Live from Las Vegas, Nevada. Extracting the signal from the noise. It's theCUBE covering IBM Edge 2015, brought to you by IBM. Okay, welcome back everyone. We are here live in Las Vegas for theCUBE, our flagship program. We go out to the events and extract the signal and noise. We're at IBM Edge 2015. I'm John Furrier with my co-host, Stu Miniman, our next guest, Terry Burdening, VP of Power, our ecosystems and strategy at IBM. Welcome to theCUBE. Thank you. So ecosystem, power, the world is changing, the VARs, the landscapes, certainly the power ecosystems got less than two years old, growing like crazy. But the world of software is scaling massively. You got horizontally scaled systems, get scaled out, meets integrated systems, hyper scale, what's your world like these days? I mean, give us the update on the numbers. Who's, what's the numbers of the partners? And what's the dynamic now in the ecosystem? Because speed is key, time to value. What are some of the things going on? There's a couple of key trends, I would say. Right now we have over 1,400 ISPs for Linux on power, so we've really been growing phenomenally fast. But we're also doing a lot in the open source space, and with open source to your point, there's literally hundreds of thousands of packages. So part of what we've been doing is amidst all this growth and all these options, really honing in on what are our strengths. So our focus has been very much on big data and analytics solutions, cloud solutions, and really taking the great history we have with the systems of record solutions that have been built out on power on AIX and IBM I, and extending that with new Linux capabilities to systems of engagement. So we are looking for synergies that can really build on the strengths we have, build on our architectural strengths, and bring solutions to market that are made up of a combination of IBM software, ISV software, and open source software to provide leading edge capabilities for our clients with differentiated value. How is the open innovation message translating into value? There's a lot of great talk there, it works well. Is it converting? Are you seeing some specific examples, patterns of success? I can give you a couple of key examples of what we've been doing. One thing I would cite is that I was meeting with a lot of different partners about what we were doing in the open space. So it would be everything from Mellanox as a networking partner to MariaDB, which is providing open source MySQL capabilities in the market, Zen was providing PHP, and we started talking about what solution spaces were we all gravitating to. And all of them said in independent meetings, e-commerce mobile kind of solutions. And we said instead of IBM talking to each one individually and being this hub, why don't we get you all together and let's brainstorm on what we could do together. And so we got together over last summer, we introduced by fourth quarter on what we called the turbo lamp stack where we showed if you bring all these capabilities together, if you work together to optimize, what could you really achieve? And MariaDB, for example, showed that they could have 2.2X performance advantage versus the traditional X86 environment they've been working in. But we kept pushing at that and saying, well it's great to have the lamp stack, but what are the solutions? And so we reached out to another partner in the e-commerce space, Magento. Magento is basically part of eBay. And we said, what if we could work with you to really have breakthrough capabilities but with enterprise class servers? And we've had great results with them and we've shown the value in the terms that people care about for e-commerce of bringing this kind of capability together in those partnership modes. So Terry, IBM's been involved in open source for a long time and we all think back to kind of the billion dollars in Linux, really set the tone there. We did an event recently with the MIT Sloan School and the Institute for the Digital Economy and talked about how it's tough to make money in open source.  Can you speak to, how does IBM help its partner ecosystem? Figure out what business models to do and how to actually monetize what they're doing in open source. I think that's actually a really important question and that's one of the things we've talked to about many of the, with many of the partners about. So, you know, born on the cloud in open source was great until it became time to make money. Not just grow fast but actually make money in the process. And what we've heard with those partners I referenced in others is a couple different things. They want enterprise class credibility because it positions them more to make money. They want access to enterprise clients as part of that, right? Because they want to have really, you know, the presence in the public cloud and differentiated capability with us but also more hybrid cloud kind of solutions or even private where they can shift to a private cloud and really increase their chances to drive upside revenue. And they really want to do joint go to market with us where we're introducing them to our channel partners, you know, our distributors, et cetera and as well as our direct sellers to go to market because we're really seeing when you bring those pieces together, everybody benefits from it. And so that is really a core element of what we've been doing is kind of working on that go to market and doing road shows, et cetera. And everybody's happier then because they're working together and they all see the upside revenue they can drive to your point. Yeah, I'm wondering if we can unpack it just a little more because, you know, IBM Global Service has really set the stage for a lot of that, you know, open source adoption because you've got service engagement that was, some would say, that helped IBM grow the services today. Software is really taking a larger share of market overall and it's not necessarily about having a service engagement every time, but helping build it into the software and help build that out. Do you see that shift? How's IBM, you know, adjusting kind of the services versus, you know, just making software that can be monetized? I really think it's on all levels, right? It's, you know, what can we do to help monetize more for the open source providers? What can we do on the software side and what can we do with the services? It's across the board and I know, again, talking to the partners that kind of were born open source and they're looking for how to monetize. It's everything from, is it service and support? Which is kind of starting to be a me too game. Everybody's driving to service and support and enterprise service and support. That's low hanging fruit. Yeah, but it's also, you know, how do they take the open source base but then extend it with differentiated capabilities? That again, they can quantify and show the clients why pick what they've got versus just picking it up out of the open source community and working with it. And I think you're going to see more and more of that in the industry. I know, I meet with a lot of partners. I'm always on the road talking to partners and this trend is absolutely in every discussion I have about how they want to drive to, you know, upside revenue and the monetization. So SAP just had their show, Sapphire now. What's new with SAP? You guys have some new updates there? Some news, yeah. Yeah, share with us. So at Sapphire last week, we announced that we are going to be delivering to market SAP HANA on power, which we think is a great step forward. We've had a really long partnership with SAP and I think this is just the next step in that evolution of the strong relationship and the teams did a great job jointly. We had to work together to bring it to market. We will continue, by the way, with our SAP environments for AIX and IVMI, no question and some great capabilities in that space, but HANA is really, you know, SAP has declared their flagship and so it was important for us to participate in that. And I do think that we were focused again on why power in that space, right? And looking at things like providing SAP HANA solutions across our whole server product line, giving the client's choice flexibility in terms of how they want to deploy, scale up or scale out clearly as an example. You know, clearly the resilience we're known for, but we're looking for the other characteristics, the performance benefits that they'll get with power and we'll continue to evolve that and build on it, but we're very excited about it. That's the next partnership. Great partnership. They're the Ferrari of software in that use case. They need some power, so to speak. They need power, power. Any other news with SAP, any kind of other data points you can share with us about the deal? Well, that, I mean, the core announcement was very good news, big news for us. I mean, you're going to be pumping it up and building a go-to-market behind it. Oh yeah, we've been working on that with them for a while. So in parallel, we were working with the technical teams, obviously, to bring this to market with the general availability, but we've been working on go-to-market. We've been doing