One of the things that people are obsessed with in the humanities of sitting here has been the Misan balance. People have been in search of understanding this Misan's balance. And the struggle for all his life when he had these notes, hidden notes, that he was trying to work out. The perfection of the balance. And the book was found after his death by his son Nikumar Fuz, Nikumar Kim Hevix. And the whole book is about finding the balance. Like what is the balance? Allah SWT said in Misan, that there is this perfectionist balance. One of the things about Konana Rumi that struck me as I was driving today because it's been a very heavy day for me and joyously at the same time. Because today was the birthday of Konana Rumi. 815 years ago, on this blessed day he was born. And they named him Jalal al-Din Muhammad. Which became famous in the East as Maulana and the West as Rumi. One of the things that struck me about his work is that nowhere do you read about Allah that Allah and his messenger both are not at the foundation of it. Nowhere. He always has this beautiful balance when he talks about Allah. And at the Maulana Shams, he has a beautiful poem that talks about the human being. And there's a beautiful verse in the Qur'an. There's a beautiful Maulana. The human being, Allah says there's a nobility in you. Allah has created you with nobility. That is for us to behave with nobility. To know who we are, to know our station, not to sell ourselves cheap.  They sell their religion cheap and they regret for the rest of their life. So Rumi said, had nafas al-waza ish, miyar asana as chakras. I left my breath. I hear the melody of Allah that's coming from my right and it's coming from my left. Maulana Falaq ish ish. So Rumi said, we're going to happen. Who wants to ride in this journey? Who wants to go to Africa? This is where I'm going. Why? It reminds you. Maulana Falaq ish miyar as maulana ish miyar. We used to be in heaven. And we used to be friends with the angels. Our companions were angels. Both women joined at the Job Latifam Shahrimah. We're going to go back there because that is our permanent residency. The place of our permanent residency is the hereafter. It's paradise. It's the divine presence. It's not this world. Khudze maulana baratari. Khudze maulana baratari was maulana suntari. Then he says, no, no, no. We are hiding the angels. And we are going to go further than the heavens. They do chironizering. Manzilah Bokebriyat. Why don't we just pass the angels in the fallah? Let's go to the divine presence. Let's go to the divine presence. Don't have a focus kujal. Or have a focus kujal. Look at you. You're precious pearls. What are you doing in this planet without a dirt? Why is it that a diamond is playing with the rocks?  Bacchipurudomini. Bokvini. Why don't you come here? Pack up. Pack up. Let's go home. Let's go home. So how do you find home? Bacchipurudomini. Bacchipurudomini. Destiny is on your side. And you abandon the doubts and the ego and the desire. That is easy for you. Bacchipurudomini. Bacchipurudomini. Because the head of this camera is the best of Allah's creation. He is your guide. He has the one button, the whole direction. Just follow his footsteps. And then he says, let me tell you here. As my moon Bacchipurudomini. Didad al-Ubar Bacchipurudomini. What is the thing about the moon? It is so beautiful. There is not a poet in any language that doesn't use as the centerpiece for their love. Every important French, German, Farsi, English. Moon is a symbol of beauty. Moon is a symbol of beauty. He said, as my moon Bacchipurudomini. One of the names of the Prophet of the Prophet is what? Kama. Like he just sang the song. Kama. It's his name. He's like the moon. He said, when the moon saw this moon. It burst. It's hard burst. And it's spinning hard. This is shakur kama. It's hard spinning hard. Didad al-Ubar Bacchipurudomini. Couldn't handle the beauty of the Prophet. More children Bacchipurudomini. He said, you know what? Moon was so lucky. To see the Prophet of Allah. He said, he was a beggar. Just like everything. In Allah's creation is a beggar in Muhammad. Everything. He said, they're all beggars in the moon. The sun, the stars. They're all looking at the Prophet. He said, all of the stars, they're shining. They're just trying to look at Medina. They're trying to look at the Prophet of Allah. So what happened to the moon? Why did the moon give that maqam? He said, they're all beggars. But the moon was the beggar in the closest to him. The moon was the beggar in all these systems that get closest to the Prophet of Allah. And that's why he couldn't handle it. He couldn't handle it. Rumi said, look, shakur kama. You know the Quran talks about it. The Hadith talks about it. The scholars talk about it. The poor talks about it. He said, that didn't found out. And that shakur kama. Rumi said, come look at my heart. It is the strength of the moon at every moment. My heart goes to my Prophet at every breath. At every breath. That's the real lovers. The real lovers, they love Allah. They love the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And it's real. It's real. You gotta agree that Allah is messenger. And if you have that thought in your heart, it is then that you will see wonders. It is then that you see wonders. It is then that no pain, no suffering, nothing in this world can take you away from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, from Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. If that love is real. To talk about love, it's easy. Anybody can talk about it. But to fall in love, to fall in love, that's the way of the Rijal. That's the way of the Rijal. What Dr. Ali was talking about, the real Rijal of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. The person they sit in a chair, gathering, satirical makam. If you don't have the heart of a lion, don't walk on the path of love. It takes a person with a heart of a lion to fall in love. And if you fall in love with the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, it's a lofty thing. It is lofty. But you would never experience love. You would never experience love until you fall in love with him. Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. But Allah, you would never experience love. Never in your life until you fall in love with him. And if you want to know the real meaning of love, because every other love will turn me to dirt of the earth. Just like Namib, there's no Rumi and Shulia. They're dirt of the earth. What remains is when you love Allah and His messengers. And Allah put their love in our hearts and shalallahu alayhi wa sallam. Don't feel like this month of regular hour to be connected back


We already showed the double top sell, so it's just a double lifting of the arms at the same time. So it can be just like that. Next up to this is the bow pie sell. So it's like the fireball. You can do it with diagonal stance or you can do it with straight stance. Now when you're doing the bow pie sell, you don't want to fully extend out. They actually only go out about this much. From the side, they only go out about this much.


Hey, everyone. We are incredibly excited to stand in front of you today, and we are really, really grateful that so many of you came here so early in the morning to see our talk. It's hard to imagine that just a year ago, we both attended our first European in Berlin, and today we are actually standing on the European stage, talking to so many wonderful people. It's especially exciting, because today I'm not alone on the stage, and I have a great opportunity to talk to you with a great person on my side. We met three years ago when, by a very fortunate accident, we ended up organizing a conference together, and it was DjangoCon Europe 2013. It was famous circus edition, and we had amazing opportunity to host 450 Django nods in our lovely country. And after DjangoCon Europe, we knew that we are an amazing team, and we can basically do all crazy things together and make it work. And I must say that it's a very interesting way to learn about person by setting a circus stand in the middle of horse racing truck with planes flying above your head. We come from the same district of Poland called Silesia. Now we both live in London, and we work as Django developers for an awesome company called Potato. We've got the same first name, the same number of letters in our full names, and our last names all differ by only four of characters. Years ago, we actually became members of the DjangoCon team together. Some people actually think there is only one Ola, and they were sending emails to the wrong person. And the most hilarious are the threads where a person is responding once to me and once to Ola and you won't even realize that. So a year ago, here at Europe Python, something very magical happened, and Django Girls was born. If you don't know what Django Girls is, you should not worry, because you will find out very soon. But for now, we're going to go back in time to the imaginary world when all of the magic has started. Once upon a time, in the middle of magical forest, lived a little squirrel nameless. She was happy and trusting, and believed that the world has no limits, that nothing could ever stop her. This was super curious of all of the things. She did physics experiments with her parents and discussed newly read book with her friends. She attended art lessons, danced, and solved math problems. Everything was so interesting to her. She knew that she's capable of doing anything she can dream of. And one day, Liz discovered the forest of technology. She was amazed. At the bottom of her tiny heart, she knew this is something for her, something she always desired, perfect combination of art and logic. Look how awesome this is. She screamed with awe. Can I do the same? Can I? Can I? Of course, Sweety responded to her mom. I don't know how to do this thing, but I sure you can figure it out. From that moment, Liz spent days and nights browsing and exploring the wonderful places in the internet. She was trying so hard to learn all these interesting things, asking millions of questions to the strangers. Sometimes she struggled, but she also had so much fun when something finally worked as she wanted. At first, she didn't know anything, but then she can make one little thing to work, then another, and another, and then she understood something and she could do things. She was truly amazed with all the possibilities, computers, and internet can give someone. She knew it's something important. When the time came for Liz to decide about which forest she would go to learn more, she knew it needs to be the forest of technology. It's so interesting and so exciting. She couldn't wait to meet more squirrels who love technology and share her knowledge with Ruthen. Liz moved to another forest and was ready for a challenge, but she also felt a little bit scared. She didn't know anyone there. Her friends and family were far, far away. And it was not easy for Liz this time to fit in. She was incredibly excited to go for a first date at school. She was running, jumping, dancing through the forest. She couldn't wait to make friends, to meet other squirrels interested in technology. On her first day, she started to discover that there is not as many squirrels interested in technology as she felt. Every time she entered the room, everyone looked at her. Although many were interested in technology, she realized that most of them look kind of the same. It's so much different from her, the squirrel. There were budgers everywhere. She had nothing against budgers because most of the time, they were very friendly to her. But even though she really, really wanted to blend in and feel included, she couldn't find a place for herself. Whenever she met a group, someone had to ask, why did she come here? Or is she here because of her budger friend? Sometimes she also felt that she's invisible. And she started to realize that she could not fit in and make friends easily anymore. And she didn't understand why. Days passed, but she was still not her confident self. And even though she made some friends, she still felt those eyes on her every time she entered the room. And she saw that very often, others are embarrassed and don't know what to say to her. Even those friendly ones kept repeating the line, you are great, you are not like other squirrels. You are pretty good at technology for a squirrel. They complimented her with a big smile. At first, this felt special and started to believe. If everyone says that, it means it must be true, right? All of them were so clever and they knew so much about technology. They must be right about squirrels too. So maybe if I would act more like a badger and laugh at their jokes, they would accept me, she wondered. For next year, she tried very, very hard and learned as much as she could. Early, when she saw another squirrel who was talking about the technology, some budger started to peek on them. It was so scary, so scary that the shy side of Liz was preventing her from speaking about things she loved. She was the most quiet one at all the classes and meetings. When Liz was not careful enough and she spoke her mind in public, there were always some budgers who knew better and were happy to point her out how wrong she is. She was so afraid to fight back. One day, she was asked a question by a newly-met budger. She answered that correctly, but the budger said, 90, 90% of squirrels don't know the correct answer. He made his point and Liz didn't know what to say to him. Another time, she had organized some nice technology event and was asked if she's there just by accident or for social reasons. She was speechless again.  