Hey, everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Sussman joined today by our own game, Marensi, who is back to give you his six best bets for week number 15. What's happening here? Like Santa Claus, I'm ready to stuff your stockings with gifts. Let's go. Let's begin in Tennessee with Ryan Tannehill, who gave, I remember last year, every episode we did, he gave us Ryan Tannehill's record against the spread and it was always better than people imagined. And Ryan Tannehill continues to win. And even though he's not with Miami anymore, he still continues to win. Sure, you're always with the fish, but you don't have to be with the fish anymore. Now you're with the Titans. Tennessee's at home this week against a big division rival to Sean Watson and the Houston Texans. Now you get to have two of your favorite pastimes this week, Gabe. Go with Ryan Tannehill and betting against Bill O'Brien. I'll tell you what. I guarantee you there's not too many people watching this right now that are aware that if Ryan Tannehill has a QBR rating of 130 or more, he'll be the first quarterback in NFL history. NFL history. Not even Lamar Jackson has done this this year to have a QBR of 130 or more in five straight games. He's been that good. This is a game that I'm like really, really looking forward to. One of the games I'm most looking forward to to watching this weekend. It's also one of the trickier games to bet on. Let's be real, man. The Houston Texans can beat anybody. We just saw them destroy the New England Patriots, but I think the Houston Texans could also lose to the Colorado Buffaloes if they played in the Pac-12 as well. They're a very erratic football team. This is as big as it gets right now. But Ryan Tannehill really has the Titans playing good football right now. They've opened things up. Everything is quicker. Derrick Henry is a great running back in the back end of the season. They usually end strong, Tennessee, and this year is no different. Tannehill six and one as a starter since he's taken over. We should note all seven games with Tannehill under center for the Titans have gone over the number. It's a high number and it's a division tilt and first place is on the line, but I'm not getting in front of a seven and 0 run right now. All right, the Houston Texans as erratic as they are. There's one thing that they're pretty consistent at and that's struggling on the road against division rivals. Three and six against the spread, the last nine division tilts. And in fact, guys, the last six games between these two teams, the home team has won. The Titans are three and 0 straight up and against the spread. The last three times that they played against the Houston Texans. I'm gonna ride the home team here. Give me my main man, Ryan Tannehill. The only thing harder than Ryan Tannehill's girlfriend is his play on the field. He's scorching. Tannehill gets it done. He's his wife now, so I think you're right. He is scorching. I mean it with all respect. She's scorching. The Titans are scorching. I've got to be honest. I don't even remember what she looks like.  Let's see if they continue to play well on Sunday and beat up on Bill O'Brien's Texans. Up next, we head New England Patriots facing off against Andy Dalton and the Cincinnati Bengals. Last week, Dalton was back and we were back betting on him. We were playing all the hits, baby. Now, you're picking the other way. You're going against Andy Dalton. What has come of this world? Well, I'll tell you, I know it's really difficult because I love the New England Patriots and for the record, yes indeed, they did cheat. All right, again, they've just been caught. It is what it is. And if you're wondering, well, what do they need to cheat against the Cincinnati Bengals for? They cheat against everybody. All right, they cheat more than Michael Douglas and Larry King combined. That's what they do. They're cheaters. It's basically like George Costanza in the contest. You remember when the plane was going down and they all started to confess things and George told Jerry, I cheated in the contest. And Jerry said, why would you do that? Because I'm a cheater. That's what New England Patriots are. They're cheaters. They're also a football team. You don't want to play when they're in a bad mood. And the Patriots are like a lot of liars and cheaters. When you call them a liar or cheater, they take it personal. But the Patriots, they get mad about it. And I wouldn't want to be the Cincinnati Bengals right now, all right? And this game is kind of flowing out of the radars for betting purposes. Think about it. And as Greg mentioned, yes, I like to bet on Andy Dalton. Cincinnati Bengals, when they're on the road and they're getting points, OK? They're 8-3 against the spread the last 11 times that they've been road dogs. But we can talk about the Chargers home field situation. The Bengals, nobody's going, all right? The stadium is emptier than Antonio Brown's head. So it's not like the Bengals have any home field advantage. In fact, they're 2-10 against the spread the last 12 times they played at Paul Brown Stadium. You want to dig in a little bit deeper.  But how about this with Brady and Billichick? 14-4 straight up and against the spread on the road if they're coming off a loss at home. And I believe they're coming off a loss at home. Oh, yeah. The last 15 times in the wing of the Patriots have played a team with a losing record. They're 13-2 against the spread. And last time I checked, the Cincinnati Bengals have a losing record. They might be sleazy. They might be cheaters. They might be a very unlikable football team. But they're going to cover the 9 and 1 half points. And this just proves, man, it's about money. You know what can ever say, I handicap games? What a motion, all right? I'm a robot, man. Give me the New England Patriots the role of the Bungals. Again, the Patriots are good. The Bengals are bad. The Patriots cheat. The Bengals still are bad. But that all adds up to us winning money with New England. Give us the points. Give us whatever the spread is. We'll take New England. With all those points. I'd rather do the 9 and 1 half. Not whatever it is. I don't know what half it is. All right, up next, let's get to the Minnesota Vikings. And Gabe, you've been very, very clear. When you're like an underdog, you want to take the money line here. Minnesota, it's a tough game to figure out who you like. You know, Minnesota actually are one of the simpler teams to handicap in the national football leagues. We talk about it on a weekly basis, Greg. The Zimmer owns non-division opponents, all right? He also owns the AFC. 16-6, last 22 times against the spread that they played against the team in the AFC. And the Chargers are still in the AFC, right? Chargers obviously don't have any home field advantage. 2-8 and 1 against the spread the last 11 times they played on this field. And should be told, they never really had a home field advantage in San Diego either down the stretch. The Chargers have never been a good home team. A lot is made about visiting fans traveling to Los Angeles. Listen, man, cold weather fans travel more than others, right? Green Bay, Buffalo, Minnesota. What better way to spend a weekend a couple of weeks before Christmas than watching your Minnesota Vikings take on the Los Angeles Chargers amongst other Viking fans, all right? So it's going to have that Viking home field to it.  They need this football game. I just can't trust that the Chargers in this spot. I think Minnesota is going to go in there. Heavy dose of ground and pound. Kirk Cousins is having a great year. Kirk Cousins has like three interceptions on the year or at least we should say in the last 10 weeks, Phillip Rivers throws three interceptions a quarter, all right? And it's not often that Kirk Cousins is the more responsible quarterback on the field but he is the more responsible quarterback on the field here. I like the Vikings a lot in this spot. The numbers been coming down. So basically here's the case, Greg. I don't want to lay a point or a point and a half when it's only minus 116 on the money line, all right? It could end up being a one-point game. Give me the Minnesota Viking on the money line here, Greg. It's too close to give this point or point and a half or nonsense. We'll take Minnesota, as Gabe said, one of the easier teams to handicaps. Let's take that advantage. Let's take a win. You know, when I talked about the Chargers and not just struggled in Los Angeles, you dig down deeper, guys. 7-18 and one against the spread, their last 26 home games. This is something that's interesting, too, about the Chargers, guys. They're one and four against the spread, Greg, when they're coming off of a win, all right? People don't realize that. It's very difficult. Teams don't often cover two, three weeks in a row. I don't expect the Chargers to cover in this spot. Vikings are red hot right now. They won seven of their last nine football games. They need to stave off the Rams. Vikings are going to win this game, Greg. Up next, another game where you just want to make the pick. It's the Los Angeles Rams coming off a couple of good weeks here for Jerry Goff and his Rams team with Sean McVeigh. Things have looked a little bit better as of late here, Gabe. You know what? The Rams are starting to heat up at the right time. And speaking to the Minnesota Vikings, the Rams are one game back. Now, the Rams have done a nice job, Greg. Very similar to a golfer, okay? When you're playing golf, you're not playing against the other players. You're playing against yourself. You're playing against the course. And then at the end, you look up at the leaderboard and, you know, you let the chip fall where they may. That's what the Rams have done a nice job of. They haven't done any, you know, standings, watching, and haven't chased anything. They basically have gone about their business and said to themselves, all right, guys, we finished 11-5. We're going to get into the playoffs. You know, Minnesota's playing good football. Robert Woods, I don't have to tell fantasy players what Robert Woods is doing over the last couple of games. How about Tyler Higby, another player that I actually liked with the Hilltoppers at Western Kentucky, all right? I've been on to Higby and how good this kid can be for years. Don't look now, but Todd Gurley looks like Todd Gurley again. Let's just simplify things here. The Dallas Cowboys haven't beaten a team with a winning record all year long. This isn't college football. Doesn't really matter what our opinions are.  