Hello and welcome all of you out there in the cloud and thanks for joining us. My name is Micah, I'm here with my teammates Hillary and John and we're part of Accenture's Cloud First Group. Accenture's $3 billion investment has made this past year to help clients across all industries become cloud first businesses and accelerate their digital transformation. So today we're going to share with you our experience building a solution to deploy and support a Kubernetes application that scale on the edge and on any cloud. So John you can go ahead and kick us off to the next slide. And I'll do some brief introductions of everybody here. John is a director within Accenture's Google cloud practice, as well as cloud first and as well as the global Anthos and Kubernetes lead for cloud first. Over 25 years experience designing delivering complex tech architecture all the way from on-prem to multi cloud. John is your guy. You need help with any of that. Hillary is a rockstar software and platform engineer with within cloud first design group. So cloud first design is basically the tip of the spear for enterprise cloud transformations.  So Hillary is also a mentor with Girls Who Code supporting gender inclusivity in technology. So if we were in person you all clap for that right now. But lastly I'm Micah and I also am in cloud first design group along with Hillary where I architect solutions and lead engineering teams in transformational projects as well as Greenfield work. And on the outside of work I like to mentor young men, especially those who are breaking into technology from non-traditional backgrounds like myself. Let's go to the agenda, John. All right, so today we're going to state and share with you our problem that we had to solve and then the method that we sort of took and the maturity model that we used to come up with our eventual architecture and solution. And then we'll share with you a few lessons learned as well so pretty basic approach and yeah let's kick it off. So I'm going to start by introducing to you our client. So our client provides solutions for the life sciences and remember we're consulting company right so we have we have clients and we have customers I'll try and make sure I make the distinction for you all today. But our client provides solutions for the life sciences by provisioning scientific instrumentation for their customers picture scientific labs right so they have a new services layer data platform that is going to connect their scientific machines to their network. You can think of it like a common services layer. And what we were tasked to do is to build an installer that would then deploy that application to their internal network. So a lot of our clients customers insist on self hosting for data privacy privacy reasons, which may mean that they host in the cloud or some host on premise. And some of the small customers are even ordering an entire bare metal machine from our client with the required packages pre loaded onto the machine for them to then self install with our solution. But our client ultimately wanted to provide we identified these these sort of main five things. Number one is excellent service and support to their customers might go without saying, but this kind of was a basis that that we kept coming back to. But that would also mean practicing operational excellence so robust and resiliency resiliency was among probably one of the top of the most needed illities in this solution. The solution also needs to be extensible to a variety of needs and environments. So with different it departments from their customers. That would mean each having you know their own rules as the customer base scales so does the variety of the needs. But what's nice about the solution is that it's supporting a relatively new application that was written in kubernetes. And so it makes it easy for us to deploy anywhere. What it came to cost efficiency that was something that our client wanted to obviously save themselves but also their customer money. So that was important. And lastly a solution that's relatively future proof. So that would last for years to come like I said the underlying app itself is is brand new right and so they want to be the solution that would be installing it to support that as well. We go to the next slide. All right. So meet Albert. Okay, Albert is our representative end user he's a scientist in a lab with or without lab coat, depending on his exact setup among different customers so Albert comes with a few constraints number one. His data is top secret. So john you can show that next portion. I've broken this down a little bit for you so you're going to have to click extra make you work a little harder. So his his data is is top secret it's classified right. That means we need to handle it very securely very carefully. So we saw for this in a couple ways. First of all we have a self hosted infrastructure. So already we're enabling Albert to host this within his own infrastructure to alleviate his concern of his data being merged with or seen by any competitor for example, being his own infrastructure. We also needed to provide a way for him to supply his environment credentials in a safe and secure manner. So credential management was also an important part of our solution. So you can see Albert is not great with computers. So we saw for this by providing both a managed support model, as well as creating a custom user friendly UI. So a proprietary app that we built for our client where, where the customer where Albert doesn't need to interact with any cloud consoles, or run any cube cuddle commands. All that is abstracted by the front end. So last third thing is that Albert's it guys will not let anyone access their environment. So he's just found directions but the, the big bad it group says no go. So we did a few things here we had to look for a way to run the app installation locally. So we, Hillary will tell you later on about the the local pipeline that we built for that. Then also this required flexibility is important as the installer needs to be configurable flexible enough to meet. Again, like I said a variety of different IT group requirements. So if this wasn't all complex enough, John, you can go to the next slide. We have a lot of Albert's. So add to this the complexity that we have to serve what are inclined where our client would anticipate is to be hundreds, even thousands of customers will more click for me, John. So that means we have to support, of course, a even larger variety of clouds and environments, and scaling to this many users made it really important that we would reduce that margin for error. And so making it as low touch and highly automated as possible was key. And lastly, in order for technical support staff to support so many customers. It was really important that we found a way to provide what essentially ended up being a single pane of glass into the operation of their Kubernetes clusters. And this was huge and really exciting part of our overall solution, both to us and our client, as they're going to be, you know, in good hands for for years to come, but I will not spoil too much here. Without any further ado, let me pass this along to you, John. Thank you very much, Michael. The presentation is the methodology what we did. So our approach for the project was to leverage a cloud native solution by utilizing a Kubernetes platform that allowed for the environment challenges of the project along with leveraging the best third party tools in the industry. And combining that with the industry best practices. This solution resulted in the recommended platform for the project. Over the last five years, I have been talking to clients about their journeys. There is during the cloud. There's also the DevSecOps journey, as well as the Kubernetes container journey. During the last six months, I have shifted this conversation, I have turned it on its head. Today, every client is multi-cloud. We all agree on that I believe. And it is a combination of all these journeys. It's a combination of journey to cloud, the DevSecOps journey, as well as Kubernetes container journey. Today, the conversation is the cloud native journey. What does being cloud native really mean? And why is this so important? What should you know to accelerate and optimize this transition towards being cloud native? Enterprises that migrate from an off-premise to a cloud native environment need to rethink the infrastructure requirements. Migrating to a cloud native environment, and the infrastructure becomes spread out among multiple IT environments, while applications are distributed to support the enterprise's digital transformation. As your IT infrastructure progressively removes to the cloud, it must assure that the visibility approach along with the cloud native strategy. You will not only need to understand the business value of developing and deploying cloud native applications, but also how to deal with the strategic IT management challenges in the multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments. In the most simplest terms, a cloud native strategy enables services to be used across applications and other services. It's about how applications are created and deployed, not whether they sit on public, private or hybrid cloud. Cloud native applications are designed to scale horizontally rather than vertically. To scale these applications that regardless of technology and concepts, such as agile, DevSecOps, multi-cloud, hybrid clouds and microservices. When we look at enterprises cloud native journeys, we find there are four technology enables. The first one be Kubernetes. Kubernetes provides the means by which to automate the deployment, management and or scaling of applications containers across the infrastructure. Second is service mesh. A service mesh is a way to control how different parts of applications share data with one another. Serverless computing allows you to run applications and services without the need of providing services. Fourth is a cloud control plane. A cloud control plane provides a consistent development and operation model experience across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. One DevSecOps pipeline and one place to manage all my clusters and policies. When I work with clients, I'm getting them proficient and able to scale with a cloud native approach. I start with this five-step scale. There should be no surprise that most clients today are at a level of two. At level two, they have a standardized approach, set of tools for certain functions and start scanning their containers at build time and at rest. My goal is to get them to a level of four where they have a mature capability in place to support DevSecOps and are becoming skilled supplementary experts and have run-time scanning enabled at scale. And ultimately, they can scale to level five where they're doing really cool things like data ops and blue cream deployments. As stated, there are five stages within the cloud native maturity model. While you may be in stage two or five in one application, you may be at different stage and different application. Keep this in mind as you're definitely following stages of maturity. So let's break down these stages further. The first one is at level one. You have a baseline cloud native implementation in place and are in pre-production. Level two, I'm repeatable. This means that cloud native foundation is enabled and you are moving to production. Third level is consistent. Your competency is growing and you're defining processes for scale. The fourth one is optimized to improving security policy and governance across your environment. And last, we have a level five leading. You are revisiting decisions made earlier and monitoring applications, infrastructure, optimization. Based on a cloud native maturity model, we have developed the kind of graphics projects. The aim is for organizations to start the cloud native journey with a real framework on how to adopt these new applications and platforms. The authors wanted to provide a cloud native framework for success. We want to educate and inform users with the effective and practical guidance to help them understand the cloud native ecosystem. We do this by collaborating with groups inside and outside of the CNCF. So please check out the links provided at your convenience. On the edge. When we looked at the needs for the client of this use case, we compared k8s and k3s. k3s offer small applications to run clusters and IoT devices. And that's great for running containers on the edge. However, for this client, we need the scalability and the ability to run workloads across multiple environments, while k3s can only host workloads running in a single cloud. k8s gives you the ability to scale an application based on the quality of your coming traffic and quantity. For this reason, imagine pride is why we chose k8s for our solution over k3s. The k8 platform chosen for this project was Google Anthos. With Google Anthos, we can perform it Kubernetes clusters. Whether it's American Amazon EKS, Microsoft AKS, Red Hat OpenShift, and so on. I'm able to perform over clusters in one single pane of glass. And then this also includes, by the way, converting Raspberry Pi clusters or clusters on my own laptop. And I'm able to take all these different environments and place it in one particular platform for the Anthos. And for the client, this was a home run for us. Awesome. So as we discussed earlier, we are looking to deploy into a lot of different customers' environments. So based on their preferred environment, we're looking to meet their self-hosting needs. Now, how do we do this? For this specific installation, as John had mentioned, we use Google Anthos. So Anthos helps by supporting a single flavor of Kubernetes across the cloud and on-premise environments. The single flavor of Kubernetes allows the application teams to have minimal considerations when deploying into the different environments and continue focusing on the application instead of programming for the changing environments, which definitely helps our platform team. Now, in the following slides, we are going to break down the solution by discussing the following. How we brought DevSecOps processes locally, how a local Windows installer enabled a low-touch provisioning process. Additionally, we're going to discuss the tooling that supported the environment agnostic deployments. And finally, we're going to walk through the additional considerations that we had to look at when deploying the data platform on a bare-metal solution. Next slide. Awesome. So how did we take these software best practices to our client's laptop? Next slide. Automated deployments into private clusters with focus on security is critical to having a mature Kubernetes deployment as John was talking about earlier. In the industry, it