She asked herself with sadness, why budgers that know less than me are able to speak freely and I can't. What's wrong with me? In this moment, she was unsure if she can continue her journey with the technology. She was clearly too quiet, not confident enough, not experienced enough. And the word around her was telling her, this is not your place. Despite of that, she managed to make some friends. She discovered some truly wonderful budgers out there. Actually, they just seemed like budgers, but if you took a closer look, you would discover the true nature. There was a kangaroo with the widest smile in the world. There was a cheerful chinchilla and cat and bear, fox and lynx and more, more wonderful mates. And they convinced her that she's capable of doing anything and they never questioned their skills. And thanks to their support, Liz decided that maybe she will try to hang there a little bit longer. And gradually, Liz began to see that maybe there is nothing wrong with her, but in fact, there is something wrong with the world of technology. She spent days thinking why there is not as many squirrels in her beloved forest of technology. Why am I the only squirrel who likes programming? Is it possible that technology is truly not a squirrel thing? She asked the same questions in the internet. And then, beetroots. Beetroots appeared.  Squirrels are not meant to coat. This is how nature works. Yes, squirrels can program. A washing machine. You're not a real programmer. Squirrels are too emotional. They can't think logically. She tried her hardest doing million projects and helping everyone around. Yet, she still felt it's not enough. She felt like she needs to do so much more than any other badger to receive the same recognition. And when she tried to speak up about that, badgers did not believe her, or even worse. They accused her to spoil everything and make everyone else feel bad. Liz fell alone and hopeless for years. She knew she's just a little squirrel with absolutely no power to change anything. Liz was so afraid of all these internet beetroots. She was terrified that she will not be able to deal with them if she will be their target. And even though she loved to coat, once again, she started to think that maybe this is not the best place for her. She was basically too tired to fight every single day. But then, one day, thanks to a series of fortunate events, she met another squirrel. They had so much in common that they even shared the same name. They became friends, and Liz finally had someone who shared with her the same feelings and experiences. She realized that she's not the only squirrel out there that feels alone, intimidated, and scared living in a badger's world. And it's not only her who had to prove herself over and over again. One day, she said to her friend, imagine how awesome it would be to know even more squirrels who coat. Can we somehow convince others to join us and show them that programming is fun? They both liked the idea, and in a short time, they came up with a crazy plan of teaching squirrels how to coat. They wanted to share their passion to programming and get squirrels excited about all the possibilities that technology gives them. They had no idea how to do it, but they couldn't sleep out of excitement. They told all their friends about the idea, and they loved it. With their support and many, many others who just came and joined them, the crazy idea started to become a reality. And a year later, thousands of squirrels have learned how to coat just because in the right time, in the right place, two little squirrels met and got excited about some idea. And today, Liz is standing right here on this very stage to tell you a magical story how one dream turned into something bigger, something that is beyond one single squirrel, or two of them. This dream is called Junk Girls. A year ago at Europe Python 2014 in Berlin, we organized the very first Python and Django workshop for complete beginners, people who never wrote a single line of code in their lives, except all of the more women. We started this quite unexpectedly just two months before the conference, and we only planned this to do this one single time, because with our daily jobs and everything we've been already doing for the community, our schedules were already really tight. What we didn't expect is that the next year we'll turn our lives upside down, and we will have amazing opportunity to teach Python and Django to 1,600 women, literally all over the world. All started with an email. Just two months before Europe Python, I met with Marcos, the organizers of the conference in Berlin. After that breakfast, I came up with the idea to make Europe Python more diverse and inclusive. The very same day, I sent an email to Ola. Hey, do you want to organize a workshop for women at Europe Python this year? Back then, I also wrote I don't think it's going to be a lot of work. She lied. We just need to find like 20 attendees and six coaches, including the size of Europe Python, it shouldn't be too hard. We'll use some ready-to-target from the internet and that's it. I don't think I could be any more wrong on that. But Ola jumped on board with excitement and we started working on this immediately on the very same day. It was just the two of us and we had less than two months to make that happen. And honestly, most of the time, we had absolutely no idea what we were doing. And very soon, in this very first workshop, we're going to take a little bit more time and work than we first anticipated. For example, we came up with the idea of providing financial aid for attendees that meant we need to find slightly more sponsors, then plan to review more applications from attendees and find a way to transfer money to them. It also turned out that we don't like annotated tutorials that are out there.  And honestly, people just don't know these things. So we ended up writing our own tutorial, which I think ended up as a small book, it was like 90 pages of text. At the same time we also tried to promote the event every way possible. We set up the website, we spammed almost 70 university around Europe. We also passed information through all the social media. We could. At the very end, we also spent more than 20 hours just reading 300 applications for the workshop and we convinced Europe item to give us a bigger room. So we could fit 45 people instead of just 20. And now, one year later, the tutorial we written has been read by almost 90,000 thousand people. That's one fourth of the population of the Oval. And this number is like unbelievable. Today we are also proud to say that during the last year, 1,646 women learned about Python and Django workshops. And many more did this in home just by reading our free tutorial. Django girls madness has been spread to six continents and 34 countries. 70 workshop has been planned in all different parts of the world. From Canada to Australia, Django girls has been everywhere. We are working on that too. Some events even happen in places we didn't know exist. We grew so big, we recently had to start a legal entity. Django girls foundation has been formed just a month ago. And if someone would say that to us one year ago that this is what's going to happen, we would never believe them. We also registered it. That's a fun fact. We registered it under a program called Django girls foundation of awesome cupcakes and emoji. This is actually quite handy because the acronym of that is dog face. Which means you can represent Django girls foundation in just a single emoji. And we think it's very cool. And all of this was possible thanks to hundreds of organizers, tutorial contributors and an army of coaches who dedicated to programming with others. And we also came up to the point where the amount of work to coordinate all of the volunteers was basically too huge to two of us. And we decided that we couldn't do that alone. And not getting run out. And we ask for help for amazing people. Anya, Kasia, Baptiste and Jeff. And since then they are helping us to do the same. But it's still not enough. And we realized that we need to make some big decision to keep it going. That is why Django girls foundation is now hiring for our first paid position. We are looking for a ambassador of awesomeness who will help us make sure that we are always doing the best work we can. Honestly, it was a pretty huge deal for us and this decision was both extremely terrifying and incredibly exciting. And we still don't know what we are really doing. We are making up a lot of things as we go. But we believe that this is the right decision to make sure that Django girls is sustainable and can grow beyond this. And most importantly, we are doing this because we don't want to stop here. And we know that this is only the beginning. And we believe that we can make even bigger impact. And we want to make sure that we can make sure that we can share one of our huge plans with you. I'm getting super nervous whenever all starts this last paragraph. But, well, here it is. So it all started with the tutorial. It turned out that we really enjoyed writing it. And it also turned out that to our surprise, apparently we did a pretty good job and people loved it. It's one of the most recommended Django tutorials that currently exist. It's one of the most popular tutorials before Django girls. But the one we did is the one that finally helped them understand what Django is all about. As you've seen just a moment ago, the tutorial was read by almost 100,000 people. And we got many requests for more advanced tutorials or tutorials covering different parts of computer science. And we had this feeling that we were very limited by the form of the workshop. You can only teach so much in one day. So basically we skipped through the material and just explained things that are absolutely necessary. But there is so many wonderful and beautiful things you can learn and you can teach both the internet and computers. We want to make learning computer science fun, beautiful and exciting to empower people to continue journey on their own. We want to make accessible for everyone easy to understand and beautiful because we believe that the tiny little widows matter. So without further ado we would like to announce that we are in the process of