Thanks for coming today to raising the security bar with garter You probably wonder what garter is and we're going to talk about that in the next few minutes here My name is Mark Schrockscher, and I'm the open source security lead at media current And what what that means is I get pointed to a lot of client security concerns or questions kind of monitor the security issues that come out on each Wednesday and other times on Drupal.org as advisories and Try to keep up with all the latest news and security and what's happening with that. It's it's a it keeps me busy But I've had a lot of roles over the years including IT and DevOps and Had had a chance to manage at times and done development. So had a lot of fun doing all those over the years again, I work at media current and We we build websites and applications that are enterprise level and they We've got a lot of great Drupal talent at media current and do a lot of fun But we were known for Drupal, but we also have UX and strategy and design and lots of other areas And and security being something that's a focus at this point, too So today kind of wanted to start out with a little bit of an agenda of what we're covering and this is mirrored on the Program page on the Baltimore site We're gonna cover. What is garter you may wonder Why use garter like why would why would you want to use this thing and what what makes it better than just rolling your own distribution or Just downloading and installing or using composer to install for d8 and a little bit of demonstration And then we'll talk about how to contribute So I think that would be remiss to not talk about contribution and I need help. Thank you So let's talk about what is garter So garter's a Drupal distribution and that is a combination of modules and projects and settings to Basically enhance Drupal security So we'll get into some philosophy on garter in just a minute Which I think is real important so that you kind of have an understanding like what you would get with garter and why that's important but The idea is that you this is a baseline that you could start a brand-new Drupal site with you're gonna get Drupal core and you're Gonna get some hardening tools for security And some additional settings that aren't default in Drupal So and a lot of this is geared towards and we'll talk a little bit about that shortly But they're geared towards the security requirements and controls that enterprises fall under so we'll kind of get into some of those but There's the project page. So you can check it out And we'll go from there. There's also a we'll talk about that in a minute But there's a garter core module that is a part of the distro that gets pulled in and controls all the settings So a little bit about the philosophy of garter One of the one of the key philosophy points that we have is the CI information security triad So a lot of times I've heard folks talk about security and they they think about maybe malware they think about You know viruses or or I need to patch a Drupal module. That's security. That's and that those are components, but there's also You know confidentiality of information, you know, are we securing databases and securing content and things like that? integrity is part of this triad is our database schemas consistent are the As a database moving between environments, you know, is everything going to All the columns and the settings and all that for databases and for other data models kind of gonna stay consistent And and not lose data for some reason that kind of thing. So and then lastly availability So probably the biggest availability Type related security thing you may hear about in the news and that sort of thing Denial of service attacks, but there's a lot more to availability like how about Engine X stain up and running that's an availability thing So those are all to me in the security Umbrella and things that we kind of will look at for garter so another Another nice reference. Oh wasp has a top-ten most critical web application risks And so these are some of the other items that that we like to That we like to kind of monitor for garter and make sure that it You know make sure that we're looking at all of these types of Security issues that can happen and you'll recognize a lot of these from security advisories And I encourage you to read those when they come out It is interesting and ask questions if you ever have questions about those. It's not it's good to know What you know, it's good to learn about security through the advisories, you know Why are we having a security update for a module or core? You know what's behind it? What was the vulnerability? That's that's a that's the thing you can dig into and so so some of these show up on those advisories, but But these there's also some other other interesting Items here and so I'll post the slides and get those out there, but You can watch past some references and you can check out those links and read all about Details on what these mean and and that sort of thing, but but we're gonna move on a Little bit into how modules are selected for garter so again garter is a distribution and it's and we'll kind of show how To install garter and how to get it running but a key component is the modules that go into garter and From a security standpoint, we want to make sure that we don't just grab every Module that just looks handy for security or you know, it looks nice and just included in something like this so So we want to be real careful about what we include in garter and these are some of the Some of the philosophy items around that so does the module fulfill a part of the CIA information tribe We talked about this triad and That is a that is a check we kind of look for Does it address one of the old boss top 10 issues? You know, it may not that's fine But it's something that you can kind of kind of use that to to evaluate also Is there a previous experience of the module? This kind of gets into you know who maintains the module and how is it maintained as their activity and issue cues? It the same kinds of things you would evaluate in the Is the so there's there's a there's an idea in security of attack surface So as we include more modules and more libraries and more components into our builds and our projects every one of those contain lines of code that can then Possibly have security issues so This is this is why you hear a lot of security folks and others and maybe lead architects who just like hey I know that module is handy, but there's not enough value in it and and we just don't want to include a lot of extra modules and That sort of thing so we really want to only include modules if it really provides a lot of key value and not just put it in there for For for just just because it's like there's someone thinks it's okay, but And the last one is a little tricky, but we also look at stable release and and this one is Is it is important, but it's good to say is there stable release? Where's it at? Is there progress towards a stable release? And and there's been a lot of discussion about this recently in the community and and I love seeing that so so, you know encourage encourage everyone to Work and to help contribute to to move modules that are important to community into stable releases so that they are covered by the security advisory policy So what would what to expect after installation of garter so what's gonna happen here? We install garter what happens, so you're gonna have a fully working Drupal installation, so that's good check All right The next thing is it's based on the standard Drupal install profile That's a current decision because it's kind of easy and that's probably what most people install with Drupal out of the box Unless they write a custom install profile Although we do tweak a few things along the way there, but and Then you're gonna have some additional you're gonna have the garter modules that are needed to be enabled on install Those are gonna be enabled some modules are including garter and they're left disabled and there's a reason for that We don't need to turn on every module, but the module may be there for a purpose may be for auditing You know, maybe it's something that not every site We feel like every site doesn't need but many sites Might need and we want garter to kind of recommend those best practices a good example in in the Drupal 7 version of garter is Two-factor authentication and we really highly recommend using two-factor authentication How many people use two-factor in some some way now? So if you're not familiar with that that's that's a method and it works You can use that with a Google and Apple and a lot of web sites use it now but it's a way where you log in with your password and then you're prompted for You may get a text message with a code or you may use something like Google authenticator or duo And then you can you'll get another code there that you'll ask be asked to put in it's a one-time code so So that's definitely a recommendation example for that and and then the and I think the most important thing that garter offers is the Recommended settings that garter provides now these settings are based upon a number of security standards and We'll get into some of that in a second, but but those the settings Mean that we're not just installing every module included in garter just default we're providing settings that are kind of embedded by security professionals and that sort of thing and And that that's a that's a great item that we could really use input on So if you help with guard we'll talk about that in the contribution but if you help with garter in any way and contribute love to have some input on the settings that we use and and documentation that points back to What recommendation someone might have like password policies and things like that? So why why do we use garter? We've kind of covered some of that loosely, but this is kind of the broad one security is hard and that's It's it's late in the afternoon, but that that's a fence that it's locked but you can walk around it so but it's But security is hard. I mean it's it's It's a challenge. We spend a lot of time on it as developers as system administrators and all that it's You know, it's it's a continuous challenge So any tools that we can use in any systems and processes and standards that we can use to make it easier is Really key really important so while security is hard and while you can lock down sites and secure them and And do those sorts of things. It's also there's also a balancing act along the way here you're balancing between you know security and usability and It makes it makes it very challenging So there's some organizations that just have they have to have extreme security controls in place And that's just the way it is there You know, there could be a government regulations could be financial sector regulations and that is You know, there's really that's all that's all they can do But also just because even if you have a personal website that you're running on Drupal or a small business website That maybe has no PCI compliance issues. It's it's could be you know, mostly informational there's no reason not to think about security on any website and I've heard people say this is important.  It's brochure where we don't need security Well, there's lots of reasons that that people could argue that down And you know one of them is if you're on a shared host and you don't Secure your which shared hosting is a is a is another challenge But let's say you're on a shared host a small website and you don't update, you know Drupal core you don't update modules when security releases come out Though that Drupal site can become a vector then to not only have someone access into the server your site But also to access other sites on the server. So you we put each other at risk about working together and I think I think this is kind of interesting and it kind of Usually makes management swallow a little harder when they see numbers like this, but you know, this this is It's not that, you know, I don't want to you know, don't want to Be up here and scare people but there there are realities There's costs to when you don't take serious security seriously And still things can happen when you do take security seriously, but at least you're prepared and you've got processes to deal with any issues hopefully that come up these these are some of the security standards and certifications and controls that that garter pulls a lot of philosophy and controls from so you may recognize some of these and I bet You know if folks in the room we probably have higher ed government You know financial sector folks that work in those you'll notice some of these you'll recognize some of these some of these You may not recognize but others you will because you have to you see these come through and tickets and issues and questions So I want to talk a second here on Drupal 7 garter Drupal 7 garter still supported. It has a stable release We have folks that are out there that use it and rely on it it is It will continue to have support as long as Drupal 7 is supported and through LTS and that roadmap and But it will have limited feature releases So we want to kind of keep it stable and not make a lot of changes at this point Well, we I welcome issues and the community that works on it would love to have any contribution that that's out there still but But we all we do want to kind of keep that stable and and we're working harder on the Drupal 8 Components now, so we'll kind of jump into more of a Drupal 8 specific mode Does anybody interested in Drupal 5? garter That woke everybody up. Okay. You guys are paying attention. That's that's good. We did not have Drupal 5 garter, but So I Could I would be remiss if I didn't mention Drupal 8 gives you Better