Coming up on DTNS, China's bid for tech self-sufficiency, a Swiss replacement for the Apple TV remote, and how an Appalachian town probably has a lot better internet than you do. This is the Daily Tech News for Monday, December 9th, 2019, in Los Angeles, I'm Tom Merritt. And from Studio Redwood, I'm Sarah Lane. And I'm Roger Chang, the show's producer. We were just talking about global nominations, how streaming is dominating them, what we think of the morning show from Apple TV Plus, you get that and a whole lot more by becoming a member and subscribing to Good Day Internet at patreon.com slash DTNS. Let's start with a few tech things you should know. Chinese phone maker Vivo is doubling down on the growing demand for mid-range devices. Vivo is world's sixth largest mobile phone company and is well-positioned to take on the African market, competing with transient holdings and Huawei, among others. Back in October, Verizon announced it intended to permanently remove all content from Yahoo groups as of December 14th. They gave the members the ability to download the content before that time. Members of the archive.org team were using semi-automated scripts to join more than 5.6 million Yahoo groups to back up the content to the internet archive. So it wasn't for spam, they were just trying to preserve it. However, the archive team announced that Verizon has now banned all the email addresses of its volunteers from joining Yahoo groups and required that users rejoin groups one by one. In a statement, Verizon said 128 people were affected and were banned for violating terms of service. The archive group estimates this could lead to 80% data loss from Yahoo groups. The trial to stop T-Mobile from buying Sprint began Monday led by New York and California state attorneys general. The attorneys said a plan to combine the number three and number four wireless carriers in the U.S. would raise prices, especially for users of prepaid plans. The companies argue that a stronger combined company would result from the proposed $26.5 billion takeover and will push down prices for consumers. More things winding up as we get it towards the end of the year, Microsoft announced that support for the Office apps on Windows 10 Mobile will end January 12th, 2021. Not too many are using Windows 10 Mobile but if you are, you should know that. The apps will continue to work but will not receive bug fixes, security updates and general technical support. Microsoft also announced it's shutting down support for its to-do app, WonderList on May 6th. So you got a little time. Microsoft has been encouraging people to switch over to its own to-do app. I love WonderList. Intel has created a cryogenic control chip codenamed Horse Ridge for quantum computing. Intel Labs, Q-Tech and TU Delft. Intel Labs, Q-Tech and TU Delft can use the chip to control multiple qubits. Horse Ridge is an integrated system on a chip with simplified control electronics built with Intel's 22-nanometer FinFET tech. It minimizes distance and cables and operates at warmer temperatures, reducing the cooling challenge. Rather than chasing quantum supremacy, the chip is designed to achieve quantum practicality, something that IBM calls quantum advantage, meaning it can handle problems conventional computers can't at a faster pace. And Apple announced that the new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR will be available for order December 10th. Mac Pro starts at $5,999 for an 8-core Intel Xeon processor, 256 gigabytes of SSD and 32 gigs of RAM. No details about made-to-order upgrade pricing were announced. The 32 inch 6016 by 3384 Pro Display XDR starts at $4,999. No ship dates for either of the products were announced, but December 10th is when you could start order them. All right, let's talk a little more about new features coming to the Pixel 4 in Google's first feature drop for its Pixel line of phones. This is a plan Google has to add new features to the Pixel every month. US Pixel 4 users are getting an update to call screening. It will filter out robo calls and answer unknown numbers automatically while giving you a transcript of that. It's a little bit of an update to what you have to do manually before that. Photos will now be able to add portrait mode to photos you've already taken by doing a little machine learning magic. And Duo, the video calling app, gets auto framing so you can center around the one or two people that are in the video frame, along with the background blur and smooth display which can take a bad connection and make it look a little better. Nifty features here, I particularly enjoy the call screening one. I've done the manual thing where I say, yes, answer this with call screening and then just kept hitting the, I'm sorry, I can't understand you until they hung up. I love, I know that the cool features will eventually, will run out of them but I love the idea of like, what's the feature drop this month kind of thing? That's sort of a fun way for people to look forward to updates for features that they didn't have previously. Yeah, and it allows you, I think it's smart in another way because it allows you to promise features without people feeling like they got ripped off. Like I just got the new version of Android and it doesn't have all those features they promised. Like, oh, well, they're probably coming in the monthly feature updates. So then it goes from being a, someday we'll do this to here's our roadmap and you know, you'll start to get them, particularly this call screening feature I remember them talking about and being a little disappointed that it wasn't there right at the beginning but like you say, it's like a little present dropped onto my Pixel 4 this morning. Yeah, you can make it kind of fun if you roll it out the right way. Also, for anybody who is working for themselves and buys their own health insurance, it is an open enrollment right now in the US. So, Robocalls are at an all-time high. I mean, I probably dismissed 10 calls before the show today this morning while I was prepping for the show. So, anything that can filter out Robocalls in any way better than what I'm already doing. I don't have a Pixel phone. So, some of these features are lost on me but if it works, I hope that it rolls out to the phones as a whole. I'm probably going to let it do the answer unknown numbers automatically while providing me a transcript so I can decide whether I want to pick up or not but I kind of like being in control of that. Yeah. It's kind of fun. So, I don't know. It probably doesn't make sense for me to just troll Robocallers by leaving it off. I'll probably take advantage of the auto screening. And you know, portrait mode to photos that have already been snapped, it kind of sounds like a little thing but portrait, if it works as advertised that is a very cool feature because you don't always think about that in the moment. You might just kind of snap something and then realize, oh, I wish I would have done something a little bit more telephoto. So, if the metadata is there and can be zoomed in on a picture appropriately, that's really cool. Yeah, I like that too. The Financial Times reports that China's central office has ordered the removal of all foreign computer equipment and software from government offices and public institutions within three years. Analysts at China Securities estimate this would affect between 20 to 30 million pieces of hardware. The order is likely not going to allow the use of version of Windows 10 developed with the Chinese government. It is also unclear if domestic Chinese companies like Lenovo would be allowed to poor purchase since their products often source chips from the US and also Korea. Yeah, this is a broader move than what the US did. If you recall, the US has prohibited its agencies and funding to be used for the purchase of Huawei products, but that's a specific company. This is broadly saying, not only can you not purchase US products, you can't purchase anything outside of China. So, it's all the way the other way. Whether this is something that is being used for leverage or whether it's something that is a serious attempt to try to stimulate the local companies which are already doing well to build even more for China, I feel like it's something that three years is very aggressive on, especially when Microsoft went to a lot of effort to work with the Chinese government to make an acceptable version of Windows 10 for within China. Now, that won't be lost entirely. Non-governmental institutions will still want to take advantage of that version of Windows 10 because it's approved by the government, but this is going to be harder to implement. It reminds me of when China decided to do their own version of Linux and we're not going to use Windows for anything anymore and we ended up having to go back on that. Hard to implement and also hard to enforce. How does enforcement happen in this case? Well, it's easier to enforce when you're the government saying, our agencies and institutions can't buy this stuff, right? Because the government is doing it to itself, right? They're not trying to police everyone in China from doing this. The other thing that's important here is how are you going to make it happen? How are you going to find enough stuff that is acceptably made in your country to do this? And a couple of items shed light on how China might rely on its own products more. Huawei announced Monday that it will release more products running its Harmony OS next year. That includes smartwatches, smart speakers and virtual reality devices. Huawei, however, has no plans to roll out the OS to phones, tablets or computers. They prefer to use Android on mobile and just modify that themselves. Whether