writing a book. APPLAUSE Now there is no going back all on out. And this book is called Yay Python and we are now working to make that happen. So it's going to be very much in the Django Girls spirit as you can see. With a good dose of emoji, beautiful illustrations and funny little quirks and storytelling. We believe that the form of a book will let us expand the material to cover and include important things we missed in the tutorial and will also allow us to make an even bigger impact on a broader audience. We want every person, every woman out there who enters the bookstore and see this book among other technical books and immediately think, hey, this one is different. The same way they think about Django Girls. This is the book that you always wanted to have when your family or a member or a friend asks you if they can learn how to program. If you can explain them what you are doing the whole day or if you can just help them understand computers. Yay Python is all about exciting, incredible and beautiful world of technology. This book is still a tutorial that will teach you how to do Django website. But it will also include chapters where we explain how computers work. Exercises which you can connect dots to see how Django goes from request to response. Where you can learn about open source community and people who do that. Yay Python is going to be beautifully crafted book that's going to introduce people to technology showing its best parts, the community and the people. We want to tell people a story about our favorite things, about the internet so they can fall in love with it the same way we did. We believe it will be very unique, I hope so. And we literally can't wait to show it to you. We're just at the very, very beginning of this huge, huge challenge. We just started to write first chapters. But if you want to follow our journey you can visit vapython.com today and sign up for our news letters and we plan to share stories from behind the curtains. So when we think about the book now, it reminds us how excited we were just a year ago to announce Django Girls to the world for the very first time. We started with a very small idea, with just a team of two. And now there are thousands of people involved and Django Girls turned into something much bigger than just the two of us. None of that was planned. None was expected. I'm not sure what Ola would reply to me when I would tell her a year ago in this email that this is what's going to actually happen. I have no idea. I would probably think twice. But here we are now, a year later and we will probably be more grateful for everything that happened during last year. And if there is one thing that we knew from the very beginning and that didn't change during the last year, is that we wanted to do Django Girls our way. We made one rule and one rule only. No matter what, always go the extra mile for people. I think you can see that in almost everything we do. You can see it in all these little wonderful details at our workshop. We truly believe it makes a real difference and that people notice it since the very first contact with us. For example, when you send us an email to our Django Girls account instead of boring best regards, you will have signature hugs, cupcakes and sun shines or something like that. And we always try to be as friendly towards people as possible and they are friendly to us in return. I think this signature was actually started by Mikey who is sitting here first row. The spirit of the Django Girls is carried through your whole experience. You can tell anything about our workshops but that they are ordinary. Instead of boring classrooms, we decorate the room with balloons and table clothes and flowers. We do silly things like photo booths or yoga classes during the programming workshop. Everyone feels like it's extraordinary fun and exciting. At Django Girls workshop we will provide you with a very unique experience. It starts with forming very small groups of free attendees per one coach during the workshop and ends with group hugs. We believe that every person matters and we want to make unforgettable for people. I still remember after a workshop in Warsaw where you saved this long letter from one of the attendees and she said to us that we gave her the best day she had this year and I think that was quite amazing. And to ensure that organizers, although the words provide the same kind of experience to their attendees we open sourced basically everything. It took us weeks to write down every single little step and document it. But it also let us achieve one important thing making Django Girls making sure that Django Girls can be bigger than just two of us. We won't be around forever but Django Girls can shine and strive even without us. So every person out there who is not sure what it takes to organize the workshop can simply go and see one of our manuals at our website, read it and do that on their own. I think it removes one of the biggest barrier for people who never did anything like that because there is every single step from finding sponsor to providing balloons or things like that. So there is everything there. Most importantly we have a huge amount of enthusiasm and excitement. We always look on the right side of things and we love laughing and we try to keep Django Girls fun and friendly for everyone. For us too. We've got these posters with huge you go girl we buy tacky gold balloons that take up most of the room and we are always jumping of excitement because we know it's contagious and it's going to spread to everyone in the room. When me and Ola are excited about something it's going to get passed to organizers who are going to get excited and they are going to pass that on attendees too. And I think this power of enthusiasm is really huge and I think this is what helped us involve so many people into Django Girls in such a short time. But as you probably suspect all of these things don't happen on their own and making that happen is a huge huge amount of work time and energy. We really care about people we work with and people who attend our workshop and because we care we put a lot of feelings a lot of empathy and we try to make sure that everyone is happy and it's very very hard. Every labor of love comes with a huge emotional cost. We always think like we don't do enough yet and because there is always something to do we very often guilt-trip ourselves for not being productive enough and sometimes it really feels like there is no end to this. And the days come when we are simply just tired of working to full-time jobs. It's frustrating at times where it turns out that your free time now consists of trying to catch up with your inbox or bookkeeping or wasting energy to resolve the politics of people in your community. It's very often not the glamorous work but yet the work we spend our free time on because we believe it matters. And there is one thing in particular that keeps us going the stories of amazing women who changed their lives because of jungle girls. Like the story of Dori. Dori is actually sitting here somewhere in this room with her second Europe item. So last year she attended the first workshop at Europe item and she spent half of the day just trying to start Django server that didn't want to play nice with her Hungarian keyboard and there was like six coaches around her and we thought it's like the worst experience ever she's gonna give up hate it and never do this again. And today Dori works as Django developer in Budapest where she also co-organizes a meetup for Python developers. She organized two Django girls' events teaching 60 other women how to cause. Dori also coached on many Django girls' events all over Europe. A very similar story happened to Agapta. She attended Django girls together with Dori and now she works as Python developer in Brotswaf. She's involved she's also involved in Brotswaf Python meetups and also she put together two amazing Django girls' workshop there. Josie was only 13 when she attended workshop with her mom. Right after that she got on Europe Python stage in front of more than thousands of people and with no fear she gave a lightning talk about her experience and her plan to organize Pixie Dust a programming workshop for girls her age. This workshop actually happened last fall in Zagreb, Croatia. Whenever I open my inbox and I see 15 new emails to respond to and I feel like I just want to die I think of stories like the story of Hustina. Hustina applied as an attendee but we convinced her to become a coach and since then she coached at five Django girls' events and organized them twice. Linda organized workshop in Nairobi in Kenya just two months after our pilot workshop in Berlin. She blazed a trail for many other women who organized workshops in Africa after that. When I have a birthday I also remember about Lucy who started learning programming a year ago. She attended Django girls' workshop but this didn't stop her from giving a wonderful talk at DjangoCon Europe this year and organizing Django girls in Paris. Ana is running Django Story on our blog. She's also involved in DjangoCon US DSF and she's in the PSF board of directors. Kinga from attendee became a serial Django girls' coach and organizer. She's always going around Europe visiting her Django girls' friends and teaching people how to program everywhere. All of these stories are only for women who attended the very first workshop that happened at Europe Item. We had 45 more workshops like that since then. We could easily fill this whole talk with two stories like that. And knowing that women who attend Django girls' workshops actually change their lives is what keeps us going and makes us believe that countless hours, energy and feelings we spend on Django girls are simply worth it. But absolutely none of this would happen if it wasn't for these amazing people, amazing girls and the generous Python community from the very beginning the amount of support help and love we received from strangers all over the world left us completely speechless. And there is absolutely no way that Django girls could be this big and wonderful if it wasn't for hundreds of people who shut, hey how can I help and immediately jumping on board. So from this place we would like to say a huge thank you for absolutely every person who helped us along the way. We are grateful, humbled and we want you to know that Django girls is your success too. There wouldn't be Django girls without you. So thank you for putting all of your faith in us. Thank you for all the words of support, advice and encouragement and all of the hacks. So thank you for time, courage and commitment. We couldn't possibly be more grateful. Starting Django girls made us realize that how many amazing, badass and successful women who code in Django are out there. We knew only a few before it all started and now we can count them almost in hundreds. And the most surprising fact is how many of them just needed this tiny little spark to do something amazing for others. And there is so many people out there who are capable of doing amazing and big things. Yet they are waiting for some imaginary permission and we couldn't imagine that doing something so simple as saying hey, here is how we did it. You can do it if you want. And this was all what's needed to empower them to start. Everyone who works making Django girls happen doesn't expect anything in return. We do it because we believe that together we can actually change something. In fact, our dream is for Django girls to not even exist in five years. If we have no reason to be here in five, ten, maybe fifteen years it means we achieved everything we wanted. That's, I think, the ultimate goal of Django girls to not be needed anymore. And the biggest lesson we learned last year is that doing good things helping others and not expecting anything in return creates real magic. It turns out that one way or another the universe is going to find a way to pay it all back to you. And the number of crazy, amazing, wonderful things that happened to both of us in our personal and professional lives during the last year is simply unbelievable. We can't even begin to explain how exhausting but wonderfully rewarding this year has been for both of us.  