security out of the box So even without garter and I and I argue garter infuse it even more Drupal 8 is really nice from security standpoint so these are some items that that you just get out of the box you install Drupal 8 and Again, I don't want to misconstrue that that means that you're secure and you can walk away and everything's fine Security is more complicated in that but you get all these things. These are improvements Enhancements from Drupal 7 so I and I don't want to say that Drupal 8 is not secure. Drupal 8 is secure It's a fine system. There's always things you need to do enhance and improve and and sometimes you have controls and requirements That you just have to meet so that's kind of what we're addressing so Drupal 8 garter so so This is really right now for new Install so you're starting a brand new site But there's some work being done now And on actually including garter and settings in existing Drupal 8 installs. I'm real excited about that Well, we'll see it work if it works how well it works But one of the one of the requests that came up a lot in Drupal 7 garter was how can I add garter to an existing Drupal 7 site? So Drupal 8 makes things a lot easier to add To to I believe to add garter later on to an existing Drupal 8 site, and I'm really excited about that and So more to moral come on that But we're building on top of Drupal 8 security enhancements So we've been we've had a development release in it and up until today But I'd like to announce that we have alpha one out now. So So We say yeah so And thanks for everybody's helped on that along the way So that's that is exciting So we're gonna have continued support new feature releases and and and because it's it's based and install is Through composer you can use composer install and update processes as you would following It's pretty much same instructions on other Drupal projects to to handle and work with garter So as far as security features One of the things that is kind of neat is some recommended core configuration settings And this is done in the garter core module through Config factory and so we're we are basically We move and we did this in seven we move we're logging watchdog if watchdog is used We move it to keep in a million entries if you keep a thousand entries as the default for Drupal That that can work, but that that makes it really hard to audit. It's a it's a shallow log can be Obviously it can get even worse if you have a lot of php errors and things like that So it's good to keep systems always check those errors and make sure those logs are clear Because they can they can make it hard to find problems Along the way so some account settings we we force Administrators as the only folks who can register new accounts We we turn off personal contact for contact form for new users and the So for updates update notifications We're checking updates for uninstalled modules and themes. I think that's kind of nice But that is part of your tax service As you remember probably I think last year there was an update There was an update to coder from a right that That it did not have to be enabled and that can happen So those types of situations just because the modules is in your code base and not enabled does not necessarily mean there could be a vulnerability down the road that That could be used And so we're also setting email notifications threshold as a start to only security updates This is something that could be changed all these settings could still be altered afterwards and saved to config if somebody needs to make Changes on top of this that's fine But we look at that like if you are doing daily notifications or something like that on your site And obviously a lot of us handle that if you know these reports differently in different environments But if you're relying on the built-in update process You know You may have some releases that are a few Behind that are just bug releases and and I really would like to see notifications really focus on security In that but that can be changed So some modules that we're using we're using a password policy module And that that allows us to set a standard password requirements for users And Drupal has some nice built-in features to talk about if passwords are stronger or weak and some recommendations But this this makes it where you can comply with security controls in an organization an organization says we've decided This is the password policy, and this is what it should be and So that's that's a good one login security module allows us to handle brute force attacks and and say After three attempts, I believe are set to three attempts right now in seven and So after three attempts then that account is blocked and that's a recommendation because that's a requirement by a lot of the Security controls that we've reviewed it might turn out that that's a bit You know a bit much for your your instance, and you can change that to something else But I think keeping an eye on brute force attacking is good Drupal also has some built-in help with brute force attacking also In addition this just sits on top of that so mass password reset this is an example of a module that we don't enable but There there can be times when a site you need to you need to reset all the passwords on a site at one time and there's been some some recent reasons to do that and there's been reasons in the past to do it so That's what this module does. It's there. It's a recommended garter module for that you enable it I highly recommend this is one of those things you enable in a testing environment. You test it Make sure it works because it is going to reset everybody's password Session management, this is a important item. So we're using automated log out so we garter recommends a 15 minute log out and a lot of a lot of people Will go. Oh, no, that's that's too much. You know, that's I want users to stay logged in, you know for two weeks or a week That's okay. If you're not under security controls a dictate it, but there are there are there are requirements a lot of organizations Absolutely have to have logouts force logouts after that that time. So again, those are settings. It can be changed garter though sets these up for you session limit allows us to Limit the number session so that you can't be logged in to the Drupal site for multiple instances using the same account We don't we really don't want people to share accounts. I think all of us understand that but you know It's convenient. Sometimes users like to share you just use my account and you can log in, you know from home or whatever and This helps this helps eliminate that and some other issues This is this is the security kit module is is a module that provides kind of a number of Items that that help with enhancing a click jacking and Some cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and it also Content security policy it has some controls for that Which is a little more intense on setup We don't we don't engard or dictate that those settings because that's very particular to a website setup But we like to have security kit offered so that that's available As far as system monitoring auditing logging those types of things we're using login history module And that that lets us track every login that happens with IP address date and time that kind of thing And and I would say there's a number of This is a great point of contribution anybody that wants to help the community there in the seven version garter I have a lot of logging modules that do logging of all kinds of things and many of those are not updated Drupal 8 yet, so if you would help want to help us something and some of them are fair This would be great entry points for folks who want to contribute Logging logging important things like when roles change and things like that that that that can be really really useful So love to have help We're including the security review module. It's disabled, but this is a way to run a report and see Is the site configured properly that sort of thing And again, it's disabled because a lot of us have environments where we have other tools to do this type of check Additional features the diff module The diff modules handy for a number of reasons including checking diffs of content things like that and then redirect 403 to user login This was this allows us if if let's say automatic automated log out times you out logs you out But your URL is still set to a log, you know a path that a route that has to be logged in has to be authenticated When you try to access it, it's it's going to redirect to the to the login page letting you log in and it Take you back to that original route and username enumeration prevention this this This module is one to prevent and I'm trying to explain this And it may not prevent all the cases because there's lots of places this can happen but the goal is to work towards preventing places where a User who shouldn't be able to find lists of all the user names on a on a site access to those so there was a famous Hack years ago where someone went into to a system telecommunications company and they basically Enumerated all the users and we're able to Gain access and figure out logins and who was using a system just just for the fact that they had all those user names, so that's So this is one where you really you really don't want people being able to list users and take that data That's that's some information disclosure that we don't want to have So as far as demonstration garter we build garter with composer, so we download it we run composer install If you are including garter in another which you can't include garter in another build right now if you're starting from scratch You just require garter with composer, but But it's pretty simple. We just Run composes and composer install And do that so I had to have a I wasn't gonna run composer in here Live and I imagine folks can figure out why so here's a screenshot. It works and try it So here's an easy way to install garter if you want to if you want to check it out install garter and try it You can clone the project You can change director any garter run composer install and then you can run drush quick Drupal I still call it quick Drupal. I think it may be called something else now, but it's still aliased and this is a great way By the way quick Drupal is a fantastic way to quickly test and run Drupal and try some things out on an instance and you don't have to have a full environment running So kind of a You know to her side here of things So I mentioned, you know, how great quick Drupal was But I've got a Drupal VM set up and I'm gonna install garter with Drupal VM Then I have set up so And this is my setting for that And do not make your username admin do not make your username at your password admin That is for example here and is a poor example at that So I just want to point that out. This does not say doesn't that mean you should do that As a matter of fact, that's an important thing while we let this load here you A lot of times just you shouldn't even include the word admin or administrator in your your main UID 1 account Make it something completely different something arbitrary. That's hard to guess real important. We're just about done here and See if we can load it up not quite yet. There we go So, you notice it looks like it looks like Drupal 8. Yeah, so a couple of things here if we go to reports If we go to Available updates, we'll see some things here and that was not loading. I'm gonna actually Kick off to to our module list anyway. I want to hit this first So if we scroll down through our modules You'll notice that we have some garter. Here's garter core. This is what drives The config for garter That we recommended settings that we talked about but here here are some of the security modules, you know, some are enabled some or not so that's in there you'll see that and Yeah, so here's reports So under reports we have login history. There's an example kind of what login history gives us And also under available updates You'll notice that it's I'm not getting back out. I guess to the Internets so it's not getting the data, but it's it's checking all installed modules and there's the uninstalled and And under settings here we can see that we're only getting security updates and the check for that So there's some examples of the configuration, but it's it's not it's not real exciting is it? But but the the nice thing is you've got your you still have your base You're still gonna build from this world anyway But you know that you have a lot of security settings on top of what's already there to make it even better and So those are some of the some of the components and I want mention The roadmap here so It looks like I'm trying to connect. Let's see if we can hop on another connection here So so as far as roadmap items We are gonna continue to work through The Drupal 7 the Drupal 8 crosswalk plan which is documented on the site on the project page and That's kind of showing us all the projects and seven and what we plan to do for a we're gonna evaluate more Core config and see where we can harden those settings better Really want to add the ability to add a add guard to existing eight installs And really need a lot of documentation help so another way to contribute right there to the project and While we're talking about contribution, how do we contribute? First of all, I really want to thank all the organizations Classic graphics and media current and all the others who have contributed a lot of individuals over the years You guys are amazing and all that and and it's it's awesome to see people You know it feels good to see people pop in folks You don't even know and you meet through the project and that's a lot of fun So I encourage people to contribute to Drupal just because of that