You are what your record says you are. But to me, this is incredible. And here we are. There's three weeks left in the season. Forget about beating a team with a winning record. The Dallas Cowboys still have not won a football game in which they did not score 31 or more points. Are they going to score 31 points against this Rams D? Ah, no. I'm not sure that the Cowboys win another game. Let's add this up right now. We've got McVeigh versus Garrett. Who do you want? You know, Kellan Moore versus Wade Phillips. Who do you want? I think the Cowboys, listen, the Cowboys are on the ropes and I think the Rams are going to deliver a body, a couple of shots and the Eagles to deliver, not knockout punch in a couple of weeks. I like the Rams here. The Rams are a great road team. The Rams are very good in the month of December as well. If we start digging into it, there's six and one against the spread to the last seven games on the road. I just don't think Jason Garrett and Kellan Moore have any answers left. The clock is ticking. They know it. The Eagles are going to win that division and the Rams are going to win this football game. Gabe has been on this Cowboys decline for a while now and he's taken advantage with a really hot Rams team. You should follow the money as well. Go with Gabe and take the Rams on Sunday. One final game to get to Gabe. Where else would we go with the Buffalo Bills, baby? Bills are an underdog here this week. Next week, they got a Patriots this week. Sunday night football, first Sunday night game, I think ever. They're in Pittsburgh, taking on the Steelers and Doc Hodges. I knew he couldn't get out of here without discussing the Bills. Well, you know what, Greg? The last time the Buffalo Bills beat the Pittsburgh Steelers at Pittsburgh, O.J. Simpson was on the team and I was five years old. All right, it's been a while. All right, in fact, the Pittsburgh Steelers are 10-1 all-time against the Buffalo Bills in Pittsburgh. Life hasn't been easy for the Bills when they go to Pennsylvania.  Mike Tomlin's doing a great job, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are 13-2, their last 15 games straight up, 13-2, their last 15 games in the month of December at home. All right, it's never been an easy place to go play late in the season and I think this is Tomlin's best work. We're talking about a guy who's won a Super Bowl before and we're talking about a guy that's always criticized. I mean, how the hell do they have eight wins right now with the injuries that they have? I mean, come on, people. Their quarterback got hurt and their second quarterback was terrible, got hit in the head with a helmet and now they're winning with a man named Duck. All right, but you know what? The quacking ends here. The Buffalo Bills were a hard-fought loss last week against the Baltimore Ravens, guys. We gave it to Bills plus the points. We just barely missed out, depending on when you got the number, you might've gotten a push, I did not. It was disappointing, it was on the Bills on the Moneyline, but the Bills were right there. All right, listen, the Bills are slow starters in these games and it is a problem. Josh Allen gets better as the game goes and I have to be careful not to fall behind too early here against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, we gave you these impressive numbers about the Steelers. The fact of the matter is, I think the Buffalo Bill defense will be able to, they're gonna cause problems for the Duckman. All right, Duckman hasn't seen a defense like what Buffalo brings and if you don't think the Buffalo Bill defense is real, well they held a Mar-Jackson to Baltimore Ravens to a seasoned low of 257 yards last week. The Bills are actually better on the road than they are at home. I don't know if they try to impress a bunch of drunk people who are throwing themselves through tables. Hey, Buffalo Bill players, you don't need to impress these Bills fans. I'm one of them. They're too drunk to notice, all right? Just win a damn game. But if you looked at early four and three at home, they're five and one on the road. Bills are lethal as underdogs as well. Getting points with McDermott has always been a profitable situation to put yourself in. It's not going to be easy, but I think the Buffalo Bills coming off the loss against the Baltimore Ravens are in a great spot here. Nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills. The Steelers are going down, Gary. The Steelers are going down. You had to see this one coming. I did, hopefully you did too. Dave on the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. That's going to do it for us here on the Fandall Harrier. That's how you make money, people. You follow Gabe Morenze. So, for Gabe Morenze, I am Greg Salsman. Enjoy week 15. Gabe and I will be back here on Monday to preview Monday Night Football for you. Have a great weekend and we'll see you then.


At the heart of Western culture lies a foundation in the scientific method. It is the premise that an objective reality exists, and that the secrets of which can be ascertained through replicable and shareable experiments through the testing of informed hypotheses. Yet, even with our modern science grounded in practicality in the material universe, some of the greatest scientists, philosophers, poets, and minds of antiquity, and even many modern-day ones, have acknowledged something particularly interesting in their approach to understanding reality as a whole. It would appear as though the influence of spiritual or esoteric materials unnotable scientists ranges from direct translations of the Emerald Tablet by Newton to philosophies on religion and science from figures that seem to agree with the important hermetic principles, including names like Leonardo da Vinci, Francis Bacon, Paracelsus, William Blake, Carl Jung, and even Einstein and Hawking. Many of these legendary figures acknowledge the dead of gratitude to the corpus hermetica, a spiritual philosophy on the nature of God and being, which stretches all the way back to the dynastic period of Egypt. To these people, the hermetica provided a foundational philosophy in their respective approaches to understanding the universe. So, why do science and spirituality always seem to be at odds? Well, let's talk about it. I know what you might be thinking. We're setting ourselves up for a ton of debates in the comments. But here's the thing. Science and spirituality are not all that different. I know we've been making these videos for years now, spurring support and debunkery across the board. But it dawned on us recently. Hey, why don't we make a spirit science episode about science? Truly, in the scientific paradigm we live in today, countless spiritual philosophies have influenced the scientific method since its very creation as a disciplinary field. And on the other end of it, many modern-day scientific discoveries in the fields of psychology, quantum physics, and even magnetics, for example, are actually confirming things that mystics have been saying for generations. Take meditation. For years it was thought as some foreign mystical eastern practice. But in recent years, studies have shown benefits against an array of conditions both physical and mental, including irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, psoriasis, anxiety, depression, and even PTSD. Dr. Gal de Borde's research at the Martino Center for Biomedical Imaging has consistently shown changes in brain activity and subjects who have learned to meditate, hold steady, even when they're not meditating. And that sense of well-being and peace stays with practitioners up to six months after an initial session. The debate of how much spiritual and philosophical disciplines affect our reality is also a key point of debate in quantum physics. This clip of Dr. Eben Alexander beautifully illustrates this debate, culminating with his central argument that what drove the founding fathers of quantum physics into the arms of mysticism was a belief that on a subatomic level, the conscious mind, that which we call the soul, played a role in the unfolding of what we observe in our reality. With all of these new advancements and discoveries, it's hard to believe that there is still so much animosity between the fields of faith and science. In large part, I think that it might draw from the fact that science is based on the freedom to question reality, whereas religion historically is based on the duty to believe in a particular doctrine, system, or ideology. However, it's important that we make the distinction that religion and spirituality are fundamentally different things. While the open curiosity of science is arguably a natural enemy of dogmatic religion, it is undoubtedly an ally of early Gnostic spirituality. Gnosticism, meaning having knowledge in Greek, arose from early Christian, pagan, and Jewish principles, and features an emphasis on personal spiritual development over more orthodox and systemized tradition. In fact, modern science arguably has its very roots in early Gnosticism and the mystery schools that came before. Both Galileo and Copernicus saw themselves as simply reviving the ancient Pythagorean tradition. Later, even Isaac Newton had a strong interest in alchemy and saw his study on ancient philosophy and mythology as more important than his scientific work. To that extent, he actually claimed in some of his manuscripts to have discovered the underlying Gnostic truth of all religions. This phenomenon and link between science and spirituality isn't some relic of the Renaissance, however. With Wolfgang Pauli, one of the founders of quantum physics being passionate and vocal about his interest in Gnostic Christianity and its impact on his work. And Werner Heisenberg, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and arguably the father of quantum mechanics in 1932, even asserted that modern science was simply confirming ancient Pythagorean beliefs to an inconceivable degree. And now, you've heard of Einstein, right? Famous science guy, wacky hair, good sense of humor, the legend in science responsible for the all-pervading theory of relativity? Right, that guy. Well, even his response to the question of how he viewed the nature of the universe and God could be mistaken for the words of an ancient sage if the names were changed around. He said, How can the cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another if it can give rise to no definite notion of a God and no theology? In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it. Now, to briefly explore the subject of scientific realism, many modern scientists embrace the idea of Einsteinian realism, that is, the belief that absolutely everything which exists in our cosmos, everything that we can ever know about is simply the emergent outcome of the operation of certain unknown nonlinear partial differential equations over a finite space-time reality. What's amazing is that even this is simply a modern rendition that was debated in ancient India over a thousand years ago, that was ultimately based on the Upanishads, ancient spiritual texts which were originally tenants of Sanskrit philosophy. Alternatively, Heisenberg reminded us that theories of physics are really just part of our efforts to predict the stream of experience ever more completely and ever more precisely. While the growing inaccessibility of science is an ever-increasing issue in our society, with journals and papers being hidden behind paywalls and layers of academic jargon akin to the allegorical passages of the Dao De Ching in their closely guarded comprehension among elite academics, it seems as if modern science is most argued to be literal in its approach. To an extent, science is equated with a kind of materialism, an approach that seeks to reduce everything to physics, because matter is all that exists. Ironically though, many of the great scientists of history did not follow this line of thought. If anything, this supposed literal bedrock is where everything begins to fall apart. As prophesied in the Hermetica, Hermes' vision of a world where science dismisses spiritual philosophy as careless superstition is undoubtedly here. However, we'd like to