of the major skincare brand, asked me to host this event with them. Hey all, what's up? Welcome to a new vlog. My name is Sonali, if you guys are new here, and today is event day. I am so excited to see everything. The event starts at six, but I think I'm gonna get there around like 5.15, 5.30 to start taking a lot of content and just to like be there early, just in case my guests show up early, which honestly I'm kind of banking on them showing up like 30 minutes late because I feel like six is pretty early, but I know my friends and they're always like 30-ish minutes late. So I mean, I know I would be whenever I would go to one of these events, I always try to get there at least 30 minutes after the time starts, unless it's like a sit-down dinner, which this is, but I decided to have like an hour of like mingling and talking and taking pictures. So that's why it's starting so early, but I told you guys in the last vlog a major skincare brand asked me to host this event with them. And the brand is Sunday Riley. My sister actually introduced me to this brand in college I think because of this product right here. This is the CEO Glow. It's a face oil, but I went into Scora when she was like, you have to get it, blah, blah. I asked the lady and she was like, no, I think this would actually be better for your skin. So I actually use this at night. Every time I use it, I wake up, like my skin is honestly so good the next day. I put it on last night.  But this morning I'm gonna be using the CEO Glow. This whole time I was talking to one of the girls that works for Sunday Riley and her name is G and she asked me to like pick a product to like kind of like showcase at this event. So I kind of had like the idea for like a dinner party, flowers everywhere. Just like almost like an end of summer garden party. That's what we're calling a garden party. So based on all of our inspo, we decided to pick this product right here. This is the pink drink. It is a firming reef surfacing essence. So you can just like spray it on. This little guy is the star of the show. But first I wanted to get my nails done. I've been waiting for a while because I just have regular nail polish on and they're definitely starting to ship. So we're gonna go get our nails done. And then I definitely want to edit a good bit today. If you guys saw my last blog, Ryan's actually in town.  I was in South Austin for an errand. So I decided to try out a new nail salon. I just put nails on it in my Yelp search and one that came up was called OPI nail salon. I was like, honestly, that's perfect. Cause every time I go to a nail salon, I'm just like hoping that they have all of the OPI colors. So I'm really hoping this isn't like a scam. What if I walk in and they have literally no OPI colors? Like that would be tragic. But I think I'm just gonna go for another like pale pink situation. Like I really like this color. It's more like white pink, but I think I want a little bit pinker because I really think I'm leaning towards the pink dress that I showed in my last blog. So I feel like it would be perfect to have pink nails cause literally the whole theme of tonight is like pink. Like I said, we're showcasing the pink drink product. I'm home and this is the color I got. Like I said, it's like literally just a tad bit more pink. But I am actually cooking with my caraway mini pan for the first time. And it's actually perfect for eggs because I never like cooking in like big pans when the thing only takes up this much. This is like literally perfect. And I did a size comparison if you guys are like actually interested in purchasing caraway pans. I did a size comparison between the mini pans and the regular pans in my last blog. So definitely go check that out. But I will also put a code in the description. If you guys want a little discount, I believe it's 10% off. But I also have some leftover prosciutto from having a bachelor finale at my house this week. So I think I'm gonna do a little fig and prosciutto toast with eggs. That sounds so good. T'lami. I didn't go blog but then my computer died on me. I usually always had my computer plugged in but I was like working on the couch. So I just plugged it in. I'm gonna let it charge for a bit because sometimes when it's not full of potential, editing is so annoying because it's so laggy. And literally the computer cannot keep up with my hands. So we're just gonna wait to edit the vlog. But I'm gonna go ahead and curl my hair so that the curls fall nicely later today. But this is the Bombay 5-in-1. I just used the biggest barrel, but look. You can lock it, but it's locked and it's so wiggly. It doesn't fall out, but like it is so janky. And I'm actually so excited because I've been meaning to get like another curler like this like a wand curler. I have like a couple of like clamp curlers but I think this might be like my go-to just cause it holds the curls a little bit better. Clamp ones are more for like beachy waves and I'd like to do those but I would say this is definitely my go-to the one I do majority of the time. I actually just got a brand deal for a curling wand for beach waivers. Super freaking excited to try that out. I think that one has like three like separate ones. So very excited for that. This curler has been janky for a very long time. I'm kind of surprised it's lasted this long. Before I brush my hair, I'm gonna spray some thermal protectant. I got this in a PR package and I've been using it a lot recently for the past like couple months I would say. This is the Color Fresh Thermal Protection Spray by DPQ. I first heard about this brand on Berry Cavalier which honestly I'm still upset that they canceled the show but I guess it's probably for the better because Kristin broke up with Jay Cutler and all that stuff. I used to watch Wozoon Beach too so I was like super intrigued by it and then I was like, oh my God I have to get stuff from Uncommon Jane. Like we went to Nashville like right as the show was kind of airy and becoming popular so we went into the store and it was really cool. But anyway, I first heard about DPQ because one of Kristin Cavalier's best friends is Justin Anderson and he owns the company. So that is where I heard about that. Also the brown is seeping back through.  