a Chinese company taking the Android open source project and turning it into a domestic OS qualifies will be important under those new rules. Also, and this one I think is more interesting, Nikkei Asian Review has a profile of ArmChina. ArmChina is a subsidiary of SoftBank-owned Arm Holdings. That's the UK company known for making the arm designs that are used in Qualcomm processors and Samsung processors, et cetera. ArmChina was created in April when SoftBank sold 51% of its stake in the Chinese subsidiary of Arm, still holds 49%, but it sold 51% to a consortium of investors. So Arm is still the majority owner of ArmChina, but it doesn't hold 51% if that makes any sense. They own the most of anybody of ArmChina, but they still don't own the majority of it. ArmChina has been building domestic supply chains, developing its own intellectual property independent of the parent company that is good for use just in China. And Monday, Nikkei reported that ArmChina has developed code that lets Chinese semiconductors run state-approved cryptographic algorithms, something that would make it very favorable to being purchased for use by Chinese government institutions. It also has infrastructure to make an AI processor called Xiaoyi and a CPU for mobile as well as IoT devices. ArmChina's most prominent client is Huawei. So now we know where Huawei is gonna get its chips. Nikkei quotes Chris Hung, a consultant at Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute estimating it would take ArmChina about three to five years to have concrete achievements in core chip intellectual property if they wanted to go for full self-sufficiency. So longer than the three years China Central Office wants for government institutions to stop buying non-Chinese tech. Interesting that the Harmony OS is going into IoT devices, smart watches, smart speakers, VR devices. But Huawei says, Android is still the right operating system for phones and tablets and computers. Well, yeah, and I think that's because Harmony OS was meant as a wearable IoT auto operating system. And you can't just make one operating system that works great everywhere. I mean, that's pretty obvious from watching Android stumbles is it like, well, Android TV is gonna be a little different than Android Auto, it's gonna be a little different from the main Android. So I think that's actually just really smart of Huawei and probably means they think they can get away with it with using the Android open source project to build their own version. Yeah, exactly. I mean, the whole thing really feels at least to me like a hedge against any kind of future, not maybe not follow up, but let's just point it for the worst. By implementing basically key core technologies that they would be able to use in the event that they would no longer be able to access foreign supplied chips and technology. And also kind of to build a large domestic base that could conceivably support homegrown industries in the same way that Intel initially was supported mostly by domestic companies that needed to use their CPUs, whether for banking or telecommunications or even home computers. I mean, you have a great example of scale in China. So it's hard to say that if you just walled off the market you couldn't create the demand but we're not saying no one in China can buy these devices. They're saying government can't buy these devices. I think it's just gonna end up not really stimulating the demand as much as they want and bite them in the hand. I mean, I'm not prognosticating how successful they are but I can definitely see what their view is. Also, I mean, in some ways this is just kind of their version of the buy America or this case buy China campaign where they do kind of, I mean, they still need to play to a domestic audience. Yeah, is it though? That feels like an entirely different thing to me. A buy campaign is trying to get people in general and they're doing that. But this is more what the US did where they're like, yes, don't buy Huawei. It's trying to cut off the purse strings. It's trying to fight back against what's being done to you. That's why I think this is less about being targeted towards stimulating domestic demand in China and more about the trade disputes with the United States. I'm not saying that the trade has no facet on this. I'm just saying they are definitely looking I think for more one for more angle. Say if the trade thing doesn't pan out the way they want it to.  It's not just a single-ended campaign. It's only for trade. It's for trade. Hey, maybe we can might, may be able to stimulate local development of. As a side of the fact. Sure, certainly. I also don't think it's a long-term plan. I think they'll back off of this eventually if they start to resolve the disputes. Possibly. I mean, hindsight is 2020 and we'll have to. Run over that hump to see what it looks like. Cliché, cliché, cliché. Let's talk about television remote, shall we? A Swiss broadband provider called Salt, may have heard of them, maybe you haven't, uses the Apple TV to deliver television to its home fiber customers. Okay, Mac rumors reports that Salt is now offering alternative remote for the Apple TV to its customers. Has a physical four-way D-pad, a menu button, volume and playback controls and does not include a microphone. So it kind of lacks the Apple TV remote itself in that sense. But otherwise, I welcome anything that is better than the Apple TV remote. Now, we're on record as disagreeing on this. I have no problem with the Apple TV remote. I've gotten used to that little touch, it's not a touchscreen touch pad that you use to flip around and I'm fine with it. I do think that I'm in the minority and I don't know why. I don't know if it's just that I have more patience to learn it than other people or if I'm just crazy, probably the latter. The issue is not that kind of touch pad. That all works fine. If I am holding the remote as it should be, with menu up at the top left, everything's fine. The problem is that it is sort of weighted the exact same. So unless you're really looking at it, you pick it up and it feels the same when it's upside down or red set up. And most of the time, just because I'm an unlucky person, it's upside down. So I end up hitting a button and then I go out into the whole Apple TV setting. You have to feel for the circle. That tells you which side is up. You don't feel for the weight. I don't have the circle, Tom. I have an old enough Apple TV remote that I don't have the circle. Yeah, it's harder with the older one, that's true. Yeah, it's all just flush. The fact of the matter is, whatever I or Apple think about how superior this remote is, we're wrong. I mean, no, seriously, we are wrong because the majority of people don't like it to the point that a Swiss broadband provider is providing its own infrared remote in real place. And I'm reading the story like this and I'm like, yes. You can't argue results. Yeah, and the thing is, this isn't new. You can buy other remotes of the Apple TV right now if you want to. It's not like this is the first time anyone's ever done that. In fact, Apple still sells its older version of the Apple remote from the previous Apple TV that works in infrared. It's just interesting to see a provider say, look, we know you could go out and get your remote, but we're just gonna make it easy because we know enough of you don't like this remote. TechRange reports on near space labs which provides imaging data on a daily cadence from stratospheric balloon-based devices. The devices launch for a couple of hours. They gather data and then they return to Earth for immediate access. Near space labs provides frequent updates at high resolution for use by insurance, real estate and logistics companies as well as municipalities. For instance, you could check progress on a large construction project or monitor traffic congestion or analyze efficiency at a port. Higher flying satellites are expensive and sometimes can't provide the resolution or frequency needed for these kinds of operations which is where the balloon-based devices come in. I mean, this is pretty genius, I think. It's easier to get in the stratosphere than it is to get to low Earth orbit. It's less costly. You can get up there and back faster. What's not to love about this as far as the ability to have some, not quite real time, right? That would be the next step up, but very within a day imaging of things that you need to look at. I mean, I could see a municipality just saying like, hey, we need to know what's going on with our traffic. Can we order pictures to be taken of the city and its traffic between three o'clock and seven o'clock for the next five days? And near space labs would be like, yeah, no problem, we can do that. Yeah, and that's a really great example of someone who's like insurance company and what would they want with this kind of data? That's what they would want. Well, I was thinking that for a municipality that's trying to figure out the congestion, but you're right, insurance company might want that too. I think an insurance company would want to look at devastation conditions, especially in flood zones. This would be very good just for disaster relief come to think of it and being able to launch these balloons when needed, if there's a flood or during wildfires and things like that. I think there's so many good applications of this, you know? Yeah, I'm kind of racking my brain to figure out like, okay, what kind of other insurance could take advantage of this? But I mean, the implications are far and wide. Insurance, again, real estate, certainly municipalities in a variety of sectors. The real silver blade thinks insurance companies want to find hidden structures you're