Emergence is one of the central concepts within systems and complexity theory as it describes a universal process of becoming or creation. A process whereby novel features and properties emerge when we put elementary parts together as they interact and self-organize to create new patterns of organization. Emergence being a highly abstract concept is literally everywhere, from the evolution of the universe to the formation of traffic jams, from the development of social movements to the flocking of birds, from the cooperation of trillions of cells giving rise to the human body, to the formation of hurricanes and financial crises. Although the ideas of emergence have been of interest to many for millennia, it has often been seen as something of a mystery. But with the development of complexity theory, we increasingly have the computational and conceptual tools to understand it in a structured, scientific fashion. During the course, we will be drawing upon different ideas in complex systems theory to build up a framework for understanding emergence in a coherent fashion. More specifically, we will explore emergence as a form of nonlinear pattern formation, where synergies between elementary parts give rise to self-organization and the formation of a distinct pattern that creates new, emergent levels of organization that are driven by an evolutionary dynamic. After giving an overview of emergence theory, the course is designed around four main sections. In the first section, we start off by talking about patterns of correlation in general before going on to look at synergistic interactions that are the foundations to emergence. The next section is focused on pattern formation, the question of how the parts come to self-organize, to synchronize their states into forming a new level of organization. Here, we will talk about the two primary different types of emergence that are often used categorizations, what are called strong and weak emergence. In the third section, we will look at the idea of integrative levels, how synergies give rise to pattern formation and the emergence of new levels of organization called integrative levels. We will talk about how these different levels come to have their own irreducible internal structure and processes that result in a complex dynamic between the micro and macro levels of organization. In the last section of the course, we will look at how emergence plays out over time within some process. We will talk about the edge of chaos hypothesis, how self-organizing emergent systems never quite lock into place but instead evolve through a dynamic interplay between order and disorder to create novel phenomena at new levels of complexity. This is an introductory course and is non-technical. However, it is important to note that the concept of emergence is highly abstract. To do it justice, we will have to use high-level abstractions. As such, students will need to feel comfortable with formal abstract models. The course should be accessible without need for any specific background in science and should be of relevance to many different domains, in particular for those in the areas of computer science, biology and ecology, philosophy, the cognitive sciences and anyone with an interest in better understanding this central concept within the complexity and systems theory framework.


Nothing we've learned over last year. It is definitely how to pivot. So today's a bit of a pivot episode. We of course have Julia Patrick here. Julia is the CEO of the American Nonprofit Academy. Also referred to as my sensei because she is very knowledgeable, very wise, very experienced in the nonprofit sector has served on many boards, too many to count has really dedicated her life, her career, her personal time, passion and pleasure to the philanthropic community. So thank you so much Julia for having this wonderful idea. Right when the pandemic hit March of last year, 2020, to say, let's show up, let's be of service. I was grateful to accept the invitation. I'm Jarrett Ransom, I'm her nonprofit nerd, but I'm also your nonprofit nerd because there's plenty of this nerdiness to go around. Also known really as the CEO of my own firm, the Raven Group, which started in 2009. So going on 12 years strong, cannot believe it. I think if that's the right math. So grateful to show up each and every day to join you Julia for these conversations. And again, I'm very grateful to our presenting sponsors. We are so lucky to have the commitment, the investment and really just the participation of these presenting sponsors. Julia, many of these, as we say, have been with us from the beginning and most of them are tech related. And that's one of the big topics we've talked about over the last 18 months is really the advancement in technology. So these sponsors exist to help you, your organization move your mission-driven goals forward in, around and throughout your community. So please do check out these sponsors. They are fantastic, their products, their services, their heart, they are dedicated also to the philanthropic sector. So thank you to our sponsors. You know, Jarrett, you're so right. And I thought today, maybe what we could do is we could chat a little bit about what, as we move into this last quarter, what are some of the things that we're seeing? What are some of the opportunities? You and I really pulled this together over a weekend, the nonprofit show we had, I had my business, you had your business, not really knowing what was gonna be coming down the pike. Every week, I mean, I should say every day has been different, changes. Just when we think, okay, this fall you might be returning to normal, see whatever that is. We had another spike in all sorts of changes. But I still think it's important to figure out if there are some paths that we can see moving forward that aren't just so reactionary, that might be still a new way of doing things. And so I'd love to have that conversation with you. And I'll start by asking you, when we had the second spike and all those organizations and I know you are involved in some of them with your professional guest hosting and MC work that you do, what happened? What did you see with folks that were like, yay, we finally get to do our fall breakfast or our fall luncheon, we're back. And then, okay, no, we can't. What's been your experience and what are you seeing moving forward? You know, it has been interesting to watch. One of the phrases I've noticed that I continue to say is as we continue to navigate forward and navigate these uncertain times, because it really is, you know, we had Mitch Stein on with the pond earlier and he literally was in, I think, New York. He had planned an event the day before. So within 24 hours, then, you know, he was contacted to say new restrictions on the venue itself and this was literally 24 hours. So back to, if there's anything we've learned, we've really learned how to pivot, how to be nimble. So I really think what's happening right now when it comes to functions and event space and gathering individuals together, first of all, we really have to trust in the individual to make the decision for themselves, right? Like offer the opportunity, because I even saw this truly with my faith-based congregation. I just received an email from the pastor saying, we are coming back to in-person gathering, starting on Sunday, here's the new guidelines. We will continue our virtual service as well and we really trust you and empower you to make the right decision for you. And so the latest event that I was able to be an MC for was in-person. It was quite small in comparison to two years prior. There was cameras on me as well as, you know, the screens that planked the stage. And so really having that multi-level approach, you know, it was streamed on social media, it was recorded, it was, you know, available to people to attend in-person. And so I think that is something that will continue regardless is I think now that we have included this advanced technology. And again, we keep talking about the advancements in technology. I really think that that will stay at some level in perpetuity, a level of, I don't know if it's hybrid or conjunction. I don't know what it is, but I really think that will continue. So let me ask you this, in your community breakfast, and if I can call it that, it was a community breakfast, correct? Yes. And it had an ask, it had a financial ask. Yes. Did that event have some sort of component so that the folks watching from their personal devices, whether it be at home or office or anywhere on the planet, did it have something where they could hit a button and they could donate or was it just more of a broadcast? It was more of a broadcast. And I think that's fascinating. Now what I would also suggest for anyone, you know, we talk often about the lower third, Julia, you do, and really having this like at the bottom, yes, the QR code, right? I've seen that on news stations that will say, and this QR code. And I think that is a great way for us to continue that implementation of engagement, interaction, donations is to create this QR code that goes straight to your donation page or your campaign page. You know, one of the things I want us to talk about today is Giving Tuesday. So really having that special QR code on any virtual platform that directs the person automatically, whether it's a computer, a TV, whatever, to go to that landing page. Right. I think that's the thing where I feel like there could be