It's still such a neat thing to see and I did want to thank the Drupal security team everything they do because that Helps us an awful lot. We learn an awful lot. This is something by the way most Be careful here not name and names, but many many other open source projects do not have anything like this This is a big deal. So People ask why would we use Drupal? This say this especially to enterprise folks that is that is a huge deal So how can you help we've talked about most most of this writing documentation? Supporting garter users. There's people that have questions and need help testing patches and updates developing new features and As far as how to get involved So we've got the issue queue there's our documentation node It still needs to be migrated to the new documentation system. So any help there would be awesome and And we're on Drupal garter on IRC. We've also got us and Drupal slack We've got a slack channel for garter. So, you know, I'm hanging out there, too So feel free to jump in there and and follow us on Twitter Where we post some security related info and and updates And I definitely want to open it up for questions. That's that's what I have so does anybody have any questions this point? Thank you. Did you have a question? Okay. Who's ready to install garter? Benji So if it's mostly a collection of modules and some configuration What's holding up a full release for for Drupal 8 or or is it more than that? Can you repeat that if it's more than just is it more than just a collection of other Contributed modules and some additional configuration. Is it more than that or if it is just that what's holding up a full release for Drupal 8? so good question and and I think the one thing to mention is that That I think the settings are the important aspect of garter That you know and that is exactly what it is You nailed it the settings are the real key piece because we could take we could all just take those List of modules so we get a post that on blog posts and just start including them That's been done lots of these blog posts are out there, but the settings are what's important and What's what's actually holding up any further release at this point is I would like to get a Feature not not Drupal feature. I would like a feature for the project I would like to include to allow you to add this to an existing Drupal 8 install so before we hit Further, you know following kind of release management here. I want to and before we would get to You know betas and release came and I really don't want to be adding some major feature like that And I think that will be the last major piece that we want to have before we release a stable release and that'll get us there But but I think that's real important because it's so many people have asked for that How do I add it to a project and what's more important than that not just add all this stuff to an existing project because here's What's going to happen a new project with garter you What's going to happen in my my opinion? We'll see what happens when people submit into the issue queue But I think what's going to happen is if we just said you can add it now to an existing project And it if it tried to add config and do things as a 16 site It might cause problems and so what we want to do is have a way so that you can go into garter core and just Check off the components you want to actually use So be real specific because maybe password policy is all they need we want to garter password policy We want auto log out some session management, but we don't want Maybe maybe we don't want those core settings change. Maybe we don't want some other things We I want to I want to set it up so that so only certain components can be checked off and added So I'm thinking that I might install something like this on an existing site And then do a config export and do a get diff and review what's changed in my configuration directory But you want something that's a little more user-friendly than that. Is that the idea? Yeah, exactly I want to follow the kind of Drupal's philosophy. We all love command line probably in this room being more Maybe security developers. I don't know who's represented here, but but I still like Drupal's philosophy of allowing some easy UI Config still available and that feels like a core Drupal philosophy over the years Good question Anyone else? Are you working at all with like aqueer or pantheon, you know, because when you install from pantheon They they've added some of their own customization as well to core Yeah, and you were asking about the pantheon Changes that they make to the drops branch for instance and how that works Yeah, this is That's a good that's a good question. I haven't really looked into that at this point and I don't think he bills on the team has but It's definitely something that that would be worth considering. I don't That might be another reason why we would want to be able to add to an existing site in that case I Don't I see that being more of a thing to to look at with the pantheon side and maybe with aquee We wouldn't need to really worry with it any changes. It could use garter as is But you could maybe follow that that this add-on idea With with pantheon you would have to do all the drops release You know changes they make in the core In additions and then and then you could that's why I really kind of want to get this other bit in there Because then you could just apply that selective editions and it should I think it'll work. I mean Yeah, it's not there yet, but a good question. I want to take notes on that. Yes So this is wonderful, so I'm so impressed that my question is like is there any part of the guard core module that we can use like With the existing group of installation right now like just using the module. That's a fantastic question I really wish I put that in a presentation. I will add it for next time, but I'll answer you now because you asked and it's awesome Um, this is something this is that's something that's been asked before and So garter I kind of feel like can be an academic Thing too. So, you know, and I'm I think it's great open source. That's what it's about, right? We'd like to dive into the code look at the code. How's it done? So there's absolutely no problem if you Go go look at garter core for the settings. Go look at garter the distro And you can you can that's what I've had to recommend to Drupal 7 users who want to add Garter things to Drupal 7 sites that exist All I can offer right now is to say You can go and install the modules and then you can look at the config and then manually config those settings you know we looked a long time at using features, but then we knew that they would get overridden and So so we didn't really we never really finished a solution for it, but but again Drupal 8 just for example putting the modules installing modules back in the Web group modules as a fan is great that helps that actually helps this this project a lot where those modules live So good question Anyone else good question? This is this is not in for you know, two fifteen three fifteen in afternoon. Amazing Have you looked at adding any encryption modules? Yeah So on the roadmap we've got we do have some encryption modules Listed as something that's on the crosswalk plan. So we had I think we had some I think there's there may be one in seven I'm not positive But but it's something I would definitely consider I'd love some input though I get really concerned when we talk about anything encryption and signing off and saying this is okay Because I start to worry that then people start to use that and and if I'm and I'm really concerned when I see people who try to write their own cryptography so I'm not that smart at math To do that and lots of smart smart people are at math that do cryptography. So So yeah, so I would I'd love to hear input On folks who do know and say this this module is is a good one to use for inclusion and I know there's been a few of So so that's that would be great I think and it's something that frankly enterprise clients ask for they need to encrypt and you know encryption at rest on databases That's that's a big issue also and that gets into infrastructure and in a another contribution point that would be fantastic is That I'd like to see some documentation for garter that says here are some additional recommendations that can help with infrastructure Recommendations and some maybe guide points and also Where it works out. I really want to put non garter recommendations, but a garter recommendations that can be That the community agrees on Quoting quote agrees on at least you know people don't argue about it too much But if we can get some Some of that going I'd love to see any of the general security things that come out of garter actually get Not in the garter documentation, but actually post it in the main security docs on Drupal because I think there's more visibility People are gonna find that quicker than the other so That's awesome One quick thought just more a comment than a question about if you're looking at How to evaluate encryption modules if you see any sign that the module author implemented the math Don't use the module So you said implemented math you were commenting about it's hard to evaluate the math in encryption and I agree I got you as a non-cryptologist. I Much of that math is outside my skill set Anytime I see sign of the algorithm being in the module. I'm done Because the chances they got it right are so slim Versus if they're using an underlying library Yes, out of PHP itself or some others more reliable source that For me, that's the end of evaluating the module the oh AES is actually in here. We're done We're done except is it implemented is AES implemented correctly Well, that's my point is no If it's in the module, yeah, my assumption is no it is not yeah, and so as soon as I find it Then I'm done. It doesn't mean it is done correctly, but it means it is almost certainly done wrong Yeah Yeah, it's it's over that that's a good point. That's that's really valid So any other questions? These are some great questions. I really appreciate that This gives me great ideas to kick off on next rounds of work and issues And my screen saver finally kicked on so that that may be the answer to that. Well, I appreciate everybody Coming today, and I'll be glad to answer any other questions up here The very nice Useful so the funny about this project is this is not a heavy-duty coding But this is this is a distribution. So it's on it's a little bit of a box Some of the coding has to do more with the configuration So it's not it's not it's had mirrors They're super intense I appreciate it and it or a hit the issue cube One of you self even on documentation verify that Give like on that one slide even work there. They are what I say. They are or that they make sense We make assumptions Forget Thank you so much Okay


Hi everyone, I'm Joe for jazby's casebreaks.com coming at you with a one box break, a really nice product, 2023 Tops Definitive Baseball. Pick your team 19. Loose boxes as it was mentioned in the description. The next one box break is already loaded up, so one of these will be break 19 for this break and another one is loaded up already. We don't see any more definitive in our shop, so that might be it for the time being. Big thanks to everybody here on a Thursday for getting in on it. Chris Norville putting in a lot of work, thanks to him, thanks to everybody for participating. So Chris gets triple last spot mojo there. He got what angels, Mets and Giants before we pull the remaining spots out for those random number blocks. And we did that in a different video, but here are the results and you can go see the the random number block video if you want to see the randomizer at work for full transparency. Keep that list right next to me here. And we'll roll the die, we'll see which box we're going to do. 1, 2, 3 for the left side, 4, 5, 6 for the right side. 6, right side. So this side we will save for pick your team 20 in the store now, jazby'scasebreaks.com. All right, now for pick your team 19. Good luck. Forget if that's a relic on the bottom or if it's a hit on the bottom, but we'll find out. All right, good luck everybody. And thank you again for knocking this out. On top is Matt Olson. Nice, two-color patch. Autograph low number 8 out of 10. Steve Locke with the Braves. Really clean design of the way this looks. Next up is Vaughn Grissom. Another brave. 13 out of 50. Another one for Steve Locke. And we have Roger Clemens. Rocket Roger Clemens 31 out of 40 for Boston. That'll be for Chris and the Red Sox. Game use memorabilia. And we have the wizard, Ozzie Smith 18 out of 25.  Chris with the Cardinals. Legendary autograph collection. And we have a nice Anthony Volpe autograph. 4 out of 10. Great rookie auto. Chris with the Yankees. That's the sort of stuff we want to see. And we have a dual autograph. Barry Larkin Joey Votto 25 out of 35. That is Chris with the Reds. Nice great penmanship for both of these guys. Awesome. All right, couple more here. Yeah, bottom two are Relics. 22 out of 30. Blake Snell. Those city connect uniforms really pop. I like that. Chris with the Padres. And the last one here is a one-of-one and it's an autograph. Wow. It's the big hurt Frank Thomas. That's Chris with the White Sox out of 5 and I'm to get the train whistle. And trust me, she'll like it too. All aboard. That's nice. That's it. Thanks everybody. Listen, we've got another one box break of definitive loaded up. So if you missed out on your teams the first time, get them. If you're watching live, we've got that diamond icons down to its last filler. So let's try to get in on that before the night is out. Jasper'scasebrace.com. I'm Joe. I'll see you next time for the next baseball break.