enablement for the sales teams and the partners for a while. We had a ramp-up program with them, so we had some really great partners working with us hand-in-hand to make sure the functionality was everything we expected and the benefit was there. And we actually have one of our clients that was part of that ramp-up program, NTTData, speaking here this week about their experiences and they basically said moving from what they had been doing with SAP HANA on x86 to power, queries were going from hours to minutes and that's the kind of thing you have to show and deliver on in the industry. Talk about the ecosystem changes. Obviously, IBM's strategy, radical shift with the whole integration of storage, big data we heard, smarter cities. You're seeing a lot more integration touchpoints with storage in other engineered like systems, whether it's converged to open. How does that change the ecosystem strategy? Can you share some anecdotal feedback, learnings magnified? Can you just give us some color on that? I mean, I would say whenever you do a solution, you have to think of the integrated stack that goes along with it. We don't look at pieces in isolation anymore. We always look at what's the server elements, the storage elements, the networking elements, the middleware elements, you know, right up to the solution and application layer and the deployment, right? It's a cloud deployment, public, private, hybrid. And so you got to look at all the pieces in parallel and the evolution of all the pieces in parallel. And I think if you look at some of the key announcements we've been making around solutions, be it for things like Hadoop-based solutions on the platform, right? We've got storage, componentry, considerations, networking. We had Melanox working hand in hand again with us on the networking side. We, you know, we had our servers and what did we need to do to optimize the environment and, you know, right up through to the stack layer with our partners from IBM Software, the Big Insights team. And we're continuously looking at that and how it's changing, right? With Spark, for example, emerging in that space, what are all the considerations from an optimized stack perspective to have the best Spark characteristics as we bring it to market? So it's always core to everything we're doing and you'll hear a lot of times with solutions, we'll talk about solution additions, right? We announced them for SAP HANA, we've had them for other things and that's us putting those pieces together and saying, you know, here are the reference configurations, easy installs, cookbooks for how to put the pieces together. So it really is looking across that whole stack and how to optimize it and future designs, how to learn from that to continue to evolve the characteristics.  There's a really land grab out there for the developer community and new modern applications. Cloud Foundry Summit's going on this week, that's kind of the new middleware, IBM's there with your group there. Containers, you know, talks about separating the application management from your infrastructure management. How does power fit into this kind of whole, you know, new evolving model for developers in the ISV? You know, it's again core to everything we're doing. It's what the industry is moving towards. And so we made a series of announcements, for example, in February at Interconnect about Docker, about what we were doing in general with some new open source capabilities, building on OpenStack, the whole Cloud Foundry discussion. You know, you can't be in the solution business today and not be part of all this or you aren't paying attention to the solution business as far as I'm concerned, right? So even if you look at something like the open data platform announcements that were made in about that same timeframe, we were very much working that, you know, some of the examples of that capability were based on power test cases, client implementations that we had done. So we are very active in these, sometimes you don't see our name, but if it's got to do with the solution, then it's tied to those core solutions. The solutions are changing. It's a Lego block, it's integration. It has to be. These new dimensions or new factors to buying and consuming. Exactly. Cloud-based mobile. Right. And the great thing, by the way, is that the fact that we are embracing the open standards and the open communities, et cetera, it gives clients choice of what do you want to put together? Or you have the open APIs, you understand the basic constructs, and your job is to build the best version or implementation of that as possible. We just had Stephanie on. She's like, we do Linux like it's never been done before. I love that. But it's the mojo of saying, hey, it's different, but we're going to leverage what people have. And then build that next generation. Exactly. That's exactly what you need to do. I think it's a huge opportunity for the ecosystem. I think if I'm a partner or I was a bar or reseller or now integration, there's so much more you could do to increase profits on the delivery side of it. That's, I think, exciting. Yeah. And again, to how we started this, you got to do it with focus. You don't want to be all things to all people in scattershot. You got to be very clear about where are your strengths? Where can you make a difference? How do you build out the right ecosystem to target that market? Hopefully you guys had Ken King and the whole open power ecosystem. We love that story. It's a great story, because I've been talking more about the software ecosystem and what we're building on, but you got all those pieces coming together in ways the industry's never seen before. We interviewed Doug Baylog two years ago. I think it was at one of the events. It wasn't Edge, it was Pulse, I think it was called Pulse. Yeah. And they just launched, what might have been the impact? They just launched Open Power. And he's bringing this bravado. But he didn't know. So what do you think is going to happen in the normal CUBE interview? And then I interviewed him a year later and what an amazing launch, because you put it out there. You put it out there, see what happens. But the reaction shows you the industry was hungry for this, right? I mean, to have this kind of collaborative innovation that goes along with that, that's what I think excites people to be able to get together. There's a whole new channel of opportunity that you guys have, it's amazing. And they're building into your ecosystem, it's self-reinforcing. It's a beautiful thing, yes. It's a beautiful thing. Terry Verney, we are here, live inside the CUBE, Vice President of Power, ecosystem strategy for IBM, got a great job, super excited. This is theCUBE, we're right back after this short break.


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Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. It's time once again to put that power to the test. Here on... K-Check! To everyone, I'm Attorney Gabby Concepcion. At ako naman po si Jules Giang and this is K-Check. Atuloy pa rin ang paghanap natin ng mga gustong sanayin at palawakin ang brain power nila through competition. Alamin natin kung kain nila ang brain workout na inihanda natin for them this season. Kiasamahan nyo kami until the final week of competition to find out who our next K-Check champion will be. Apat na contestants ang dadaan sa ating karunungan check sa araw nato. Nikos is a mechanical engineering freshman in UP Dileman. His hobbies are playing games and a few sports. He also likes to read novels and manga. Pau is a fourth-year theater arts student in UP Dileman majoring in directing and dramaturgie. She likes to deliver dramatic monologues in her house's comfort room. Aya, on the other hand, is a student at UP Dileman taking up BA theater arts. She is also a student assistant at the Cal Library. She likes matcha, chicken joy and potato corner. I hope they become our sponsors soon. Philip is a student of UP Dileman taking electronics and communications engineering. He was a Taekwondo player, but now ventures to the field of flag football. Duma dami ang flag football? Ang atdo na siya. So these four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Firstly, we have Professor Mitzi Reyes, former dean of the College of Fine Arts, UP Dileman. Up next, we have Professor Ricky Nelyas of the Institute of Chemistry from UP Dileman. And finally, we have Professor Luisa De Leon Bolinao, former chair of the Department of History, also from UP Dileman. At ngayon, contestants, handa na ba kayo for our first round? Get ready to buzz in and collect those points. Correct answers are 10 points each. Let's begin. This is round one. Let's begin. Question number one. In science, what do you call the study of animals? Zoology. Zoology or zoology is correct. Question number two. On what island in the Philippines can you find Roja City, Aklan, and Iloilo? Visayas Island. Visayas Island is Malay. Anyone can steal? The island is Panay. That's a correct answer. Question number three. Ivanka is the daughter and Melania is the wife of which former US president? Donald Trump. Donald Trump is correct. Question number four. What hit song by the K-pop group 5050 has a title that is the name of the Roman god of love? Okay, the correct answer is Cupid. Question number five. What common Latin honor is one notch higher than Magna Cum Laude? Nikos. Summa Cum Laude. Summa Cum Laude is correct. Question number six. What is the predominant language in Mexico, Argentina, and Peru? Latin. Latin is Malay. Niko. Spanish. Spanish is correct. Question number seven. Which 2023 top 10 hit song by Tate McGray has a one word title that means showing an intense and selfish desire for something especially wealth or power? The correct answer is greedy. Question number eight. In what country can you find the leaning tower of Pisa? Niko. Italy. Italy is correct. K-check. Question number nine. Which former Philippine president was born in San Juan but grew up in Lubau, Pampanga? Nikos. Gustado Macabagal. Gustado Macabagal is Malay. Joseph Estrada. Joseph Estrada is Malay. Anyone can tell? Pao. Manuel L. Quezon. Manuel L. Quezon is Malay. Phillip. Gloria Macabagal Arroyo. Gloria Macabagal Arroyo is correct. K-check. So yun yung anak yung daddy, ay sinabi yung Gustado. Okay. Question number ten. In elementary math, what fraction is 6a in lowest terms? Nikos. 