is fairly standard practice to run either a self-posted DevOps agent within the virtual network to access the private cluster or to access the cluster through a Bastion host. The DevOps agent and Bastion host both provide secure ways to connect to the cluster but also help provide a consistent environment such as operating system tools already installed in it in order to have a consistent deployment into the cluster. This is key when considering that our deployments are going to be happening from a Windows computer that does not have any prerequisites installed on it. So the challenge was how do we provide a low-touch customer experience, follow DevSecOps best practices, and securely connect to private clusters, all while running it on a Windows computer. We achieve this by building an installer that deploys an orchestration VM, or what we call an orchestration VM, into the customer's network. So this orchestration VM serves as a secure control plane for deployments to be consistently run regardless of and fully independent from the customer's computer. This virtual machine serves as a cross between a DevOps agent and a Bastion host as we were discussing on the previous slide and allows us to bring those DevSecOps processes locally to the customer's computer. Now, let's break down what's happening in this image. So starting at step one, the customer is going to submit a form with specific inputs that the IT group can put in. So, side block ranges, additional configurations that we allowed them to customize in order to meet their IT group's needs. So these inputs that they'll fill into a form feed our infrastructure as code scripts that will then be executed by the installer. So once the customer fills out this form with the IT group's specifications, the form submission then triggers the beginning of the building and the environment. So everything that's on the right-hand side of the image. So clicking this execution order and kicking this all off is similar to kicking off a DevOps pipeline. It's then going to build out the virtual network, which will end up folding the remaining infrastructure including the orchestration VM, which is where the rest of the script will run. So once the VM is up and running, all the build packages will be transferred from the installer so locally on the customer's computer to the virtual machine, similarly to build packages being provisioned onto a DevOps agent in a pipeline. So once all these prerequisites are met, infrastructure as code scripts are executed through the orchestration VM. Not to hit the nail on the head again, but bringing the DevOps process locally, running just as you would be running a pipeline, but just controlling it all from your local's Windows computer. So this remote DevOps process is neared across all the cloud environments to run the infrastructure as code script securely in the various clouds and meeting the customer's needs and allowing the IT group to take their customizations, plug it into what's essentially a Google form, and then they walk away with a secure Kubernetes deployment that is running a data platform. Login monitoring is already in place and all the operations are all connected back to through Anthos to GCP, which then allows the operations to be managed and handled externally from our user Albert externally from his IT group. Everything is securely deployed but managed by our client. Alright, so what tools and considerations needs to take place in order to allow this data platform to be running in all these various environments. Next slide. Tool selection was critical for the success of this cross cloud and cross environment deployment. By choosing the right tools and similar processes it allowed us to support solutions between the clouds or at the very least, mirror the steps. And here's a quick outline of some of the tools that we selected. We are using Stackdriver or Google Operations Suite to build out the login monitoring in our various environments this plugged in well with Anthos and the sort of monitoring and logging that it already provides. However, say in an environment such as a bare mental environment where the customer are choosing to deploy on a single server, have everything within their own virtual network, they already have fairly strict and considerations and requirements that their IT group has set forth. So a customer like this may not want their logs to be sent externally for security reasons just to meet their IT groups requirements. So that's where a Kermintius and a Loki may come into the mix enabling the customers to allow a deployment that is acceptable to their IT groups requirements. So as alluded to earlier, Terraform was our primary infrastructures code tool in order to configure the various cloud environments. And again, all the cloud environments were run through that same similar process that mirrored each other. So as we were looking to build out an environment, the cross environments and allow the configurations to be customizable to meet the IT group specification. Testing served as a critical pillar to rapidly validate the deployment. So later on, Terra test was added in order to validate the cloud environments prior to the execution installer. So that ended up super hand. All right, next slide. All right, so bring this back to Albert again. Albert and his IT group want everything securely and securely deployed locally but they don't want to be in charge of the operations Albert has other things to be worrying about he wants to be running the machine learning processes in using the application but he doesn't want to worry about the day to day of managing a Kubernetes cluster. So in order to support customers like Albert, we built out a customer service model where all the clusters link back to the same GCP project. And it allows a single team to manage the various deployments with a single painted class viewpoint, allowing the logging monitoring and alerting configurations to continue to be extended across all the clouds, and providing a consistent management experience for all the customers regardless of their cloud or environment of their choosing. Okay, so I'm finishing this section up just to talk a little bit about the bare metal use case and some of the decision points that we came across in order to build out this environment for our data platform. So bare metal Anthos provides the benefits of the cloud, bringing them into an on premise environment, but it doesn't fully remove the challenges that need to be addressed when building out a bare metal solution. So here are some of the decisions and trade offs that we went through in order to support this data platform locally. So networking is sort of the one of the first decisions you kind of need to build out when gathering your requirements for bare metal environments. So looking to understand whether or not you are going to be running a singular cluster or if you're going to be managing more than one cluster that will need to be speaking to each other from different servers. So our specific use case, the customers are going to be running within a singular server the platforms can be fairly isolated within itself and so we did not need to build out a bridge network instead. We are able to use the configuration of a standalone cluster on the server and then have everything sort of encapsulated within itself and expose on a load balancer. So, the next thing that is good to that we found was helpful to build out and get the requirements on for our cluster was the source requirements so understanding what are the persistent volume claim needs and how this plays into the sizes of the nodes that you're going to be provisioning was crucial in order to build out and properly partition everything on the server. So our special so our data platform has an additional use case of it has a lot of raw disk memory that is needed in order to run the platform. We also needed to take into consideration the additional space that is needed to run NFS volumes and make sure that everything is securely and maturely partitioned so that the data platform can run without issues and continue to run without issues as more and more data gets gathered gathered and analyzed. So that kind of like leads into the final point of which is crucial for your application teams to consider when building out this environment is how are we making sure that the single server is not a single point of failure and making sure that the disaster recovery tools and systems are in place in order to make sure that everything is all set. So, yes everything's running on a single server but it's also key to be backing up externally from this server so say if something goes wrong, it's not going to be a one domino takes down everything. So yes everything's running on one server but also making sure that it's not exclusively the server that is dependent on everything that's running in this data platform for that specific customer. And so, yeah, that's how we looked at the bare metal needs for customers like Albert and taking our IT groups considerations into into our solution when we're going to toss it off to Micah to talk about lessons learned. Can you guys hear me okay. Good. Thank you, Hilary. Yeah, so, you know that we learned a lot on this project. Also had a blast. It was ultimately was a lot of fun learning about the product and the technology behind it for those of us, really all of us I think learned, you know specifics about the technology we were sort of solving for something that we hadn't seen done anywhere else in the industry quite like it. So, number one I'll just start with this, you know, in general, if we talk about tenants, what a tenant is right is, is it's a principle that that really help us to come decision time commit one way or another. And so that is, you know when we come to a fork in the road, and we're torn whether we should go right or left. We come back to our tenants to remember what's most important to us. Doing so is especially important when designing a system from scratch and on a short timeline, or really in any agile fast based environment so it was crucial to have these things, these tenants considered are for considering trade offs I should say, as that really is like an everyday occurrence at that point when you're when you're starting from scratch so first of all number one is one of the most very first questions that you want to ask is to ask what is most important to our customer. So we can call this after we call us our ultimate tenant of tenants, right. What Jeff Bezos and crew have popularized as customer obsession. So as I mentioned before for consultants our client is our customer but ultimately this really comes down to the end user of the product what is most important to them. So keeping this in mind throughout the project was very helpful to anchor all parties that's, you know, tech business product but the whole team on on what was most important. Second is that we were intentional about having a bias for action now on our project specifically, we had a fairly junior team, not a ton of experience directly within a team and so it was all the much, all the more important that we we tested our theories that we asked for advice from others outside of the team, but also to be intentionally confident. So, you know junior or not I think these these tenants to them we're sharing because they're applicable not just us but hopefully it's a lot of you and across different projects. So if you're not it may at times be easy to second guess yourself, which isn't a bad thing in itself but if you've already tested the theory and or asked for advice, then to remember that you're here for a reason and so go forward with that. You'll never be 100% sure about a decision or a technology trade off you know that's it's pluses and minuses and so we have to the end of the day make a call and go for it and be confident with it. And knowing that also you know it's okay to to fail or to to realize later that you want to pivot and make a different decision. Number three was that we were, we realized to remain faithful to our definition of done. This was something that really served us well from. From considering lease privilege, each time that we rolled out a new change to the infrastructure to to have to consider lease privilege just not that we would have it 100% tied up but at least not leave this to be a snowball at the end. That needed to be addressed. I think it saved us a lot of time. In addition to that similarly test driven development, writing those tests early on and up front. And, and in the same in the same is automation and low touch so adding all of these to our definition of done from the outset was really helpful now. I think that you know any user story before we called it completely finished we made sure that we had done these things which also made sure we had allocated for them. When it came time for sprint planning. I will say that we later and probably up front we should have added documentation to this definition of done, or I don't know I feel like even if it was there it was always hard to actually get done. So that ended up being a bit of a sprint at the end, which is something that we want to get better at in the future. So what we're looking for is there on the top is that big companies, we recognize had their perks and so I guess one of the decision decisions that continued to serve us down the line throughout the project was upfront we decided to use Google's Anthos product for our control plane central control plane. And I said it really served us because we always had support. There was continual product inner iterations occurring to Anthos I mean this was, you know, a big product for them it's it's only a couple years in now for them. And ultimately right it's like an amalgamation of a number of other services that they have already built for Kubernetes support but the continual support given by the team that solved not just the needs that we were coming up with but even looked around and some unforeseen problems which we hadn't considered, you know when we did bring it up to the Google team, they were already considering it as well such as one was you know deploying to a customer in China where laws and regulations were vastly different than deploying here in the US for us. So this this just was you know some of the things that we learned and wanted to highlight as the lessons that will take forward to other projects as well. It doesn't mean that it has to be done this way, but you know ultimately was was helpful. So that is it. We won't ask for questions because it's not live. So all we can really say at this point is thank you, and appreciate everyone's time here and pretend participation. No, so thanks all from Accenture and from Hillary and John myself and have have a good rest of your conference. Bye. Thank you.