Think Tech Away, Civil Engagement lives here. Ms. Rwena from Philippines. Yes. She's here with us at Lucky Plaza. This is a place of congregation for foreign domestic workers during their weekly day off in Singapore. Being that over 250,000 domestic workers are here in Singapore, the Ms. 1 in 5 household in Singapore has a foreign help. We'd like to speak to Rwena today to find out how her life is here in Singapore. Welcome to the show, Rwena. Thank you, ma'am. Now, Rwena, how long have you been in Singapore? I've been working here for 10 years. 10 years? Yes. Have you always been with the same employer? No. Since 2008, I already had a fourth employer. This is the fourth employer that I have. Okay. So was it your choice to go from one employer to the next? Was there a time contract for each time? Yes. Actually, when it's my first time here, I work with an Indian family, which is four years, no, five years. Would that sing for a family? Yes. Sing for a family? Yes. They are personal residents here. And then after that, after five years, I decided to look for a foreign employer. So I met my Australian employer. So they have one child. He is a baby boy. Then I worked with them for eight months, because after eight months, they went for good in Hong Kong. At that time, they wanted me to go with them, but I refused to go just because of some reasonable thing. So I stay in Singapore after that. They introduced me with their friends at the same condo. That was the Dakota condo. Then I worked with the British family. They have one baby girl. She is one year old, and then I worked with them like eight months. After that, they went for good in UK. After they went for good, then my mom posted me on Facebook to look for another family to work with. So we found a finished employer. So I worked with them for two years. And you'll stay with them today? No, no, no. I finished my contract with them last March 14. Then after that, I decided to find another employer again because I looked after two kids. They are both boys, very active boys. So the older one is three years old. The second one is one year and four months. I'm the one who looked after sin's birth. Oh wow. So the older one is like one year and five months that time when I joined with them. So it's like very, very, it's been very tough to look after them and then doing household chores. It's not easy for me. Now going back to the first employer, why did you leave your first employer? Was it just to try working for other employers? No, because since they are Indian, it's difficult because I'm working. I start my work like seven o'clock in the morning until 12 midnight. Oh my goodness. So I don't have enough time to sleep which makes my health not easy. Right. I always feel uneasy until then I realize that myself is going like a bit, I'm always getting sick. So it was a long working hours that prompted you to look for another employer. Did you get any day off with the first employer?  Like every day you must have two work, no rest day. Was that before Singapore made the law that the domestic workers got to have a day off? Yes, before the law came in. Before, yes. But some agencies they won't allow you to work. Even the rules must take one rest day per week. But the agency they never follow the rules. So for three years you were working from seven to twelve? Yes, yes, that's right. Did you have any children? I have two. I'm a widow with two children. I mean the first family. Did they have any children? Yes, the first one they had two girls. I see. Like four years old and eleven months when I joined with them. So going to the second family, did things improve? Did you get a day off? Yes, because I got every week off day, every Sunday and public holiday. And then every twice a year they always send me to Philippines to visit my family. Oh, that's very nice. And they pay for your way back? Yes, of course. Oh, that's very nice. That's the second family, right? And that's the one that went to Hong Kong? Yes, ma'am. Oh, okay. And the third family? The third family is British. They're also very good. Same, same. What all the rules that we had with my Australian family? Same. Yes, just the same.  So since your second employer, you get a day off every week? Yes, same as every week and also public holiday. And my British employer, if once they're coming back from work, then they will take over with the baby girl and then they will let me go and relax. Natana, what made you come to Singapore to seek work? What made you decide to come to Singapore to look for a job? Because I'm a widow with two kids, so it's not easy to finance them.  How old are your children? The older one is 23 years old now. Oh, you look so young. Thank you so much. And the second one is 13, 13 years old. 10 years apart. Yes, 10 years apart. So before you get to see them twice, you know? Yes, ma'am. Have they ever come to Singapore? No, but I'm planning to bring them to God's will. Now we look forward to seeing them. Yes, this is a great place. You know, even for big 13 or 23, this is a great place to visit. Share with us some of your job duties. What do you do besides taking after the kids? What else do you have to do at the heart? Do you do cooking? Do you do cleaning? No, in my present employer now, ma'am, I don't need to do cooking because they have one child. He's one year old, one year and four months, like 14 months, one year, three months, I guess. So my mom is a Canadian teacher and my sister also is working in the office. So they are both working. So me and the baby boy will stay at home. So the priority is the child. So does the cooking? I'm not doing the cooking. I just need to prepare the vegetables and then my mom will cook. When you say your mom, you mean the madam, right? Yes, the madam. So my job is quite very smooth. What about cleaning? Do you have to do all the cleaning in a house? Yes, ma'am. And then close ironing? Yes, ironing just once a week. Once a week? Yes, ma'am. Now when we talk about cleaning, is it deep cleaning that you just have to do by cleaning once a month? Is it day-to-day just maintaining? Because I want to maintain that the house is clean. So even my mom says you don't need to vacuum the floor every day. But I still need to do it because I want to maintain it clean. You take care of the work. Yes, yes. I think that's my habit already. Yeah, I don't want to sit. I don't want to sit. Nothing to do. My body is like... I feel not comfortable if I'm sitting. I always need to have work. Now having been in Singapore for 10 years, tell us what are some of the things that you like about being in Singapore when you do get time out to enjoy the country? Oh, I like Singapore because it's very safe.  You don't have any tension because even if you're walking alone, nobody will disturb you. So it means you are safe. Do you have friends here? Yes, I have some friends. When should you make these friends? In our condo, mom. In your condo? Yeah, yeah. In our condo. I just met them. I meet them every day eating lunch together, even dinner. We eat snacks together and then we always meet because we have every maid, every friend has their own baby. So we always go down to play morning and afternoon. So they have play days and then you have friends. Oh, that's wonderful. And weekends, you go out with your friends. Yes, mom. Now, you're working with a good family now. Have you heard of some of the horror stories from some of your other friends who might not be as fortunate as you are to be working for a good family? Do you have any not-so-good stories to share with us? You don't have to give us their names? No, I don't have. Sometimes I heard that the employer is not friendly. They don't have enough food to eat. Not enough food to eat? Yeah, not enough food, not enough time to rest. That's only the rumors that I heard from other parties. What about taking care of some of the kids? Have you heard stories where maybe the children are bullying the maids? No, I just sometimes I'm reading in a newspaper that some maids are... but not Filipino. In 100% maybe, no, one also. They are very lovely. Philippine helpers are very lovely. No, I mean the children are bullying the maids. Not the maids bullying the children here. They have cases, maybe other kids spoiled and they would order the maids. No, no, I never encountered. So even your friends, you didn't hear stories? Yes, mom, no, no. I didn't hear any stories about this thing. So how much longer do you intend on working in Singapore? I'm sorry? How much longer do you intend on staying here? Maybe I will stay here maybe more 10 years. Another 10 years? Yeah, because I have some other plans also for my family until I get some money for restart a new business. No, wonderful. Maybe yeah, maybe I'll stop. Maybe 10 years. And your youngest will be 23 by then. Yes, yes. Well, thank you so much right now. We're going to take a little shot right here and when we come back, we'll like to learn more about your life in Singapore. Thank you. Watch my show on Tuesdays for its own. I sang this song to you because I think you either are cool or have the potential to be seriously cool. And I want you to come watch my show where I bring in experts who talk all about easy strategies to be healthier, happier, build better relationships and make your life a success. So come sit with the cool kids at Out of the Comfort Zone on Tuesdays at 1. See you there. Aloha, I'm Kili Ikeena and I'm here every other week on Mondays at 2 o'clock p.m. on Think Tech Hawaii's Hawaii Together. In Hawaii Together we talk with some of the most fascinating people in the islands about working together. Working together for a better economy, government and society. So I invite you into our conversation every other Monday at 2 p.m. on Think Tech Hawaii Broadcast Network. Join us for Hawaii Together. I'm Kili Ikeena. Aloha. Welcome back to the show. This is Global Report. I'm your host, Oli Hong. We have with us today Ms. Rowena from Philippines who's here to share with us about her domestic working life here in Singapore. Now, Ms. Rowena, you mentioned you have two children in Philippines. Yes.  Oh, that's a very nice question. Actually it's a very difficult part of the parents to live our children. But, of course, you have to emphasize, you have to explain to them that if we will stay together and then nothing will happen, I cannot give them a brighter future. So they should understand that. Your younger child was only three years old at that time, right? Yeah, yeah.  How did you talk to them?  