From around the globe, it's theCUBE with digital coverage of AWS re-invent 2020. Special coverage sponsored by AWS Global Partner Network. Okay, welcome back everyone to the CUBE virtual experience here for re-invent coverage 2020 virtual. Normally we're in person doing interviews face-to-face but we're remote this year because of the pandemic. We're here for the APN partner experience kickoff coverage with two great guests, Rima Ollinger, global lead for VMware cloud on AWS and Arthi Raju, senior manager, solutions architecture for Amazon web services. Thanks for coming on, appreciate it. Good to be with you, John, thank you. So I got a, I got, I want to get it out there, this partner network experience. It's really about the ecosystem and VMware has been one of the biggest success stories. They've been around for a long time and not one of the earliest ecosystem partners but a big success, you know, 2016 when that announcement happened, a lot of people were like, whoa, you know, we VMware's giving into Amazon and Amazon was like, no, that's not how it works. So it turns out everyone was been proven wrong. It's been hugely successful, beneficial to both. What's the momentum? Share an update this year on the AWS VMware momentum. Great, so John, as you know, we're into our third anniversary and the relationship cannot be any stronger. We see customers are leaning into the service very heavily. We see great adoption across multiple industries. Some data points for you. If we look at October of this year to October of prior year, we're seeing the number of active house or the number of consuming host and active VMs nearly double year over year. We also continue to see great partner interests in the solution. We have over 300 ISVs that have validated the services on VMC and we see over 600 plus partners that continue to take the competencies and build practices around it. So the momentum is very strong since three years still today. You know, one of the comments I made when the naysayers were like kind of poo pooing the deal, I was like, no, no, the cloud growth is going to be a factor. And at that time, the trendy thing was softwares eating the world was a big trend there. If you look at the growth of cloud scale and software innovation and the operating side of it, because VMware runs IT, there's a lot of operators running IT. There's no conflict because Amazon's growing and now the operator roles growing and changing. So you have two dynamics going on. I think this is a really nuanced point for the VMware AWS relationship around how they both fit together because it's a win-win, a better together scenario. And it is on AWS, which is a distinction. Can you guys share your reaction to kind of that dynamic of operating software at scale and how this translates for customers? Absolutely. We see a lot of benefits that this service is bringing to the customers because what it's doing is providing them with this consistent infrastructure and operations across hybrid cloud environments. And in this way, they have the choice of where to place their applications on-prem or in the cloud specifically. And this is one of the reasons why AWS is VMware's preferred cloud provider for all vSphere workloads. We see the customers gravitate towards it and be receptive to it specifically because they say it accelerates my path towards migrating and modernizing my application. It provides me with consistent, as I mentioned, operations and infrastructure. And it also helps with nodey factoring and helps to scale their business and very fast, very seamless fashion. Arfi, what is your perspective? Maybe additional things. Yeah. From a technical innovation perspective, the momentum John has been very strong, especially listening to what customers have been asking us the past couple of years. 2020 has been a big year for us in terms of launching some giant innovations. Couple of things to call out is we launched the VMware Transit Connect. This was announced during VMworld this year and customers have been telling us, hey, we are migrating workloads from on-premises to the cloud. We need a simplified way of connecting all these resources on-prem resources, resources on VMware Cloud on AWS and their AWS native resources as well. So the VMware Transit Connect uses the AWS Transit Gateway that we launched at re-invent two years back to provide that simplified connectivity model for our customers. The next big thing this year was we introduced a new instance type, i3en.metal. So customers have been telling us they want denser nodes for especially storage-heavy workloads. So we launched this i3en that comes with approximately like 45 terabytes of storage per node. So that's a lot of storage for individual nodes. So customers have been taking advantage of these dense nodes as well. There was other areas that we kind of focused on from a lower entry point for our customers. When we initially started the service, John, you know that we had the minimum entry point as four nodes. We've scaled that down to three and now we've come to two nodes giving the same production SLA for customers. The other big launch this year was the acquisition of Datrium by VMware and how we introduced the VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery. Datrium uses the native AWS services like S3 and EC2, providing customers this low-cost DR options. We're talking about the APN here and for partners, we launched the VMware Cloud Director Service which delivers multi-tenancy to our managed service providers so that they can cater to small to medium-sized enterprises. What are some of the other use cases that are the key in these migrations?  Certainly during the partner day here at Reinvent is migration, cloud classification, getting to a SaaS, but not losing the business model either was on-premises or born in the cloud. This new operating model is the key thing. What are some of the key use cases for partners? The most widely adopted use case that John would show rightfully touched on is really the cloud migration. We see around 41% of customers using the service for cloud migration. Now, this could be an application migration like SAP, SQL Server or Oracle application or it could be a complete data center evacuation. And we see that with some customers who have a cloud mandate or they have refresh cycles that are coming up or maybe they're in a cold load and they're not happy with their SLA. I could use the example of William Hill is one of the customer's largest betting and gaming companies that are in the UK. And what the use case was a combination of a data center extension as well as a capacity expansion, specifically. And what William Hill was able to do is move 800 on-premise service and they decommissioned them in the first 12 months. And they also migrated 3000 VM. So that is called migration to the big use case. The second big use case, as I mentioned earlier is the data center extension. That includes also a VDI. The combination of both is around 42% of the use cases with around 26% I would say for data center extension and 16% for VDI. Why? Customers want to expand their footprint. They want to go to a new region and they want to meet on-demand cyclical capacity needs or sometimes temporary needs for some events or some seasonal spikes. So we see that as a second big use case. A third one equally important tends to be disaster recovery. Now, this is either to augment an existing DR, replace a DR that is already in place or start a new DR. And that constitutes around 17% of the use cases that we see because customers want to reduce their DR effects caused by moving to the cloud. And one example that comes to mind is Pennsylvania Lumber's Ment's Mutual Insurance before the DR use case. They work with an external storage partner of ours, Faction, in order to put that in place. So overall a great use cases across the board. And I know a big one is application modernization. Arthi, I know you work with your teams on that if there's any feedback from you on that. Yeah. The next generation applications or application modernization comes a lot. We talked to like AWS customers who are migrating from on-premises to the cloud using VMware cloud on AWS. And three or four years back as we were building the service and architecting, one thing was very evident. Like we wanted to make sure that as we were building the service, we wanted to ensure that customers can take advantage of the native AWS services. We've got 175 plus services and new services launching at re-invent. So we wanted to make sure that there is this seamless mechanism and seamless path for customers to modernize using native AWS services. So what we've done as part of like onboarding for customers and as customers build on VMware cloud on AWS is provide them both the network path and data path so they can as they're into the same availability zone or region they're like, hey, I can use S3 for backups. I can use EFS for file shares, et cetera. So we're seeing a wide range of next generation application use cases that customers are building on. Well, I want to get at the reasons why customers are continuing to adopt VMware cloud on AWS. Can you guys