And that is literally the reason why I dyed my hair back to black because I didn't want to ever go to the salon. It just takes so much time when you get it even just toned and I'm just like I just need to be done with my hair and let it do its own thing but as you can see the brown is coming back so I need to go get it toned again and also I probably should get like a haircut. I growing up I never would get haircuts literally like every year if that but my hairstylist, my friend Mariana she's actually coming to the event tonight. She's also like an influencer here in Austin but she does my hair and she specializes I'm pretty sure in like brunette boliages but she also does like lighter boliages. Anyways, she was like you need to trim your hair because that's how it's gonna grow and she really sold me on it so now I really do need to make an appointment with her so I can get this hair fixed. Ryan took a video of me from the back the other day and my hair just looked like it looked really long but kind of almost like straggly. I'm like no, I need it to be thick. I'm also seeing some TikToks saying that like people have done like a lot of like oils in their hair to get the ends thicker too and I think I may try that like I actually want to do more research about that because whenever my hair does get long it is just so thin on the ends of my hair but I like want to make it thick all around, you know? Gotta do some research and I'll report back. I do get a lot of questions on how I call my hair so literally you just wrap the piece of hair on the rod but it needs to be away from your face so the hair should start in front of the curly rod and then I don't know, it depends on the day if I want it to be like a little bit more beachy and just like a little bit more effortless I hold it on less but today I'm going to hold it on a little bit longer just because the event is later tonight and I want them to fall. I don't want it to be like stick straight when I get there which never really happens to my hair but you know what I mean. I'm also worried that like tonight it's gonna be really hot because it's like an outdoor venue mostly I think the dinner is going to be outdoors but there's like a bar indoors because it's open bar so I'm just hoping we don't all like die of heat exhaustion out there. I mean I think like the courtyard is a more shaded area so I'm hoping that like the shade is going to do us some good but I literally just checked the weather and like when I was out getting my own sun it was 91 and it was super hot and at 7 p.m. it's gonna be 95 and I'm like ah dang it. But I think today is like officially the first day of fall. I saw that online somewhere I didn't fact check it so I'm not really sure if that's true. I'm literally just told Ryan that we need to do or make a fall bucket list. I also bought the pre-sale tickets for House of Torment which is a haunted house here in Austin. We went last year and like it was good but I think there should have been more actors throughout the house but I want to go back this year because I love haunted houses. It just gets the adrenaline rushing and honestly when I go back to Georgia I want to go to Netherworld, yeah. Netherworld is so good but it's like only two houses I believe one's like bigger, one's smaller and my mom said that they changed locations and it's actually closer to her house this time so I definitely want to do that but when I go back to Georgia Ann I'm going back in October which I really never do I only go back usually during Thanksgiving and the leaves are already on the ground like they have fallen off the trees by then so I'm excited to see it during October I feel like that's like peak like beautiful leaves on trees so that'll be really fun and hopefully we can cross some fall bucket list items off our list there. Here's what the curls look like immediately after so, as you can tell, they're pretty curly but I'm telling you guys they're gonna fall and they're gonna look good it's currently 1.48 and I want to be at the venue by like 5.30 latest cause I want to try to take like content and pictures before all my friends come but yeah, oh my god it's so curly, a better fall. Currently getting ready while like reviewing my YouTube video I want to post like before I leave I really hope I can get it up for you guys but it is 4.11 and I want to leave here by 5.10 so I have a full hour which is good cause I want to like take out Sophie and make sure she's all good and then I need to remember to bring my tripod and then like all my camera stuff cause I want Ryan to like film like a bunch of B-roll he is going to be a big help today which is really nice that he's here for this event honestly just kind of worked out that way I'm really excited to see all my friends in like one place also I don't know why I'm just now realizing but I'm also going to get one of my favorite foods in Austin we're going to Elizabeth Street Cafe that's where the event is going to be held it's like in their croissant room so they're like private event room my favorite thing is the steamed rice rolls or something like that oh they're so good usually at influencer events they have like little finger hand bites what are they called? why do they call them finger bites? that's not what they're called finger bites? maybe finger foods, there we go yeah they always have those little things but I'm always busy talking to like my friends and I don't want to like shove food in my mouth while I'm talking but since this is more of like a dinner situation I hope that I'll be able to eat so if you guys are in Austin definitely try Elizabeth Street Cafe their happy hour is so good it literally is so affordable and cheap so honestly whenever I do go to Elizabeth Street Cafe I try to go to the happy hour so I want to add false lashes I asked Ryan to go get the packages though because I ordered on Amazon and I'm pretty sure they got here last night and I just purchased the false lashes that are only on the ends so it's kind of like a half falsie so I put mascara on hopefully it's okay that I did that like you do it after I'm not really sure I've never done it before well like the half ones but I hope they give me a little sum sum I also bought like just the whispies from Radell too just in case I didn't like the half ones but Ryan literally just walked through the door but this is what they look like so I'm gonna add the half false lashes so I'm gonna take the glue and then I'm just gonna put it on this thing hopefully these are easier to apply than just normal lashes I love false lashes but like whenever I start wearing them it's so hard to stop because it just always looks so good so I don't want to get addicted and like only think that I look good with false lashes on you know here's the before my lashes are honestly pretty long without false lashes but I'm gonna put them on and we'll see what it looks after alright here's after I feel like they look a little fuller on the ends but not by much and they kind of like weigh my real lashes down so I feel like they're not like as up I don't know I also forgot to put on eyeliner oopsies okay I'm all ready and I put on these earrings that I'm also renting on fashion pass surprisingly they had a lot of floral jewelry which I thought was kind of random but also perfect here's the dress it's from Amanda