So for a long time we thought that there is absolutely no way that we can change or influence anything. We worked believing that this is how it is. 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This is covering the spread part of the Fandall podcast network We have got some big tests for college football playoff hopefuls coming up in week number nine Oklahoma and Georgia both going on the road take on conference folks this week big spreads in those games But still difficult test we're gonna preview those couple of games break down whether Florida Or potentially Kansas could cover those large spreads and you know Try to keep that game close against those college football playoff hopefuls and more to get you ready for week number nine This is covering the spread right here on the Fandall podcast network and Fandall research. My name is Jim Sonnis I am a managing editor of digital media for Fandall research joined here as I am every Wednesday by Dr. Ed Feng you can find his work at the power bank comm and check about on Twitter at the power ranking Ed We spoke last Thursday when the the Michigan sign stealing scandal first erupted and it's like okay You know did still pretty early in the process now since then we've gotten he's been getting tickets to 12 out of 13 Big 10 other schools. I don't want to know which one he was not getting tickets to because I think I know the answer Did why make me pretty sad? It could be rockers. I guess, but you know, whatever I just don't want to know that answer and he apparently has a 500 page manifesto that he was like Developing about the Michigan football program. So like this has taken 15 Weird turns since then. How you doing today? I'm I'm doing pretty good. I'm pretty sure it was Rutgers that he didn't go to Jim So nothing nothing to worry about. Okay, good worry about Yeah, no, this is this is all kind of blown up and it's pretty interesting I just it gives gives me something nice to look at on Twitter every day I've concluded that you should not listen to anyone with Allegiances to Michigan or Ohio State And it's kind of interesting to get some takes from everyone else No, like I think the opinions are interesting. I think it's a particularly interesting I mean, it's a particularly interesting just because the rules are so Strange in a sense You know, you can't There's a lot of things that you can't do in college football that you can do in high school And you you can do in the NFL in terms of like scouting opponents and stuff like that So that makes it kind of interesting and I don't know there's there's a lots unpack and we'll see what we see where it all goes Yeah, it's definitely one of those where I'm gonna let this thing unfold before I have any definitive claims because it's had 16,000 turns already, which means there are 17,000 more to come and I'm curious where that will all go I agree with you where you kind of want to be careful about which sources you're Putting a lot of stock in right now because a lot of people different motivations, which is you know interesting and I think that in general we could always go for some more Better parsing of the news in our judgment from a judgment perspective So this might not be a bad thing in terms of you know Making your own read on things interpreting things properly as you read certain news that comes across For sure. I mean, this is like that high school exercise about you know quality of sources on Twitter This is like the final exam Who can you trust about this topic? And it's it's a lot harder now than it used to be to determine who's trust load who's not so thanks Elon That's been a true delight trying to figure out which sources we should trust in which we should not We're gonna dive in talk some football here in a bit We're talking about Ohio State coming off a big win against Penn State kind of get a read on Where are they stand relative to Michigan and Georgia right now? 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So With that big win in their pocket against a pretty legitimate foe How do your numbers you Ohio State compared to teams like Georgia and Michigan right now? Right, I mean, I think my numbers weren't particularly impressed with that Ohio State win Penn State's defense played really well They were able to for the most part keep the wraps under Ohio State You know Ohio State didn't go over their team told for example So they were they were able to get enough points to win the game Obviously having a superstar like Robert Harrison, Jr. Was very helpful because Penn State corners are really good And he was just simply better than them also personally like I Think drew a lot or had just a bad game I can't imagine that he's that bad all the time missing open receivers like he was in the second half I think So He's probably gonna be better in the future whether it's nerves was just a bad game You know like right now it's we do this out this morning Like you know, I would make Michigan minus four and a half at home against Ohio State later So I have Michigan a couple points better than Ohio State So again, you know, the the numbers moved up on Ohio State a little bit because of the win But not not by a ton and then I would have Michigan minus two and a half at Penn State I think the markets are gonna be three or higher simply because I think they're gonna They're gonna look at how is Penn State gonna score against a good Michigan defense I'm not sure Michigan's defense is that great and like I said, I think a lot just had a really bad game So I think that is gonna be a very competitive game on the road. So Overall, you know, I my numbers of Michigan on top and I think that's pretty legitimate Based on the way they've played the last five ish or games Ohio State second Georgia's like a just a tick behind them so overall a very competitive college football landscape and you know, hopefully we'll see some competitive semi-final games and Yeah, I think Everyone's kind of still there. So Yeah, well, I think I think it'll be a pretty competitive getting into the playoff and then some semi-final and maybe even a final game That's competitive. Yeah, these next couple of weeks gonna be very telling and the Big 10 and huge weeks coming up here for Michigan They have that Penn State game And of course Ohio State down the road as well currently Michigan minus 185 to make the college football playoff tied with Georgia For the shortest odds followed by Florida State a minus 160 then Ohio State at even money Jim real quick. I think Washington plus 115 is kind of interesting. Okay. No, they really struggled Last week. We're only able to put up what one offensive touchdown or something It was probably an outlier game for a Michael Panix led offense that has been really good You know My numbers downgrade of Washington quite a bit. So that seems like pretty generous for them to Well, that also probably has to be quite a bit of a downgrader that has to be reflective of a downgrade of USC Washington is gonna play later So I think there's a lot of stuff to kind of unpack out there out west as well I can still see Oregon being the most likely team out there to come out even though You know, they they weren't particularly great either against Washington State last week But Washington plus 115 looks pretty interesting Yeah Parker Fleming again, we've had in the show before does a thing called do we really get beat that bad? It kind of shows like the net success rate of teams that one I believe Washington was like one of the worst. No, actually, they're not as bad as I thought but But it was a rock expectations. What's that relative to expectations. They were terrible, right, right? So that that's like, yes, their success rate relative to expectations was bad and like they went from first to fifth In my success rate adjusted for opponent So, yeah, it wasn't a good week, you know, we'll see if it was an outlier, but I still think there's a lot There's a lot of good football I think that's gonna happen in the pack 12 and I'm still really looking forward to all that starting with the game We'll talk about a little bit later. Yeah, so looking at a Parker's Parker's graph. You can find them on Twitter at stats of war Washington was like below average in terms of net success rate and two spots better than them was Ohio State So backing up what you said, Ed Ohio State's net success rate wasn't gonna blow you away Despite the way in that state so keep that right and that's all you know, Penn State's defense was was in general good Yeah, their offense could have done anything if they wouldn't have gotten that holding call on that phone We'll return for a touchdown. I thought the holding call was legit But you know, they get any kind of break The perception that game could be very different for sure and it's important to keep that in mind the context of a win Not just the fact they want even if it is a very good opponent Let's dig in now to some games here for week number nine beginning with Oklahoma going on the road take on Kansas right now Oklahoma is a 10 point favorite total in this game It's 65 and a half and Oklahoma's offense and I think we can expect you continue to be very good But the defense now facing a Kansas team that is been solid despite having Jason being a quarterback Sounds like he'll be starting once again this week for Kansas. So let's start with the defense for Oklahoma Can they do enough here to cover a pretty large spread on the road against a competent team?  So definitely a unit that is, you know On the rise compared to last year We know Brent Venable's is a defensive guy. So not too surprising that they're getting Everything together on that side of the ball When you look at this game, you know by far the worst unit is going to be Kansas's defense 91st in my adjusted success rate. They're pretty bad A little bit better in in yards per play 59th But still for sure the worst unit that's going to be out there Kansas's offense looks like it's going to continue to roll I I didn't actually realize like Jason being started the first game of the season I didn't realize Jalen Daniels didn't play that game. So it's kind of been a back and forth with well not really a back and forth But I mean he played before so it wasn't easy for me to just be like, oh, let me take the first four games And see how Kansas's offense was with and without being I think we can kind of safely assume that they're they're going to be pretty good Um, I mean, that's certainly the data that we're getting You know, my numbers have uh, Oklahoma by eight. I'm not seeing a ton of value here I guess I would kind of lean slightly towards Kansas, but um, I'm not seeing a ton of value in this game Yeah, the plus 10 on Kansas is minus 115 right now So you mentioned it's a two two points of value there for you and you have to account for the fact that it is Minus 115 as well. It's on a key number. So I think accounting for that It makes sense why that might not be super alluring for you there And I think we talked about Oklahoma before where uh, bill connelly is writing pieces last year about how sp plus is having a hard time catching up to how bad they were and It is a quick turnaround though, right to get to this point where the defense is suddenly like Trustworthy, so I guess like I'm still pretty skeptical of them and I think that's why I I think that I'm on board with you where if you were to go a certain way in this game would be Kansas I think it's a stay away as well But like I still have my reservations about this defense just given how rough things were last year and given that It's still not really like a full full venerable scheme because it's so early in his 10 years still Right, I think well last year is interesting, right? Because