not paying for. Or that, right? This is good and bad, balloon-based devices. Good and bad. If you're in the insurance industry, let us know what you think this would be used for because I'm sure there is a good use of it that we're not thinking of. I could think of the logistics one because we talked to Big Jim enough about logistics and ports and just being able to see what the traffic is in and out, what the flow is like, whether peak traffic is coming, all kinds of things like that. I'm sure there's other things Big Jim could think about that we're not thinking about either. But I thought this was an interesting not fang, it's not one of the big companies, but filling a niche that had yet to be filled using the stratosphere for space imaging at a higher resolution with more frequent updates. Love it. I would say homeowner's insurance is the big one because if you can fly over a property that just got nailed by a storm, you can say, well, we can sess the damage from here. Oh yeah, probably not just from there. You probably still want your ground-based assessment, but that can help in the assessment. That's a good, that's a great one, yeah. Well, folks, if you wanna get all the tech headlines each day in about five minutes, be sure to subscribe to dailytechheadlines.com. A New Yorker piece by Sue Halpern called The One Traffic Light Town with some of the fastest internet in the US, that's actually two whole counties, it's not just one town, tells a story about the People's Rural Telephone Cooperative or PRTC, which has wired up Jackson and Owsley Counties in Kentucky with high-speed fiber, gigabit fiber. PRTC obtained grant money and loans through the Connect America Fund. Now called the Digital Opportunity Fund. They also got some money from their sister company, Appalachian Wireless, and some money from the US Department of Agriculture to build a thousand miles of cable fiber at $50,000 per mile to 7,000 structures. Project took six years. High-Price Tag was in part due to the commitment to serve every person in the region, no matter how remote. We're talking about mountainous country here. In fact, it meant they had to use a mule called old bub to haul fiber through mountain passes and into particularly remote locations because they just couldn't get machines in there. Like a mule, like a donkey. Like a mule, yeah, because a lot of farmers still use mules in this area. They're like, well, I guess we'll use old bub to haul the fiber through. After the build out, the PRTC worked with Teleworks USA to train residents for remote work. Local unemployment fell as a result from 12 to 16%, depending on which county you're talking about, to 5.5%. Residents now work for customer support and tech support for companies like Hilton Hotels, Cabela's, U-Haul, Harry and David, and Apple, among others.  And the cooperative has plans to upgrade to 10 gigabit. So they're not stopping there. This is, I think, a really fantastic and very interesting case study of what happens when you have local support for something, local will to do something, a little bit of financial help to get it done, how it can change a county from being what has been called by some to be one of the poorest, if not the poorest counties in the United States, to one with a reasonable level of unemployment and people starting to get back up in their feet. They're not getting rich, but at least they're able to have jobs that allow them to pay their own way. Yeah, I mean, unemployment falling from upwards of 16% to 5.5% is, that is somewhat staggering. I'm not saying that the customers support jobs that are afforded a lot of people because they have great internet are the, that great jobs can't say that, but the fact that there is more opportunity and more people have an opportunity to have jobs and use the internet to their advantage just goes to show you, when you hear stories of underserved areas and wouldn't it be nice if there was better internet in this area, but it's hard, it's mountainous or it's rural or the carriers just, they can't make it work. Well, when you do, good things happen. Well, I mean, Oh, I was just gonna say, the story really underscores how important broadband is in contemporary society, especially as it is to job creation. It isn't just a nice to have the kids get to do their homework and a couple of other fun stuff things, but really just kind of a driver of economic growth. Yeah, the other thing is we're starting to see some more side effects of this. So there's a factory that located here because they were able to do training with people and had the internet to provide some of the services that they wanted to do in a factory, a factory that never would have opened. This is a place where factories have been closing. When the weather is bad or there's a flu outbreak, teachers can still stream their classes to students at home that allows them to have what's called a non-traditional instruction day, which means the school district can still collect its funding because it's not closed. They don't get to collect funds to operate the school on a day that it's closed. So there's all kinds of side effects that we'll see happen here. If they still are able to get the money to do their expansions, or it'll be a question of whether we see other areas be able to do this as well, the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund is the one we talked about a couple of days ago where coverage maps are so important. If an area can't get funding because AT&T or Comcast are providing service for one household in that area, that's not optimal. Because you don't need to spend a ton of money on this. You need to target it at the places that need it most, but you need accurate carriage maps and coverage maps to be able to target those places. Hey, thanks to everybody who participates in our subreddit. We talk about a lot of these stories and others as well. If you haven't been there lately, come on over to dailytechnewshow.reddit.com. Submit stories, vote on others, join the community. Also, speaking of communities, join our conversation in our Discord, which you can join by looking to a Patreon account at patreon.com slash DTNS. All right, let's check in with Chris Christensen, the amateur traveler, who has a tip for those of us on the go who also love to write. This is Chris Christensen from Amateur Traveler with another Tech in Travel Minute. If you like to keep a travel journal, and I think you should, you like to write in pen, but you don't wanna carry around a thick book while you're traveling, I'm gonna suggest the Rocket Book because it was a little tech twist to it. I'm not sure if you're familiar with the Rocket Book, but I ran into it with a friend who's using it for his college courses. It's a thin notebook, it's about 36 pages, and it's reusable. You write with pen on this paper and then you scan it to the cloud and then you erase it and start again. And so you can keep as many pages as you want. It is basically an infinitely length notebook that you're writing with pen and paper. So it's an interesting idea for travel or for other things. I'm Chris Christensen from Amateur Traveler. That is nifty, I'll have to keep that in mind. Thank you, Chris. And Sarah, do we have anything in our mailbag today?  In fact, over the weekend, we got a lot of responses for our upcoming Live With It segment. As you may recall, I'm in the last couple of weeks of my Live With It segment on the Fitbit Versa 2, my fitness tracker watch that I've been wearing for the last three months and I've got lots of thoughts about it and can't wait to share them all with you. But we decided as a group here, huh, what are we gonna do next? And we decided to go with smart ovens. The smart home, I'm super into it, as smart as everything can get. There are certain smart home items that maybe aren't quite right for me. The smart oven, whatever it may be, is right for me because I wanna stay alive and feed myself well. So we put up a poll over the weekend. If you haven't voted, it's over on our Patreon and we would love your feedback because you're going to decide what we end up buying and what I end up using and using for my food. But just one of the notes of feedback we got was from Howard who said, two reasons that I'd like to see the Amazon oven, which is one of the choices, get the long-term review or the price point and the flexibility to use the different types of cooking. I could also see something like the Amazon oven be a good option for college students where space is a serious premium. Yeah, the other two in the poll, which again, you don't have to be a supporter of Patreon, you just have to go to the Patreon to vote, is the June oven and the Tovala. And they both can be used for multiple types of cooking too. In fact, the way I break it down is Amazon's the cheaper one, but it's a little less fully featured. Tovala is a steam oven that also operates a food subscription service if you want it so that you can order their meals that are easily cooked in the oven. I do that and I love the Tovala service, it's amazing. And then the June is the one that recognizes the food. It's probably the coolest of the bunch because it also has multiple ways of cooking, but you just put the food in there and it goes, oh, you wanna make salmon, gotcha. Here's how you just press the button and I'll cook it for you. So those are the three options, the three different ways of approaching it. And we have a lot of different opinions on which one of these should be the top, don't we? Yeah, we do. And in fact, even the Amazon oven, it being the lowest price plane, people have already been ready and saying, I mean, don't you see that it has a lot of like one and two star reviews? Yes, we do. And that's sort of the whole point of this experiment is okay, what are the gadgets in any category that might be worth me looking at and really taking it to consideration and trying to use and what is maybe unfairly hyped or fairly hyped? So yeah, it's all good stuff. I want the Tovala to win because I want you to get all their food, but you know. Me too, me too. Feed Sarah. 