This is going to be a demonstration of the intrinsic back muscles, the true back muscles. This is the prone cadaver, we are demonstrating the right side. Just to bring you up to speed, we have slit open and reflected the posterior leaf of the thoracolumbar fascia and you can see the leaf and this is the medial half of the leaf. So we have split it and we have reflected it and on so doing we have exposed the erector spinae muscle. You can see this strong thick tendon lifted up by my assistant here. This is the tendon and the fleshy muscle which we can feel on either side of the midline in our backs when we feel them. And this is the true erector spinae muscle which is responsible for maintaining the erect posture in the Homo erectus. That's why this group of muscles are referred to as the erector spinae muscle or the sacro spinalis. This strong composite tendon arises from the sacrum and from the aliac bone. That's why this is also called the sacro spinalis. This group of muscle actually has got multiple levels but here we will demonstrate the first level. The first level is subdivided further into three broad groups. The first one, the most lateral is this one here. This muscle going all the way from here and going up and continuing here. This is the ilio costalis. Why is it called ilio costalis? Because it starts from the iliac bone. And we can see multiple slips getting attached to the ribs. We can see one slip going attaching to this rib here. We can see another slip attaching to this rib here. Another slip here. It's going up and we can see multiple slips getting attached to the ribs. That's why this whole portion is referred to as the ilio costalis. And depending on which location it is divided into ilio costalis numborum, ilio costalis thoracis, ilio costalis ceresis. So this is the lateral most part. Next just mediate to the ilio costalis we have this muscle here. Before I proceed with that I need to tell you something that there is a lot of interchange of fibres. These muscles are not discreetly independent of each other. And we can see that there is a lot of interchange of fibres between them. The next group of fibres is the longascus. This also rises from the same common tendon from the iliac bone and the sacrum. And it goes all the way up and it goes right up to the occipital bone which we cannot see here. But if you put my finger you can feel it. That is why it is referred to as the longascus. And again this muscle we can see that apart from exchanging fibres with the ilio costalis it also has got different segments which are arbitrarily named as ilio costalis thoracis, ilio costalis, ceresis and capitis. So this is the next muscle. And not only that we can see that it is also interchanging fibres with the next group of muscle which I am going to tell you just now. The medial most group of muscle is this one. This is the smallest group here and I am tracing my finger along it. This is the one which is right next to the spinous processes. This is the spinalis muscle. So I have lifted it up here now. This is the spinalis. This is the smallest group and it is right next to the spinalis processes and again depending on the location it is referred to as the spinalis thoracis, spinalis services. So therefore we have ilio costalis, longascus and spinalis. These muscles they are referred to as postural muscles. They are type 1 red muscles, slow twitch, not easily fatigable and they are the ones which are possible for maintaining the posture and this is because they are in a constant state of contraction or tonic state of contraction by higher cortical control by means of the vestibulospinal and the reticulospinal tracts. That is why they are referred to as postural muscles. If these muscles are completely removed from here then deep inside we will see the next group which we cannot see very clearly here which will be located between the spinous processes and the transverse processes and a little few fibers of those are visible here when I retract them. They are referred to as the transversal spinalis which are not so important in maintaining the posture but they are also true intrinsic back muscles and they are divided into again three subgroups from superficial to deep. They are called semi-spinalis, multi-fitters and rotators and there are some deeper group they are called the levator, costorum, inter-transverse and inter-spinal. So these are the complete group of intrinsic back muscles. So that brings me to the final point. What are the characteristics of an intrinsic or a true back muscle? Number one, they are all enclosed in the posterior and the middle layer of thoracolumbar fascia. Two, they act directly on the vertebral column. Three, they are supplied by the dorsal ramia of spinal nerves. So these are the three important characteristics of the true or the intrinsic back muscles. So that is all for now. Thank you very much for watching. If you have any questions or comments please put them in the comment section below. Dr. Sanjay Sanyal signing out, have a nice day.


A noted man gets a warm place by the fire through a half-a-peck of oysters. Can you imagine that? There's a Lindsey McCurry once more, ladies and gentlemen, introducing another session of this series of broadcasts in which we try to dramatize for you some of the more surprising incidents and facts of the world. We'll return in just a moment with the first one. Sometimes we gasp at the fortunes made and lost overnight in a furious buy-and-sell flurry in the stock market. But did you ever hear of anyone earning $2,000,000? Yes, I said $2,000,000 an hour. It staggers the imagination to think of what that might amount to in a year or even a month. Just give me one day like that and I'd be willing to let the rest of the world go by. In fact, I'd buy a few things I've always been wanting. But here's the proof of that amazing statement. Vance Breeze, famous test pilot, once took a plane up for a test dive. He took the ship up to 20,000 feet and dived within 4,000 feet. He also took a plane up for a test dive. He took the ship up to 20,000 feet and dived within 4,000 feet of the ground. The dive took up 15 seconds for which Vance Breeze was paid $8,000. If you're a mathematically inclined, expand those 15 seconds into a minute, which gives you $32,000. Multiply by 60 and you'll reach the staggering total of nearly $2 million per hour. Can you imagine that? You know it occurs quite often that two famous men will engage in a few of words over some bitterly contested difference. But it seldom happens that any two great men will come to a physical encounter. It did happen on one Thursday evening in 1931, March 29 to be exact, within the heavily draped and thickly carpeted walls of the Metropolitan Club in New York City. On that night, Mr. Ray Long, editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine, was entertaining at a banquet in honor of the Russian writer, Mr. Boris Pilnyak. Among those attending were such noble names of letters as Mr. Irvin S. Cobb, Mr. Haywood Brune, Mr. Arthur Brisbane, Mr. Rupert Hughes, Mr. Theodore Dreiser, and Mr. Sinclair Lewis. As well as a rather imposing array of American literary critics. After cigars have been passed and lighted, and as the men of the Fourth Estate sat chatting over their demitas, their host, Mr. Ray Long, arose and tapped on his glass. Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Gentlemen, it is our pleasure this evening to welcome to the metropolis and to America a colleague from across the sea, a man of letters who has come to visit our land from the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. A man whose fame has long preceded his actual presence among us. Boris Pilnyak. I'm going to assume the privilege of calling upon several of you to welcome this fellow penman in your own way. First, I know you'll be glad to hear a word or two from a gentleman recently from Minnesota. But more recently, winner of the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature, Mr. Sinclair Lewis. Mr. Long, gentlemen, I'm very happy to meet Mr. Pilnyak, but I do not care to speak in the presence of a man who has plagiarized 3,000 words from my wife's book on Russia. Nor do I care to talk before two sage critics who objected to the Nobel Committee's selection of me as America's representative writer. Thank you, Mr. Lewis. Now I'm sure we'll all be glad to hear a few words from that Dean of American Humorist, Mr. Irvin S. Kahl. Thank you, Mr. Long. I don't know whether I'm Dean or not, but one thing I'm certain of is that right now I'd rather be Dean than President. Well, I suppose you'll expect a story about the old days down in Padukin. Wisely calling upon surefire Irvin Cobb Long saved the situation momentarily. Following Cobb, others paid just tribute to the guest of honor, and at last the banquet adjourned. As small groups gathered to discuss the speeches, two newspaper men assigned to cover the event stood by one of the doors. Hey, what did Lewis mean by the one man who has plagiarized his wife's book on Russia? Don't you know? He had a drizer. Why? Sure, you remember? Hey, look. What's the matter? There they are, Lewis and Drizor sitting at that table talking. Yeah, man, and how they're talking.   