I think the numbers on Oklahoma were a lot better than The record 0 and 5 and one score games and I'm looking at my numbers. They were 53rd and adjusted success rate Heading into the season, you know, I think bill was actually saying that You know, it might be another year before brand venerables gets everything together here I think an improvement to 19th on defense is pretty good. Maybe that's uh More than we expect from this unit, but you know, they're undefeated right now, right? So they you know, they They should win this game. Yeah, well, you think they're gonna cover or not And uh, they're they're definitely a contender to to make it all the way to college football playoff And they've beaten some tough teams too and that does matter as well So Oklahoma minus 10 against Kansas no value there based on what ed's model is saying Let's talk now about Georgia going on the road take on florida right now This spread is 14 and a half with the total at 47 and a half at vandal sportsbook And this is the first game we've seen uh, georgia play without brock bowers It's a large spread at 14 and a half and it's a game with a low total so Really tough set of circumstances here can florida keep this game close enough to cover a more than two touchdown spread Right, I mean florida is a really tough team to figure out and especially on defense where they are Actually a very good 15th in my adjusted success rate and a really awful 100 in second and adjusted yards for play They've had a huge problem with explosive plays That tends to be random, but when I see a yards per play, that's as bad as 100 in second You know, I think that gives uh That that gives me pause about whether this defense can do anything When you look at georgia's offense, they're they're fine They're borderline top 10 when you look at success rate or yards per play Obviously, it hurts to not have rock bowers. Uh, you know, who had about more than three yards per outrun This year that's excellent, especially for a tight end And you know lab macaquie's back, but 11 targets in three games It you know, it doesn't seem like he is the player that he was last year for for whatever reason so I don't know. I mean, I I think you know, my numbers have this as uh georgia by about 13 I think when I look at florida And I and I look at those defensive numbers. It's possible to figure out What is going on there? I think that defense could be okay to really awful um So, you know florida actually is decent on offense, uh, I kind of would lean towards the over here I think this this 47 is pretty low. My numbers have it at like 55 I I think you can make a case for that because florida's offense has been pretty good Um, georgia's defense has been kind of the weaker of the two sides of the football They're 33rd in my adjusted success rate. They're 12th in adjusted yards per play. So You know, let's let's not think that this is a bad defense We know that they recruit at a high level and there's going to be the athletes on that side of the ball But they certainly haven't gotten it done like they have over the the previous two years So, um, I'm not sure I'm not really sure, you know, my numbers like the over here and um, I would lean that way Okay, right now over on 47 half is minus 110 if and or sportsbook You mentioned bowers and his yards per route wrong, which is insane for a tight end but also like He helps the running game too because he's he'd like they have like a lot of like jets based him and stuff like that And so like he actually benefits in that regard too, but I think this number does account for that and again if you got the spread at 13 and I think it makes sense that you would show value in the over in in in this situation. So Showing faith in the Florida offense. I think that makes sense over 47 and a half is minus 110 And I think that is a fun way to get exposure potentially to this game Let's finish up here by talking about Oregon at Utah We're right now Oregon is a six and a half point favorite total in this game Is 47 and a half in Utah announced last week the cam rising will not play at all this year but Still got a big win before that announcement over u.s.c Six and a half point dogs at home against Oregon. How do you see this game playing out? Right. So this game was super interesting to kind of dig into my numbers Certainly talked about Oregon a couple weeks ago about how their defense was A lot better than it had been last year After it came into the season as a question mark You know the defense all things considered was pretty good against Washington in that game You know, they they gave up a reasonably high success rate But washington is the best offense in the nation and they actually moved into my top 10 When I look at adjusted success rate Then I looked at it again before this game and they had dropped all the way to 26 It was like, ah, well, they must have been terrible against washington state They they weren't they were they were about college football average What happened was that washington had such a horrible game against arizona state that it just brought everything down Uh, you got to think that that washington game was an outlier performance Um, and that you know when they start to play well again that that You know, Oregon's defense is probably better as is at least the top 25 unit. If not a little bit higher So when you know their uh Oregon's offense is leaked. So as utah's defense that's going to be definitely a battle of strengths there utah's uh Offense is not good. They're 76 when I look at my adjusted success rate. So, you know, um, you know One I have Oregon by about five, you know, when I posted this dk had uh, Oregon minus four So maybe some interest there, but now obviously the market has moved since then I think it's gone it's gone right through my number. So not seeing a ton of value I do expect Oregon to win this game. Uh, I think their defense will be able to hold utah down And uh, I think I I still see Oregon as a pack 12 favorite Yeah, for sure Now you mentioned your number is at five here and it's moved to six and a half Which means we've seen a lot of movement in favor of Oregon How far would this such move before you'd have interest in buying utah if we got to seven would that entice you enough or no?  So though clearly it wasn't good enough to win. Um Yeah, I mean they I mean utah just doesn't really have a lot on offense. I mean, it's Such a shame that camera rising is not playing in a year where their defense is so elite and you wonder what this team could have done Um, I don't have a ton of faith in this utah team. So I mean, yeah, you should I would probably bet it if I get plus eight, but yeah Yeah, not something I'm particularly interested in Yeah, so keep an eye on the market if it keeps moving if it gets across seven somewhere in that range maybe you want to buy in if you're higher on utah, but um, Sounds like Ed is more tepid on that even if we do get some more movement in Oregon's favor Where else do you see a value across week number nine if angelo sportsbook ed? Uh, I'm looking back at Kentucky again I've talked about Kentucky on the show and about how I don't think they're a particularly good football team How many times have I done that? I think three this would be number three because it was a mizu game and then I did talk about the mizu game Georgia was a Georgia Yes, I think it was a Georgia game. Yeah And then uh Yeah, anyways, I still don't think Kentucky is particularly good and I thought that we you know We wouldn't see any more value because that Georgia game was two weeks ago And then I think Kentucky was off. Yeah a week if I'm not mistaken But now we get another chance to bet against Kentucky because Tennessee blew that game against, uh, Alabama last week Uh, it was a pretty interesting game, you know, Tennessee's like way ahead I turned the tv off to have dinner and then check the score later and Alabama comes and wins by a pretty significant margin Uh, it was aided by Joe Milton fumble that got returned for a touchdown late in that game You know in Tennessee was competitive in that game had more yards was very competitive by success rate So I think a score of 34 to 20 kind doesn't reflect exactly what happened in that game And I don't think Kentucky is very good. Um, they they they have Ray Davis The running back and he is very good. Um, and has broken off a lot of explosive plays But Tennessee's defense has also been really good Uh, Tennessee's running game has been really good with uh With jail and right averaging 6.5 yards per carry kind of making up for Uh, a disappointing season in the past offense with Joe Milton, you know, my numbers have Tennessee by six in this game Uh, someone is betting Kentucky someone pretty sharp because Uh, Fandle is uh staying at three and a half I think a lot of the other sports books when I looked at this yesterday were at four already So I like Tennessee here. Um, and uh, yeah, we'll go to the wall one more time fading Kentucky The three and a half is minus 110 right now fandle sports book on the Tennessee side of things and Yeah, the the Georgia game when you talked about laying the points of Georgia They got down big early and were never closed think that was also 14 and a half points spread in that one And then the mizu game They kind of just like took control of that game honestly like They had lead a halftime and then really played well in the second half too. So I had I did follow you on both those and I really felt super nervous about either of them So the fact we get to do this again with Kentucky. I think is at least somewhat enticing I think it's great. I mean, I do someone who is also sharp out there is betting Kentucky like that that's uncertainty Um, but obviously we can all have different opinions on things Uh, I I think it's a team to fade. I I don't like the quarterback Devon leary He's he's not been a good quarterback either this year or last year And uh, I'm happy to fade them Yeah, uh, so that is Tennessee minus three and a half taking on Kentucky right now at fandle sports book The three and a half is minus 110 that is all that we have here for today on covering the spread as mentioned earlier on We're going to have Tom Vecchio on later today to preview bucks and bills Find that in the covering the spread podcast feed and on fan dual tv plus as well to get ready for thursday night football Ed, uh, if people want to find all of your work, where can they find all that? Yeah, check me out at thepowerrank.com sign up for my free sports betting email newsletter Every saturday, I send out five nugget saturday, which is my curated list of sports betting tips and analytics Try to put in some stuff that I originate but also what other people in the field are doing If you're looking for action on any given we can check that out at thepowerrank.com You can find Ed on twitter at the power and could find his other podcast by searching for the football analytics show I am on twitter at jim saunas. I'm also on threads at jim dot saunas tomorrow Ed is back with us once again We're talk, uh NFL week number eight be sure to tune back in for that as well This has been covering the spread right here on the fan dual podcast network


Everybody Wanns Daily Fantasy Values, DF, yes! These are some plays for week 11 at quarterback. He's back, he's back, is it gonna be good or... Justin Fields, okay? Even if it's garbage time and it's not like pretty or even if they like don't win, we got the Devin Hester bump today. Devin Hester on the show, I just think it's gonna happen, right? Justin Fields is gonna end pretty numbers, they're in a dome, it's the Lions, why not? At running back, I said to Bijan last week and he finally broke out and scored a touchdown so I'm manifesting things again. Give me Tony Pollard, he hasn't scored since week one. That's crazy, and we, I mean, we had, who did we have, Eviscerate, Brian McCarthy, why can't I think of his name?  So there you have it, some daily fantasy plays per week 11.