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where they're probably kind of pitching around them. You know, takes advantage of a hanger. So just a special season, he's in the midst of. What happened with Stan?  And then the second one kind of got him on the top of the foot ankle area there. And X-rays were negative. So we'll just kind of see what we got. But nothing to do with his other stuff. Bob, to the right. Aaron, I know you're going to say you're not paying attention, but are you paying attention to judge and the homerun record, the AL homerun record coming into focus? Don't tell me what I'm going to say. OK. I'm paying close attention to. How can you not? I understand today's 54, right? Sure, I'm aware of that. I guess I just, he's just so equipped for it that I just kind of enjoy watching just what a great player he is. And for he and I and the rest of it, it's like what can we do to get a win today? So that's kind of where I'm aware he's got 54. I'm aware of the history of the game. I love this game. I love all the history of it. So I'm certainly aware of that. But for us, it's about the context of the game and just trying to win. And yeah, you said he's so equipped for it. Can you explain that? I think going back to the start of the season, where I was asked about contract or as the season's unfolding, how's it going to be when more people show up and it's a constant conversation? And he's equipped for all that. I don't think it matters. He's focused on winning and doing his job and on both sides of the ball and on the base pass and challenging himself and his teammates about how he can be a little bit better as of a player on the margins. And so that's what I mean. He's equipped for whatever show you're going to bring his way. Andy and Tyler. Since Dan came back, he's been hitting the ball on the ground obviously a lot more than is usual for him. Can there be anything lingering that creates that? Or is it more just getting back into his? Yeah, for being as powerful as he is, he is a guy that hits the ball on the ground and on the line a lot. So even when he's come back, so far a lot of his, and he's probably hit half a dozen, eight, 10 balls, rockets on the ground. Some for hits, two today, right at guys. So he's been a little unlucky in that way. And I feel like actually going into the all-star break, putting in an all-star season, I still felt like he was even unlucky. I felt like his quality of contact was really, really good. He tends to be, because of how his swing is, he tends to be a little more line drive, a lot more one hopper ground balls and things like that. So yeah, it has been a little bit that way since coming back, but I think it's more for G just finding that really good timing. And with the X-rays negative, you expect him to have them tomorrow? I don't know. Yeah, we'll see. We're going to Lindsey and then Tyler. Aaron, what does the, what does the job of managing Aaron Judge look like this season? I was asking such deep questions here in the press conference post game. I don't know.  I love my relationship with him. I feel like we've grown a lot of trust over the years and I try to communicate with him a lot, but when it comes to the game and stuff, it's, you get out of his way a little bit and let him do his thing. He said a few times throughout the last couple of years that he feels he's really like learned how to manage his workload and his body and have you seen changes and maybe sort of not having to be as involved in that or anything like that? Without question. And I think when we talk about this season, a lot, when I talk about this season and, you know, where he's gone to another level as a player and I think it's experience, intelligence, the ability to apply things. That goes with how you prepare and take care of yourself and know what you need to do, you know? Because in a lot of ways, you know, when you're an everyday player or starting pitcher, you got to save bullets too along the way, right? And because the game will wear you down mentally, emotionally, physically, so you got to learn, you know, from a routine standpoint, when do I back off today? When do I throttle down? You know, and I think he's gotten really good at doing that and understanding that part of it as well. Aaron, how much do you think the Marist record means to judge? I don't know. I don't think he'll tell you. I think he'll tell you in the off-season. You know, I don't think he's focused on that. But I think that's a conversation that he'd have with you when the season's over and we can go back and reflect.  Be pretty amazing. I think when you put it up with the context of where the league's at, you know, looking at what's the next guy in the American league, Jordan's got 31 homers. I mean, that's amazing when you put it in that context. Greg and Meredith. Was there something on that stand swing that made it worse when you guys went out to check on him? He fouled the ball off his foot. But there was one that he fouled out of play that he came up kind of. I think it just was, when he was planning, it was just bothering him a little bit, but nothing more. No, it was the impact of the ball when he fouled it off his foot. And is there anything finalized with Ben and Tendi's surgery? He's having surgery tomorrow. Yeah. Do you know a timeline on, is that done for the season there? No, no, no. I mean, I hope not. Those things are always, I've had the exact surgery back in 2001 and was back, everyone's different. Every, you know, surgery heals a little bit different. No, I think it's very, I think the possibility of him returning is still in play. You just never know how, you know, surgery and the healing goes.


What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overload here So got some exciting things to talk about today regarding screen 5 our official first non-spoiler review that has come out From the apparent rough draft that the studio recently saw for screen 5 Matt and Tyler Screened their first cut for the studio and an individual was present This person has shared their thoughts on a recently now from a deleted account on reddit And it's just stating that they've seen an early cut of the film Matt and Tyler screened their first rough cut for the studio recently and I was present Approximately 25 people were in the room They're going to detail about not doxing themselves So don't ask them to disclose anything such as what they have there the who what when we're why and then they have to say It's very effing good even though there's still work to be done more edits ADR grading etc The studio notes were minor and there won't be any reshoot So I guess that should kill that rumor some fantastic kills two particularly unnerving chase sequences Really strong characters. There's one bait-and-switch scene that I heard multiple people gasp at including myself Ghostface is menacing and stealthy, but also very brash the who done it element is played to perfection And it is a great movie the meta lens is quite unique and very fun There's some great commentary on the gender roles The film is deserving of West's legacy the OG's have purpose, but it's also great world building with room for sequels This is probably going to sound stupid, but I feel almost the same way after watching this as I did with parasite I'm just gonna skip over that This has the potential to reboot slashers just like the original did it innovates and will have people talking I will also say that 95% of the spoilers I've seen floating around here are dummy When are you and then the quote here at the end? When are you efforts going to learn? This is my story. I make the effing rules that last quote if that is from the film We will see how true this is because again This is not something that we have any receipts to actually validate that it's real But the fact that That quote sounds very much like sydney prescott has me excited It has me thinking this is a line she will have in the film either after unmasking you unmasking the killer After thwarting the killer once again and standing victorious at the end like we all know she probably will She has the biggest plot armor out of anyone in this film So that's probably a quote from her And then just all of the things they've talked about just get me excited It makes me very happy if it's true again, they don't go into any real specific things I do want to touch on the the part where they're saying the bait and switch because I've seen people ask me Oh, what's that? What do they mean? That could mean anything They could be talking about us being led to believe one person is the killer And then we're quickly going to have the rug pulled out from under us More so in the way of how it was so blatantly obvious It was billy, but then it ended up being billy But then maybe they'll do that again, but it's not the person we think it is So let's say we're getting the same scenario with billy where it's Right in our face that bill is the killer bill is the killer bill is the killer And then we're like no, that's too obvious, but then he is the killer. This could be the same thing But they're actually not going to be the killer or it could be a simple simple case of They're setting someone up to again look guilty But they end up for some dramatic reason not being guilty And the switch is just something very shocking and it