The Clyde Beatty Show! The world's greatest wild animal trainer, Clyde Beatty, with an exciting adventure from his brilliant career. The circus means thrills, excitement, snarling jungle beasts. The circus means fun for young folks and old. But under the big top you see only a part of the story. The real drama comes behind the scenes where 500 people live as one family, where Clyde Beatty constantly risks death in the most dangerous act on earth. This master of the big cats is journeyed to Africa and India, hunting down his beasts in their native jungle. All of this is part of the Clyde Beatty story. Mr. Beatty now brings you an exciting adventure which he calls, Never Trust a Ghillie. During the season, circus people seldom have time to get acquainted with townsfolk. Once, however, the Clyde Beatty circus played a split week at Mile City. And after the show on the second evening, Jimmy Trotter, one of Clyde's cage boys, strolled up town and fell into conversation with two pleasant young people who proved to be brother and sister. A little later, growing friendly, they invited Jimmy to their rooms for coffee and sandwiches. But here, after a time, the brothers' attitude changed. Ah, Sam, stop it! What are you being so mean to Jimmy Fool? Look, Marge, you stay out of this. Kid, I said it once and I'll say it again. I never saw anybody connected with a circus who wasn't a grapher. Why, the cops have a lot of circus in town. I don't know. I never saw... I guess I'd better be going. Thanks for the coffee and everything, Marge. Well, I gotta be getting back for a lot. I'm sorry, Jimmy, but sometimes Sam gets like this. Sure, sure. That's all right. I... You're not going anyplace yet, kid. I'm not through telling you yet. Hey, take your hands off me. Says who? I said it! I didn't come up here to get in a fight with anybody. That's what you want, that I'm going. You're staying right here. Like blazes, I am. I'm getting... Why, you... Sam, please! Sam, stop it, please! Get away from me. This is my business. But Sam...  All right, kid. You're standing there and taking it. I've had a score. I've wanted to settle with you birds for a long time. You're all up there. You be careful what you're saying. Who's telling me to be careful? I'll show you. Sam! How do you like that? You want more? I'll give you all the trouble you want and then some.  Well, the kid's got spunk. Maybe I've got to take some of that out of you, kid, like this. Oh! Come on and take it. That was just a sample. Come on and take it. You hit me. I'll show you. I'll show you.  You started this gas for it.  No, Jimmy, don't. I can't just see. He's hurt.  He's hurt. He's hurt. Wait, Sam... He's really hurt? He's unconscious. I can't make him answer. I guess I'd better go get a doctor. No, you get out of here. What? I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. It wasn't your fault. He started it, but you better get out. If he comes too while you're still here, it'll just mean more trouble. Oh, but you're sure there's nothing I can do? No. Just get out. Get out. Just get out and leave him to me. We continue our story in just one moment. Now, back to the exciting Clyde Beatty adventure called Never Trust a Gilly. Now, the Clyde Beatty Circus has arrived in the Midwest, and Miles City is 10 days and 1,000 miles behind it. At the present moment, the circus is running through its afternoon performance for the benefit of a county seat town in Illinois. Clyde is just finishing his thrilling performance in the big cage. And a moment later, when he leaves the arena, he finds Jimmy Trotter waiting for him near the performer's exit. Mr. Beatty. Oh, hello, Jimmy. You wanted to see me? Yes, sir. I'd like to talk to you if I could, Mr. Beatty. All right. Go right ahead. I mean, well, I mean, I'd like to talk to you in private if I could. Oh, it's like that, is it? All right, come along. Those cats really gave me a time just now. I gotta cool off and get some fresh clothes. We can talk in the trailer. Oh, thanks, Mr. Beatty. So you decided to tell me about it, eh? What? You got something on your mind, haven't you? Well, yes, sir. And you've had it there for quite a long time now. I've been using my eyes. Something's been bothering you ever since we left Miles City. What happened back there, Jimmy? That's just what I wanted to tell you about, Mr. Beatty. Well, I... What's the matter? I'm sorry, Mr. Beatty, but I guess I'll have to tell you about it some other time. I just now noticed somebody I gotta see. Jimmy. I'll see you a little later, Mr. Beatty. Marge. Hello, Jimmy. But what are you doing here? I had to see you. I mean, you came all the way from Miles City just to see me? I had to, Jimmy. After you left, something awful happened. What happened, Marge? Sam died. What? He never came to. He died about an hour after you left the apartment. I thought you ought to know. But what did you say? Didn't anybody ask questions? I asked lots of questions. Who did? First the doctor and then the police. What did you tell them? I told them I didn't know how it happened. But I found them that way when I came in. Oh. And they believed you? I'm not sure. I don't think so. They kept coming back and asking me more questions all the time. Just the same old ones over again. That's one of the reasons I quit my job and came here. All right. I don't know, Marge. I kind of wish you'd told them the truth. They couldn't really have done anything to me, could they? I mean, I didn't start it. Just the same. It would have been manslaughter, Jimmy. Yeah. Yeah, I guess it would. Sam was funny some ways, but he had lots of friends back there. If you'd been arrested, I guess it would have gone pretty hard with you. Yeah, I guess it would. I don't know what to say. I'm all mixed up. You don't have to say anything, Jimmy. Just forget about it. Yeah. I suppose that would be a sensible thing to do. But I just don't like it. I guess you have to, Jimmy. If you told the truth now, you'd just get me in trouble. Yeah, that's right. Jimmy. Huh? I hate to, but I've got to ask you a favor. What's that? I need a job. A job? Maybe you could get me one with a circus. Oh, but what could you do with a circus? We told you that night. Sam and I used to have a hall show. We worked out a tumbling routine. I bet if you spoke to Mr. Beatty for me, there'd be lots of things I could do. Well...  Oh, all right, Marja. I'll speak to him right away. Anything more you want me for now, Mr. Beatty?  Wait a minute. Come back here. Yes? I meant to ask you. How's your new girlfriend liking here with a circus? Girlfriend? She's no girlfriend of mine, Mr. Beatty. Oh, I thought you were. We're friends, but not that way. Forget it. My mistake. By the way, you started to tell me something last week, didn't you, Jimmy? Wasn't that about something that happened in Mild City? You still want to tell me about it? Oh, that. That was just something kind of silly, Mr. Beatty. I forgot all about it. All right, Jimmy. I can go now. Of course. Well, thanks, Mr. Beatty. Oh, Jimmy. Yes? One thing more. When you're ready to tell me the truth, come on back and see me. Jimmy, you're sure Mr. Beatty suspects something? Oh, I know he does. Today he practically said so. Then we've got to leave here. What? You mean leave the circus? Of course it's the only thing we can do. You know how Mr. Beatty is? When he wants to find something out, he finds it out. And you like him too well. I bet if he really asked you, you'd tell him just about anything he wanted to know. Oh, but he's been swell to me, Margie. I'm sure he's been swell to you. But swell enough for the electric chair? What? What if you had to stand trial for killing my brother and they claimed it wasn't an accident? Oh, they couldn't. Yes, they could. You know how they always try to make it look as bad as they can? That's just what they would do. But leaving the circus, this is all I want to do, Margie. You mean it's all you know? There's other things and ways of leaving this outfit with money in our pockets. Huh? Get smart, Jimmy.  I saw this coming and I've got things figured. What things? What do you mean? I mean the ticket wagons. What? I'm talking about tomorrow's town, tomorrow night, and the ticket wagons. Jimmy, what would happen if somebody, me for instance, tossed a monkey wrench in the generator tomorrow night? Well, this show would go dark, of course. Right? The whole lot would go dark. And who's to see what happens if the ticket wagons? I don't get it, Margie. I don't know what you're talking about. Yes, you do. Don't kid yourself, Jimmy. And don't try to kid me. Is that your Margie? It's me. What the dickens you doing way out here? I came out here to think things over. That's a well place for it. And a swell time for it. You realize it's just about time for the spec to start? We've got to get moving. Moving? What for? You know what I mean. Look here, you get on down to the ticket wagons. I'm going over by the generator. I'll give you exactly two minutes. Then the lights are going out. What? What's that you got in your hand? A monkey wrench. What about it? You're serious about this, Margie. You really put the generator out of commission? What do you think? Oh, you can't do it. You'd never get away with it. Not if you go sniveling around like this, I won't. You're going to get down to those wagons and do like I told you. But then we're lighting out of here and lighting out fast. Marge, listen. I've been thinking it over. I can't do it. Fact is I never figured out doing it. You trying to cross me? No, Marge, no. Marge, I just don't know how to figure things. You've been swell to me. Not telling the police about what I did to your brother and everything. But Mr. Beatty's been swell to me, too. He's done a lot more for me than you have. And this is crooked. I can't go through with this and I won't, Marge. You can tell the cops about me if you want, but I won't go through with it. I won't tell the cops, Jimmy. Not just now, anyhow. Thanks, Marge. I'll handle this myself. The show's just started, Harriet. You want to go over now or stay here in the trailer for a bit? No, I think I'll go over, Clyde. Good house tonight? Always a good house in this town. They're on the straw. Then I will go over. And just a minute... What's that? It sounded like Jimmy. Sounded as if you were in trouble, didn't you? Yeah, come on. He must be out back somewhere. I don't hear him anywhere. He must be somewhere around. Jimmy! Where are you? Oh, Jimmy! Wait! What? What is it? What's that? No, no, over there by the trees. Come on. Isn't it someone lying on the ground? It's just what I want to see. It's Jimmy. Just a minute. He's hurt? Yeah, but I want to see how badly. Jimmy! He's unconscious, Harriet. Look here at this gash on his head. Oh! We'll have to get him to a doctor. We... Now what? The lights are out. Everything happens at once. Here, you try to see about Jimmy. I'll go see what's wrong. Probably something happened to the generator. David's got...  