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What's up my friends? I am here in downtown Leadville, Colorado, the highest town in America at just over 10,000 feet, not high in the way that you were thinking, but I am here for summer camp. Well, not exactly, but I'm here for run camp. You see, I did this silly thing and I signed up for the Leadville 100 this year and I figure maybe I should do some training. So I'm here for the run camp where I'm gonna meet all sorts of new friends from around the country and we're gonna run, run, run, we're gonna get to know the course and I think it's gonna be really fun because running is fun, right? If this is your first Leadville, welcome to our family. If you've been here before, welcome home. Welcome home. We are so excited to have everyone here, so excited to be back. Just could not be happier. I know you believe in the hereafter and that gold buckle is what you're here after. All right, all right. So you gotta learn, you gotta feel it tonight. I want you to feel Leadville. Go get them, got it. Okay, this truly feels like summer camp. We're getting on a school bus. So this feels just like summer camp because we're making new friends. This is Amanda, what's up? This is, what was your name again? John. Came in from Texas. Woo, it's a little chilly. Ah, it just rained, it's nice and fresh. This is exciting. My first group run of 2021. With all my people, I feel good. So now I found my buddy Bob Africa from Boulder. What's up, buddy? Good, I'm here just to take you home. Because I know you rode your bike here. Exactly, he needs to drive me home. I want you after 50 mile weekend, have to ride home. He's also here because he's a running guy and he's run the race many, many times. Lead man finisher, finished first. So what section of the race are we doing right now? We are running towards the finish inbound. We just left what's called the May Queen aid station. So Leadville is 50 miles out and back. So that's the first aid station outbound about mile 13 and inbound mile 87. Bob, just give me some good advice. What was that again? Well, I said as I get older, so I'll put an asterisk. It's not about who runs the fastest, but who slows down the least. It is really beautiful in this little forest. I'm excited to see this during the race. I'll be very tired, but I'm excited to see it. How you doing, how you doing? Look at that beautiful lake. So this is Turquoise Lake. Look how pretty that is. I wonder if it's gonna be pretty at mile 90 when I'm dying. Looking good, everybody. All lit up like little fireflies. I love running at nighttime. Something that I don't do very often, but I love it. Makes me feel good. So it got a little rainy the last few miles and it got freezing cold quick. But we're almost done. It's about 11 p.m. Time to go to bed. And the forecast tomorrow calls for a lot more rain. 100, give us a quick history. How'd that happen? Why'd you want to do that? And what's the effect been on the town? Yeah, I'm not sure. That's a good way to put it. We created the Leadville 100. Maybe the Leadville 100 created me. And Mary Lee. Yeah, it was foundational all this. 1982, I was an underground shift bus. Climax Mine went to work. One swing shift, got all ready to go underground. The steel-toed boots, self-rescure, the hard-add, all that. The foreman called and said, when all shift bosses come to the office, we're going to have a meeting. Like, we made our living walking through solid rock. We didn't have meetings. What's this about? It was a damn short meeting. He said, walked in that room and he said, boys, go back and tell your crews to go home. You go home. We're shutting the mine down. We'll be in touch with you tomorrow. That was, that devastated this community, Leadville. We lost 3,250 jobs that night in a community of 5,000. That was everybody. Everybody was out of work. There wasn't government programs back then to come save us. So we knew we had to save ourselves. Community got together with this, that, and the other. What can we do?  Then the governor came down, Richard Glam, with an economic developer, gave us good advice. He said, you got to bring people to your community to spend money. Key to getting them to spend money is that they stay overnight. Just with depth and breadth of my intellectual capacity, not being much, I figured, well, you know, if they run 100 miles, they're going to stay overnight. Down to see Mary Lee, and I said, Mary Lee, I need help. I need a race director. And would you help me? You know, some way we felt like we could contribute to our community and pull our community up by bootstraps, because we knew the Calvary was not coming. But back in the early 80s, the idea of running 100 miles was kind of nuts, right? It wasn't like today, 100 miles are everywhere. Back then, they weren't. How did you convince people that this was a good idea? You know, I don't think we ever convinced anybody it was a good idea. We should make first, still not a good idea. Because it hurts. Well, it was easy to convince our community that it was going to be great for our community, because everybody was out of work. We had plenty of volunteers. We had lots of volunteers. So the community immediately jumped in behind it. We had early days. We had people pacing that had never run a step in their life. And they just were so involved and so invested in helping runners get to the finish line that, I mean, they were out there not running shoes or anything. And it's like, I'll help Pace you. Our goal had a great amount of integrity to it, because we put three cornerstones right at the start. And that's, number one, the race would start and end in Leadville, have Leadville in its name. Number two, we would not ask any local businesses for contributions. We wanted, our goal was to bring money into the community, not to go to our businesses and take money out. Third thing, and probably most important, and still applies today, is that no one, me, Mary Lee, anybody involved, would be selfish nor self-serving. So in those early days when I ran the race every year, I paid my entry fee just like everybody else. And Mary Lee cashed my check. So yeah, so people believed in us then and they, I think they still do. It's a beautiful day in Leadville. You know what I love doing? Running and freezing cold rain. I love it. So this is like my preferred day. That's a lie. I like warm weather, but you get what you get, right? At least they have warm vegetarian burritos. And any day you start it with the burrito is a good day. You mentioned you've never run a marathon before? Oh yeah. So I've only run two half marathons in my entire life. And I'm a Marine. I just retired actually from Marine Corps in May. And this year will be the first year I run the Marine Corps marathon. And before I run the Marine Corps marathon, I just figured I'd run the Leadville 100, right? I mean, I just, that's where I'll start, but hopefully I finish. I love it, brother. I love it. You're gonna finish. Yeah, I'm gonna. Keep that smile on your face. You're all good. Nice to meet you, bro. All right, time to get on the bus to the pain cave. Hey, there's a dog on the bus. He's so cute. We got dogs on the bus. You're from Iowa, right? Iowa. We love Iowa. It's a little bit flatter than here. How you feeling? Great. Great, you all good? Yeah, all good, all good. People are stepping over the giant dogs. This is a good Colorado moment. All right, here we go. Time to run 26 miles. That's a marathon, but we're not racing, so it's not gonna hurt too bad. Inevitably, there's always inspirational stories at races. And tell me about your condition, what were you? So I was born with a club foot, and basically means like my leg was on kind of backwards. And what they did is at the time, it was like, well, we'll kind of break it. We don't really have bones to break at that age, but they twist your leg around and cast it, and they recast it over and over again to correct the leg and the foot. So when I run, my foot is like this, and I'm constantly almost kicking myself on my other side. So my leg is shorter, my foot is smaller, by about a size, and my mom really pushed me into running and doing other sports and activities, because when I was little, I had to wear a cast all the way up until I got into kindergarten. So this one's kind of small, and then we have my regular leg. Wow. Oh yeah, we feel good. Just want to stop here and show you the view. What are you doing out here? Going for round two, man. Yeah, you've done this before? Came up short in 2019, got to finish. Yeah! Look who we have at the aid station, none other than Ken! Yeah, the beautiful day in Paradise. We love it. Thanks for the cookies! Bye-bye!  It really is so much fun, I love it. Especially after 15 months of nothing during COVID, it's just good to see humans and make friends and goop around and ah! So I don't know a ton about the Leadville course, but I do know that we're on Powerline. I've heard of this section and obviously it's called Powerline because of these guys. All right, so I ran into Bob again, Bob. Where are we right now if we were doing the race? So we were doing the race. That's Mount Massive, by the way. Right on. We would be outbound, like mile 25, 26. We just passed what's called the Outward Bound Aid Station. It was run by the Outward Bound School. That's the Colorado Outward Bound School over there. So they run that aid station. So outbound about mile, like yeah, 25, 26, like marathon distance. Inbound, obviously mile 75 or so. Woo! Hello, how's it going? Cookie. You guys are everywhere, I love it, high five. Yeah! Why do I keep coming back? It's a, there's a good community sense at this race. Yeah. You're getting a feel for that this time, right? Yeah, for sure. So it's a good thing. I've already made so many friends this weekend. I love it. And so by the time race weekend hits, I'm gonna have all these friends to run with. Oh yeah, it's the Jorts. Are those your good luck charms? They are. Yeah, yeah, you gotta have the Jorts out here. Don't take yourself too seriously. It's real wet right now, but it's also real beautiful. I feel like I'm in some, you know, enchanted forest in England or something. Steeplechase, hey! Woo, little sloppy. It's raining, it's pouring. Oh, this feels good.  