We had an offensive explosion across Major League Baseball last night with teams putting up double-digit runs Basically left and right and I look at tonight's slate and I feel like I wouldn't be that shocked We got something similar once again now last night was historic So maybe not duplicating that but I think a lot of the same teams too that went bananas last night could potentially Do so once again, we're gonna break down what those teams are what that means for DFS and get you ready Which should be another fun night of MLB DFS over on Fandall welcome on into the solo shot That's right here on the Fandall podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Saunas. I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire here to break down Wednesday's eight game and main slate with lock set for 707 p.m. Eastern for today Only two weather notes here on the slate the first one is in Cincinnati for the Reds and the Giants could be some more rain There once again, I think they'll be good to play But check back on that one later and finally a rain is also potential in Kansas City for the Tigers and the Royals. I don't think that'll bother that game so we should be pretty good to go to play things straight up and Play our favorite plays for two nights We'll dive on into who this hair plays are here in just one second But first a reminder to make sure you're subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast Feed wherever you get your podcast if you want to find a preview of the open championship from a PGA DFS Perspective via myself and Brandon Cadulla. 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That is the highest number on the slate for tonight You do have to have a pretty high risk tolerance to get there because as we saw last night Things can go poorly when you are facing the twins because they do have good hitters, but I think it's a worthwhile trade-off For tournaments specifically so for cash games you go Rodriguez. I feel better about that for tournaments I still prefer Rodriguez by a tiny bit, but Castillo would be a great option as well Especially if people are worried after what the twins did to Wu last night as far as our value play I think our best bet is gonna be Carlos Rodan his that race 75 and I think that's low enough to offset the concerns We have here. We could also consider the other side of this game. We'll talk about that and things to watch But Rodan has made two starts back so far this year. He's gone five innings each time So length is largely back there. He's willing to throw his off-speed stuff and his Velo is fine It's actually a smidge better than what it was last year in those two starts Rodan has a 10.8% swing and strike rate So his strikeout rate is low, but I feel like that should rise as the sample expands Rodan looked really good in his ramp up games and the miners as well a lot of strikeouts down there So basically what I want to see is whether Rodan is somewhere near the pitcher He was last year and based on his velocity based on his pitch mix based on his pitch count I think he is it hasn't shown up yet But I think that 2022 Carlos Rodan is in there still Despite what the first two starts have looked like he's facing the angels here and even with no Mike trout They're active roster as a 118 at WRC plus against lefties I think that number is deceiving because a lot of the guys who are playing Don't have samples and we'll bring that number down So that should come down as time goes along and they have a 24% strikeout right against lefties I've got Rodan projected for 6.9 strikeouts that ranks second behind just Castillo So I think we should give Rodan a look even if it is a bit risky again $7,500 that does allow you to go Pretty hard at your favorite stacks for tonight. So I think it's tempting and I'll probably get there So to me it's Rodriguez want Castillo to Rodan three and I would put Rodan above Morton after considering salary on tonight's slate Let's stay talking about that Morton game and talk about some stacks here because the Braves offense is going to be a tough one to avoid for tonight They're facing Ryan Nelson Really tough task for him based on that Braves offense in Atlanta in 94 degree heat Which is a brutal combination and I do think we should stack against him with the Braves I stacked against Nelson last week first Slayed off the all-star break and it did not work He allowed just one run over five and two-thirds innings and you know kudos Had tipped to him for that But the strikeouts still weren't there. He had just three across five and two-thirds innings He led up 21 balls in play nine were hard hit, which is 43 percent and a 43 percent hard hit rate is high But it was actually an improvement for Nelson across 14 starts with more change ups He's now letting up a 45 percent hard hit rate in that span and it comes with a 43 percent fly ball rate When your strikeout rate is as low as Nelson's that is asking for trouble And now you put those numbers in Atlanta against the Braves They have a 119 at WRC plus against righties with a 218 ISO Both those numbers are the best on the main slate and the weather here is fantastic for hitting so we want to be hide the Braves here, I think we should be very enthused about this team and Should feel good about them in DFS for tonight The one thing that could kill a bit of my enthusiasm is if Eddie Rosario continues to sits for this Braves team because He's kind of the one guy with a lower salary who does have a very obvious path upside Rosario salary $2,800 he's actually Hitting for a lot more power this year against right. He's needed last year didn't really have that in his arsenal last year which was pretty frustrating but Probably would hit somewhere in the the bottom third of the order but still $2,800 for a guy who can hit bombs in a Good lineup. I mean, that's pretty enticing So I'd love to get Rosario in there because it would make the Braves a bit easier to stack to get to round the Kunya juniors $4,800 salary and stuff like that But we'll see on Rosario has now played some Saturday. Maybe he'll get back in there if he does. I do think he'll want to be Firmly in our rotation for MLB DFS for tonight For our number two and number three stacks We are doing the exact same thing as last night and that is stacking both sides of the Reds and the Giants game And that of course was one of those games last night where we saw a whole lot of runs So hoping for that to be duplicated once again tonight the Reds Going against Ross stripling tonight and he's letting up a lot of hard contact right now And I think that's why the Reds are in play here not just because of the park But stripling has made 13 appearances so far this year in that time He's led up a 43 hard hit rates He is getting ground balls at times But those ground balls are really well struck and it's led to a 6.11 era and a 5.33 expected era The plate discipline numbers for stripling are not awful But the hard contact is really killing him. He's especially having issues with lefties They have just a 32 ground ball right against him whereas righties are at 50 percent that's a big problem here because Three of the top four and four of the top six batters in the Reds lineup will likely be lefties So it's a good stack in general But I think it becomes an even better stack if we focus primarily on the lefties in this Reds lineups And obviously that's going to be the obvious guys switch hitter le dala cruise Joey Vado other lefties that they've got in there One of the less obvious ones is will Benson. He did home run hit a home run last night So this is a Not fully point chasing but it doesn't hurt to see that he hit a home run last night And Benson even before that home run had a 193 iso against righties He has plenty of speed He'll probably make your stack a little bit different because not a lot of people want to use guys batting lower in the order And Benson's probably gonna bat eighth So I think he's very worth it Despite batting lower in the order. He has speed has power. I think that's pretty enticing So will Benson to me if you want to Get your red stack while getting some value or get your red stack a little bit different than other red stacks I think he fits both those approaches. So will Benson a guy do like quite a bit despite likely batting lower in the order for tonight Other side of that game is Graham Ashcraft. He's coming off a string of three consecutive really good starts and he could keep that up here But it's a very tough test. So I don't mind Given the giants a crack once again Ashcraft had been struggling earlier in the year Then he went on the il and his first start back. He struggled once again But in his past three starts, he's allowed just three total earn rods He's got at least six winnings each time as well. So It's a question of whether Ashcraft has fully turned it around or Whether this is a bit fluky I think it's more likely to be fluky than legitimate if I'm picking one or the other It's probably somewhere in between but I would pick fluky over legitimate force to pick In those three starts Ashcraft has still led up a 38 hard hit rates His ground ball rate is 56 which is very high and that part may stick because he's done that in the past He's throwing more sinkers right now. So that could stick But Ashcraft has a 15 strikeout rates with a 10 walk rate So His plate discipline numbers are not great. He lets up hard contact In that span it was really the ground balls that got him by and It's over a small sample against two bad offenses and one That's struggling or was struggling at the time in the pod race He gets the giants here. They have a 108 wrc plus against righties. It's a great park for hitting I wanted to stack against Ashcraft again here if he does well once again given the park given the matchup Then I'll reevaluate but I do want to see it happen one more time before I fully divest in stacking against Ashcraft in good situations And the giants are super easy to stack They have no salaries on the active roster Above $3,000 which means we can go pretty crazy with our other stack If you want to use a la de la cruz on the opposing side here If you want to stack All the good braves guys It's a lot easier with the giants as the opposing stack or the other stack So I think there are enough benefits here to offset the doubts That's Ashcraft potentially improving and the giants to me a quality stack for tonight So top stacks are going to be the braze the reds and the giants All three teams that did go bananas last night Things to watch forward to night angels are starting chase still sat here coming back up from AAA where he was getting Stretched back out to be a starter once again Still sat through 90 pitches and his final start down in AAA and you look good in AAA Getting strikeouts getting whiffs. He's a ground ball pitcher as well. Which is a good combination So he's facing the Yankees tonight Salaries $5,500 if you want to get to akunya get to matt olson get to la de la cruz All these high salary guys on the slate. I don't mind Using still set to get there. So chase still set $5,500 a consideration I prefer odon among the IE plays but still the still set at least in the consideration set as well Tuki to sans getting another site start for the white socks tonight And i'm kind of intrigued to see what he does His skill interactive era is pretty rough at 5.29 But he has a 32 hard hit rate with a 21 fly ball rate. He's facing the Mets here I don't think they're a terrible stack, but the bad of baldeidon to saunt keeps me From being super high on them