3 fourths. 3 fourths is correct. K-check. Number eleven. In constellations as well as horoscopes, what animal is represented by? Aris. The correct answer is Ram. Final question for this round. Number twelve. What active volcano in Batangas erupted in January 2020? Nikos. Taal volcano. Taal or taal volcano is correct. K-check. On that end, our round number one. Thank you very much, Jules. After that round, we have our engineering student, Nikos, in the lead, followed by Aya and Phillip with ten points each. And Pao with a lot of catching up to do. Just a little. Not a lot. Okay. Kausapin mo na natin makontestans natin para mawala yung kaban nila. Kayso, kay Pao mo na kay Pao. Talaga bang nakakatulong sa pag-aaral mo yung pag-mumunulog sa panyo? Yes, I think po. Kasi dun ako nag-erase ka pag stressful yung day. Dund ko ka nakakausap yung mga di ko makakausap pa din the stressful day. Yeah. Portal pala siya. Yes. Correct. Pwede na mag-sample. Sample nga. Alam. Sample ang stress. Hindi para sa Atilang. Kanyang na sa CR po ako. Gawin na nga. Maka kapuntos din ako. Dina sa online nila. Manifest. Manifesting niyan. Acting. Paraming salamat pao. Nanapakadali mo naman palang ma-encourage. Na mag-sample. So mag-handa na yung mga. Kasi nipastaman ay mahilig sa games in a few sports. Nakakain-trickaling sports ba naman yan? Daka nagbapasadao siya ng manga yung sa likod nagsisimula yung kwento. Aya. I play basketball dsaka flag football. Nagarunga kami na Pilip Nungsan at sa manga naman nakulang siya ng pandemik at nagtuloy-tuloy na. Mangabat na siya kasi nagpaflagden si Pilip di ba? Sama ba? Sa makakakilala naman kayo. Okay. So makakabun na nang team ang K-check. Malapit na. Ilan ba ang members of a flag football team? Usually ko. Five po. Kapag min-starting five. Tapos atin po, 15 po yung usual. 15. Siguro by the fourth season of K-check makakabun na tayo ng flag football team. Majority pa. Majority. Well, we would love to hear more pero kailangan na natin balikang ang ating competition at ang round two. Susunod na yan. Sa pagbabalik ng K-check. Tulip pa rin ang ating karunungan check. Rika po na tayo sa ating points. Leading sinikos with 60 points followed by Aya in Pilip at 10 points and Sipao, ahabos sa ating next round. Well, bumaling naman tayo ngayon dito sa isa sa pinakaan nakakagutom na bayo na na rinig natin. Aya yun lang ba ang kinakain mo at nakakatulong kanya yan sa brain tower mo. Yes po, comfort food po sila. So, kapag stress po ako, sila po yung main choices. Wow. Okay, gagawin din natin yan. Okay. Mamaya. Okay. So, mula sa usam yung pagkaiso naman si Pilip. Okay, si Pilip na nahilig din sa flag football at the expense ba of Taekwondo. Tuluyang mo naba itong iki give up ang paba piliin ka. I believe so ko. Yung pozo ko ko na sa Taekwondo talaga pero mas leanin po ako mag-explore sa bagong sports. Ang choices ng poos kong talaga, kung yung saan, maghirap talaga pumilin. Ang lalim ng... Lalim yun. So, and now it's time for round two. Contestants, get ready to buzz in but make sure you strategize. Correct answers are worth 20 points each but you lose 10 points. If you answer incorrectly, let's begin. This is round two. Question number one. What is the name of the animated talking cat who had a 2011 film of his own as well as a sequel subtitled The Last Wish where he was voiced by no less than Antonio Banderas. Nikos. Buzin Boots. Buzin Boots is the correct answer. K-chat. Question number two. In the game of chess, how many bishops are there on the board at the start of the game? Philip. Two. The answer is wrong. Nikos. Four bishops. Four bishops is the correct answer. K-chat. Question number three. In anatomy, what is the name of the joint connecting the thigh and the lower leg in humans? Philip. Ni. Ni is the correct answer. K-chat. Question number four. One of the most popular dogs in cartoons is a beagle from the comic strip, Peanuts. What is the name of this dog who is the pet of Charlie Brown? Nikos. Snoopy. Snoopy, my favorite, is the correct answer. Question number five. The most popular city in Mindanao can be found at the foot of Mount Apo. What is this city, which is also called the durian capital of the Philippines? Walang makain ng durian sa iyan. Keoror, walang kumakain ng durian sa kanila. The correct answer is Davao City. Question number seven. In sports, soccer is another name for what popular ball game? Nikos. Football. Football is the correct answer. K-chat. Question number eight. In 2023, temperatures reaching 54 degrees Celsius were recorded in this national park in California, USA. What is the name of this low-lying park which once had the record for the highest temperature on Earth? Nikos. Yellowstone. The answer is wrong. Appropriately named, the correct answer is Death Valley. Question number ten. What term describes the process by which characteristics are given from a parent to their child through the genes? DNA. The answer is wrong. Nikos. Genotype. Genotype is wrong. The correct answer is Heredity. Question number eleven. The conclusion of a peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in October 2012 was one of the noticed accomplishments of which Philippine president? Naya. Noy Noy Akina. The correct answer is Benigno Noy Noy Akina. The single, as it was, finished number two as animals heat waves on top of the year and hot 100 chart for 2022. Which member of One Direction Nikos? Harry Styles. Harry Styles is the member of One Direction who recorded as it was. The answer is correct. K-check. A last question. In Japanese cuisine, kakagutom na naman, what type of food is udon? Nikos. Genotype, noodle. Udon is a noodle. The answer is correct. K-check. And that's it for our second round. So now let's do a recap of their scores. Leading is Nikos with 160 points, followed by Aya with 30 points, Philippe with 10 points and Pao with 1 round ka pa para humapon. Pero hindi pa po tapos ang laban, ultimate pagalingan na sa pagbabalik ng K-check. And welcome back to K-check. At this point in time, we have Nikos leading with 160 points, Aya with 30 points, Philippe with 10, and Pao with a lot of catching up to do. Pero meron paputayong paparating na ultimate pagalingan round. That's right. Dito po, correct answers are worth 30 points each at my 15-point deduction for wrong answers. Let's go for those points and for the win. But remember, sa ating panel of experts mangagaling ang mga katalungan. Let's begin. For the pagalingan round, Professor Mitzi. First question is, what is the famous female portrait painting made by the high-renaissance Italian painter, Leonardo da Vinci? Juan Alisa. The answer is correct. This is a half-length portrait painting Donan oil and considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian renaissance. It has been described as the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, and the most parodid work of art in the world. Okay, check. From Ricky. For biology, Taya. What is the term for the process by which organisms DNA is copied to produce an identical strand of RNA? A. Translation. B. Replication. C. Transcription. D. Recombination. And E. Transpiration. Philip. B. Replication. Malé. Anyone can steal? Nico. A. Translation. Malé. E. Transpiration. Malé. Pawisa na lang. D. Recombination. Malé. Transcription is the process of copying DNA into RNA, which serves as a template for protein synthesis. Ang tamang sagot ay letter C, transcription. Everybody needs that. Bro, flu. Philippine history naman tayo. Who is the female hero also known as the mother of Byak na pato? Letter A. Gregoria de Jesus. Letter B. Melchora Aquino. Letter C. Josefa Rizal. Letter D. Marina Dizon. Letter E. Trindad Texon. Nico. A. Gregoria de Jesus. That's incorrect. The correct answer is letter E. Trindad Texon. The best one is C. Back to you. What is the alias of Francisco Harabas, the comic character created by Ramas and illustrator Tony Vazquez in 1929? That was described by Nonoy Marcello as a Ludicruz portrait of the Filipino pathetically trying but barely succeeding in keeping up