Ha ha ha, no whammies, baby. Yeah, the sun came out and we're finished for the day. How's it going? What's up? Yeah! What makes it different and magical? Why do people come here from everywhere? You know, I think the elevation has something to do with it in this community of Leadville, which from early on has been a dig deep community. We've gone through those booms and busts of mining and people have stayed here because of this community and there's something magic about Leadville. It's not Ken Clover, it's not Merrily, it's Leadville. Leadville and we tell everybody that comes here and falls in love with the races, want to come back every year that you didn't find Leadville, Leadville found you. What is some advice for somebody like me or somebody else who's doing it for the first time or taking on any other type of challenge? Maybe it's a 5K, their first race.  Motivation will get you to starting line, it will not get you to the finish line. Motivation will leave you when you need it the most. What I tell them is the truth. What we've learned, this year I'll be able to tell them the truth, we've learned over 39 years. That comes, I guess maybe from my mining background. In mining, we would walk through Solid Rock at the end of the day where we'd quit. The next day, that's the face of the mind. Face of the mind is called the truth. That's the truth in mining. And it's the truth, what I tell them is the truth in Leadville, you've got to do the same when you come here. At that starting line, not motivation, it's commitment. I ask everyone of them to say before we start, say I commit, I won't quit. And I tell them why. I can tell you, you can do this, here's why. Because inside each and every one of you is an inexhaustible well of grit, guts, and determination. And when you need it, in this 100 mile race, I'll guarantee you'll need it more than once.  Just as those miners had to do in 1860, you dig deep into that well, grit, guts, and determination.  You can do more than you think you can.  So the dream chaser is just an idea that we had a couple of years ago. I was talking to Veronica and it's for me to start, but two hours and a half behind every runner. And the goal is to pass as many runners as I can and people decides to donate as much money as they want. For example, they can say I'm gonna give a dollar per person that Rodrigo passes and then if I pass 500 people, that'll be $500. So it could be 10 cents, it could be a dollar, it could be $10. So that's kind of what the dream chaser goal is. Nice. And where does the money go? What's this scholarship all about? You know, the money goes to the Legacy Foundation and they do so many different things with the money. Like I know throughout this pandemic, they helped almost every kid and not every kid here in Lake County with food and a lot of other things. They also do the scholarship for every senior, every year. And I think two years ago, they raised it from $1,000 to $2,000 so they can keep going and chasing their dreams, going to college and getting a career or something. How many people do you think you can pass? Well, we'll find out on August, right? But the goal is, depending how many people enter the race, I think it's gonna be right around 600 or 650, I'm not sure. So I wanna at least get top 50, so that would mean 600 runners, hopefully. Cool, and what kind of time would that be, finishing time? You know, based on my last three years that I have done the 100, my actual time it's right around 20 hour. So you had those two and a half hours so hopefully we can break 22 and a half. Muchas suerte, mi amigo Rodrigo. I hope this guy, you hope you pass so many people and raise tons of money, man. Thank you, man. It's a great program. Thank you. I remember reading about Hope Pass in the book Born to Run for a dramatic part of the story. High altitude, steep. So Bob, at what point in the race is this? So we're like mile 43, 44, and this is out of Twin Lakes, H-Station, going up to Hopeless, up to Hope Pass, which is the high point. As I can tell, it's higher. This is a big climb. So this is kind of tractor mode. It's nice not to run after the last 40 plus miles and a good time to feed and drink and water and get ready. Get ready. Check it out, Colorado Trail and the Continental Divide Trail. Two of my favorite trails. You know, one of my favorite things about running is just being outside in nature. Yeah, I like personal goals and going as fast as I can. But really, I just like being outside. In a race like this, 100 miles, you're outside all day. And it's really awesome. You get to see the sunrise and sunset and everything in between in nature and insects and animals.  Woo. Look at that. Here we are going through a floor. This snow field here really close to the top. What's that? How you feeling? Pretty good, man. This right here is the definition of runners high. I am high altitude, but also I'm high because I've been running with all these wonderful people all weekend in these beautiful trails in this beautiful area of my state. I'm so grateful that I got to be part of this runner camp. I'm so excited for the race.  It's a very big deal. Leadville 100 has been a dream of mine for many, many years after I read the book, Born to Run. And I'm finally gonna make it happen. I've been training. I'm gonna be ready.  It's gonna be a challenge, but I'm excited. And just hearing the stories from everybody around here who have done it before, they say once you do it, you know, it changes you. Changes you in a good way. And I believe that with all the adventures I do, I feel like every adventure makes me a better person, a more caring, loving, compassionate, connected to nature and my friends and family type person. So here we go.


Hey everyone, welcome to figure fantasy. So we're here to have a build and gear guide for Old Sherman Tiga, so most of you guys are not fans of this guy, but Again, I my experience with him is very very positive And I'll show you guys first the build that I made so let's start off by Looking at his skills first to understand how he does his thing So for his attack Tiga multi chop attacks an enemy starts from the first enemy in the same line attack speed is fast Definitely will need more speed for him to be viable because his basic attack would be the centerpiece of his kit okay, so For upgrade effect to level 2 boost the damage from basic attacks by 20% and at level 3 another 20% moving on to his ultimate so Zeparian beam initial energy is 40 attacks the current target and switches basic attack To compound fist for five seconds after the ultimate ends. So upgrade effects So of level 2 granted crit chance up on ignited targets This one is a bit contested because people don't like to combo this they think that He has lesser value Because he needs he needs other figures to ignite so that he can guarantee his crit This is actually going to be OP if you don't do this a guaranteed crit is is is crazy So it's like creating a hundred percent if you you know, just put it in his cut in his kit without even putting a Condition on it. So this is actually good. I Have some suggestions down the line on which figures do you know need to pair up with him Going back. So also adds boosts compound fist damage by 35 percent basic attacks have a 30 percent 30 percent chance to trigger compound fist compound fist is deals basic attack damage to the enemy three times So your basic attack just times three Okay, so that is why you need to make sure that your basic attack is built. Well next is his passive Which is Tiga multi punch every five Times basic attack deals damage it immediately deals moderate damage to the target and adjacent enemies and heals the attacker by 42% this is pretty much very amazing because I've His staying power with only his passive even if without his life steal is pretty much insane so the basic attack power boosts the damage and healing take note of that level 2 is boosts passive damage by 50% and level 3 number of basic attacks required to trigger goes down to 4 So it's a minus one from the 5. Okay moving on to the last one Which is his special timer flash boost dodge chance by 15% restores health after each successful dodge Boost basic attack power by 24% within the first 15 seconds of the battle Then we do it to 10 and boost attack speed by 10% boost dodge as well by 20% at level 3 So that is his skills if you take a look at his stats here the most lowest that would be Health basically, so if you want to you know have a good reservoir for your life steal You should have at least good Numbers for health, but a is already good. So definitely He's kind of good even though without additional health Bonuses, okay, let's move on to his parts Okay, so for parts for the 2p set I would not recommend any other but a basic attack Power enhancer, which is a skill set. This is actually The only thing that I would recommend. I don't think others other would you know would fit the bill for him at this point so More or less you'll have to do with a 2p set for your 4p set Also, I'd Recommend attack speed because he really has a built-in Lifesteal set so to say so this one would be beneficial from him for him But otherwise if you still want to put up a lifesteal set Then you could replace the quick set with the lifesteal set, but definitely not that Needed off to his badge what I equipped him Which is again the only set that I would recommend is the eternal nightmare badge Because of the boost in attack speed by 10% Basic attacks have a 21% chance to bounce off a bounce lighting off four times each time Dealing damage equal to 10% of attack. Okay, but the two exclusive badge or And the adornment we will have to discuss whether they are Going to be Beneficial for him to start off with the badge first So it's it's exclusive badge So when using multi punch boost the power the next ultimate by five and The effect stacks up to five times and grants a shield hundred percent of attack. I'm I don't think this is necessary the Eternal nightmare badge is actually pretty much sufficient because that one I need most because of the boost of attack speed however for The adornment if you wish to go it all in on Ultraman the adornment takes him Further from what he's built right now So because when using a compound fifth deals an additional take note of this 50 percent 57 percent of attack as Damage to the target and its adjacent enemies additional damage bonus which Gives him more lifesteal and you know again deals massive damage, so those are the parts Again, the recommended if you want to go all in so please get his Exclusive adornment. Okay, so going back. I only have him at the I only have him at two star to two diamonds. I can't go any further But those are actually the parts and the badge that I think would really really Help him or will make him shine as for the team composition. Let's