here Finally, I'm not sure who the nationals are starting tonight. They've not announced that as of yet officially I feel like it'll probably be trevor williams But they have not announced it anywhere if it is williams the cubs are at least interesting for dfs But it could also be someone else and that's someone else could make the cubs more appealing than what they are here So I would check back later to see who the national starter is once they officially announce it Because the cubs could be another good stack depending on who that starter winds up being Let's finish up here some dinger calls for today the boring one will go with matt olson Olson is just bananas absurd. I said bananas a couple times already But absurd power in a great spot for hitting tonight in a very good matchup for fly balls and hard contact So we've got to go matt olson as the boring home run call for tonight for the fun one Let's go with will Benson again. He has more power than you'd think He's got a lot of speed Not gonna bet super high in the order for the reds, but he showed last night he can get the job done So back-to-back nights for will Benson. I think he goes yard once again Dinger calls for wednesday or matt olson and will Benson That is all that we have here for today on the solo shot back again tomorrow tomorrow I believe will be an early lock looking at the schedule So make sure to check out the solo shot early on if you want some insights on that before Lock occurs over on fandal if you've got any questions for me. I am on twitter at jim sonnis Jims a nnes do not forget to check out our open championship preview for bg adfs On the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed the fandal youtube page and the fandal tv plus app Have a fantastic wednesday. Good luck with your lineups. We'll talk to you once again tomorrow to break down thursday slate This has been the solo shot right here on the fandal podcast network


I recently finished hooking up my dust collector to the pipe system which goes up the wall across the ceiling and then splits into two trunks. And one trunk goes to my miter saw dust hood and the other trunk goes to the table saw.  The problem is I don't have a convenient place for each of those blast gates. The miter saw, the trunk runs behind the cabinets and into the dust hood and there's nowhere within reach to put a blast gate on that pipe. On the table saw, the pipe runs back on the wall and then goes behind the table and then connects to the saw underneath and neither of those spots are really within reach either. So I came up with this, it's a cable driven blast gate. Now I think this is pretty awesome and it's going to help solve my problem. At its core it's a basic blast gate that you've probably seen before but I retrofitted on these cables to help drive the blast gate open and close remotely from this handle. These cables are the same thing that you'd find on your bicycle brakes or a go-kart throttle cable. They help transmit the motion over a long distance and I can even translate from linear motion to rotary motion.  The handle portion is made completely out of half inch plywood minus the label of course and the blast gate is also half inch plywood with various 3D printed components. Now you don't need a 3D printer to make this. You can make these flanges out of plywood and I'll show you how to do that later but in my opinion a 3D printer is a perfect tool for making dust collection fittings and so that's why I've utilized it here. I was inspired to make this blast gate based off of another video I saw on YouTube by Cosmos where he made a cable driven blast gate for his workshop. Now our designs are a little bit different so I've linked his video in the description below so you can go check out his design and see another take on a cable driven blast gate. This blast gate is going to go on the table saw and I've got components for a second set for the miter saw so let's go ahead and build it. I mentioned before about these flanges being 3D printed and why I think that's a good application and that's because so this is the 4 inch piping that I'm using. It's a sewer pipe and it's got a specific outside dimension I believe it's 4.23 inches for whatever reason and by 3D printing these I can take a pair of calipers, measure this exact outside diameter, put that into the computer model a couple minutes later have this model with a cylinder and a square base ready to 3D print and it'll be an exact fit and a very nice snug fit for this pipe and it was very little work on my part the 3D printer did most of the work and I really think that's a great application for 3D printers. However there is alternative ways to do this I've done it in the past where I've just used some thick 3 quarter inch plywood to make each side of the blast gate and then just use a hole saw to bore a hole in that plywood and get the hole saw that's as close to the pipe diameter as you can get and then usually you have to sand to get a nice snug fit and the only downside to this is there's just not as much engagement between the pipe and the blast gate but it's perfectly a good way to do it as well but I'm going 3D printed on this route and I really like how it's coming out so far there's two more 3D printed components on this blast gate and that's these cable guides and these essentially just organize the cables and also hold them in place there are two holes on the outside which help guide the cables around the blast gate and keep them out of the way from the moving gate and then there's one hole down here which is a counter bore it's got a larger outside diameter for the housing of the cable to fit through and then there's a small hole in the center where the actual fine cable will poke through and that's the general shape that holds this style of cable in place and so I'm just going to go ahead and attach these and they just attach through the same bolts that hold the two flanges together and then there's an extra screw to hold them in place with the two pieces of tape on those spacer pieces the fit of the blast gate is just about perfect not too tight not too loose so now I just got to cut a hole through there that's it for the blast gate let's make the handle next I want to turn this part into a pulley of sorts so I want to cut a groove around the perimeter of it so I've just got a cove bit in the router and I'm going to use that to make a shallow groove all the way around the outside of this circle this is all of the plywood components to make up the handle mechanism there's a top and a bottom a dowel which acts as the pivot point then there's the pulley that I cut with the router table that goes over the pulley axle and then there's the handle which will slide over the axle and be attached to the pulley so that when you turn the lever it'll turn the pulley and then there's three pieces here that make up the housing and that's what the top will get screwed down onto now the cable gets fed in through this back piece through a hole and we'll get fastened to the side of this pulley and I've sized this pulley so that one quarter of a turn so pulling it from here to here will pull the cable the same distance as the blast gate so from here to here that distance is the same on the pulley and then that's how this mechanism will all work so before I glue this all together I need to put in the holes in this back piece for the cable to be fed through and then I can assemble the rest of the mechanism while that's drying I can work on how I'm going to attach the cables to this pulley I was digging through my hardware drawer and I found some of these which I salvaged from some old roller blades these are the axle that goes through each wheel and supports the bearings and the cool thing about these is they are a internal thread on a shaft and that will make a perfect cable clamp so let me show you what I came up with I took one of these and I drilled a small hole through the center of it and that's where the cable is going to get fed through but first need to put in this small set screw that I cut from the end of a bolt and I'm going to thread that in until it goes past the hole with that set screw in there I can feed in the cable and then with a another small piece of that bolt I can insert that into there and I can tighten that down and that smashes the cable between the set screw and the end of the bolt it makes for a really nice connection and by cutting the head off now I just have a plain shaft and I can now drill a hole in the side of this pulley and then just press this in and that'll make for a really nice and replaceable cable connection it's backwards not a big deal all I got to do is swap these two cables and it'll be going in the right direction and match the label there we go come to get these installed off-camera I went ahead and got both of these installed this one on the table saw and also the one for the miter saw and before I put them up I also sanded and put a few coats of water-based polyurethane on all the wooden parts to keep them looking nice and one other detail I wanted to point out was I also added a little bit of solder to the ends of each of the cables and that helped to keep them from unraveling since I was seeing that as I was putting them back together both of the gates function really well and are surprisingly easy to operate and I'm really happy how they turned out well that's going to do it for this project if you're interested in building some of these for your workshop I'll leave a link in the description to where you can download the 3d model so that you can check that out otherwise thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next project


That's risky. Again, that's a very small detail that can make a huge difference. Right hip kill. So I'm back to this leg pass finish position. This is what coach is talking about. I'm talking about kind of coming up and popping and exploding to the seal on my hips. He's talking about running his hips away. See hips low and away versus hips up. Now again, like I said, the whole goal is to not be up here. Right? I don't want to be up on top of his body. If my hips are on top of his hips, who's in control? His hips, right? If my hips are low and away or not on his hips or his body, then I'm in more control. So again, right here, hips going away, kind of down in a way like I'll walk my hips away and then hip highest at the end versus hips being up. And this is why we get to these positions. Like I said, I do 50 camps around the country a year. 30 of them are probably scramble camps. And that's a small detail that I haven't even explored. And he's just thinking about where he would process through this position. I think hips low and away, as long as it doesn't extend me too far away from the body, right? I get this far away. Now I don't have my feet in the mat. I'm not very athletic. So I think there's a feel that you need to get in here and just kind of play a little bit with breaking this lock. Maybe it's low and away. Now it's broke and I'm in good shape. Okay, now I can get my half in. So again, small little details that we need to clean up, all right, but it can make a world of difference at the highest level. So when you start getting back to that position, if they lock in the crotch, just think about it. It might be a little bit up and a little bit away, all right? We definitely don't want to be on top of them and we definitely don't want to be 10 feet away from them, right? Okay, so now let's talk about the actual leg pass itself. So we're going to start on our knees, kind of like in this little training wheel position. Now in order to pass his leg, I've got to get my outside arm under and I got to snake my hand to his hamstring, okay? He's in on my hips. He's going to be in pretty good position. I've got to take the angle away. So I'm going to windshield wiper my heels. Outside hand is going to snake under his knee down leg and I'm going to go to my outside hip and outside shoulder. So I'm going to windshield wiper my ankles. Outside hand snakes under the leg and I go to his hamstring. Now my heels curl to my butt, all right? My feet are in the mat. My top hand is going to attack his soul, all right? In this position, I got two hands on one leg and I'm going to punch my bottom hand across my body, but my feet are going to drive the entire time. Here, drive and drive and drive and drive and drive and drive and drive into this position. And then again, I'm just reading this guy's reaction. Pop the hips. I can turn towards the head, turn towards the legs and wrestle, all right? And we just wrestle through those positions. But again, he's in on a double leg. He's just given me a decent feel windshield wiper. Outside hand snakes under. Hand goes to the hamstring. This is my switch hand. This is not the hand we're using. Outside hand snakes under. I'm outside hip, outside shoulder. See how I'm wrapping to the hamstring. Heels coming to my butt, super important. Driving on my feet, attacking the soul.  