with his American mentors. A. The junior Julie. B. Chikiting Gubat. C. Kenkoy. D. Piching. E. Maching. Philippe. D. Piching. Incorrect. Letter C. Kenkoy. Kenkoy can be considered the Philippines' first true pop icon and his name in Filipino language means a joker, jester or a hilarious person. The answer is correct. Kcheck, Professor Ricky. What marine organisms produce their own light through a biochemical process known as bioluminescence? A. Jellifish. B. Sharks. C. Dolphins. D. C. Urchins. And E. Turtles. Philippe. A. Jellifish. Some species of this are capable of bioluminescence producing light through a chemical reaction within their cells. The correct answer is Jellifish. Kcheck. Aho na sa negative, si Philippe. Professor Lu. In geography. What is the largest country in the world by land area? Letter A. Russia. I will just read the choices. Letter A. China. Letter B. Russia. Letter C. Canada. Letter D. United States. And letter E. Brazil. The correct answer is Russia. Kcheck. Back to Professor Mitzi. So the third question is who was the colorblind national artists? A. Hernando Ocampo. Cesar Legaspi. C. Larry Alcala. D. Fernando Amorzolo. E. Carlos Botong Francisco. His daughter, Celeste Legaspi, when she was nine years old, narrated how as a young nine-year-old she would help her father identify colors in magazine clippings. He belonged to the so-called 13 moderns and later the neo-realists. The answer is Cesar Legaspi. Thank you very much, Prof. Mitzi. Prof Riki. In the world of atoms, there's a subatomic particle with a neutral charge. What is the name of this mysterious particle? A. Proton. B. Election. C. Neutron. Philip. Letter C. Neutron. Neutrons are subatomic particles with no electrical charge, residing in the nucleus of an atom along with protons. Kcheck. Prof Riki. Philippine geography naman. Question number three, what is the newest province in the Philippines? Founded on September 17, 2022. Letter A. Sambuanga, Sibugay. Letter B. Davao, Occidental. Letter C. Magindanao, Del Norte. Letter D. Dinagat, Islands. Letter E. Davao, De Oro. The correct answer is Magindanao, Del Norte. And for our final round of questions from our experts, Prof Mitzi. The last question is, hailed as the father of Philippine arts. Who is the Filipino sculptor and professor of the University of the Philippines? Designated as a national artist of the Philippines for sculpture in 1973. Three years before his death. A. Eduardo Castrillo. B. Ramon Orlina. C. Napoleon Abueva. D. Guillermo Tolentino. E. Claude Tai. Nicos. Letter D. Guillermo Tolentino. Guillermo Tolentino was hailed the father of Philippine arts. He sculpted the University of the Philippines. Most recognizable emblem, the UP Ablation. Is the Bonifacio Monument in Kaluokan City. The answer is correct. K-check. Prof Tiki. Beneath the earth's crust lies a layer of molten rock in constant motion. What is the name of this dynamic layer? A. Mantle. B. Litosphere. C. Astinosphere. D. Outer core. Phillip. A. Mantle. Malay. Malay. D. Outer core. Malay. Gosh. Letter C. Astinosphere. The astinosphere is a semi-fluid layer in the upper mantle, responsible for the movement of tectonic plates. K-check. Parang ayon nangasahan ang sumagotin, Nicos. But K-check pa rin. And for our last and ultimate question for this round, Prof Lu. World geography naman tayo. How many countries are there in the United Kingdom? Letter A. Two. Letter B. Three. Letter C. Four. Letter D. Five. Letter E. Letter C. Four. That is correct. K-check. And that's it for K-check Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulation to Nicos, our K-check daily winner for the final score of 280 points. Sumakasaman natin sa ulit this Friday when he competes with the other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. Thanks to Pao Aya and Philip for joining and to the members, of course, of our panel of experts, Prof Bitsi, Professor Ricky, and Professor Lu. This is the Tony Gabby Conception. And I am Jules Guyang. Join us again tomorrow for another K-check.


features Carthage and Stevenson. Yeah! The automatic bid after winning the Continental Volleyball Conference Tournament with a sweep of rector's new work. It was the third straight championship appearance for the Mustang as they finally... Right? They're showing the best. In the nation, in the system. Well, that will do it. All ten teams in. First round. This weekend was unbelievable. I couldn't ask for anything more out of our guys. We did exactly what we planned to do. We came out, brought energy. We played our hardest. We worked our... We worked everything. We worked our hardest this week during practice. It was just... It's almost... I just don't have words for it. It's amazing. Incredibly proud of the boys. It's been a great year. We've literally made history for Stevenson. It's the first team we've ever had get to the NCAA Tournament. We're excited about our matchups. Carthage is a team we saw out in Wisconsin. We actually played at their home gym. It didn't go the way we wanted, but we took a lot of good things from that match. So I think it's a favorable matchup for us. And I like our chances. I think this is a team that not can just only get to the tournament, but can really compete. I think with our game planning and what coach sets up for us, and if we work hard in practice, I don't see there being a problem. Then going on from there, we'd probably face people like Springfield and New Boston. We've been there with Springfield. So we know we can stand with the big boys. So as long as we work hard, I don't see any reason why we can't be there at the end.


Thank you, Seamus. Hello, everyone. It's great to be here today with Ministers O'Regan and Qualtro to talk about yet another step we're taking to create good middle-class jobs while fighting climate change. Thank you also to Cindy Garou from the Canadian Association of Consulting Energy Advisors and to Corey Diamond from Efficiency Canada for joining us today. In the coming weeks, we'll be launching a new program, the Greener Homes Grant to help retrofit up to 700,000 homes. This investment will provide energy audits as well as grants of up to $5,000 for homeowners so that they can make energy-efficient improvements.  To make these renovations happen, we need workers who can install windows, heating and cooling experts, electricians, and insulation specialists. But before any of that work gets going on your house, you need an energy advisor who can tell you where you're losing heat in the winter or why your house is getting too hot in the summer so you can plan what makes the most sense to invest in. We know that there's going to be a bigger demand for energy advisors now and in the coming years as more and more people retrofit their homes. And we have to make sure homeowners have access to energy evaluations everywhere in Canada. Today, we're announcing a $10 million commitment to recruit, train and mentor up up to 2,000 new energy advisors right across the country. Whether for people who already work in construction or in a whole range of other fields, this training program will open up new opportunities for people across the country. These are good, well-paying jobs. Everyone should have a chance to benefit from this great career choice. That's why we will actively recruit people from all walks of life to join the growing energy efficiency sector. With the help of the more ecological housing initiative, we will invest $10 million to create 2,000 good jobs to advise on energy efficiency across the country. These new advisers will ensure that homeowners, no matter where they live, will have the best access to targeted advice and energy evaluations. Of course, this initiative will also help to create other good jobs for the middle class by encouraging the energy efficiency sector and construction sector, in addition to having positive effects throughout our supply chain. Ministers O'Regan and Qualtra will have more details to share in just a few moments, but the bottom line is this. Creating green jobs is not only good for the economy, for workers and for the environment. It makes life more affordable for the middle class, too. After all, anyone with a home knows that leaky windows or an old furnace don't just waste power, they waste money, too. By putting those retrofits in reach for homeowners, we're going to help people cut their energy bills while also cutting extra emissions. The buildings in Canada, including our homes, count for 18% of our greenhouse gas emissions. That's why it's important to work to make our homes more eco-energy. In addition to making our homes more comfortable and more affordable, these measures will help us reach our goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. Climate change is real, and it's an existential threat. That's why we're continuing to strengthen our climate plan with smart, targeted investments. We have a plan to rebuild a more resilient economy and a more sustainable future for all Canadians. Because that's what building back better is all about. Real solutions that work for real people. A healthier future, good jobs, and a stronger, cleaner economy. That's what we're going to keep delivering for Canadians.


