial markets. Before we begin, I think it's important to stress that fundamental analysis should be seen as a complementary tool to your technical analysis, rather than one discipline over the other. Having an awareness of the news and its impact is not just about trading short-term market movement, but more often or not, it's about capital preservation and being adaptable to changing sentiment should an unscheduled piece of news be released. Also, from my experience of working with institutional clients for many years, the understanding of current economic climate and the appreciation of future direction and monetary policy are the core competencies to making more informed investment decisions. So let's begin with understanding the broader picture and what I call macro themes. At any one point in time, there are usually several concurrent macro stories in play. An example of this might be the ongoing financial assistance required by Greece, or tensions on the Korean Peninsula, populism in European politics. The list goes on. The point is that although all of these are important in their own right, the market tends to focus on one prevailing theme over the rest. I call this the hierarchy of influence. For example, topics such as Brexit, Catalonia's push for independence, North Korea missile testing were all memorable and had a market impact at certain points in time. But the overriding theme was undeniable, Donald Trump. His style of leadership, outspokenness and then the passage of the US corporate tax cut plan meant that market direction in the global sense was derived largely from this one man's agenda, given his control over the world's largest economy. Assigning a hierarchy to the news each day is crucial, as without doing so would mean that you'd be inundated with new information 24-7. But by being selective and understanding what it is that the broader investment community is prioritising is key. Don't forget, to better determine the direction of market is about thinking what is it that's driving the investment decisions of the many, not the few.


This is the best insurance conference I've ever been to. It's my second year in a row. I am ready to go back to my agency and initiate some of the things that I've learned here and I am fired up more than I've ever been. When something gets tough, or when I get talented and I get on the other side of it and I push through and I execute and I do it, something amazing starts to happen.  Whoever has fear when they're about to do something. Who feels like you need to be talented and a little more motivated right now? Which is why you're here. I have zero doubt that my return on investment for paying for 8%, it's tenfold for my revenue coming into my agency. Fourth quarter rose around a little bit over two minutes left in the game. Game is basically over. We break the huddle and I say to my guys, man, I hope they throw it my way. I can make the tackle. We can end this thing. We'll get ready for Florida next week. And I see the quarterback release the ball. God catches it on Air Force. I'm going to make the tackle, a tackle I've made over a thousand times. But as soon as I hit him, something different happened to me that had never happened to me before in my life. When I hit him, it seemed as if my soul left my body. Right? It seemed as if everything in me just left. My body went completely limp. I fell to the ground. I blacked out. Had never experienced that before. He said, I'm sorry, man, but you'll probably never be able to use that arm and that hand. Another day for the rest of your life. I said, physically. He said, what do you mean physically? I said, physically, JD, my right hook is out of commission, baby. I said, I can't catch any intercept like physically, I'm out of commission.  God bless you. Thank you. I'm a first year agent. Came out here to 8% last minute and it's awesome. I feel fulfilled, you know? 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Doesn't matter what line of business you're in, doesn't matter if it's Medicare like this guy, doesn't matter if it's life insurance and it's a PNC, doesn't matter if you're not at the best insurance conference on the planet. You're simply missing out. She's left in, she's probably not in the room. And you're about to regret what's about to go down. That's all I gotta say. Make some noise! Here we go 8% Nation, just in 4%! 8% Nation, excel at what you can control, build a huddle, lock arms with men and women in this room, serve your fellow man. But remember this, most of all, do not give up. This year I think was the pinnacle, it's like the trifecta of learning and growing the event over the years because to continue to make it better for the participants, allow them to engage in new and unique ways and continue to deliver content, expertise, tools, and success strategies at higher and higher levels for the agents who truly wanna succeed and make something out of business and career. Most of the time you don't have a speaker or a speaker who's that captivating, but this year there was just another level of muscle.  