leaves you breathless I don't know what it could be But that's all I can think of when they talk about bait and switch the part where it's talking about It's really good to this is something that honors west's legacy Warms my heart makes me excited makes me satisfied again. This is just one person's opinion This is from something that happened where the studio's Paramount representatives, I guess involved radio silence sat down Saw the first cut they don't have really too many complaints, I guess from what this person is claiming in their reddit posts They are very pleased with what they saw the only thing it needs to be done now is of course all the things I Kind of touched on in my last video that I literally uploaded yesterday They need to put it in the score They need to do all those final touches to the film before they put it out there Now this person did also tell me a potential run time that we could expect that i'm going to get to in a second The other thing that excites me is the ghost face being menacing part and stealthy so The the fact that they're using those words makes me think that we could be getting a a ghost face killer who isn't as clumsy Straightforward and they mean business They are not playing games They are just going to kill you and if you think this is a game you have another thing coming They're going to be on top of their a game They're not going to make or leave any room for mistakes Out of and when I say they're not going to leave any room for mistakes They're just going to come off as a more serious threat Probably than any recent ghost face that we've gotten since the original film or since the second film Because I would say and argue that the killers in screen three in screen four while I did not take them as jokes I would say those felt a little bit more hokey Or comical compared to what we got in the first two films That's just my opinion and the fact that this film Is doing justice to the characters. I guess involved really strong characters. That is very exciting Very exciting because they have a giant cast to work with here with all these new actors Who some of them we know are going to make it some of them are not obviously the ones that make it Depending on how we get set up to be connected to them the carpenter sisters In particular they could be characters that we grow to love and want to see continue this franchise And we'll have hope that they will do the franchise justice without us having to feel So bad about sit me, you know passing the torch to this new group of actors or characters Or no longer being the front Focus of the series anymore Or just not being in it at all in in a scream six or a scream seven The other thing that I wanted to talk about again was that runtime that I've been told this the person who posted this This is someone who is claiming they're the same person who posted this on reddit They're claiming that they posted this and they gave me the runtime that we should is potentially get for screen five Yeah, now again, things could still be cut things could be added the movie could end up being shorter than this or longer they're saying this movie is going to be uh a little close to two hours and 30 minutes or slightly over that so over two hours and maybe 30 minutes worth of footage On top of those two hours, but I think that's going to be cut in half I really think that's not necessarily cut in half, but this could be longer than screen screen two This would make it the longest in the franchise and this makes me excited because that leaves room Plenty of room for them to develop these characters with this large cast that they have with these new characters at woodsboro high With the carpenter sisters that leaves plenty of time for us to connect with these characters and get to know them Feel some type of security for them want to know and see them make it out of this live Depending on who the character is it leaves room for all that because sydney and the other two gale do we we don't need any More development for them. They're already established. They are woven into this franchise these other characters They are probably going to be the ones that are sticking around for the longer haul in the future entries So it's good that this movie is that long because it gives plenty of time for them to develop these characters So i'm very excited with what they had to share on reddit Let me know what you guys think about all this down in the comment section below. Do you think this is real? Do you think this is trustworthy? Are you excited? Uh, if you haven't already again, make sure you subscribe turn on post notification numbers video in the description I have links to my social media accounts on my facebook twitter and instagram You can message me there, of course So if there's any movies news or views you would like me to cover in the future with all that in mind guys I will see you in the next video


No! No, Susie! It's right, Mommy will never let anything bad happen to you. There are no monsters under the bed, no bogeyman behind the door, only love, cuddles and joy. Viewers, what was the first word you learned when you learned to speak? For many of us it was the word no.  Welcome to a program one in our English video learning series for grade six. From the Aardub Educational Multimedia project in Namibia, our lesson today discusses parts of speech. We will talk about the direct and indirect speech, question forms and negative forms of sentences. We hope that by the end of this lesson you will be able to correctly use different parts of speech including direct and indirect speech, question forms and negative forms. Enjoy the program with us. Do not leave the classroom. No TV games until your homework is done. No sweets before lunch. Don't touch that. Now viewers, direct speech is when we quote the exact words that the speaker uses. We place them between quotation marks which look like these, before and after the quote of the speaker's exact words. The quotation marks are also called speech marks or inverted commas. He is older, what's wrong? I heard you screaming. Me screaming, no times. This is Isolde. She is telling Beata, the mother of the baby, that she has heard a screaming. She tells her the exact words she used when screaming. I heard you screaming, no, no, a few times. Oh yes, now I remember. I saw Susie running towards the unprotected power plant and I totally panicked. We see that direct quotes are written in quotation marks or inverted commas. When reporting that speech, we write a comma after the introductory verb which is scream here and which goes in front of the open quotation. Exclamation marks, quotation marks and full stops must appear before the closing quotation marks. There is something, come here. You'll never believe what Isolde almost did to poor Susie. What did she do? She used, I heard her telling a friend that she used a toy to make Susie run to the power plug. She made Susie run to the power plug. How terrible. Are you sure? My dear, I heard her saying Susie was running to the power plug. I heard it with my own ears. Now viewers, of course this is not what the mother said at all. But this is probably what the gossip lady heard and she's making her own conclusions. Sometimes this is a danger of reported speech. Direct speech or reported speech is when we do not use quotation or speech marks to quote the speaker's exact words. But we report in our own words what they said. She made Susie run to the power plug. How terrible. Are you sure? I heard her saying that the baby was running to the power plug. I heard it with my own ears. So in writing in direct speech, we remove or do not use the inverted commas. Question marks or capital letters as in a quote of direct speech. Unless it is a name of course. Now let's look at the question form of sentences.  How's what are you doing? I'm well daddy. Okay. Mom said she will not buy a switch for you. Why not? I don't know daddy. Will you not hear again innocent? No daddy. Okay. Let's go find out from mom. Viewers, we see that questions are used when we want information. We get several different kinds of questions like yes questions and no questions. Where we want the person responding to the question to give us a yes or a no answer. Other kinds of questions use what we call the W words. They ask what, who, which, whose, when, where, why and how. Of course, how is spelled with an H and not with a W. These questions are unlimited. Many different answers can be given. Finally, let's look at the negative form. No my son, we are not going to soccer court. With the negative form, no states that it is not true or it's not going to happen. It is not allowed and so on. The negative form sometimes sounds impatient and not very polite. No my son, we are not going to soccer court. A negative sentence or statement states that something is not true at the word not after the auxiliary verb. Viewers, today we learned how to use different parts of speech correctly in sentences in the English language. The direct speech uses quotation marks to indicate the direct words of the person speaking. Quotation marks falls away when the speaker's words are retold by someone else. When using indirect speech, we add an introductory verb. The verb changes the sentence from direct to indirect speech. Question forms are used when we want information such as asking yes or no questions. Or why, what, where, when and how questions. And the negative form indicates that the earlier statement or question was not true or will not apply. It has been a pleasure to be in your company on this program. Lesson 2 in our English grammar series will be on reading with understanding and emotions expressed by a poet. Until then, take care.