a great opportunity or division and that is in this digital divide where we can actually have people watching on their phones, laptops, desktops, TVs, smart TVs. If we don't have a situation where we have some sort of thing going on, then we're going to be really missing out. And this is a big problem. Yes. This is a really, really big problem. And so it seems to me that we must, must, must understand that we have to be stepping up. That we have to be looking at this as a stop gap. Oh, it's an emergency. Well, I think stepping up, but staying steps ahead, you know, like even thinking forward, what is trending next? And again, we've talked often about staffing boutique who has really been frontline from the New York community. And really, you know, it's like, what can we glean from our friends, our neighbors, our, you know, colleagues and other parts of the nation, other parts of the world? How can we stay steps ahead so that we are right there engaged with our community, engaged with our constituency base and engaged with continued engagement? Because that is, you know, again, going back months ago, we talked about many organizations sat on the sidelines. They said, we're going to push that pause button, right? And you simply can't. You simply cannot do that. So, yeah, so we really need to continue that engagement. I think so too. And I think that for those of us in the nonprofit sector that are still planning, hosting, co-host, sharing, whatever you want to say about these events, we need to start having these dialogues about what is it that our guests want? What is it they expect? What are they liking? Are they liking that they can do something from their office or their home and still donate? Or is it that in-person piece that is what makes them give more? I suspect, and I don't know what you think, Jared, before we talk about the next thing, I suspect that if the easier we make it, the more money that we're going to be making on this digital side. Right.  I mean... Well, not to mention that one of the trends we have definitely seen is this remote, like continuous remote work community. And so many of our constituencies, while they were local or at least in our geographic area, they may no longer be. So they may be tied to your mission and still feel like they are part of that community, but they can now live in another part of the nation. So there's that level of nuance as well. Talking about what you had just mentioned, Julia, I love going from meeting to meeting to conference to conference right here. Like, I enjoy this. Well, you know, my daughter, who's almost 30, went to an all-girls school here in our community. And she, a big part of her high school education part was the community and the socialization and all that. She really, really liked that. And throughout her life, she said, I realized that the further away I got from my school, I realized the power of that community. And we were talking and she said, you know, with these digital events, I can be right back in. Yes. I thought that was so interesting. Now she's a different demographic who sees community digitally, right? I don't know if a donor's parent, you know, the parental or the grandparent age is gonna feel that way. I'm not exactly sure the jury's still out, but I think it can become that way. I'm more familiar we are. I think so. I grew up in a really small town. I could not wait to get out of the community. And I'm probably more connected now to that community in a small town rural South Carolina than I was when I was, you know, biting tooth and nail wanting to get out of there because the relationships that are built can continue to foster in this digital atmosphere that takes me to Giving Tuesday because this is a digital campaign.  And so now just like your daughter, myself, there's so many of us that are still connected to communities even though we are distanced by, you know, geography. And so having Giving Tuesday now, it's coming up November, right? I think it's November the 20th this year. So that is an opportunity to really engage and tap into your community. Again, focused on return on relationship. That has been a theme, I think for us, is this return on relationship. And so Giving Tuesday is a great campaign, great opportunity for all of us, all of you, to really engage in your community, reconnect through this return on relationship. And I would say that check your community, you check your state, like what days, in some cases some of the states have a little bit different of a Giving Tuesday situation. If you're not engaged in that as a nonprofit, I have to really say it's, I think, a great opportunity. It's not without its controversy. I know a lot of CEOs and CFOs that are like, no, we think it diverts attention and time and energy. But you know what? I have grown to think that that's not the case, Jared, and maybe that's something we can also chat about. I see Giving Tuesday as a way to bring the concept of philanthropy and giving to everyone. Because oftentimes in most communities and states, there are matching dollars, there are awards, there's all sorts of media attention. And I think it's a way, it's just one more opportunity to get your message out. And I would love to get your feedback on that. Well, it has been controversial and there are multiple giving days. So each state typically has, for instance, an Arizona Gives Day, a Utah Gives Day, a Florida Gives Day, and then there's Giving Tuesday, which is this national opportunity. And then many institutions, in particular higher ed institutions, also have a day of giving for that institution. So my alma mater, whom we've had on a couple of times, Lander University in South Carolina, also has a day of giving. So that is in addition, now that's a third, right? That's three focused days of giving in and above their annual campaigns. And so it does come with some controversy. I have seen that, heard that, and been a part of those conversations. But I do think that when people are looking to give and they want to be part of this philanthropic day, regardless of your campaign, if they want to give to you, they will seek you out. Well, and I think it's gotta be part and parcel of a larger strategy. You can't put all your eggs in one basket, no matter what you do. And I also think that it needs to be looked at as what is it doing in relationship to everything else that you're doing and how does it move forward? I mean, if giving Tuesday, which is traditionally around Thanksgiving, right? But let's say you always have a huge event on Wednesday or Thursday or whatever, that might not jive. I mean, you might have to say, okay, wait, we're gonna do it. Yeah, but I think I've seen the best success when there's a campaign. Let's say we want to purchase this mobile unit for our programming, and then you use Giving Tuesday or your state's Giving Day as a piece of that campaign's communication strategy. So like one action? Yes, so it is one part of the strategy, but it's not just an end all be all. So it could be, especially for Giving Tuesday, it could be something like, the purchase of holiday meals if your mission is tied to hunger, or it could be shelter for individuals experiencing homeless for the holiday season or for these coldest nights of the year. So I think if we tie it to an overarching strategy and use that day, whether it's the state Giving Day, the Giving Tuesday, I think that is one piece of the strategy for a campaign, but I don't think it is all encompassing of the campaign. You know, Jarrett, I love that. You are the non-profit nerd, by the way, apparently. I have glasses to prove that, you know. That's great. Get out on the glasses, sister. I haven't worn them in a while. Oh my God, I would wear them, but then if I took these off, I wouldn't be able to do the show because I couldn't see, but I'll put my finger here like it's tight. That's right, that's right. Okay, so this is a concept I really like that what you said because a lot of what these Giving Days have is they have the thermometers that show, okay, this is where we started, this is where we're getting, and there's so much research out there that says people like to close out a campaign. Yes. You're close to reaching a goal or something of like that. That's a big, big incentive for a lot of people to participate. So let's say if you were just saying, okay, on Giving Tuesday, we are going to try and fund this product or this, like you said, mobile unit or whatever. You can be talking about that. I think that's something the media would love.  