I heard them. It was no accident that the lights went out. Come on! We continue our story in just a moment. Now back to Clyde Beatty. Clyde deposited Jimmy with a doctor, then hurried on into the big top. Inside the crowd, alarmed by the failure of the lights, not quite sure whether it had heard shots or not, sat puzzled and half frightened. Clyde hurried to the stand, silenced the band, and raised his voice in reassurance. Will all of you keep your seats, please? There's nothing to get excited about. The lights will be on again in a minute. Here they are now. The show will continue in just one moment. Okay, Harris, get the band playing. Beatty! Mr. Beatty! Earl, Earl, have you been outside? What happened out there? There's been a holdup. A holdup? Yes, sir. They cleaned out the ticket wagons right after the lights went out. There hasn't been time for much of a check yet, but they must have got close to $15,000. You said they. Do you know who they are? No, sir. Nobody saw anything. Before anyone knew what was happening, it was all over. Call the police. We've already done that. Good, but what about those shots? Was anybody hurt? No, sir. We figured they was fired just to blast the locks off the wagon. You're sure that nobody was hurt? That's the first thing we checked, Mr. Beatty. Good. We can be thankful for that much anyhow. You have any notion who might have done this? I have an idea. Oh? An idea, but no proof. You keep things rolling in here, Earl. I have to have a talk with Jimmy Trotter. When I've finished, I may have that proof. Mr. Beatty. Don't sit up, Jimmy. I have to ask you a few more questions, but I want to make this just as easy on you as I can. It's a pretty nasty gas you've got there on your head. Oh, I don't feel so bad. I guess it looks worse than it really is. Fine. I'm glad to hear it. Now then, to get back to Miles City and this fellow Sam you told me about, you've told me everything about him that you can remember, have you? Yes, sir. He hated circuses, so...  I wish you'd come to me with it before. So do I now, Mr. Beatty. That one day I was going to, and then I saw Marge. I mean, the day she showed up. I thought she might have something to do with it. She persuaded you not to say anything, huh? Yes, sir. Oh, besides, well, she lied to help me. I was afraid if I said anything, it would get her in trouble. So now you're in worse trouble. I think you'll find the truth is best at all times. Did you ever let Marge think you'd help her in this holdup, Jimmy? Oh, no, sir. I didn't. What I mean is I didn't have to. She just sort of took it for granted. Oh? Well, she thought she had so much on me that I'd have to. You must have surprised her when she learned you wouldn't. Exactly what happened tonight, Jimmy. Well, there isn't much to tell, Mr. Beatty. She was going to do something to wreck the generator. She came to me and told me to get down to the ticket wagons. I told her I wouldn't have anything to do with it, and I started to walk away. Is that when she hit you? Yes, sir. I guess if she'd been a man, I would have been looking out for something like that. But her? I never expected it. Then what happened? Well, the first time, she missed my head and hit my shoulder. That's when I yelled for you. I guess you heard me. Yeah, we ran out of the trailer, but when we found you, you were unconscious. Second time, she took better aim. I should say she did. You know if there was anybody else in on this? No, there couldn't have been, Mr. Beatty. If there had been, she'd have told me about it. Like I said, she never figured I wouldn't help her. Never trust a Gilly, Jimmy. Huh? That's just a saying among circus folks. A Gilly's anybody outside the circus. I'll remember that. Well, I don't know just what we're going to do about your problem. Not a fair with Sam, I mean. But I promise I'll help you all I can. Now, I think I'd better let you get a little rest. Good night, Jimmy. Tomorrow, I'll... Mr. Beatty. Yeah? I, uh... Oh, never mind, Mr. Beatty. I guess it's something I can tell you later. Sure, you get a good sleep. I'll see you in the morning. Mr. Beatty? Oh, good morning. You're, uh... Inspector Barker, police department. Oh, yes, I met you last night, but so many things were happening all at once. I didn't remember. I'd like to question the Trotter Boy. Oh, yes. We're particularly interested in getting a good description of the girl in this case. Well, her name's Marjorie Elliott. Right. Uh, I can see the boy now, Karen. I haven't been in to see him yet this morning. My wife went over. I imagine he's well enough. Oh, here she is now. Hello, Harriet. Good morning. Uh, you've met Inspector Barker, haven't you? Oh, yes, of course. Good morning, Inspector. How are you? Fine, thank you.  How is he? I don't know. What? I'm afraid I have an unpleasant surprise for you, Inspector. You too, Clyde. Jimmy isn't here. Why isn't? Why, that can't be true, Harriet. He has to be here. Did you look around the lot for him? All over the lot. No one's seen him at all, which means he must have left early. Most likely before dawn. Oh, this is too bad. That kid is up to something. But what? He started to tell me something last night, and then he stopped. Yeah, that's it. He was planning to leave even then. But why? That's what I'd like to know. If he's just running away, I'll be very disappointed. But, Inspector... Yes? I think I can give you the description you want. Of this girl, Marjorie Elliott? No, not of her, but a man.  I'll tell you what I know. Hello, Marge. Oh, no, you don't. I'm coming in here. Hugh, where did you come from? I've been riding the rods all the way to get here, Marge. I want that money. But I... And I want it now. I'm pretty mad about the way you hit me that night, Marge. You might have killed me. I guess you didn't care whether you did or not. So if you don't get that money and give it to me quick, maybe I won't care what I do. But... but how did you know this is where I'd be? That was easy, Marge. I just figured you'd go where you were sure I wouldn't. After... after what happened to Sam here that night, I knew you'd figure I'd never come back here again. But I fooled you, didn't I, Marge? I did come back. And I still want that money. I could kiss you. You're almost dead. The money, Marge. Oh, no, you don't. Let me go.  You wouldn't dare. Wouldn't I? Why not? I'd tell them about Sam. I've already told Mr. Beatty, so what difference does it make?   Well, which is it gonna be? It's in that closet. It's in a little leather handbag. Good. You stand right there, and don't try any funny business, or you'll be mighty sorry you did. This the closet? It's in the back. Under that black coat. This it? That's it. All right, kid, drop that. Sam, get your hands up, Sam. Sam, you're alive. I thought, Marge, you told me... Sam, watch out! He's throwing the bag.  Lucky for you, you didn't, young man. Oh, who are you? Inspector Barker. I followed Sam out here.  Yes, sir, but... Well, you'd better get your things together, Jimmy. Mr.  Well, that's the whole story, right up to the time Inspector Barker got there, Mr. Beatty. And it's quite a story. But have you checked the money? Was it all there? Yes, Jimmy, except for the little they'd spent all of it. You have nothing to worry about on that score. Then I'd like to know something. Oh, what's that? Well, how did Inspector Barker know how to find me? I was clear out at Miles City. You told him. What? Me? Sure. When you described Sam to me that night, you were hurt. Afterwards, I got to thinking about everything that had happened. And I got to wondering if you really had killed Sam. It began to remind me too much of a stunt that confidence men pull occasionally.  Yeah. And of course, Marge had you in her power, or thought she had. I guess you gave her quite a surprise on that score. But even so, that doesn't explain how... How Inspector Barker found you? Oh, yes, sir. Well, I got to thinking that if Sam was alive, he must have helped Marge on that hold-up. Well, we knew, of course, that she must have had help, even if you didn't think so. Yeah. I got to thinking about that afterwards. How could she be over at the generator and at the ticket wagons at the same time? Right. But she couldn't tell you Sam was in on it with her, because if you knew he was alive, she'd no longer have a hold on you. So, I set the inspector after Sam. Huh? Of course. He was supposed to be dead, so no one would be looking for him. And he wouldn't have to make any particular effort to hide after the hold-up.  Right. And followed him to Miles City. But, Jimmy... Yes, Mr. Bating? Barker tells me you knocked Sam out with that bag of money when you knew Sam was holding a gun. How'd you get the nerve to do that? Well, at first, I didn't have the nerve, Mr. Bating. No. And then, I thought of the way you face those cats every day. And I thought, who's Sam that I should be scared of him? So, I threw the bag. Jimmy, I'm proud of you. You're going to make a wild animal trainer yet. Clyde will return with a word about our next exciting story, but now, a message of interest to all of us. Once more, here is the star of our show, Clyde Batey, with a few words about his next thrilling adventure. Harriet's and my favorite sport is deep sea fishing. And going to various West Indian islands on several occasions to fish, we heard talk of zombies, said to be the walking dead. We even met American and European travelers who claimed they'd seen them. But our own experience with a zombie occurred on a visit to the island of St. Lucia in the British West Indies, where we were hunting the deadly snake called the fur de lance for exhibit with our wild animal show. How we met the zombie and the happenings of the strange and dangerous hours that followed is the story I want to tell you next week. All stories are based upon incidents in the career of the world famous Clyde Batey and the Clyde Batey Circus. The Clyde Batey show is produced by Shirley Thomas. Never Trust a Gilly was written by Gibson Scott Fox. All names used were fictional, and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. This is a Commodore production. Thanks for watching.