share an update? I'll say the obvious reasons at the beginning was nice strategy for VMware, it's proven to be clear. But where's the innovation coming from? What's the key drivers for the adoption of VMware cloud on AWS? So one of the key patterns that we are seeing is customers who used to be risk averse, customers who've invested a lot in VMware. And at the point they did not want to move their workloads or applications to the cloud because of the risk involved or sometimes they didn't want to refactor or they were worried about the investment in tools, resources. They tend to gravitate towards this solution. The fact that you could provide your customers with this consistent infrastructure and operations across on premise as well as on the cloud environment. The fact that you do not need to do an application refactoring. You could optimize your workload placement based on your business needs. You could move your workloads bidirectionally. You could either leave it on prem over to the cloud and vice versa. They've also noticed that there is a lower TCO associated with the use of the service. We know from a study that VMware Commission forced there in 2019 for that study that 59% there is a recurring savings in terms of infrastructure and operational savings that is related to that. We also customers tell us that the disconsistency in infrastructure is translating into zero refactoring. Disconsistency in operation is leading them to use their existing skill set. And with the ability to relocate their workloads into the environment that best suits them, that is providing customers with maximum flexibility. So I would say it is delivering on the promise of accelerating the migration and the modernization of our customers application so that they can continue to respond to their business needs and continue to be competitive in the market. Arti, I want you to weigh in and get reaction to that because I've talked publicly and also privately with Ragu for instance at VMware when this was all going down. This is a joint integration. So there's a lot of things going on under the hood that are important. What are the most important things that people should pay attention to around this partnership? Could you share your opinion? Yeah, sure, John. So one of the most common questions that we get from customers is, hey, this is giant integration. We can take use, make use of native AWS services. But what are some of the use cases that we should be targeting, right? As we talk to customers, some of the common use cases to think about is it also depends on the audience. VMware admins, for example, who might not be familiar with the AWS side of services, they can start with something simple like packing up. So S3, which is our simple storage service, we see that use case way more often with our VMware cloud on AWS customers. This also ties with that datrium integration that I talked about with the VCDR, the VMware cloud disaster recovery providing that low cost DR option. We are also starting to see customers offload database management, for example, with Amazon RDS and taking advantage of the managed database service. As we talk to more customers, some of the use cases that comes up are like, hey, how do I build this data lake architecture? I've migrated to the cloud. I want to make use of the data that I have in the cloud now. How do I build my data lake architecture or perform analytics or build this operation resiliency across both these environments, the VMware cloud on AWS, as well as the native AWS environments. So we've got that seamless connectivity that they can take advantage of with VMware Tronset Connect. We've got the cross-account E&I model that we've built that they can take advantage of. Andy talks about this, Werner talks about this, security is always job zero for us. And we're also seeing customers that take advantage of the AWS services like the web application firewall or shield and integrating it with the VMware cloud on AWS environment. And that provides a seamless access, right? You now have all these security services that AWS provides that allows you to build a secure environment on VMware cloud on AWS. So providing customers that choice has always been a priority, right? We're talking about like infrastructure level services. And as we move up this stack and as customers are going through this modernization journey, like VMware provides containerization option using VMware Tanzu that came out at VMworld. And then they also have the native options. We provide EKS, which is our Kubernetes as a managed service. And then we also have other services that enables customers to take that jump into that modernization journey. One customer we've been working very recently with is Pennyman. They migrated their VDI infrastructure into VMware cloud on AWS. And that's allowed them to scale their environment for the remote workers. But what they're doing as part of their modernization journey is now we're helping them build this completely serverless architecture using Lambda on the AWS cloud. Yeah, and that's really where they see the, you know the value of these high level services. You know, the old expression, Rima, you know they use the hockey from Wayne Gretzky skate to where the puck is going to be or, you know, get to where the ball will be in the field. This is kind of what's happening. And I'm kind of smiling when Arthur was talking because, you know, I've been saying it's been going to IT operations and IT service management is going to change radically. This is years ago. What you're really talking about here is the operating side of IT coming together with cloud. VMware, I think is a leading indicator of you still got to operate IT. You still got to operate stuff. Software needs to be operated. Apps need to be operated. So this new operating model is being shown here with cloud. This is the theme with and without IT with automation. This is the big trend from reinvent this year. You know, obviously AI machine learning. You still got to operate the stuff. It's IT. Depends on, you know, we've got Lambda and automation. It doesn't go away. The game is still the same. Isn't what's happening here? Absolutely. So what we're saying is once that you're absolutely right about the fact that they needed to, you know worry about the operations. Once they might write their workloads, they're taking their data. They're saying, how do I make it? Make sure that I put in place operational action.  And then step number two, say, what can I do with this data? How do I translate it into a business benefit? And this is where the AI ML tools come in place and so forth. And then the third step, which is all right, what can I do to modernize these applications further? So your spot on John in saying that this is like a transformation. It is no longer a discussion about, you know migration anymore. It is more of a discussion about modernizing what you have in place. And this is again where the brilliancy between the collaboration between VMware and AWS, each bringing to the table, you know sets of tools and framework for customers, whether it's security framework or networking framework to make the pieces fit together. So we're very excited about this partnership and we continue to innovate as you heard in a prior discussions with our executives on behalf of our customers. We spoke about the RDS, Amazon's Relational Database Service on vSphere. We spoke about Outpost on VMware Cloud on AWS to bring the cloud to the customer's data center for specific needs that they have in place. And we're not stopping here. We are continuing to make more joint engineering and more announcements hopefully in the future to come. That's great insight. And a lot of people who were commenting three, four years ago, when this is all going down, they're on the wrong side of history. The data is undeniable, refutable. It's a success. Arthur, give us the final word, modern applications, modern infrastructure. What does that mean these days? What's the bottom line when you talk to people out there when you're at a party or your friends are on Zoom or a chime in a conference? What do you tell people when you say, what's a modern application infrastructure look like? Yes, the word modern application, the good or bad thing is it's going to, what I said yesterday could be different from what I'm saying today. But in general, I think modern application is where we enable our customers to focus more on their business priorities using our services versus worrying about the infrastructure or worrying about like, hey, should I be worrying about capacity? Should I be worrying about my operational needs or monitoring? I think we want to abstract all that. We want to take that heavy lifting off of customers and help them focus on their business. Horizontally scalable and leveraging software in the application. Can't go wrong with that formula in the cloud. Thanks for coming on and thanks for the awesome conversation. Thanks for coming on. Thank you, John. Okay, it's theCUBE Virtual for Reinvent Experience 2020. This is virtual, not in person this year. I'm John Furrier, your host from theCUBE. Thanks for watching.