Upprichard renting on fashion pass I will put my discount code on the screen you can get $30 off but definitely go to my last vlog to see my brutally honest review of fashion pass because I definitely have my thoughts and I'm also wearing these Steve Madden purple shoes I just feel like they're not really gonna show and they're gonna be like more comfortable because they're a shorter heel I'm gonna pack a bag full of my camera equipment tripod all that and then we're gonna head to the venue all right give us an OOTD you got some squeaky estimates wait you look really cute some scratch boots what for real is there one in my closet you're like DL1941 or something what brand is that they're at North Scrumatic they're like 200 bucks and they look like I'm like 60 nice they're a little tight so Ryan loves the deal yeah I had some fraud boots a target shirt that he just thought we're ready to go got my tripod all my lenses this is gonna be my purse it's not that cute but I don't think I'm gonna be like actually holding a purse so I can hide it my phone's charging Gia just sent me some photos I want her to stop though because I want to see it all in person okay let's get going I just got to Elizabeth Street Cafe and we're about to head in I'm so excited but kind of kind of getting nervous now it's 5.33 and the event starts at 6 I wonder how like early or slash late people actually show up this is such a vibe I bet this is so cute and because it's not a table tour I'm just gonna wait until you know I mean this looks great I mean whatever the smell is it smells so good really I love it it's like very bougie honestly guys like I gave her the inspo I think that's about it no you helped it you killed it though this is amazing I wanted to show you guys the three products that were showcasing tonight starting with one of my favorites the Luna Oil I swear when I put this on my face also this is not an ad thank you when I put this on my face that night I wake up with the most beautiful skin so like highly recommend the Luna Oil so it's actually a blue oil it has chamomile in it and it's also retinol oil but because it's a chamomile it is able to be like a retinol oil that's very gentle on your skin so it's great for people who are new to retinol or honestly like a lot of people mix it with their retinol product and it's just like a good add-on and everyone says like like Sonali said like everyone wakes up feeling like a brand new person like so moisturized so plump like brand new skin or like what inspires the event yeah yeah not even like because the other two are like products Sonali actually uses like everyday yes this one is just like a fun like what inspires the entire yeah it's because everything is like pink you saw the cakes you see the candles everything's pink so anyways take it away yeah so pink drink is our microbiome like amazing spray it literally feels so good I might think everyone like literally I was thinking I was thinking I was like that would be like a really good like like it's so refreshing yeah but I put it on before I put anything on my face and also like throughout the day if I'm feeling really sweaty or like my skin's feeling tired I'll just like scrunch my face and I feel awake I also always spritz my husband's face to be wakes up and he like amused wakes up it's like it's generally the best thing ever and it's pink it's like the cutest product we have it is cute yeah it's cute um okay this one is probably the most well known for Sunday Riley yes this so actually I would say this good jeans and luna oh good jeans and luna but yeah honestly these two products are like like that was the number one luna's number one oil in the US but CEO Sierra was like our like hero products for vitamin C so like we recommend everyone use this it is like it has so many benefits like vitamin C in general but we call it actually I learned this from like our Sephora team yeah but they call it the BLT Brightens, Lightens and Titans so basically it's rid of any kind of suck damage you have whether that's like my life with skin or just like actual like discoloration um yeah it's like the best also it's like a really great system so like people are gonna come I feel like I see people wait yeah one not my way it was just are you wearing blue eyeliner yes that's so cute oh my god I love it okay taking down the umbrellas with a vibe hi she's back from Vancouver do people call it van van van city you guys look so pretty dresses are amazing wait let's do a fit check where is everyone's from American Threads Abercrombie Abercrombie I feel like you're queen of the Abercrombie like you always have your dresses from the Abercrombie cheers to an amazing event your night are you mad you didn't get invited to my event huh so that I'm the part I said you know oh you have options you want a treat you do let's get you a treat come on come on treat can you cash it you're on camera please make this all right well I was definitely my fault that means you get another treat because you have to catch it ready oh okay ready all right do better this time and I'll do better oh yeah that's right home from the event and look how freaking bougie this is this is probably the nicest robe I have now G gave it to me and it's so nice and like hotel quality this is insane anyways I thought I would wear it well we take off my makeup together and talk about tonight's event literally it was better than my dream it was insane like I just feel like I just feel like it was a dream honestly like it didn't feel real I was just sad but like I mean not that I'm really gonna compare that to my wedding night and not that my wedding night has happened yet but what I'm trying to say is like I just feel like events like that go by so fast and it's like dang I wish I could have like really like soaked it up even more even though like I wasn't even on my phone really at all so it's not like I wasn't trying to be present or wasn't even present because I feel like I was but anyways I feel like it was a hit everyone was like so shook at the setup and it was amazing seeing all my friends get to connect with new friends and new content creators and meet my personal friends and meet my boyfriend like that was really fun because I feel like I talk about my boyfriend a lot too you know my other creator friends but they have never met so that was nice also shout out to Ryan because pretty much all the B-roll that you guys saw and like all the iPhone footage that I will get sipped through was from him so I really appreciate him taking all those photos and everything I'm so excited to look through them I'm gonna put them all on like a gallery link so that all my friends have those photos ASAP also the lashes I think one was falling off Ryan was like I think it needs to like go more in your eyelid but