For the love of mine, Drizor slapping Lewis in the face! Yes, friends, truly indeed, did Mr. Lewis, Nobel Prize winner, author of Main Street, Babbitt and Arrowsmith, receive several resounding smacks upon his countenance from the ample palm of portly Mr. Drizor, Nobel Prize runner-up, author of An American Tragedy, The Genius and The Hand of the Potter until the letter was restrained by fellow writers. The next day remarked Mr. Lewis. Drizor's a pretty big fellow. He must weigh close to 200 pounds. Well, I bet he could have put up a good scrap if they'd let us go. Still, he's pretty old, must be 60. You know, he was an established editor in New York when I was just a kid trying to get along. The incident, however, is closed as far as I'm concerned. Can't two men have a private squabble without all this fuss being made over it? When, after some difficulty, Theodore Drizor was located at his apartment on 57th Avenue, he made the succinct comment. It was the proper retort to any insert. And thus did 1931 witness the amazing progress of ballet between two of America's leading writers. Can you imagine that? God helps those who help themselves. And that's a saying that's well enough known to everyone, but here's a case where it was put to practical use by the famous American statesman, Benjamin Franklin. It's one of those human interest stories that take the varnishing veneer of legend away from our national heroes and make them just plain human beings like ourselves. It seems that Benjamin Franklin was traveling one night in bitterly cold weather. He rained his horse up in front of a cozy-looking tavern, and one of the hostels ran up to meet him. Good evening, sir. It's pretty cold tonight. Yes, it is. But I suppose I'll be able to thaw the ice from my bones in your tavern here. Looks cozy enough. Well, I don't know, sir. A lot of others had the same idea. A few of the townsmen are toasting themselves in front of the fire. They say it's wood in their own homes. And no place by the fire for a frozen traveler? None at all, sir. But you can try. I'll take your horse to the stable, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, sir. Good evening. A bit of cold out there. Yes, cozy in here, warm with a cherry fire. Well, I always managed to keep a blaze going, sir. Even with times as hard as they are. I suppose I couldn't find a place by the fire. Well, no, sir. I... The places are all taken now. Well, no matter. But, landlord, you may take a half-pack of oysters out for my horse. A half-pack of oysters for your horse? A half-pack of oysters for my horse. Very good, sir. And, landlord? Yes, sir. On the shell. Oysters on the shell for a horse? Bless my soul. I'll get them right away, sir. Oysters on the shell for a horse? I'm going out and see the horse eats them, I have. A seat by the fire. Nothing like it on a cold night. So, Franklin seated himself comfortably in one of the vacated chairs by the fire. But it wasn't long before... I beg your pardon, sir. I beg your pardon.  Oh, won't he? Well, no matter now. Just bring them in here, and I'll eat them myself.  Can you imagine that? It comes time now for another of our Can You Imagine That musical oddities. We all like to play detective, and now we're going to give you your chance to do a little melodic snooping.  First, let's listen to a composition of the immortal Frederic Chopin, whose delicate musical traceries have left him undying fame. While you're listening to it, try to figure out what popular tune of pre-war days sounds very, very much like it. Are you ready? Then listen to Chopin's Fantasy Impromptu in C-sharp minor. Did you catch it? Well, we're not going to give you another chance on the Fantasy Impromptu, but here's the popular tune of pre-war days. We're sure you'll recognize the melody, but if you don't, the lyrics will tell you all about it. Listen, a closing item on another session of Can You Imagine That? But we'll be back with you soon on this same station, and we most heartily invite you to be with us at that time. Until then, this is Lindsay McCarrie saying goodbye now.


Welcome back to the great outdoors everybody. Thanks for subscribing here to the channel. If you haven't already go ahead and do so I want to hit that big million mark and we're close We got some deer roaming around this morning here at deer camp and we're getting ready to Head down to set up a bushcraft camp in the Texas backcountry two to three miles back behind me I've camped at the top of it before and I've always thought it'd be a really cool place to set up a camp down at The bottom so the goal for today is to find the perfect spot to set up a bushcraft camp and set up a tarp tarp shelter is Something pretty cool. I've always used like a lightweight backpacking tent, but a tarp is even more compact light weight Normally if you're going backpack hunting Or you know backcountry hiking or something like that. This is going to be something like what you take just pretty minimalistic stuff However We are in rattlesnake country. That's one thing that I am pretty worried about it would be a two to three mile hike to get back here and then a Probably over an hour drive to get to the nearest hospital and I just want to give myself a fighting chance also my first time Going in bushcrafting, you know, I don't I don't know exactly What my gear needs to be for me like what I'm comfortable with dialing in I think I have it all in the backpack But I've got a few extra things saws few extra clothes and I'm trying to dial that in So just practicing like I said in my other video making fire Bushcrafting is supposed to be it's supposed to be fun. It's supposed to be a getaway It's something you can literally do in your backyard or you can take it to the backcountry if you want and You know, you can bring those creature comforts whereas like survival is Worst case scenario like that. That's not fun. Whatever you can carry in that's going to make it comfortable and not be cluttersome I Think that's the way to go But I got the meat wagon today and it's gonna be our first time making a bushcraft camp and spending the night in it So we got some a few extra accoutrements. Let's get in the meat wagon. Let's go get down on the already ran into a hog a Big one is bigger than the one that I got yesterday So there's always a surprise around the corner At the least it's one reason I love it. Look at these huge Just magnificent walls you all they're colored Orange blue green So many little offshoots up there. There's a shelf above me We just got to find that spot that screams homie, you know Doesn't have the creep vibes you got easy access to the river Kind of like in this little area to be honest guys probably aren't gonna believe this But these little fire pits right here Is actually a scene Not from a movie but from a reality show called naked and afraid There's another one right here. So this is where they decided to camp How do I know that? Well Some of the guys showed up here one day and there was a production crew So they use they use this area this lease to do to film naked and afraid. I Don't know sure how they turned out Look at these two gorgeous trees placed Just perfectly apart In a flat area Next to a deep pool. Oh Yeah, we can set up some fishing lines off these trees right here y'all And I want to say that is an ash tree which is good for making fires Feather sticks. I don't even know what kind of trees these are but it's going to work I gathered a bunch of rocks along the way so we could make a fire pit. I've got three fairly straight cedar Posts that I've cut down so we can make a tripod And we're ready to set up camp y'all. I'm liking this setup y'all.  We're going to be building a fire here in a little bit making some lunch Never done the tarp setup before This one is made by aqua quest I had another one I was playing around with that It was okay But it didn't have all the the deloops that this one does This would be one that I would actually take like backpack hunting. I go into Colorado or Wyoming or something like that So the reason I like it is it has a bunch of these loops and I've got stakes with me so I can stick down This tarp but you can configure this in so many different ways if you wanted to just make like a an a-frame or a Plow point you could just do so many things with it you can fully enclose it and This one is a 10 by 10 So there's a lot of ways that you can set this up what I'm going to do is I'm going to run a ridge line between these two trees and Then I'm going to basically make an a-frame and I'm going to put my hammock underneath it So that'll keep any kind of moisture Do off of me. I think it's going to be down in the 40s tonight. So it should be perfect If it was colder like if it was freezing below freezing I would probably do a plow point on the ground which is like a diamond shaped or just Sort of like an half open like a lean to where the fire can kind of sweep in get some warmth off of that But because we're probably going to be in like the 50s high 40s 50s tonight The thing with the snakes just buck me. So I want to be off the ground So I'm going to set up with a shelter above my hammer in my backpack. By the way I've just got a sleeping bag. This is my normal one that I take back by cunning Got a puffy jacket that I can make into a pillow I do have a pad Sleeping pad I've set up and I've got I've got a grill grate We're gonna be using that and then I've got just a bunch of Paracords Set up in like 25 foot sections and then I should have a ridge line in here somewhere So I'm really not sure how high I need to set up This ridge line for the tarp, but we're gonna get a bit of shot here hammocks probably gonna be about Chest Chest level first thing I'm gonna do says an anchor point. I'm gonna tie a bow line knot around this tree Bow line not as good because it won't cinch down on itself You can untie it really easily most bushcraft knots you can untie really easily So So the other knot that we're gonna tie over here. It's called a trucker's hitch It's a really cool knot is it cinches down the line Sort of like you would use a ratchet strap I'm gonna come over here about a third way down this ridge line and I'm gonna tie a Loop like that So then what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take this tag in here feed it through that loop that I made and it's gonna create this Lever here that I can really cinch up That ridge line And I'm just gonna pinch it right there I'm gonna throw a half-itch Over this I'm gonna cinch it down right where that knot is Could be a little bit tired trying to practice this make this good Make sure my ridgeline is nice and tight So it's time to attach our hammock To the mule tape ropes that came with it this also always happens where You know you're going to set up your hammock and the distance between the trees is Kind of weird so they have these loops in here that help you adjust for that, but I've just got one that's like super long the way I tied it the other ones kind of short I just can't get it exactly right so what I'm gonna do just take a toggle All the toggle is is a stick So I'm gonna tie something like a lark's head right here And when you do that and you put your toggle through it That just allows you to easily take that toggle out and you don't have a knot to undo Put the toggle in and that's nice and tight Not going anywhere, and I'm gonna put the carabiner Around the top of that knot So that's gonna go right there. It's gonna press against the knot And then the toggle maybe a little bit and then I'll be able to adjust over here Should be able to get just right Just about perfect so I Don't have a toggle in the other one just attaching it and then you know This would have been way too long would have been touching the ground and when I wrapped around the tree twice It was way too short. So just putting a little toggle in Really helps I think we need to be a hair taller our bed is made Isn't that pretty? You got a bug net set up on it So we can keep the keep any kind of aerial critters out I don't I don't think we're gonna have mosquitoes right now, but when it's the middle of night And you hear a mosquito. I mean it just ruins it and lately when I've been truck camping I've had mosquitoes come out and it's like 40 degrees. So Not gonna do that. Yeah, I got the bug net. It got the sleeping bag in there with the pillow ready to go We're pretty high off the ground feel a little safer, but I've got a high spot right here I can sink my butt into and then of course when I lay in and it sinks down quite a bit So now we have a ridgeline up top and we're going to add some toggles To these press eclipses right here, which is a really cool knot it slides When there's no tension on it when you put tension It won't it won't slide. So that's what we're gonna put some toggles in for the tarp to stretch it out over this and I'm thinking about making a little Little lean-to mod and having it to where it's partially open on this side And then it's it's fully closed on the other side. So we need some stakes We need some bank line and we're gonna get it going.  