Search for a home on any device, any time, anywhere. Private property, a home for everyone. Season 4 of Winner Home has been incredible so far. I think it's unbelievable to see what the design duos have been able to accomplish in the spaces that have been provided. I think the estate has been remarkable. Who knew that such a jewel could be in the middle of the South of Joburg? Obviously, the Eye of Africa is a beautiful estate and it's the location for the homes themselves. But estate living is such a trend in South Africa right now. Something that's incredibly popular on the website as well. So it was good to cruise around with the Winner Home team and actually profile various estates and the various lifestyle opportunities, security features and reasons why people would choose to live in those estates. There's a lot to like about the Eye of Africa estate that's hosting this year's competition. It's so much more than just a golf estate. It's easy to look at the drone footage and the overlays and you fixated on the golf course and the beautiful homes. But I think the lifestyle component is what's really going to draw people in. In fact, our units are not even a minute's walk from this beautiful old converted building that's now a deli and a restaurant, a beautiful deck, wrap around and you get the opportunity to stroll there with your family and enjoy a social day out. And I think that's the type of lifestyle that's going to draw people in. In fact, I think it was one of our property experts that was talking about the value of estates and why the value of property inside of estates can grow so much more than those suburbs outside. And it really has got to do with this exclusive community component. The fact that there's only a certain number of houses and once those are all sold, the value can only go up because people want to come in. And the things that draw people in are those unique lifestyle opportunities. The website, we see tremendous excitement when the show is. You know, plenty calls to come and enter on the competition pages and you can understand. I mean, it's a phenomenal prize. This year, the fact that we've got design duos instead of just solo acts has made a really exciting component to the show. I think it's added life and energy that when you first look at Brad and Abir, you're going to get something different. You're going to get something energetic and unusual. But throughout the show, they've actually brought some interesting ideas to the mix and I think overall they're bringing their own brand and their own polish to the show. Welcome to the jungle! What I've enjoyed about Tempo and Lesejo is that they've injected this persona and this character into the designs that they do. We do that here at Private Property. If we're designing a user interface, we try and understand who we're designing it for and so I think that's quite a cool idea. And then I've really enjoyed the combination of Tempo and Benelli. I think there's this artistic and technical element that you see in their team. I think Tion even referred to it in one of the episodes. For me, the strength is their combination of Tempo's technical background and interior design and Benelli's artistic vision for rooms. That's their winning formula. So very, very good to see the various teams how different they are and how passionate they are about achieving the goal of winning this competition. And in fact, even the mentors are getting pulled into that team. I'm starting to enjoy them as much as part of the team as the designers themselves. They're young, they're creative and they think young. You've used one shanty. Yeah, I think it's enough. The sponsors this year have been incredible. We've got some of the best names in interior decor products available for the homes. They've been spending their own budgets and the value of the products added and combined with that budget means that it's well over 600,000 rands with the value being added to these homes. The judges this year, I think it's a great mix of experience and insight, particularly in the interior design space and the interior design world. I mean, I had three seasons as a judge, so I know how difficult it can be to walk into these beautiful rooms and then you're asked to tear it to shreds. It's lovely to see Donald, our design winner from season one, being in the show. I think he's grown so much in the period of time. I'd like to think Winner Home was very much the birthing of that design talent and he's adding a great level of insight to these new contestants on a weekly basis. Klerkhoff coming from the Plaskon side, from the colour and trend side, I think is doing an amazing job.  And it's quite a nice mix-up to have a new, fresh face every week as a guest judge because I think that keeps the contestants on their toes. They never really know what to expect. I know certainly in previous seasons we'd have a little bit of a same-same with the judges each week and contestants was thought to adjust their patterns to what they thought we would like. Whereas I think now you've got this freshness that keeps them exploring the limits, which is good. There's so much still to happen in this competition, particularly the living room and the open-plan kitchen, how those two hang together. I mean that's always pivotal in any home. We see it on the property marketing side how important it is that your living space, your entertainment space becomes the heart of the home. So it's going to be very interesting to see how they move through those challenges. I think there's still a lot more drama to come. I think we certainly haven't seen the last tears and laughter and nails bitten in this competition, so it's going to be very interesting to see how we see the run-in. And we can't forget that at the end of this there's going to be a viewer, just somebody that's presumably on the couch watching the show right now that's entered this competition, that's going to be the lucky winner of one of these homes and they're going to get to walk into one of the three, choose it as their own. And I think that's always for me the most exciting part of the show is the big hand over. So that's what's at stake here. It's a massive prize. It stands up every week and says it's the biggest prize on TV and it certainly is. So it's going to be great giving that away again. Certainly not something that I ever get blasé about, that we can be a part of something so big. And for a business like Private Property which is all about marketing beautiful homes it makes sense to be partnering with a show that gives one away. So we're very excited for that part of the show. Private Property, a home for everyone.


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It was in August at Skeleton Bay. I had come to the hotel supposedly for a rest. That was what I kept telling myself, but in reality, I didn't know why I had come here. I'd seen the name in an ad months ago, and since then it kept hammering, hammering, hammering at the inside of my brain. It was like the voice of impeccable faith, commanding, commanding. Because I didn't like crowds, the hotel manager had given me a cabin near the beach, all to myself. It was the middle of the night, but I couldn't sleep. The wind came in from the ocean, howling like a hungry beast across the shores. The pounding of the surf mingled with the angry, baffled growl of the sea. I sat at the window in the dark, staring out at the beach. I was restless, excited. It was then that I saw the signal. It was just a winking little light, a few yards away on the beach.  I was able to make out the figure of a man in boots in a leather jacket. He was signaling toward the hotel. But to whom? I had the answer in a moment. A man moved past my window, going down toward the light. He had his collar turned up against the wind and his hat brim pulled low, but I knew who it was. Mr. Field, a small, furtive man who had come up on the train with me. The two men met. Barely a stone's throw away from my window, I could hardly see them huddle closely together. This was excitement, mystery, intrigue, the stimulation I wanted and needed. I had to know what was going on. I threw on a raincoat and opened the cabin door. The wind swept my hair in a streamer and a salt spray stung my face as I hurried down to the beach. My blood began to race and my heart to pound for those two men were not engaged in any conference. They were locked in struggle. It was a deadly silence struggle with only a grunt now and then, and I saw the flashing gleam of a knife, but I couldn't tell who had the weapon, the tall man in the leather jacket or the furtive Mr. Field. And then I saw the blade plunge home into the throat of the furtive Mr. Field. A sudden surge of wildly fish. This was murder I had witnessed a murder. The tall man that the body of Mr. Field slide down to this hand. Then he looked up and saw me.  Who are you? I'm Carol the Winter. I have this cabin here, number five.  Yes, I saw him. What are you going to do about it? I'm going to help you dispose of the body. He told me his name was Michael Barrett. He lived on the opposite side of the bay in the house high up on the cliff. It won't be so easy to get rid of the body.  