I don't know I just feel like they did make it a little more full but like was that much of a difference that I would do it again I'm not really sure also like now how do I peel it off it's gonna be fun wait I don't want to like peel off my lash well that's good that it was like glued on pretty well okay I feel the corner on this one we were sat home with a lot of leftovers and then we also took on some cake so shall be interesting I was kind of sad because I didn't get to eat the beignets or the cake because I was not feeling my best I don't know why like I just got hit with like didn't really take a lactate pill and I don't know like sometimes I just take lactate pills even if like I don't really think that there's dairy in that meal that we ate but I feel like my stomach is so sensitive these days anyways TMI but I brought some cake home so I could try it and sometimes I feel like refrigerated cake dare I say is better but she got three cakes which I was like that is so extra but I love it so there was a chocolate vanilla and strawberry and Ryan I feel like doesn't really like love strawberry stuff but he said that one was good and so I'm very excited to try that one because I actually do like strawberry stuff the event overall like I'm just so like happy that I was able to get this opportunity to even like partner up with somebody really for that event and my friends were actually asking me do they make you like posts like blah blah like were there any requirements and I feel like like good brands know that if they don't require you to post like you're gonna post like you're gonna post even more than the requirements because you're so grateful you know what I mean like obviously I have so much content from the event and since I invited like so many influencers they have content and they're probably tagging the brand too I think for the brand it's just like brand awareness because like once you see a brand you know on an influencer's page you're more likely to look into it more at least for me like if I see a brand that someone's using and I'm at Target for example and I see it in the aisle I'm like oh wait that girl was talking about it let me just like sniff it or like let me look at the ingredients or whatever it is so I'm very much like that like I'm pretty brand loyal especially if I like you know my mom was buying a detergent all in these years then I would literally buy that detergent also I switched up my hair care routine back to what I use like all in middle school and high school because that's just what my mom bought luckily honestly now when I'm thinking about it that shit was not cheap and I'm like it was just so good but I switched back to redkin all soft and I have been really really liking it but anyways I feel like I'm pretty brand loyal to redkin because I used it so long for it like that was probably the longest period of time I used like a hair care brand I thought we could do my nighttime skincare routine together which is going to be super simple and it's starting off with pink drink the product of the night and G was telling me that she actually puts this on before she puts on any other product and that's not what I've been doing so we're gonna try that out tonight next I think I'm gonna do a moisturizer I'm going to use my plump plump hyaluronic cream brown glow recipe sometimes I skip the face cream and go straight to the oil but honestly I feel like my skin needs a little bit a moisture put back into my face after wearing all that makeup tonight and then obviously gotta end it with the best of the best I will say this stuff is pricey but like so worth it I'll literally put this on at night and then in the morning I wake up with like beautiful skin I've definitely seen the difference using this stuff because I used to use it I think I want to say like my first time was in college and then because it was pricey I was like should I just like try something else out but then once I started using it again I was like oh wait shit this is just so good and like I can't really say that about a lot of products that I can actually see like a visible difference do be careful because this is blue and it's literally the last night I got it on my sweatshirt which will probably come out in the wash I just have not tried to wash it yet as you can see the blue just kind of like dissolves into the face I don't really understand how it works but I'm telling you guys it's magic I'm going to end the vlog here I hope you guys enjoyed this vlog and getting to come along with me through this event and I'm just so happy with the way it turned out if you guys are not already following me on Instagram and TikTok go ahead and do so I'm definitely going to post a lot of TikTok content so if you guys want to see more from the event you can follow me over there it is so underscore and early without the G and I will see y'all in my next video bye


I'm Eric Sprill. I'm a volunteer cycle loader. Mae mum eisiau teimlo i'r speedway. When I was young, I picked what was White City. Absolutely loved it. My dad put me on to a lot of bike. He gave me a lot of cycle lessons. And it was absolutely natural. Loved it since then. Once I had the depression in it, it all went out of windy. It was after my mum and dad died. She'd left us some money. I'm rather good and like booze it away like I probably would. Just threw my sorrow sort around. And I was hoping she'd bought a mountain bike. And it was like the first time I'd been on a bike in 20, 30 years. Eventually came off and the depressants met Richard and that and totally changed. There we are across the road from us. There's a health centre. Approximately 35% to 45% of people who go through it suffer from depression, panic attacks, anxiety, stress, social isolation. So we're one of the most deprived areas in Scotland. Many aims is to get people active doing them a sense of worth, a sense of purpose. It's fun. You've got to make life fun because it's in an area like Easter house. You don't have a lot of fun. Well, if it can do that for me, somebody else can get the benefit out of what I'm going through. I started going out with Eric on cycling and then he encouraged me to come to the club. Since then I've went and done a leader course. So it's bringing people out their shells really. Usually they would just be in their houses, no day in anything. So this is giving them a reason to get up and get out the door. At Phoenix we are really, really proud of Eric having won this award. It's giving them a sense of self-worth and I'm not sure he had that before. If Eric can do it, he's convinced everybody else can do it. It's a real privilege for the winners. We could get what they have parts for our bikes, new equipment. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks to the National Watering.