Alright guys what is going on excuse the hair today today welcome to another video today I'm going to run through a full day of eating with you guys I'm really motivated to do so I haven't done that yet and I know a lot of you guys wonder what I eat you know the series is about making gains 70% diet 30% training so I haven't even shown you fuck all of my diet and that's that's on me man I really should be doing that I think full day of eating videos go well I think people enjoy them as long as they're not too long so today I'm gonna try my best to bring you guys all of my meals show you exactly how many how many calories how much protein carbs and fats etc and by the end of the day hopefully we will be at 4,000 calories because that is the mark that I want to hit at the moment so with that being said I'm gonna go and sort this shit out and then I'll be back downstairs for my first meal which will most likely be a shake so I'll see you then alright guys so the time is now 10 30 and I've got my first meal here all I've done is had a coffee a coffee blunts my appetite but I was you know pretty tired this morning and I had a little bit of editing to do so we've done that got 250 mils egg whites a cup of oats one banana probably two cups of milk and a little bit of peanut butter one thing I'm missing is berries and I don't put frozen berries my shakes anymore because I come to I came to realize that the fact the main reason why the volume just seemed so huge and I just could not get through these massive shakes it's because of the berries man the berries literally like expand when they get fucking blend it up and it was just making it so huge I just couldn't couldn't finish it so we've got the first meal here and it's gonna go down right now so I'll see you guys in the next meal all right guys back workout is done probably spent about 90 minutes in the gym it was a big workout lots of volume we're looking for something quick and easy to eat on the go and here we are at McDonald's this is a meal I used multiple times over the past nine months of this bulk and we're gonna do it once again hey can I please get four hamburgers to find themselves five so yeah no that's all thanks so five hamburgers we're looking at 250 calories a piece $10 for the meal each one has about 25 grams of carbs 12 grams of protein and 8 grams of fat you do the maths I'm gonna scoff them all and yes yes guys I do realize there's quite a bit of fat in this post-workout meal and some of you some of you may even say that having fat in your post-workout meal with your carbs and protein will slow the absorption of protein down and you may miss out on some gains post-workout you have too much fat in there well guys I've got one thing and one thing only to say to that and that is I'm loving that all right guys what is going on we're back from the gym back from McDonald's as you guys would have seen that was a bulking meal for me it's easy it's $10 it's 1250 calories it's real food even though it's McDonald's I mean don't give me shit guys you know it is real food it's fucking it's bread it's not it's not liquid it's not pure sugar you know it's it's not a bag of lollies that's what I'm saying so anyways we've got two left I've eaten three calorie counts should be at around about 1750 right now if my calculations are correct I forgot to mention this morning I did put two scoops of protein powder in my shake so with that being said you know post workout I'm probably not gonna have a shake although I will make up one to take to work later on and I'll show you exactly what I take so the way I said I'll finish off these hamburgers and also have another meal before I go to work at seven o'clock and then I'll pack my bag full of food for the night so by the time I go to work I want to be sitting at around about 3000 calories for the day and then it won't take me much to to bump it up to that 4000 once I get to work so these are my two amino acid supplements today I chose to use this one as a pre-workout so I had three scoops which is what is it three scoops is seven and a half grams of amino acids so we'll add that in seven and a half grams of protein and as well as that I'm gonna be sipping on this throughout the day like I have been already that's what I've gotten here I'll probably put about two scoops to every 1.5 to 2 liter bottle of water two scoops of this has 10 grams of BCA's so with that in mind I might get through four scoops in a day which is 20 grams of BCA's which is another 20 grams of protein so I'm gonna add that in right now and I'd say that'll be about it for now I'm going to get on to a bit little bit of editing and spend my afternoon in front of the computer basically so I'll see you guys at the next meal peace alright guys here we are back again meal number three for the day and we are going with something I prepared earlier but what I like to do guys is I like to cook my meat especially my meat in bulk and then put it in the fridge or the freezer to then eat on the coming days I mean I'm like the rest of you guys I don't like meal prepping you know sometimes I do enjoy it when I'm in a really good mood but when you got to do it day in day out week in week out it does get pretty mundane so I like to do it in bulk what we've got here is some turkey and beef mince mixed together that is that's just my choice to do it like that chicken and beef is good turkey and chicken is good steak and now steak doesn't really go with anything either way I'm going to use probably about 200 to 250 grams of this which is going to give me a good serving of protein probably about 50 55 grams of protein as well as that I'm going to go with a carb sauce of rice just a microwave packet of rice this is how I cook my rice I never cook it in the pot although it does taste probably a little bit better but regardless of that we've got four servings here I will eat probably about half of it to be honest and that will be 65 grams of carbs four grams of fat and seven grams of protein so we've got 60 grams of carbs here we've got about 60 grams of protein all up and minimal fats as well as that we're going to put some barbecue sauce on there I'm not going to eat a plane that's for sure so I'm going to go Ronnie Coleman style go barbecue sauce and that's how we're going to finish it off so that is meal number three the next time I see you guys I will be packing my bag to go to night shift damn look here's the meal like I said one full packet of rice we're going to put half on there probably a bit much there we go as well as that we're going to put half of the meat mixture which is probably about that much and last but not least we're gonna go with some barbecue sauce so I put I the serving I use let's see let's see how much I want I probably want about probably about that much which is like 40 50 grams and that's it that's it guys meal number three nothing special in fact the only thing that's missing is a massive helping of vegetables and I'm quite I'm quite slack to be honest I've got lots of veggies here mixed veggies it's just a matter of putting them on the plate so maybe I will anyways I'll see you guys later on alright guys quick shout ready to go to work now ready to pack my bag and the hair of the way all right so here we go my calculations guys at the moment we're sitting at probably about three and a half thousand calories and that is that's quite a lot and I was thinking to myself before you know why I'm really not feeling hungry like I don't particularly want to eat right now and that's that's why it's because I had a massive shake this morning I had those hamburgers which is 1250 calories just like that and you really honestly don't you don't realize it with those things and then I had that meal before which is about 800 calories so overall sitting at like to 230 protein probably about 380 carbs and with that being said I think today is in total is probably gonna be about 5,000 calories so we're gonna call it full day of eating full day of bulking 5,000 calories and that's what we're gonna do so I need 1500 more calories guys I probably need I want to take my my prop like I am going to night shift so it's not like I'm going to be at 11 o'clock I'm pretty much staying up the entire night with that being said we're gonna make a shake and I'm gonna take some bagels I'm also gonna take some amino acids to drink with my water and that's pretty much gonna be the basis of what we do so first thing is gonna be a shake first thing we're gonna put in it is egg whites go 250 mils of egg whites well we're gonna go with two scoops of protein powder and really guys that will be enough protein for the day put a banana in there so the way the macros are out at the moment it's probably gonna be about 5,000 calories for the day I want to get 300 protein probably be 600 carbs and 150 fat we're gonna have the shake we're gonna have bagels and with the bagels to keep it low fat we're gonna have honey so the shake needs some more liquid in there so we're gonna go with almond milk and I'm probably gonna put about a cup in there and so you know I don't want this shake to be too heavy I don't want to be too calorie dense I've had the most of my calories already for the day so we're gonna stick it we're gonna leave it at that and make that up quickly got my little anytime fitness 2 liter jug here this is what I'll usually use for my shakes in the morning or if I want to take anything to work and it makes it really easy and that's that so here we are we've got one shake we've got four bagels I doubt whether I'll eat them all each bagel has 50 grams of carbs 10 grams of protein and like five or six grams of fat so they're a fantastic snack for bulking and with that we're gonna put honey like I said before so that's it guys this is this is the grocery haul for the night shift put it all in there as well as I'm gonna take that as well for throughout the night for my water I'm gonna have some of this to put it up once again so that is what we're taking and I guess that's it guys I will see you in 12 hours time when I finish night shift tomorrow morning all right guys what is going on we're back we're back from night shifts it's probably about 12 it's 12 30 at the moment actually and I had fuck all sleep last night I'll tell you that much but we did get through all of the meals that I took which was only two if you guys remember I took a shake which we downed at about nine o'clock I do believe and then after that I ate bagels I ate two at about 11 30 at night and then I ate the other two at about three o'clock in the morning so that is how I structured it yesterday I hope you guys enjoyed the video I didn't I didn't really have too many exciting foods you know yeah I put McDonald's in there but I didn't have you know muesli bars or I didn't have chocolates or muffins or anything really nice you know I stuck to the basics I had two shakes an easy carb sauce and the bagels I had an easy carb sauce and the rice rice with just some minced meat and sauce and and you know like I said previously usually I would be eating more vegetables I feel like you know I've had a couple of bananas today it wasn't too bad that is certainly not enough fiber in my diet for what I you know for 5,000 calories I mean personally I reckon for each thousand calories that you're eating in food volume I reckon you should probably have at least 10 grams of fiber in your diet so if I'm having for 4,000 calories a day I want 40 grams of fiber and I did not get 40 grams of fiber today so that is going to be something I focus on going forward I don't know if I need a fiber supplement or I just need to make sure I have my veggies but either way we're going to work on it this was a full day of eating full day of bulking and that's that's how I do it guys it's it's on the go I don't do a huge amount of meal prep in advance apart from the meat like I said and yeah that's it so watch out for the next full day of eating so guys this is where I'm going to leave you I hope you enjoyed the vlog I hope you enjoyed the full day of eating I'll bring you guys another one when I'm ready it does take a little bit of time out of your day making these kind of videos so I'm glad I did show you everything I ate you know I start I start these full days of eating very often and I get I do like a little intro clip I get to my first meal I might make a clip about that and then after that I really honestly can't be fucked either because I'm not really that hungry and I'm just forcing the food down or you know my mood changes throughout the day and it's it's hard to stay up throughout the entire day to make a vlog you know usually when I make a vlog it's probably done in a couple hours tops everything that I have to do on that particular day for the vlog so yeah hope you enjoyed it and I'll see you guys in the next one peace if I die all I know I'm a motherfucking legend it's so great for my city I'm the realest one that's repping oh my god oh my god if I die I'm a legend when they lay me down the rest I know I'm swapping I know I