Hi, and welcome to this introductory video on the activities of ITUT Study Group 3. We're here in Geneva at the headquarters of the International Telecommunication Union, the ITU. I'm Lara Sravastava, and I'm responsible for coordinating the work of this group. But first, what are study groups exactly? Well, study groups are the building blocks, if you like, of the standards-making process of the ITUT. This is where our members agree through a process of international consensus, achieved in rooms just like this one. On the development of global standards for telecoms. Now good example is the standard for video compression, which was developed here at the ITU, and is now widely used across the internet. So what does study group 3 do? Well, interestingly enough, the origin of the work of this study group actually dates back to the early days of the International Telegraph Union, as it was known in the 19th century, and to those very early negotiations on interconnection of telegraphic networks and the settlement of accounts between countries. So I suppose in this way it can be said that study group 3 is part of the very DNA of the ITU. Study group 3, or SG3 as it's known, is home to the series of standards called the D-Series recommendations. It's responsible for tariff and accounting of international telecom services, costing methodologies, and related economic and policy issues. And yes, you'd be right to think that the mandate of the group is fairly broad. Now the standardization sector of the ITU has a number of technical study groups working on a wide variety of subjects, from e-health to cloud computing. But study group 3 is the only study group that's working on policy and economic issues, and it's also the only study group working on the financial aspects of telecommunications. The group is responsible more specifically for fostering collaboration between members to establish rates for services that are as low as possible. So it won't come as much of a surprise to you that tackling the high rates for mobile roaming is a key part of the mandate of SG3. In 2012, we adopted a standard, a recommendation on mobile roaming. But roaming is just a part of the group's work. SG3 is now tackling a growing number of issues. Just some examples for you. We've been working on the economic issues surrounding the transition from IPv4 to IPv6, dispute resolution mechanisms related to telecoms charging and invoicing, alternative calling procedures such as callback, hubbing, and the economic impact of those, and international internet connectivity, which as you know still comes at a very high cost in some regions and continues to have a negative impact on the ability of people in developing countries to access the internet. So those are just some of the topics that we're working on. But I'd also like to tell you that in addition to the vital standardization role that it plays on the global stage, Study Group 3 also works very closely in the regions in order to bridge the standardization gaps, so to speak, and enable developing countries to reap the benefits of the technology revolution. Study Group 3 has four active regional groups for the Arab states, for Latin America and the Caribbean, for Asia Oceania, and for the African region. So in summary then, Study Group 3 is a long-standing global forum that's dedicated to improving our understanding of the financial and economic aspects of telecommunications, and particularly in the light of the rapid growth we've seen in the industry, notably in mobile, and the shift to IP-based and future networks. So that brings a short introduction to an end. We hope to see you at one of our SG3 meetings in the very new future.


Brian? I'm just curious. I mean, when you came in, you kind of had this rep, kind of like as a defensive guy, a guy who could pester people, but I mean, you seem to have gotten so much more confidence in your offensive game. Can you just, I guess, speak to the player development and how you've come along in that?  But the player development has been great, you know, is just working with all the coaches every day that we get in the jam, you know, soaking up as much knowledge I can, it's just been great. Alex?


All right, thanks for staying with us. So leaving above your means means that you are spending more money than you are earning. People are able to do this by recycling or rather relying on credit cards, loan and prior savings to cover their expenses. Now the opposite of this phrase is to live within one's means, which means that someone is not spending all of his money and is staying out of debt. Now a lot of Nigerians have mastered the art of living above their means and don't even realize it. So today we're asking, how do I know that I am living above my means? Now please let's hear what you have to say. Remember you can join the conversation, send us an SMS or WhatsApp to 081-8034-663. You can also tweet at us at Weissho after one with the hashtag Weissho. I want to bring in Kathleen in a minute, but I want to come to Uhti. Uhti in her genders via Zoom. Hi Uhti, we missed you. Uhti my love, is it possible for us to live within our means in this country? Please just be real, especially in Lagos. I don't know about any other part of Nigeria. It's very difficult because one of the unique things of our environment there is that even when you have a budget, so even for the most diligent of us, right? There are so many unplanned things. I love the quote that says, I think it was during COVID that it became popular. Stay inside, there is a lot outside. So the truth of it is that there are so many things that can happen. You get into a pothole, it's 200K with your mechanic. Somebody bashes your car, it's 250K. There are so many uncertainties. I mean, it's not like these uncertainties don't exist anywhere else. But the uniqueness of our environment heightens the risk, increases the risk rather of those things happening.  So it can be quite difficult. But I think I like to just categorize it. There are the avoidables. For example, the O&Bs, the what's it called now? The AzureB, all those things. That one is preference. If you are that way inclined, then you are spending your money there. But we do have a lot of things that are societal pressures, that put pressure on us, that it takes the most disciplined of folk not to live above their means. And of course, there are very many people that don't even have enough to live. Before you talk of living above your means, there's also a large population of people that fall into that bucket. So we're an interesting space, I think. How are you glory? Our accountant? Is it possible? Well, it's possible, though difficult, especially when you mention Lagos, because as Uti rightly said, so many things on planned expenses might come up here and there. But it's possible and also discipline, I think plays a role. Example, so I have people that will say, glory please help me keep this money. I don't want to touch it because if I hold it, I will spend it. And after two days, they will give me the money, okay, I want you to hold it for maybe three months. After two days, they will call. Something came up, please give me this money. I need to do something. So it's not an easy thing to do, honestly. But I think that's the reason why we have Kathleen to help us and tell us how we can make this possible. Mary, should I ask you a question? There's no need to ask. It's very difficult, I must say. And I think social media as a whole hasn't really helped us in that aspect because it seems like your desires just keep growing. And I mean, it takes a lot of discipline as well to understand that, okay, I know you want to be at a certain place with time, you will get there, even as you are planning with time, the actual bills that you even need to settle, they are just coming back. So sometimes, it's like an escape to say, well, you know what, if I die, I die.  Right? After they hit me today, my mom swelled over, come carry me to the restaurant.  If I die, I will always spend this money. Isn't that what that's like? That the food will never be better. It takes a lot of discipline. It takes a lot of discipline. And trust me, honestly speaking, this is not us just trying to maybe, but really living in Lagos is extreme sport, like literally what you would pay. I mean, the other day, I wanted to put air in my tire and the vodka, let the shock, the vokalizer told me, madam is 500, I said for what? Do you know that I had a huge culture shock when I went back to Kaduna in December, last, not upper year, to see my parents. I spent Christmas in Kaduna and my mom said, oh, I needed to put air in the tire. Okay, she now give me 244 tires. I said, mom, I don't understand. She said, no, it's 50-50 now. I said, no, it's 250 now. I said then we're doing 200 now per tire in Lagos. It's 50-50 now.  So now, I now go to a vokalizer and he says 500 now. I thought he was joking. Until now, I thought maybe I was in a posh area. Let me go to my local village where I'm coming from. I said, madam, money don't increase. I said, when, since when? You don't even want to look at housing. Ha, don't even go there. Let me bring in Kathleen. Kathleen is the owner and the CEO of Kudimata Nigerian Limited. Penny Consult Limited and Poi Finishing School. She was the executive director and chief marketing officer at Hope PS Bank and the deputy general manager at Keystone Bank Nigerian Limited. She also worked in key managerial positions at Access Bank PLC for 15 years, extending her extensive banking experience to over 26, to over 26 years now. Kathleen has established herself as a change agent by promoting basic financial education in Nigeria through an institution called Kudimata, a financial community where money questions, problems and concerns are addressed just like the one we are going to be addressing now. Kudimata. Thank you, Kathleen, for joining us again. So, Kathleen, I mean, I saw you nodding your head as we were talking because it's not easy. First of all, let me ask this question. Is it possible first, before we would not get to how I know, because me, I know I'm living above my means. Is it possible for us to actually live on a budget? Is it possible? It is actually possible to live on a budget. So it's actually possible for you to live within your means. There are a lot of factors that affect us living beyond our means. You know these means, what it means is what you earn. So what I earn is different from what she earns, different from what Gloria earns, different from what you earn and different from what Uti earns. So if I want to live the same way that Gloria lives, I will most likely live above my means. That's behaving like the Jones. So that is a key factor that we must put into consideration in living or budgeting for our lives. Kathleen, do you know some people don't earn a salary, but they are living where? Living large. That's what it means coming from. So they have means. You know what means is income. The people who are dependent on you, you give them money. So they have to live within that means. That is the means. So if you give somebody 20,000 naira on the mountain basis, that's that person's income. The expense must not go beyond that 