offer a different view. Perhaps our modern science is a legacy with Gnostic values at its heart. Both science and Gnosticism are based on questioning what is taken for granted, with both refusing to accept anything on blind faith. Both regard conceptual images of the world as working models that can ever be changing and evolving with new discoveries. Much like scholars of Alexandria and the ancient Gnostic brotherhoods, modern scientists are internationalists who embrace each other's discoveries and work, regardless of nationality, faith, or political ideology. The very honorary title of PhD, which breaks down to Doctorate of Philosophy, is defined as you having contributed something new to the wider corpus of human knowledge and understanding, and it is awarded under this criteria. In fact, Gnostic and scientists actually mean the exact same thing, knower or seeker. While complementary and sharing the same goal of understanding the mysteries of existence, the two fields of spiritual mysticism and science do diverge on their approach. While science aims to obtain an objective knowledge of the cosmos, spirituality is concerned with subjective self-knowledge. Where science is concerned with tangible appearances and replicability, spirituality is concerned with the ineffable essence of things, and where science is about solving the mysteries of the infinite, spirituality is about dissolving into them. In a maxim, science is attempting to understand something so complex that it cannot be comprehended. Spiritual mysticism, such as Gnosticism, is attempting to understand something so simple that it cannot be understood. Despite the constant attempt to distance themselves from each other, it would appear that science and spiritual philosophy are in fact two sides of the same coin, two halves of a single whole concept. Now, if you've watched this whole video so far and you're still not convinced, I invite you to consider the following. Today, we all know the very prevalent modern theory of the Big Bang. But did you know that this was inspired by a spiritual philosophy of all things emerging from the one? The Big Bang theory, no, not the TV show, thank you, Sheldon, was first publicized by the works of Georges Lemaitre, a Belgian cosmologist and Catholic priest. The theory, accepted by nearly all astronomers today, was a radical departure from scientific orthodoxy in the 1930s, as it proposed an ever-changing, mutable model of the universe. Similarly to how the Hermetica tells us that the mind of God is constantly creating in its thoughts, as opposed to the static model that was mainstream. In fact, the idea that every observable galaxy had originated from a single point seemed preposterous at the time. Lemaitre attacked the problem of cosmology from a thoroughly physical point of view, and realized that his solution predicted the expansion of galaxies that observations were only then beginning to suggest. Appealing to the new quantum theory of matter, Lemaitre argued that the physical universe was initially a single particle, the primeval atom, as he called it, which disintegrated in an explosion giving rise to space and time, and the expansion of the universe that continues to this day. This idea marked the birth of what we now know as Big Bang Cosmology. Now it is tempting to think that Lemaitre's deeply held religious beliefs might have led him to the notion of a beginning of time. After all, the Judeo-Christian tradition had propagated a similar idea for millennia. Yet, Lemaitre clearly insisted that there was neither a connection nor a conflict between his religion and his science. Rather, he kept them entirely separate, treating them as different, parallel interpretations of the world, both of which he believed with personal conviction, stating that, As far as I can see, such a theory remains entirely outside any metaphysical or religious question. It leaves the materialist free to deny any transcendental being. For the believer, it removes any attempt at familiarity with God. It is consistent with Isaiah speaking of the hidden God, hidden even in the beginning of the universe. With that, I think there is a certain poetic irony with ending the episode back at the beginning of all things. And so with this, I kindly invite you to come and join us in deeper exploration of the mysteries of the cosmos within Spirit Mysteries, our new platform for evolving consciousness and dissolving into the infinite. Thank you so very much, and we'll see you on the other side.


It's Christmas time, so you know what that means. It's time to play some spooky spooky horror game Oh Did I scare the ho ho ho right out of you? I thought so. I've got Christmas lights behind me And what I mean by that is green and red. Maybe I'll put up the actual Christmas lights who knows I'm too Lazy meaning room spoiler alert. I'll do it. I'll do the meaning room after Because I don't want to get spoiled. This is not a happy Christmas game for kids But it looks so happy. Look how happy this little car is. Wow, let's get into it me. Christmas is always nice Lovely Christmas shops. I hope to find a nice present for my son in the shops of the city Oh, here's a lovely Christmas shop right here. Can I go inside? Hello lovely Christmas shop Can I come inside of your lovely doors lovely Christmas shop? I need to get inside of you so I can buy a toy for my son. He's been so good this year. He's got not all A's in school. He's been playing so well with the other girls and boys I must get him a gift. We give away all our goods. We give away all of our goods Wait permanently closed, but it can't be I need to find a gift for my son Where am I going to go to find a gift for my son at a time like this of all my lovely Christmas stores? Wow this toy car is beautiful. My son will like it It's not exactly what he wanted, but What happened? Where's the toy? Bouncing balls. This is not what I want. Am I about to get murdered for taking a toy without Paying for it.  I don't think that's supposed to be happening Okay, okay, I'm gonna go through here. I'm gonna go through this lovely tunnel The car. What are you doing down here? Cheaper that's what you get for stealing things you disappointed your son. What happened to me? Where am I?  No, I think that oh This is where I could go now I see I see oh Whoa, am I supposed to fall? Okay left up up right right up right up? Left up up right right left up Up right right up Up nope right right up Okay, right right Up keep making the same mistake. Oh god Is this the correct one? Oh, no, I've fallen and I can't get up one more. Okay. I've got it guys One two three four God do I go up again?  I can't remember. Oh well, I've pressed it, right? Okay, I've got green. Okay. Thank God I don't have to do this all in one go all the way to the tip tip top all the way to the tip top tip And now we get the things and stuff and now we get the stuff Now we got to get that one. Okay Oh Right right up left. I'm gonna take a picture of this why haven't I been doing this since the beginning? Oh boy. Oh Boy, there it is. There's the door. There's the door. Okay. Hold on Now oh now I okay.  Oh Son don't stand in the middle of the road. It's dangerous some get out of the road. I can't son. Who are you over there? Okay, but dad will when will you give me my toy car as soon as you come over here son? This has been a wild journey. I didn't expect this journey to be like this.  I was always on your right son You're so beautiful. That's impossible. How is this possible? You're so beautiful.  What just happened to you?  Who did this believe in a holy spirit of Christmas the holy Capitalist spirit of Christmas. It's not about Christmas.  My son need to I just want him to be happy. Come on. I just want my son to be happy my boy We don't want to make kids happy and now get ready to be destroyed. Is this gonna be the loudest thing ever again? Who turned off the light? Is it my son? It was a tiring fight Good toy car. Who are you? Why are you smiling? It's a good toy car Wow I'm me and I'm happy because I'm not sad. Oh Nice to meet you. How are you different from the others in this world? They're good and bad toy cars I'm good for your luck. Well, thank you so much good toy car I am so happy to be with you today Toy cars like me loved it Okay, what bad toy cars they hate children happiness they think only of themselves Now there's no more time to stay here. This place is not safe for you. No, it's not. Thank you so much. Follow me to the exit Thank you so much good toy car.  I love you good toy car This is the exit, but there's a small problem. What what's the problem good toy car to get out of here You have to overcome a cursed universe No, is it possible to skip the universe you can skip the universe with a magic remote control But fortunately has been lost. There will be multiple portals to overcome Oh my god, how long is this game the first portal is located in a magical structure with portals of different colors only one portal is right Okay, do I go now? Okay, I guess I'll go You to enter. I guess I'll bright orange walls teleport you. Oh my god Purple minus red plus green equals purple Minus red What do I do? Oh?   I don't know. I don't even know what I'm supposed to do here seems like a little Enigma is it kind of a map? I have a feeling that it's this one No, it's this one for sure Nope. Oh Found it Cool, so that's the arrow Cool, where am I? Metallurgical industry for kids entertainment devices. I'm gonna go left. Oh Gosh, what is this place? This game is so much more than I thought it was going to be It's very interesting For sure. Look at all the pretty pretty snow on the ground. Every snowflake is different guys Our goal is to make children happy. Wow Front of the line. You need to enter. What is this place? Who knows? Look at all these goose and gaffes going around Is anyone there? Hello, what if I just go to the big boss, huh? Let's just go up to the boss Good toy car. God boss JQRZN. How are you? Finally, we meet again. Hi good toy car.  You're bad as everyone else. Are you do we know that? Your humans are so foolish.  Oh, thank you Are just useless slaves of a commercial doctrine. Oh my gosh. Good toy car. You're so right But I wanted to make my son happy with a toy car So I wanted was to make my son happy. Haven't you understood yet?  You lie. He is alive. No, he is dead. It is useless to discuss useless useless Bob Come here. I need your help Bob is coming my glorious boss. Oh my god What do you want to do to me? Stop it. Stop it. I will hide behind you to good toy car I want to calm you. I Have to get out of here. Maybe Throwing me off the bridge Okay, was this the way?  My son enjoyed impersonating me to fill my absence and this is the result My son was hit by a car the driver called the doctors that were working hard to save him, but it was all useless Damn only I could see him again That beautiful face so much detail Dad, why do you talk to yourself? Do you want to play with me? Oh? Do I get to choose whether he lives or dies? I can't be living a lie anymore forever together JQRZ and first escape to exit What is the hold on wait? What's the meaning room? Oh? At the beginning of the game the protagonist is not the father But the son who enjoys impersonating it He does this to fill the absence of his father who is always busy at work Child's mind is always imaginative Which would explain a lot of bizarre things in the game during the imaginary game the child is hit by a machine and dies The grieving father is overwhelmed by regret and hallucinations that will lead him to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge And doing so he'll be able to stay with his son forever Well, that's sad. Well Merry Christmas everyone That was a lot more sad than I thought it was gonna be I am going to end this one here obviously because the I finished the game I wonder if we could have gotten a different ending though I don't want to play through it all over again. You want to check out this game for yourself. I'll leave it in the description below Hope you have a joyous holiday and Remember don't run in the street. Look both ways use crosswalks. Okay. Thank you so much That is my Christmas wish to you is that you don't get hit by a car Santa make it happen


The Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, led the yoga demonstration organised by the Ministry of Ayush Government of India at Rajpath in New Delhi as the world celebrated the first international day of yoga on June 21st, 2015, with full enthusiasm. On this momentous occasion, two Guinness World Records were made, namely the largest yoga lesson involving 35,985 participants and the maximum number of nationalities, 84 that participated in a single yoga session. Billions of people participated with full enthusiasm in this first international day of yoga celebrations across the globe. Yoga is essentially a spiritual discipline based on extremely subtle science. It is an art and science for healthy living. The word yog is derived from the Sanskrit word yug, meaning to join or unite. According to yogic scriptures, the practice of yog leads to the union of the individual consciousness with that of the universal consciousness, indicating a perfect balance between mind and body, man and nature. The science of yoga has its origins thousands of years ago, before the first religions or belief systems were born. In yogic lore, Shiv, the first yogi or Adiyogi, transmitted his profound knowledge to his seven disciples, the famous Saptarishis or the seven sages. Yoga was practiced through the pre-Vedic period, but it was Maharishi Patanjali, known as the father of modern yoga, who systematized and codified the then practices through his yoga sutras. Later, many yoga masters contributed to the preservation and development of yoga and the spreading of this wonderful practice. There are different schools of yoga. These include Gyanayoga, Bhaktiyoga, Karma Yoga, Patanjala Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Dhyana Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Laya Yoga, Jain Yoga, Baudha Yoga, etc. Each school has its own approach and practices that lead to the ultimate aims and objectives of yoga. Some of the widely practiced Yogasadhanas are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi, Bandhar, Mudra, Shatkarmas, Yukthihara, Mantrajata, Yukthikarma. A yoga practitioner should follow the guiding principles while performing yogic practices. Before practice, yogic practice should be performed in a calm and quiet atmosphere with a relaxed body and mind. It should be done on an empty stomach or light stomach. Consume a small amount of honey in lukewarm water if you feel weak. Light and comfortable cotton clothes are preferred to facilitate easy movement of the body. In case of chronic diseases or pain or cardiac problems, a physician or a yoga therapist should be consulted prior to performing yogic practices. During practice, practice sessions should start with a prayer or invocation. As it creates a conducive environment to relax the mind, yogic practices shall be performed slowly in a relaxed manner with awareness of the body and breath. Do not hold the breath unless it is specially mentioned to do so.  Perform the practices according to your own capacity. End the session with deep silence or Shanti Patu. Food or a bath may be taken only 20 to 30 minutes after practice. Welcome to the world of yoga. Welcome to the world of wisdom that is as relevant and beneficial today as it was thousands of years ago. Welcome to the world of yoga. Let us start Yoga Sadhana with Chalana Kriyas or Loosening Kriyas. Let us start Yoga Sadhana with Chalana Kriyas or Loosening Kriyas or Loosening Kriyas. Welcome to the world of yoga. Let us start Yoga Sadhana with Chalana Kriyas or Loosening practices to increase micro circulation, neck exercises, forward and backward neck bending. Stand in an alert posture. Keep feet comfortably apart and your arms on the waist. Exhale and bend head forward slowly and try to touch the chin to the chest. Inhale, move the head as far back as is comfortable and come back with inhalation. Right and left neck bending. Exhale, bend the head slowly to the right. Bring the ear as close as possible to the shoulder. Inhale, bring the head to normal position. Exhale, bend the head to the left side. Inhale, bring the head up to normal position. Right and left twisting. Exhale, gently turn the head to the right side so that the chin is in line with the shoulder. Inhale, bring the head to the normal position. Exhale, turn the head to the left side. Inhale and bring the head to the normal position. Neck rotation. Bend the head forward trying to touch the chin to the chest. Inhale, slowly rotate the head clockwise while coming down. Exhale, rotate the head in anti-clockwise direction. Feel the stretch around the neck and loosening up of the joints and muscles of the neck and release of tension in the neck. People with neck pain and spondylitis should do the practice gently. Shoulder movements. Feet together, make the body straight. The arms by the sides. Inhale, raise both the arms sideways above your head with the palms outwards. Exhale and bring them down in the same manner. The arms must not touch the head when going up or the thighs when coming down. The palms must be open with the fingers together. Shoulder rotation. Stand erect, raise both the arms. Place the fingers of the left hand on the left shoulder and the fingers of the right hand on the right shoulder. Full rotation of both the elbows in a circular manner. Try to touch the elbows in front of the chest on the forward movement and touch the ears while moving up. Stretch the arm back in the backward movement and touch the sides of the trunk while coming down. Do the same anti-clockwise and repeat five times. Practice of this kriya makes the bones, muscles and nerves of the shoulder region healthy. These practices are helpful in cervical spondylitis and frozen shoulder. Trunk twisting. Keep the legs about two feet apart. Raise both the arms up to chest level with the palms facing each other. Exhale. Twist the body towards the right side so that the left palm touches the right shoulder. Come back with inhalation. Now exhale. Twist the body towards the left side so that the right palm touches the left shoulder. Come back with inhalation. Repeat. Do slowly with breathing. Avoid this practice in case of vertebral and disc disorders and during menstruation. Relax in standing posture movements. Inhale. Lift your arms up at the shoulder level. Exhale. Bend the knees and bring down your body to the squatting position. Inhale and straighten the body. Repeat two more times. This practice strengthens the knees and hip joints. Avoid this in case suffering from acute arthritis. Exhale while bringing down the hands. Now let us move to yogasana. Tarasana. Tar means palm tree. Keep your feet two inches apart. Interlock the fingers and turn the wrist outwards. Inhale. Raise the arms up and bring them in line with the shoulders. Raise the heels off the floor and balance on the toes. Stay in this position for 10 to 15 seconds. This asana brings stability in the body. Helps to clear up congestion of the spinal nerves. Corrects faulty posture. Exhale. Bring the heels down. Release the interlock of the fingers and bring the arms down parallel to the trunk and come back to a standing posture. Vriksha asana. Vriksha means tree. Stand with the feet two inches apart. Focus on a point in front. Exhale. Bend the right leg and place the foot on the inside of the left thigh. The heel should be touching the perinium. Inhale and extend the arms up and join the palms. Stay in this position for 10 to 15 seconds and breathe normally. This improves neuromuscular coordination, endurance and alertness. Avoid this practice in case of arthritis and obesity. Exhale and bring the arms and right foot down. And repeat the asana. Bend the left leg and place the foot on the right thigh. The heel should touch the perinium. Inhale. Extend the arms up and join the palms. Relax. Pada hastasana. Pada means foot. Hasta means hand. Inhale slowly and raise the arms up. Stretch up the body from the waist. Exhale and bend forward until the entire palm rests on the ground. Maintain this final posture for 10 to 30 seconds. Those who have a stiff back should bend according to their capacity. Now inhale. Come up slowly to the vertical position and stretch the arms above the head. Exhale and slowly return to the starting position in reverse order. Relax. Ardhachakprasana. Support the back at the waist. Exhale. Drop the head backwards. Stretch the neck muscles and bend backwards from the lumbar region. Relax with normal breathing. Stay there for 10 to 30 seconds. Ardhachakra makes the spine flexible and strengthens the spinal nerves and improves breathing capacity. Inhale and slowly come up and relax. Hypertensive patients shall bend with care. Thrikonasana. Thrikon means triangle. Stand with your feet comfortably apart. Slowly raise both the arms sideways till they are horizontal. Exhale. Slowly bend to the right side and place the right hand just behind the right foot. The left arm is straight up in line with the right arm. Remain in this posture for 10 to 30 seconds with normal breathing. This prevents flat foot, strengthens the calf, thigh and waist muscles, makes the spine flexible.  Repeat for the left side. Avoid this posture in case of slipped disc, sciatica and after undergoing abdominal surgery. Do not go beyond your limits. Padrasana. Let us now get ready for sitting postures. Padrasana. Bhadra means fur. Sit erect with the legs stretched out straight in front. Keep the hands beside the hips. This is Dandasana. Now put the soles of your feet together. Exhale and clasp your hands together over your toes. Pull your heels as close as possible up to the perinium region. This is the final position.  