So while they were grown up and then I think my parents really slowly explained they will make him understand why I work abroad then while they grew up then they understand the fact that you're making a sacrifice. Yes. Now for your older child he was 13 years old at that time so you could actually talk to him. How did he handle it? Actually when I told him that I go abroad he doesn't like it. He says that better you stay here you can look at job here then you can find a job here so that we always be together. But I'm thinking if I will stay and work in Philippines I cannot earn money how much I can give every month it's not enough. Do you much sharing how much you make in Singapore as opposed to how much you will be making in Philippines? In Philippines when I work over there then I only earn like 7,000 5,000 like that. And a month's pesos? Yeah. How much is that in Singapore dollars? I think it's like 150. 150 dollars. Okay so that's about 120, 130 US dollars. And how much are you making in Singapore? When it's my first time to come I'm only earning like 13,000 14,000 it depends upon the rate of Singapore to Philippine peso until it's increasing and increasing. So that would be about 300, 400 Singapore to 300. 340 dollars. I start from 340 dollars salary per month. So that's about 300 US dollars? Yes. So until it becomes 400 then it increases again 500. Now how did you find a way to get here? Was there an agency there that helped you to find a job here? What was the process like? I have one neighbor who's working here like I think two years and then she finds agency for me here. It's like a direct hiring. But there are agencies in Philippines too, right? No, they don't have agencies. Yes, it's all here in Singapore. So I came here as a visit tourist visa and then they arrange all my documents here as a legal worker here in Singapore. So the process started when you came here as a visitor how long did it take to the day that you actually got employed? I think not even it's just weeks maybe like two weeks. Oh that's fast. Yes, because you cannot stay here longer time without any legal documents. And how much does this agency charge? Is it a percentage every month or is it a lump sum at the beginning? I think it's a lump sum month because I pay my one year time my one year service to the agency so I don't have any money for one year the whole year. You didn't have any income for a year? No, no. They took my one year service. Did they make that clear to you when you were hired? Did you know that? No, they said that I will pay just only for seven months. Seven months salary deduction but after that they again give another additional for three months. But what about the contract? Isn't it spelled out clearly in the contract when you sign a contract? Didn't they say it's only seven months? Yes, it was stated there in the contract that you will pay like seven months salary deduction but after seven months I don't know why they again they charge me more money. Now when you are filling in a contract did you get any help? I imagine English is not your first language so it's a little hard reading all the nitty gritty. Even for English speakers any contract with fine print Did they provide any translator? Did you get any help? No, no. So you have to just kind of go by what they said? I never even read my contract properly because my agent is quite very fussy like very strict. She cannot like to hold the contract or whatever. No, it's up to you. You just sign this one, send that one.  Did you have any recourse? Did you have any authorities? Did you know who you can go to to seek help? No, because if you are a first-timer then you don't have any coverage you don't have a fighting spirit to talk so I just keep quiet till I completely pay the whole year the one-year salary deduction. Because you were afraid you would lose the opportunity to work and you just kind of accept to that. Just because my employer, they are good so maybe if I finish my salary deduction then I get my every month salary then it should be fine. Now, suppose you encounter these kind of problems. Let's say your employer is not going to pay you next month or a month after. Do you know who you can go to to seek help? I've been here 10 years. Do you know who you can go to? Yes, of course. So now you know your resources? Yes. Before you went to your first employer did the agency provide any kind of training for you? Yes, training, householder's training and how you take care of the baby. And how long was the training for? I think just one day mum. Just one day? Do you know that's the length of time right now or is there a longer program that the government requires? Sorry? Is there a longer training program in place now? Because I know the government started to step in to provide the oversight. I don't know how they process number. I think just the same. Just one day is fast. Because now in the Philippines mum before you enter Singapore as a helper you have to start your training in the Philippines. You have to enter in Singapore with illegal documents as a helper. So the training starts there? Yes. What kind of training do they do over there? Do they require you to have a certain level of English or a certain education level? No, no, no. Certain education is not necessary.  You're very fortunate. It sounds like you've been with good families but I'm sure there are still challenges. For example, the first family you had to work long hours. What about with the other three families? What kind of challenges do you face in your job? Not necessarily from the employers but in your job. What kind of challenges did you encounter? In my first employer mum it challenged for me if when I started my work from 7 o'clock and then every day the two children have a tuition class. So every day we are outside after I finish all my work at home then I have to fetch them from school. After that we go back home and then take them again to the tuition which is a whole day continue no rest at all. So you take them on the buses or train the train? Yes, sometimes train mum, sometimes but mostly we go by bus. So your job involves taking the kids around from different activities? Yes mum. We have extra activities from Monday to Friday even Saturday and Sunday. Who pays for your medical bills? My employer. It is included with the contract and insurance. Insurance, okay. So that's typical, that's every domestic worker here. They have to include it in the contract. Yes mum. Now even at $400 which was an increase of $340 it's still a difficult sum to go by in Singapore because this is such an expensive place.  Mostly I everything send my whole salary to my family because it's small salary is not enough to finance them. So for the whole two years I never earn any money for myself. Everything I send with my family all my salary. All your salary. So you don't purchase anything for yourself? No. No. I don't have anything. It's better because cost of living is quite expensive too. Yes it's getting more expensive. Are you from Manila? No province. I'm living in a province. So maybe it goes a little further. Yes. Maybe then Manila goes a little further. Now how do you keep in contact with the children? Do you Skype every day? Do you get to talk to them? Through phone mom I always call them like every Saturday or Sunday. And thanks to technology it's free class. Technology is quite good because you can talk with them in email or messenger. Do you do video conferencing so at least you can see them? Yes. How are they handling? Are they getting used to you being gone? I'm sure they miss you a lot. Yes of course. All of them. Actually my parents. Do you have any siblings? No siblings. So you are the only child? No I have. But they are all married. Oh they are all married. We are all six. I have got four sisters and two brothers. We are all six and I'm the eldest.  Do any of them also come to Singapore? No mom. I'm only alone who came here. So your money goes towards your children and your parents too? And parents too. Because my parents live with my two kids. And your parents are retired? Yes. Wow that's one thing that you are supporting for? Actually they are very old. Now they are like in 70s and 80s. 80s? Yes so they are like very old. So if you are considering staying in Singapore for another 10 years it's actually difficult to depend on one of your parents to take care of them too. Yeah that's right, that's right. But I think my two sons will they can manage themselves already. So they understand how life goes on. Is the 23 year old still going to school? Or is he done with school? No. No. He is a clever kind of boy but I don't know why he doesn't want to go to school. Maybe he is thinking. Is he working? Yes. Maybe I think he is thinking that my mom is working so hard if I go study and then... He is more a businessman. Yes. But I always ask him to go to study for his own future or his own life in the future so that he can get a good job in the future. But maybe one day. Now how do you personally deal with you know deal with your family, your parents, your children? How do you deal with that? Do you get support from your friends?  Where do you get your strength from? Strength. Yes. I get my own strength with my employer now. With my employer now because they are really very good. This is a Finnish family right? No, no, no. It's a French family now. The French family. The French family. They are very supportive. Supportive. Hopeful. And when they send you back to Philippines for your holidays? I just only... I just joined them last March. Or just last March? Just last March. This March.  Yes.  I going this coming July 3rd of July until 24th of July and then they again get a ticket from me in December. December I will go again for holiday. December for Christmas. From 22nd until 4th of January. Wonderful. So July that after 5 months I will go again to visit my family. Now is this pretty rare to have your employer pay for your holiday back home? Or are you one of the rarities? What about your friends? Do they get such tricks from their employers too? Yes, some of my friends. Some of them. Would you say 5 out of 10 maybe? Yeah, maybe 2 out of 10. So the other 8 they either don't go back or do they pay their own way? Some of them they pay with their own. Pay with their own way. But some of them might not even get a long holiday to go home right? Yeah, yeah. Normally it's just 14 days. 14 days. 14 days. I see. That's in the contract. Yeah, that's in the contract. 2 years holiday. I see. Now with your current employers do you feel like you're part of the family or do you feel like you're part of that? Yes, I think I'm part of their family. Again you are 2 out of 10 that feels like that. What about your friends? It's not so common. So they treat it more like an outsider. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well thank you so much Mr. Rana. I really appreciate you spending time with us. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for inviting me for the end interview. And thanks for your contributions. Thank you so much.