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I am Chanika Roy from Krishnakanda Handik State Open University and I am here with the third video lecture on the topic, Tears, Ideal Tears, written by Lord Alfred Tennyson. So in the previous two videos, we have reflected on the life and works of the poet and then in the second video, we have dealt with the poem in a detailed manner by highlighting on the major things that has been reflected in the poem. So in this video, we shall mainly emphasize on the language and style used by Tennyson. So let us first learn about the poetic technique used in the poem. The poetic technique used in the poem takes into account some formal devices such as plan 1 and an extensive use of images to convey the sense of sadness and sweetness as the two opposite qualities of the human recollection of the past. So don't you sometimes feel, when you think about the past, don't you think or don't you feel a certain kind of sadness because the past or the joy that you have achieved in the past, it cannot be revived in our memories. We can just think about it, we cannot feel it. So the human recollection of the past is a mixture of sweetness and sadness. Apart from this, the meditative and conversational atmosphere must be noted. So while going through the poem, you must have noted that it is written in a very simple and conversational tone. Each stanza is connected to the previous one by a closing phrase. As I have mentioned in my earlier video, the phrase that is the days that are no more. So this is the line that continuously occurs at the end of all the four stanzas. And this phrase is repeated to remind the reader of the passing or the passage of time. The use of imagery is also similarly directed towards conveying a sense of contrast between joy and sorrow with regard to our recollection of the past. Human memory is not selective. Therefore, the image of happy autumn fills is followed by the image of a dying man. Another tactic used by the poet is personification. In the phrase, happy autumn fills, he has used a figure of speech called transfer epithet. So it is not the autumn fills which are happy, but the person looking at them. So this is an example of transferred epithet. That means he transfers his feelings through the autumn fills. The autumn fills are mentioned as happy, but actually the poet fills the happiness and he reflects his happiness through the autumn fills. So by the use of transferred epithet, a poetic effect is created from person to the field. Thus, it may be said that tears, ideal tears is a poem in which Tennyson had achieved a great poetic effect by using the suitable, though conventional techniques such as use of blank verse, figures of speech and imagery for his grave subject matter, which is the recollection of the past and how the recollections are apt to make us feel both happy and sad. So purely this is a very philosophical poem and it is a reflection of his own thinking on the memories of the past or memories of the dead. As far as the language of the poem is concerned, the use of imagery, that is images, simple and also simple words are to be noted. If the imagery particularly focuses on or it particularly focuses our attention towards the melancholic calm and sense of irony which we experience with our own contemplation of the passing of life. So you can see in each stanza there is a simple example to illustrate our sense of loss. For example, in the first stanza, the poet describes a person looking at the happy autumn fields. So autumn also indicates the coming of winter. One can reflect the change of seasons and this reflection brings tears into our eyes. Likewise, in the second stanza, you may have noted that this sense of loss is compared to the feeling of a person who is visited by his friends. The friends finally leave him and this is a very difficult image. So we ourselves can feel the or we can feel the pangs of loneliness when our friends leave us, particularly when our friends leave us forever. So the person feels the joy of seeing the sunlight on the sail, glittering on a sail as the ship bringing his friend is seen from a distance, but the same friends would depart in the ship, leaving the person filled with sadness. The words Tennyson uses to describe the arrival and departure of the friends like up from the underworld and to mention the departure like below the verge have to be noted. This actually is the image of a voyage of a journey. So it has symbolic meaning that is passing from birth to death, the journey of human beings from birth to death. Once the idea of death is indicated in the image of the ship, bringing friends from the underworld, its logical connection with the next stanza can be seen in the mention of the dying man hearing the bird's nose at dawn. The speaker means that his ideal tears are like the tears of the dying man who wakes up in the summer dawn and hears the bird's tear. Here is a strong melancholic that is filled with sadness, which is apt to bring tears to eyes. So in the final stanza the tears are compared with those in the eyes of the lover who remembers with joy and regrets his love affair that has ended without any hope for renewal.  From the above discussion it is clear that the complex subject of the poem is rendered comprehensible by the use of a simple language and imagery. We can also point out the words whose sounds echo the poet's feeling of sadness that causes tears to come to his eyes. The use of the words tears in the title is particularly striking with its repetition. You must have noted that the title contains two tears, tears, ideal and tears. So there the emphasis on the word tears has to be noted. So and it also depicts the sense of sadness felt by the poet. Tennyson was acutely sensitive to sounds and had the gift of appealing to our ears even more. So he is considered to be one of the finest Victorian poets largely because of his range and volume of poetic output. He could experiment with different kinds of poetic forms including the lyric, dramatic monologue and so on. So here it must be mentioned that the dramatic monologue is a poetic form which consists of a speech by a single character who reveals his innermost thoughts and feelings to a listener. And if we see the works by Tennyson we can certainly say that Tennyson was a master in composing dramatic monologues. So in this video we have learnt that Tennyson was one of the greatest Victorian poets and who had a poetic genius and who covered different kinds of forms in his poetry and he experimented widely. So you must be clear by now what the poem tears, ideal tears is all about. I hope you have gained a bit from this video that will help you to read more on Tennyson and his works. Thank you for watching this video. Wish you all the best.