Bhadrasana keeps the body firm and stabilizes the mind. Now stretch your leg and come to Visramasana. Avoid this practice in case of severe arthritis and sciatica. Vajrasana. Sit in Dandasana. Fold your legs and sit on your heels. Keep the thighs closed and big toes touching. Place the hands on the knees. The head and back should be straight. This is Vajrasana. Ardhushtrasana. Sit in Vajrasana. Get up on your knees. Place the hands on the waist with the fingers pointing downwards. Keep the elbows and shoulders parallel. Bend the head back and stretch the neck muscles. And bend the trunk backwards as much as possible. As you exhale, relax. Remain in this posture for 10 to 30 seconds with normal breathing. It helps to strengthen the back and neck muscles. Relieves constipation and back pain. Return with inhalation. Sit in Vajrasana. Relax. Now we perform the full version of Ustrasana. Sit in Vajrasana. Kneel down on the floor. Keep your thighs and feet together. Get up on your knees. Bring the knees and the feet a few inches apart while inhaling. Bend backwards. Place the right palm on the right heel and the left palm on the left heel. Be careful not to jerk the neck while bending backwards. Ustrasana is extremely useful for defective eyesight. This is useful in relieving back pain and neck pain. It helps to reduce fat over the abdomen and hips. Those suffering from high blood pressure, heart disease and hernia should not practice this. Return with inhalation. Sit in Vajrasana. Relax. Shashankasana. Shashank means hair. Spread both the knees wide apart. Keep the toes touching. Keep the palms between the knees. Exhale and slowly stretch them full length. Bend forward and place the chin on the ground. Keep the arms parallel. Look in front and maintain the posture. This helps to reduce stress and anger. Inhale and come up. Exhale and come back to Vajrasana. Stretch your legs back to Vishramasana. Patients with osteoarthritis should do this with caution. Uttan Mandukasana. The final position of Uttan Mandukasana resembles an upright frog. Hence the name. Sit in Vajrasana. Spread both the knees wide apart while the toes remain together. Inhale. Raise both the arms. Then cross both arms behind the head and place the hands on the upper part of the opposite shoulders. Keep the back and neck straight. Maintain this position for a while. This asana is helpful in back ache and cervical pain. It helps in improving diaphragmatic movement and helps to improve lung capacity. Persons with severe knee joint pain should not perform it. While coming back, slowly raise both the arms with inhalation. Bring back and bring the knees together as in the initial position. Vakrasana. Vakra means twisted. Bend the right leg and place the right foot beside the left knee. Bring the left arm around the right knee and place the palm beside the right foot. Exhale. Twist the body and neck to the right. Comfortably remain in this posture.  Take out your hands with exhalation. Stretch your legs. Now come back and relax in Vishramasana. This asana increases flexibility of the spine. It helps to overcome constipation, dyspepsia and in the management of diabetes. Repeat the same on the other side.  Take out your hands with exhalation. Stretch your legs. Now come back and relax in Vishramasana. Makarasana. Makara means crocodile. Lie down on your stomach with the feet wide apart. Feet pointing outward. Rest your head on your hands. Relax. This is Makarasana. This asana is practised for relaxation in all prone postures. It promotes relaxation of the lower back. Pujangasana. Now let us be ready for prone postures. Pujangasana. Pujang means snake or cobra. Lie down on your stomach. Rest your head on your hands and relax the body. Now join your legs and stretch your arms. Keep the forehead on the ground. Keep your palms beside the chest and raise the elbows. Inhale, lift the chin and chest up to the navel region. This is Pujangasana. This asana is best for stress management. It also helps to manage backache and bronchial problems. Exhale. Rest your forehead on the ground and stretch your arms. Spread your legs. Place your palms and rest your head on the palms and relax. Shalabhasana. Shalabha means a locust. Lie down on your stomach. Now join your legs. Rest the chin on the floor. Keep both hands beside the body. Palms facing upwards. Inhale. The legs off the floor as much as you can without bending the knees. Extend the arms and legs well to ease the lift of the body off the floor. Stay in this position comfortably. This asana helps in sciatica and blower backache. It tones the hip muscles. Now exhale. Bring the legs down towards the floor. Take out your arms and rest on the floor. Cardiac patients should avoid this posture. Setubandhasana. Now we move to supine postures. Setubandhasana. Setuband means formation of a bridge. Join your legs. Keep the arms beside the body. Bend both the legs at the knees and bring the heels near the buttocks. Hold both the ankles firmly. Inhale. Slowly raise your buttocks and trunk up as much as you can to form a bridge. Remain comfortably. This is the final position. This asana relieves depression and anxiety. It strengthens the lower back muscles. Now exhale. Slowly return to the original position and relax. Lie down on your back. Please note women in advanced stages of pregnancy should not practice this asana. Uttan padhasana. Raised feet posture. In this asana the legs are raised upward in a supine position hence the name. Lie comfortably on the ground with the legs stretched out. The hands should be placed by the sides. While inhaling slowly raise both the legs without bending them at the knees and bring them to a 30 degree angle. Maintain this position with normal breathing. Exhale and slowly bring both the legs down and place them on the ground. It balances the navel center nabhi manipura chakra. Ardhalasana. Half plough posture. This posture is known as ardhalasana because in its final position the body resembles half the shape of an Indian plough. Take a supine position. Keep the hands by the sides of the thighs, palms resting on the ground. Slowly raise your legs together without bending at the knees. First raise the legs up to 30 degrees then further up to a 60 degree angle. Now slowly raise the legs to a 90 degree angle. This is the final position of the ardhalasana. The body from the hip to the shoulder should be kept straight then slowly bring the legs back to the ground without lifting the head. This is very beneficial for hypertensive patients but needs to be practiced with care. Those who have lumbosacral or lower back pain should not perform this with both legs together. Pavanmukthasana. Bend both the knees and bring the thighs to the chest. Interlock the fingers and clasp the shin below the knee. Raise the head and shoulders try to touch the knees with the chin. This is Pavanmukthasana. This removes constipation. Gives relief from flatulence and tones up the back muscles and spinal nerves. Bring your head back. Exhale, stretch your legs and relax. Avoid this practice in case of abdominal injuries, hernia, sciatica and during pregnancy. Shavasana. Shava means the dead body. This asana is meant for complete relaxation. Lie down on your back with the arms and legs comfortably apart. Palms facing upward, eyes closed. Relax the whole body consciously. Become aware of natural breath and allow it to become rhythmic and slow. Remain in this position till you feel refreshed and relaxed. This asana helps relieve all kinds of tensions and gives rest to both the body and the mind. It is very beneficial in the management of stress and its consequences. It stimulates respiratory centers in the frontal brain. Sit in any meditative posture. Close the eyes and relax the whole body. Inhale deeply. Expand the chest. Expel the breath with forceful contractions of the abdominal muscles. Continue active exhalation and passive inhalation. Then take a deep breath. Exhale slowly and relax. This is one round of Kapalabhati. Each round should be followed by deep breathing. Now do two more rounds. Kapalabhati purifies the frontal air sinuses, helps to overcome cough disorders. It is useful in treating colds, rhinitis, sinusitis, asthma and bronchial infections. Please avoid this practice in case of cardiac conditions, high blood pressure, vertigo, migraine, stroke, hernia and gastric ulcers. Pranayama. Nadi Shodhana or Anulom Vilom Pranayama is alternate breathing through the left and right nostrils. Sit in a meditative posture. Keep the spine straight and the head erect with eyes closed. Relax the body with a few deep breaths. Keep the left palm on the left knee in Gyan Mudra. The right hand should be in the Nasikagra Mudra. Place the right thumb on the right nostril. Breathe in from the left nostril. Close the left nostril. Exhale through the right nostril. Next inhale through the right nostril. Close the right nostril. And exhale through left nostril. This is one round of Nadi Shodhana or Anulom Vilom Pranayama. Repeat for another five rounds. For beginners the duration of inhalation and exhalation should be equal. Gradually make it one is to two. Inhalation, exhalation. The breath should be slow, steady and controlled. The main purpose of this Pranayama is to purify the principal channels of energy. This nourishes the whole body. It induces tranquility, helps to improve concentration. It increases vitality and lowers the level of stress and anxiety. It also elevates cough disorders. Sheetali Pranayama. Sheet means cool. It also means calm and passionless. As the name indicates this Pranayama cools the mind-body system. Sit in the Padmasana or any other comfortable sitting posture. Place the hands on the knees in the Gyan Mudra or Anjali Mudra. Roll the tongue in from the sides to shape it as a tube. Inhale through this tube-shaped tongue. Fill the lungs with air to their maximum capacity and close the mouth. And then slowly exhale through the nostrils. Sheetali Pranayama purifies the blood. It has a cooling effect on the body. It is beneficial for persons suffering from high blood pressure. It satisfies thirst and appeases hunger. It relieves indigestion and disorders caused by phlegm, cough and bile. It is beneficial for the skin and the eyes. Those who are suffering from cold, cough or tonsillitis should not do this Pranayama. Brahmari Pranayama. Brahmara means a black bee. During the exhalation of this Pranayama, the sound produced resembles the buzzing of a black bee. Inhale deeply through both nostrils. Exhale slowly in a controlled manner, making a deep, steady, humming sound as that of a black bee. This is one round of Brahmari. Repeat two more times. This is a great tranquilizer. It's found good in the management of stress-related disorder. Now do the Brahmari with Shanmukhi Mudra. Close your ears with your thumbs. Place the four fingers on your eyes, middle fingers on the nostrils, ring finger and small fingers on the lips. Open your nose and inhale through both nostrils. Exhale slowly in a controlled manner, making the deep, humming sound of a black bee. It is a useful preparatory Pranayama for concentration and meditation. Now let us prepare for Dhyana. Dhyana or meditation is an act of continuous contemplation. Sit in any meditative posture. Keep your spine comfortably erect. Hold Gyan Mudra. Keep your palms facing upwards upon the thighs. Arms and shoulders should be loose and relaxed.  You need not concentrate. Just maintain a mild focus between the eyebrows and be conscious of your breath. Dhyana keeps the mind calm and quiet. It increases concentration, memory, clarity of thought and willpower. It rejuvenates the whole body and mind, giving them proper rest. It helps to develop positive emotions. Meditation leads to self-realization. Continue to be in this state of Dhyana. Let us now take some Kalp. I commit to make myself into a healthy, peaceful, joyful and loving human being. Through every action of mine, I will strive to create a peaceful and loving atmosphere around me. I strive to break the limitations of who I am right now and include the entire world as my own. I recognize the kinship of my own life with every other life. I recognize the unity of all there is. End the yoga practice session with Shanti Pat or Universal Prayer. Thank you.