Actually, the first tattoo I ever got was my ex's initials. Good afternoon. Welcome back to another vlog. It is currently Tuesday. Every time I go to talk. I am currently still dog sitting for my friend, so I have two dogs in my apartment. And I don't mind having her at all, but I just feel like the dog to apartment ratio is not ideal. So it just, I feel smells like dog. I feel like it just smells like dog in my apartment.  So, yeah, jump on the couch, all that good stuff, which like, I don't care. I'm not one of those like super anal people, but when her mom comes to pick her up, I am definitely looking forward to giving my entire apartment a nice deep clean and shampooing the carpet and the couch. But she's not coming back till next week, so that'll probably be in the next vlog. Anyway, I just got my factor order delivered to my door and I am so excited. Hey, quiet on set. So, factor is sponsoring a portion. Factor is sponsoring this portion of the vlog. Thank you so much to them. I'm really excited. You've never heard of factor before. They make ready to eat meal kits that you can either pop in the microwave or the oven and what's really amazing about them too is that they do include nutrition labels on the back. So, if you are tracking your macros, your calories, they make it really easy to do that and stay on top of your goals. I've just been really busy lately. If you guys watched my last vlog, you know I got a second job recently and it's been a lot juggling, living on my own, having two dogs now to take care of, a YouTube channel, a podcast and an actual in-person job. And I'm also not a big cooker. I honestly just don't love cooking. So, add that on top of the fact that my schedule is already so packed full. Nutrition tends to kind of go on the back burner which I really don't want to be the case. I really want to prioritize what I'm eating more. I find that lately I've just been getting takeout which is not always the best and it's also a total waste of money or I'll just get frozen meals from the grocery store but those obviously aren't the most nutritious and I'm just sick of going grocery shopping, telling myself I'm gonna cook all of these meals and then I just don't have the time or energy to do it and then all of my groceries end up going bad and to waste and I hate that. So, let's dig in and see what they sent me. I just picked like the standard regular meals. They have a few different options depending on, you know, if you have any type of dietary restrictions like calorie smart, vegetarian, et cetera. So they sent me the vegetarian tamale bowl.  What? And a smoothie. Oh my gosh, they sent me a whole bunch of smoothies. Oh, this is so nice. Tropical fruit smoothie, 100% plant-based. This power pack smoothie is loaded with coconut water, plant protein and fiber to help you stay fueled and focus in between meals. Blended with passion fruit, mango, pear, orange and lemon. So if you guys wanna try out Factor, click the link in my description. They also gave me a discount code for you guys that'll get you 60% off your first order which is an amazing deal. This is gonna be so perfect, especially today. I'm working a closing shift at the salon. I have to go in at three and closing shifts are always kind of unpredictable. I go in at three and then I just have to stay until the last client gets checked out and everything is cleaned up and done for the night. Some nights I don't get home till nine. It kind of fluctuates and it can make cooking dinner a little tricky. So it'll be really nice to have these and literally just throw it in the microwave for two minutes and boom, dinner is ready. That is right up my alley. I'm gonna pop these in the fridge and then go finish getting ready for work. And I'll see you guys in a little, and I'll see you guys in a little bit to show you what I'm wearing. Here is my outfit for the day and ignore the smudge marks. I know my mirror always looks so dirty. I swear I've cleaned it, but I think I need to get actual glass cleaner because there's just these smudges that won't come off and they're not really visible in person. But when I'm looking at it through the camera, you can see it. Look at that. It's so annoying. I thought I had Windex but apparently I don't need to get some anyway. I have this body suit kind of thing. It's all one piece from Amazon. It's actually really, really good quality.  It has built-in pads. So you don't have to wear anything underneath. All I get in the description, I've been finding so many good pieces on Amazon, like clothing-wise. This flannel is from Kohl's, I believe. It's from the men's section. It's a little tip. Flannels can be so expensive. Most of my flannels I just will get at Walmart, Kohl's, JC Penney. Just go in the men's section. Usually, especially stores like that, they always have sales. And then these cowboy boots I got from Altered State. I'll link them in the description if they're still available. I got them back in the spring time. And I'm so excited. I got this microphone stand and a new mic, which I don't have it on there right now. I put it, I put it over here. And I just recorded a sit-down video, another client story time. And I was testing out the new setup because we are gonna be doing video episodes for the podcast. If you don't already listen to my podcast, me and my best friend Julia have a girl chat podcast called Girls Who Get It podcast, where we talk about a bunch of different things from like body image to dating to stuff that's going on in our lives. And just, you know, like if you were to sit and hang out with your girlfriends on a Friday night, like stuff you would talk about. That's basically what it is. We were doing audio only for a while. And right now we're taking a little bit of a break so that we can kind of regroup and get some new ideas and just like rebrand a little bit sort of. So we're gonna come back for season two in January with video episodes. So I need to get our YouTube channel set up. We'll have videos on YouTube and on Spotify, I believe. So that's gonna be really exciting, but I had to get a microphone and like the full setup for that. And I just got that stuff in the mail the other day and I wanted to test it out, so I figured. I wanted to do a sit down video anyway. Let me record it in my like podcast setup that way I can test it out, see how the audio sounds and how it all looks. And yeah, so I just finished doing that. And I have yet to look at the footage on my computer, but from what I can tell, I think it looks pretty good and sounds pretty good. So that is exciting. There's just something about like, I love watching video podcasts and there's just something about like having the microphone stand and the actual mic to talk into. Like I feel so legit and professional. It's very fun. So I don't know, I might do all my sit down videos on this channel too using that mic setup because I just, I don't know, I like it.  I will see you when I get back. I just got home from work, took the dogs out to use the bathroom. It's 8.35. I decided I'm gonna have the Buffalo chicken breast with pepper jack, cauliflower, mash, broccoli and ranch dressing sounds so good. So here's what the meal looks like. It says I just have to take the ranch dressing cup out and then just pierce the plastic a couple times and then just microwave it on high for two minutes. Oh, and actually it's Tuesday. So there's a new episode of my show.  There we go. Not the best presentation because I just kind of dumped it on here, but it smells amazing. Oh, damn it. It doesn't come out until midnight tonight. I knew it came out on Tuesdays. I didn't realize. Normally I watch it Wednesdays after work. The show that I'm talking about is Tell Me Lies on Hulu. I've also been watching The Patient and there is new episode of that. So I'm gonna watch this. It's one with Steve Carell and he's a therapist and this crazy guy basically like abducts him and locks him up in his basement and forces him to do therapy sessions with him. It's pretty interesting. But I'm gonna eat this while I watch the show and then I'm gonna eventually get ready for bed. I'll see you in the morning. Good morning. I just got to the salon. I'm the first person here. This is the first time this has happened. It's kind of cool because I can show you around a little bit real quick but it's kind of creepy because it's so quiet. I'm not used to it being this quiet and dark here. It's like extra dark too because it's a super rainy day as you saw.  Yeah, it is a house. It used to be a house. So my boss, the owner of the salon, she grew up here. This was her great-grandparent's house, I believe. And it just got passed down in her family and they've renovated it throughout the years. And then she ended up, I think last year, turning it into a salon. And it's pretty cool. It's on a cute kind of private tucked away road. And all her family basically live right down the street, which is cute. So sometimes they'll just walk down here and pop in and get a service done or just say hi or whatever. And it's really cute because it has that cozy, comfortable, welcoming family vibe because you literally are walking into someone's house. But she does a really good job of keeping it still feeling kind of upscale and a really nice luxury atmosphere, luxurious atmosphere, I should say. It's super cute here. And they have a huge kitchen upstairs, which I'll show you with tons of different drink options and snacks and stuff. So every guest that comes in, we offer them snacks, beverages, et cetera. I will give you a little bit of a quick tour. I'm sure some of the other girls are gonna be getting here pretty soon. But right now, I showed you a little bit in my last vlog, but right now I am downstairs in the basement, which is where the laundry is. So I'm gonna get that going because it kind of got a little bit backed up last night. So gonna get cut up on that. Yeah, this is the entrance, the parking lots over there.  But clients aren't allowed to actually swim and go in the pool, but they're allowed to lounge outside and sit by the edge, but they're feet in that kind of thing. But isn't it so beautiful? And there's like a huge yard back there. I haven't really explored much of the property outside in the back, but it's just so gorgeous here. I think she has her office through there and then it's connected to like the garage. It's huge here, it's like endless, I feel like. This is the front entrance. This is like the main entrance to the salon. This is a little foyer area, this rug is from Amazon, I ordered it. It's so cute and I'm actually getting the exact same one from my apartment because I love it so much here. And yeah, it's super cute in here. Actually, I should turn this light on I guess because it's so dark today. And then in here is the hair room. They're a little break area and all their colors. So they mix everything.  This obviously is the kitchen too. So she has a bunch of different products for sale.  