Sit back on your ankles. He'll sit back on his ankle to try to prevent the leg pass. I've got a windshield wiper his foot outside his hip, so his leg will straighten out. Notice I'm driving on my feet, punching across my body. Feet are driving, feet are driving, feet are driving. I can't stress. Your feet driving on a leg pass too much.  You have to drive with your feet, okay? You have to drive with your feet. So, double leg. And again, he's just kind of hanging on. Now, watch what he's doing. He has to let go and walk on his hands when I pass his leg. If he hangs on to this double leg when I pass a leg, not the best option for him. So, if I windshield wiper gets to this leg pass, get it straight, we always want to pass straight legs. We don't want to pass bent legs. Usually, when his legs are bent, he's sitting back, and his hips engaged, he's got a lot of strength right here, okay? So, I've got to make sure I windshield wiper his leg out, keep it straight. Now, watch what he does. If he hangs on to the double leg when I pass a leg, not a great idea, okay? When he lets go and walks on his hands, he gives himself an option to continue to scramble, all right? And that's what we want. We want to continue to scramble if we're the double leg guy. Windshield wiper. Arm under, top hand to the sole. Windshield wiper the leg out straight. Feet in the mat, drive. Feet in the mat, drive. See how he lets go and walks on his hands? I want you to focus on keeping your chest over your partner's legs when they pass the leg. Just let go and walk on your hands. Keep your chest over their legs. Questions? Anybody need to see it again? One more again, all right? And nothing's different. We'll go up to our feet in a minute. I want everybody on their knees now, but we'll go up to our feet in a minute and it's the same thing. Step, swing, snake, pass, put on our feet, perpendicular, breathe the hands. Right here. Right back to the same position we've been getting in all morning. Go! Let's get it. Good stuff, good stuff. Oh boy. You got balls, man. You got balls. Don't hold on, don't hold on. See, as he starts to turn and float, as you call it, floating, just walk on your hands. Yeah, we're getting free. It's about some, uh, she's like controlling me, so. Yeah, they, uh, sit your hips, grab on top of the flip. Start on your knees, start on your knees. That's why I wanted to start, yeah. So left arm under. Yeah, I don't want her pulling it up. Now it starts getting straight and nice. Keep it straight.  I'm not going to hurt you.  I'm not trying to tear your knee out, but that's just your body mechanics, right?  When the leg goes straight, when the leg goes straight, look how light it is now. That's all we're doing. What do you do with your feet? Are you just driving? I'm just driving. When I get here, just digging with my feet. I'm telling you, if I can only give every wrestler one single skill, it would be to constantly have their feet thrown right in the mat. That's the most important wrestling skill there is, in my opinion.  If your feet are off the mat, you're not doing it, right? Do you senior to sir? Not a lot. What are you looking at? School after work.


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Good morning. Thank you so much for having us. It's a pleasure to represent Swisscom And it's it's always better to have customers telling the story I brought Christian Bach from SwissV with me and he will join a conversation after I give some introductions So my personal cloud story at Swisscom started roughly five years ago And there was a meeting with a company called Pivotal I've never heard before and then there was something they were talking about cloud foundry And I learned only afterwards in our workshop in Ementale what it really means and Being a software engineer by heart and education, of course, I was enthusiastic about it But I could never imagine what we were able to do During this last past five years So we have created a solid cloud foundation at Swisscom so that we are able to run every kind of workloads Whether you want the deployment that runs on Swisscom premises as a virtual private environment or you have Things you would like to run even in public clouds Our vision is to provide managed services and typical outsourcing capabilities for all these environments and Of course, we did a huge investment in what we call the enterprise application cloud where We have cloud foundry as the core of it and recently and some of you might know We moved also the infrastructure layer towards the Elements from our core partner Dell technology So we have hardware and software from those guys and I would like to take the chance to Thank the Swisscom team for Enduring and bringing up all these fantastic capabilities on both sides the guys building the infrastructure and I met some also today in the morning The ones that are building applications on top So we do lots of eat your own dog food in that environment And so we are proud to see the progress So we have customers leveraging these infrastructures as well as we leveraged them at Swisscom and I remember our cloud foundry initiative around the application cloud started as a grassroots initiative and Nobody in management did ever imagine that we wouldn't end up where we are Nowadays we have geo redundant Deployments already since quite some time and we are running mission critical workloads that every Swisscom customer uses on a daily basis on this infrastructure and of course as we are on Such an event we have to announce something new We are building on our solid grounds filling the gap That is they are between infrastructures a service with the more heavyweight VMs and the platform as a service capabilities that sometimes lack capabilities and I think with the container capabilities we built on top of the infrastructure From people to I think this brings our offering to the next level so that we have really a more complete environment bringing a lightweight capabilities to do massive scale out But I think Christian is really much better suited to tell you what he is going to do with his team And I think you guys already started general availability of all these capabilities. We will have beginning of next year. Thank you So hi from my side. My name is Christian Bach and I'm chief application architect with Swiss re Swiss re is a wholesale provider of reinsurance insurance and other forms of risk transfer as a global financial Services company we're subject to very many different local jurisdictions and regulations and therefore on many different clouds We are faced with a multi-cloud world In this context the rise of containers to becoming first-class citizens of Deployments to us might simply be the best thing since sliced bread both in terms of deployments and in business continuity terms But let me tell you all about our container journey at the podium with a few slides of mine So we have no demo. There's nothing gonna break beside me. Maybe All right, so it's all my fault then Multi-cloud wasn't the original cause for us getting into docker and containers in the first place our original motivation stemmed from an engineering desire To leverage the paradigm of cloud native computing to a bigger extent than what 12-factor apps on cloud foundry And it's time in being specific here the cloud foundry application runtime allowed for We were confronted with services that were not stateless, but stateful With service instances hosting a dedicated partition of an overall state space that needed a stable network Identity and oftentimes an associated dedicated persistent volume Services typically being part of architectures where events need to be routed to self-contained service instances implementing reactive event processors Respecting local orderings and with event processing semantics depending on aggregated state From previous events having reached the respective partition That's for the first bullet We were confronted with services that were exposing multiple endpoints not exclusively restful if at all based on HTTP or Then various flavors of services that were in a cloud foundry application runtime world being considered backing services like distributed commit locks message queues or databases So these services were asking for more They were in desperate need of a home outside of the application runtime Enter Kubernetes So as you can read on the slide we started looking for solid grounds Similar to what cloud foundry offered but for just about any sort of cloud native payload Initially we explored solutions ranging from Docker swarm and custom Kubernetes installations Which led us to the discovery of the advantages of real container runtimes? We came to appreciate the control we gained in running containers Beginning being it in isolating them by means of overlay networking Being able to scale instances up and down in container replication Spanning software defined networks of which you see a little sketch of mine on the right-hand side Between them and getting strict governance in restricting any other communication paths and Even further having a say on lowest level operating system security policies in Container execution down to the individual kernel module access level For us in particular the possibility of limiting a container's connectivity perimeter Was key in getting green lights in running third-party containers Not only in protecting other enterprise services from let's be positive and just call them noisy neighbors But in days of ubiquitous internet connectivity Also in strictly governing any sort of hosting platform internal network egress as One fundamental measure in preventing from data breaches to external parties After running our experimental clusters for a while on the Swiss com yas We realized that us taking care of Kubernetes Both in installation and operation was not really what we want or would be expected to be doing as A non-platform provider that we are what we really wanted was a cast to be operated by Swiss com So not quite like the past the Swiss com app cloud on the right-hand side and not like the yas on the left-hand side Where we manage the biggest share of the stack ourselves we were looking for the middle ground Swiss com managing a container orchestrator a container execution engine for us a platform on which we could not only bring our own run times and Stateful services, but also run middleware components of our choosing or use components from Swiss com services offering We were striving for a platform Allowing for autonomy on solid grounds Gaining freedom from what a pass allows while not having to face the chores of installation from plain vanilla virtual machines And not having to operate the solid grounds ourselves So what did we do? We approached our long-term partner with which we present today Swiss com on those accounts and came to find fertile grounds Swiss com as we heard just a few minutes ago was contemplating and investigating the cloud foundry container on time and thinking about a managed cubanitas offering Themselves and had even started evaluating the pivotal container service already as Used to with Swiss com we could not only count on a knowledgeable partner ready to help us write yet another chapter in our cloud journey But we got readily Accommodated with our big enterprise Special some might call it legacy Demands like the hosting of corba IOP based enterprise Java beans demanding for unusual cubanitas stack features like the direct address ability of pods in That spirit. Thank you Swiss com Thank you, and thank you all for having me. It's great to have customers like this