It helps if you smooth them out so you can get the rope off really quick But quite honestly you can pick up any stick off the ground break it and it'll be a toggle But usually about finger width works pretty well Okay, so now we're gonna take our tarp Throw it over the Ridgeline We'll take toggle number one. So you just want to fit. So I'm gonna feed this loop through here Make a lark's head knot and put a toggle through I can slide Looks like The width of these trees is just about perfect We'll slide over here to our other end. We'll feed this Little loop through here get our lark's head put our toggle and then pull tight There we go. So the idea now is we're just gonna take some stakes Some extra string and I might even set up a couple of poles out here to leave this side more open Liking it. It's just taken me a long time because I've never set up a You know real bushcraft camp like this. I like having my little backpack tent so so easy And I feel safe sleeping in it on the ground But the reason I'm making so many Preparations because I want to be able to actually get a good night's sleep and be able to do this come out here to this spot Often and hunt out of here. I don't want to feel like sketched out I want it to feel really really good. Just like I'm sleeping in the truck Not quite at home. Let's not get ourselves So I'm tying a bow line One end feed it through This loop right here. There's one that looks good. I think what I'm gonna do now. We might as well Make this thing fancy y'all. I'm gonna take some of these posts that I was gonna make a tripod out of Got these gathered earlier to loop these Around the tarp I'm gonna have to clean these up a little bit, but I can take some bank line pull on it put a stake in the ground Do that on both sides and I've got a nice open Area I don't think we're gonna have rain. There's like a 20% chance But if we do I can move these back I can shorten this you get the idea though and move these back Still pull on it stake it and then I've got an actual angled roof that the rain is going to roll off of but Having it up like this is Plenty of shelter and it's gonna give me some heat off of my my fire this evening. So Feel really good about this good strong cedar posts. I'm just gonna clean them up with the knife. I'll actually use Actually use this bark right here To start my fire the cedar barks really good stuff So There we go We're just uh, we're just doing it out here in the woods guys making a little Paradise Just trying to get the circumference of this just Wide enough. I've got a sharpen now I could stick in the ground And then this is the end I'm gonna pull out and just need it to go around that that loop so Should be pretty much there you go two of these staked We got a good shelter. Thanks for this out And we're just gonna Do a larks head Larks head loop Let's put around our stake Probably the easiest knot ever to tie And it just comes right out right in that little groove there and then I can Pull this right angle that should be Perfect push that in the ground. There we go. All right. So we're snugged up right there.  I don't know about y'all, but I'm thinking that is looking Pretty juicy right there All right.  We are good La bam shelter with hammock Between the trees. We got our campfire up here. We're going to use this leftover cedar bark to get our fire going Dad gum Just crafting that in the bush Quite proud of it quite proud of it. So this is my first time setting one up And uh, I like it Again, if it starts to rain I can just pull these back and make it more of an a-frame, but It's kind of a little modified a-frame Loving it And then we got Our hammock right here. This is going to be cozy Feeling good about camp y'all. I'm actually going to be able to sleep in peace as long as No mountain lions come down here. And I'm sure as you guys can see this this game trail Game trail goes right through here. I'm sure we're going to have some things walking through tonight But since I went ahead and used my posts that I was going to use for my tripod Uh, I'm going to go ahead and just find some other ones I'm just going to rummage around the campsite here. See if I can find some semi-straight Sticks and then we're going to make a tripod Just trying to smooth the ends of these These posts out a little bit. So when I go to put my cordage on here It's going to be nice Delightful Okay, that's pretty good. I've got uh most of the outer bark removed From just the ends and the cedar I went ahead and took most of it off So we got three really good Stakes about six foot tall that Now we're going to make our tripod I'm still pretty green on Tying together stuff like this using cordage To really do it the best way but I've been trying to learn So I'm going to show you guys what What I know to do I'm going to leave a tag end a couple feet long Go around these you want to leave them flat And I'm going to leave about um You know a hands length from the the rope to the top Because when we space these out they're going to want to uh They're going to want to ride up. So I'm going to wrap this Four times it's pretty wrap on it one more for luck And I'm just going to loosen One of these knots a little bit and bring The rest of the line through And that's called a clove hitch Which it's not a really tight knot, but it Kind of gets things going There's some buzzards sitting on the edge of this canyon looking down on me Making weird noises next. I'm going to take the rope. I'm going to put it These cracks right here, and I'm going to make some loops this way It's kind of a pain when you have a ton of rope like I do because you got to run this Run this through multiple times. So I'm going to do two times really starting to get tight Do one more time through there Now we're going to come over To this next one. Oh, it's tight There we go I'm going to change angle so you guys can see this Okay, so coming up through here now I'm going to do a couple of these One more time through here. Okay Just to finish it off. We'll do a couple more of those wraps And then we'll just come in through here Do that clove hitch So now that clove hitch is in there It's pretty much done. So I've got a lot of excess. I'm just going to wrap this up Make some medium-sized loops here Just wrap it on itself like that and we'll do Clove hitch and that Tighten that off And then we can put that loop right there And we're good to go and now Should be able to spread out our tripod like so That works pretty good That's a pretty good tripod Got some wood ready to go This tripod is going to hang over the fire like this So now what we can do Is we can make ourselves a little toggle To go on the end of this Then you could take a lark's head knot Like I've been tying on all these toggles and put it through there or you could do a Marline spike hitch which is another good knot for adding toggles Like this it kind of does uh Adds like a knot on each side of it and it's it's adjustable So then we can hang our pot So let's just grab our pot for example Stick it through here So we can hang our pot And then if we need to raise it up We could come up here and Come around one of the sticks Raise it up.  There's just a lot of ways that you can do it, but Anyways, we're going to get a fire going And now we have a complete camp y'all bed's made Uh, it's time to enjoy camp Cook up some food, baby. All right guys starting the fire This is kind of the last step So I've got all this great cedar bark I'm gonna crunch it up in here I'm just gonna make a giant bird's nest out of this stuff Wow I think I actually found some bird's nest That is luck right there That's like hair or bird's nest or something.  That's more of those shavings right there Get our kindling going on top. All right. That's going pretty good. I think that only took three strikes Off the fire steel using a little bit better steel today A2 And I try to get the biggest fire stills I can get I think it's six eight six inches long and three eighths round But it just makes it a lot easier and it lasts a long time We're up and going here off to the races Oh, man guys, this feels good I can do it I can do this I wanted to test my skills all the stuff I've learned and um I feel confident enough to hunt out of here, which I think we are I think we are going to do some hunting out of here So the other thing is pretty cool here guys This is just setting up so perfect As long as I keep that fire, you know a medium fire don't get too crazy with it That heat is just traveling right in here And it's circulating Around my bag. I mean it's just perfect To keep warm at night. This is a really good tarp Really good quality tarp So I just got to be careful that I don't get you know embers going up in there And putting holes in my tarp.  