What society said you signed up for today and why? I signed up to the KD band society because I want to have the opportunities to explore traditional music and in the meantime travel around the world with the band. Bangladesh Society and the UN Society because I know the UN Society are bringing in people that work in the UN and they could probably help me get started and possibly because I want to work in the UN in Bangladesh. I signed up for the UN Society because I want to improve my Arabic and I think that a fun way to do so is by watching movies together and meeting up with my people. Drama and K-pop dancing and I'm now interested in like the photography and the choir. I signed up for two societies. I came here thinking I'd get lots of free stuff and not really caring but there's so much an offer. I did ACS at the Caribbean Society because they looked like lots of fun and amicus, death penalty stuff in the USA because I'm interested in social dresses.


But, you know, our last but not least speaker is Dr. Kamal Abdullah, he's Managing Director and CEO of Canal Sugar. It's a UAE Egyptian multi-billion dollar agriculture and industry group in Egypt that aims to ensure Egypt's self-sufficiency in sugar. He will be speaking about water, food security issues. Food security was an important issue for financial institutions like our during the pandemic and, you know, at that time, we had meetings, we received calls saying, listen, if people will go to the streets, it's because of food security. So let us pay a lot of attention and we were financing balance of payment deficits over the last three years. He will be covering those issues and they're relevant also to national security, economic and social stability of the region. Please, Dr. Kamal. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First time I heard the word anti-fadah, I was a kid in school and it was in the 70s, 1977. And it was the first bread anti-fadahs that happened in Egypt and Lebanese. And there was an attempt by, they said that government to increase the price or remove the subsidies over food, over bread. And there were demonstrations and riots and it was called the Bread Anti-Fadahs of 77, resulting in over 100 dead, 100 people dead.  Food security now is a buzzword. I've been in this field now for about 20 years, mostly from the private sector, having worked in UAE as well as in the region, Saudi, Qatar and now Egypt, working on food security issues. The good news and the bad news, food security now is a buzzword used by the taxi driver eating a falafel sandwich as much as used by a government official talking about policies. The new buzzword will be, and we are giving your heads up, it will be water security and water stress. This will be the buzzwords that we'll be hearing about. But let me connect the two. In the 80s, as I said, we had the riots, the anti-fadahs over food, so governments came with their triple A, availability, affordability, accessibility. Bring the food where, no matter where, Argentina or Australia or Romania, north, south, east west, subsidize it to the people and just make it available so they will not go and demonstrate on the street. What happened is that we end up with a different problem. We end up with a problem that said, this is not enough, these people now are getting food but unhealthy food. And so now they are becoming diabetic, they're having health problems, and now they're living longer, and now we as governments have to spend money treating them because they will live till 80, but they will need a lot of insulin shots, God forbid. So that creates a different move in food security. And we moved from availability and affordability, saying we need to move to wellness. The challenge, though, on both fronts, to subsidize it, you need money, but we are running budget deficits, and if we add the health cost that we have to pay for, which is not an option, then the food security bill is becoming massive. And hence we moved into food wellness by arguing you need local production of healthy food, but much more important than production. The buzzword you'll hear besides water security is consumption, healthy consumption. Regretfully we throw about 30% of the food we produce, and even in our consumption patterns are unhealthy, not only among the poor but among the rich in terms of consumption of food. How do we link this to water? Water is the biggest challenge now in food security in the region, in the Middle East. If we look at where our water coming from, 60% come from outside, direct Middle East. We mentioned Turkey, is it in or out? Assuming it's out, Turkey, in terms of the water rivers that are leading into Iraq and into Syria, a big issue of water accessibility by the Iraqis, Iraq, which used to be the birth of agricultural civilization. The rivers Milad, Mabein and Nahrain, they don't have enough water anymore due to the dams and other things procedures done by their neighbors. Egypt now, we all remember Egypt, Sudan and the Nile, but the Nile does not start in Egypt, not even in Sudan. We have to go back to the other countries where it starts, who are all now building dams to control access to those waters. So if we are looking at waters coming from rivers, it's problematic. Water coming from above the rain, it's almost nonexisting. And if it comes, it floods, it's even creates problems rather than solves. So where is the remaining water, which is now the most interesting part? Underground, the aquifer. Whether the aquifer in Saudi or in UAE, the aquifer in Egypt, Libya. Of course, we remember the big rivers that they wanted to do in Libya, as well as Tunisia and all that, the desert. It's relatively the same aquifers, only divided by the Red Sea. And on those, at least personally, I have a lot of experience in Egypt. We have a farm the size of Singapore, the size of Bahrain. And the only water we have is the underground water. And we are working hard modeling the aquifer, modeling the use of the water. We have now over 200 wells that will go to about 400 wells. We dig as deep as 450 meters up to 1,250 meters, reaching the Nubian waters.  We have modeling. We have, for every well that we put to use, for every 10 of them, we have one which is sensor and monitoring the water. And yes, the water is dropping alarmingly. But we also work with 6,000 local farmers. And we know that most of the people in Egypt who are in agriculture, it's very easy for them to put a well without a lot of management of these wells. So when we look on the sources of water, we have problems. We are sorting it in the UAE and in the GCC by using D-cell. In Egypt, in UAE, for example, one-third of the water is coming from D-cell. But D-cell is expensive and it's not a long-term solution. Okay, when we are looking at uses of water, most of the water uses now in agriculture, but we have different challenges. We don't have enough regulation on how to use and when to use and where to use. We are abusing water in every way when it comes to consumption and use of the water. For example, if you take sugar beets, which you use in sugar, you can use as little as 2,600-metre cube of water for every faddan. But probably most people use between 6,000 to 8,000 times as much as they need to use in water. Okay, now there are different technologies that are there to use it. I won't get too much into the technical aspects of it. But I want to come back to the three critical questions. Do we have reliable efficient delivery of water in the region? We don't. It's getting there. Technology is helping a lot. Thank God for technology we are now doing more self-sufficiency production of food in the region. But still that's not enough. Are the water resources managed sustainably and efficiently? When you are talking about aquifers underground water, it should last us for 200 years plus. When you are looking not at the quantity but also the quality of the underground water, it's more and more salty water, which you cannot then use in agriculture. And that's a problem. Now, of course, there are technological developments trying to use salty water to produce agricultural products, but that's not enough. And probably the third biggest issue is our water risk being recognized and mitigated. And again, the answer regretfully is not enough. So yes, we are delivering waters better. Yes, we are using technology to use less water time after time. But when it comes to the government side and to the working with the private sector, not only with the large private sector companies, but also with the thousands and thousands of farmers, we have a lot of issues there. And are we mitigating and preparing for the risks using of water? We're not sure we're there. Many people, whether Lebanon and Israel's conflict over water use, whether it will be Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, whether it will be Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt, we do expect the next war, God forbid, to be over water. And if it's over water, that means it's over food. And it's over food. It means over nutrition, wealth, and health. I try to keep my comments brief because I know we are running out of time for discussion. And I will leave any other points for questions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Dr. Kamil. This is a very timely issue. It's a very challenging issue. It's water. It's a very big issue with the climate change issue also.