Hey everyone, I hope you're all having a great end to your 2018 I hope your ears wrapping up the holidays are going well. You're looking forward to 2019 I thought I'd end the year by going over some of my favorite movies of 2018 Now this is by no means a hard set in stone list I am going to be doing a list of what I consider to be the best movies later in the year But these are the movies that I enjoyed the most the ones that I'm probably going to be returning to or already have Returned to the ones that meant the most to me and if you want intel into which videos are going to be coming up based on 2018's movies. This is a pretty good list to start because these are the movies that I liked the most so without any Real order these are the movies that meant the most to me and the ones that I'll probably be returning to and the first one Is going to be black clansman. I'm a huge fan of spike Lee I feel like every film he does is thought-provoking and at least to one extent or another a little bit challenging And that's ultimately what I'm looking for in a good movie I feel like he's really saying something in every movie that he makes and black clansman is certainly no exception to that He really does a great job you mixing stylistic elements with more traditional storytelling elements, and it's a really great job One complaint that I see out with a lot of his movies is that he kind of lets the style get the better of him Which is definitely a fair criticism, but ultimately That really wasn't a factor at all in this movie I was legitimately wondering if he was not going to do like the escalators You're not escalator black moving sidewalk shot that he's so famous for but he definitely had that at the end And anyway, big fan of his work. It definitely worked out. Well, I will say one small complaint with black clansman Is that I felt that some parts of it were a little heavy-handed when something that I really value in a movie is subtlety I feel like if you can get a message across without just jamming it in the audience face that is Probably had to do it the best way, but ultimately it's an important message to get out And did a great job selling its message, and I definitely feel as though Black clansman started a conversation one thing that I really liked about the movie was how it presented the idea of Pride in your culture and how far you can take it and I feel like that's kind of been an idea found throughout a lot of His films, and I feel like you really just explored that and just had a great way to Show what he believed in and I was very much impressed with Yeah, definitely very much impressed with how Black clansman turned out one of my favorite Spike Lee movies in a while probably top five ever So anyway, if you have not seen black clansman by all means check it out Spike Lee did it again The next movie I want to talk about was first man So as far as I'm concerned Damien Chazelle is one of the best filmmakers working today The three major releases they zone whiplash all land and first man It may not be the best of those three, but it definitely is the most unique I think it's really cool seeing the development of a young filmmaker going from two films that are certainly related The ideas of dreams and ambition obviously the big musical element and then it's going in a completely new direction with the Biopic the historical side of it and definitely exploring a very different character. You got the same drive As you saw in the other two films, but just taking in a completely different context And I just love seeing a filmmaker explore something new It's different and it's cool seeing the development Of Damien Chazelle as one of the best filmmakers Out there today, I don't think anyone was saying that the first two movies just happened to be good but the more that I see of him is really what Makes me think that he's got such potential to just keep on improving He can handle so many different genres and do it so well I think first and foremost what makes him so great is how great of a storyteller he is every movie that he makes Ask questions. It does things in a unique way I feel like the idea of like the astronaut movie We've seen it before but he definitely took different approaches Different approach to it and did it in a great way and I'm definitely looking forward to Talking about this movie and don't quote me on this, but I believe it's going to be my first dissection of 2019. So super excited for that Yeah, it's looking forward to talking about it and watching again really dive in deep into it because as far as I'm concerned It's one of the best movies of the year. The next movie. I want to talk about is widows Which as far as I'm concerned, it's absolutely fantastic Steve McQueen is One of the best working directors today He's made four movies so far with hunger shame 12 years a slave and of course the most recent one widows and I've Loved them all. I've talked about two and videos already. I'm definitely planning on talking about the other two sooner rather than later widows is Absolutely fantastic. I like how much it says without saying anything at all I don't want to give any specifics Because it's a movie that's best if you just kind of go in not really knowing what to expect just go in take it The true the marketing and the trailer It kind of paints it as a different movie than it is but ultimately that's exactly what the movie is But I guess first and foremost and what is so great about this movie is just exactly that how great of a movie It is it's such a fascinating story and like I said, it says so much while saying so little there are so many Ideas that are brought up below the surface that aren't directly mentioned That'll definitely want to be exploring when I make a video about this movie, but so much subtlety to it which like I said when discussing black clansmen that is definitely something that I appreciate and It's a movie that I want to watch again. It's not playing anywhere near me anymore Which is kind of unfortunate. I was lucky enough to see it in theaters and it's a two and a half hour long movie I think and I Got out of the theater and would have sworn it was an hour and a half long movie It's just time flies such great pacing such great performances. You never quite know what's gonna happen You've got a feeling things are in the works, but Yeah, absolutely fantastic and definitely one of the year's best movies Moving on Roma was absolutely fantastic. I feel like it's really cool how Netflix is changing the entire Film making and film watching environment the fact that we're able to get Movies that would not get a traditional theatrical release or at least not a big one today like black and white Just would not be an option today We're able to see we're able to watch and we're able to all Appreciate great movies because of online streaming services now whatever ethical problems you want to get into with them I don't really care because at the end of the day, they're presenting great movies to us and that's ultimately all that I care about In Roma is no exception Alfonso Caron has definitely proven himself to be a great filmmaker truth be told I was never too big on gravity I feel like in a lot of ways the storytelling and stylistic choices took over a lot of the Fundamental story itself. So Anyway without getting into that Roma definitely did not suffer from that a fantastic story and the way that it was presented was excellent I think it's pretty cool how big large-scale Like blockbuster side of gravity as opposed to a much smaller independent And just it shows off his range Which is something that I mentioned quite a bit and something that I definitely value when it comes to great filmmakers. It really shows Right, it's exactly what you want to see from a filmmaker someone who's able to take any type of story and tell it in a fantastic way There's so much to love about this movie and It's only been out for a few weeks now or even maybe even less than that And I've already gone back and launched it twice and will definitely be watching it more in the future It's just a great movie and definitely one that you should watch and support If you're someone who wants more independent films watched on Netflix I think that all that metadata gets recorded and hopefully we get more great movies on Netflix Just because this is definitely one that is worth watching But what is probably my favorite with a you film of the year is actually the favorite. It's a movie that Made me appreciate Lothi Moses previous films even though I already really loved them. I feel like And this is no it's not unique to the favorite I feel like with every new film of his that I watch I feel like I understand what he's been trying to say in his older movies even more I feel like the older movies help prep. Yeah, I guess propel his current movies, which is super unique and I Feel like just the more that we see of him the more that we see of his vision the more that we see of his style Just the more that becomes clear Just like what he's trying to do and exactly how he's doing it because he's doing it incredibly well the favorite There's so much to love about this move It's funny at the same time it tells an excellent story and never lets the humor get into the way of Storytelling because in a lot of ways it's such an absurd story in the way that it's told is in an absurd light So it helps complement and build off of one another at the same time. I never felt like The story suffered because of the humor in fact quite the opposite. I feel like what separates good comedies and bad comedies is Incorporating humor into the story and Lothi most does that quite possibly better than any Filmmaker working today and the favorite is might be his best film so far at the same I do want to go back and revisit Some of his older films just because like I said it all helps build on to one another and changes my understanding of What he is doing based off of the information that I've seen so I'm definitely looking forward to Revisiting his older movies because I've seen the new one. It's just so cool