What are we supposed to be getting from this and how can we apply this into what we're already doing? You know, people from all walks of life. I mean, I could name them, but if I start naming names I'll get in trouble. But it was a phenomenal experience. We have got the queen of the bundle coming to the stage. Make a little noise for Galen Hendricks! The cool thing about being in this business is you can do anything you wanna do. You can get a raise any time you want to. It doesn't matter if you're a career agent, don't leave. If you're making money, don't let somebody talk you out of leaving. Stay there, improve your craft, be great. And then when it's time for you to go independent, you'll know. And then you will have that experience. What I did was basically I took the lessons that I learned in the Phenomenal Speakers from last year. I couldn't write notes fast enough and I went home and I took what I did have and implemented it in my business day one and I have doubled my organization and tripled my income. So naturally I came back here this year and it's even better. You guys ready? You guys ready? You guys ready? You guys ready? You guys ready? You guys ready? This event has just been such an eye opener. It's a great experience to get you thinking bigger, get around some big time people. I know some of the relationships that I built here are going to last the lifetime in this insurance career. This insurance industry. I want to give you as much as I possibly can. I flew in from San Diego and I'm gonna give you 110% of my energy every ounce I've got to give away to help you learn and help this next year be the biggest year you've ever had.  The first note I want you to take are these words, take action now. How many of you thought you'd have more money at this point in your life? 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Getting around networking, getting to know other people, you just don't know what's going to happen, who you're going to meet. Dreamed of doing this event and I write down every morning that one day it will have 10,000 agents out. And no matter what, the last few years have been like attendance-wise compared to 10,000. I still write it down every single day and I promise you it will become a reality in the future. I'm going to want to finish off the day and learn something that can revolutionize your business, stand up and clap. Low and slow, which I know comes naturally to me. Hi, this is Nate. I'm just calling about the form that can set back into my office.  Book six appointments, went out my first week, wrote $15,000 in business my first week. 50,000 my first month, 85,000 in six weeks using this stuff I just shared and showed you that. This event is extremely, extremely important to me and we're going to keep doing it every single year and we're going to make it better every single year. So thank you for being here. See you in 2021. Hey, if you enjoyed this, I got another one you're gonna love. It's right there, click on it, see you in the next. Jordan, how's everybody doing? What's up, what's up? Everybody doing well?


good morning you guys so I'm just about to leave because I need to go get tested for the film industry cuz I'm gonna be on set for the second half of this week so it's currently 10 20 and I'm just gonna head off the door now this is the fit the weather is finally getting nicer so I'm like you know what I don't really want to wear shorts today I kind of want to look cute and put on a dress and I just put my Birkenstocks on I haven't worn these in so long but yeah anyway I just wanted to show you guys the fit because I was feeling cute and yeah I'm gonna head off the door so I just got back from my COVID test but I just wanted to talk to you guys for a second do a little bit of a moments with Mikaela recently I've been living my life kind of like I'm in a video game I've just been really trying to manifest a lot of things and treating life like it's a video game almost makes it that much easier because it's like spending money who cares it's a video game like it's not serious looking at life that way and taking it not so serious is such a good thing for me and personally it helps me just manifest and helps me truly live out my dream life because I'm not taking it so seriously if you're always worried about money or whatever your it is that you're worried about in your life that's causing stress on your body and at the end of the day you have to realize that we're here not for a long period of time like your life is gonna go by like that or I can even die tomorrow you never know so in every present moment that I'm in I want to be doing what makes me happy and honestly just trying to live the most stress-free life that I can live and if something happens to me that is out of my control there's no point in worrying about it because when something is out of your control worrying about it is not gonna make anything better if anything is just gonna manifest more negative energy or whatever it is but when something is out of your control there's no point in worrying about it because there's nothing you can do about it so at the end of the day if you worry about it or not it doesn't even make a difference if anything it's just like I said it's gonna be bad to worry because you're putting that negativity out there but yeah I've