Hey guys, it's MJ the student-actree and we're going to be looking at the random variables of Tx and Kx And this forms part of chapter 7 survival models for subject CT4 So, yeah, let's jump straight into the material So we've got the random variables Tx and Kx. What exactly are they? Well, if we look at the definition of Tx, it is the complete future lifetime of a life-aged X And it is a continuous random variable This gives us a lot of information. So let's just unpack it. The first word we're seeing here is complete and This best way to think of this is We're gonna be looking later at Kx, which is the curtailed future lifetime or the incomplete future lifetime So what we mean by complete is we're counting everything So that's why this is a continuous random variable because if the future lifetime is 50 years six months three days and 22 seconds The Tx is going to capture all of that information is the complete future lifetime Also, let's look to the next word future. So this is something that We're gonna be making a prediction about we're gonna be forecasting And because it's into the future We don't know it for certain hence why it is a random variable So we don't know what the value is going to be and it can take on any number of different values and The value that we're looking at or why it's important. It is the lifetime of a life so Let's say you have a little puppy and you're like how much longer is my little puppy going to live? so if your puppy is one years old You want to know for how many more years? will you have your puppy for and Obviously the longer Or the greater the value the better it is because means the puppy survives longer So let's have a quick little Example regarding Tx and then I'm gonna come and talk about Kx So I've got a timeline and like I stress in all my videos time lines are very important They help you to visualize the problem so let's talk about I Actually did this I think when I was 22 so It was a little bit of an example of myself But yeah, let's pretend that this timeline is my age or my life span So at age 22 how much longer am I going to be living for and We don't know we don't know I could die tomorrow. So it could be the very next day I could you know, they could discover new technology and I live for another 200 years But let's say I unfortunately die at age 72 and a half It means that my complete future lifetime from the age of 22 would be 50 and a half And this is where it does get a little bit tricky is because we are looking at The difference between the start age and the end age. That is what the complete future lifetime is We're not worrying about the previous years that I survived We're only concerned with where I am now and where I'm going to be finishing And again, I want to just stress again that this is a random variable So this is going to have an expected value. This is going to have its own variance. We're not sure exactly where When I'm going to die Now let's look at something just a little bit simpler and that is KX and KX is the curtailed future lifetime of a life aged X and The big difference as is that this is a discrete random variable So whereas the continuous it could take any value Between you know natural numbers and whole numbers and stuff like that the discrete random variable can only take You know, it is a defined set. So What we're looking for here is we're just interested in the amount of years so in this case above We just that's the mathematical formula is we're going to be taking away the decimal point and we're just going to be looking at the whole completed years and Why this is why we'd want to look at the curtailed future lifetime It comes down to insurance and various annuity products and stuff like that in some instances With regards to pensions and retirements people get paid an amount at the beginning of every year so The reason why the insurance company would want you to be interested in KX and not TX is That they know that on my 72nd birthday. I'll get my lump sum I Don't get anything six months in I only get on my 73rd and my 74th And so they just want to know okay for this person. He's going to be living another 50 years They say retires at age 60 that means we're gonna have to give him 12 payments and that's where it comes in It's just a simplification It was done because back in the day they didn't have super advanced computers, but now with today's technology I mean you can see continuous random variables are getting more and more used over the curtailed discrete random variables but job that is The random variables of TX and KX key things to remember their random Variables, and you want to look at it's the time between the start point which is X and the end point Which is the random unknown point? And job These are going to be the other topics. We're going to be talking about so if you want to watch them as well subscribe to the channel or come back and check later and Yeah, hopefully they'll be uploaded by then. Thanks guys for watching and study hard. Cheers


Andre Rublev vs Janik Sinner is the second quarterfinal for the Australian Open Men's for 2024. And both guys have a totally different roads to get to this stage. Rublev entered the tournament as a number five seed and would take on Vilts in the first round. And after winning the first two sets, he'd be forced to play a fifth, saving match points and getting through 7-5-6-4-3-6-4-6-7-6. Second round he'd take on U-Bank. This was no problem for Rublev getting through in straights. 6-4-6-4-6-4. Third round he'd take on Sebastian Korda, the 29 seed, who had a deep run here last year. But again, Rublev super impressive getting through in straights. 6-2-7-6-6-4. In the fourth round he'd take on the number 10 seed, Diminor, who'd been very impressive to get to this stage. And after winning the first set but losing the next two, Rublev would have to fight back to win. 6-4-6-7-6-7-6-3-6-love to advance to the quarterfinal. Sinner entered the tournament as a number four seed and would take on Vander Zanschup in the first round. Which was no problem getting through in straights. 