that these are the movies that are being made by such a great filmmaker He his work is unique Like I said earlier challenging and thought-provoking are definitely two words that have been thrown out a lot in this video because they mean a lot to me in his films and this is definitely one that This is definitely no exception to that It's a movie that makes me want to revisit it to watch the ever-changing relationships of the characters and Ultimately how we as the audience view them because that's ultimately what this movie is about. It's essentially Three major character studies with a lot of side character studies going on in the background and watching the ever-changing Relationships and the shifts of power and if you saw my godfather video, which I released on Saturday you would have seen how it's ultimately about The control of power and that's exactly what The favorite is about it's about the ever-changing relationship of power and how that impacts Relationships and individuals on what they strive for an intention an obstacle in every good storytelling device that I look for and That I find challenging in films is in the favorite and it's one that I absolutely love So if you have not seen the favorite go out and support it Pretty much all these movies have been on the smaller scale know like hundred million dollar blockbusters in this list But going out and supporting these smaller movies is definitely the best way to get more movies like this made Which I think we all want because these movies are a ton of fun They're excellent some of the best and most thought-provoking works of the year And if you have any interest like I do in these movies Which I assume you do because these are the movies that I like talking about in the YouTube channel So definitely go over go to your local theater pay a couple like nine bucks for like a daytime showing There probably won't be a whole lot of people in it and go out and support these great movies They're in theaters now, and I'm definitely a firm believer that a theatrical Just that a theatrical watch is the best way to watch most of these movies Even even the non like big blockbusters the theatrical releases oftentimes the best way to watch these movies And they're in theaters now Least a lot of them are so go out there support them and hopefully You'll enjoy a movie as much as I enjoyed them. So overall. I thought 2018 was a pretty good year for movies I kind of slipped during a lot of the summer months when Wasn't really available to watch time movies, but I've been doing catch up I'm definitely like I said earlier playing and doing a very official like ranking list where I go back We visit like every movie that I can get my hands on The big ones the small ones and everything in between and I'm definitely looking forward to putting out a best of the year list sometime Sometime during next year. So anyway, look forward to that. Thank you all for your support during 2018 I'm looking forward to 2019. I think it's gonna be great for the channel and thank you for watching and I'm looking forward to 2019 and be sure to comment your favorite movies of 2018 Love to have a discussion down in the comments below. It's something that I love doing and would love to get going on this one So anyway, thank you all so much for your support. Like I said and thank you for watching


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Well, one thing's really interesting, you both sort of mentioned there is the John McDonnell, Jeremy Corbyn Fisher, and that to me, I mean, we see this repeated in the book, I think it's really well documented, not just on the big issues like Brexit, you know, it was the big constitutional issue of our time, people didn't disagree on the Margaret Hodge disciplinary issue, on a bunch of things like that. And again, entirely entitled to disagree. But the fact that there was such public disagreements was quite new. And the genesis of that does seem to be Salisbury. Do you think that John McDonnell in 2018, did Salisbury trigger something in him? And why did he change? Because obviously we're three years in now to the Corbyn project. He's not done this until now. I mean, why does he start to make these increasingly public interventions at odds with the leaders office? It's a great question. And, you know, as ever in the wilderness of mirrors that is labor, you'll get different answers depending on who you ask. I mean, according to people who are close to Corbyn, a number of people who are sympathetic to his start on Salisbury, they say that Corbyn actually grew in confidence after the 2017 general election. Sure, him and John McDonnell friends and comrades, and I think they had actually expressly said they didn't want to mirror the TBGBs, the rouse between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown over the new labor years. And yet, you know, Corbyn did grow in confidence after that surprising election result. And there are some who think that John McDonnell basically couldn't deal with the fact that, you know, occasionally Corbyn would diverge from him. And ultimately, what Corbyn wanted was what Corbyn got with respect to the party's position. I mean, that probably is quite a kind of interpersonal analysis. I think the kind of political issue at play was that the liberation struggle that ultimately compelled John McDonnell was the liberation struggle, as we write, with the British working class. He was a guy who was obsessed with power and winning power in the country in order to bring Britain to the left, change the way the country's run, democratize power and wealth. Whereas Corbyn, you know, naturally always saw himself as the far left or the hard left, depending on what term you use. He saw himself as a left shadow foreign secretary. And on issues such as foreign policy, for him, the notion you don't die on the hill of Russia or antisemitism would have felt quite unnatural, I think, because the whole point is that he spent his career dying on that hill. He was chair of the Palestine Solidarity campaign. He was a torchbearer of the resistance to Iraq. If the left has this moment of power, moment of influence, why not say what you think about foreign policy? We're not here to appease the Atlanticists, the people who would have voted for airstrikes in Syria, the people who did vote for Iraq. Whereas I think John McDonnell's assessment was arguably more pragmatic. It was one of, well, listen, we can help the Palestinian people when we're in office, but we're not going to get into office if we expend political capital and time on issues such as this. I mean, indeed, after 2017, I think there was this feeling that it's quite rare in politics you get to define the debate. And sure, the majority of the time, it's going to be the government or the media who set the terms of the discussion in the country at large. What we have to do is we have to try to transcend that discussion or we've got to move on from it quickly. We're not going to gain anything from being mired in the debate on Russia. And I think there was a lot of frustration because of that. I mean, I can entirely understand the sort of political analysis there. So you're saying that somebody like McDonnell just wants to neutralize contentious issues of foreign policy to focus on the domestic agenda. But then that doesn't necessarily explain. So for instance, he was saying that members of the shadow cabinet shouldn't be going on Russia today. That's just not his decision. That is insubordination. That's not his decision to make. If he said, it's my personal view, but ultimately it's down to the leader or it's a collective decision for the shadow cabinet or whatever. But he didn't say that. He was often freelancing quite radical, not radical, but ultimately it's regulated by off-com. It's allowed to broadcast in Britain. It's quite a radical thing for a British politician to say that doesn't mean anything. I think if he said their license should be reviewed or something, I mean, that's something else. So that in itself was quite significant. Then you've got, for instance, Margaret Hodge. And you actually, I think it's a nice, again, another vignette where you sort of clarify what happened. It wasn't necessarily as confrontation as people depict, but him intervening there. And for me personally, I think it's just a disciplinary issue. The older I get, the more I realize, I quite like rules. Otherwise, anarchist politics, as you sort of, everybody has to internalize the rulemaking all the time, and some of my anarchist colleagues might get upset with me at the moment of media. But we have rules for a reason, because otherwise we'd all go crazy. Aaron, Law and Order, Bistani. And I just feel like if somebody's being disciplined, that's a matter for the disciplinary process. And I think the more senior opposition, I say, and to be fair, Keir Starmer is a sort of politician who generally, that's the kind of thing he would say, he has a respect for due process. And so when I saw McDonnell do that, the Campbell interview, and of course the positioning on the second referendum, regularly he would have Mandelson and Campbell go to his office. On the one hand, I think that's absolutely true. He was trying to neutralize the foreign policy issues. And Paul Mason says something similar. I think that's one of the things that Paul makes sense on, actually, in the last couple of years. Sid Brass did something similar. I mean, that makes sense. But it does feel like the more you give these accounts of the relationship between Lotto and the Shadow Chancellor's office, it feels maybe there was a bit of jealousy there. I mean, that's how it strikes me. Either there was a bit of jealousy or not even necessarily jealousy. I'm the more talented politician. I know what's right, rather than necessarily saying, well, I think I know what's right. But ultimately, I have to defer to this guy because he is the leader. And it feels like McDonnell lost that towards the end, increasingly over 2018, 2019. Well, that's certainly what people close to Jeremy Corbyn would characterize it as. That sort of, you know, John, you know, there's Carrie Murphy herself has said on the record and says in the epilogue of the book that the coup, which we'll get on to later, that the putsch in Corbyn's office that Carrie Murphy later engineered, no, sorry, John McDonnell engineered against Carrie Murphy and not quite against Seamus Mill. Carrie Murphy suspects was driven by John McDonnell's feeling that he couldn't influence Corbyn as much as he felt he was entitled to. Because Gable mentioned Tony Brown, Gordon Brown before, perhaps a better analogy here is George Osborne and David Cameron, right? Corbyn and McDonnell were partners in an ideological project, just as Cameron Osborne were, you know, people used to refer to Cameron Osborne sort of as a joint premiership with one person as the frontman, the other is the sort of M&R on screens. I say that's probably a fair assessment of what people in Lotto, what people very close to Corbyn think John McDonnell's perception of Corbyn and McDonnell's relationship was. So as Gable said, and as you correctly say, as that starts to diverge, it's no wonder people like Carrie Murphy say, well, obviously this is explained by John Luzer's control. And part of, I think that's also part of partly an explanation for why you have him saying, I'm going to vote remain in this referendum or with banning RT. And frequently he'd be asked, why are you saying this when Jeremy Corbyn doesn't think it? I think a good way of, you know, you can explain it one of two ways. One is that McDonnell realized that public pressure or electoral pressure would push them to that position anyway, and it'd be less painful for Corbyn to make that move if he'd already broken the ground.  