Coffee bar, station, tea, all that good stuff. In here, this is the bathroom. And the bathrooms are super cute and well decorated. I love it. And then it leads to the shampoo room. And then through here is the hair room. How cute is this with all the pumpkins? Yeah, hair room and the makeup station. If you guys remember the first time I came here when I got my hair done, I was at that station in the corner. And now we work here. And then this is technically like the front door to the house when it was still a house. I love this wallpaper. It's so cute. So there's another like foyer area and then over here is the nail room. If you look back through here, it leads you back to the kitchen. And on this side is the waiting room area, front desk where I'm usually stationed and then to the kitchen. And she has these custom robes for all the hair clients with the salon's name on it, which is so cute. And all of her retail hair product. And down here, this is the spa portion of the salon. So there's another bathroom here. Those lights with the mirror and the black wall. So cute. And then here, this is what they call the relaxation room, which is basically just like the waiting room for the spa services. Super cute. And you can see a view of the pool from in here. Here is the massage room. Here is the facial room. There's a bathroom off of this room too, but no one really, I mean, that's the kitchen uses it, but clients don't ever come back here, which I never really fully came in here. Oh, there's like a full shower. This is a nice shower. Wow. I've like peeked into this bathroom before, but I never actually like fully came in it. I can only imagine this was probably so nice as a house. Ugh. And then in here, this is where they do spray tans. And then there's a second esthetician room, which there is not a second esthetician here yet, but he just finished getting this room set up so that we can hopefully hire another person. And how cute is this? It's from Wayfair. I had found it and ordered it. And this is actually the first time I'm like checking it out in person. It looks so cute. Those baskets, they're also from Wayfair. So cute. I think that's the same mirror I have in my bedroom at home. And then down there is the basement where we were before. So I'm gonna make myself a coffee actually because I am like barely awake. And then I'm gonna get started with my duties for the morning. It's 8.13. The first clients are supposed to be here at nine. I think that's when the first appointments are at today. So I got a little bit of time. I usually get here at eight. The salon technically opens at nine. So that way it gives me time to like get everything set up and ready. I was so tired this morning. And I feel like that's always how it goes. Like getting out of bed is so hard. But then once I'm here, I'm like, all right, I'm ready. Let's have a good day. Good morning. It's currently 7.30, almost 7.30 in the morning. Good morning. I am working at the salon again this morning. Just touching up my hair. When I got home from work, I came home and I just felt so disgusting. Like I don't know, my hair was just feeling greasy and messy.  And then I threw a couple waves in it really quick this morning. And then I was just using the flat iron to smooth the top because it was looking kind of frizzy and crazy. And I did a little bit of light makeup. I will show you my outfit really quick. I really have to go. Yeah, I'm over here just like casually vlogging, but I need to leave in like two minutes. Here's my outfit.  And then I threw this jacket on top. This is from H&M, I believe. And then my cowboy boots that I wore earlier in the week. We actually have a wedding party coming to the salon this morning. The salon that I work at does weddings a lot. Like every single Saturday and a lot of Fridays they are just completely booked up doing weddings. But a lot of the times they do them on site wherever the wedding is at or you know, wherever they are getting ready. But this one is actually coming into the salon so I will get to be there for that. And just make sure everything is running smoothly. Get everyone checked out as they're finished. Yeah, I'm gonna make myself a coffee to go and head out. It's a few hours later, I am home now. I've actually been home for about an hour. I had some lunch. I was responding to some emails, took the dogs out. And now I still have a little bit of computer work to do. I have to edit this vlog actually. Even though I'm not 100% done with my work technically for the week, I'm gonna make myself a little drink and relax and celebrate the fact that it's Friday. Last weekend I actually went out with one of my coworkers and I got this frozen mud slide type of drink and it was so good. And I've been thinking about it ever since. So I wanted to attempt to make my own at home. So I'm gonna basically do a frozen espresso martini minus the espresso because I don't really feel like making espresso right now and I've had more than enough coffee today so I'm just gonna skip that. So we have plain vodka. We have coffee liqueur or you could do Kahlua but any generic coffee liqueur basically tastes the same and then some kind of Irish cream or Bailey's. I always get like the non-name brand because it literally is the same thing. It tastes the same but it's way cheaper. And I'm just gonna mix it all up in my Nutra Bullet. I'm just gonna do a shot of each ingredient and I figure because I'm adding ice that will kind of dilute it a little bit anyway.  Cheers. So good. It's basically just like the drink I had last weekend. I am going to wrap up this vlog here. Thank you guys so much for watching and spending the work week with me. I'm gonna go edit this now while I enjoy my drink. Don't forget to check the description for my link in discount code to Factor. I hope you have an amazing week and I'll see you really soon in my next video. Bye.


suspense. And the producer of radio's outstanding theatre of thrills, the master of mystery and adventure, William M. Robeson. The story you are about to hear concerns a murderer, a murderer and his accomplices. One of the accomplices is innocent because it is a blind, brainless phenomenon of which scientists know little except that it does exist. This accomplice is a freak of nature which lives high in the stratosphere. It altitudes sometimes too great for commercial airliners, but it altitudes less and less challenging to military jets. It is a narrow river of wind. Sometimes it dries up like a creek in summer, but at the flood its velocity is incredible. It has been clocked at 200 miles per hour. And just as a river will add its own speed to the efforts of an oarsman stroking downstream, this torrent of air adds its velocity to an eastbound plane clever enough to find the current. This river of wind is called the jet stream. This is the story of how it sped a murderer from his crime. Listen, listen then, as Frank Lovejoy stars in jet stream, which begins in exactly one minute. Can you recognize this American symbol of heroism? It is a golden laurel wreath embroidered on a square of cloth, worn centered on the outside of the right uniform sleeve, points of the laurel wreath up, with the lower edge of the insignia four inches above the end of the sleeve. This emblem represents the meritorious unit commendation, awarded for outstanding service and exceptionally meritorious conduct in military operations against an armed enemy, for a period of six months or more. The action cited must have occurred on or after January 1, 1944. The campaign streamer for the meritorious unit commendation is Scarlett, with the name of the Theater of Operations embroidered in white. The meritorious unit commendation may also be awarded to Allied Nations military units, which have participated with us in joint action against an enemy.  And now, jet stream, starring Frank Lovejoy, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.  May I help you, Mr. Martin? Thank you, Vicki. Including a letter from your wife, darling. Oh, good, good. This ought to have the answer. Let me have it. I thought of another one last night, darling, another way to murder her. Oh, all you have to do is sign out one of your jets from the Air National Guard and fly out to Los Angeles and strangle her. Be back the next morning and nobody will ever know. Well, I'm afraid they're not that fast unless I caught the jet stream and besides the cops just might suspect me if they checked up and found my name on a flight plan. Oh, I figured that out. You sign out in Bud Lynch's name. I see. Where do I get a hold of his instrument card, his service number and such? He keeps his military stuff in his desk. And you have the key to every desk in the office. You have been thinking. Vicki, let's not play that game anymore. You're getting too good at it. I... Oh, look at this. What's the matter? Oh, no, no. What is it, John? She's finally going to do it. She's finally going to do it. What? She's going to phone Calloway. She not only won't consider a divorce, she's going to phone the boss. But, John, it was 15 years ago and you were acquitted. You said so. You were, weren't you? Well, of course I was. You think they'd let me fly in military planes if I'd been convicted by a court martial? If you were acquitted, what difference will it make to Calloway? Suppose a client found out I'd even been accused of forgery. Calloway finds out he'll have to fire me. You know that. Why is she doing it? Oh, she's jealous. She's bitter and twisted. She doesn't think straight. Half the time she's looped. But she was sober when she wrote this, I can tell. Maybe you can make up with her. Take her back. After all, you have so much in common, your little son. Oh, come on. Take her back. Are you kidding?   Well, you have a funny way of showing it. How come you'd marry someone like that in the first place? Well, let's call it the war, okay? Okay. Ah, get me her number in L.A. Yes, darling. John. Yeah. Did you forge a check? I was acquitted. That isn't what I asked. All right. Yes, I forged a check. I had to. But you were acquitted. They couldn't prove it was me. Good. I wouldn't want you to have been stupid, even then. All right, all right. Now get me Millie, please. I opened the window and let in the sound of New York. The smell and feel of wealth and power was in the air. I'd come a long way from a two-bit copywriter's job in Los Angeles, and I wasn't going back. Hello, Millie. Do you know what time it is out here? Yes, it's 7 a.m. in L.A. Now look, Millie, I got your letter. Now, what do you want anyway? I'm sending you half my salary, more than half. I didn't ask for any more money. Well, what do you want? Listen, lover, I'm your wife.  Well, look, calling my boss is just going to lose me my job. That's your problem. I'm calling Callaway, and I'm calling him today, and I'm telling him all about your glory as Air Force career. You got that? He's out of time. Then I'll call him tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, and the day after that.  Do you understand that? For a long while, I just sat there. And then slowly, I became aware of the model of the F-100 Super Saver jet on my desk. I hardly heard Vicki come in. Here's your speech for the Air National Guard, darling. You and Bud Lynch are due at the press club, 8 sharp tonight. Oh, okay. Leave it here. And here's something else. I stared at the card she'd handed me for a long moment before it registered. It was a flight instrument card just like my own, but typed on it was Bud's name. Captain BL Lynch, New York Air National Guard, service number 3476218. For a long time, I stared at it with the blood pounding in my ears. Outside line, please. Mitchell Field, give me the weather desk. Weather, this is Captain Lynch, BL Lynch, Air National Guard. I'm requesting a plane for a cross country to LA and return tonight. Is the jet stream active? That much. Good. Let me have the operations officer. In a moment, we continue with the second act of suspense. Another visit with Joe and Daphne Forsythe. Joe? Yeah, Daphne. Look at this story about savings bonds in the paper. Yeah. What about it? Do you think that's the best way to tell people about savings bonds? Why not? Look, see, it says here that savings bonds are a guaranteed investment. Right now, they pay off at the rate of four bucks at maturity for every three bucks invested. Uh-uh. You're not convinced? Why not? No salesmanship. No salesmanship? What more do you need to know? Well, right now, more than eight million Americans are buying savings bonds regularly through the payroll savings plan. So? So what? That's what I say, so what? Now, look, Daphne, if millions of Americans are convinced that saving bonds are their best investment, not only financially, but for the future of their country, what the heck is bothering you? Well, I think they could sell a lot more with salesmanship. You know, slogans and jingles. Listen, if you're spending more and saving less, try a savings bond. Oh, boy. Or maybe a savings bond, pay good, like an investment should. Daphne. You get a lot to like in a savings bond. Interest earnings guaranteed. Wow. Well, did I sell you? Yeah, but I forgot what it was you were selling. Savings bond. I'll take a hundred. Oh, Joe. And now, starring Frank Lovejoy, act two of Jetstream. But seriously, seriously, some of our buddies in the Air National Guard have given more than time. They've given their lives. From you of the New York press, we ask this, understanding of the occasional loss of life inevitable when civilians fly high-speed aircraft and recognition for the records we break, the milestones we pass, and the security we bring to our country.  