If there was some place to hide him for a day, I could come across in the boat tomorrow night. You can hide him in the closet in my cabin. Nobody will look there. Better lock the closet door. Yes, of course. You sure nobody will come snooping here? Nobody comes here but the maid. All right. I'll be back tomorrow night with a boat. Did you pick up the knife? Yeah. I got it here in my pocket. Oh. Well, I... yes, that's all. Good night, Carla. Good night, Michael. All night I sat up alone with the locked closet door between me and the staring, sightless body of Mr. Field. At breakfast the next morning, they had already discovered the disappearance of Mr. Field. The maid says his bed wasn't slept in at all. I think he could have committed suicide in the ocean. Well, he was such a sneaky little man. Of course he may just have gone for an all-night hike, but in such weather I... I hurried through my breakfast listening to the gossip all around me. Now in broad daylight I could hardly believe that the thing had really happened last night. And you know the hotel manager thinks it might be murder. I heard him phoning for the police. The police, I hadn't counted on that. Wait. Anything wrong, young lady? You look sick. I do feel a bit dizzy. I think I'll get some fresh air. Dear poor girl, it must be quite a shock to her. Out in the open air I let the wind cool my fevered face as I hurried down toward the beach. It was only 9.30 in the morning, a whole day and a whole evening before Michael could come to the body. And the police would be around all day investigating snooping. And all the time Mr. Field would be sitting in my closet staring blankly out of his sightless eyes. When I reached my cabin I put my hand on the doorknob. And suddenly I went cold all over it. The door was unlocked. I stood as still as a statue listening. Yes, there was someone inside, someone moving around. But only I had my handbag, I had a pistol in it that I always carried for protection. But it was inside on the dresser. So slowly, slowly I pressed the door open a half inch, a half inch, and the door creaked. Thank you, Miss Winner. The maid, it was only the maid, of course. She'd be making up the bed, why hadn't I thought of that? Miss Winner? It's I... What are you doing at that closet with those keys? They're just my past keys, Miss Winner.  I didn't ask you to do anything to that closet. But that's part of the job, Miss Winner. I'm supposed to do it in all the rooms. Well, you leave this one alone. Keep away from that closet till you're here. Well, yes, Miss Winner. I was only trying to help. When I want your help, I'll ask for it. Now please leave it at once. Just as you say, Miss Winner. I'm sorry if I did anything wrong. Did she suspect anything? I hadn't liked her tone. Why had I been so shocked with her now? She'd surely think there was something in the closet. Something she shouldn't see. At lunchtime, I didn't want to leave the cabin. I sat at the window and I could almost feel the sightless eyes of Mr. Field staring at me through the closet door. Ooh! Just a minute! Miss Winner? Miss Carlow Winner? Yes, I'm Miss Winner. Oh, I'm sorry to trouble you, Miss Winner. I'm Detective Sergeant Smith from headquarters. May I come in for a moment? Yes, please do. I'm sorry to trouble you, Miss Winner. I'm Detective Sergeant Smith from headquarters. Yes, please do. What can I do for you, Sergeant Smith? We're out here investigating this Mr. Field business. He hasn't turned up yet. Well, I'm sure he will in time. Well, I wish I could be so sure, Miss Winner. What do you mean? We've gone through his room.  Queer things? Seems this Mr. Field was in some sort of racket. There's a good chance he may have been murdered. I don't say. I understand. You came up on the train with him. Yes, that's true. Did you have any conversation with him on the train? No, none at all.  The same. I've read every one of them. Don Good, Miss Winner. Thank you. You think you'll get a plot out of this? I mean, Mr. Field? Well, I can't tell yet. Sergeant, I wish you'd keep me posted on developments in case it does turn out to have a plot. Oh, sure, Miss Winner. Oh, by the way, we found this picture among the papers in Field's room. I'm showing it to everybody around in case they might recognize it. It's an old newspaper item. Ten years old. Can't figure out why he was carrying it around. It's about a guy named Wycliffe that's wanted for murder. Yeah, take a look at him. I felt the blood racing in my veins pounding at my wrists. The picture of a man named Wycliffe who was wanted for murder was a picture of Michael Barrett. Bromo Seltzer, famous for fast headache help, is bringing you inner sanctum.  How do you do? This is your old friend Norman Brokenshire. You know, it's really silly to let an ordinary headache make you miserable when you can get such fast three-way headache help with Bromo Seltzer. Now, by three-way help I mean Bromo Seltzer quickly helps the pain of a headache itself and it soothes upset stomach and jittery nerves that may team up with your headache. And what a pleasant help it is for bromo-seltser fizzes instantly, so sparkling, so refreshing to take. 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I don't remember now how I got rid of that detective, Smith. I told him I had never seen the man in the picture and sent him away. The day was interminable. From my window I could see the guests moving about the beach, but none of them went in swimming. The weather was too rough, and I wondered if Michael would be able to bring the boat over tonight. If not, how much longer could I sit guard over Mr. Field in the closet? Now and then I'd see Detective Smith poking around on the beach, and then without warning, he was standing over the very spot where Michael had stabbed Mr. Field. I watched him bend down and examine something. Was there blood there? Did Smith know that that was the murder spot? I saw him frown, then he stood up and walked quickly away. I had to know what it was he had seen there. Swiftly I slipped on a coat and went off. I started toward the spot on the beach. Going somewhere this winter? Oh, it's you, Detective. Going anywhere in particular? Oh, I know. I was just going up to the hotel for dinner. It's almost dinner time, you know. Well, fine. I'll walk up with you. If you don't mind. Not at all. Can I help you? Take your arm. Thank you. The sand is so soft. It's still wet. We had high tide last night. Ms. Winter. Yes? Are you a sound sleeper? Why do you ask? Well, I just thought maybe you might have heard something last night, like a fight or something. A fight? I was just looking at the sand back there down near your cabin. It's all messed up, stamped around. Well, what has that got to do with me? Well, nothing at all, except I think there was a fight there last night. Maybe that's where Mr. Field was killed. You think Mr. Field was murdered? It's beginning to look more and more like it, Ms. Winter. Somehow, I don't know how. I managed to get through with dinner. I hurried back to the cabin. And I stopped at the door, shocked and unbelieving. There was a light inside. Someone was in there. This time I had my handbag with me. I took the pistol out and once more I inched the door open. It had happened. The thing I feared, the closet door was open. And there was a maid stooping over the body of Mr. Field. Oh! What are you doing there? The body? It's Mr. Field. You killed him! Suppose I did. Oh! What are you doing with that gun? What do you think? Oh, no! Wind was high and the weather was rough. Fortunately, no one hurt the shot. Pushed her body into the closet, next to the body of Mr. Field. And closed the door. I was a murderer, too. Who is it? Let me in, Carla, quick. Yes, yes. Michael, Michael, I thought you weren't coming. It's been a dreadful day. What happened? Come here and I'll show you. Is he still in there? See for yourself. A woman? Who is she? The maid. She opened the closet while I was out. You killed her? Yes, Michael. I had to. There are detectives at the hotel looking for Mr. Field.  And there'd be no one to talk. Yes, Michael. That would be smart.  If you can.  We were two of a kind, both wild, both reckless, both eager for the thrill of danger. He, too, wanted to be like the wind. We had both been brought together by some force stronger than either of us. And we loved each other. Michael, no more, Michael. We have worked it all. I'll take them down to the boat. I'll help you. We carried Mr. Field and the maid down to the boat. There. I'll take them out away and dump them. And after that, Michael? After that, then I'm going home. To your house on the cliff on the other side of the bay? Yes, Karen. Michael, take me with you. What?  I'm sorry, I can't. You can't? Why can't you? It isn't anything I can tell you. What are you hiding up there in that house on the cliff? You mustn't ask. Now, please, Carol, you mustn't ask. You're married. You have a wife up there. No, I haven't. Then what? I can't tell you. But are you going away?  Not forever. You go back to the city. I'll come to you soon. I returned to the city and waited. I waited a week, a month, but Michael Barrett did not come. I wrote to him, but there was no answer. And then one evening I saw him. I was returning home in a taxi and I saw him standing across the street looking up at my window. And when he saw me get out of the cab, he turned and started to hurry away. Michael? Michael! Michael, please, don't go away! Michael, why did you try to run away? Don't you know? You're afraid. Yeah, let's call it that. But you love me, Michael, don't you? Carol, it's no good. There's nothing but ruin for us both if I stay. We'll be together forever. It's impossible. I won't let you go back to that house on the cliff.   Goodbye, Carol. Wait! I'm going. You better forget about me. Don't go yet, Mr. Wycliffe. What about that, too? I saw the old newspaper clipping Mr. Field carried. I see. Why are you looking at me like that? You know why I killed Mr. Field? Because he tried to blackmail me about that old murder. But, dear Michael, I'm a good deal smarter than Mr. Field. You see, I write mystery novels, so I know how to handle such things. What do you mean? It wouldn't do you any good to kill me. I've written all about you. Your real name and about that old murder. It'll be found if I should ever be killed. I see. Michael, darling, I'm blackmailing you, but there's only one thing I want from you. Your love. It shouldn't be so hard for you to meet my terms. All right, Carol. You win. We'll be married tomorrow. Soon after we were married, Michael began going out evenings, once, sometimes twice a week, and staying out all night. He'd return late the next day. When I asked where he had been, his temper would flare up into something terrible. I stopped asking, but I couldn't rest. I had to know where he went. One evening I followed him. He boarded a train for Skeleton Bay. At Skeleton Bay, he set out to walk from the station, and I followed. It was no longer summer. The trees were bare, and the night was forbidding. I kept behind him when he skirted the bay to the narrow road, which led up toward his house high on the cliff. It was a small stone house. The wind whistled around it and against it and above it. I stole to one of the windows. It was barred like a prison. Carefully, I raised my head above the seal and peered into a lighted room. Michael was there, with a woman. For the first time in my life, I knew the meaning of frustration and jealousy. Michael had told me he wasn't married, but this woman, I had helped him to do murder. I had killed for him. I had lied to that detective for him, and all the while this was the secret he had been keeping from me. I opened my handbag and took out the pistol. I looked into the room again. The woman was alone now. Michael was gone. So you came up after all? Michael, you sneaked out. You knew I was here. I'm sorry you saw through that window. Is that your secret, that woman? Part of it. But it's the part you mustn't know. But I do know it.  