Your board members, it's a great opportunity to engage your board, your staff, your volunteers so that you can see that thermometer meet or better yet, exceed. Yeah. I love that. And I don't think we've had enough people talk about that. It just seems like it's an overall add to our coffers mentality. As part and parcel, before we move on, I do want to mention that we have one of my favorite guests of all time, Stephen Shaddick coming on. After Giving Tuesday, this will be, I think, the seventh year he has done this. And this is what he does. Every year he chooses, I think, seven or 10 organizations that he has some relationships with, but most he does not. And he sends a donation and then he tracks it, he writes about it. He doesn't necessarily declare who it was, but he'll declare what the segment is within our sector, you know, the nine main segments. And then he kind of tracks what happens as a donor to this group on this particular day. And he's going to come on the show and talk about it. That's right. He is riveting, riveting. Yes, that's going to be a fun episode. Stephen has been with us. He's with Bloomerang, of course, CFO. And phenomenal. He, you know, has a book out that's on our book list. So if you have not checked out the book list, AmericanNonprofitAcademy.com robots make bad fundraisers. A great book, great, great, great book. And that's one of those things that I'm, if you're looking for your team to have some sort of book to read, it's not just for your fundraisers. And there's a whole chapter on Giving Tuesday. Yeah. Yeah. And it's really insightful, but I don't want to end this part of our chat seeming like we're bashing Giving Tuesday because we're not, but I just think we need to be looking at it with a new lens and really amplifying all the energy that's going into it and determining what we can do. Yeah, I think holistically. And again, you know, today's episode, we wanted to share with you about what we've seen, what we've been hearing. Of course, we dedicate Fridays to ask and answer. So if today's conversation might have peaked some questions or some, you know, conversations that you'd like us to take a little further, let us know. There are multiple ways in which you can engage with us, TheNonprofitShow.com, we're on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, contact us directly. So many good things happening, but it is the final push of the year. It's a marathon, not a sprint, but more than 30% of dollars come in in these final months. So this is a big opportunity for us to finish the year strong and to help us start next year on a good foot. Yeah, it's really an amazing time. And you know, I think what happens, I know just with the people that I meet day in and day out and certainly Jared, the people that you meet day in and day out, we get so, we're still so involved in this bizarre pandemic. And many of us would say pandemics because of all the different things that have been going on in our world, it has not left us a lot of time to find some quiet and be reflective and to think about what are some of the opportunities that we have ahead of us. We've tended to be very reactionary, which is, hello, that's what we've needed to do. But I think maybe the message here today is to where can we find some quiet and some time to think about new ways of doing things? Or as you say, Jared, all the time, what is it you're gonna keep? Which I love that question. We ask that so often of our guests, okay, what are you gonna keep? What did you do that you didn't think you were gonna do ever, but you did and now you wanna move it forward? Those are big questions. I think so. And we've been due first, Jacob. I've said this now almost two years ago. I think we're seeing this and I think that many of the things that have worked for us will stay and we will continue to champion that to expert level. So we're still learning, all of us, we're still very much in this what we'll work for, where we are now. Again, technology advancements, collaboration, we're hearing from our community. So I think there is a lot that we will keep. Yeah, I think so too. I think it's an exciting time. Well, hey, Jared, thank you so much today for actually letting me spend this time with you. I don't often get to do that. It's really cool just to have a discussion between the two of us, especially with all these things that we've been seeing and are continuing to see. I don't know about you, but a lot of people just share things with me and open up and say things. Sometimes I'm like, oh my gosh, it's really a privilege to be hearing so many different voices and then being able to articulate that, hopefully articulate that back out to our viewers. So this has been really a pleasure to hear some of your thoughts and get some perspective as we move into this year like no other, but in many ways, a great year. A great year. And tomorrow we are going to talk. We've got so many great conversations, but tomorrow it's going to be about broadcasting fundraising events and program engagement. So a little bit about that hybrid approach of what's here to stay. So really looking at how to best engage your audience in these broadcast fundraising events. And Friday's going to be really interesting. I'm kind of bummed that I'm going to miss it, but you have the president of the USS Midway Foundation on. Yes. Which everybody I've told is, they've been like, oh my God, I've been on that museum. It's a massive, massive aircraft carrier, famous, famous war machine from World War II and beyond, stationed in San Diego Harbor. Is it Harbor or Bay? I guess it's Harbor. You can call it the Harbor.  Ask and Answer, yes. The representative with Fundraising Academy as well. And so Friday again is reserved for Ask and Answer. If you have any questions, send them to us, but I am looking forward to Friday. So I am sorry you'll miss the conversation, my friend. I know, I know. I was able briefly to chat with her and she was fascinating and super cool. So I just think it's going to be a lot of fun. Hey, as we end this special segment of the nonprofit show, we certainly want to express our gratitude to all of our sponsors who allow us to have this conversation every day now, almost for two years, we were just moving on our 400th episode. I thought I would mention too, Jared, none of our sponsors edit us or tell us what we can talk about, tell us what we can't talk about. I don't think I've ever said that before, but I think it, and I think it's important to know that we are never hogtied to their message. Which is pretty powerful. Very powerful, yeah. So appreciative to have all of our amazing sponsors. Thank you so much for showing up and allowing these conversations to continue in a very unscripted way because we are literally bringing to you, our time, our expertise that we have seen in our local community, but also through our thought leaders across the nation. So thank you to our sponsors. Yeah, it's been amazing. Well, hey, as we like to end every episode, we want to remind you to stay well, so you can do well. We'll see you back here tomorrow, everyone.


All right. Are we ready for the most exciting part of Academy? The coffee break is the fifth most exciting part. Are you? Sure, yeah. Well, can the last year... Well, we don't have slides. The last year winners, can you come with me? Okay. So first award, it's the application award. We discussed it at length. And this award is going to go to Plasma, and we wanted to make a special mention to Kaiuva's work for pushing Plasma boundaries every day, and he's dedicated to the project. Kaiuva is not here, but please give him a hand. Yeah, and the next thing we want to do is... there are a lot of people that did a lot of things in the past, especially in the EV, which wasn't that publicly noticed by everybody, and therefore we proposed for the Non-Complication Contribution Award, Cornelia Schumacher, which did a great job in the past as president of the EV for a lot of years, and a lot of other things at SUSE, and later Open SUSE. And yeah, clap a bit. Unfortunately, you're here. So the last award is the Jury Award, and usually it's also an award to people who maybe not directly are working on applications or so. And in fact, we were discussing this also a lot in this year. This year's award goes to Martin Konold and Olaf Schmidt-Rischwerfer for their work on the KDE FreeQ Foundation. And maybe just one additional word about this, because the KDE FreeQ Foundation, maybe not everyone knows about this, is an entity that is set up between Qt, the Qt software company and KDE, and it more or less allows or we agree together about the licensing terms for the Qt releases and to get the best out of the Qt for the free software community, but also for the Qt software company, for their products. So this is really important for those image and jurors that Qt is also free for us in the years to come, and that's actually why we thought this might be a very good idea. But this wasn't the last award, because we were here because they were here before. Organizing Academy, it's a lot of work every year. So it's Malel, Ruben, and all of the local team, please come up to the stage, because you always also get an award. Some words? I'm really happy because I'm about 20 years in this kind of community. I started... I started my first leadership here in this campus, and I have grown professionally, ethically, in a way very similar, I bet, as you. I know some of you are one of the best programmers in the world, not just programmers, specialists, and what most I love of your job, as I said, and I was thinking, I didn't like it because I was talking with a journalist, and now it's Malel. That's not the measure you need to send to a journalist. What I love of your job is you are focused on the user. The social context I think we share is we really try to make the computer, like Steve just said, the bicycle of the brain and sharing some principles of openness, transparency, accessing to knowledge, and sharing the knowledge. It has been a great honor hosting you here. I sincerely hope you have enjoyed it that you, when coming back to home, you remember your experience in Almería and consider to visit us again as a tutor of whatever you want. In any case, thank you very much for trusting us. This has been a test as a team for ourselves. Hopefully we have passed that test. But without your trust, this can be possible. Thank you very much.