just honestly been living my days like I'm in a video game trying to be super present and just not really giving a shit like everything happens for a reason and you just have to realize that and that like really helps me no matter what comes my way I'm just kind of thinking to myself like look this is happening for reason and it's okay to feel emotions as well if you want to feel sad about something if you want to feel angry about something that's okay obviously we all have these emotions for reason and we're here to feel we're here to go through tough times but once you kind of put yourself through that emotion felt that emotion you've gone through it you can come back out stronger that mentality has just helped me so much because I'm like who cares I might die tomorrow I'm just gonna do what I want if this happens who cares we'll figure it out it's not the big of a deal there's just so many things that we're technically supposed to stress about in life like money taxes your job security everything like that and it's like I feel like our everyday lives we have so much pressure with all of these things like how you look even like so many things and sometimes you just gotta knock of a shit about any of that and just live your damn life because at the end of the day when you die you're not gonna care about any stupid thing you were worrying about so yeah honestly life is just not that serious and it's just so cool that we're all here living this experience it's so easy to get so wrapped up within society and putting all that pressure on ourselves but it's just so important to zoom yourself out okay zoom yourself out realize we are on a floating rock in the middle of the universe we're here to live our lives to the fullest and not live our life stressing because of this society that with man made sometimes it's really hard to put into words what I really think in my head but I hope you kind of got that I hope I kind of got the point across there but anyways I'm gonna go in now I'm probably gonna go out again soon because I want to kind of walk to just the drugstore to get some micellar water because I ran out of that and just a couple other random things but keep you guys updated I'm gonna make breakfast so because I'm so hungry so I just made myself a leftover coffee from yesterday because I had my family over and I brewed a huge pot so we had so much leftover coffee so I just made myself an iced coffee with that it's actually so good I just put it in the fridge overnight and it's perfect and then I ended up making myself sourdough with peanut butter banana cinnamon and honey this used to be like my go-to I went through period where I was having this every single day and I haven't had it for a while and I just been really feeling like it this morning so yeah we're gonna have it and that's my breakfast just came on a walk because I wanted to check out a new gym but I'm kind of locked into my other gyms contract so I'm gonna try to break that contract and then get a gym membership with Brittany and Lexie it's not a big deal because like once my contract ends then I'll sign up but anyways we're just walking to Walmart now because I need to pick up a couple of things I gotta get like my cellar water some waxing strips yeah it's such a beautiful day it's like 30 degrees so it's so nice and hot summer's here baby guys I'm so excited my FabFit FunBox came in the mail and I would love to thank them for sponsoring this video I'm gonna go sit down right now and give you guys a haul I'm so excited like this is like Christmas honestly so if you guys don't know what FabFit Fun is it is a seasonal box that has a whole bunch of goodies in it and there's everything from fashion beauty fitness and home products that you can receive and the box is sent once per season literally one single item in this box can be valued at what you paid for the whole entire box like for all the products so it's honestly such a good deal and many of their products that they send in their boxes are from female founded companies which is so amazing okay I'm so excited to open this I literally cannot wait so here's what the box inside looks like it comes with a bunch of products that can also be customized so this fall box actually has a value up to $300 but you can get your first seasonal membership with my code for $44.99 okay it's time to get into the haul okay first thing I see is this living proof restore repair mask deeply nourishes and reverses damage and this is so funny because I've been wanting to try living proof for the longest time now because I always see their products in the stores but I never really get myself to buy them because they are on the pricier side there's more living proof products in here too so if I look at the value of this product right now it's definitely worth more than what you're going to pay for this box this is a silicone free hair mask treatment oh my god this smells so good packaging is also so cute and then we also got a conditioner and a shampoo adds fullness and volume I've honestly been needing like I'm about to run out of oh my god this smells so good I'm about to run out of the shampoo that I currently am using and I need to use a specific