That knife? You've still got that knife. Yes. And I've got this, Michael. He fell at my feet and I looked down and watched him die. And now I knew why I had really come to Skeleton Bay that first day. It was for this. To kill Michael Barrett. So he did it last. You killed him. You, the woman in that house, you saw me kill him. Yes, I saw you. What are you going to do about it? Help you dispose of the body. Of course. Help me dispose of the body? Those were the very words I had said to Michael Barrett down there on the beach. And now this woman was saying them to me. Who are you? I'm Elizabeth Wycliffe. I'm Michael's sister. Your sister? And you want to help me dispose of the body? You see the bars on those windows? Yes. I have been a prisoner in this house for ten years. What? Michael killed the man I was going to marry ten years ago. He murdered him. But this house, this prison... Michael brought me here. He kept me prisoner because he knew if I got free I'd tell the world he was a murderer. Then that's the secret. The secret you wouldn't even tell me. I shot her. Yes, I killed her too. There outside the house. And she fell beside Michael. And I rolled both bodies over the cliff. Down into the sea. This is the end of my book. The best mystery novel I have ever written. I know that in writing it I deliver myself into the hands of the law. But I can't stop. I can't help myself. So now I am finished. I will mail it to my publisher and wait for Detective Sergeant Smith to come and get me. It looks as if Carol's mystery novel will earn a lot of money after she's executed. But I'd say it's tainted money. Why tainted? Because she'll be dead and a ghost can't own money, so taint her. You know, Carol would have been better off if she'd remember that the pen is mightier than the sword. Because the sword is leading her right back to the pen anyhow. 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Fascinating thing I hadn't actually considered this and so in the world where there's a changing landscape crime is also changing landscape Right, so when people think crime they probably think about some movie They've watched on Amazon where it's like the mafia bosses and its drugs and then the stripper Yeah, they're just washing money essentially in the new world that you're talking about you can be a sort of super savvy person Who's getting people to rob for you kids to go to the local target steal for you They'll never be caught doesn't matter low risk roughly give them 20 bucks And you have an amazon.com five-star business where you're just doing self-fulfillment and making a pretty good amount of money That's a fascinating world


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Shall I start? OK, hi. My name is Jeff Rometta. My colleague Tom was supposed to be here as well, but I think he's running a little late, so we'll just start. What we wanted to show you here today was some of the integrations between two open source projects, open stack and open Daylight. And a lot of this demo is pretty simple. Maybe you've even seen it before. But I think the idea is to kind of get people thinking about the different ways in which these two projects can actually integrate and further enhance networking. So the first thing we're going to take a look at is the ML2 mechanism driver for OpenStack Neutron. And anyone familiar with OpenStack has obviously seen this before. We're just provisioning some infrastructure here in the cloud. So I'm creating a tenant network here. And then I'm going to launch a couple of Nova instances. And so behind the scenes, we're using the Open Daylight plug in for the mechanism driver for OpenStack Neutron. And basically, once I go through this provisioning of infrastructure, I'm going to speed through it a little bit, I'll just do some quick verification from a user point of view, showing that there is actual network connectivity. So like I said, this is actually pretty basic here at the start. So we're logging in to one of the instances. And we're just pinging between the two hosts. So behind the scenes, the Neutron plug-in is actually using Open Daylight to provision and create these flows on the OpenV switches within this OpenStack infrastructure. And here you can see the two instances can ping between each other. So there's actual successful connectivity between the two. From the configuration standpoint, when I was setting up Neutron to use the Open Daylight plug-in, basically, we're just modifying a few things. So we go into the ML2.conf file. And you can see we're using VXLAN network type. And the mechanism driver is Open Daylight. And at the bottom, there's just a few configurations here. From the configuration standpoint, really, we're just pointing Neutron to the Open Daylight controller and specifying the authentication credentials for it to manage networking. OK. And here I'm just dumping the OpenV switch show output. And you can see the manager is the Open Daylight controller. And we have two VXLAN tunnels between some compute nodes within this cluster. So I think this is a three-node OpenStack cluster. So there's a full mesh of tunnels between each of these three nodes. And here I'm just logging into another compute node showing the tunnel configuration. And at the manager is Open Daylight. OK. And here I'm just dumping the open flows on the OpenV switch. So here you can see that Open Daylight has actually programmed the OpenV switch with the flows for those instances that I launched to actually communicate with one another. And just some simple commands here in Neutron Netlist showing the network we created. And then it's, in fact, a VXLAN tunnel. OK. But so moving on to some a little bit more interesting things, hopefully, what we can do is log into the Open Daylight controller. And so this is the Brookhead Viada controller GUI. And if we log into the Open Daylight controller, we can actually see a topology view of the current network implementation. And while it looks kind of rudimentary, what's kind of important to understand is really that Open Daylight has a global view into the entire network. And so we can use Open Daylight to essentially manage and configure the network as we need further than actual plain Neutron can do so. Another thing we can look at here is the API doc explorer for Open Daylight. And from here, we can actually get a view of the different data models that are available through Open Daylight. And basically all the API calls, all the REST comp calls that we can make through Open Daylight to manage and configure our network. And so you can see all the different API calls you can do get posts. This is the Neutron section. So I'm just picking one here. I'll do a get of the Neutron networks through the Open Daylight controller. And all this basically documentation is auto-generated by Open Daylight. And so this is kind of like Postman, right? I'm just doing a get of the networks. And you can see all the Open Stack Neutron networks that have been created, including the one that we just built earlier. OK. Moving back to the Open Stack dashboard, here we can just create an additional network. And after I create this network, I'm going to create a virtual router. And in the case of the virtual router that we're using here, we're using the Layer 3 services plugin for the Viata virtual router. So what we're doing is we're actually launching a ANOVA instance of the Viata V router as a tenant router within this Open Stack Cloud. So this is using the Layer 3 services plugin for Neutron for the V router. Once we connect these to these networks, essentially, Open Daylight can be used to manage and configure this V router in addition to what's available through Neutron. So here I'm just connecting that V router to those two networks that created. And once that's done, we can move back over to the Open Daylight GUI. And so we have an application. This is just an example application of showing how to manage NetConf devices through Open Daylight. And it's called the V router 5600 EMS. And so what you can see here is basically I can mount virtual routers within this GUI. They show up in the topology here. And I can just do this by adding the device name, specifying an IP address, and providing the credentials to log in. So basically, I'm going to mount that V router that I had just launched within the Open Stack Cloud. And so you can see it in the topology below here. And what I can do with this EMS app is essentially create an IP seg tunnel between that V router we just launched in the cloud and maybe another V router at a different Open Stack Cloud or another site somewhere else just by clicking the Create Tunnel button. And so behind the scenes, this controller is actually using those RESTConf calls that we were looking at before to basically provision the IP seg VPN tunnel on the V router that we launched within the Open Stack Cloud. OK. So a pretty simple demo. I just wanted to show the integrations that are available between Open Daylight and Open Stack. So we have the ML2 mechanism driver for managing layer two networking. We're also showing layer three management and configuration as well as Open Daylight apps that can do any sort of management configuration of virtualized VNF devices, right? The V router we can create IP seg tunnels between different sites. And that's pretty much it. If you have any questions, you can come see me or check out our booth over at the corner to this area here. Cool. Thank you.