just filter this up First and foremost this guy is one of I think the must-have when you have Ultraman because he He has health restore he has he ignites all figure all figures So as you can see here Heals all attack speed is increased as well restored health and also Boost attack speed is accuracy bonus also ignites all enemies at the same time So again, he's the best combo or next next He's what is happening to my tongue today. He's the best pairing For ultraman if you want to take advantage of ignite the others I think would be a kitschy mitzuhide, but he's too he's too specific to what you call this to In building he's purely for ignite teams unlike Zau you you could splash him in any other team So both him and ultraman would be a good parry Sonata is not necessary. Although if you don't have any other ignite in your lineup sonata would be good But I'm definitely recommending Zau you as a mainstream partner for ultraman In case you want to to have that That what they call this trigger this one The guaranteed crit chance on ignited targets. This is actually pretty much very good Um, and this would be op if you give it to him old uh, I'll try it. I'm sorry He would be so op if he has a great guaranteed crit chance. So that is it for the team comp and Guys my final thoughts on him. I don't think he's a he is a bad figure or a bad collab I don't think I I don't want to I don't think he deserves to be called the worst collab ever I don't think so. Um I've heard I'd heard things from people and say that he's the worst, but I don't think he is So again, I'd like to end this one final thoughts with A match Just want to showcase him guys to you with a fight So let's do final battle. I Save this one Okay, so for my final battle here. It is here is most likely my team And let's find out how he does and how much damage he deals So this one is looking like Is more looking like your regular ignite team already except for the fact that you have Ayane there You can take out Ayane and this would be a full fire team You can even replace Tanada with Akechi if you want Eventually or you could even replace Ayane with Akechi, but again, you need three four front line people here That is why Galatea, I think would really really thrive with ignite if they did this properly They would be a very good brand to have So with ultraman, it you know gives them more firepower more dps and more reason to use um the ignite team So as you can see here crits all over the place Let us do some analysis on how Charmaine is going to demolish the competition. So Let's wait for the application of even there that's crit already so Very high damage over six figures for damage And it's usually fast damage because of how he's built and uh, how quick his punches are See 500,000 for that damage for ultraman And it's usually critting Another crit another 500,000 damage I I really guys I don't really think that he is that bad He just needs a little bit more boosted in terms of his companions And I need to put him up to five diamonds probably in the next few months if ever I get more Uh stickers from the mo store that would be good So there withstanding all of that onslaught from that bunny and again He's the first to take down his you know His enemy so again a lot of damage coming from him And he helps out with this big guy in the middle 371,000 Again a lot of damage coming from him This is the last wave I think we're clearing this So so far And also I forgot to mention Um, again his lifesteal Really doesn't go down that much A little damage then it goes back to full health So again nothing to complain about him um At this point, I would rate him as nearly there In terms of uh in terms of what he brings in terms of what he gives He's not one of the you know one of the best units, but again, he's nearly there Again, if you see him if you see him needing ignite figures around him I don't you know, I don't blame you guys, but again, he's a perfect Uh vanguard for galatea for speaking for galatea team A lot of people don't like galatea, but again, I go for the underdogs and I think he is a good addition to galatea So we're nearing down to Few more seconds for the round. Hopefully we could clear this up 25 seconds So Still holding on A low 20 seconds for this one. I think we're gonna clear this one So ultra man still holding Not even a scratch Okay, guys, that is it So hopefully I have uh convinced you on investing on ultra man And thank you guys for staying this far. Take care. Stay safe. That's the warden and I'm out of here


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Hello and welcome to the session. Let's discuss the following question. It says express the following as a rational expression in the lowest form. So let's now move on to the solution.  Now to reduce this into a lowest form we need to factorize this. We need to simplify this. So we will first make the factors of this quadratic equation. So we have x square minus 3x plus 2x minus 6 upon x square minus 9 can be written as x square minus 3 square plus again we will try to make the factors of this quadratic equation. So we have x square plus 6x minus 4x minus 24 upon x square minus 4x plus 3x minus 12 is equal to 0. Now we know that a square minus b square is equal to a minus 3 into a plus b. So here we have in the numerator we first take x common from the first two terms we have x into x minus 3 taking plus two common from the last two terms we have 2 into x minus 3 upon. Here we will apply this formula. So we have x minus 3 into x plus 3 plus taking x common from the first two terms we have x into x plus 6 taking minus 4 common from the last two terms we have minus 4 into x plus 6 upon taking x common from the first two terms here we have x into x minus 4 taking plus 3 common from the last two terms we have 3 into x minus 4. Now taking x minus 3 common in the numerator we have x minus 3 into x plus 2 upon x minus 3 into x plus 3 plus taking x plus 6 common we have x plus 6 into x minus 4 upon x minus 4 into x plus 3.  Now taking LCM LCM would be x plus 3 as both the terminators are same and in the numerator we have x plus 2 plus x plus 6. So we have x plus x is 2x 2 plus x is 8 upon x plus 3. Now taking two common from the numerator we have 2 into x plus 4 upon x plus 3. So this is the required lowest form of the given expression. This completes the question here we have x plus 3. So this completes the question and the session. Life will now take care. Have a good day.


What resources or tools do you often use to keep yourself up to date with the current happenings in the industry? Well, ethics and publishing is a huge deal. So COPE, which is the committee on publication ethics, that they've been a great tool for me just to learn the ins and outs of ethics and publishing. And the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors, I've been a member for about a year and a half now. And they've really been a fantastic resource because it allows me to connect with other members of the field. And it just gives me an opportunity to see what new trends, new innovations in the field and see what other journals are doing that we could potentially be doing. That's what we gave, yeah. I think of the networking opportunities that these conferences offer are amazing. And CSC is also one of those really good conferences. But I think CSC is more on the copy editing and then more on the publishing side. ISMT, really beautiful managing editor group together. Right, it's a completely different field, really. You're managing editors or in technical editors. It's such a specific area in the field of publishing, it's just nice to be around other people who kind of understand what's going on in your world and can give you advice and suggestions on how to do things better or just give you fresh ideas. Yeah, yeah, I remember my first ISMT meeting, I heard someone say that finally I have fellow colleagues who actually understand what I do. Yes, people say that all the time, yes. I don't have to explain what I do because if someone from the outside asks what I do, it's so difficult to explain your job because a lot of people don't even know about it. That actually surprises me. Yeah, I have to admit that when I first took the job with ASGE, I was a little unclear as to how an association and a societal journal ran. So it's a great learning opportunity and it's been just really wonderful using that as a resource to connect with other people and learn so much about the field. Someone who's played a major role or been a great mentor in your career so far because they always say when you're sticking up your first job, it's not about which company is about having a good boss because that's where usually any personal experiences of how your career's happening so far. Yes, actually, speaking of boss, I have a fantastic boss. Her name's Deborah Bowman, she's the, she just had a title change which is fantastic for her but she is the managing editor, senior managing editor of clinical publications for ASGE and she's just been a fantastic guide through this whole publishing world. I've definitely learned a lot from her during my time at ASGE and I think that together we've actually done quite a lot of new and innovative things with the journal and kind of pushed the boundaries of what people expect from a scientific journal. Any advice for people who are interested in getting into STM industry as a career or for other early career professionals? Just really learn as much as you can about the field. You wanna make sure you're doing your research. Like I've mentioned before, ethics and publishing is a big thing to be familiar with and I would say just keep on top of new technology, new trends, what's the next thing going to be in the field so you have something to bring to the table when you do get that first position. I would say it's good to be, you've hit kind of an area that you have an interest in. If you have a math background or a scientific background you might wanna gravitate more to a journal or publication that relates to that field but just really read all you can. You really wanna make sure that you, like I said, you're up to date on anything going on in that field. If, for example, I work for a medical journal it's great to take a medical editing class, maybe read, just even online read some of the things that, new innovations that are going on in the medical field that you're interested in. And really just make sure that you are kind of building an eye for detail. That's always important if you're gonna go into scholarly publishing.