Yeah, time now to talk some track and field on the Sports Bank Zone. The 2024 Jamaican High School season is in full swing and has already created some buzz over the past two weekends. This Saturday, though, the ninth edition of the McKinley Wind Classic to be held at Calabar High School will be one of the attractions. The event, named in honor of past students and Olympic gold medalists, Herbert McKinley and Arthur Wint is set to attract an estimated 1,300 athletes. We are pleased to be joined in studio by a member of the organizing committee, David Miller, and a Calabar student athlete, Fomsen Martin, Carlos Bryson, a 2023 champs class 3500 meter gold medalist. Gentlemen, welcome to the Sports Bank Zone. Thank you very much and thanks for having us. Yeah, David, let's start with you because, you know, in Jamaica, you have multiple track and field meets on any weekend. What is so special about this one, the McKinley Wind Classic, that people should be so excited about? The McKinley Wind Classic is named in honor of her McKinley and Arthur Wint and that alone speaks a lot. Then you have the backdrop of Calabar High School, which is one of the finest boys institutions in Jamaica, where we have a fabulous sports complex for several sports, not only track and field, cricket, football, basketball, lacrosse, rugby. We have a wholesome set of activities going on at the school, different extracolorical activities, building the youth into young men. And Calabar is a brand 111 years old, there are a lot of history, a lot of history at 61 Rails Road, and it attracts people. This has attracted 1,300 athletes in about four to five schools to come out for track and field on Saturday, January 20th. Yeah, how are you going to manage so many teams and athletes in one day? I saw only, I think a day ago, the J3S president, Garth Gale, saying he's concerned about some of these development meets going too long. Yes, well, we have a good set of managers. We have strong security for the complex. We have a state-of-the-art online platform that manages the heats, manages the results, a high-power team to filter through the results and get the events going one after the other. So it's nonstop action from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. And on the field event side, we'll have discuss, shot put, and long jump. We have some of the top officials, J3 accredited, to manage that process and to keep it going. There are two shot put rings at Calabar, there are two long jump pits at Calabar, so events will be going off simultaneously all through the day for spectators, for field events, for track events. You have a full day and you will be enjoying it. Yeah, well, I want to hear from Carlos now. Carlos, you're from St. Martin. Why Calabar High School? I don't know, really. Well, what? It's my father. It's my father. I'm a coach from St. Martin, really, picked the twice for me. Yeah, but are you enjoying going to school there? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's nice. I think it's one of the best choice I could have ever had, that I think. Right. And of course, what are you looking forward to for this meet that's coming up? It's a big meet. Have you participated in it before? Yes, I have. Right. Last year, 2020, McKinley-Winley, I ran the 400 and 800 as well. Okay, and what are you looking forward to most this season and how has preparation been for you? Preparation is coming slowly and alright. I am getting there, but for the McKinley-Winley chat meet, I don't know if I'm running as yet, but I will get the confirmation from the coach tomorrow. Yeah, David, you know, there is a thing where we've seen a number of overseas athletes now in the high school system in Jamaica. Really recently, a young lady from Edwin Allen, Carol Etienne, set a Dominican junior record in 1170 in the 100 meters, so a lot of them are doing well. We've seen Julian Alfred here, athletes from as far as Africa, and you see that across a number of schools in Jamaica. But Carlos Bryson is the only non-Jamaican at Calabar High School, and that is surprising to me because Calabar High School is a school that is contending to win champs, and the feeling now, if you are going to win, you need overseas talent. Well, you know, there are some objectives that we have that surpass winning in terms of a number of points at championships. Calabar High School was built for Jamaicans, for Jamaican boys, and we have always stuck to that mantra. We have always been encouraging that right throughout Jamaica. Our track and field program, football program, all extracurricular activities are focused on building Jamaican talent.  We encourage boys to come visit our school to join all different programs and be academically sound. And we're focusing on Jamaicans. Carlos is an exception. He's that asked to come to, for him to come to Calabar to come and visit Calabar first of all. When he saw the campus and met the teachers and the principal at the time, Mr. Karcher, he was won over. And of course, we facilitate aware about Jamaica, building talent throughout the region, not just for Calabar, but for the region. But our primary focus is Jamaicans. That's what we're doing, notwithstanding other teams are having, specifically bringing students to run for them. That's our objective. But you know, a lot of old boys, you've been one of them, old boy that is, want to win. And so they'll say, maybe it is a case that we need to get in more overseas talent if we're going to be pushing for these titers, if we're going to contend with other teams who are at the top at this stage. I hear you. And I've heard the cry. But again, our focus is on us and Jamaicans are not just scoring the most points, but building a boy, a young Jamaican boy, into a top citizen of Jamaica, matriculating the boys into university level. That's our focus, a rounded individual that can be someone in our society. That's what Calabar is all about. That's what we're always stuck by. Yeah. And that's our victory. That's our win. Yeah. Carlos, a great introduction for you at Champs last year, winning the Class 3 15 100 meters, you step up with the semi-big boys now in Class 2. How much are you looking forward to that? Because it's always difficult for a first year Class 2 athlete to repeat the type of success that they had in Class 3. So what are your goals and your targets in this first year of Class 2? Goals. My goals. My goals right now is to do my best at the Champs 2024. But the coach that I have, Errol Maasaias, he's a great coach and as you know, he like Bill Venson in Ferguson and Rivaldo and he was in, as if you know that Venson come from Class 3 and his first year of Class 2 and broke the record, so Errol Maasaias and he's a great coach and I think he can make a student or athlete break the record this year, maybe. Are you going for the record? This year? No, I don't think so. Well, I think. We will see. How about Carifter? Because it's always tough and we've seen a number of athletes who do well in the Jamaican high school system and then you go to Carifter and it can be tough physically and otherwise, you had that experience last year competing at Carifter Games. How much are you looking forward to the Carifter Games this time around? It's going to be in Grenada and have the expectations for Carifter kind of gone up because in that category now you'll be a senior, the under 17s. Yeah, I'm looking forward to it really because you know what I'm saying, I started at 13 years old, now I'm 15 and I'm ready to actually compete, so I'm looking forward to it and I just hope that the season comes through. Yeah, sounds good. What sort of reception do you get in St. Martin?  What was the reaction like there? The reaction there was crazy because almost everybody just came to me and congratulated me. My parents from coaches, I would say he won't from St. Martin, I don't know.  Yeah, you could say that, yes. What? I like that. David, we leave the final word with you. Everybody would want me to ask this, is Calabar going to win champs any time soon? Of course you will. Why? Because we're going to win champs very soon, sooner than you'll think. Oh, but you don't know what I think, David. We're building our team, we're building young boys into men, we're building a team of disciplined young boys and we're going to be right there, we're going to be right there sooner than later. Yeah, quickly, you're pushing this thing I notice about disciplined young boys. Is there something about changing the image or what individuals have perceived in the past to about boys from Calabar? I think it's not just boys from Calabar, if you look across society and the level of crime generally and the kind of boys coming out of the school, I mean not to say anything derogatory or anything negative, but boys, we need as a side to lift our boys to be stronger and better and we need them to be more of a professional sort and we recognize that at Calabar the need to mentor and to be there guiding the boys throughout. There are so many instances of boys over the years falling by the wayside and not only Calabar, it's right across our society and we need as adults to play our part to change that little by little and to build those values into the boys to have them get that sense of purpose and direction I think and that's a big focus for us at Calabar, you know that's a big focus for us, it's not about sports totally, it's about being someone in society that is credible and can be looked up on. Yeah, I wish Ricardo was going to school now in this time where you're pushing that too bad, it's too late. Maria, I'll leave you with the last word. David, thanks very much Carlos, thanks very much and all the best on the weekend. Let's take a break on the Sportsman zone. Maria will be here after the break with Interactive.