I'm very pleased to be here to join you as you celebrate 70 years of Coca-Cola in Nigeria and I must say that you could not have chosen a better special guest of honor than myself even if I say so myself and the simple reason is my long history of personal and family Coke drinking and Coke drinking stories. I drank several bottles of Coke daily for many years as a matter of fact just to give you some statistics from 1975 to 2017 I drank at least two bottles of Coke a day at least two bottles a day. Now by my calculation even if you discount two years it means I must have had 29,200 bottles of Coke in my lifetime so far now I don't know what the world record is but I must be a contender no matter how you slice it but after I got married in 1989 my very dear wife said to me Yemi would you mind if I gave you a piece of advice since you drink Coke so much I'll suggest you buy some shares in this Coca-Cola company so at least you know that you're also making a bit of money from this Coke drinking thing so I took her advice and I bought a few shares of Coca-Cola sometime in 1995 well I'm not so it hasn't made me a millionaire of any kind but for every Coke that I've had since then it was good for my conscience that you guys at Coca-Cola were not the only ones making money so I was making a bit of money too. My father by the way of blessed memory also loved Coke and he drank Coke until his old age but he had a favorite Coke joke he said there was this tailor from our hometown who respected him a lot and anytime my father's dropped by at his shop he would often ask in Yoruba but my father-in-law is by far the worst of us all in this Coke drinking thing he loves Coke but for many years he will also add some sugar to his Coke so let me congratulate the board and management of the Coca-Cola company on this landmark celebration and our nation must celebrate with you especially as you've been a part and we've heard so much about that already of our socioeconomic story even before independence besides we're also part of your illustrious history as we've heard the Coca-Cola Hellenic bottling group first began operations in Nigeria and now has a geographic footprint spanning 29 countries and across three continents in these 70 years you have demonstrated your commitment to the Nigerian people and as we've heard also with repeated investments in the building of production facilities across the country in creating thousands of jobs but also in your active support of every aspect of our national life from health to education from women and youth empowerment to sports all done with a conscious respect for the environment I think it's fair to say that that commitment has been met with enthusiastic patronage of generations of Nigerians families also who have been supported by stable carriers of staff who have grown with the company through the years and we've seen how you have honored some of them today young people who have found successful careers in sports and entertainment inspired by your support consumers from Kano to Lagos rivers to plateau state linked by distributors in every region of the country who have also built enduring businesses getting Coca-Cola into the hands of millions of Nigerians and you've also developed a robust value chain that includes service providers and marketing agencies creators of the iconic coke adverts that are formed part of our individual and collective memories for so many years and speaking of coke adverts I think aside from making such a successful drink Coca-Cola must be commended for their memorable advertisements so how many people here I wonder how many people here would remember this particular adverts and I'll sing the song I love to teach the world to sing imperfect harmony I love to buy the world a coke and keep it company it's the real thing how many people remember that all of you guys let me tell you what you people are very old people because this this this particular but was 1971 so anyone who remembers it must be ah very advanced yes I saw that most of the young people here didn't even know what we're talking about so as a government our commitment to creating an environment that allows the private sector innovate and thrive remains active sincere despite the challenges and we'll continue to work with businesses across a broad spectrum of our dynamic economy to ensure that we do this with a clear view of opportunities and problems I salute again the entire board and management and staff of Coca-Cola and the diverse group of stakeholders present here today and scattered across the country for your hard work and dedication your ongoing investments in the country which you've said will be in the order of one billion one billion US dollars in the next five years testifies again to your faith in the possibilities of Nigeria and you can rely on the partnership of the Nigerian government and I dare say the Nigerian people too as you make these great strides so I wish you all a very happy 70th anniversary and I pray the coming years will be years of real magic for you all congratulations to all lovers of coke thank you


Video Friday with Art Resin. Hey, we're back with Video Friday. So we get asked often here at the studio, how do I store Art Resin? And really what you want to do is keep it in a dry room temperature space. And you know, it's actually very forgiving. Even if Art Resin freezes, even if it gets really hot, all you have to do is bring it back to room temperature and you're good to go. You can use it, no problem. Not sure if you know, like all liquid art materials, Art Resin also has a shelf life. So the general rule of thumb is it's one year for unopened Art Resin and six months if your Art Resin bottles are already open. That's it for Video Friday. Join us next week. Video Friday with Art Resin. Thank God that's over.


This paper provides an overview of the current status of data-driven algorithms for predicting the state of health, SOH, of lithium ion batteries, LIBs. It discusses the acquisition of datasets from the charging and discharging processes, feature extraction and selection, as well as the selection of algorithms. The advantages and limitations of different processing methods and cutting-edge data-driven algorithms are summarized and compared. Finally, potential applications and application methods are discussed.


Well, welcome, everyone. I am so excited to be here this afternoon for our 12th annual HBC foreign policy conference. My name is Denise Lauren Mante. I'm a career foreign affairs officer on the secretary's policy planning staff, and I am a alum of the best HBCU in the world, of course, Howard University.  We have an amazing panel right here on our main stage. I'm humbled to be the moderator. I started my career as a foreign affairs officer right from college from Howard University, and I've worked in bureaus such as the Bureau of African Affairs, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and many others. And so I'm humbled to be here as a moderator to just chat with some of our distinguished ambassadors and foreign service officers here this afternoon. So just sit back and enjoy this session, and then we're going to go into some questions and answers as well later on this afternoon. So I encourage you all to read the bios of our distinguished panelists. They're right there on our website. If you want to take a look at their bios, but before we get started, I'll just mention everyone real quickly and give you a highlight of some of our guests here this afternoon. So first up, we have Ambassador Brazil, who is a career minister, a distinguished foreign service officer for over 40 years. She served in assignments domestically and overseas from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Japan, and many more. And we are excited to have you here Ambassador Brazil. Welcome. And thank you so much for being here with us this afternoon. And then we have next up retired senior Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Hugh Williams, who is also a career member of the senior Foreign Service and personal rank of Minister Counselor. He's held assignments both also overseas and domestic and has 38 years of distinguished service in the Department of State. And then last but not least, Ambassador Teddy Taylor, who has also served as ambassador to Papua New Guinea, the Salmon Islands, and Bhanuatu. Bhanuatu. Sorry, Bhanuatu. And he's also a member of the senior Foreign Service. And so we're excited to have you here Ambassador Taylor. And with that, we're going to zoom right into our discussion this afternoon. I'm really excited to get into some of these questions. Some of these questions are, you know, things that I was thinking as, you know, a young Foreign Affairs officer right from college. And so I'm excited to hear what our distinguished panelists have to say about some of these questions this afternoon. So first up, how do you cultivate a culture of diplomacy? I know when I was at an HBCU, I always wondered, you know, what does diplomacy mean? You know, what is the role of the State Department and diplomats? And so how do we culture, how do we cultivate a culture of diplomacy, in your opinion, Ambassador Brazil? Well, thank you. And I'm excited to be in on this panel and welcome all the HBCU participants as well as participants who are just not an HBCU user interested in the Foreign Service. I would say that on two levels, you can cultivate a culture of diplomacy. One is on the organizational level or the institutional level of the college or the organization that you're part of, and one is on a personal level. And on the personal level, I would say that you should really be an agile learner and be willing to constantly learn different things. And I guess that gets back to a point I would make, is to use this time you're at in college or starting out in your career as a way to learn about yourself. And based on that, I picked the Foreign Service because a couple of things I learned about myself is that I would I liked change, number one, and I wanted to be with an organization that encouraged constant learning. And in the Foreign Service, you're constantly learning something, a different language, a different part of the world, a different culture, and or other portfolio substantive issues. So that I think uses time to be in the cultivate the fact that you're an agile learner yourself and what you like yourself and what you're looking for in a career. Secondly, on the institutional level, I'm a graduate of Spelman College and we at Spelman, most of the students are encouraged before they graduate to have a study abroad experience. And so as an institution, Spelman is putting his money where its interest is in terms of getting students to have a global view to know that they're part of the global citizenry. And frankly, as a minority or as an African American, we know how to be a minority. We know how to to not be in the in the room, so to speak, all over the room. And to me, that gives an African American diplomat the an edge, because we have those coping skills of how you're not having to be the majority, but we know how to be a minority within a majority. And so that that to me gives an edge. So I would say, on a personal level and an institutional level, we can build that culture of diplomacy that that's needed. And diplomacy in this instance is as I'm defining it as a method of influencing the decision and behavior of foreign governments and people through dialogue, negotiation, and measures short of war or violence. And and you learn those skills in every major in college negotiation and analytical skills. So you can have any background and come into the Foreign Service and I'll stop there. Thank you for that. You know, I can't stress enough how important it is to sort of add a value to that personal angle, like you mentioned before. I know when I was a student, I did a study abroad program in Nagana in West Africa, and that truly sparked my interest in foreign affairs. And so I'd really encourage, you know, everyone watching like Ambassador Brazil mentioned to take advantage of study abroad programs. I think that that also really helps and to really find, you know, find yourself and your personal interest, which is a great, a great way to actually cultivate that culture of diplomacy. So I want to also ask a similar question to Ambassador Taylor and Mr. Hughes here. So in your opinion, Ambassador Taylor, how do you what's your vision of how to cultivate a culture of diplomacy, but also tying it to how to secure the future for Black foreign policy leaders as well? Well, I think I would echo what Ambassador Brazil mentioned earlier and I would you have to make it institutional and individual. Part of the part of the individual aspect is overcoming the fear of the unknown. We can't be afraid to try something new on many college campuses, especially at some of the HBCUs. I hear students say, well, I don't want to leave home. You need to leave home because it's a big world and you need to explore it, whether that's domestically in the United States or abroad. I think institutionally, having served as a diplomat and residence at your alma mater, Denise, it's a matter of cultivating faculty, administrators, getting thereby in into the mission of the State Department and bringing the State Department to the campuses when there's the need for a speaker. Instead of inviting the alum who is successful in life, maybe let's look to a foreign policy professional to talk about whatever that particular issue is for the day. Most campuses celebrate World AIDS Day. That's a big affair overseas for American embassies. UN Day, you could bring in a speaker to address the importance of the UN in the context of that particular university campus or how important it is for the United States to be a major player in the UN. Several other things come to mind, but I want my dear friend, Brother Hugh, to have an opportunity so I don't want to steal any of his thunder. But those are several other things. And a vision has to be, has started to top. Have to have the President signing on to it. Thank you so much. Yeah, starting at the top. That's very, very crucial. Thank you so much, Ambassador Taylor for that. Mr. Williams? Yes. Thank you so much, Denise, and welcome to all of our guests in the audience. I echo everything that Ambassador Brazile and Ambassador Taylor say.  