It is the highest mountain in Africa and one of the highest freestanding mountains in the world. At almost 5,900 meters, the snow-capped Kilimanjaro stands out, far above the rest, just like the 500,000 Indians for whom it has been a source of inspiration for over a century now. This is true not just for the Indian diaspora in Tanzania, the home of the Kilimanjaro, but also in Kenya and Uganda. In the capital of Tanzania, the Indian presence, the Indian street, which is the hub of commercial activity. Cinema halls, restaurant venues dominated by Indian dishes. The Indian contribution to the Tanzanian economy is immense. Nationalization had failed to achieve the desired results and the government had to opt for liberalization. The efforts of the Indian business community went a long way into re-energizing the economy and employment generation during the transition to liberalization. For example, the booming travel and tourism industry is dominated and controlled by the Indians at every level, be it tour operation or hotels. This is true for manufacturing and trading also. Dinesh Vaishnav is the editor of the Tan Travel Magazine in Dar es Salaam. A second generation Indian, his father came to Tanzania in a town or sailboat and served as a police officer for almost 25 years. He is today the proud member of the Elders Council of Hindu Mutton, of which Dinesh is the general secretary. Joginder Singh is known as the Flying Sick for winning the Kenyan safari four times in a row. He is considered the uncrowned king of safari races, so much so that many ethnic Kenyans named their children after him. Traditionally and even today, Kenya's business community comprises mostly Indians, be it trading or the manufacturing sector. Surinder Singh Gheer's father came to Kenya with just a few rupees in his pocket. Surinder Gheer has been born and brought up in Kenya and today runs a fairly successful engineering business in Nairobi. Just two generations ago, that Nanji Kalidas Mehta set up a remote trading post in Kamali and started trading with the Ugandan people in Kauri Shells. My father had difficulties in different ways in those days. The kind of difficulties my generation had to face was very different. These difficulties were created because of the political changes which are taking place on this continent. It has been a hundred years since their ancestors came here to build the Mumbasa Kampala Railroad and it has been several hundred years since the Indians settled along the coast of East Africa to open up trade and economic activity in a region that had been hitherto isolated. Over these millennia, the immense contribution of the Indian diaspora to their adopted homeland in East Africa cannot be overlooked. Although they still maintain strong cultural ties with India, their home is here in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro.


What's going on? It's your man Kory. Welcome to Counting Kory where I pretty much just want to give you my two cents my opinion my thoughts on a couple of things that happen to music this week See what you guys think so hopefully we can have some type of discussion Whether they'll be in the comment section below or on my instagram or on my twitter Now stick around to the end of this video because I have this game a lot to play Well, I'm gonna ask this question. It might have something to do what we're talking about It might be random, but it's going to be a question and just whatever answer I like the most I would give you a follow back on whatever platform you want me to follow you on instagram twitter snapchat I guess whatever you pick man.  Let me know what you want me to follow you on I give you like two days and if I don't see it, I'll try to find you and we can figure something out But now after that I'm gonna have to pick somebody else So Jezan hit me up and if you want to see what the question is When that stick around to the end of the video check that out and then leave your answer in the comment section below And before we get into all of these topics this week come and follow me on instagram at cover the savior Come give me some video ideas all that good stuff and let me know what you think about some of these topics Now with that being said, let's go ahead and get into it So first things first just before we kick everything off I want to wish xxxtentacion a happy belated birthday. His birthday was yesterday January 23rd the rapper would have been 22 this year Of course, we all know about the tragic ending that happened to x about him being gunned down outside the car store So very tragic thing to see when uh artists and artists that young right because he was like 2021 when that happened So to see an artist that young and that time to go is just gonna hurt For as long as we remember who he is, right? So happy belated birthday to him I didn't make this video on time to afford to be on time But you know, I'm doing the best that I can now Moving on to other stuff, right? I want to go ahead and get the sad news out of the way. So juice worlds Autosy report has been released and it has confirmed that the rapper did die from an accidental overdose of oxycodone and coding So the cook county medical examiner released this report on wednesday and it pretty much like I said confirmed The reports that were coming from the people that were actually there with him So it's saying here the rapper whose real name was jarrah a higgins died december 8th after he suffered convulsions and went into cardiac arrest As Chicago police and federal agents searched his and his entourage luggage for guns and drugs at a private hanger Midway report So like I said backing up some of those confirmations We were hanging at first that he pretty much was spooked about the police coming to check the plane Now we're realizing it's because he had large amounts of drugs and guns on the plane Took the pills and it caused him to overdose now What's been really sad about this is ever since this happened his girlfriend and his mom have been very public about Uh juice worlds addiction to these painkillers and these drugs They were even going as far to say that he's had this drug problem for a minute And they were trying to help him fight through it And it's been really scary man like over the past couple of weeks or how long it's been since he's since he's passed I've been listening to his music man And it's it's always really weird or really sad when something like this happens to our artists And you go back and listen to the music and it almost feels like they were telling you like hey I had a problem or you know I'm not I'm not well inside and this is how i'm choosing to cope with these things even though I know these things are bad for me So um, it's not much to it. Like I said, I pretty much confirmed what everyone was saying Hopefully a lot of other artists take a lot away from this situation right going back to the x thing It's always really sad to see an artist that young man because he had just turned 21 So to see an artist that young and also who was just like really starting to get into their peak die because of something like a drug overdose is just It's always sad and it feels like we get one of these a year or something like that like one of these every year And I just personally Wish it would stop. So if you're an artist out there and you watch these videos And you know, you even respect my opinion in the in the least bit like the slightest Don't do it man. Stick to stick to eating alcohol, bro. Don't do the hard stuff. So um So moving on to other news the grammy awards have been the cues of rigging their voting process Which I don't think any of us have ever really felt like the grammy's was fair like I've Since the years that I've been watching it. There's always been a couple of nominations I've been like, hmm, how did you get in there? Like, how did you really get into this nomination? Somebody's vouching for you But now there's somebody from inside the organization coming out and putting it out there So the person in question is Deborah Duggan Who up until last week was the chief executive of the organizing body So she was pretty much responsible for Organizing the actual award ceremony from the performances to the guests to all that stuff. So She was suspended last week after accusations of misconduct came out about her just an organization Basically saying she wasn't doing things 100 clean And now she's kind of taken this attention to use her platform to call out the grammy's over just their practices So now Duggan is saying that She's like I said, she's she's just taking this attention This the spotlight to put attention on the situation But that she had always been trying to make change from the inside and it just wasn't moving Nothing was shaking from it. So now she's speaking out in hopes that well, honestly I don't I don't really know what she thinks could come from this because the public doesn't really get a say on What goes on the recording academy only the members do But she's just hoping to shine light onto this whole situation. So Duggan's accusation first came from a 44 page Exposition that she sent to the EEOC, which is the equal employment opportunity Commission in it. She stated that the award process was tainted that there were people who had Who pretty much had particular interests or were being represented by certain artists that were getting Says in the nominating