Welcome back to theCUBE's coverage of AWS Public Sector Summit here in Washington, DC. We're live on the ground for two days, face-to-face conferences and expo hall and everything here. But Keith Brooks, who's the director and head of technical business development for AWS, government, GovCloud, selling brains, 10th birthday. Congratulations. Welcome to theCUBE. Thank you, John. Happy to be here. So EC2 is 15. Yeah. S3 is nine and a half, or no, that may be their 10, because that's the same day as SQS. So GovCloud, 10 years. 10 years. 10 years. Big miles though. So congratulations. A lot of history involved in GovCloud. Yes. Take us through, what's the current situation? Yeah. So let's start with what it is, just for the viewers that may not be familiar. So AWS GovCloud is isolated AWS cloud infrastructure and services that were purposely built for our US government customers that had highly sensitive data or highly regulated data or applications or workloads that they wanted to move to the cloud. So we gave customers the ability to do that with AWS GovCloud. It is subject to the FedRAMP high and DoDSRG IL4, IL5 baselines. It gives customers the ability to address ITAR requirements as well as CGIS, NIST, CMMC, and FIPS requirements, and gives customers a multi-region architecture that allows them to also design for disaster recovery and high availability. In terms of why we built it, it starts with our customers. It was pretty clear from the government that they needed a highly secure and highly compliant cloud infrastructure to innovate ahead of demand, and that's what we delivered. So back in August of 2011, we launched AWS GovCloud, which gave customers the best of breed in terms of high technology, high security, high compliance in the cloud to allow them to innovate for their mission-critical workloads. Who was some of the early customers when you guys launched? Honestly, the CIA deal, that was a community, that was a big one, but what were some of the early customers? So the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Defense were all early users of AWS GovCloud, but one of our earliest lighthouse customers was the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and NASA JPL used AWS GovCloud to procure IT resources ahead of demand, which allowed them to save money and also take advantage of being efficient and only paying for what they needed. But they went beyond just IT operations. They also looked at how do they use the cloud and specifically GovCloud for their mission programs. So if you think back to all the way to 2012 with the Mars Curiosity rover, NASA JPL actually streamed and processed and stored that data from the Curiosity rover on AWS GovCloud. They actually streamed over 150 terabytes of data, responded to over 80,000 requests per second, and took it beyond just imagery. They actually did high performance compute and data analytics on the data as well that led to additional efficiencies for future rover missions. So they were entire kicking. They were actually hardcore, leaning into it. Mission critical workloads. That also adhered to ITAR compliance, which is why they use AWS GovCloud. All these compliance. So there's also these levels. I remember when I was working on the Jedi stories that were out, there was always like level four. There's always different classifications. What does all that mean? And then there's highly available data and highly high availability. All these words mean something in these top secret clouds. Can you take us through kind of meanings of those? Yeah, absolutely. So it starts with the federal compliance program and the two most popular programs are FedRAMP and DoD SRG. FedRAMP is more general for federal government agencies. There are three levels, low, moderate, and high. And the short and skinny of those levels is how they align to the FISMA requirements of the government. So there's FISMA low, FISMA moderate, and FISMA high. And depending on the sensitivity of the government data, you will have to align to those levels of FedRAMP to use workloads and store data in the cloud. Similar story for DoD with SRG. Impact levels two, four, five, and six. Impacts levels two, four, and five are all for unclassified data. Level two is for less sensitive public defense data. Levels four and five cover more sensitive defense data to include mission critical national security systems. And impact level six is for classified information. So those form the basis of security and compliance. Luckily with AWS GovCloud, celebrating our 10th anniversary, we address FedRAMP high for our customers that require that. And DoD impact levels two, four, and five for our sensitive defense customers. And that was a real nuanced point. And a lot of the competition can't do that. Correct.  We've seen that in the industry, it's unfortunate, but it happens. I do want to ask you about the FedRAMP because what I'm seeing on the commercial side in the cloud ecosystem, a lot of companies that aren't quote, targeting public sector are coming in on the FedRAMP. So there's some good traction there. You guys have done a lot of work that accelerate that. Any new information to share there? Yeah, so we've been committed to supporting the federal government compliance requirements effectively since the launch of GovCloud. And we've demonstrated our commitment to FedRAMP over the last number of years. And GovCloud specifically, we've taken dozens of services through FedRAMP high. And we're 100% committed to it because we have great relationships with the FedRAMP JAV or the Joint Authorization Board. We work with individual government agencies to secure agency ATOs. And in fact, we actually have more agency ATOs with AWS GovCloud than any other cloud provider. And the short and skinny is that represents the baseline for cloud security to address sensitive government workloads and sensitive government data. And what we're seeing from industry and specifically highly regulated industries is the standard that the U.S. government set means that they have the assurance to run controlled and classified information or other levels of highly sensitive data on the cloud as well. So FedRAMP set that standard. Yeah, what I'm interested in with GovCloud, this is an ecosystem within an ecosystem again and within crossover sections. So for instance, the impact of not getting FedRAMP certified is basically money. Right. If you're a supplier, vendor or software developer or whatever, it used to be a miracle. No one went in. Right. FedRAMP, I'm going to have to hire a whole department. Right. Now you guys have a really easy, this is a key value proposition, isn't it? Correct. And you see it with a number of ISVs and softwares and service providers. If you visit the FedRAMP Marketplace website, you'll see dozens of providers that have FedRAMP authorized third-party SaaS products running on GovCloud. Industry-leading SaaS companies like Salesforce.com, Druva Technology, Splunk, SAP NS2, effectively they're bringing their best of breed capabilities, building on top of AWS GovCloud and offering those highly compliant FedRAMP moderate, FedRAMP high capabilities to customers, both in government and private industry that need that level of compliance. Just as an aside, I saw they've got a nice tweet from Teresa Carlson, now it's Splunk on GovCloud yesterday, so that was a nice little positive gesture for you guys at GovCloud. What other areas are you guys moving the needle on? Because architecturally, that's a big deal. What are some areas you're moving the needle on for the GovCloud? Well, when I look back across the last 10 years, there were some pretty important developments that stand out. The first is us launching the second GovCloud infrastructure region in 2018. And that gave customers that use GovCloud, specifically customers that have highly sensitive data and high levels of compliance, the ability to build fault-tolerant, highly available and mission-critical workloads in the cloud, and a region that also gives them an additional three availability zones. So the launch of GovCloud East, which is named AWS GovCloud U.S. East, gave customers two regions, a total of six availability zones, that allowed them to accelerate and build more scalable solutions in the cloud. More recently, there is an emergence of another DOD program called the Cybersecurity Maturity Model, CMMC. And CMMC is something where we looked around the corner and said, we need to innovate to help our customers, particularly our defense customers, and the defense industrial-based customers address CMMC requirements in the cloud. So with GovCloud, back in December of 2020, we actually launched the AWS-compliant framework for federal and defense workloads, which gives customers a turnkey capability in tooling and resources to spin-up environments that are configured to meet CMMC controls and DOD SRG controls. So those things represent some of the evolution. Yeah, Keith, I'm interested also in your thoughts on how you see the progression of GovCloud outside the United States. Tactical edge, you've got wavelength coming on board. How do you guys look at that? Obviously, the U.S. is global. It's not just the Jedi, I think. It's more of, in general, edge deployments. Sovereignty's also going to be world's flat, right? I mean, so how does that work? So it starts back with customer requirements and I tie it back to the first question. Effectively, we built GovCloud to respond to our U.S. government customers and our highly regulated industry customers that had highly sensitive data and a high bar to meet in terms of regulatory compliance. And that's the foundation of it. So as we look to other customers to include those outside of the U.S., it starts with those requirements. You mentioned things like edge and hybrid and a good example of how we marry the two is when we launched AWS Outpost in GovCloud last year. So Outpost brings the power of the AWS Cloud to on-premises environments of our customers, whether it's their data centers or COLO environments by bringing AWS services, APIs, and service endpoints to the customers on-premises facilities. So even outside the United States? Well, for GovCloud, it's focused on our U.S. customers. Outside of the U.S., customers also have availability to use Outposts. It's just for our U.S. customers, it's focused on Outposts available in GovCloud. So you're just a geography right now, U.S. But other governments are going to want their GovCloud, too, right? Right. And what you're getting at? Right, and it starts with the data. So we spend a lot of time working with government agencies across the globe to understand their regulations and their requirements. And we use that to drive our decisions. And again, just like we started with GovCloud 10 years ago, it starts with our customer requirements and we innovate from there. Well, I love the DoD's vision on this. I know Jedi didn't come through and kind of went and scuttled, got thrown under the bus so whatever how I was, you want to call it. But that whole idea of a tactical edge is a pretty brilliant idea. So I'm looking forward to seeing more of that. And that's where Outpost's going to get snowball, snowmobile, a little snow products as well. How are they doing? Because they're all part of the family, too. They are. And they're available in GovCloud and they're also authorized at FedRAMP and DoD SRG levels. And it's really fascinating to see DoD innovate with the cloud, right? So you mentioned tactical edge. So whether it's snowball devices or using Outposts in the future, I think the DoD and our defense customers are going to continue to innovate. And quite frankly for us, it represents our commitment to this space. We want to make sure our defense customers and the defense industrial-based defense contractors have access to the best-of-breed capabilities like those edge devices and edge capabilities. And I think at the impact of certifications, which is good because I was just talking to Clint Crozier, we've got aerospace coming in, now you've got DoD. A little