And it would be good if we could do what I call train the trainers. Okay. And when I served as a DIR, as did Ambassador Brazile and Taylor, one of my focuses was not just focusing on the students, but I used to say everyone on this campus is fair game. And so I would target even faculty members because that was the continuity, you know, and the way I would do that is to that's where there was a nexus to what Ambassador Brazile was saying, where the institution and the personal priorities kind of come together. They meet there at the faculty level. And so I would offer opportunities for faculty members to do things like go to Washington D.C., serve on promotion panels as what we call public members, so that you can drink the Kool-Aid and go back and recruit yourself. The other thing is that there are a number of programs that, for example, the Pickering and the Rangle programs, those programs are very effective because what they do is they have alumni of those programs. And I'll tell you a story, this year here at Morehouse, our best recruits that were recruited for this year's cohort were actually recruited by former Pickering and Rangle fellows who were Morehouse students. And so that's how the culture, and that's when I said, you know, my job just got easier because it's working and it's multiplying. I can be at home and sleep and out in the yard doing my daily chores when I do, and this thing is still working. That's when you know that the culture is starting to take root. Definitely. And for our audience, I'm sure you've heard of the Rangle program and Pickering program. I'd encourage you all to look into those two programs, amazing initiatives for people of color and sort of getting involved in the Foreign Service. So definitely look into those two programs. If I could add a point, Howard University is running both of those programs. And a third one we could mention is the PAIN program, is for people who are interested in going into more development work with USAID. And that is equally important. So you don't all have to be interested in the Foreign Service, you could be interested in international affairs, and find a niche for yourself in that across the board. So all three of those programs are available and use point about developing a pipeline is absolutely key to building in that, you know, securing the foundation of having Black Foreign Service officers very much. Yes, if I can add one other point, Denise. The Peace Corps, and I'm a former Peace Corps volunteer, and I hope I get a chance to talk a little bit about that, perhaps during the Q&As or some other time. They have a program that is kind of like a certificate program, that they go to the campuses and they put together kind of a continuum of courses that the schools already have and you add on, you know, membership in Model UN and debating society and international affairs or whatever.  That's brilliant in my view. That's how you institutionalize culture in institutions, and it doesn't really cost anything because it's pretty much fabricating something that you already have in place. Definitely. And so here we've heard four great programs, the Rangel program, Pickering, Pain and Peace Corps. And if I may, Denise. Yes, Professor. Rangel has a summer enrichment program for undergraduates, meaning sophomores, juniors, you're not ready to apply for the fellowship yet. But if you are a rising junior or rising senior and you aren't necessarily sure foreign affairs or international relations is something you want to do, you can apply to the summer enrichment program, come to Washington for the summer and be introduced to the foreign affairs community. That is foreign service officers at the Department of State, the world bank, people at the world bank, all of the other international institutions that reside in Washington. And at the same time, improve some of your skill sets in economics and in writing. So that's also something for those rising seniors and rising juniors to consider. Amazing. These are all great initiatives and great programs that have all been mentioned here. I hope you all are taking notes and doing your research on some of these programs. Now my next question, for me, this is one that I think is very near and dear to my heart. I know throughout my career, I've been in a state for about 11 years now, and I know how important it is to have a mentor, to seek mentorship, to seek someone who can impact your journey, who can guide you as you move up the career ladder. And so I love to hear from all of our panelists today, name an influencer that has impacted your journey and how important it was to have that person in your life throughout your career. So I guess we can start with Ambassador Brazil first. Well, thank you. And the person I'm going to mention was not a mentor for me throughout my career, but impressed me when I first came to the state department as an employee. Her name is Barbara Watson. She was the first Black Assistant Secretary of State. And she met the few Black officers who had come into the Foreign Service. Maybe there were about five or six of us. She said things that I remembered throughout my career. One was that we should be available on a worldwide basis. So not just Africa, but Asia, Europe, South America, Eurasia, all around the world. And so that's where we should go is everywhere and not be pigeonholed into a particular geographic area. The second thing she said, which I'll have to explain, but she put it colloquially, which she says, I don't buy turkeys even on Thanksgiving. And what she meant was when you attain a position of some responsibility and you have a staff, in this instance, she was attaining an Assistant Secretary level position, you don't let other people assign staff to you. You choose your own staff.  And those two things, I for some reason always remembered. So in my career, I did not serve in Africa until much later in my career. I served in Asia mostly and Latin America initially. So that I think her advice influenced me because she met with us just as I was in a group of people starting out. Awesome. Such great advice. Thank you so much, Ambassador Brazil. Ms. Williams? Thank you. Okay. Actually, one of my mentors, we're all looking at her, okay, Ambassador Brazil. And you hear the story about she doesn't hire turkeys. Well, I worked for Ambassador Brazil during my career. So I feel flattered right now about that, that I passed that muster. Before I came or actually, I had someone that intervened in my life. And that person happened to have been a Foreign Service officer. His name was Mal Whitfield. And Mal was a former, he was a Tuskegee Airman. He was an Olympic gold medalist. And in the early 60s, he came to work for the United States Information Agency and was the regional sports officer in Africa when I was a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Sierra Leone. And Mal basically, in fact, I would encourage people to Google him and look at his bio. His daughter is Frederico Whitfield on CNN, a news commentator anchor on CNN. But Mal was a talent scout. And that's the thing that I learned from him. He's always recruiting talent, looking for raw talent, in the rough, you know, rough gems. Because many of our stars on HBC youth campuses, we have to be cleaned up. And once we do clean up, we clean up pretty nicely. Well, I was one who was out in the field in a very rugged kind of state. I'll just tell you, I had, I was a lot less refined than I am now. Brother Taylor can't know some of those stories. But that person intervened. So intervention is key at the person to person level. And I maintained a relationship with him throughout because had it not been for Mal Whitfield, there would not have been Hugh Williams foreign service officer. That's, that's amazing. I love that intervention.   And so having someone who can intervene, who can hold your hand and, you know, and help clean you up, I think is very, very critical and very, very important. And we certainly appreciate, you know, those who actually play that role in our lives and our journey. So thank you so much for that, Mr. Mr. Williams. And Mr. Taylor? Yes. Like, Mr. Williams, looking at one of the people who would occasionally take me to the woodshed when I was floundering professionally, I never had the privilege of working directly for Ambassador Brazil. But when I had an assignment to the Foreign Service Institute, she was director of the School of Leadership and Management. And I happened to have a small staff for the Orientation Division, which included a 100, which is the first course, all brand new foreign service officers enroll in. And there's a sister course or companion course for a foreign service specialist. And there were many times when you were sitting in the cafeteria having lunch, and you would have Ambassador Brazil join you. And she put a nugget of wisdom in your ear, or reminds you that you perhaps should have taken a different approach on something. But one of her Spellman sisters, Ambassador Ruth A. Davis, rescued me. I was a young officer on my first assignment in Washington. And she happened to encounter me during a tabletop exercise at the Foreign Service Institute. She was just there observing. I guess she liked what she saw. She saw some potential. She asked me to come to her office. And they all asked the same question. What is your vision for your career? Well, at that point, I was about 28 years old, and I was having a good time in the Foreign Service, enjoying myself. But I really hadn't thought about the stepping stones of a career. And I said, well, you know, you seem to be doing pretty well. Let's how about how do I get to a point where you are? And she says, well, first things, you have to become serious about this. And she began to lay out the steps that were needed in order to have success in the State Department. And I don't care whether you're in the Foreign Service or the Civil Service in order to be successful. There are just certain things you have to do. I, too, like Brother Hugh, I was not as refined. I came off the unemployment line at 24 when I joined. And it was my first job after undergraduate school. I don't count being a Christmas help at Sears. This was it. And as it turned out with her guidance, and then introducing me to others, I had, I succeeded. But mentoring is critical. The State Department has an affinity group called the Thursday Luncheon Group. And while it is a luncheon group, it is a mentoring session. We did not miss, as young officers, the Thursday Luncheon Group sessions because that was the one time during the course of a month that you might see another black officer that was more senior than you. Because there were so few of us in those days. And somebody would say, here, come sit down next to me for lunch. And all they're doing is sharing and providing you with guidance. The mentoring is fantastic once you get in amongst the African-American community because we recognize that we stand on people's shoulders and that the only way you are going to be successful is if I lower my shoulder and let you climb aboard. Amazing, amazing. And I love how you said, Ambassador Ruth Davis, rescue you. And I'll share in my personal journey, Ambassador Thomas Greenfield, who was just confirmed yesterday as our ambassador to the UN, pretty much rescued me and my career. And so we are very grateful for Trailblazers like you all who have paved the way for us younger officers to really be inspired and be motivated in doing the work that we find ourselves in today. So I see some questions coming in. And so keep the questions coming. We're going to turn to the questions in a bit. But before we do so, I want to ask just two more questions to our panelists. The next one is what impact have you made in foreign policy that you are most proud of to share with our audience? Ambassador Brazil. Well, thank you. But if I could add to the last conversation a minute, I think mentorship is very important. But people have begun to make a distinction called between mentorship and sponsorship. Sometimes it's the same person, but I've heard other people in the Foreign Service define sponsorship as the person who will raise your name up in meetings as someone to be looked at for a position or someone who should be promoted. And they frequently you could have the sponsor be the mentor, but not necessarily. So you want to look as you are in any career, look for those two types of people. The question you asked about policy and what mostly I'm proud of, I think I'll go to Ethiopia. My last overseas post as ambassador was to Ethiopia and Ethiopia is having tremendous problems right now. But when I arrived there were 14 million people who were on the verge of starvation because of a famine. And I'm happy to say that by changing working with USAID and with Washington and adjusting US policy, we were able to at least cut down on the numbers of deaths by providing enough food to feed that many people. And it was a whole of government experience on our end and also working with donors. So that's something I'm very proud of. Yes. Thank you so much, Ambassador Vizio. Mr. Williams? Thank you. I'm mute. Thank you. My career when I served overseas was primarily as a counselor officer. That was my primary cone. I served in several positions in Washington in domestic assignments in geographic bureaus and in functional bureaus. But when I look back, and that's the beauty about retirement, and I was sharing with Brother Taylor yesterday, is that we have a time to reflect. And that's a question that I asked myself, what is the so what factor of the year spent and what am I most proud of? And to be honest with you, it's based on people, the people that I've impacted.  