With 12 games on tonight's sleep for daily fantasy baseball We have got a lot of fantastic options both for stacking and for pitching and our job is to decide Which options have the ability to separate from the pack when there are so many good options on the table? And I do think there are a couple of pitchers three or four who can Give you maybe 60 or so points kind of like a granola for last night I think we have guys who can do that but also some stacks that to me have better upside than the rest We're gonna break down what those options are what to do with them for tonight and how to fit all those high-salary options in Within your fan dual line. Let's dive on in now and get you ready for Tuesday night slate. Welcome on into the solo shot That's right here on the fan dual podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Sonness. I am a senior writer and analyst for a number fire here to break down tonight's 12 game Main slate with lockstep for 705 p.m. Eastern for a two-day weather notes on this Tuesday slate in Pittsburgh for the Pirates and the A's wins are out to center at 11 miles per hour I would bump up bats a bit there But would note there is a pretty fine pitcher in that game as well in Cleveland for the Guardians and the Red Sox Winds are in from center at 12 miles per hour would downgrade bats there There is a chance of rain in Atlanta for the Braves and the Mets Looks like they're thunderstorms I check back on the timing of that later on then finally there's a chance of rain earlier in the day at Coors field For the Rockies and the Giants should clear out my first pitch But at least worth noting there is something in the area at Coors for tonight should be good to go Regardless, we'll dive on into the pitching options Let you know who stands out most to me here in just one second But first a reminder to make sure you're subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy Podcasting wherever you get your podcast coming up later on today We'll have our breakdown of PGA DFS for the RBC Canadian Open via myself and Brandon Good deal of breaking down the top DFS plays any salary tier on Fandle for that event to get that and all of our shows as They are posted make sure you're subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcasting wherever you get your podcast And if you like what you hear leave us a five-star rating as well Have you ever started a player in your fantasy football lineup who scores three points while someone on your bench puts up 20? Well with Fandle's NFL best ball drafts yet Don't have to worry about that draft your team and each week the highest scoring lineup from your roster Will be used as you battle for first place all season long Leagues can be free to play or for money and range from three to 12 players The NFL season will be here before you know it So head over to Fandle today and get in on the action eligibility Restrictions apply pitching preview for this Tuesday main slate Mitch Keller comes in with the highest salary on Fandle at $11,300 Kevin Gosman is 11-1. He is facing Hunter Brown Hunter Brown is next up in salary at 10-3 Bryce elder 10,000 Logan Gilbert 98 with James Pax in 94 Shane Bieber facing James Pax in 92 Lucas Geolito 9000 with Freddie Peralta Kyle Gibson Tony Gonsolin Joe Musgrove and Dane Dunning as the others at $8,000 or higher Now based on those names, I guess you could probably guess who will be at the top of our list Especially if you know who is facing whom because Mitch Keller has been Phenomenal electric so far this year. He's facing the A's at home So if you're looking for like a quote-unquote no-brainer option for today, I feel like it's got to be Keller Don't need to hear a whole lot more than that. He is the top guy in the slate Keller this year is a 3.25 ERA, which might actually sell a bit short his skill interactive ERA is 3.10 His expected ERA is actually a bit below that as well He has led up a 31% hard hit rate on top of a 30% strikeout rate All those are very very good numbers and he takes those numbers and puts them and a plus matchup for tonight He's facing the A's who have an 83 WRC plus against righties in the current active roster with a 132 ISO Their strike rate is 25% as well. So combine that all together I've got Keller projected for 8.3 strikeouts here that ranks second on tonight's slate behind just Kevin Gosman the tiny hair behind him But I like Keller and his match up a lot more So I'm gonna put Keller at the top of my list as a result here 11-3 is a lot for sure especially on a coarse field slate, but still willing to pay that I think there are some value stacks we could potentially check out later on. So I would like to get to Keller if I can I think for the second slot you could justify any of Kevin Gosman, Hunter Brown or Logan Gilbert for that slot All those guys are in pretty difficult matchups, but they're all very good pitchers who get a lot of strikeouts I'm gonna go Gilbert here because his salary is lowest of this bunch to be fully honest But I'm not gonna push back on any of the other guys if you are drawn toward them based on your process Gilbert gets the Padres, which is not a fun spot given the talent they have in that roster But they will strike out 24% strikeout rate against righties. That's higher than the matchup We get for either Gosman or Brown by a couple of percentage points Gilbert also has not had great results. His ERA is 4.08 He just let a fiver and runs last week So I get why his salary is lower, but his upside is very very good across the full season Gilbert has a 29% strikeout rate with a 4% walk rate He has also started to slowly throw his new splitter a bit more and he's had some big strikeout Performances recently while doing that he has had 10 and 9 strikeout gains within his past 5 starts that 9 strikeout game Was on the road against the Braves, so he has proven he can handle a difficult offense on the road, which is what he gets here Gilbert does let up too much hard contact Which is why you see that ERA being where it is and that's why like Keller more Despite the salary gap because Keller is awesome that department, but Gilbert can't pop salary of 98 is Very reasonable. I am very fine with him But again, I also would not blame you if you want to go with Gosman or Brown instead because both those guys very Defensible I wouldn't expect Brown be very popular for tonight. I think he probably should be personally based on what I'm seeing so I Don't think Gilbert will either honestly give me he's an underdog but I think both those guys worth considering especially given they have a bit lower salaries and Gosman and Keller and Probably not going to see a lot of eyes go their way Now you could also save a lot of salary and dip down for tonight because there is a value guy who we've talked about a couple of times recently That's Clark Schmidt who is obviously in a dangerous part because at home Yankee Stadium for tonight But I like the rest of what Schmidt offers. He's facing the White Sox at Yankee Stadium for tonight The White Sox are healthier now So looking at their full season numbers will probably undersell them But they're also a juggernaut by any means right now and Schmidt is a guy who can get strikeouts We need strikeouts with how high scoring this plate could be he has a 26% strikeout rate for the full season He had seven on the road last week and that was his fourth start this year getting seven plus strikeouts We also saw Schmidt get good results in that seven strikeout game Which is good because he's been slowly trying to bring that ERA down all year It is high due to all the hard contact he's allowed But in all honesty, it's largely just because he's gotten beaten up in two separate starts But those two starts were against the Rangers and the Rays to tremendous offenses The White Sox again are getting better, but they're not the Rangers or the Rays just yet I asked Schmidt projected for 5.9 strikeouts that is pretty far below Keller Gosmin and the others but he is within one strikeout of Gilbert So if you want to go not so a coarse field or you want to load up another bats elsewhere I really don't mind Schmidt for a salary of $7,800. I think that the upside is there I think that he's better than what his results have been so far don't hate the matchup So I do think the increased flexibility there is worth it And I wouldn't leave give some thoughts to Schmidt again preference for me is to spend up to get the upside of Gilbert or Keller, but don't mind spending down on Schmidt if you can't quite jam in all the bats you really do want That's pitching and again a lot of names to consider there Similar kind of sentiment with stacking, but it's also similar in that there are there is one stack That really does stand out and potentially a second one that is on Another tier above the other ones for tonight.  