shampoo for my hair that has no silicone to pair with because it needs to be just like to preserve my keratin treatment so I already know that this is a really good brand and I'm so excited to try it okay next thing I got are these dryer balls they're a hundred percent organic wool dryer balls here I'll show you guys and they're all they're ethically sourced and handmade I love that so much and I'm definitely going to be using these okay next thing I got is this green tea and aloe natural body polish by the lifestyle company oh this looks so good as it's made in the USA I love shower products because it just like motivates you when you have like good shower products it motivates you to go take a nice long relaxing shower and this is random but when I'm in the shower I like to listen to spa music it just really sets the vibe there's that next thing I got oh my god this is so exciting the glow recipe pink juice moisturizer hydrating and soothing I've been also wanting to try this brand as well but I'm pretty sure this moisturizer alone is like 60 dollars like I'm not even kidding you and look at the packaging it's so just like pretty and aesthetic I cannot wait to try this out I've been wanting to try their products for so long now look at the watermelons on here that's so cute and then I also got these loomify redness relief eye drops these are honestly good to have if you ever like have itchy eyes or something I don't even have any on my home right now so excited for that those if I ever need them and then last thing in here is the Dr. Brandt hydrating essence toned soothe and revitalize so you just spray this evenly on your cleansed skin oh this is cool I actually just ran out of my toner and I've been needing like a new one I just haven't gotten one yet but I'm excited to try this I love like face massage it just feels so good so yeah that is all that I got in the box I'm actually amazed on like how much value this all this stuff is in comparison to the price of the box like I'm not even kidding you this is actually insane so yeah Fab to Fun is actually such a great way to save money this year and also to just try out new brands and product but yeah so if you guys want to shop them you could click the link in my description and use my code mckayla to get your first seasonal box for 44.99 yeah I am partnered with them on this video but honestly these are all my own thoughts and opinions and I love them so much but yeah so don't forget to click the link in the description if you guys are interested and yeah okay so I just got back from Walmart I changed because I'm just gonna be chilling now I have a couple friends coming over tonight wow I'm being social I literally never hang out with friends to be honest and a friend that I haven't seen in like a long time like we used to be best friends back in the day and she messaged me just like hey do you want to catch up and hang out so like of course and yeah it's kind of like really heartwarming and sweet to like rekindle friendships from the past especially if you like really were best friends with them you knew them a long time ago it's kind of cool because you're in like super different stages of life since when you like last saw them so yeah honestly like that's stepping out of my comfort zone because I haven't hung out with somebody quote-unquote like new or different in a long time and I always say like oh I have no friends I have no friends but I'm also not really making effort to reach out to people either which is on my part like my fault so I can't be complaining because I just kind of vibe being alone too you know what I mean yeah so anyways there's two people coming over tonight in probably about an hour so I just changed because it's more comfortable and practical so I stopped off at the liquor store and I just got a bottle of wine so we can drink that tonight if they want and then I just got some my cellar water because I really like I run out so I needed this is how I like to take off my makeup and I got waxing strips I use these for my armpits and yeah I wax my armpits I don't shave and I only wax them every like two weeks I don't really grow much armpit hair so it's really easy to wax them and then I just got a new mascara because I got a sty in my left eye so I don't want to reuse the same mascara that I used before because it's like super old and I'm just gonna throw it out I used to be in love with this one this is the cover girl clump crusher the last one I was using was a l'oreal telescopic but I thought that I'd get the clump crusher just to switch things up and I got it in the shade black brown because it's gonna it's gonna be like more natural like that but I'm kind of feeling that scared tonight so I'm gonna put some of this on just like retouch my makeup because I was sweating and yeah what is up you guys so it is currently the next day and I am unfortunately very embarrassingly kind of hung over I literally had like barely anything to drink and I think it was because I didn't eat anything yesterday like I basically ate breakfast like the peanut butter toast and then that was it I just forgot to eat yesterday and sometimes that happens it's like whatever but I swear that was why