Thank you, bud. How'd the time come up? It's just 8.30. You came right out on the nose. How about a drink? No, I'll run along. I have some work to do at the house tonight. I had work to do, not in my apartment, but at Mitchell Field, Long Island. I stood by my locker in my squadron's hangar and struggled into my G-suit. And when I took my helmet from the locker, I almost dropped it. On the front was my name, Major John Martin A.N.G. Any one of a dozen people would have seen it. What was I doing, anyway? I wasn't a murderer. This was fantastic. Yet I found myself scraping the name from my helmet with my sheep's knife. And then I went to operation. Yes? I'm Captain Lynch, B.L. Lynch. I called this afternoon for an F-100, cross-country to L.A. in return. Yes, Captain. She's on the line. Could I see your instrument card, please? There you are. Okay, Captain. Have a good flight. Tower, this is Air National Guard JET 4389. Request takeoff clearance. 4389, cleared for takeoff. Roger. You are airborne at 21-29. Good night. Roger, good night. Off the ground at 21-29. 9.29 p.m. New York time, 6.29 p.m. California time. Millie would be putting Timmy to bed, probably, or does a two-year-old put himself to bed? An hour ago, I'd been speaking to the New York Press Club. In a few hours, I'd be in California. The modern jet was incredible. Then I remembered what I was using it for, and I almost turned back. But I pulled the computer out of my knee pocket and did what I had to do. 5 hours later, after a refueling stop at Albuquerque, a vast glow in the west took shape, the lights of Los Angeles. I looked at my watch, not yet midnight on the coast. I'd made it on schedule. It still all depended on catching the jet stream going back. Going back after what? But now I had a landing to worry about and then some fast talking to a refueling crew for the loan of a Jeep. The house looked run-down shabbier than when I'd left it. Maybe she wasn't home. Then I could climb into the Jeep and go back to the airport. Hi, Martin. What are you doing here? I came to talk to you, Milly. You sure don't waste any time. Come on in.  My beneficiary and your insurance? Have a drink. No, thank you. You mind if I have one? There. Not what you want. A divorce. No. Oh, Milly, there's no sense in our...  Is that clear? But why? Why? Because you're my husband.  I won't send it, see? Why do you want me back? You don't love me? You know you don't. Don't! Give him up. Now you're bald. Take a look at your son. Yes, yes, please. See? See? You get to know your little boy, too. You can play baseball with him like a son of a... Oh, Milly, you're drunk.  Stop it, Milly. Wouldn't you like to learn how to be a paper hanger?  In just a moment, we continue with the third act of suspense. We have together ample capacity in freedom to defend freedom. This is NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO possesses a shield of well-equipped, highly-trained land and sea forces, plus tactical air support and special units. The NATO shield extends from north of Norway to the eastern mountains of Antolia in Asian Turkey. Complete disposition of forces is covered by a radar warning system plus a perfected network of telecommunications, enabling this Supreme Commander to direct operations with extreme rapidity over a 2,000-mile front. The United States of America is a part of NATO. You should be aware of and alert to the programs and objectives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. And now, starring Frank Lovejoy, act three of Jetstream. I looked down at the body of my wife next to Timmy's crib. From then on, something seemed to take over, some instinct of self-preservation, perhaps. I slipped on my flight clothes. I knocked over a Mickey Mouse clock in Timmy's room as if in a struggle so they'd know the time of the murder. I went through Millie's bureau and took what cash I found. I ripped her bed to pieces. Then I went back to the nursery. For a long moment, I stood looking down at my son.  It would be easy if it would help confuse them. Mommy!  I turned and ran out of the house. Sergeant, is that Jetstream still active? I hope to tell you, you can find it. It's at 45,000 feet, 190 knots. 190? That's right. If you can find it, you'll be in New York before I get off watch. You can't feel the Jetstream any more than you can see it or understand it, but you can tell when you're in it because all your navigational estimates are wrong.  Las Vegas so soon. And yet a radio range doesn't lie. I checked my computer. I was in the Jetstream all right. I was in a river of air that was giving me an additional 200 knots over the ground. Now if I could just stay. I was already picking up Denver. Denver radio, this is Air National Guard Jet 4389, moving my Denver estimate up by 15 minutes. Affirmative Denver, 1515. Now let me see. Denver to Omaha. I would be half an hour ahead of schedule at Omaha, 45 minutes ahead of Detroit, and one hour at New York. I knew now that I'd make it. I opened the window in my office and let in the morning sounds of New York. I looked at my watch. It was just past nine. I'd made it. I'd even beaten the office people to work. The shadow that had hovered over me for 15 years was gone. I should have been happy, but instead I was empty and lonely. I heard Vicki arrive at her desk outside and flipped on the intercom to call her and I heard her talking to someone. He told me yesterday. Who are you anyway? I'm Lieutenant Berman from homicide. His wife was murdered this morning in Los Angeles. We think he did it. Murdered? But John couldn't have done it. He was giving a speech to the press club last night. He was. Well, we'll check on that. Anyway, he's in Los Angeles now. Say, where does... John, see, I told you. Are you Martin? Yes, yes, and you're... Lieutenant Berman from homicide. I have bad news for you, Mr. Martin and an apology. Bad news? Yes, sir. About four hours ago, your wife was strangled in Los Angeles, apparently by a burglar. I'm sorry to have to tell you. I see. Oh, John. We'll do everything we can to apprehend the killer, sir, but frankly, there aren't any clues.  That's all right. What's the matter, John? His wife was murdered this morning, Mr. Lynch. Oh, no, John. Hey, which one of you guys is Lynch? Uh, I am, why? You an Air National Guard pilot? Yeah. And Johnson from the knows, the boss sent me over to take your picture. Me? Why? It's that hop you made last night to L.A. and back. What? You just stepped away. John, what went wrong? I don't know. I thought we were in the clear. What do you mean, we? Leave me out of this. You're nuts. I haven't flown for a month. Los Angeles and back, you said.   I had a drink at the club after the meeting. I was home by 10. Ask my wife. Oh, Vicky, I guess this is it. John, I made the flight, Lieutenant. I used his name. Well, John, he's crazy, Lieutenant. He's a my squadron, but, well, he'd need my instrument card for one thing. Where is that? Here, in my desk. It's gone. And who has the key beside you? Nobody, just Vicky. I see. You're not going to make anything out of that. We might. I'd like to see you try. All right, Martin, let's go. See, Johnson, don't these National Guard jokers fly across country all the time? What's so special about this? Well, Jesus, Lieutenant, I thought I told you, this guy hooked on to the jet stream they talk about under 11 hours to LA, in fact. The National Guard figures he broke the world's record. What did you say? He broke the world's record. He broke the world's record. And did you hear him? You broke the world's record. Oh, you. All right, you better come along, too. Listen. Listen again next week, when we return with another tale well calculated to keep you in. Suspense. Suspense has been brought to you through the worldwide facilities of the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.


Three, two, read. Three, two, read. If somebody had told me five years ago, I'm going to take your struggling reader and in a week I'm going to turn them into the expert reader amongst their peers. I wouldn't have believed that. We've chosen this life to serve and we've moved our families abroad. I have three kids, all three of them have made it very clear. Dad, you can't tell anybody it was easy. Most military brats move up to ten times in their school career. It takes somebody special to be able to deal with a kid that has dealt with those challenges of multiple moves and changes of friends. It's especially important in intervention services that we hit the nail on the head and we do it quickly because we're not guaranteed that Kido is going to be here for an extended period of time. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider that wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her. Swallowed the spider to catch the fly. We use a lot of tactile input to vowels, walking. The first one does the talking. Good job on your own. Anything that we can do to get those neural pathways sparked and going, I'm in. I always thought that I would be a string teacher, but the opportunities that Dodea has given me as a teacher have allowed me to see things in a new light across subject content areas. Sound. Musicians are used to reading symbols on a page and translating that to sound. Letters are symbols on a page and then the student has to transfer a symbol to the sound it makes. Tell me all the sounds in cute. My turn. That's what we teach in music education. It's also what we teach in reading. There was an old lady who swallowed a dog. I want the dog to catch the cat, but I don't know why she swallowed that fly. Oh my, oh my. You've worked hard. Okay, remember? Patricia exemplifies all the teachers in Dodea in meeting those needs of the students where they are. Real close. In the past five years, we've started doing something called front loading at this school. The card is plant. Card. I in pull out services deliver the lesson that the child is going to receive the following week in the homeroom with their teacher. Ms. Hannon has been working with Jeremy since last year. He had come home one day and he had said, Mommy, do you think I'm stupid? And I hear that all the time when I start working with students and as heartbreaking as that can be, my heartbreak doesn't serve them at all. My action will. Her sight words, her one-on-one working with him, it's made a big change. When I just first started it, I was not very good and I'd done it and done it and done it and I got better and better and better. Kids that now view themselves as readers that really did not have that same feeling about themselves and that's pretty important because it's all about their self-esteem. And this has been by far the intervention technique that's had the most impact on our struggling learners. I think Patricia is the perfect example of the unsung heroes inside of our schools. Everything she does is behind the scenes but without her, the scenes wouldn't work. My whole job is to hold them to the light and hopefully they can find the light on their own after they leave.