6-4-7-5-6-3. In the second round he'd take on De Jong, the qualifier. And again, no problem for Rublev getting through in straights. 6-2-6-2-6-2. In the third round he'd take on the 26 seed Bayez. And this is by far Sinner's best performance. Getting through in straights. 6-love, 6-1-6-3. In the fourth round he'd take on the number 15 seed, Hashinov, who had a lot of experience in Grand Slam matches. But Sinner was way too good getting through in straights. 6-4-7-5-6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. These guys have played six times before with Sinner leading the head to head 4-2. Including winning both their matches from last year in straight sets. And in fact, the only two wins that Rublev have were through retirement. So really, the four matches that they have actually completed, Sinner has won them all. And over the last couple of matches, like I said, Sinner hasn't actually lost the set against Rublev. If Rublev is going to win this one, he needs to get his energy up quick. And he also probably needs to win the first set. Because he has had two really, really tough matches, especially that Diminuul match that's having a cramp at the end. So he needs to really get off to a good start and take it up to Sinner. So Hashinov did that really well, served big and really be aggressive in Sinner's face. If Sinner's going to win this one, he just needs to keep doing what he's doing. He's not lost a set. There's no need to change the game plan unless Rublev makes him change the game plan. So he just needs to keep going, keep doing what he's doing, serve big, come to the net, use the variety, use the forehand. He's been really, really effective and really frustrate Rublev as well because we know that the longer the match goes, the harder it's going to be for Rublev. What if I match up, you know, a top 10 clash? We probably want most of these top 10 clashes in this stage. They've only ever played once at a slam, but we didn't get to see the entire match, the French open a few years ago. But I've got to have a Sinner in four. I think Sinner's playing so well at the moment. And even though he hasn't played massive names, I just feel like he's playing so good and he's going to beat Rublev in four. I think he might maybe lose the first set or maybe lose the second, but I think he's going to get the win in four. Rublev might run out of gas in the end, but let me know in the comments below who's making the semifinals.


Normally, people would attack near a fortified base or near a harbor and you would land away on an unfortified beach and mass yourself there and then go attack coastal fortifications or try and storm a harbor and take a harbor so that you could bring in men in supplies. We studied amphibious training in doctrine and we decided that we wanted to be able to land more directly on the beaches to avoid enemy interference. And starting with Gallipoli in World War I, they saw that you could land on unimproved beaches and they had very primitive landing craft. But the biggest change in World War II, the size of the armies had grown so large that there were no areas that were undefended. So while the idea of landing at a port like Dieppe, you know, that disaster showed that ports were too heavily defended to try and capture. You would have to land on a beach, an unimproved beach, but even an unimproved beach was defended. Andrew Piggins was a civilian entrepreneur who designed a boat in 1926 that would be able to work on the Louisiana backwater. And one of the things he saw when he came to New Orleans was a need for a boat that was able to land on an unimproved shore. In this area we had a lot of oil and we had trappers. And they were often working in the coastal waters and bayous Louisiana and they needed to be able to land on an unimproved area, an unimproved beach, and unload supplies or load supplies and then pull off again. And what you need on a boat to do that is turbulent water at the bow so that you can run in very shallow water and you need nice still water at the stern so that the propeller doesn't cavitate. And he kept working on different designs and trying different things and the story goes that one day his crew was building a boat and they pulled some braces out of the inside of the boat before they were supposed to. The hull shape warped and Higgins was very mad at them and he said, well go ahead and finish it. And it turned out that that was a shape that lent itself to turbulent water at the bow and still water at the stern. And he improved on that and eventually built what he called his Eureka boat. And that was a looks today more like a cabin cruiser. Most of the most successful businessmen in the 1940s promoted themselves.  Higgins had great confidence in his product and he went to great lengths to ensure that everyone knew he had that great product so that he could sell that product and advance it. And so he had this boat and when he heard that the Navy was working on plans for landing craft, you know, before this Marines were still going ashore on long boats. And that just wasn't going to work. Everybody knew that was a bad idea. And so there were trials to come up with a new design.  He created a competition between the Navy's idea of what a tank landing craft should be and his idea. And his idea was, in his judgment, much superior. So he recommended to the Navy Bureau of Ships that they have a competitive test just south of Norfolk and it was a rough day. I was in a boat alongside the two that were tested, watching. They got the boats and they came out of Norfolk Harbor. It was a rough day, real rough, and turned south. And when they turned south, they got in the Seaway and the Navy boat almost upset. The crew hanging onto the boat, our outer skin of the boat. Higgins turned, went in, landed, retracted, landed again three times, no problems. They changed the contract for 1200 boats and gave it to Higgins, been in there. Captain Victor Krula, U.S. Marine Corps. As many industries did, they did start out small and as they got contracts, they grew and grew and grew. So the first boat he