All right. Last thing we're gonna do last thing we're gonna build for now That's all fun though. It's fun doing this We're gonna take our bushcraft for the next level I got my Got my toggle that was on the pot I'm gonna make two notches in it It's gonna be holding two pieces of wire. So I've got uh I've got some jalapeno poppers believe it or not That I've been wanting to cook up here today And I've got some trapping wire some trapping line It happens to be metal So I have this grate and I thought well I could put two rocks in there And that would probably work. I could put the grate on top of that But usually it gets pretty ashy in there. You got to wait till it's pretty much straight coals So I've got these two notches in here. I'm gonna put my paracord in the middle and The metal rings that are on this This trap snare Are gonna go right in here It's important that I get that stick balanced All right, so we have a grate The grate is on our Our snares Basically snared it on both sides And there is a cooking grate Suspended above the fire. I just need to adjust it A little bit so it's hanging perfectly level Now we have a suspended cooking grate on trapping wire Balanced on our toggle on our tripod Wabam bushcraft All right, little appetizer Made a stop with the buckies as usual Jalapeno poppers baby stuff with cream cheese wrapped in apple smoked bacon And we're going to be putting that on an oak Oak smoke and fire here let to balance our food Weight-wise this little teetering job could get dangerous So far we're looking pretty good. Let's move it a little bit closer into our fire That is the sound of greatness right there camp built Just chilling on a stump right now and that bacon grease is dropping in there giving that sizzle pop Oh, man, it's a great day to be in the outdoors. Glad you're with me y'all first time doing this I feel I feel like I can do it I can hang I've gotten lucky with conditions obviously Everything's pretty much perfect and it's like 50 degrees outside and Overcast hardly any wind.   I was feeling pretty good about myself. Not the best engineering So I mean this thing has to be balanced There's got to be a better way for me to do this. Hey, you want to know how those jalapeno poppers taste it? I don't know.  All right. Don't do this guys. Be smarter than I am Okay stuffed with jalapeno cream cheese chicken breast. We can't lose this one y'all We just can't lose this one. Oh my god. The system's terrible I'm immediately regretting this Oh, what a fail. Oh no. Oh that bacon is so slippery. Oh no Oh no, you think I would learn massive fell massive fell lol's Go ahead drop them in the comments. I deserve it Lost all of my bacons And I don't even know why I'm cooking with this thing at this point. This is a this is a terrible contraption that I've built terrible bushcraft build build What I should do is just let the fire work its way down and then put the grate on top of some rocks But I'm hungry and I got in a hurry and I just said I'll just cook it above the fire. So I don't know exactly what to do to make this situation better But it's looking like we're gonna be getting some nice nice little char on our our chickens I might have salvaged like one jalapeno popper Maybe I mean it's It's nasty, but It is bacon. It's protein It's got grass on it She's gonna go for it. There's definitely some extra in there. Is it possible to just Take the spine of your knife and scrape all the crusties off We'll try an ashy one not bad pretty gritty Not really good either. I think I might take the rest of the bacon And use it as bait for fishing a little dangler here. Oh, I think we might be ready Move you right here. All right, we've had a minute to cool. Let's see what we're working with here Not the proudest of my uh my cooking setup here, but Things have been learned we'll scrape off a couple of the crusties Yeah, we definitely got some sticks and ash and stuff in there, but It's looking pretty good cream cheese chicken bacon Looking pretty nice. Let's give it a go. Oh, that'll work Well, we salvaged it y'all Had to go in there hands are a little burned Had to fish it out with the axe and the knife but It's cooked good. I cooked it on oak. So There's real no nasty smoke flavor. It's really good. We're gonna set out some lines Tonight and I also have my first rifle ever here My lever action 22 So we're gonna be looking for squirrels If uh, if some hogs come in, you know, a little piglet over the fire, you know what I'm saying Or maybe even get a fish I think we're gonna be fine. Thanks to our our good setup here So, thank you guys for tuning in today Life in the outdoors really living it feels good y'all and I gotta say bushcraft whether you're doing it You know out here in the bush or Just in the backyard. It's pretty fun to do. It's pretty fun to craft things out of natural materials and You know just living living off the land the old way. So Go ahead and smash that like button for the great outdoors Subscribe because you don't want to miss the next one and I'll see you guys on the next one


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What's happening? It's Shane here. So stockbrokers basically have a long history of overcharging people and also not offering the best service. They would charge outrageous fees and they'd make everything just ridiculously over complicated. You'd have to have a minimum amount that you invest like maybe you'd have to invest at least $5,000 in order to open account. And because of this, investing just was not accessible for the average person. A lot of the time people wouldn't end up investing until their 30s or their 40s just because of the fact that it's not easy. Then companies like Robinhood came along and they basically changed the entire game by charging no fees and making investing ridiculously easy and accessible for everybody. Other companies were forced to adjust and ever since then it's basically been an arms race to see who can provide the customers with the best value. So at this point a lot of things have settled and I think it's time for me to do a tier list and just show you guys what in my opinion are the best stockbrokers out there. Now all of these brokers that I'm going to mention I've either invested with myself, I have close friends who've invested with them, and all of them I've done a ton of research on. And if you appreciate all the work and the research that I put into each and every one of these videos, please don't forget to smash the like button in order to defeat the evil YouTube algorithm. So let's jump right in. Number one on the list is going to be Ally Invest. Now you might recognize Ally because they have one of the best online bank accounts out there and I think this is one of those companies that's headed in the right direction in terms of offering a bunch of different services that all give a lot of value. And I really like this because it would be nice if I could just have all of my different accounts, you know, bank accounts, savings accounts, investment accounts, credit card, et cetera, all of them just under one company that would make things a lot less complicated. I really do think that Ally Invest and the company Ally in general is one of the most underrated companies out there. Their apps are really good, their website is really easy and just user friendly. This company is really underrated in my opinion. I think they do a lot of amazing things. Ally Invest goes in A tier. The next one on the list is going to be one that you might not have heard about and that's going to be Chase Sapphire Banking. Now this one is technically an exclusive service and I think you have to have at least $75,000 invested to even be considered for it. But if you are able to get accepted into this program, you're going to have a personal representative that's a finance expert. This is basically like having your own personal financial advisor that you can call whenever you want. They also primarily do their investing through Fidelity and Vanguard and those are two of my favorite brokerages because they offer some of the best index funds around. So if you do qualify for this one, you should definitely look into it. But I'm guessing that most of my audience does not qualify. And so for that reason, it's only going to go into A tier. The next one on the list is going to be Charles Schwab and this is one of the best options out there. This is a company that puts their customer first. You see it again and again whether you're looking at investment accounts, bank accounts, savings accounts, all of those different things. You can see that Charles Schwab puts a lot of thought into making their customers as happy as possible. They're not trying to make a quick buck. They're focused on the long game. They have really competitive fees and it really doesn't matter what type of stock trading you're doing. Now they do have a platform where they offer day trading and you know, that's something I'm not a big fan of. But it seems like they've kind of separated their main brand from their day trading brand, which I think is a good thing because if they made it part of their main brand, I think that would eventually ruin their reputation. The overall Charles Schwab is one of the best ones on the list. They are going to go into S tier. E-Trade is going to be next on the list and they are one of the first online brokerages that ever existed and you can tell they have a lot of experience as an online brokerage because their main website is really user-friendly and easy to use and their two mobile apps are also the same way.  