You hear a lot of people say they want to make a difference. And so my policy is really wrapped in the legacy that I think that I've left in terms of shaping the minds and even the careers of some of the officers who were junior to me. Those who were all my staff and those who were up and coming or who came and sought us out. The reason I know that is because even in retirement, they still come and seek us out. Myself, Ambassador Davis, Ambassador Brazil included. And so that's a gift that keeps on giving. Policies for me, they kind of change with administrations and things and people kind of forget some of those things or it's a little relative. But the ones that I'm most the impact that I think I'm most proud of is the impact that I had on the careers and lives of those who came after me. Awesome. Thank you so much, Mr. Williams. Ambassador Taylor? I would point out that. Thank you. Now I'm unmuted. I was saying I was thinking about this yesterday after our conversation. And in fact, it would be the extension and Ambassador Brazil knows about this treaty quite well from her time in the Southwest Pacific tuna treaty. This is a treaty that allows us, the U.S. fishing fleet to fish for tuna in the last and the largest last surviving tuna stock in the world in the Southwest Pacific. And during my time in Papua New Guinea, the treaty was about to expire and negotiations were going nowhere. And in a conversation with our assistant secretary, I was able to convince him to become more personally involved in the talks to such a degree that we were able to host, have President Obama host the South Pacific presidents prior to a major meeting of Asian leaders in Honolulu. And the simple act of the president of the United States hosting these prime ministers was enough for us to secure an extension of the treaty to allow us to further the negotiations so we could bear fruit. So they could bear fruit and we could continue to fish the stock in a responsible way. And that was quite the, I thought at least at the time that was a big deal because the last thing you want is something that benefits the United States, the people, the consumer and the business to end and become a free for all thereby exhausting a limited stock of food. I definitely remember that event. So thank you so much, Ambassador Taylor. So I think we're going to turn to some of our questions here. I see a number of questions have come in. So I'll start with the first one. And it says here, in your role as ambassadors to a number of African countries, did you take into consideration the golf differences between Africans and African Americans on conversations surrounding race? So I know Ambassador Taylor and Ambassador Brazil have both served in African countries, I believe. And so Ambassador Brazil, if you want to get started with that question first, and I'll turn to Ambassador Taylor as well. Well, thank you. And I guess in the view that everything's been said, but not by everyone, I'll sort of parrot another ambassadorial colleague who made this point. I think Ambassador Hogan who's serving as ambassador in Moldova, I believe. That's correct. To some extent, and Ambassador is the face of America. And that's one reason we need more African American ambassadors. But we're the face of America, but we can tell stories. And we can tell three types of stories. We can talk about being an American. We can talk about being an African American. And we can talk about our personal stories. And I think that in terms of race coming up, that would come up in our personal stories. It would come up in our African American story, and it would come up actually in our being, talking about just being an American. So yes, I don't think it's something we should not raise and actually can give a perspective of to other countries of how different groups have had to maneuver within a society to get a bigger and larger voice or to solidify certain practices. And so I think again, talking about race gives you a way to relate to people on that people-to-people level in a way that they may not have heard. And this can, this works in every society, including in Africa or anywhere in the world, because people are curious about the face of America that you have. Anything else to add to that, Ambassador Taylor? I agree. I've always embraced the racial issues that America has in the sense of, you can't shy away from it, you can't run away from it, because if you're not authentic, your interlocutors in that country are not going to take you seriously. You use your, you tell your story, we tell the American story, and your personal story is a part of that. I like to call them teaching moments. It's an opportunity for you to shed light on what it's like to be an African American diplomat, and what it was like to be an African American growing up in whatever part of the United States you happen to grow up in. And what it's like to represent a country where when you return home, you could be potentially have a life-threatening encounter with a police officer while minding your business. I can remember in Cape Town, this was during the first set of Black Lives Matters protests, the South African students came to the consulate to protest in solidarity with the Black Lives Matters movement here in the United States. And fortunately, and this is where having Black diplomats make a difference. My security officer happened to be an African American, and my entire public diplomacy section, the two Americans were African American. I sent the security officer for obvious reasons, and I sent one of the public diplomacy officers, and it completely disarmed the students. They said, oh, wow, we can't embarrass the brother and the sister. So they presented their petition, they thanked them, and we continued and we invited them to a location later where we had, by that time, secured some funding to bring one of the Black Lives Matters founders to South Africa to talk about the Black Lives Matter movement. Awesome. And that was under U.S. government auspices, but still, it's that embracing of the issue that gives you, I think, an authentic message. May I jump in again, because I'm the only woman on the three-person panel, except for Denise, who's our moderator, and to take in the gender aspect as well. When I was an ambassador in Kenya, I would always carry a chief stick in my hand when I traveled around the country. One, because President, at the time, President Moy always had his chief stick, and I wanted to carry mine because most often, women had never seen a woman with a chief stick, and the men hadn't seen a woman with a chief stick, and it opened up some productive conversations occasionally. So their gender and race can be used useful in having conversations. Very much so, very much so. Thank you so much for that, Ambassador Taylor and Ambassador Brazil. Denise, can I jump in there and comment on observation? I remember recently we just read about the death of former Secretary of State George Shultz at age 100, and he was one of the former Secretary of State that I served under, and I think everything being said about him is true in terms of the accolades. One of the things when I was a mid-level officer that he said was it's very important that the State Department be diversified, that it looks like America. Until then, to be honest, I kind of thought it was kind of really an EEO promotion that the State Department was advocating, but until he said, he said, the reason is because when the U.S. flag hangs over our missions abroad, it tells a story about the United States and who we are as a people and the values that we represent, and it's important that that story is told by people that represent the different people groups of America. That emboldened me as a foreign service officer serving abroad to not hide my color, basically, and my identity as an African-American. I will just tell you that that had a trickle-down effect, not only on me, but on my children who were foreign service brats serving abroad with me at various posts, because they learned how to celebrate their race and their identity through their classmates and friends and things like that in a foreign service context. So that's a very important discussion to have, and it permeates the entire diplomatic mission from the Secretary of State to the ambassador all the way down to everyone who's there. Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. Williams. So I'll go to our next question here, and I'll open it up to any of our panelists to answer this question. So it says here, do you have advice on how to handle situations when torn between the prosperity of your people and the service of your organization? So I'll say it again, any advice on how to handle situations when torn between the prosperity of your people and the service of your organization? And I'll open it up to any of our panelists. Well, that's a hard question, because I'm not sure. I guess what popped into my mind right away was the timeline. So I don't know what the timeline is for the prosperity of the people versus the organization. So if there's a longer view of tolerating a longer time frame for prosperity to reach people, or if the organization is not reaching its objectives, which might be prosperity of the people it's serving, I'm a bit unclear about the question. But I would say that two things you maybe help reconcile is you can always talk about values and the values that you hold as an American and our values that we like to think are more universal and also empirical data. And so if you and using the data to show that there's a gap maybe in the organization's objectives to bring prosperity to people, and then you can talk about why is that that gap there because the value of the organization isn't being met. I hope I'm being clear, but I'm not sure about the question, but that's my two cents. Yep. Ambassador Taylor, if you want to jump in as well. While Ambassador was speaking, it reminded me of my graduation day, June 6, 1975, at Florida A&M. If there are any Rattlers listening, you know the name Sybil Mobly. That was the original architect of the School of Business and Industry at Florida A&M. And while I was not a business major, she was the senior class advisor in 1975. So just before we're ready to march in and we're assembling, she told us, she said, when we walk out of here today, your goal is to make the university proud, number one, make your family proud, and make America a better place for the race. And she said, you will be able to do that in a number of ways. And she didn't go into detail about it, but that always stuck with me. And it goes to Brother Williams' comment about impact. In a previous assignment in Washington, during an assignment in HR in Washington, I advocated for the establishment of the diplomat and residence position at Florida A&M University. There was no position. I was able to get empirical data that at the time showed FAMU was issuing more or conferring more bachelor's degrees than any HBCU in the country. And there were other data points that at least allowed me to have a conversation. By establishing that diplomat and residence, we began to start a small pipeline of foreign service officers. So in my way, I was helping the prosperity of my people. It may be one person at a time, but if each of us do our parts, it combines, it becomes a larger effort or the impact is much larger. You have to remind your organization of the values, but that's how I thought impacting or that's how I interpreted impacting the prosperity of my people. Hiring interns that nobody else wanted because they came from HBCUs to have the foreign service experience during the summer is impacting the prosperity of my people. Regardless of whether that young person joins the State Department, they had a lifetime experience that was impactful enough that would allow them to maybe make a better decision regarding career opportunities, having access to a different set of professionals that you would not ordinarily have access to, better informs you about the opportunities that may exist. So I think, A, you have to define prosperity and based on how you define that prosperity, you make your