came up with was classified as the Landing Craft Personnel Large, which didn't have a ramp on it. The LCPL has several bulkheads across the vessel so that the troops aren't all sitting in the troop compartment at the beginning. So either you jump off towards the stern or you have to get up and move forward across, you know, the engine was right in the center of the boat. And unfortunately the men had to clamber out over the sides, which made them vulnerable to enemy fire. So they decided to modify it by incorporating a ramp so that the men could literally advance directly out of the boat. There are various stories of how the ramp came about. One of them indicates there was a Marine who was in China and saw Japanese landing craft with a bow ramp and sent pictures of it back to Washington and this eventually filtered back to Higgins. And so eventually they do end up with the LCVP Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel, which is built with a bow ramp and that's the classic Higgins Landing Craft. They were used all over the world, they were used in Africa, they were used in Europe. They even brought these kind of boats inland across the Rhine River into Germany. We use the LCVPs for a variety of missions and one of them was logistics. We were able to use them from ship to ship, from ship to shore. We transport supplies, ammunition, food, medicine, fuel, casualties. We evacuated prisoners, civilians, we helped them with humanitarian assistance. When you look at World War II, there were more casualties in the 8th Air Force than there were in the United States Marine Corps.  Sometimes two or three men would get off, but often the whole crew is lost. If 10 Marines hit the beach and a shell goes off near them, two or three might be killed and the rest might be wounded, but they can very quickly, in relative terms, very quickly be gotten off the beach and back to a hospital ship. LCVPs were actually fitted with a rack that was two by fours that fit in slots so that you could double deck the stretchers when they were bringing people off the beach. They could bring, of course, people who were mobile or stretchers. There was a lot of space inside. It was easy to load them through the ramp. And oftentimes they would go back either to hospital ships or LSTs. And LSTs, once they had dropped their loads of tanks or trucks or whatever, were set up to be hospital ships. They often contained extra doctors and things with the understanding that they would be a portable hospital to provide early care first on, and then when they were full they would go back, in this case, to England or go back to some rear area. The LCVP made a great small barge, small lighter, self-propelled, lots of cargo space. It could move material between ships from ship to shore. We used to pick up supplies and bring it to the island and they would put it in storage and if a future ship needed any particular plot and supplies, they would call it in and they would put it in cargo nets and have it available when the ship arrived. And then they would put it in the landing ground, would bring it out to this particular ship that ordered it.  Over 20,000 LCVPs were produced and I believe the figure is that over 98% of the craft in the Navy were Higgins designed. Many of which were built by Higgins, but Higgins did have other plants that were using his designs. The vast majority of vessels in the Navy were Higgins. And thus they had the development of the Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel, LCVP, which General Eisenhower pointed out was one of the most important Allied inventions of the war.


In today's tutorial, I want to show you how to create a really easy glam look and this is especially for My spoonie friends who might not be feeling very glam this time of year. I am particular I'm not feeling great even as I do this voice over It's it's been it's been a day But um, I wanted to create a look for you guys a nice simple easy look that is also very very glam So let's get started in creating this look Oh, and if you are new to the makeup chair, then please hit the subscribe button below. I'd really appreciate it, but let's continue So as always we start off by applying some eyeshadow primer all over the lid This is going to give us a blank canvas to work on because it has a slight tone to it So it's almost like a concealer and It's also going to give our eyeshadows something to hold on to so there's a grand last longer And it's just going to make the blend and everything just so much easier. So get yourself a good eyeshadow primer And the palette that I'm using today is this one that's by Up Cosmetics It's the 10 palette and I'm going to be using a lighter shade on a blending brush and just applying this all over the lid Now I'm not really setting the primer. I'm I'm actually more creating an opaque base. I want like a very Like neutral base because everything else that we're going to apply is going to be more more like Newly tones like deeper nudie tone. So I want to have a nice base underneath So I'm just applying this all over the lid right up to the brows just covering the whole eye area And then I'm going to take a shade that's about one shade darker than my skin tone I'm still applying that with the same brush. This is a blending brush I'm just going to apply this mostly on the outer edge and then also into the crease and you've seen me do this Many many times. It's kind of a form of contouring the eye shape. It's also great for Beginners, but also hooded eyes in particular because basically It camouflages any hoodedness and and contours the eye shape and it works on everybody It's it's one of my favorite techniques of just applying a kind of a neutral shade in this area And your crease and above the crease area on your brow bone is the main area you want to focus on And I'm going to take a slightly deeper shade. So this is like a deep kind of chocolatey color I'm going to apply this on the outer edge. So this is like your contour shade It should be at least one shade darker than your skin tone. I'm just going to apply this with a small