nomination committees More specifically she spoke on the song of the year category And she said that there's an artist who she won't name for just integrity purposes But she said there's an artist who has been nominated that should not have been there that they pretty much were there because like I said there was a body in the room that was vouching for them and They shouldn't have been there, right? It kind of it takes the whole process If you're not familiar with the way the grammy's Voting process works. It's members only you have to be a member of the recording academy And so what they do is they send out ballots around september Everyone votes on the ballots every member or every member is supposed to vote all of them Don't vote but it's supposed to vote every member votes on the ballot And then they take those nominations and then just kind of you know knock it down into the winners That's how it's supposed to go. That's That's how it's supposed to be So she's been claiming that artists like Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande have even been shorted Like I said because of just the politics that's been going on and she's even been describing the grammy's as a boys club Where votes have been manipulated by secret committees and of course she goes and talks about how Most of the members of the grammy committee are older white men who are you know Voicing their opinions and and making their strength in the committee be known to push certain acts due to these award ceremonies now Going back to what I was saying earlier. I don't really think this is any surprise. There have been obvious Situations for instance, like the mac-a-mooron kindre Lamar snub the infamous mac-a-mooron kindre Lamar snub Well, I'm sure we've all on the outside felt like This isn't a hundred percent legit Even though it's not fan made so some people always argue that like oh, it's not about what the fans think That's what the bt awards and the vh1 awards and all those awards for that's what those are for There are enough people on the inside representing certain things who have Or at least the i've known personally who have expressed some of these same sentiments To where when I first started to hear about this it wasn't surprising to me It's no surprise that anything in music that involves money or power or an award at some point gets manipulated Right, that's one of those things that happens in the music industry that we always feel like it's happening But we can't really prove it until we get on the inside and then by the time you're on the inside Now you're kind of being controlled and manipulated by the powers that be a k a Influential older white man with money. That's nine times out of ten is who it is There's always influential white man with a shit ton of money that could get you like knocked off so kudos to kudos to dug in um for Using her voice to speak out on this platform because to be real with you I don't see anything good Coming out of it for her like to be completely honest with you We're probably going to see a lot of black balling of her over the next couple of weeks I know also in that the deposition that she submitted Uh, I think she was also making some sexual misconduct allegations So i'm almost a thousand percent sure over the next couple of weeks after the ceremony has kind of died down Because the grammy ceremony is this sunday Uh, yeah this sunday or next sunday one of these one of these days come It's one of these sundays coming up I'm pretty sure after that dies down The powers that be in this community that don't want people to know about this are going to go on a black ball campaign They're going to go on a slender campaign. Like I said, as of now she is suspended I either see her getting completely fired just because of all of this Or worse worse worst worst case scenario that by her silence Which I think that would be just the worst worst case scenario for so many reasons. Um People need to know man people that aren't on the inside of the grammy's with no real control Need to know how it's ran because like I said, we all feel like we're crazy, right?  So for her to come out and let us know that's not what's up Like I said man power to her because nothing good is going to come out of for her I'm telling you man. Um, but just Definitely keep up with this story, especially if I'm assuming most of your art is watching this or some type of music creative Just keep up with this story because it's it's probably not going to get a lot of coverage on a lot of major news outlets Like I saw it on good morning america And I saw she did an interview on I think it was cbs. Yeah cbs this morning And even the people that were interviewing her like if you go look at some of the interviews that she's done Um about her recently they feel very hostile like the energy feels really hostile And I was talking to someone before I recorded this and they were saying that a lot of these news personalities Probably has ties to These people in the association. So of course, they're not going to be friendly Towards someone who is you know accusing their friends and their colleagues or something so serious Because this is very serious like if if she exposes the rigging process and it gets found out to be true It is going to shake the very foundation of the recording academy It's going to shake a lot of shit up in the music industry. Um, and for that reason alone Yeah, I don't I don't think they're gonna let this story get too far. So keep up with it before they start to wash it out in the media I'm telling y'all man. We got to stay on this shit So moving on, uh, what I kind of want to get into just before we close this out Is ebro has made a comment regarding Eminem and his most recent album that really has people stirred up So if you don't know last week Eminem dropped a surprise album Beyonce style called music to be murdered by which was inspired by Alfred an Alfred Hitchcock album of the same name So ebro took to twitter to share a series of tweets and here's what he had to say, right? So Eminem treats rap how black folks have had to treat life be five times better work five times harder than everyone And still not necessarily get respect. He then went on He then responded to a fan who commented back ain't he one of the most successful artists of all time This analogy stinks. Ebro went on to say sales doesn't mean respect People confuse success and respect you can absolutely hate Eminem musically But you cannot say as a hip hop fan that he is a wack Rapper someone uh else then commented back rock rock him inspected deck buster j Black thought and fat Joe respect Eminem. They all understand to which ebro had to say so it don't matter what everyone thinks Okay, in the rap game. Um, oh wait, somebody else responded Who in the rap game doesn't respect shady and he wrote said in the rap game everyone does But if you read the tweet it speaks to how Eminem treats rap It's a complete false equivalency Uh, well, it is a complete false equivalency complete But that is not the point the point really is Eminem cares enough to keep sharpening his skills So the point that ebro is making is that once again going back to the original tweet Eminem treats rap how black folks have had to treat life be five times better where five times harder than everyone is Still not necessarily get respected. Um, I don't agree with that One that's a weird comparison, right like to compare The way that black people have had to move in life the whole we have to work five times as hard just to be half as good No notion It's not the same as comparing to a Megastar rapper who I wouldn't even say he doesn't get respect I would say he hasn't been getting a lot of respect recently And that is completely Eminem's fault like the biggest thing and if you're an Eminem fan now We probably it's probably gonna like the fucking comments up, but the biggest Problem that I personally have had is a as an Eminem fan Like I was at one point a diehard Eminem fan I am now a casual Eminem fan at best now Is that No one in the community has ever doubted His ability to rap no one has ever doubted his ability Or his his prowess as one of the greatest rappers of all time because I do agree with Ibrahim that there's no way You can listen to rap music and not respect Eminem as one of the goats of rap and hip-hop what People are arguing about Eminem that it does not seem like a lot of Eminem fans Get or a lot of these personalities who back him get is that We're not disrespecting the talent. We are disrespecting his ability to make good music I feel like Eminem has not really put out a good album since what maybe relapse What was that like 2013 2014 even music to be murdered about was much better than the last album He put out but I still give it like a five and a half six at best like to just to be completely honest with you There were maybe like four or five songs on that project that I feel like have really strong replay value All the other songs were once again Eminem trying to prove to us that he can rap which once again Nobody has ever doubted that Eminem can rap. We all feel like Eminem can rap Eminem. We don't doubt you, bro We know you can spit 236 syllables in 30 seconds man. That is no longer impressed us We want to hear good music cohesive songs songs that make sense for today So for Ebo to go and say Eminem treats rap how black folks have to have to treat life