20. So you must work within that budget. Also at the month end, I'll have John give me money, I'll have Paul for those who don't earn money. There are different streams of income. That's income. That is the means. Income is means. So it is actually very possible to live within your means. Location affects it though. Location. But that means still works within your location because income you earn in Lagos is different. You just said, Vokanizer would take 15 naira up not in Lagos. The means or the environment within Lagos are being factored into the amount the cost of that. Because even the space is paid for. Yes. So you can actually live within your means. There are certain things that you need to do to live within your means. Cut off excesses. Now what Uti was talking about. Cut off excesses. Transportation takes a huge cost of our means. So you have to work on your look for jobs or the resources of income within your geography where you reside. Well it's not possible Kathleen because again sometimes where the good jobs are because I have seen people they work in Victoria Land they live at Akun or Jod they live at a what is it called first stack. You understand. So they can do carpooling. So they have enough people within. So you know that this financial you have to actually educate yourself understand that this is my pocket. This is what it is. We are five or six coming from this area coming to VI. Let's use Lagos for example. All of you carpool. And you come to Lagos and sometimes you have some people who live within the environment where they work and return back to their distant location where commuting costs them a huge sum of their income. So you have those people staying within those geography. So it is actually actually actually possible to live within your means. And then you don't shop where you think you want to buy tomato in VI when you live in Akun or Jod the price is different because there is rental there are other costs that have been factored into the cost of that tomato in VI and in Akun or Jod. It's hard to take the strong beat. So I know those of us here understand what she is saying. Let's bring it down to maybe the market women that don't even know what budget is. They don't probably they can't even like put together their income to say how do they start understanding that how can they understand how to put understand how to put their resources or what their business or their income that daily income together to say okay this is what I earn in a week so that with that they can plan so from what you said budgeting is a huge part of planning in order for you to be able to stay within your means of expenditure so how do they start how do they even understand it? You'll be very surprised mama will plan yes you'll be so surprised mama will plan mama knows mama separates money that thing mama put that you know mama would wrap money in bundles mama will put this is for this this is for that this is for me to go back to market this is for school fees this is for mama has a budget mama plans mama will shop the people who have problems of this and spending above their means it's not mama mama will finish in the market make 1000 naira in profit in profit removing all other expenses mama will know where to buy the small tomato the small meat and the small and go home and cook it is you who want to eat broccoli broccoli broccoli broccoli and everything when you don't even earn that money so mama is fine when it comes to living within means sometimes so mama don't even go home they stay within that location where they work so that rental income really doesn't is there but it does not really affect mama so much transportation coming from the villages or the farms or the interland where they go and get their things you see how the couple won mama will not go to markets on her own they will go in group put money together and buy in bulk because they understand the budgeting okay so for the people that want to be big girls since they are the ones that don't know the budgeting for me I would say what kind of investments can we can you start off so you have a young graduate who you know you just finish or you're doing NYC you know what advice would you give I think I'm more of the advice of saving and little investment increasing your streams of income yeah and increasing your streams of income because if if you desire a certain lifestyle and like I said social media has helps to you know put everything so because I'll give myself for instance sometimes I find myself I find myself comparing myself to people who are in their 40s and there's one day I don't start out and I was like Mary do you realize that this person is maybe 45 and you are how old so okay there's hope for you if at least at this stage you know you're thinking you're going to get there's a show banker that you're going to get there if only you just be a big patient like you are aware of you know what you want and you're striving for it despite you're striving for it you're a bit too I won't say now now now but take a step back and look at this person is 40 something you're in your 20s you've got a long way to go you're going to meet up because you're on the right track definitely so just calm down so what kind of advice you know in terms of like savings, investment would you give young people like us you know because is I must say is really difficult and streams of income is really what has helped I've seen young people who they're doing their 9 to 5 they have you know a side business on you know at least that side business if you make you know 100, 200 you can't be able to buy bone straight you'll still be happy you know so you have you have asked the question you have answered the question so you have actually just helped me what all I would say you have just said and you have actually spoken to the youth patience is key patience is key patience is key you budget different streams of income key and you start to budget or save for different projects and different things you have answered your you have answered the question I'll come to you Uti but I want us to go on a very short break right when we come back from the break Uti I'll come to you stay with us we'll right back alright thanks for staying with us now if you're just tuned in we're discussing the topic how do I know I'm living above my means and we have Kathleen with us now please let's hear what you have to say remember you can join the conversation send us an SMS so what's up to Zoëd 1 803-4663 you can also see that that was at Weishaw after one with the hashtag Weishaw alright Uti over to you okay so I mean interesting conversations so far and I'm trying to think that from the perspective of when we talk about living above the means I'd be interested to hear the perspective on being disciplined enough to stay away from like we said the cultural norms and issues and what it takes to actually be able to manage your funds so in the current realities right the money may not even be enough but how do we manage the funds that we have today and what are the pitfalls that we need to look out for so that we don't inadvertently end up on that side of the track where we're living above our means so I'm gifting money or I'm helping people and then I look back and I'm like oh wow I've spent more than I plan to spend how do we avoid those kind of issues first discipline just like you said and to avoid it is actually to understand self you need to understand yourself and your money structure when you understand yourself and your money structure then you are able to plan when you plan you plan for you know your current so current now we really not matter you have to plan for your tomorrow and your future so that's where your savings come in you have to learn to save no matter how much you earn you must be able to set aside something and in our current situation other streams of income are most desirable because like you said it is most unlikely that one stream of income would carry you to to allow you to pick all your bills or to enable you to pick all your bills so if that has hit me other streams of income as simple as the digital space has helped us with so many streams of things that we can do streams of income that we can get you can simply bake at home your income from other streams of income added to what you have earned from employment or even your entrepreneurial work then you save you cut off those excesses you stop to leave like Johnson's even following other people wanting to be other people you know you are going to make a lot of enemies it doesn't matter because guess what that income and you don't make it Jesus Christ everybody will be your enemy because it is the simple money that you have that you are able to pick your bills that pulls people to you once you lose that that's it think of people who have lost their jobs their work and they stop making income the number of friends that they have teams out so you must actually work to tomorrow that's the plan savings cut down expenses all those excesses take them out reduce your cost of living and save you see that cost of living thing it's a tricky one because okay so I was going to ask that with the current economic situation where for instance maybe if I had a million Naira in my account I was a big girl like savings that I saved today that million Naira depreciated because of the dwindling economy right so if you tell me to save I've saved but the by power of that one million Naira 10 years or 5 years ago that I saved it it's not the same by power that I have today so I don't know how savings will help me that's number one I don't know how it's going to help me if I saved money and all of a sudden why the money is still there completed with a depreciated in value streams of income yes but really in all fairness except I don't even know how to explain it except these streams of income are really really tangible it really doesn't go that far right except maybe you are really earning big time forex with the economy today I'm not benchmarking it with anything because the cost of items what I would have bought maybe 4000 Naira before and buying it almost 16,000 or even 20,000 Naira today so the living expenses is on a rise housing that you talked about living just in your house apart from the landlord pulling at you there is also the increment there is also the increment on your bills your electricity of course we know what the drama is happening around the field situation and all of that so there is a lot that is just attacking that income so even if you say I am diligent I am prudent I do all of these things you can't really survive like that you have to just find a way to make up for some of these what is it called shortfalls that you would have that is true we have a lot of things tagging on or pulling on our income a lot but guess what you are actually just trying to live like others you know that is 30,000 Naira so a job man so let's use our minimum wage is 30,000 Naira for I think the lowest level civil servant it is expected that that civil servant bad as it may it is really really really really don't get me wrong but that money is is small is low but then what would you do you still have to plan to live