Hello everyone and welcome back to another video in this tutorial. We're going to be looking at user forms So we'll be creating our first basic user form and we'll be using VBA So some of the scripting that we've looked at in past videos to one help us open that user form and to submit some basic Information so we're basically use this form to capture some information and then paste it into our Excel sheet And obviously we want this to be obviously of use to you So we're going to actually use our dynamic row finder that we previously used so that when we submit new data from our user form Obviously, it's going to put it onto a new row within our spreadsheet. So without further delay We'll jump straight into it. So the first thing we need to do is to design our user form From all I've done on here is I've created a new file And actually I'll save it as the wrong format. I'm just going to go file save as Go browse desktop and we'll save this as an Excel SM So this is a macro enabled workbook. So that's all we need to do there Yes, so we can now create our user form So you can do all f11 or obviously open your macros Developer window and all we're going to do is when we're in his window We're going to go into insert as we do with adding a module, but this time we're going to go to user form So you click that and you'll see that we have a new folder added for us So this is form. So any user forms that you add into your Excel will be Nicely stored in this little folder. That's expandable on the side here And you'll have your basic user form here as well And what we need is our little toolbox so that we can start to design our user form As you'll see down the left hand side There are a number of options that we can use for the various parameters within our user form We're not going to jump into those too much But by all means you can have a look at those when you're working through and they'll just give you a bit more through say Flexibility and sort of personalization when you're working with your user form But we won't be going into that today. Maybe in a future video So all we want to do is add simply two fields to this user form And we're going to have first name and last name and we'll also have a submit button So that obviously once you've populated that information you can submit it to the Excel sheet To do that we're only going to be using these two options here You've got the label. What's the second one in in our controls and we've got the text box So we'll just click label and then you'll see once selected You've got this cursor or this crosshair now available click anywhere on your form and it'll put a label in for you I just double-click there so ignore that So if I just click my label and you can see I can now go in and type what I want to call it So we're going to call this one first name and I'm going to do a colon and let's just reduce the size down on this If I click off that, you know, I'm then going to go into another label and this one I will call Last name It's another colon and let's just reduce this in size again Okay, so now we've got the labels we just now need to do our Our text boxes. So if we do let's go into here and we're going to call this one No, actually I didn't I'm not going to change the name on that obviously I changed previously when we did the labels All I'm going to do is just maybe make this a bit tiny bit bigger Just so it's a bit easier to work with and then we'll do exactly the same here So click on text box click on our sheet and you'll see I'll put one in there for us And as I'm doing on the screen now if you want to make that any bigger All you need to do is just use obviously the variable grab options around Around the box and you'll see very helpfully as default our user form comes with this dotted grid So that enables us to obviously work with various sizing and obviously the layout of our user form The last one we're going to do is if we go underneath the label you see we have command button Just going to select that come back into my user form again and just paste that somewhere here Obviously not being too precious about the layout and if it's in the center And then all I'm going to do from this one is if I now look down these options down the side here You see I have the name so the name is and it's probably why I was worth I'll cover this off in a second Actually, so the name is obviously what this button refers to and that's going to be important to us when we're actually writing our BVA script as that's going to be the the name is what we're going to need to refer to If you go into the caption, then this is where you can just change obviously the in the caption was displayed in this button What I want to do is put the word submit And if I was going into one these text box you'll see the name you can see at the moment is defined as text box one and The second one is text box to also just to carry off if I was going to labels You can see my first name is a label is label number one and the second name is label number two So that's how you find out which each Part within your user form is named and obviously you need to know those names if you want to refer to it in your VBA script So that is the extent of our form. We're going to be using in this Demo so the first thing we need to do is to be able to open this form So to do that, I'm going to insert a button into our excel sheet. So I'm going to go into the developer tab Insert and then select this top left hand button here, and you'll see another crosshair click select And there's no macro there to do at the moment. So it's going to click ok and Just make that button a bit bigger so we can actually see that on the screen and I'm going to just call this We'll call it open form And you don't need to put it in capitals, but it has just what happened. So we've got our open form button here If I right-click this button Okay, so what we need to do if I was to right-click this button and do a sign macro Obviously, we've got no macros available to us in this sheet And we need to have a macro assigned to this button just so that it does something So I'm going to go cancel that for the time being I'm going to come back over to the this pane on the left here and this time go insert and open a module So we'll call this so we're going to put a sub routine in here Basically just to open the form when that button is clicked and then obviously we can assign this macro to the button So we'll call this sub open Form something very basic and all we need to do in here is simply put user form one dot show as Easy as that. So and actually might help if I type user form correctly. So user form one They go a little bit better now with the formatting and we know that's the name because if you go into our user form We can see that it is named user form one You can see obviously in this part here underneath forms and also when we went into the little name section there of these Are the properties for that user form You can obviously change your user form if you wanted to obviously as in what it's called But I often prefer we just leave it as user form one just because it just makes it a bit easier I personally find the forms in the gap navigating them if you have more than one form So now that we've got this macro created all we need to do is go back to our button Right-click and go assign macro and you can now see we have the open form macro available to us Select it hit okay And if you click off the button every time we hit the open form button now You'll see it's opened our user form up for us And there is our user form and obviously at the moment if we to type something in here someone's name Let's go Harry Potter first one comes to mind and hit submit you'll see obviously nothing's happening It allows us to type values in here, but obviously it's not actually going to let us do anything with that information So let's just delete those out and close the form and obviously you can see it was the here Then it'll close button obviously that's just effective in that form for closing the form So what we now need to do is we need to assign a macro to this button which tells well Basically what executes from code so that when this button is pressed it captures the information within these two text boxes And it places it places it into our worksheet here And what I'm going to do just to tidy this up before we preserve press is go first name So we just put some column headers here Just so you can see where the information is going to go and let's just make this 12 in width and just going to move that there. So just to move that button you can Obviously click on the button and move it But my preference often is just to right-click and hold drag the button to where you want it And then you can just do move here once you're happy with the location move here And let's just do a tiny bit of formatting not that it's really needed But I've obviously just very particular about doing that So what button will open our form so we now need to code this submit button to do that I'm just going to double-click on this submit button in the user form here, and you'll see it's Open up some code to us So this is all the code that's assigned to the various aspects of our form and you'll see when I mistakenly clicked Double-click label one earlier. It's also created a sub routine for that as well We don't need that so we'll just remove that one and all we're interested in is this command button one click here So this is going to be executed as soon as that command button one is clicked So the first thing was a couple of things we need to do So we want our form or we want this code to obviously capture the data and paste it into the sheet But we also want it to identify obviously the each new available row So if you had information in row two, we wouldn't want to overwrite that information We want to paste our new data into row three and if you've seen our previous videos You'd have seen us use this particular line of code a couple of times So if you want to go over it in more detail, obviously how strong you suggest you check out those previous videos Particularly the one focused on pasting data using VVA But alternatively we will be covering off very quickly here So you will probably get the grasp of how it works from this video So the first thing we're going to do is we need to define a couple of variables So first it's going to be an integer for our row number or our new row number And we're also going to be defining a reference to this worksheet. So the first thing we'll do is go dim I Last row and again, you can obviously call these what you want. It's just obviously this is the choices I'm going for as divine as integer Next one. I'm going to dim sheet one as worksheet Okay, so we'll go set sheet one equals This goes sheets sheet one and in the second part is I last row So this is obviously defining or finding and defining what our next available row is. So we're going to go sheet one dot cells Brackets and then again sheet one because obviously you want to count the rows within this sheet So rows dot count and do that within column a at the end here what dot end Excel dot row Plus one and as I've probably touched on in my previous videos in the game for this one You don't you can you should hopefully rather get a rough grasp of what this means. You're basically saying Within this sheet number one that we're defined you want to do you want to look at the cells and obviously particular cells being Count how many are available or how many have got information in them So it's a moment to be one within column a and you want to obviously go to the end that range The reason we're doing the plus one at the end here is because at the moment this piece of code on this Own would tell us the last row that has information in it. So that being obviously row one I'm just doing the plus one at the end here So we can find our first last row of data in it add one number to it to then or add a row to it Should I say to find the next empty row? So