be five times better work five times harder and not get respect Eminem this whole Eminem not being respected is very new Compared to the length of his career. Now. Yes, you can argue that in the beginning Eminem wasn't getting respected because he was the white boy and rapping blah blah blah, but he got over that He quickly got over that What media didn't like him who gave a fuck it was media that didn't care about rap Anyway, during that time frame there were certain artists that would be for him Okay, this is rap rappers be for other rappers all the time So who are we saying he's not getting respect from because going back to that one fans We were sent to Ebro when he was saying that isn't he one of the biggest selling artists of all time Ebro saying sales doesn't equal respect People have to respect the music or likes the music to go and buy it So if they're if he's selling hundreds of thousands of copies of albums Hundreds getting hundreds of millions of streams getting all these sweets all these talking getting all these people talking about him These are people respecting him to the bodies things who buys a project from an artist. They don't respect I can't think of an artist that I respect whose music. I don't like that. I'm willing to go support There has to be some symbiosis between those two things I have to like your music and I have to respect you then I give you my money So the people with the hundreds of thousands of people that are giving him his money Those are people that respect him. So I can't say I agree with that He doesn't get respect now It has nothing to do with his talent as a rapper more so to do with his ability as a songwriter and to put out music that People today really want to hear at this point him just has a really large core fan base Like his core fan bases I will argue probably in the half a million plus maybe even like a million to the point where he doesn't even have to Really try hard to break these records like I know my video got taken down for last week, but one of the main points that I was talking about was how He literally came out of nowhere and just swept the whole Roddy rich Selena Gomez Justin Bieber shit under the rug That's how powerful Eminem's presence is in the game Who has that type of power without respect from some type of fan base? So I said man, I can't agree with Ibro on this We love to hear what you have to think about this Do you agree with Ibro has Eminem been treating rap the way black people have had to treat life Or is he capping on this as he talking outside of his neck? So Um other than that man, we had a lot of new music come out today Not really any project, but mostly singles. So the only project that I know of that came out today Is coda the friend lyrics to go volume one, which if you're not familiar with coda the friend He's a rapper from new york very dope very dope artists Um, if you like more of the lyrical stuff like the yb and corda is the gi d's Definitely go and check him out other than that.  I was checking them out before I hopped on this And so if there's anything I missed anything that you're listening to that came out today Drop them in the comment section below put me on game I'm always interested in him music that you guys are listening to so I can go and check it out Like I said, I mean I gotta be my ears to these east streets, bro I can't see everything but I want to see everything And of course the question of the week or the cover they follow back like I said, whatever platform you want me to follow Go on just answer this question. I like it. I got you But the question of the week is what does it take for you to stop becoming a fan of an artist?  They will make you just lose interest in them as a fan drop those in the comment section below I'm going to be reading through them in the next week. I'll let you know who the winner is So check back in for the video other than that make sure you like and share this video Hit that subscribe button if you feel like you got anything once again Hit me up on instagram or twitter at already saviour and I will see y'all next week. Peace


Hey there friends, how's it going? My name is Kevin and today we're playing Far Cry 2. This game popped into my head recently and I started to remember a bit about it. And let me tell you something, it is a Far Cry from being an easy game, okay? It's a Far Cry from being like a Far Cry 5 or something like that. It's a Far Cry from being a stroll in the park. This is a Far Cry from being, from being funny. I just hope I keep repeating it eventually Alright, I need to answer a question here. This is really important to me, okay? So let me get my headphones on so I'm in gamer mode. There we go. I need to know what this button does because it just says accept, but I don't know what I'm accepting. Okay, it just goes to whatever menu you're highlighted on. So if I say for example credits, it brings me to credits, but then if I go back instead of clicking credits again, I could also have the additional option of clicking accept to go to the credits. Okay, it's good diverse. I like that. It's really setting up the world, you know? It's an open world game and it's giving you choices right off the bat. Alright, let's hop in the story mode because I tried installing punk buster for the multiplayer and well, I guess I'm a bit of a punk because it wouldn't install. Or maybe it's because the software is dead. I forgot you can select the characters in this and you even have an Irish person. I mean, I mean they're from Northern Ireland, but how could I resist? This game looks surprisingly good given how old it is. I'm pretty impressed actually. Ah, yes. Why? God, that road sign is like a modern philosopher. God, my guy must be suffering right now. Like this is a fair cry from Ireland. It's still not funny. No, okay, I'll stop. But this is very different to Ireland.  I don't think the animals care about you beeping.  That was a roadblock set up by like the government or something? They're so well coordinated. This is a little more intimidating than just putting a bull in the middle of the road. I got to be honest. This checkpoint is making me a bit uneasy. Oh yeah, boys will be boys. I've burned down a villager too in my time too. Barely, I'm having a freak out. Oh yeah, I forgot on top of this game being extremely difficult and punishing. You also have malaria and you have to take care of that throughout the game as well. Okay, I had a bit of a malaria nap and dwell outside world. Sounds scary. Doesn't take much to scare me. Honestly, if the neighbors were outside talking about the weather, that would be scary enough. I still wouldn't go outside. Look at how many bullets that dude is taking. Okay, that was one too many.  I just want to leave. Where's my cab driver? Oh my God, there's so many coming from both sides. They're never ending and I don't know what to do. All right, I found an alternate route, but unfortunately all the enemies immediately know I'm coming from here. I am now on fire. God, it's been a rough day. Oh, of course, I reached the outskirts of town and now I'm passing out from my malaria. He's just not having any luck, is he? Ah, good, I got picked up. Maybe I have a bit of luck, unless they like harvest my organs or something, which honestly, at that point, I just be like, this is one of those days. I kind of expected it. You do first aid before that gets infected.  This is what we need for social distancing to the point where there's a force field around everyone. I found some medication. I'm just taking all of his supplies. All right, so this guy fixed me and in return, I got to do errands for him, like fixing his car.  He must have one of them fancy self-driving cars. It's ran away. Oh no, there it is. Not quite as fancy as I thought it might be. There we go, everything fixed. The problem was this one bolt. All right, now I got to go run an errand and kill some people. You know, just casual favors. Someone gives you a nap in their house when you pass out. It's common decency to kill some people for them. I'm just ruining their farmland so you know I don't succeed in their mission. They'll probably starve anyway. What are you doing? Oh God, you're shooting me. That's what you're doing. Hold on. If only this had a bit of a tighter turning circle. All right, there we go. And just like that, I'm unlocked a safe house. He's calling me immediately. He somehow knows the job is done. I need to clean that place up good. From who? Safe houses can be upgraded by working with your buddies. He will meet buddies here. Talk with them and they may help you if you're wounded in battle. You don't have any buddies yet. God, this game is a bit too real. Okay, I'm getting up at 6 a.m. Once again, this game has gone back to unrealistic, just like that. Big place used for chicken fights, you know. Chicken fights? All right, that's all you needed to say. I'm always in the mood for a chicken fight. Been in a few myself, actually. Damn crafty chickens. I have a record of zero and four. Maybe take the small hidden path instead of marching directly into camp. That does sound like a good idea. Here I am, everyone. You all die now. You see, maybe marching into camp wasn't a bad idea either. There were multiple good options. Oh my God. See, he's wall hacking. This game is punishing. Now that is marketing. And I don't mean Mike's Bar.  