within it not to have five six children because that is where you are actually just your life you need to understand yourself even with one child 30,000 Naira is too much but then you will not go the debt will not be so much and you will not go so much at begging because you would have planned at 30 at 30 depending on your location you know location location still counts 30,000 maybe in five village area may not be the same as 30,000 Naira income in Lagos you know that so location counts but in all of these two you still have to learn to live within that money and that income you know that 30,000 is not all that supports the sorry to say but our environment we live in a communal environment we support ourselves so that person who ends 30 that's not the only income so that's not the only means there are other means that are added but what is it that they do with these means that's what is important at least 30 maybe nobody for the other streams of income can I ask so how do you how do you grow how do you elevate because for me it just sounds like suffering that is never ever going to end so like you see that you just aspire you just hope that one day your income will increase you work you don't just aspire in all of these you have to improve yourself for you too you know there are different scales for the people who end that you still have to improve yourself and when you improve yourself your income improves if you know like in Nigeria there are different cadres of so it starts from that minimum 30 up the way to millions depending on your the way you have improved yourself so education still matters and you will now ask me education there are schools that are free education online not just even the online even the free education the government schools are there and they are free so if you know there are some standards that we cannot okay you know let's say come let me come to you quickly before we run well I think it's a sobering picture to hear everything that we've discussed today because even with the locality and all that I was listening to even with just saying government schools are free they're still attached expenses so it almost sounds like it's impossible but I think that the only thing that we can take away from this and it's not necessarily a comment it's just multiple streams of income your side hustle has to have your side hustle income I didn't know so I think that's all I'll take away and the side hustle has to be as heavy as your real hustle I hope but the side hustle has to have his own side hustle so it's exponential are there minimum where we are because one is literally go ahead this is from Daniel Ilo good evening my beautiful ladies how do I know I'm living above my means you can only know if you are living above your means if you make extra cash outside your monthly salary salary earners will be affected by their own budget your guest made mention of cutting excesses that is where discipline and the idea of cutting your code according to your material sister uwa I think I am in the same boat with you after saturday the 18th of march I think I want to be through with election and politics politics in Nigeria has been saw it it is total nightmare and disaster I can never be proud of Nigerian's politics go ahead Mary how do I know that I'm living above my means this is an interesting topic first if I want to live within my means I must first of all advise myself that I am not in competition with anyone but my very self in that regard I must learn to cut my code according to my size this is from Sanctus not size according to your material I was going to go ahead and cut your means because it is actually your size if you want to follow your size and you are size 50 you can only sew for size 5 and there is problem so you actually need to cut your cloth according to your fabric your material so Kaklin if you had one thing to say to anybody that is listening what would you say to that person because me I know I am living above my means how do I stop living above my means I would say it is a difficult thing we all would strive is discipline discipline first is key it is difficult it is easier said than done we must all strive to cut off excesses and stop to behave like others our own goal is our own goal not the next person's goal don't live somebody else's life somebody else's lifestyle cut your code according to your income and your lifestyle create your own path and live within it and don't forget extra streams of income and you must save pay yourself so we should still save more save for tomorrow don't forget today is here already you agree with that we should save money we don't have a choice we have to save money are you sure yeah we don't have a choice because it's worse I really love the way that we put it to say today is here already so think about it that today is lost so just try and plan for tomorrow so tomorrow is better absolutely absolutely like this so ladies who is going to start first Mary are you taking a new leaf you are an accountant you don't have a choice you don't have a choice but I think I have watched that I have to be very very important before people have to trust me so I need to start with myself obviously how about you Mary I think I'm thinking of I can end more that's really my own when you end more your lifestyle increases and then you have to save more it's the same thing but let's end more I don't know but from like end more let me end more more money let's be quotas you always have to do more money it's more money more spending money is for spending but thank you so much Katlin I think it's a fantastic conversation we keep bringing the conversation around money issues because I think finance is very key whether you like it or not everything is almost hitting everybody so let's just find means to help ourselves and all of that it's not easy honestly people are just asking for money left as net that you don't even have the money to give it is well thank you so much Katlin thank you ladies, thank you Mary, Glory and thank you Uti alright so before we go and show you follow us of course all our social media handles that waste your Africa you can interact with us further drop a comment and more importantly follow all our engagement on social media likes and invite your families and friends to watch and follow the conversation so if you missed our very important quote here money does not dictate your lifestyle what you do with it what you do with it rather it's what you do what you do to get it and how you manage your finances that determines your lifestyle right Mary says she wants more extra income I don't know what I want yet I'll tell you people next week see you guys on Monday bye


Hello, Columbia, and welcome to This Week in the City. I'm your host, Lisha Yudsi, bringing you highlights this week from the Public Relations Media and Marketing Department with the City of Columbia. As we begin our week, we want to remind you that summer activities have begun at our city parks. If you are seeking positive activities for your child or teen this summer, please pick up a copy of our 2023 City of Columbia Youth Services Guide. This guide includes activities at our city parks and other local partner organizations here throughout the community. This guide can also be accessed online at our website at columnsc.gov or you can pick up a copy of any city park or our city buildings including City Hall at 1737 Main Street. Again, find out about positive activities this summer for your child or teen. As we move into the week, please be reminded that on Tuesday, June 6th, Columbia City Council will hold a 230 special called City Council meeting. This meeting will be held on the second floor in the mayor's conference room. Also at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, City Council will hold their regularly scheduled meeting at 4 p.m. in council chambers. This meeting is open to the public. It is also hybrid in case you want to view it from the livestream on our website or our YouTube channel. For agenda items, please visit our website at columnsc.gov and any questions about our City Council meetings, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 545-3045. On Thursday, June 8th, the Planning Commission will meet at 4 p.m. at City Hall in council chambers located on the third floor. City Hall is located at 1737 Main Street. This meeting will be open to the public or you can view it via livestream on the City's YouTube channel and the City's website at columnsc.gov. That's also the website address where you can find agenda items. As we move into Friday, it's time for Food Truck Fridays. Please join us at the Park lot at RAI Co-op located at 2300 Bull Street at the corner of Bull and Colonial. Please come out and try some of the best food truck food and cuisine from local vendors from throughout our community. Food Truck Friday begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Please check out our social media platforms for this week's food vendors or visit our website at columnsc.gov. Thank you for watching us this week and joining us for this week in the City. If you have any questions about any information we've shared, please contact Public Relations, Media and Marketing by calling us at 545-3020. Email us at pio.columnsc.gov or look at our website at columnsc.gov and make sure you follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Thank you for watching and have a great week in the City.


Have you ever driven around Columbia and wondered why it's developed the way it is? Well, I have. As our country has the courageous conversations about systemic racism and inequalities, I think it's important for us to understand some of the laws and policies that have contributed to where we are so that we can collectively chart a path forward in a more dynamic and equitable city. Hi, I'm Columbia City Councilwoman Tamika Isaac-Devine, and on behalf of the Mayor and the members of Columbia City Council, I want to invite you to join us at the City of Columbia and our partners Richland Library, Historic Columbia, Columbia SC 63, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, the SC Humanities, the Center for Civil Rights and History and Research and the African American Studies Program at the University of South Carolina, and the Institute for African American Research at the University of South Carolina for four virtual sessions on the book, The Color of Law, a forgotten history of how our government segregated America. The purpose of these sessions is to explore the concepts presented in this book and understand their role in shaping Columbia and explore ways that we can address effects of past policies to create a more equitable community. The first session will take place on Thursday, December 10, 2020, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., where the discussion will be centered around gentrification and other urban renewal efforts and how Columbia neighborhoods have changed because of it. To participate in the virtual forum, visit the website listed below, and for more information on how to access The Color of Law, please visit www.columbiasc.gov. Thank you, and I look forward to you joining this amazing conversation.