bit of a cross-pollinization, if you will. So nice to have that flexibility. I've got to ask you about just how you view, just in general, the intelligence community. A lot of uptake since the CIA deal with Amazon. Just overall, good health for AWS GovCloud. Absolutely. And again, it starts with our commitment to our customers. We want to make sure that our national security customers, our defense customers, and all of the customers in the federal government that have a responsibility for securing the country have access to the best-of-breed capabilities. So whether it's the intelligence community, the Department of Defense, or other federal agencies, and quite frankly, we see them innovating and driving things forward to include with their sensitive workloads as they run in GovCloud. What's your strategy for partnerships as you work in the ecosystem? You deal a lot with strategy, go to market, partnerships. It's public strategy, pretty much. Do people all know each other? Are new firms popping up, new brands? What's the ecosystem look like? Yeah, it's pretty diverse. So for GovCloud specifically, if you look at partners in the defense community, we work with aerospace companies like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies to help them build ITAR compliant, ERP applications, software development environments, et cetera. We work with software companies. I mentioned Salesforce.com, Splunk, and SAP, and S2. And then even at the state and local government level, there's a company called Payit that actually worked with the state of Kansas to develop the ICANN app, which is pretty fascinating. It's an app that is the official app of the state of Kansas that allows citizens to interact with citizen services. That's all through a partner. So we continue to work with our partner, broad, the AWS partner network to bring those types of capabilities to the country. You got a lot of MSPs that are doing good work here. I saw someone out here. 10 years, congratulations. What's the coolest thing you've done or seen? Oh wow, it's hard to name anything in particular. I just think for us, it's just seeing the customers and the federal government innovate, right? And tie that innovation to mission critical workloads that are highly important. Again, it reflects our commitment to give these government customers and the government contractors the best-of-breed capabilities and some of the innovation we just see coming from the federal government, leveraging the cloud now is just super cool. So hard to pinpoint one specific thing, but I love the innovation in general. It's hard to pick the favorite child, is that so? We always say, kind of a trick question. I do have to ask you about just in general, just in 10 years, just look at the agility. I mean, if you told me 10 years ago the government would be moving at any agile anything. They were a glacier in terms of change, right? Procurement, you name it, it's just like, it's a racket. It's a racket. But they weren't, they were slow, they had money. Now, pandemic hits this year, last year, everything's up for grabs. The script has been flipped. Exactly, and what's interesting is there were actually a few federal government agencies that really paved the way for what you're seeing today. I'll give you some examples. So the Department of Veterans Affairs, they were an early GovCloud user. And way back in 2015, they launched vets.gov on GovCloud, which is an online platform that gave veterans the ability to apply for, manage, and track their benefits. Those type of initiatives paved the way for what you're seeing today. Even as soon as last year with the US Census, right? They brought the decennial count online for the first time in history last year during 2020, during the pandemic. And the Census Bureau was able to use GovCloud to launch and run 2020census.gov in the cloud at scale to secure that data. So those are examples of federal agencies that really kind of paved the way and leading to what you're seeing today. It's kind of an awakening. It is. And I think one of the things that no one's reporting is kind of a cultural revolution is the talent underneath that wave. The younger people are like, finally, you know, like. And so it's cooler. It is. It's when you go fast and you can make things change, skeptics turn into naysayers, turn into like out of job or they don't transform. So like that whole blocker mentality gets exposed. Right. Just like shelfware software. Right. You don't know what it does until the cloud is not performing. It's not good. Right. Right. And to that point, that's why we spend a lot of time focused on education programs and upskilling the workforce too. Because we want to ensure that as our customers mature and as they innovate, we're providing the right training and resources to help them along their journey. Keith Brooks. Great conversation. Great insight and a historian too. Taking us through the early days of GovCloud. Thanks for coming on theCUBE. Thanks John. Thanks for having us. 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It's with that bold opening statement that Lupin the Third's legend of Fujikomine signals an important change for a franchise with decades of formulaic stories. Monkey Punch's Lupin the Third manga debuted in 1967, decades later it boasts a vast animation catalog with multiple series and movies, yet you could say they have all followed, for better or worse, the same plot. Lupin the Third is the world's greatest thief. We follow his adventures with his colleagues, the right hand man marksman Daisuke Jigen, the master swordsman Goemon Ishikawa, and of course one of the original femme fatales, Fujikomine. The foursome would try bold heist while escaping the silly clutches of Inspector Zenigata of Interpol. There have been OVAs, five different television series, animated motion pictures, but the formula mostly remains. Lupin steals or fails to get the item while escaping the clutches of the police, all the while unintentionally saving the world from a particular case or a larger than life danger that may present itself. Zenigata will always chase after Lupin in an eternal cat and mouse game, and Fujikomine, well for the better part of a century or so, she has mostly been eye candy. She's a thief, a dangerous play by her own rules kind of gal, or so we think. Lupin has always been a womanizer and a hopeless romantic. He follows the beat of his own drum, declaring to love every woman in the world, however he has an ultimate price aside from his many heists. Fujiko. Lupin's desire for her to be his has led to countless storylines and plot threads of unrequited love with our hero chasing, only to be played, toyed, or manipulated with. Fujiko has been the victim of Tropes of the Guerra, a series deep in 60s, gogo-infused Cold War 007 Scare, Lupin the Third usually has our lady in tight situations with various amounts of fan service, which has led to a lot of people dismissing the property as something of a bygone era. Well, this all changed, back when the series was celebrating its 40th anniversary. Saiya Yamamoto was approached back in 2012 to helm a new take on a franchise that had not really dared to try something different. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy the different Lupin series, but after many hours of the same formula, I think the cycle needed a change. Saiya agreed to do the series under one condition, and she'd get to pick the focus of said show, and she went with the most misunderstood character in the franchise. The Legend of Fujiko Mine is a 12 episode mini-series exploring the roots of Mine's character, what makes her who she is, venturing into uncharted waters and bringing us some sort of origin story to a character that has been written off mostly as fan service for adolescent teens and young men. In this new series, we see how she became acquainted with Lupin and the gang, taking center stage and becoming the only property as of now to not feature Lupin as the protagonist. The show, with heavy beautiful shading and noir inspired artistry, weaves a fine tale of intrigue, sex, love, violence and revenge, boasting an impressive musical score and a rich colorful atmosphere of a cinematic era long gone. This series reinvents the wheel, deconstructing a character into something more than a stereotype. Saiya plays with the concepts of feminism and how powerful sexuality or sensuality can actually be. If you do decide to watch this show, please be aware of the abundant Nazi for work imagery that is present from the beautiful stark opening to scenes in luxurious locales and characters dealing with traumatic events, themes of violence, torture, abuse and other difficult subjects are present in this and the characters do not shy away from expressing what they feel. Fujiko has been a thief, a cunning woman that does as she pleases, using her femininity, sex, sensuality to overpower and outsmart opponents. And our director plays this expertly by empowering our lead with the very thing that was so controversial for so long. The series goes through many standalone stories that deal with everything from politics, bureaucracy and the disenfranchised to the struggles of people communicating with their feelings. Loss, love and solitude are explored through the many encounters that Mine has with not only Lupin and gang, but new characters as well. I don't want to spoil the plot of this series for you since I do believe it is worth checking out, but do know that the creators take their time by the final two episodes to destroy all preconceived notions as to what the plot of the show is actually about. Fujiko Mine is a real person. She feels she's empathic towards others, but will also do what it takes to achieve her goal. There's a great twist near the end of the show that will definitely break your perception of our heroine's origins, tropes and reasons for being that I thought was pretty clever, almost as if the plot of the show is taking us for a loop in a grand heist orchestrated by our main character herself, and in the process, dethroning a machismo that has run rampant through the series' history. In today's world where sex is taboo and something to be ashamed of, a character like Fujiko in her own series embraces her attributes and does her own thing. The series should not be viewed as demeaning or fan service because a woman is leading it. You see, the era in which this tale takes place should make us view the plot instead as a timepiece, like a good western or a sci-fi flick. This go-go-infused world has its own set of rules and tropes that dictate the narrative and how it proceeds from there. Our villains in these stories are ruthless and pretty disfigurable, making our lovable band of thieves a lot more heroic in comparison. Sure, a lot of the standalone episodes can be a big predictable, and the show does have a tendency to Deus Ex Machina its problems, but at times this R-rated adventure seeks to entertain with a style of old Hollywood detective noir stories and a fantastic musical score that is very avant-garde jazz. The cast is enjoyable and must give special props for Funimation's dub. In my honest opinion, Sonny Strait, Michelle Ruff, Chris Savitt, Mike McFarland and a returning Richard Ebbcar all do a fantastic job of bringing these characters to life in a new, serious, yet familiar kind of way. I do think the series asks us one very important question. Who is Fujiko Mene? To me, she is much more complex and three-dimensional and not just a fan-service plot device from the 60s and 70s. Fujiko is a franchise's epoxy. Through her interactions and personal connections to Lupin, Gigan and Goemon, she becomes the central character of the story about what it means to live life, finding meaning and or pleasure in what you do, even if it means stealing hidden treasures and running away from cops. In a franchise where slapstick fun has been the norm, this tale of Fujiko Mene dares to be bold, different and special. Stick with it and you will find it interesting how things aren't as they appear.