That really stands out. All right, so I'm at the right place, at least. Probably should have checked that before I opened fire, but oh well. Ah, here they are. All right, tag me and coach. Well, the record's now one to four. Take that, chickens. Never bring a beak to a gunfight, as the old saying goes. Wait a second. I am in the wrong place. I assume it's just telling me that I should have gone up that way, so I probably have to go up there now. And then it'll tell me to come down through this hidden path, but the problem is already dealt with. All right, treasures around you somewhere. Got it. Okay, and now back into the village that I've already cleared. Finish up your recon if you think it'll help. Recon? I'm already in the building. Hello? I'm here to spread the word of the Lord Jim Pickens. You now have a buddy.  They don't really have much say in the matter. I don't know if I could call them a buddy. I have tickets out of here. Please no, you're my best friend. She's like, we just met. Yeah, but you're the only one I've met that didn't instantly open fire. Who know you turn out to be competent after all? How does he know all this? Is he watching this video? How does he know what's going on? I've lost the car and a ditch, by the way. I don't think he's going to be very happy. Come on, start.  You can do it. No, it is properly wedged. It sounds like a race car, even though I'm not moving anywhere. All right, well, I guess I'm walking great.  Like, look how far I have to go and now I have to go by foot. All right, I got to get back to the slaughterhouse and I have to meet that nice lady at the Mike's Bar at some point. Do you think she was hitting on me? There's either hitting on me or hitting me. There is no in between. I think one of the most punishing aspects of this game is the traveling. Like, you will be ambushed at random and there is random outposts in your way also. There is a fast travel system, but you can see right here the bus stops are few and far in between. Okay, here I go. A pale Irish man walking through the African desert. Is that a car?  It is a car. Is stealing this car wrong? No. Carjacking isn't wrong if you need the car. Oh, God. Oh, God, where am I? Okay. Well, that was short lived. Looks like I'm walking again and the sun is beating down on me. I could really bless the rain down in Africa right about now.  He said there's diamonds buried nearby. Okay, that little light on my GPS somehow has a tracker for the diamonds.  It stays lit when I'm pointed the right way, but okay, they're this way. Wait, they're in this case. This is right out the door of- This wasn't a very fun scavenger hunt. I feel like they didn't put in much effort. I can't really complain. Like, I did kind of trash his car. I feel like getting anything out of that was quite kind of that, dude. Oh, wait. Oh. Oh, very well done. All right, let's give this car a bit of repair. Ah, once again, even though it's a different car. It's this one pesky knot that's the problem. I think the pesky knot is me. All right, my date is here. I just have to follow the road very carefully until I get there. I really don't want to end up walking again. Oh, God. Oh no. Oh no. Oh God, I think I may have taken a wrong turn. Sorry. I'm literally just on my way to the bar for a few drinks. I don't want to get involved in your civil war. It's up on that cliff.  I'll just go around. Oh, I'm going to be late and I'm going to be all messy when I get there from all these bullet wounds. She's going to think I catfished her. Oh, for fuck's sake.  Some sort of insurance fraud.  Please, dude. We're not even on the road. All right, let's talk this out. Maybe we can exchange insurance information. Where are you going? Do not flee the scene. My car now. I need to get out of here. Please stop shooting my car. My car is like my baby. It's my prized possession ever since I got it. I'll sweep it.  Okay, get out, get out, get out, get out. Steal their cars. I keep hot-swapping cars. Go, go, go, go, go, go. Ooh, my GPS is saying diamond, but my brain is saying run away. This is dangerous. I will make it to that date. Oh my God, how strong is that plant? I'm in a truck. It just flipped me around in a 180. Okay, I think this is it. Please don't shoot at me. I am a valued customer. Remember where we parked? Is it here? Hello, I have a date. Oh no, this is a setup, isn't it? I'm about to be kidnapped. Oh wait, no, here's the bar. Oh, what a lovely bar it is too. I love what you've done with the windows. Really rustic vibes going on here. Oh, and inside it's even more rustic. Where's my date? I know I'm like seven hours late, but please. Is this the personal's board? Are these hot singles in my area? Ah, a computer. Okay, online dating it is. I'll set up a dating profile. I'm really good at that. My age is 12. How could I make all those people who have matched with me into predators? Then I'm going to call the cops. Nope, no luck. All you can do is buy weapons on there. Lame. Do you think it's because I'm walking around menacingly with a machehi? Is that why she's not coming out to say hello? Let's put away the machehi and try this again. Hey, it's you. Oh, it was the machehi that was the problem. I thought I was giving off some weird body language or something. This is your first and best buddy. I got fecking body zones just like that. I knew I should have tipped the fedora and said my lady as I came in. You still have that malaria though, don't you? My god, you're bad at small talk.  A jackboot?  I'm just a Kevin. So, here's new guy. This is your second best buddy. All he said to me was, so here's new guy. I mean, I guess that does put him above the guy calling me a jackboot and well above the people who are opening fire on me immediately. You get in bad spot, you count on me. Okay, thanks, dude, who I've never spoken to.   Oh my god, what's he doing? Oh, he's freaking out. What is he doing? What was that? Come on, talk with me. I meant what I said about the pigs.  I meant what I said about the pigs. Oh my god, he's still trying to talk to me. He's still repeating that line. Just don't look behind you. Nothing happened. If I don't look, I'll have no reason to feel guilty when I see a few bodies behind me. Good lord, these roads are like Irish roads. They're awful. God, I have bad neighbors. Well, I'll just sleep through it. None of my bodies have come to visit me in my little house, but it says Jossip there is rescue ready, so I'm going to put him to the test. I'm going to put myself in danger and see if he arrives. Oh, I literally just pulled out of my drive and I'm getting shot at.  All right, go ahead and kill me. This is for a friendship test. Come on, buddy, please show up for me. We can't stay here. Time to move. This just shows up out of nowhere. What the? What was that? What are you shooting at? Ah, we're getting shot. Okay, there are people around. Be careful. Oh my god, there is a lot of them. Where's my body? Oh, that's my body. Oh, we had such a strong friendship as well. All right, well, I'm going to split. I'm sure you can handle yourself. I've seen you in action and you are very reliable. Best to lock to you. He was quite a saint. I know you'd save me too. Unfortunately for him, I am not because I just abandoned him.  But now that I have no friends, and well, this place seems very unforgiving, I don't see a reason not to move back to Ireland. So I think we will end it there. But I hope you enjoyed this look at this game. It is so punishing. I remember playing it when I was young and trying to get through the campaign and just the traveling around. Like it does not give you a break. As you can see there, the car is riding up the outpost. It's brutal, very, very punishing. But I hope you enjoyed watching me getting punished. And I hope to see you next time. No, I do hope you enjoyed. I post here every day. If you want to see more of me, I also stream over on Twitch. The link for that is in the description. But yeah, I'm going to leave it there. So thank you very much. I appreciate you as always. And I hope to see you next time.


My mother told me, Ray, you'll have three strikes against you.  But you can do or be anything you want to be. I was born right here in Little Rock, Arkansas. I didn't realize that I was in a segregated area. I was talking with some of my friends about what we wanted to be when we grew up. And they laughed at me when I said I wanted to become an engineer. And one of my teachers said, Ray, aim for the stars at the very worst you'll land on the moon. And the day after I graduated college, I marched off to Washington, D.C. And the first group of people to call me in for an interview was the Department of the Navy. President Nixon was in office and he called the Navy and he told them that there was a new ship design coming up and instead of it taking the two years that it normally takes, he wanted the Navy to do the rough draft of it in two months. I brought that rascal in in 18 hours and 26 minutes. And for that, my career just took off. And I had revolutionized the design process for all naval ships and submarines. I broke a lot of glass ceilings. I was the first female program manager of ships in the history of the Navy. I had five field activities reporting to me. I had a staff of roughly 250 people. You see, only in the United States would we have had an opportunity to do these things. In spite of the system, I was able to accomplish not because of the system.