That's not a bad offense I definitely think that they're fun and we'll talk about them in a second actually But they're also not super stars and the Giants to me are a step above that offense They have a 111 WRC plus against righties with a 184 ISO and a 39% fly ball, right? We put that instead of in the black hole of offense that is San Francisco putting in Denver, which is pretty sweet So I don't see a lot to hate here I think the Giants should be our top stack of the night I feel very good in putting them there and they're also getting back some pretty serious firepower on this slate Both I hero Estrada and Jock Peterson are expected to come off the IELT night Neither guy comes with the lowest salary. It's not a spot where you're getting them at like minimum It was anticipated they'd be back here. So, you know, we're not catching fan dual sleeping, but They've got clear paths to upside Other guys who have lower salaries who would be pretty fun if they do play or Lamont Wade, Mitch Hannigar Blake Sable It's not really sure who will start given the guys are getting back for tonight so if you get one of those lower salary guys in there for tonight definitely be okay with them because there are a lot of guys in this team with juice, but Not really sure what the lineup will look like given how many bodies they're getting back for this late The Giants to me the top stack pretty definitively for tonight Number two will be Arizona and I was kind of just pooping them a bit But it was more so to say the Giants are really good offense and Arizona is about average and they're in a great match Up for tonight base and Jake Irvin Irvin is still trying to find his footing in the big leagues he's let up for and runs in three of his six starts and some of those poor outings have come against lesser offenses and Although Arizona is not quite San Francisco in terms of offense. They're also not a lesser offense again one or two WRC Plus against righties They're about average, which is good the one downside here in terms of stacking I feel great about the matchup against Irvin The one downside is the catching situation because the Diamondbacks or the the Nationals I should say have let up the fewest stolen bases in all baseball That's part of the appeal of their zone is they have so many guys who will run and they lose that appeal a bit here I think that Jake McCarthy will still run Corbin Carroll will still run But the more, you know secondary base dealers probably not going to get going in this series But I think they can get there via the bats though Irvin has a 6.00 expected era plenty of hard contact and fly ball So even if it's not ideal, I still think it's the number two stack of the night So to me it's Giants one Arizona to despite the fact We might not get a lot of steals as the Diamondbacks in this series and underrated guy here within Arizona is Pavin Smith he does not the best overall numbers, but There is some pop he has a 190 ISO against righties good plate discipline numbers not a super high salary 29 I would not overlook him within stacks. Jake McCarthy, too I think it's kind of the one guy who will run on anyone. He has like 47 steals in the past week. I think that's rounding up a bit, but Definitely willing to run there. So McCarthy is about a salary saver Pavin Smith is salary saver might want to use them within your Arizona stacks if you want some increased flexibility Now the true value stack for tonight's meets the Cubs They're facing Tyler Anderson and they're not like a value value stack where everyone's below 3000 But nobody here is super high salaried and I do think it's a good spot to stack the Cubs So if you need some increased flexibility to get to Keller while still getting exposure to Arizona And San Francisco, I think that the Cubs could be that route Anderson still trying to Figure things out the year get this ship ready get back to where he was last year We're up to a 10-star sample now Anderson's era still 5.47 his expected era is 5.00 And the adjustments he has made to try to get this thing figured out have not worked yet He's been through throwing more change ups his past seven outings and in that time His skill interactive era actually goes up to 5.82 with a 14 strike out rate So That hasn't fixed it He let up 600 runs the white socks last time out and he has Generally been better at home, but he has had blow-ups there It's also a specifically bad matchup for him facing the Cubs because they strike out a lot against lefties But he doesn't get strikeouts when the Cubs make contact They tend to crush it because they have a 126 w RC plus against lefties with a 187 iso So i'd be okay stacking against Anderson normally But especially when you put him against a team that makes a lot of hard contact when they hit the ball That's pretty tough And I think the Cubs are pretty appealing here and again Do bring us some value if we're trying to jam in the other high salary stacks or pitchers for tonight Jan gomes could be one of those value plays not a sexy name not a super fun name But making plenty of hard contact this year with an 11.1 percent barrel rate He's hitting lefties super well Even as gomes has gotten older. He has still maintained the ability to hit lefties He's $2,600. He's probably gonna bat seventh and I can live with that honestly I would also buy to say a Suzuki at 29 as another value play here on this Cubs team. So between Suzuki gomes McCarthy Pavin Smith and then hopefully some Giants guys. I think you can get to Keller with the Giants Think you can not guaranteed but uh based on the initial glimpse at this slate. I think you can make it work so That will be the goal for me tonight is to jam in Arizona jam in the Giants and jam in Jam and Mitch Keller via some assistance via the value plays there and the Cubs as well Things to watch for tonight the Rockies likely to face Shawn Mania as the bulk reliever for the Giants They've struggled a lot against lefties their numbers there are real bad But Mania still letting up a lot of hard contact and it is course field So I think you have to consider the Rockies, but not going to put them above the Diamondbacks Not going to put them above the Cubs They to me would be the number four stack on this slate the pirates are facing the A's again James Capralion has been okay since rejoining the rotation But letting up a lot of fly balls and then of course the pirates get to face that bullpen the wind is out for today So the pirates and the consideration set but just a pretty loaded slate here keeps them a little lower on the list Finally, I do like some of what Luke Weaver is doing. He's getting some strikeouts He's expected to be array much better than his results The problem is he's letting way too many fly balls to pitch a great american ballpark He's facing the Dodgers today. That's not an ideal combo So I might wind up lower on the Dodgers than others simply because I prefer the Giants in terms of a high sourced stack and do like Arizona a lot, but The Dodgers a legit option for sure if you are looking for a one-off and you Already have in some guys and the Giants and Diamondbacks and you want a one-off with upside The the Dodgers will have that for sure because of the park because of the fly balls Weaver allows that combo Does make them appealing even if I'm a little bit lower on them than others may be for today Let's finish up with the Dinger calls for tonight. We get jock jams back I think we I assume jock peterson back for the slate and we get him at course field So Contractually, I am obligated to pick jock peterson here returning from the il at course field It's jock peterson. So jock peterson the boring home run call for today on this Dinger Tuesday I should note the fun one is pave and smith. I mentioned before that He's had decent power numbers against righties decent is not enough to make him like a great Dinger call but Does put the ball in the air does make pretty hard contact is facing urban to let's up a lot of fly balls in hard contact Not a bad park for home runs either in washington So we'll go with jock peterson and pave and smith as our two home run calls for this blessed Dinger Tuesday That's all the time that we got here for today on the solo shot But as mentioned, we are back later on today talking some pga dfs with brandon gandulla That is right here in the same podcast feed the number fired daily fantasy podcast feed So go subscribe to that wherever you get your podcasts if you've got any questions for me I am on twitter at jim sonnis j i m s a n n e s you can also follow the fan dual podcast network at fan dual podcasts Want to thank you all for tuning in for today. Good luck to you with your mlb dfs lineups So we'll talk to you once again tomorrow to break down wednesday slate This has been the solo shot right here on the fan dual podcast network


Fight, fight, fight. I just want to let you know, I have an upcoming episode pitting the Coravin pivot up against the Coravin Model 6.  So you can have a nice glass of wine every single night without having to waste the bottle. With the new pivot system, you do have to remove the cork, but then you put a stopper in, put this bad boy in, and you can preserve wine for up to four weeks. If you want to know more about these systems, I did individual reviews of each of them. I'll put them below, but I do have an upcoming video. I'm going to pit the same bottle of wine, the same vintage, and see how they taste after one and then four weeks, both with the Coravin Model 6 and the pivot. Stay tuned.