effort to impact it both personally and organizationally. Definitely. Thank you so much for that. I'll go to our next question here, which delves into more about the HBCU experience and how everyone started their international careers. The question here says, how did you start on the path of your international career? Were your studies at an HBCU crucial? What courses did you take? Did you have an international internship while you were in college? Depending on everyone's experience, how was the HBCU experience value added to your career now? The different courses that you took at the HBCU, how did it help throughout your career journey overall? I guess we'll start with Mr. Williams. Well, thank you. I view myself as what I call a non-traditional student when I was matriculating college and kind of the experience that Ambassador Taylor had when he met Ambassador Davis. When someone asks you the question, what do you want to be when you grow up? That's when I got the deer in the headlights look in my eye. I really didn't know the answer to that question, but that's the good thing about attending liberal arts colleges HBCU is that it's a foundational experience where you are basically learning how to read, write, and arithmetic and do arithmetic at a more glorified level. That's a good thing, but also what it helps to do, what it helped me to do, was to find myself, to identify and help build my self-confidence and expand my horizons of the kinds of things that I could do. I majored in math when I was in college at Delaware State University, and essentially I became a problem solver. I still use analytical thought processes to this day. I always said that I received my education at HBCUs because after I attended Delaware State, I went to Texas Southern University, but I received my training in the State Department. Thank you. That's awesome. Thank you so much, Ms. Williams. Ambassador Brazil, did you want to add anything? Yes, I would. I think at HBCUs, certainly at Spellman, I felt that we were exposed to the real history of America. It wasn't being whitewashed, so to speak.  I think that's an advantage. In terms of courses, I majored in political science, but I took courses in religion and liberal arts. I'm a big supporter of liberal arts education because I think that gives the foundation that you need to interact with people from any country around the world because you're exposed to a bit of this, a bit of that. Some Americans don't think foreigners are well educated, but they are. In particular, they are well educated about America because we have been a leader, a global leader for a long time, so they felt that they had to educate themselves about America. If you don't know enough about your own country, then I think that's telling in terms of how you represent yourself and the country. I would recommend to students to read their books now. Susan Rice has a book called Tough Love about her time in foreign affairs. Other people have books. President Obama has his book, A Promised Land, and I know that it's 700 pages, but people should read it because what he does in his writing is he tries to put you in the room as decisions are being made, either domestic or foreign policy decisions, and I think that would open the eyes of people who are reading that book. But one thing stuck with me. He went on vacation with his family to Mothas Vineyard, and in those two weeks, he felt he was getting refreshed and he was getting his energy back, and his ability then increased to begin to think about the different decisions that he would be confronted as president. And so I'll just end by quoting Roz Brewer, who is our new CEO of Walgreens, a Spelman graduate, and happens to be head of the Board of Trustees at Spelman. But she has said, and I hope people, students listen, that she always tries to act out of, to take action out of energy and not out of anxiety. And I think that's something I've been pondering because I think it's very important. President Obama was re-energizing himself on his vacation so he could take action out of energy, not out of anxiety. And the only way to do that is to get educated, not to have anxiety, but to educate yourself about the issue that you're confronting and do the best you can. That's very good. Thank you so much for that. Ambassador Taylor, anything to add to that? I would say confidence and resilience. Because an HBCU is a safe space, and you're not a member of an affinity group, you have the ability to explore, to make mistakes, and not have them be lifelong, have the consequences necessarily be lifelong. We had a professor at Florida A&M, God bless him, Dr. William H. Howard. He taught the six courses on international relations in the political science department, which was my major. I took all six. Dr. Howard taught us the foundations of the international system in addition to sharing his travels with us. So he introduced us to the world, because most of us had never traveled outside of the United States, nor could we afford to travel outside of the United States. But that confidence to know that you can do it, and the resilience to overcome the challenges that you're going to face, regardless of what career you may choose. Yes. Thank you so much. Confidence is very, very important. And I know Ambassador Brazil mentioned a number of reading books that you recommend to our audience. There's a few questions here about some sources that you all recommend for our students to read, whether it's books or how to get news information. What would be your best recommendations for books and sources of current issues? I'll start with Mr. Williams. Well, actually, I taught a course at Morehouse. And one of my required readings, actually, that I had for my students, actually, there were three. One is a book entitled Inside U.S. Embassy for students who are contemplating considering careers in international affairs with the State Department. That's a good one. The other one is Maria Carter. What's Maria's name? Pinto, is it? Yes, Pinto. And it's called Careers in International Affairs. That's a good read. It's a good desktop. It's kind of like a manual that is a lot more cross-cutting of the international agencies. Ambassador Brazil mentioned President Obama's book, but one of the mandatory readings that I gave my students was Diplomat for a Warrior for Peace. Ambassador Perkins recently deceased autobiography. It's a very good read, and I recommend that one as well. Thank you. Thank you so much. Ambassador Taylor, any recommendations? The editorial pages of the major newspapers usually will have editorials written by foreign policy pundits or reporters who cover foreign affairs on various foreign affairs issues. And then there are the trade journals, foreign policy, foreign affairs, the economist, which is of British origin, but still it covers international economic issues, international politics. And considering the technical expertise of this audience, I'm sure you will find other opportunities to find our readings on foreign affairs, international relations, but certainly the books mentioned by Brother Williams and Ambassador Brazil are great starting points. But the newspapers still exist. And the editorial page for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, as a diplomat, you read those daily because they could be covering issues that impacted the work that you were doing at that particular time. Yes, thank you so much. I know Ambassador Brazil gave us two books already. Anything else you like to add to that list? Well, I would say anything. There are numerous books, but anything on Ralph Bunch, because I think he was a colossus of the 20th century in terms of what he did diplomatically. And so I recommend that.  And he's written an interesting book. So there are lots of books. Well, thank you for that. I think we're all out of time. Yes, and Ambassador Taylor will take your suggestion. You're on mute. The Wise Men. It's probably 15 years old, but it talks about the people who developed post-war Europe and the Marshall Plan. And those men, unfortunately, all became people in the State Department who influenced U.S. foreign policy for generations. Yes, yes, yes, the Marshall Plan. Definitely a great recommendation from Ambassador Taylor. I think we're all out of time here, but thank you all so much to our amazing panelists. Thank you to our audience for joining. I truly enjoyed today's discussion. I know you all have heard remarks from the Vice President, our Secretary, and many others. And so hope you all enjoyed the conference. Before we close, any parting words from our panelists before we end here? Come join the Foreign Service. We need you. Thank you. As you look at the State Department, there are a number of specialties that may pique your interest. For example, for those people who are into information management, there's a place for you in the State Department. For those of you that want to be federal law enforcement, there's a place for you in the State Department.  So the scientists, yes, so think about, don't see it as strictly an institution of liberal arts majors. It's far more than that. So do take the time and research the various career options that are available to you. But mainly, don't be afraid of the State Department. Living abroad is fantastic. As Ambassador Ruth Davis said, sure to be in a multi-millionaire, there is nothing else I'd rather do in the world than have been a Foreign Service officer. Awesome. Mr. Williams, any parting? I say amen to that. Well, amen right back. Thank you all so much. We had an amazing, amazing discussion here on our main stage. Congressman, the field will be showing up next. And so that will close out the program for today. But thank you all so much to our audience and both to our panelists. Thank you all so much and have an amazing day. Good afternoon and thank you, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Chulit for all of your hard work and that kind introduction. It is indeed a privilege to be here to conclude another remarkable historically Black colleges and universities foreign policy conference. And I share the State Department's deep appreciation to all of you for your participation today. As you learn about the work of the State Department, and I hope you are encouraged to think about how you too can become leaders in foreign affairs. Now, I'm a proud HBCU alum myself, having graduated from Howard University School of Law and now serving as the first African American chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. My time at Howard is the foundation of so much of what I've done throughout my career. I've walked in the same hallways as Charlotte E. Ray and Thurgood Marshall and so many other notable Howard icons and Black civil rights leaders, which spurred my desire to pursue a career that would allow me to give back to my community. It's what inspired me to become an attorney, then an assistant district attorney, an assemblyman in Queens County, and now a member of the United States Congress. And as a member of Congress, it has been my priority to create opportunities for those who come from communities like mine to explore careers in foreign service. After all, foreign service is public service. Our foreign service officers are representing America abroad. And it's important that those public service, our diplomats, look like the America they represent. When we have diversity and national security related fields, our nation is better for it. Your opinions go a long way. Your thoughts are important. So I hope you gain a greater understanding of diplomacy and its value worldwide. This opportunity is unique and very important. I want to thank Secretary Blinken and the Senior State Department officials for acknowledging the importance of historically Black colleges and universities and all the talent that they nurture. My good friend who's a graduate of Howard University and now the Vice President of these United States of America, Kamala Harris, serves an example of those contributions to our great nation. It is important that Americans around the country understand why U.S. foreign policy matters. Now you heard from diplomats who are committed to tackling the global challenges from climate change, environmental policy, to the utilization of technology and data to support our efforts abroad. Clearly, our world is more interconnected than it's ever been and the global challenges we face require global solutions. And democracy is at the heart of it. So after you leave the conference today, we ask you to keep conversations going at your college or university and in your communities and your homes. Talk to your brothers and your sisters, your nieces and your nephews and your friends. I have no doubt that our future ambassador is viewing this live stream right now. And I challenge you to take today's discussions, suggestions, and testimonies to fuel your goals. Whether you plan to apply to Howard University's Rangel Fellowship or the Donald Payne International Development Fellowship or the Pinkering Fellowship or take the Foreign Service Exam, this opportunity at the HBCU Foreign Policy Conference was meant to build your leadership to become the future diplomat of tomorrow. So thank you for your time and we hope to see you for day two of the HBCU Foreign Policy Conference. Enjoy.