Hello, thank you for joining me. I'm at Virginia Water Station today. It's Easter Sunday 2023 and the reason I've come here is to do something I think you can only do here at this railway station just for a few weekends. We're going to get on a train at Virginia Water and the next stop is going to be Virginia Water. The reason for this is there's some engineering work so we're on the line that's looking towards Reading. My train will soon arrive from Reading and it's going to Weybridge. Now what will happen? The train will pass through the station towards London but that's where the engineering works are. So it's going to reverse and then you've got these platforms over here that's on the line that goes down through Chertsey, Adelston and to Weybridge. You can also get to Woking but not that many passenger trains go there although quite often steam charter trains go that way if they're going down to Weymouth or Salisbury. So the train will stop here it's going to go up there and it's going to reverse. I don't know if the camera's going to pick it out but it says the 1035 to Weybridge it says the next stop is Virginia Water. So it seems very funny to see to be at Virginia Water and be told that your next station is Virginia Water. They're just saying there's a train coming in not in use on platform 2. There was an empty train sat here when I arrived at the station. That went up to the signal that's pulling in so that's just an empty stock. There's a railroad placement buses over there. See where it's going to. So that's your way to London if you want to go to direct route but I'm just catching the train over to Weybridge. So here comes this empty stock movement at class 485. Interestingly there actually used to be a triangle over there. I don't think there ever any platforms on it but had that triangle still been here our train which is pulling in now it may have skipped out Virginia Water altogether but it wouldn't have had to have done this reverse. So here it comes class 450, 450 number 32. So I'm going to get on and it takes about 15 minutes I think. Well it's due to leave here at 10.35 and I think it's 10.47. It calls Virginia Water the second time. So let's get on the train. Not too busy today trying to find a nice quietish carriage. The other one other unit is number 10. So we'll go and have a look see what we can find and we're going to do this unusual journey. Like I said we're at Virginia Water and the next stop is Virginia Water. So I'm just going to sit down now and wait and see the train depart now. As for trains calling at the same station on the journey that's not entirely unique. An example of that being if you want to get on the circle line, if you do the whole circle line, you get on the Hammersmith, you're passed through Edgewood Road. You'll go right around the circle and then the train terminates at Edgewood Road. So it's not unique that trains call at the same station on their journey. But to call at the same station in succession as far as I'm concerned that is unique. If you do know if anywhere else this happens. Okay it happens on miniature railways where you know you get on the train, goes around and comes back to the same station. Some heritage railways. An example being like say the Chinnah Prince of Rishborough. Before the extended Prince of Rishborough you get on the train Chinna, you go up and down and the next station would be Chinna. But for an actual network rail passenger train to call at the same station twice in succession I think this is unique. If you can think of anywhere else this has ever happened please do tell me. But I'm fairly sure this doesn't happen anywhere else. So I'm just going to sit here now and wait for the departure. So here we are, we're departing Virginia Water. It's not a lot to see on that side of that trains blocking the view. So we'll sit here, we'll see the journey out the station. Virginia Water is actually one of those class stations. There's a few of, a lot of them have been demolished but you can see it's a fairly sort of basic concrete structure that became quite common in the 60s right now. That's where we're going to go in a minute. So we've departed Virginia Water towards London. As I said we're not actually going to London. We're going to Waveridge. So at the moment we're on the up line. That's the down line next to me there. There's a posh housing estate in there. I don't know if we're going to see it. There's a tower beyond these houses and that was built purely just to be seen by travelers from the railway. I believe that there is there. The light's not helping but I believe that was built by Thomas Holloway. Of course not far from here is Royal Holloway University. So we're now, I think it's down a bit of a hill to here. You can see there's once a siding there and the sidings are usually level. I came here last year, December last year. So Nigel Gressley passed through. You want to see that I've looked at links to be announced. Nigel is really stormed through this station because to find up the bank. Yeah so that is a siding and that it's hard to see here but the siding we level the line drops down. So at this point we've now stopped here. The driver is going to have to walk to the other end of the train. So he or she will, I expect they'll walk through the train. I doubt they're going to put a high vis on and go on to the track but keep a lookout. So there's no trains running on that train. Maybe the old engineering train. So as the bus was going to Houndslow. So basically that line's out of action. The Windsor line is out of action. When you get to Houndslow you'd be able to catch a train into London. Or you could alternatively go the way I'm going via Waybridge where you'd be able to change trains and travel up to London. That way. I think we're booked to sit here for quite a while. So I'm just going to sit and look out at that housing stake because it's probably about the time I'm ever going to sit on the train here for any amount of time then soon. We'll continue on back towards Virginia Water. The driver just walked through the train so he's now down that end. There's a few confused passengers not quite sure what's going on. I'm wondering why we're stopping at Virginia Water. Twice I've sort of saw a few people talking about what's going on. Anyway so we're going to wait now. We're going to go that way. I suppose we've got to wait for signal although I can't see there's much to wait for because you can only really have one train in here at time. So if we don't go nothing can you can't do the same manoeuvre in the opposite direction because you can't use the track there. You can't use the down line to do this manoeuvre. It's to wait. The point is that's just got to wait to to go back the other way. As I was saying I think it is unique like hearing calling it Virginia Water. Virginia Water Jersey to hear the same station twice and many people on the train if you had got on at Reading or Ascot or wherever you'd have heard that we're going to call it Virginia Water twice. The other thing I think is quite funny is that some people insist on facing forwards. Maybe they don't feel a hundred percent if they're going backwards. So it's going to confuse a few people in a minute. Anyone who I mean they're not going to have much problem with moving seats because you can see there's not many others about two other people in this carriage. I was at Evely the other day and I was on the train and they reverse. The train was going from Norwich to Liverpool. I was heading towards Peterborough and there was a table and two ladies got on and they sat down and they said I cannot stand traveling backwards on a train and I said to them well you need to sit the other way. They never said no but the train's coming this way. I said yeah it came in that way it reverses. So trains do reverse on their journey. That's not unusual and that confuses people who don't like going back was another example if you want to take a train up from Norwich to sharing them you'll reverse it. So we're going to reverse in a moment or go forward towards Virginia Water for the second time today. So we're moving we're heading back towards Virginia Water. I was just thinking as we sat here I wonder what would happen if you turned up at the ticket office and said can I buy a return or even a single to Virginia Water. You know you just wanted to get on the train and do this journey. I somehow don't think that ticket exists but I wonder what they'd say that either say no or they'd say I don't know would they just say go and have the ride because you're not actually going anywhere so you don't need to pay. Maybe I don't know do they sell platform tickets. Virginia Water has now got ticket barriers. I've never bought a platform ticket at Virginia Water. Whenever I've come here I've either been traveling or or I just asked the staff nicely and he's let me on. So we've just done this cross-off because that's a rare bit of track for any track rush just it's a rare bit of track and we're now coming back into the state. So that's the line we were on a moment ago and then we're going to turn left in a second into Virginia Water and call here for a second time. I can think of another similar example. When I was little once we went on a train up to Scotland and the train passed through Doncaster on the fast line then reversed into the platform so it passed through the station and then stopped so but it didn't call it twice. There's a view of the station the light is not helping and there's the new station. There used to be an old footbridge across there. That train yeah it still sat there so that one that came in empty stock looks like it's now forming trains ready. Interestingly most people seem to be a lot of people or very few people getting on there so whether they've all just arrived they might have just come off a bus thinking about it say for Megan or somewhere or did they just all choose to get on the train the second time it called here. I'm not too sure so we're now on that very sharp curve where the line turned off so as I said it's like a a v-shaped station Virginia Water. The one thing I'm going to try and show you now I don't know how well it's going to work and is the old side of the triangle because there's a bridge so if you drive along the road that passes under the... Good morning we are now on Virginia Water. This train is for Waybridge calling at Chertsey, Alduston and Waybridge where we are scheduled to arrive at 11.03 We're departing this station at 10.49. Next stop on the service is Chertsey. So when we depart we will see that. So it's interesting when there was no announcement until we arrived here and I've just seen there's quite a few people who have got off here so some people who and I'm going to do this later on some people have come from Reading Ascot directions seem to have stayed on the train for the extra time on the train. Now when I come back here I'm not going to get off work beyond that side. I could get off there but I'm not going to do the ride just you know because it's novel and you can and it's unusual. You don't normally get to do you know these things. This is just what I like. So it's about five minutes now till the train goes so I'm going to sit here wait to go and when we go I'll try and point out the bridge on that triangle. Now here we go we're now departing Virginia Water so we're going to try and see that bridge. I appreciate the sun's messing us about a bit but let's try and spot the first side, form the third side of the triangle. So there's a road in a minute so that's all sort of just woodland. I don't think you can get into that. I do want to try and get onto that side of the triangle but I couldn't. Right we're going over the road now have a look. You can just see see there's the road bridge. Not easily that easy to see because there's all the bodily areas in the way but here is where the junction would have been. So if I haven't taken that side of the triangle out I probably wouldn't have made this video if the trains could have bypassed Virginia Water and the replacement buses would have probably continued to Ascot and people would have called the trains there. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this video. Thank you very much for watching. Please do feel free to like, subscribe and comment. It's Easter Sunday by the way hence the engineering work so happy Easter to everyone watching. Thank you very much for watching. Enjoy your Easter.


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