I'm not feeling good this morning like I was feeling so nauseous this morning and I'm usually fine like I can have like a lot to drink and as long as I drink my water like I'm usually fine and I never really feel nauseous or hung over the next day but this was just like what the heck and it's like am I getting older or is it I think it's just because I didn't have anything to eat so like the alcohol couldn't soak into anything in my stomach so that like had to be why I was feeling like shit this morning so that was off to a rough start Tuesday off to a rough start literally Tuesday and I'm hung over like what that is so weird but anyways I was like really craving to go eat breakfast out and so I'm just gonna go to Starbucks walk there with Brittany and we're just going to I'm just gonna get like a little like one of their Gouda sandwiches with like a drink because apparently their drinks are 50% off today like they're cold drinks I don't know if it's true or not so we're gonna go in and see anyways that's a stitch I literally had a bowl beside my bed this morning because of how nauseous I was feeling it was disgusting it's fine society labels these weekdays as oh you have to be productive on a Monday you have to do this on a Tuesday but it's not true just live your life day to day like who cares I'm just gonna go down and get Brittany and then we're gonna walk to Starbucks yeah so this is the fit I'm just wearing a baby tee with these new tna shorts I actually got these for 50% off I was so lucky to get them they were only like 25 dollars and then I just got this hat too which is so cute but that's the fit okay so we got back from the mall a bit ago I just had some lunch and to be honest I am just not feeling good today like my stomach I'm having like IUD pains plus I just not feeling good from the alcohol yesterday I had a matcha and that's supposed to help with like alcohol the next day I'm pretty sure like I don't know if that's actually true but it's supposed to so that's why I got a matcha because it's supposed to help but like honestly I don't really like the matcha from Starbucks it tastes so bitter I like the way that I make it at home so like one million times better I really didn't enjoy it but whatever edit now soon but I wanted to show you guys this shampoo that I got so I ended up walking into just like a random hair salon in the mall and this is the shampoo that I got it had like sulfate and hair been free and everything and the lady there said that this is really good and this should maintain my keratin treatment so I'll let you guys know how it is smells really freaking good but while we were sitting in Starbucks we met this guy and we were just like talking like a briny and he was like so spiritual he like believed in all the same things we did and it was just so cool to have like a really good conversation with him and it's so funny how like the universe aligns you with certain people on purpose like I don't believe anything in life is a coincidence like us meeting that person today was not a coincidence that we met him like that conversation was meant to happen we were meant to meet him he was meant to come in our lives you know what I mean even if just if even if it was just for that one conversation and it's just crazy how everything works I mean because like I don't think I've ever just randomly met somebody at a coffee shop before and started talking like that so it's a really cool experience and when shit like that happens it just really goes to show that like everything is in alignment people come into your life for a reason people leave your life for a reason and the universe knows what it's doing there's no coincidences like everything really does happen for a reason small and big things I just got news I have to wake up at 3 a.m. tomorrow because I'm on set tomorrow and I just got my call time so I'm not excited about that okay I have you guys I got a tripod right now so it might be a different angle than usual but I am currently just picking up a package at FedEx because I wasn't home when they were trying to deliver it so I'm just they dropped it off here at their center so I'm just about to pick it up I just came from a COVID test I've been on set yesterday and the day before that and it was such long hours the first day was like 15 and a half almost 16 and then yesterday was I think 13 hours so I'm exhausted I slept in a little bit today and I haven't done much I literally just want to go get the test and it's 12 o'clock so yeah my hair is so disgusting though because they were doing some like hairdo on set and so my hair is full of hair spray and teasing and it's gross so I think I'm gonna wash it but I'm gonna be upset again Monday and Tuesday next week so I don't really want to wash it because they're gonna mess it up again but I think I am just to have nicer for the weekend and also you guys I have a 99.8 subscribers right now I am so close to 100k so it might be happening today and I can't even fully wrap my head around it right now like it's actually insane so we'll see if that happens today I'm gonna be vlogging the day and like I'm actually gonna cry because I can't believe it like I can't even wrap my head