He does the sort of back breaking work of breaking the harplist ground and Corbyn sails through. Or I think people close to Corbyn think, well, he's doing that, so we're hostages to fortune. We're doing that so we have to follow John McDonnell down the road. And obviously, you know, we can't see it's the inside of John McDonnell's head. But I'd say that both of those explanations carry some weight, you think. Because he's an extraordinarily talented politician. I think most people agree, I mean, it's a certain in the book, and I would certainly agree with it. John is the most talented sort of left-wing politician of his generation. And it reminds me of there was the anecdote from Barack Obama in, I think, 2008. He said, you know, I would be a better speech writer than my speech writers. I would be a better policy advisor than my policy advisors. And it feels like John McDonnell maybe felt that was him. It's a bit like Barack Obama being a number two, running as a VP perhaps in 2008. I'm the one that's got the most to offer here. I guess, when do you think that became toxic? Because it feels like it became toxic in this kind of rivalry ultimately between McDonnell's office and Corbin's office by early 2019. Was there a particular moment where, as you say, this culminates in John McDonnell, amongst others, saying we need a complete reconfiguration of the leader's office? So, I mean, to answer that question, I just want to briefly go back to the circumstances of Corbin's initial leadership victory in 2015. I think part of the standing John McDonnell's approach to the way that Lotto was run lies in the fact that, you know, naturally, this won't be news to anybody that watches this channel, that, you know, Corbin did not expect to win. He threw his hat into the ring because Dine Abbott had done it before. John McDonnell had done it as well. We hear a lot about the phrase, it was his turn. And, you know, there are some, including those close to Corbin, who say that it wasn't incidental that Corbin won. You know, naturally, McDonnell couldn't have won because the PLP thought he was swivel-eyed, nasty, trotskiest, whereas Corbin was kind of avuncular and cuddly and harmless. You know, there are those close to Corbin who say that nobody could have, you know, that nobody was as much of an anti-politician as him and therefore nobody could have inspired that kind of enthusiasm and sincerity from the grassroots. But nevertheless, you do have this feeling that emanates from people who are close to McDonnell who echo the fact that, well, yeah, it was his turn, but we were both marginalized over the decades. We've both been fighting a long, lonely fight. There's nothing kind of unique or exceptional to Corbin other than happen to win, but we should jointly be the architects or kind of co-conveners of this. I mean, as you say, over time, it becomes clear that that's just not how the project is run. I think probably the key point at which this becomes, you use the word toxic, is the summer of 2018, because basically, you know, McDonnell took to telling people that if only they'd had one last week, if the 2017 election campaign had lasted for seven more days, they could have won based on where the polls were going at that time. They were agonizing to be close to power. They were literally talking about what Corbin's number 10 might look like in the days running up to the poll and possibility of bringing an unaccompanied migrant or refugee into Corbin's Downing Street or redecorating the number 10 rose garden. You know, they could taste power. And so the summer after that, 2018, was about a big summer of pushing forward, making inroads into the red wall, extending labor's reach in kind of cosmopolitan areas where they'd done better than expected in 2017. And what did it become about instead? They were debating the accompanying examples of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. And I think that just inspired a fury from within. I mean, it's not just John McDonnell. A lot of people were furious that they wasted this moment. I mean, how can that happen? The left is in touching distance of power and you then spend a summer answering questions about whether you're a Zionist or whether you think that Zionism and being pro-Palestine are mutually exclusive. Will Margaret Hodge be expelled or suspended or not? I mean, it was just a waste of time. And I think there was so much frustration towards Lotto because of that. And I think with Brexit, it then never really recovered.


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interviewing the candidates that are running for the role of VP for Engagement and Development, Aaron Harper and Karen McGovern. We spoke to them and asked what they want to do in their manifestos and what changes they would bring about to the role. So can you introduce yourself and a bit about the role you're running for? Yes, my name's Karen McGovern. I'm a final year business student and I'm running for Engagement and Development. And what do you think you can bring to the role? I think, so I have a lot of experience in running events so I think I can bring my experience of running events and getting people involved. So far I've took over chairperson of ANF and I've saw their every event I've run so I know what students want and I think I can really get them involved. So is there anything you think that would need to be changed within the role itself? I think the role needs to be more defined and students need to know exactly what the role goes. So I think if there's more awareness of what the role actually does it'll be able to be performed better.  So first thing on my manifesto is revitalize events. I feel a lot of events are targeted towards first year students whereas there's a lot of other students in college so I think there needs to be more frequent and diverse events spread across all campuses. Then secondly, I think we need to facilitate campus life and much so to get involved there need to be places to get involved so I believe that there should be computer homes brought into each campus so these are relaxing places where students can go because I commuted for the first three years and I found there's nowhere to go.  So I look to have relaxing areas with basic amenities so you can boil a kettle, make pot noodles, whatever. And then I also think there should be a weekly boost to omni because this year I'm actually living on campus so I'm one of the few students that I've done both and I struggled and struggled on the trek to omni. It's not that far but it's far enough. With a bag of messages, yeah. So I think there needs to be a... It was brought in before a campus poster on omni but it was actually a little, little actually sponsored it but it was brought in halfway through the year and it wasn't really run properly because everyone gets in kind of a routine and they follow the same routine every week. They go to this shop with these people at this time so I think if it's brought in from the start of the year it would be able to be run perfect and all the first years will get on board to be engaged and end up. There was a bit of a crisis at the start of the year with class rep nominations. They were delayed. Do you think there was any way to maybe better manage that or was there anything you would have done differently to handle the situation? So Siobhan got a... It's a very good system. She has actually gotten placed now but obviously it took time to work out and there should have been a backup system so I think there should be a paper ballot as well as the system is up and running perfect now and I've no doubts that it's going to work week one but there has to be... there has to be a backup so the paper ballot has to be there and if that online doesn't work you get scrapped straight away. Paper ballot's done and we have set a date that we have to have class reps by. Okay and in terms of engagement it's evident about this year that a lot of roles are uncontested and do you think people feel that they can't include themselves in running for roles or do you think that shows a lack of engagement or do you address this issue next year? So it's tough with building a new student centre. This year is kind of hidden away from things. You have to walk all the way in a new barrier you have to walk up a hidden stairs and there, I'm not saying and it doesn't look very appealing to be in the offices I think next year wants to be glass windows are open, everything you'll be able to see the offices and everyone will be like wow that's appealing so I think it's I think it really owns off I think it'll start to get better from now and the second thing you can run campaigns, so promotional videos etc to make them more appealing as well.  The biggest challenge would face it will be, I think UND across all campuses we're still, we're two years in we're still struggling between Pats and Glass 7 I think that's going to be the biggest challenge we're going to come back because Pats they feel like they've been mistreated so I think I really this year they've had kind of Matt Davy as the unofficial Pats rep which is not good for a union you should have all four of us to be rep in both campuses so I think that is the biggest challenge. Okay, so Karin why should people vote for you? I feel I have a great understanding of what students need and how to get them involved in their job. Cheers, thank you. Hi, do you just want to introduce yourself a little bit and maybe tell us a bit about why you want to run for this role? So my name is Aaron Harper I'm a final year multimedia student and I'm running for the position of engagement and development mainly because I have been involved heavily in my time at DCU in all aspects that are required for this role so clubs and societies, volunteering class reps and campaigns for the SU so it seems like a natural regression for me. Do you want to just run through your manifesto and some of the things in your own words what you think needs to be implemented? Yeah, so I think some long term goals I would have would be obviously to bring volunteering on par with clubs and society so one thing I would like to implement would be to have the volunteer fair and the clubs and stocks fair amalgamated into one so that because there is such an emphasis on clubs and societies within DCU that we kind of give volunteering a similar platform and ensure that people who do want to get involved in volunteering can do so and can see what there is on offer within DCU also to update the SU website as is in the manifesto of many candidates and our current president wishes to do that over the summer. Okay so one thing that was quite an issue this year with DCU was the class rep nominations at the start of the year how do you think this could have been better managed maybe there was a way to stop the delay or in fact maybe implement something quicker how do you feel that you could have done it better? Well there was a couple of issues with that one we didn't have a returning officer so I think within the constitution it is the engagement of development officer that runs the class rep elections but in conjunction with the returning officer and obviously we didn't have one so there was no help there and also there was no meeting between ISS and the SU it was all done over the phone so I think possibly a proper