You're the first artist that I've ever seen put D-Baby and Mexican OT on the same song. I don't know if they got another song together, do they? I didn't think I'm like a Seifer rap thing. Oh, they're on a Seifer deal? I don't know if it's a Seifer or just a song where everybody's rapping, but yeah, I think it's on, it's some part two or something. Really? Yeah, I don't know the exact name. So Paul, I don't know, but you know what I'm saying, but I guess I'm the second one. I like that, man, because I love the song too. It's called F*** it. Yeah. You know, like the way I got them on the song, like first I got D-Baby on the song. So you got D-Baby first? First on the song. Yeah, and I didn't even say nothing. I then I got OT on the song. I didn't even tell them nothing about neither one. Well, it's business for you. Yeah, so you're buying, you're buying the first. So nobody's business. So like, you know what I'm saying? So like, but at the end, you know, with OT, I had to do a contract. So like, I had to expose my hand. Yeah, you're on the song too. So boom, we had to write the contract. Wow. Because I guess he's in the part of a major label or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mixing OT sound. Yeah, so yeah, like I had to get the song cleared and all that. Yeah, it changed now. This time, the first time you didn't have to do that. There was something like somebody that I had to do the still. How hard was it? Man, at first I'm like, you know what I'm saying?  I ain't broke. They telling me I need y'all. I got an invite and he explained it to me. And I like, OK, you know, that's the CEO. Yeah, yeah. So he made like, yeah, he always kept like he always picked up or whatever unless he was just like business or something. He always in my bed. I was good or whatever.  I'm going to throw God in there to be honest with you. Without God, nothing is possible. So for him, I think those doors open, you know, for you big for a reason. You're the first artist that I've ever seen put D baby and Mexican OT on the same song. I don't know if they got another song together. Do they? I think they are like, like a cypher rap thing. Oh, they're on a cypher deal with Houston rap. I don't know if it's a cypher or just the song where everybody's rapping. But yeah, I think I think it's on it's some part two or something. Really? I don't know the exact name. So Paul, I don't know, but you know what I'm saying. But I guess I'm the second one. Wow. I like that, man, because I love the song too.  What made you name it that?  How do the bucket and go? Hey, how they all go with it, buddy? Too many colors inside of my coat. Look like a rainbow. I want some better things. You want the same. That'll be going, man. Love. She might be busy while she dropping love. I got big rocks. Big rocks. I love the way that vibe is going. And y'all coming in that whole hard too, boy. That's what niggas don't really like. Everybody got their own sound. Everybody got their own style. All y'all styles different. Three different sounds. Three different sounds. Y'all all sound different. Y'all neither one of y'all sound alike. And I think that's incredible to even put that together and make it make sense like that. You know what I'm saying? So what's next? See, I'm just keep recording and driving.  We got to keep pushing that thing. I would know. I'm going to keep marketing there, but I'm going to keep recording. Of course, you always keep hustling. That's the whole game for you that you always keep hustling. I like going in the studio, you know what I'm saying? Like, it's just it's like I like rapping. Like, you know what I'm saying? It's like it's a passion. I have fun. Like, I don't go in there and try to make it work. I go in there and have fun, you know what I'm saying? But like, it's like, see, that's just what I like to do. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to keep making music, you know what I'm saying? Because I'll listen to my stuff over and over and over until I get tired of it or not down there. Of course, I'll miss, you know what I'm saying? That's just how I am. Have you ever let me ask you this because Big X a plug and go on doing this thing. I'm about to watch with a whole lot of diamonds and shawty niggas is my tongue. Took a trip past the Cali to hang with the creeps. Have you reached out to Big X any time? Not yet, but I'm going to tap in. I think he would unite. He got a distribution like my podcast. I'm going to sing with him. He do? Yeah, I like to see you and Big X link up because I know he'll do it. You know, he's gone. He's been on Boss Talk, man. You know, it's been a minute, but at the end of the day, like when you and I didn't see you for a year or so. Or we, you know, it happens like that because y'all be busy and I get it and I'll be busy. So it's like, damn, like I like to see y'all on the song together, you know what I'm saying? For Dallas, for show, you know what I'm saying? And you already improved at you. You rocking with the best. So, you know what I mean? I love the fact that you out here working in grinding. You know what I'm saying? But what do you who do you look at now in Dallas other than yourself in the Hispanic community is jumping? She I mean, it's a it's a lot of people.  Oh, I know a little bit of a little bit him. He may be doing numbers. Yungo G, Yungo G.  Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I interviewed him in California. But me and him going to we're going to run one back to I'm gonna bring him back on the show because I never interviewed him here. I interviewed him in Cali because he had moved to California. It's a moment. I just I just don't be at the lot. I really just be joining myself. But you always been like that, you know what I'm saying? I always been like that.  But it's a lot of artists that they're doing a thing. You know, yeah, yeah, it's just some more different level than others. But you just got to keep mashing on the gas, you know what I'm saying? You got to. They don't want to look to have them on the show to look, check me out, you know what I'm saying?  Yeah, yeah, yeah, like I love the fact that you never stop. You keep striving and everything.  I felt I was like, last year, you know, I had opened up a truck business. You did? Yeah, like the hot shots. And I was running like I ain't know nothing. I just ain't getting information. I just bought a truck. I had a driver and you know what I'm saying? And it was really stressing me out, bro. Like, you know what I'm saying? Then like it was, man, I got it. I got about it. Was it some money in it now? Yeah, it was, but you know, I ain't really had no connections in it, bro. You got to think about it, man. I don't know about no driving, you know what I'm saying? I just, pss. What are you going about? You wanted to learn it. Yeah, and I learned it. I did it. I was doing it, but like I ain't really had no connections, bro. Like I'm working off a low board. I'm dispatching myself.   Yeah, like I just, I can't rap and run that business. That one thing ain't, I got to let something go, you know what I'm saying? So like, yeah, man. You tried it, huh? Yeah, I tried.   I'm with it, man. I'm with it. Yo, here you go. I got a question. So where you getting your chains from? In the other jewelry. He worked at a jewelry shop at the Tony's mall. And he got that, but he got these made from two different other people. Oh, OK. Yo, yo. I like the gold, really. I like the gold chain, the big gold chain that you have. Yeah, because I see a lot of people wearing gold chains and some of them, that one I can look at. And I'm like, that's real, like good gold. Plus like, I mean, I'm only wearing the same chain. It ain't faded yet, you know what I'm saying? I jump in the pool and everything with them all. I like it. I think that's important because I wouldn't wear nothing but gold. You know, I am. A lot of people wear platinum or whatever. I can't do it. I don't see nobody wearing platinum or anything like that. They got silver, platinum or whatever they got. Yeah, that's what the niggas do, man.


How's it going, guys? Welcome back to another J.H.R. review. And today we're actually looking at something my fiancee suggested to me.  And if we turn it around we can see quite a few of these guys in here. We have a white one and a yellow one and we have some greens as well and some pinks. And I'm wondering if there's any difference in flavor on that or if they're all just the same. Let's go ahead and zoom in on this nutritional information though I'm sure that there's a lot of sugar. So actually not too much. Serving size 10 has 10 carbohydrates and 10 grams of sugar. No fat, saturated fat or anything like that. And no sodium as well. It's basically just carbs. And it says ingredients, sugar, FDNC red, number 3, FDNC, yellow number 5, FDNC blue, number 1 and water. So my original, you know, what I said is true it's just clumped up sugar. So without further ado, let's go ahead and unbox this thing because I'm really interested to kind of see what these taste like. Alright, with a little bit of trial and error I was able to open this up. So without further ado, let's go ahead and try one of these out. So first let's go ahead and try the white one. Let's go ahead and zoom in on it real quick because these are really interestingly shaped. Pardon my fingers. Like I said, I've been working in my garage so not much I can do about that right now. Very interesting. Let's go ahead and try it out. This tastes exactly like traditional rock candy. 100%. It's really good and very flavorful. Let's go ahead and try one of these other colors. Oh actually, there was a random green in here. Let's zoom in on that. I thought they were all yellow, but there's a green. So what I presumed was correct. These are all of the same flavor. One of them are, well, a few of them are just colored with some food coloring, but all of them taste really good. That nice kind of crunchy sweetness. It is definitely a sugary snack, but it just reminds me of my childhood with those kind of stick, kind of like a lollipop except the rock candy at the end. But I really did like these and I think that they are very elegantly packaged too. So yeah, let me know what you guys think. Have you ever tried rock candy? Something that you would like to try or do you think it's just too much sugar? Let me know in the comments below. A huge shout out to my Patreons. Thank you guys so much for your support. You guys are awesome. If you enjoyed this video, don't forget to comment, rate, and subscribe. And as always, I'll see you in the next video.