around that it's almost just about to happen and it might happen today I don't even know like what to say what to think right now so anyways I'm gonna take you guys around my day and we'll see but okay can I please get a grande brown sugar oh shake an espresso please yeah do you know what I just randomly realized if it wasn't for GPS I wouldn't be able to get anywhere I go to so many different addresses all of the time and it's like what would I do if I couldn't type it into my GPS like it's so crazy how technology has evolved so much and we're so like dependent on it and it just makes me think like I literally am so dependent on my phone like which isn't like a bad thing but in terms of like getting places I need my maps you know what I mean because there's no freaking way that I would be able to go somewhere off of a literal map like are you kidding me how did people do that back in the day like I remember my parents going on road trips with us and they would pull out a literal map and I'm like how like it just doesn't even make sense so I got one of the packages that I needed but then the other package they said that it wasn't even there yet which is weird because they told me it was and just this confusion I was in line for so long how's your day going good how's your day I'm good I just started oh really yeah I'm off at game eight oh that's a pretty long shift nice seven eight hours almost that's good do you like it here working here yeah I've been here for two months two months really oh that's pretty good oh yeah do you like it or is it really new okay awesome thank you so much bye I just love running into really like just people that kind of make an impact like she didn't have to talk to me but she did and that was so sweet see it's just like little things in life like that that just really can make somebody's day you know if they're having a rough day and you compliment someone you never know you could have literally saved their life like you have no idea how much of an impact your words mean on someone and even if they don't like tell you oh my god like that made such an impact on my life even if they don't verbally say it you never really know so yeah it's just so important to be nice to people no matter what because you never know what somebody's going through and yeah so I got my brown trigger oat chicken espresso like usual because why not today's the day of hopefully celebration yeah I'm gonna drive home but I'll talk to you guys later cheers it's a vibe after a few minutes your arms are hurting them it's already is wait it's just gonna be okay we're going out for dinner to celebrate a hundred thousand yes round of applause right here everybody we're both out of it hence why she's walking right now yeah I had stage fright at first I'm so hungry same I've had like two bites of salad for lunch I'm the vlogger for the day my neck is cramping this thing is heavy I'm a week okay we're gonna go home and see the real method oh I'm excited to watch the live hands-on like to prepare my Instagram story it's like almost 12 o'clock too it's like we're waiting literally though what if I hit thread at 12 that would be weird though that would be so sick like what if it's like exactly 12 and it hits just like New Year's oh I'm excited to watch this it's gonna be good he's gonna be you entertaining shit our server was so lit no he was so nice and if anybody knows jaycee katelyn the youtuber you know like he and jaycee he looked like jaycee like completely he did he gives anybody knows that is he was the same vibe like tattooed like like everything like literally looked like everything like I felt like I was talking to him so jaycee if you ever see this we talked to you I'm a fan so like I can't even talk about this without crying um I just want to say like how grateful I am for you guys and like just like you watching my videos like means the world to me because like this has been a dream of mine for so long if I never like actually followed my dreams and pursued this like this would have never happened and like I'm just so freaking grateful like a hundred thousand subscribers is like like last year this was like I was starting from basically nothing and I was manifesting this and I knew what would happen and I made the choice to follow my dreams and none of this would have happened without my boyfriend Joel so I really want to give him a lot of credit too because he really pushed me and he helped me and if it wasn't for him like this wouldn't have happened and I'm truly like living my dream life like every single day through what I do I love you guys so much like having a community of people that watch me for me is like the best feeling in the world and I appreciate you all so much and I hope that like through my videos I can make a difference and like bring a smile on somebody's face or I don't know just make a difference in your guys's lives and please take this as a sign like if you have a dream and you think that it's unattainable like nothing is out of reach you can do anything that you set your mind to no matter what it is and just don't ever doubt that I love you guys so much and never forget that anything is possible see you in my next one