meeting and I think maybe it wasn't seen as serious an issue as it was and that there was a delay and a knock on effect by having it so late and I think ensure that it doesn't happen again essentially to trial it and work with ISS over the summer to eliminate any issues that we had this year so we can get straight into class rep council we can have our class rep selected and get into the training and ensure that students are represented on the SU Okay so in terms of engagement there has been an evident lack of it as a lot of people have noticed that there are actually a few roles this year that are uncontested there was one that had to be popped back out for someone to actually go for the role do you feel that there is a lack of engagement and is there any particular reason you think that people are a bit adamant to not run for the roles or put themselves out there? Yeah well I think there's a couple of reasons why we haven't had as many candidates this year and one of the reasons being that we haven't had a student hub student centre because it's been under construction for the last two years so there's definitely less community feel within DCU because of that I think that the issue of the cost of running for a position at 300 euro budget I know a lot of students couldn't afford to spend that because it is their own money and they aren't guaranteed to be elected so they if they don't get elected it's still 300 euro that is I wouldn't say wasted but that they have spent and that they're not going to get back And in terms of the role itself what would you feel are the main issues or the biggest problems that someone would come into if you were to get this role? I think it is just ensuring that for years to come that there's a solid foundation to work on I think with the new student centre a great chance to start fresh and ensure that first years coming in are engaged and join clubs and societies and get volunteering and understand how the SU works and how we can benefit them and I think that is the main issue that the next years SU will face and I hope if elected I can be part of that and I can ensure that we do get off the ground running with the new student centre Okay Sarn, why should people vote for you? They should vote for me because I think I'm approachable, I'm hardworking I'm definitely dedicated to the role I'm experienced I have reached out to so many different areas and consulted all those areas in what I wanted to do and I have gotten some great feedback about what it is that I feel like I can achieve this year it is very doable, it is realistic and I think while I have given a lot to students in the last couple of years through various ways I definitely think I can give a lot more in this role We'll wish you the best of luck Thank you So there you have it, those are your two candidates running for the role at FIMP for engagement and development in your student union elections You can now log into loop and place your vote and results will be out this Friday I'm here reporting for DCUTV News


During times of celebration, friends and family often gather in our homes. At these times, it is easy to overlook potential hazards to your cat's health and safety. In order to prevent mishaps for your cuddly companions, it is important that you recognize these hidden dangers. Playing with ribbons, tinsel, and other decorations. Most cats enjoy playing with ribbons, string, and tinsel, especially if they are shiny or moving. Kittens and young cats tend to be more curious and playful and appear to see these items like toys that need to be chased, pounced upon, chewed, or swallowed. While chasing and pouncing are healthy physical activities for cats, chewing and swallowing ribbons, strings, or tinsel can be harmful. When swallowed, these linear foreign bodies can become entangled in the intestinal tract, leading to the bunching of the intestines as the body tries unsuccessfully to pass the string or ribbon. With each intestinal contraction, the rough or abrasive material rubs against the walls of the intestines, causing inflammation. Eventually, the material can even cut through the intestinal wall. This is a life-threatening emergency requiring surgical intervention. If you want to let your kitten play with string or ribbon, only allow it to play with the item while under your direct supervision. Better yet, do not even encourage this sort of play, use toys specifically designed for games of chase and pounce. Playing in the Christmas tree. Your curious cat can bring down the tree, so make sure it is set up securely and cannot fall if your cat decides to climb on board. Tree water can contain harmful fertilizers and or be a breeding ground for bacteria that cause stomach upset should your cat decide to sample this new water bowl. Chewing Quartz. Dangling cords of various types are tempting to cats that like to play with string, or kittens that are teething, and are interested in chewing. Cats have extremely sharp teeth that can easily penetrate the insulation around electric light cords or extension cords. If this happens, it could result in a severe burn to the tongue or an electrical shock that could damage the lungs or heart. This is an emergency requiring immediate veterinary attention. Candles in the holidays. As always, candles should never be left unattended, as cats can knock them over with a flick of their tailor burn themselves. Use battery-powered candles instead. Chocolate is poisonous to animals. Many people do not realize that chocolate can be a poison when eaten in large amounts, even a people. It contains a chemical called theobromine, which has caffeine-like activities. Theobromine is used medicinally as a diuretic, heart stimulant, blood vessel dilator, and smooth muscle relaxant. Unsweetened or baking chocolate contains a much higher amount of potentially toxic theobromine than milk chocolate, approximately 10 times the amount on average. For the average cat, weighing 11 pounds or 5 kilograms, the toxic amount of milk chocolate is approximately 11 ounces, but only 1-2 ounces, 1-2 squares, of baking chocolate or high-quality dark chocolate has the potential to be fatal. An 8-week-old kitten usually weighs 1-2 pounds and can be poisoned by only 1-ounce of milk chocolate. Clinical signs of chocolate poisoning include hyper-excitability, nervousness, vomiting, and diarrhea. In severe overdoses, the only symptom may be sudden death. Festive plants that are toxic to cats. Contrary to popular belief, the poinsettia is not specifically toxic, but can still cause intestinal upset. The poinsettia sap can be irritating to the mouth and stomach of the cat that chews on, the leaves or stems of this festive plant. Some mistletoe species are toxic, causing liver failure or seizures, while other species are only irritating to the intestinal tract if ingested. The fact that there are several types of mistletoe makes it difficult to predict the clinical signs of poisoning with this popular holiday trimming. It is wise to consider mistletoe to be a hazardous substance and keep it out of reach of your pets. Hello. This video is sponsored by Beemix Pets. Are you looking for high quality cat collars at an affordable cost? Check out, BeemixPets.com. Use coupon code KittenLife, to get 20% off. Holly can cause gastrointestinal upset if ingested. All parts of many plants belonging to the lily family are highly toxic to cats. Because of this risk, it is best to prevent your cat or kitten from chewing on peace lilies, Christmas lilies, or other plants belonging to this family. Other seasonal plants that are toxic to cats include daffodils, narcissi, and spring bulbs that are commonly forced to bloom during the winter that brings a breath of springtime into our homes. Holiday dinners as a treat. We all like to include our pets in holiday meals along with the rest of the family but try to keep in mind that sudden rich diet changes are likely to upset your cat's stomach. Vomiting and diarrhea are common medical problems that veterinarians see during any holiday time, and especially between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. If you wish to feed your cat a special treat, give her only a small amount of lean meat. If you feed leftovers that contain a lot of fat, your cat's pancreas may become overworked and inflamed. This serious condition is known as pancreatitis and usually requires hospitalization and intensive medical treatment. Make sure that any string or packaging that was used during the preparation of roasts or turkeys is safely disposed of in a sealed garbage container. Most cats cannot resist digging these well-flavored items out of the trash and eating them, potentially causing an intestinal obstruction. It is a good idea to keep your pets out of the kitchen during the hustle and bustle of the season. The last thing you want is for them to get underfoot and get burned or otherwise injured. Cat hides from a company. Try to provide a quiet space away from the company where she can feel safe, but still has access to fresh water and a litter box, as well as some cozy blankets. Make sure to take time to play with her and or give extra cuddles during the holidays. There are a number of mild calming remedies such as Zilkeen, Elphianine, brand name Anxutane, and Felaway that can be used during the holidays to minimize your cat's anxiety. Ask your veterinarian for more information and if these would be suitable for your cat. By observing a few common sense guidelines, you can share a safe and healthy celebration with your cat and give thanks for the companionship you enjoy with your four-legged family members. Activities Having friends, family and other visitors crowding into your home for the holidays can overwhelm some cats. Fireworks and poppers can also cause cats a lot of stress. To ensure their mental and physical well-being, make sure there is a quiet private room for your cats to stay in with their litter box, water, and food until the festivities are finished. Make sure your cats are microchipped. If your cat slips out the door and becomes lost when guests arrive, packages are delivered, or carolers stop by, a microchip can help ensure she can return home. Batteries are used to power many gifts from toys to watches, but they are corrosive if your pet eats them. Be careful not to drop batteries. If you're going away, have a cat sit or check in on your cats rather than bringing them with you or having them boarded. Cats will be far less stressed if they stay in their own home. Don't forget to take some time out of your holiday celebrations to play with and comfort your cat. You'll feel less stressed out, too. You can adopt for the holidays. As long as the receiver is aware of, prepared for, and wants the responsibilities of a new family member, there is nothing wrong with adopting a cat as a holiday gift. It is a great way to ensure cats and kittens do not have to remain in shelters, which are inherently stressful to them. Adoption is an incredible, rewarding, and life-saving experience, and there is nothing more exemplary of the holiday spirit. With these tips in mind, every member of your family can have a safe and happy holiday season. You can also help community cats remain safe and comfortable during the winter in frigid temperatures, snow, and other challenging conditions. Check out our winter weather tips to help community cats in your region. If you enjoyed this video, kindly press the like button. Also, don't forget to subscribe with notifications on, so that you don't miss out on videos like this. Thank you for watching.