To me that does say a lot about a company when they recommend stuff like that, but they do offer all other types of investments as well so I can't ding them too much on that. Overall, E-Trade is a pretty good option. I'm going to go ahead and put them in B tier status. They're pretty good. It's just that there's other options that are better. Next one on the list is going to be Fidelity and man, this is an amazing company. I've been doing a ton of research on this in the last month in order to prepare for these videos and Fidelity, time and time again, whether I'm looking at credit cards, bank accounts, investment accounts, etc. They're always offer one of the best offers out there. For instance, their credit card was one of the best ones that I looked into. Pretty much doesn't matter what you're looking into. Fidelity is always going to be at the top or very near to the top of the list and this shows that they are focused on just the lighting their customers and I love to see this in businesses. Now, on top of that, I give them extra points because of the fact that they seem to kind of push index funds and other types of really good investments onto people a lot more than they push stuff like day trading. To me, that shows that it's a company with a lot of integrity because they're trying to get people to invest in things that are going to be really good for them long term whereas something like day trading 99% of people either don't make any money or they actually end up losing money. On top of that, their website and their app are extremely user friendly. I've been using Fidelity for a long time and I'm super happy with them. Absolutely love this company. I love the direction they're going, how they're trying to kind of combine all of the different services, whether it comes to bank accounts, credit cards, investment accounts, etc. This is the company that in my opinion is the closest to having a entire personal finance solution to the point where you'd only have to use one company for all of your needs. Love Fidelity could go on and on about them. They're definitely S tier. Interactive Brokers is going to be next on the list and as a lot of you know, they have a very heavy emphasis on day trading and you know how I feel about day trading. I'm not going to go over it again but almost everybody who tries day trading actually ends up losing money. There are a few people out there who are true experts at day trading that can make a good living from it but those people are few and far between. Now many of the professional day traders out there do actually use Interactive Broker for their day trades. So if you are going to go that direction, which I don't recommend that you do, Interactive Broker would probably be one of the better choices for you. But with that being said, I can't put them any higher than a C. Lightspeed is going to be next on this list and they're very similar to Interactive Broker. This is another one that gets mentioned a lot with the few people who are successful day traders. So they basically charge you about $130 a month in order to use their software and you don't have to pay the $130 a month as long as you use the software and you're like an active trader. So this basically incentivizes people to buy and sell all the time. But when it comes to investing, a lot of the time, the best move that you can make is to not make a move and with Lightspeed you might end up getting punished for that by having to pay the $130 a month. So maybe if you're a pro and you just do a ton of trades all the time, this might be a good option for you. But overall, I'm going to put this one in D tier. The next one on the list is going to be Merrill Edge and this is basically the brokerage for Bank of America. The trading platform for Merrill Edge is called Merrill Edge Market Pro. Now you don't have to be a Bank of America customer in order to sign up for them. However, if you are a customer, you're going to get some extra perks and some extra benefits. Now in doing my research, Merrill Edge showed up time and time again as having some of the best customer service out of all of the ones on this list. They also don't focus as much on stuff like day trading and instead they put an emphasis on educating people on how to invest. When I was doing my research, I saw that they had videos on how to invest in index funds, mutual funds and how to open a Roth IRA. And to me, this is a sign of the company has a lot of integrity and they're not going to try to sell you some get rich quick trading schemes. Overall, they're not quite good enough to make it into S tier, but this is a very high A tier status. Maybe next year, if I do this list again, they will have made it into S tier because they are headed in the right direction. Next one on the list is going to be Option Express and this is a company that's separate from but owned by Charles Schwab. Now like I said before, I like Charles Schwab a lot. They did open this company and they made it separate from their main company, which I think was a really good move. These guys are really unapologetic about what they do, which is of course options trading. And of course, I'm not a big fan of this. You can become successful with it, but it's very rare. And so for that reason, I'm going to have to go ahead and put this one into F tier. Next one on the list is going to be Robinhood and they are one of my favorite companies in the entire world. Robinhood changed the game forever when they came out with $0 transaction fees. You can open up an account with basically any amount of money. It's super easy. You can set it up in five to 10 minutes. And on top of all of that, you actually get a reward in the form of free stocks just for signing up. Because of what they did, they caused hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people to start investing that might not have otherwise. And before Robinhood came around, brokerages would charge ridiculous investing fees. Like let's say you were buying $100 stock, they might charge you $4.95 just to buy it. And so you'd have to buy at least like $10,000 worth of stock for it to even be worth it. And the average person simply does not have $10,000 lying around. Then Robinhood came along and they made investing ridiculously easy. Robinhood has done so much for the investing community. Because of them, all of the other companies kind of dropped most of their trading fees and they're just offering their customers much better service overall. Robinhood is going to go into strong A tier status. Next one on the list is going to be TD Ameritrade. And you might be a little bit surprised at where I ended up ranking them. So TD Ameritrade is honestly just a really good company overall. They offer some of the best customer service around. They also have a ton of educational videos about investing on their website, which is something that I love to see. This tells me that they're interested in teaching people how to make money and not just making a bunch of money for themselves. Now they put a ton of emphasis on their day trading platform called the thinkorswim. And without getting into too much detail here, companies that offer these day trading platforms end up making a ton of money for them. So it's really good for the company, but it's not necessarily good for the people who start day trading. Something like 97 to 99% of day traders end up losing money, not breaking even, not barely making any money, straight up losing money. So day trading is not a good investment by any means, but a ton of companies are hopping onto this just because of the volume of trades the companies end up making quite a bit of money.  It's all about that money, baby. Some companies are okay with selling their integrity to make some money in the short term. And the feeling that I get from TD Ameritrade is they are kind of moving in this direction. And because of that, it makes it a little bit difficult for me to trust them, but they do offer other types of investing as well. And those platforms are excellent. In fact, if you look at the lists online, they oftentimes grayed out as some of the best, but overall, I'm going to go ahead and give them B tier status. Trade station is next on the list. And this is another one that's all about day trading, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, C tier, they're one of the better ones, I guess, but they're not that great overall. Next one on the list is going to be Vanguard. And this is one of my favorite companies of all time. So Vanguard was started by the legendary investor, John Bogle, and he was basically the father of index funds. So at a time in history where all of the financial companies were telling you to invest in other things besides index funds, he was the one who looked at the data and he said, if you just diversify your money across the market, this is going to be the best possible outcome for the average investor. Now this was all the way back in 1975. And they were one of the only companies that was sticking to their guns when it comes to index funds. Just about everybody else was recommending all kinds of other stuff that wasn't necessarily the best option for the investor. So this is a company I have a ton of respect for because they have a track record of giving people really good advice for about 45 years now.  They're basically like the boomers of the brokerage came. That's what I like to say. They haven't quite caught up to the times, but I really hope they will do that pretty soon. And I'm sure they will. Vanguard is a company I trust more than any company on the entire list. I really like them a lot. They go into S tier. Next one on the list is going to be Webull. And this one is very similar to Robinhood. They have almost identical offerings. In fact, Robinhood and Webull are huge competitors. It kind of reminds me of like Uber and Lyft competing with each other. But what I really like about Webull is their emphasis on getting people to start investing. Because when you ask me the question, what is the best investment that you can make? The answer to that question is the best investment is the one that gets you to start investing and keep investing. And they have one of the best offers where if you invest $100 into their account, they will give you two free stocks valued up to $1400. And because of this, there's tons of people out there that probably started investing much earlier than they would have if it wasn't for the fact that Webull or Robinhood existed. And that small gesture can be the difference between someone starting investing at 18 and maybe not starting until they're in their 30s or 40s. This can make hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of difference down the line. And for that reason, I really respect Webull and Robinhood. And I think they've made a huge impact on the investing community. So for that reason, Webull is also going to go into A tier. Check out my videos right here. I made them just for you. Go ahead, smash the like button, hit the subscribe button, ring the notification bell and comment down below any thoughts, comments, criticisms, et cetera that you have on the list. Let me know your experiences with these different brokers. I really want to hear the ones you've used. A lot of the time people will bring up really good arguments in the comments section. And then I'll go ahead and reevaluate my video and change things in the future. I really like that because it basically just starts a conversation and we all end up winning in the end. Thank you so much for watching and bye for now.