that's what that piece of code is doing for us Having done that we now just simply just now need to store our data into the sheet And to do that we're going to go sheet one dot cells So the first one we're going to publish or populate is this one in column a here So as we look at it row number two so our row index so we want to use the row number obtained using our last row and Then we go go and this column index is going to be column number one because we want to put the first name into column a Dot value so the value of this cell is going to equal text box one dot value and This next part is going to be very much the same. So we've got sheet one dot cells I Last row comma this time a column two so column B dot value equals text box to dot value and That's it. So that's now going to take that information and Store what we've got in our text boxes and store it into these two respective cells or columns and the last thing we're going to do is this one single line of code is going to be unload user user form one enter and all that's going to do is basically it'll just clear the form So just take all the information what's currently in our form So when this obviously when these two lines of code read what will happen is it's basically just copying the value What you see in text box one to obviously the corresponding Cell within our sheet therefore the information is still retained within the user form at that point But by using unload user form It just means that data is then going to be cleared from the user form So the next person who uses it is obviously going to have a clear form or an empty form for them to use And they're going to highlight this section and use tab just so it moves in so it's bit clear clearer and easy To read our code and that is the extent of what we need So just to go over that off we first created our user form obviously by going insert and do user form And using our toolbox over here to get labels and obviously our text boxes and our button as required We've then gone into our module one by inserting it and we created a basic macro that just basically shows or goes user form One dot show and that's triggered by clicking our open form button Once that form has been loaded and you've entered our data or your required data We've got this simple macro or a few lines of code here Should we say what allows us to understand or define the next Row that has no data in it and then take the data stored in our text or user forms text boxes And paste it into the correct corresponding columns within our sheet So let's give it a run and see if it works. So we go open form And bring the form over so first line we'll go Harry And because our text boxes are in order you can use the tab button to move to the next one rather than clicking harry potter Click submit and you can see that name harry potter has been added to row number two This time if we go open form again, so we go this time we'll go home Simpson Submit and you can see it's now added to that next available row and maybe just go one last name um I kind of think let's go first hit first and second I really can't think of any options to go there first and second submit And you can see again the more names we add on to this the more this continually add rows to our data set in column a and b And you probably know it's obviously when you hit open form You'll notice that first name and last name obviously are now blank because we did the unload User form one at the end of that script And we're not even fair to end the script obviously this command button one And one last thing I just need to talk to touch on because I happen to notice it It's obviously as you moment you'll see we've got user form one written at the top of our user form at the moment In order just to tidy that up a bit more what we can do is if you go into our user form And we'll just go into the caption here. You see user form one. We'll put it in here. Uh, please enter And that way obviously if you want to change it to anything else Or you need to do is update this caption here, but you can see it's now updated on our user form So if we do open form again, it's now going to have enter Please enter name here and obviously first name last name What just tidies that up a bit more as well So we've got a couple more videos coming up using user forms So you're going a bit more technical with how to work with these And obviously we've only got two pieces of data here But obviously if you've got more columns information And you wanted to say be able to double click into one of these options and open a form Pre-populated with that information. Uh, like I say, that's going to be a subject We'll be covering off in one of those videos that are going to be coming up very shortly To make sure you do not miss that video Please do ensure you are subscribed to the channel and hit that bell notification button as well So you're notified as soon as those videos do come out If you've enjoyed this video, please do give the video a like as it's greatly appreciate by myself And also shows the videos that you potentially like to see more of If you do have any questions at all, please just leave a comment below this video And I will get back to you as soon as I can So thank you very much for watching and we'll see you in the next video


Congratulations Oscars. You've done it.  It's no secret that this last decade has not been good to the Oscars. People just don't seem to care like they used to. They're struggling to retain the audience they used to have and bring in the new generation. So what has the brain trust known as the Academy decided to do about it? Well besides the obvious of hiring three strong female leads to host?  Because what could go wrong? If you've been watching this channel for a while you'll know I'm not huge on the Oscars. In fact, I think they're kind of a joke at this point. Feel free to subscribe if you haven't. I put out movie content constantly. When it comes to choosing the films though to put on a platform and give an award to, I happen to side with the Academy more often than not. Yes, there's the occasional outlier or one that got robbed or wasn't even nominated where I throw my hands up in the air and scream why. But for the most part they're pretty solid. When it comes to movie reviews I also tend to agree more with the critical consensus rather than your average Joe moviegoer. And this radical new idea the 2022 Oscars have done is proving my point.  Let's break this down. What has happened? Does the Oscars have decided that every single day until March 3rd I believe viewers on Twitter or on their website can vote for their favorite movie up to 20 times a day? Do you think that normal people are going to be doing this daily? No, of course not. It's going to be the psychopaths.  They wanted to see these people eat their own heads off. What is going on right now is at first Spider-Man No Way Home was leading the charge by a little. They were going back and forth. But that's since kind of fallen down. What's taken its place? Well you guessed it. Amazon Cinderella. Amazon Cinderella. Remember that film that no one saw?  That's number one right now for the Oscar pick for best film. Now believe it or not, fam, I have a feeling that a lot of the people that voted for this movie didn't even see it. Yeah, My Wild Hunch. There's a lot of Camilla Cabello fans out there. That's a singer and she plays Cinderella. Hey, you throw Selena Gomez or T-Swift in a movie in 2021. You're going to see those votes come in as well for 2022. That's just going to happen. So I think that's what's happening there.  And it just happens to come from my favorite fandom of them all, the Zack Snyder stands. Are they called something like bronies or Potter Heads? Something like Snide Tards maybe? I don't know. I'm guessing there's something. I'm just not in that zone yet. I'm not part of that community. They won't have me. That's right. They've been voting like crazy to get Zack Snyder's masterwork. The Justice League Snyder cut in there. For a few days it was really popping. But then those sons of bitches over at the Academy said, nay, this is not a legit film. It's a recut. It's a remake of sorts. It doesn't belong here. I'm sure there's controversy. I'm sure it's all over the message boards. It's blowing up on YouTube and in all their social channels. How the Academy is in cahoots with Warner Brothers and they all hate Zack Snyder because he's a visionary master and they just don't get it.  I don't know. We're just getting started. Then they determined if he can't get in for this Golden Goose, we'll just move on to the next greatest film ever, which of course is Army of the Dead, the Netflix exclusive and the total abortion of a movie. This thing is terrible. It was on my top 10 worst of the year list. Imagine not only thinking it's a good movie, fine, fair, have that opinion, but thinking it's the greatest movie of the year and voting for it 20 times over. How embarrassing. How sad. Watch more movies. Zack Snyder will always own a piece of my heart because of 300. It's an amazing movie. I like a lot of his films. Well, not so much in the last decade, but Jesus, these people are nuts. They're certifiably insane. I'm sorry. That's just how it is. There's a lot of mental disorder out there and if you're part of this cult, I just don't even know how to help you anymore. Come out of it. Pull back a little bit for fuck's sake. Listen, I have plenty of directors I love too and get excited when they come out with the movie. Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, Peter motherfucking Jackson. There's a lot of directors I think are fantastic, but I would never die on a hill for them. I would never go to bat for them. 1000%. If they make a movie I don't like, which out of all the directors I just listed, have all made something I haven't liked, I will let you know I won't vote at best movie of the year for spite. Cinderella getting a ton of votes. That's one thing. That's gotta be what?  But Zack Snyder getting votes for Army of the Dead. We're talking 45-year-old men here, people. Grow up. Move on. And listen, I wouldn't be going so hard at the Snyder Tards right now if it wasn't for what they did to James Gunn just last week on Twitter.  They were throwing a fit because he wasn't in that cameo shot with the others. News flash. This just in. Dip shits. Cyborg's not on good standings with Warner Brothers. They hate him. The actor and Warner are fighting. They're feuding. There's a lot going on and I'm not picking a side.  They've made nothing but bad decisions in my mind. But in this instance, it has nothing to do with James Gunn and they weren't just mad at James Gunn for not having him there. No, they had to use the race card.  Imagine calling the director and writer of a show featuring a female black lesbian and another male black gentleman a racist. These are lead characters in the show, both of which had amazing moments.  I'm just sick of it. As far as which fan movie wins the Oscar, who cares? It's a joke. The Oscars are playing you.  Alright, thanks for watching the video. Comment below your thoughts. I'd love to hear what you have to think about this whole fiasco. Like the video if you had a good time. Again, subscribe if you haven't. I post content constantly here on movies and sometimes on TV show reviews like Peacemaker, which I liked a lot. Yeah, even without Cyborg, I still liked it. Hit the notification bell, tell your grandma about the show, blah, blah, blah, and hopefully I'll see you next time. Since you're still here and I know you appreciate a good Snyder cult ribbing, think about joining me on Patreon at patreon.com slash AdamDoesMovies or right here on YouTube via that join button. You can, I can never say button well, button, button. Anyway, there's a dollar tier, there's a five dollar tier, 10 dollar tier with different perks for each and it's just a great way to say, hey Adam, I like what you're doing. 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