From New York, it's theCUBE, covering Blockchain Week. Now, here's John Furrier. Hello everyone, I'm John Furrier, here on the ground, actually on the water in the majesty boat, here in New York City, part of Blockchain Week, New York City, I'm here at Maggie Zoo, who's the best development at Decentral. They launched a huge party here, we're on a four-story boat. It's like the Titanic, but it's in New York, New York City. Hopefully it won't hit me icebergs, but no icebergs ahead in Blockchain. Thanks for joining me here, on the water, theCUBE interview. Thank you, John. It's actually really funny, you mentioned Titanic. First time we came and saw the boat, we're like, oh my gosh, this boat look exactly like Titanic. Let's really do something about it, because Decentral is really about technology, being forward, and so yeah, I think we pulled a very crazy party right now. So tell us about the event, this is a really cool event. How big is the boat? Just give us the details, you ran the event, so I know it's hard to run these kinds of events, a lot of moving parts. You're giving away two Aston Martin cars on a bracelet that's gonna light up and turn off based upon if you won or not, so is it, how's it work? Okay, so this boat has a thousand people on here right now, plus our team member, plus boat people. So we have about 1,100 people here, and this whole event was run in the last five weeks. The team has been working so hard, and right now this bracelet that you see, it syncs with the music. So beats per second, it syncs the colors and everything with the music. And at 11.45 today, we're gonna be giving away two Aston Martins, the bracelet will dim down one by one, and the five bracelets that are remaining will go on the stage, everyone's gonna cheer up, the crowd, we're really gonna get everyone cheered up. And this is not just like us giving away Aston Martins, this is really about bringing the whole blockchain community together. We wanna be say, hey, this is a small community, let's all get united, the cars are just a way for us to thank all our partners and everyone that's on the boat. You know, and I get a little nervous when I see these kind of launch parties because it reminds me of the dot-com bubble, but what's different about what's going on with DeCentral is you guys have a business that's up and running, this is not an ICO, there's no fundraising going on, you guys are actually executing, and this is important because you guys are doing this as a community. Take a minute to explain the role of the blockchain community for you guys and how important that is. All right, so if you think about a blockchain community right now, we have the different coins, we have the different exchanges, the community is very fragmented. And that is unfortunate because you know, someone like my mom doesn't really understand the term blockchain or cryptocurrency, but at the same time, it's kinda like internet 2.0, where you know, these technologies are so new, there's a lot of people who are so passionate on one of them and just like, we just wanna spend every day trying to make this better. So DeCentral's role is really about, okay, let's do all these partnerships. So we have over 100 partnerships, almost 200 now, all signed, and these are the people that we work with like every single day. And what kind of partnerships are they? The code development together, is it open source? Are they using the Jax platform? You guys made some significant announcements today. Yes, yes. The Jax Liberty. Yes. Cube, Ice Cube, for cold storage, I like the cube name. John. Not really confused with the cube as in the media cube, us, but this is a unification strategy. Talk about the news, what did you guys announce tonight? All right, so today, we announced two things. We announced the Jax Liberty, we announced the Jax Unity, and then we announced the other things, but that are part of that whole DeCentral project. So the Jax Liberty is the platform, it's kind of like an app store. All of our partners are gonna be part of this app store, and we're just gonna have over 200 partners and more going on, onward, and every single Dapps and integration will be here, and we'll make it kind of like a game for the new users. Okay? What's the value proposition for people to join the network, the platform? Well, it is a free platform. We're not charging anyone anything, and we're probably gonna do that forever. So for us, the model here is really about bringing all of these different projects together, whether it be exchanges, whether it be cryptocurrency wallets, whether it be different news sites, encrypted messaging, all of these things that touch every part of our life, we want to say, hey, we want to bring freedom and power back to you, and freedom to us is really your ability to control the information. You know, I'm very impressed with Anthony. I interviewed him a couple of times in the Bahamas, and he's got a great vision, and one of the things that he talked in the presentation was kind of, I won't say buried, but I think it's the most important notable thing is that he talked about a new internet infrastructure, okay, and the wallet is central to this new internet infrastructure.  This is a super important thing. Do you guys, is this part of your mission or is this part of the product in your mind? So our mission, like I said, is really about bringing freedom back to everyone. Right now, if you think about, you know, how Facebook has our social data, how Google has our browsing data, all of these different entities have our data, and we feel like that's really the only way. So what Decentral is doing is we're saying that we want to create a one platform where we can bring all of these different partners together, and in doing so, we're able to allow people to, you know, just being able to take control of their life. That is our mission. We want to empower people. So your pitch basically is join Decentral. If you join Decentral's platform, you join the community that wants to unify. That's pretty much sounds like the pitch. Yes, we want to empower people and we want to unify the whole blockchain and the world community. Maggie, talk about your background. How did you get here? I mean, like, did you just wake up one day and say, hey, I'm going to get in the blockchain?  You've got a legal background. How did you get here? So my background is in business and then business law. So I practiced for two years as a business lawyer. May not look like one, but can check my record.  Exactly, a recovery. And then, so what I really want to do is all about impact. I went into law school because I wanted to do a lot of impact. I realized a lot of it is one-on-one, not really doing it. Went to technology and I found my passion. And then I found blockchain. I was like, oh my gosh, like, this is it. This is really, you know, we are sitting at the forefront of a technology that might be able to just change millions or billions of people's lives. And a lot of it, people are talking about it. People are not really explaining it properly or building things properly. I felt like decentralized really at a forefront to make sure that is being done. That's awesome. What partners you guys have that are notable? Can you share some of the names and what they're working with you guys on? So we're from Toronto, Canada, proud Canadian. And in Toronto, we have Aon Nukol. They're a interprobability blockchain space. We have PolyMass. They do security platform. We also have BRI, the Blockchain Research Institute that's led by Tapscott. You know, he wrote a very famous book. We also have a shift that's, you know, just doing the KYC, AML. We also have the big ones like Coinbase, like just a lot like Block, that's the consulting firm. We have a lot of different partners that are just like all the tier one ones because of Anthony's background, because of our experience in the space for the last four years. People trust us. People trust our wallet. People want to be part of our thing and be part of our mission. While we're on the water, I want to let you go back to all the partying and smoozing that's going on. Great event. Thank you for putting it on and I think the community is very robust out there right now. We're having a good time. Yes, outside is like a zoo. And I'm really excited that you're here and we're able to meet some of the really great people and you can interview them. Maggie, thank you for coming on theCUBE on the water. Okay, with the new CUBE product, Decentral Unified Decentral has a new offering. CUBE is here covering it. I'm John Furrier, your host. Thanks for watching.