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we are going to discuss other partition values for frequency distributions. As we know that mediums divide the given series of distribution into two equal parts. Likewise quartile divides the data into four equal parts. Quintile into type equal parts, sextile into six equal parts, decimal into ten equal parts and percentile into hundred equal parts. All these mentioned above are the points of division. Now we shall discuss three useful measures which divide the series into four, ten or hundred equal parts that is quartiles, decimal and percentiles. First we are going to discuss quartiles. As we have discussed quartiles divides a series into four equal parts and the number of points dividing the series is always one less than the number of subgroups. Therefore for any series there are three quartiles that is Q1, Q2 and Q3. Q1 is known as first or lower quartile covering 25% items. The second quartile Q2 is the same as the medium of the series or fifth decimal or the 58th percentile Q3 is the third or upper quartile covering 75% items and hence it is same as the 75th percentile. The difference between upper quartile and lower quartile is called interquartile range. Quartile deviation which is also known as semi interquartile range is given by Q3 minus Q1 whole upon two. Now we shall discuss formula for finding quartiles for individual and discrete series. Lower quartile Q1 is given by N plus 1 by fourth item where N is equal to summation of F for discrete series is equal to number of observations for individual series. For continuous series lower quartile Q1 is given by N plus I upon F into N by fourth minus C of N by fourth item is considered where L is the lower limit of the quartile plus I is the width of the class interval. F is the frequency of the quartile class C is the cumulative frequency of the class just lower than the quartile class and N is the sum of the frequencies given by summation of F. And similarly upper quartile Q3 is given by 3 into N plus 1 by fourth item where N is equal to summation of F that is the sum of the frequencies for discrete series is equal to number of observations for individual series. And for continuous series upper quartile Q3 is equal to L plus I upon F into 3 into N by 4 minus C five over 3 into N by fourth item is considered where L is the lower limit of the quartile class I is the width of the class interval. F is the frequency of the quartile class C is the cumulative frequency of the class just lower than the quartile class and N is equal to the sum of the frequencies given by summation of F. Now we are going to discuss decals. It divides a series into 10 equal parts. There are 9 decals for any series denoted by D1, D2, D3 up to Dn known as first decimal, second decimal and so on up to ninth decimal. The difference D9 minus D1 that is between the upper decimal and lower decimal is called inter decimal range here D1 is given by N plus 1 by tenth item. Similarly D7 is given by 7 into N plus 1 by tenth item and D9 is given by 9 into N plus 1 by tenth item where N is equal to summation of F for discrete series. N is equal to number of observations for individual series for continuous series D1 that is the first decimal is given by N plus I upon F into N by 10 minus of C where the size of N by tenth item is considered where L is equal to the lower limit of the decimal class I is the width of the class interval F is the frequency of the decimal class C is the cumulative frequency of the class just lower than the decimal class and N is the sum of the frequencies which is given by summation of F. Now we are going to discuss percentiles. It divides a given series into 100 equal parts. There are 99 percentiles for a given series denoted by P1, P2, P3 up to P99. The difference that is P90 minus P10 between the upper percentile and the lower percentile is called inter percentile range and P1 is given by N plus 1 by 100 item P47 is given by 47 into N plus 1 by 100th item where N is equal to the sum of the frequencies that is summation of F for discrete series and N is equal to number of observations for individual series for continuous series P1 is given by N plus I upon F into N by 100 minus C where N by 100th item is considered. Similarly P47 is given by N plus I upon F into 47 into N by 100 minus C P7 into N by 100th item is considered where L is equal to lower limit of the percentile class I is the width of the class interval F is the frequency of the percentile class C is the cumulative frequency of the class just lower than the percentile class and N is the sum of the frequencies given by summation of F. We should observe that for continuous series we use N by 10 for the 4th percentile, 2 into N by 10 for the 2nd percentile, 3 into N by 10 for the 3rd percentile and so on up to 9 into N by 10 for the 9th percentile and for percentile we use N by 100 for the 4th percentile, 2 into N by 100 for the 2nd percentile, 3 into N by 100 for the 3rd percentile. And in the case of individual and discrete series L is replaced by N plus I let us take an example calculate the quartiles interquartile range H decimal and P47 for the following data that is 4, 3, 1, 5, 7, 6, 2, 10, 8 and 9. We should first arrange the data in ascending order. Now we can first find out lower quartile Q1 which is given by the size of N plus 1 by first item here the value of N is equal to 10. Q1 is equal to 10 plus 1 that is 11 by 4th item 11 by 4 is equal to 2.75. Therefore Q1 is given by the size of 2.75 item which is equal to size of 2nd item plus 0.75 into size of 3rd item minus size of 2nd item. The second item is given by 2 and the third item is given by 3. So we have the size of 2nd item that is 2 plus 0.75 into size of 3rd item minus size of 2nd item that is 3 minus 2 which is equal to 1. Therefore we have 2 plus 0.75 which is equal to 2.75. Therefore lower quartile Q1 is equal to 2.75. Now we should find out upper quartile Q3 which is given by the size of 3 into N plus 1 by 1st item which is equal to size of 3 into N plus 1 by 4th and the value of N is equal to 10. So we have 3 into 11 by 4th item which is equal to 3 into 2.75 item and by 4 is equal to 2.75 which is equal to size of 3 into 2.75 that is 8.2 size item which is equal to size of 8th item plus 0.2 size into 2.75 item. Size of 9th item minus 8th item is the size of 8th item is equal to 8 and the size of 9th item is given by 9. So we have size of 8th item that is 8 plus 0.25 into size of 9th item that is 9 minus size of 8th item that is 8 which is equal to 9 minus 8 that is 1. So we have 8 plus 0.25 which is equal to 8.25. Therefore upper quartile Q3 is equal to 8.25. Now we know that interquartile range is given by upper quartile minus lower quartile that is Q3 minus Q1 and we know that Q3 is equal to 8.25 minus Q1 that is 2.75 is equal to 5.5. Therefore interquartile range is equal to 5.5. Now we are going to find out 8th decimal that is denoted by D8 is given by the size of 8 into n plus 1 by 10th item. And n is equal to 10 so we have the size of 8 into 10 plus 1 that is 11 by 10th item which is equal to size of 11 into 8 that is 8 to 8 by 10th item. Which is equal to size of 8.8 item that is we have size of 8 item plus 0.8 into size of 9th item minus 8th item. So we have the size of 8th item that is given by 8 plus 0.8 into size of 9th item minus size of 8th item that is size of 9th item is given by 9 minus size of 8th item which is given by 8. So we have 8 plus 0.8 into 9 minus 8 that is 1 which is equal to 0.8 which plus 0.8 is given by 8.8. Therefore we get the value of 8th decimal D8 as 8.8. Now we are going to find 47th percentile that is P47 is given by the size of 47 into n plus 1 by 100th item. Here the value of n is 10 so we have the size of 47 into 11 by 100th item which is equal to size of 517 by 100th item. That is equal to the size of 517th item that is the size of 5th item plus 0.17 into size of 6th item minus 6th item. Now the size of 5th item is given by 5 and the size of 6th item is given by 6. So we have the size of 5th item that is 5 plus 0.17 into size of 6th item that is 6 minus size of 5th item that is 5 which is equal to 5 plus 0.17 into 6 minus 5 that is 1 which is equal to 0.17 into 1 that is 0.17. And therefore we have 5 plus 0.17 which is equal to 5.17. Therefore P47 that is 47th percentile is given by 5.17. Thus we get the value of lower quartile Q1 as 2.75. The value of upper quartile Q3 as 8.25. The value of inter quartile range is given by 5.5. 8 decimal D8 is given by 8.8 and 47th percentile P47 is equal to 5.17. This completes our session. Hope you enjoyed this session.


Zach everyone else Summer is here Kind of it went away for a little bit, but it's here. I was happy one way for a little bit I like I like the 70 with a breeze weather Perfect sports weather good sports weather, especially if you're sitting in your seat that you got them seeking. Let's go to the sports Jake Wow Jim your white socks played your tigers to the ale powers this year and we had a walk-off to remember Ump got pelted. He might not remember it. He still hasn't made a call This was funny and everyone's like all a walk-off hit the ump in the face But it would have been a walk-off anyway, because if it didn't hit him in the face It would have went to the backstop some more highlights from this all three runs scored in this game on wild pitches That's pathetic That's a L central baseball you think the ump was in on it. I Don't I don't If you took a fastball to the face like that says in a laughing show you talk about it forever You tell everybody.  We'll reenact it. I Stood tall though. You did and work And this almost a breakdown you're just telling Joe's about almost a break down We're staying with baseball the college baseball world series is happening. Actually, it's not the world series It's the regionals winners go to the super regionals winner of the super regionals go to the world series It's a whole lot of hoopla the softball has been really exciting the baseball. There's a lot There's too many games right now. So TCU versus Arkansas this guy tray Richardson How many home runs did he have all season Jay had two home runs during the regular season Jim and in the first Inning he had a grand slam. It's great second inning Grand slam and then later on in the game hit another home run for fun three homers more than he had all season Jim You can't predict baseball, you know, we've tried and we've done it We've done actually a really good job. So you can predict sometimes you can predict it Can predict baseball and I had this so the second home run second grand slam He shrugs around the bases and then he touches home plate and shrugs again, and he's like what can I say I'm hot So congrats to tray Richardson metal bats More sports, I'm interested in this one.  Yeah whoever declared this a sport and is judging it is gross I wonder if they'll sell tickets at sea keek. Go get yourself some I do wonder if this is gonna be a ticketed event I'm sure there's some that's Sweden the championship will compete for six hours each day. Yeah over the course of many weeks with Individual matches lasting 45 to 60 minutes Zach what we're gonna grade the different disciplines on I think the best comparison I have in my head currently is gymnastics, but sex so we will be doing Seduction sure body massages.  I'm interested in that one number of orgasms given How are they judging that artist male only artistic performance?  What about their heart rate? Let's see if they can raise their blood pressure while they're doing it because my heart rate goes up I'm interested for the first cheating scandal to come out of this sport.  Yeah, just look in the garden kid punk Kids of punk kids of disaster kid was like pulling hair.  So arrested There's a lot going on here because For her a trip is usually linked accidentally Yeah, if you trip a five-year-old kid, you could play that off fairly easily they fall all the time They're not releasing the video to protect her so it must be bad. It was blatant and Sharon isn't denying it I tripped that fucker and Jack Keller three two one eight nine five. Yeah Do a gong noise Jake and I did the same exact score a spokesperson for the state Please said he could not recall anyone facing charges for an incident like this But said the trip caused enough risk to the child to warrant Criminal charges in the child didn't get hurt but enough for us.  That's an activity That's like a hobby of five-year-olds to if there's stairs or maybe a wall or like a knife sitting up on the floor Then it's like whoa kid who had scissors. Hey take these scissors to miss Joker pencil.  Yeah and reminder We've talked about this for our friend Ken got front tabletop.  He doesn't like when we share that he says Please don't share that publicly. But yeah, our friend Ken front tabletop. It's embarrassing This week last week I want to go with the top cuz he's got What did you promise it to someone no promise employee of the week that's not how this works No, but this person was really excited. He walked in this morning and he asked me Did you ever find out how big Aaron judges tow is? So the fact that he was in on that so it goes to my judges tow Aaron judges tow aka Mike who helped with our live Event that was really fun and we are doing talking yanks Yes app and he is making that work so we can do it from the office Mike He has won it before the picture of him on the jet ski. Yeah, he's that same pic.  Why are you in jail? Oh, I tripped a five-year-old kid When we're in the Bronx office I didn't tripped anyone in a long time and I threw my foot out there as like a gag And I like clipped someone's foot and they like almost fell in cover bounds and I was like you can't trip people Would you get I have no idea Jim no idea