What's going on everybody jumbo picker team four and five are sold out. Thanks to this one-pack break of bowman baseball jumbo This is one pack break number three Remember we'll first do the one pack break of bowman jumbo and then a totally separate dice roll and randomizer at the end to give away these four teams the Rangers in four and five and the Tigers in four or five both breaking next Not at the same time so Eventually, maybe have same time breaks, but don't have that technology now So roll the dice just for the pack break and go four times on the list of customer names and MLB teams four times one two three and four Steven down a mic now they play this commercial twice. That's even worse Terrible one two three although. We're talking about shakies They got they got us to talk about it So here you go. Here's the one pack break teams won't name them all off But I'll advertise it by your first names Mike does have a lot of teams in this so Not sure if he's watching live, but you'd have to check with him if he wants to trade Laugh your abs off get it. All right. Let's pick the pack. We got pack one two three four five six seven eight nine ten Yeah, the advertising does work right so one through five six to ten So see the top right of your screen. We're gonna generate a random number and it's gonna be pack one again I know what if this us talking about it? What we were getting paid by shakies to make fun of their commercial and Then give away shakies coupons. I think you have to disclose if you're being paid, right? All right, so trade window closed nobody's trading on this one pack break is close I think it because you always see them put like hashtag add in it Do that There's a keynote Dominguez. That's a nice. What is what is this called? Oh? Spanning the globe Says I think in the back like when they block the tap. Yeah, it's a little weird, but and no auto still so Still have a few autos in this box that are hiding All right, so now for the real reason everybody joined we're gonna take all 30 names and randomize them with a fresh pair of dice and paste them right into this top four win teams after eight times one two Three odds a pizza pizza place three pizza restaurant four five six seven and eighth and final time Top four win Logan Mike Mike Mike So Logan Squeaks in there with one spot Gets the Rangers in the case coming up and then Mike saw him and she got the Rangers in five Tigers in four and five So thanks everybody congrats through the winners. See y'all next time Jasper's case breaks calm


The National Ecological Observatory Network, or NEON, provides researchers with open, standardized environmental data from across the United States. One technique for acquiring this data is through remote sensing with NEON's Airborne Observation Platform, or AOP. The AOP is a payload of instrument installed and flown in a Twin-Otter aircraft. Each payload includes a discrete and waveform lidar, hypospectral imaging spectrometer, and high-resolution RGB camera. These instruments collect quantitative information about ecosystems, including surface geology, topography, vegetation structure, and plant biochemistry. Along with in-situ information collected at NEON FieldSite, researchers use these data to better understand wildlife dynamics, model the effects of environmental disturbance and change, and detect the presence and impacts of invasive species across landscapes. The AOP team consists of lab engineers, remote-sensing scientists, and airborne sensor operators. Before each field season, the team develops a flight schedule for each NEON FieldSite. Flight survey schedules are designed to coincide with the expected vegetation, peak greenness, and ground sampling at each site. Since NEON protocol calls for less than 10% cloud cover, AOP deployment plans include multiple days at each site to allow enough flexibility to survey in prime weather conditions. The Twin-Otter aircraft is the ideal vehicle for collecting high-quality data because it can safely fly at 1,000 meters above ground level while traveling at a low ground speed of about 100 knots, or 115 miles per hour. This versatile aircraft can easily be equipped with a scientific payload weighing up to 1,000 pounds, along with five crew members, permitting a flight time of about four hours. NEON's LiDAR system collects both discrete and waveform LiDAR by emitting a laser pulse and measuring the amount of time it takes for the pulse to reach the ground and return to the sensor. This instrument maps the terrain, canopy structure, and coverage of NEON sites that enable the generation of detailed 3D views of the land surface that can be compared year to year. AOP's LiDAR captures surface topography at a resolution of approximately 2-6 data points per square meter. The red-green-blue, or RGB camera, installed in a payload takes high-resolution photos at 24 frames per second at up to 100 megapixels. This allows NEON to capture images at a resolution of 6 centimeters at 1,000 meters above ground level. With a NEON algorithm, all these photos can be assembled to provide a complete mosaic of the NEON site and surrounding landscape. NEON's imitating spectrometer was designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and measures reflected light energy from the ground. The data are collected at a resolution of about 1 square meter with over 420 unique spectral bands with wavelengths ranging from the visible to near-infrared. These data are crucial for studying aspects of foliar structure and composition of specific plant communities. In order to collect such high-quality hyperspectral data, the spectrometer has a complex environmental control system that maintains a specific internal temperature and pressure. To make this possible, it must be powered at all times, either using ground power units, uninterruptible power supply, or UPS batteries, or aircraft survey power. If the crew determines whether conditions are suitable for data collection, the payload is disconnected from ground power and switched to the UPS battery to be towed from the hangar. The battery allows for up to 15 minutes of power while the plane is being towed, and if the payload loses power at any point, it will perform an emergency shutdown. Once on the tarmac, the payload is reconnected to ground power which allows the operators to start up all instruments. After engines are started and the crew is ready for takeoff, the payload is switched to aircraft power for the duration of the data collection flight. During flights, airborne sensor operators collect data while monitoring weather and ensuring pilots maintain the proper flight parameters such as altitude, speed, and bank angle. The onboard telemetry system sends real-time updates which allow the operators to monitor the health of the payload at all times. Each aircraft is equipped with an inertial measurement unit, IMU, that records active measurements of the plane's orientation in flight. These calculations are incorporated into all AOP data to correct for unexpected bumps and jostling of the aircraft due to turbulence. This, combined with GPS stations at nearby sites, is required to compute an accurate flight trajectory. Up to one terabyte of raw data are collected during each flight. These are then extracted using a specialized portable computer designed to safely transfer, analyze, and back up large amounts of raw data to a series of hard drives. These hard drives are shipped to a facility in Denver, Colorado, where data are uploaded into a cloud system and made available to AOP's science team to begin quality control and processing of the raw data. Higher-level data products are available on the Neon Data Portal website approximately 90 days after collection. At the end of the flight season, when Neon sites are no longer in peak greenness, the plane returns to Boulder, Colorado for post-season calibration flights. The payload is then removed from the plane and returned to the lab at Neon headquarters to undergo routine maintenance and repairs, as well as a suite of in-lab calibrations. The implementation of new systems, hardware, and procedures also typically happen during this time as newer, more sophisticated technology emerges. AOP team members also develop new algorithms, conduct training sessions for the Neon Data Institute, update procedures and documentation, refine phenology models used for flight planning, and manage all logistics for the upcoming flight season. Typically during the spring, the Twin Otters make their way back to Boulder, Colorado from their hangar in Grand Junction, Colorado to reintegrate and install the updated payloads. Once installed, the crew takes to the skies to begin calibration and testing in preparation for the upcoming flight season.


Okay folks, Larry Pesavento with the mid-afternoon update here at TFNN, also known as Fibonacci Central. If you don't like Fibonacci folks, don't listen to the next two hours because I'm going to fill your little cups with some really good stuff right out of the Holy Grail as they say in the trade of what was at the Da Vinci Code. Anyway, we got the stock market mixed today. We got two indexes down and two indexes up. We got the Treasury bonds marginally higher. We got gold was sharply higher, now is sharply lower. Same thing with silver and there's a couple others. The dollar is holding its own. It's basically, we got three currencies up and three currencies down. So it's as Basil Chapman would say, it's a bifurcated market and I think that's probably how it's going to end up for today but we do have some interesting Fibonacci stuff that even when I look at this stuff, I've been doing it for years. Even the numbers still to this day absolutely take my breath away, honest to goodness. And you're the good part of it is, folks, you can show it to people and some people are just too doggone lazy to believe it and I don't even try to fight that anymore because it doesn't make a whole lot of difference because some people like chocolate cake and some people like white cake and some people don't like cake at all. So I'm just trying to find the ones that like to take a little slice here, a little slice there and make a couple of bucks and that's what I'm trying to do. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but it works more than it loses and it pays more than when you lose and that's what the trading is all about. Speaking of trading, Paula Web-Douglas is going to be my guest at 1.30 today and again at 2.30, she's got a little special deal for you folks and I think you might want to take advantage of it especially if you're breaking even or losing. It's something that might be very important and also we'll have some fun here with some of these other things that we're looking at here today and talk about some of these trades that we've been watching and the ones that worked, the ones that didn't work and maybe we'll all learn something. So that's what we're paying attention to here today on the 10th of May in the year of 2023 in the year of our Lord and we still do not have a death ceiling and who knows when that may or may not come. So let's remind ourselves of that folks okay we'll be right back<PHONE_NUMBER>