brush I'm sorry that it's so out of focus. I didn't realize and I couldn't actually see the monitor but it just kind of focusing this mostly on the outer edge and then using my blending brush to Kind of smudge and blend this in and I just kind of took my time with this and built it up to a nice depth Don't worry too much about going too dark on the lid because we will be cutting it anyway and by cutting it I mean, we're going to be applying concealer The next shade that I'm going to take has a little bit more of a brighter tone to it very similar to the shade that we applied in the crease except this has almost like a little a little bit more pigment to it in a way because it's it's just that little bit brighter and Basically, we're going to apply this focusing mostly in the crease and the brow bone area blending it kind of everywhere really just to Add a little bit more depth and tone to the look It's it's basically like a very neutral form of a fade shade, which I talked about on Monday So I haven't seen that go and check that out, but it's kind of a neutral fade shade and then if by magic I'm going to Magically cut my crease which is basically just applying a little bit of concealer And I focused in kind of an upwards butterfly kind of shape So it's kind of going up in the crease Don't worry too much about the shaping that you're creating just apply a little bit of concealer on the inner part of your lid It's all you have to do and over the top of this Cook crease area or concealer. I'm going to apply this beautiful glitter now. This is so sheeny It almost looks wet which I really like like it almost looks like it's kind of damp and kind of glistening and glossy But it's glittery. I love it. It's so pretty So I'm just gonna apply that over the concealed area and kind of over the lid But mostly focusing in the inner corner, which was actually really difficult to do With my fingertips and I like applying glitters in my fingertips. I just think they go on really well But my nails kept getting in the way But basically just tapping this on that inner corner Then you want to apply lots of mascara and some lashes and of course, of course, I would hit myself Of course that would happen I wasn't in the greatest mood when I was filming this because I felt so so so sick But you know what it all worked out in the end So once I cleaned up underneath the eyes I then moved on to applying my foundation and I didn't realize how dark my under eye circles have actually become I don't usually have a problem with discoloration into my eyes, but damn I'm not looking so good. So I just applied my foundation using my f20 And then I applied some concealer and used the I think it's tattoo concealer by essence It's really good kind of camouflage everything. I could have done with a little bit a little bit of corrector Would have been great, but I didn't and we ended up with this But you know, it's fine And I also then just did my eyebrows off camera because at this stage I was I was getting really tired and it was really hard to just sit there on camera But anyway moving on I'm going to apply a little bit of the other shade in this in this palette as my bronzer It's kind of like a bronzer blush I just apply a little bit onto my cheeks and kind of blended it up around my hairline And then I almost set my house on fire because one of my lights started burning behind me Now my next little trick is to apply a little bit of setting spray on your face You probably already do this, but for anyone who doesn't this is awesome But I love a setting spray take that beautiful glossy color You know that we applied on the lids that sheenie one It's now it's not that one the arrow is pointing to the wrong thing that one that that's what it's supposed To be pointing to you. I just applied this on the area like where applied highlight and because it's slightly damp because the setting Sorry, it's gonna hold on to a little bit more. And yes, it's very glittery and shiny But you know what? It's the holidays. So why not I also then went in with a lipstick in a red red Because again, it's the holidays. You're allowed to wear red It's it's the most acceptable time to wear red as is all times But in particular this time of year, I love wearing red. It just makes me happy when I have red on I just feel like I smile more I don't know why but um that is the finish look I hope you guys enjoyed it and you know what? I would love to see what looks you guys are creating so you can tag me It's at shanaity Katie on Instagram whether it's on the day or you know or the day before or Anytime really or maybe you're gonna get some new makeup and you want to play around with it I'd love to see the looks because I get so inspired by the stuff that you guys tag me in So I'd really love to be tagged in some more things. So I hope you guys are staying safe and staying well It's an odd time at the moment. So um, yes, be kind to yourself you know Take care of yourself and I should hopefully see you in a video really soon And I'm sorry for my voice Yeah, my voice is a little bit tired and my little bit. I hope this voice over was okay Okay, I will talk to you guys in a video really soon. Bye for now my friends


For the upcoming exercise Malabar, Indian naval vessels are docked in Saasabo alongside U.S. and Japanese maritime self-defense force ships. Sailors aboard USS John McCain, a destroyer in port for the exercise, opened its hatches in an attempt to build camaraderie with foreign allies. It was a great experience to be able to teach the Indian Navy the way that the American Navy operates and conducts all of our exercises. It is very similar to what they do, however we have different capabilities and operations that we do. It's great to bring them on board and let them see how we operate so they get an idea when we're conducting the exercises like Malabar. And so by establishing bonds with allies and building insight into how each other's ships operate, sailors hope to make complicated multinational exercises smooth sailing. Petty Officer Andrew Dean, Fleet Activities, Saasabo, Japan.