Hello, my name is Meredith Soda. I'm the product manager for the Synapse platform and I work with SageBio Networks And I'm going to acknowledge right away that if you are looking at the link in the etherpad I cheated and hid a bunch of slides that have more information in case you're curious But I'm going to try to keep the actual presentation pretty short So SageBio Networks is a research organization non-profit Focused on open science and building up research communities to do reproducible open science and research communities It's mission-driven and focused on the idea that Building collaboration and communication and enabling open science will actually just make science better and We spoke earlier about byproducts of you know different projects and this whole platform is essentially a byproduct Of the work that Sage was trying to do to build these open science communities So I'm okay with that as a product manager, but we're going to be working on ways to make it better going forward So it was originally built up by the scientists. They were they were sort of dictating their needs Sharing across these different institutional boundaries working with sensitive human data These were all challenges that hadn't really been solved in a kind of efficient or easy to implement way When they built the platform about 10 years ago when they started building a platform So we're working in all these different groups Across specific consortia or specific collaborations, but the tools that they were building were appropriate for kind of any kind of group So I want to draw the distinction between the organization Sage and the platform Synapse because they're frequently conflated but the work that Sage has focused on has sort of allowed Synapse to flourish and become this more Generalizable tool for open science and is now accessible and usable for anybody not just people working in these specific communities So there's some links here for later, but it's fully open source It's an API enabled platform and the goals are supporting open Although we'll talk in a little bit about like open being not necessarily all the way public, but open amongst groups and setting it up to be public and it's striving to support Collaborations in the research space not just publication or data archiving. These are active working collaborations full of errors and Though hopefully no retractions, but revisions and edits and things like that We also want to make sure that the work that they're doing is reproducible. So we'll talk a little bit more about that a little bit. I Hate architecture diagrams. So this is a cartoon instead The goal of what I'm trying to show here is that we believe that everything should be really driven by the API So we consume our own dog food in a variety of ways And it's all based on this restful API layer so work on our goal is to Connect people working across primarily institutional boundaries, although sometimes those barriers exist even within the same institutions or even within the same labs So it's any kind of research We want to connect. We have analytic clients written in R and Python that operate off of the same API as our web client to allow more computational folks to Talk to people who would prefer to write in real words So again trying to bring together these communities of researchers and then the piece of the bottom is just to denote federated storage because We sort of learned from the very beginning that we're not going to be the one platform that everybody flops to Necessarily that would be cool, but it may not happen So we don't necessarily want to own your data You should keep it wherever you want to and we will link to it instead And the idea is that you can build up these connections between people between tools between data and Start to form cohesive research projects out of them and they're sort of ever-evolving but always connected via metadata and the API So I saw a couple of the people showing research life cycle slides This is more about how different features it's been apps support team science And how team science is not just this linear path between oh, I have an idea Let me get some data and then I'm gonna figure it out and publish on it It's going to iterate through each of these phases a number of times and some sometimes start Again at the very beginning because we're wrong. That's totally fine We want to connect this process mostly through metadata and version control in a lot of different ways, so There's features to support all of these pieces And some of the varied links in here are examples of those if you want to look at them later I'm gonna quickly get to our roadmap I mentioned earlier that we're built for scientists by scientists one of the major shifts in strategic direction was hiring product manager immediate follow-on point was hiring UX person So a lot of our focus going forward is around enhancing usability of the existing system. It's quite powerful And candidly pieces of it are quite confusing So we'll be focusing on revamping lots of pieces to make it more approachable frankly But still focusing on what the scientists need to do their day-to-day So we'll be adding support for workflows and cloud computing And integrations with those outside systems. We don't intend to roll our own We intend to adopt some common standards and interoperate with those folks This is another case where we kind of built a thing early on and then standards became more available. So we have a DIY system for evaluations and cues sounds a lot like work clothes and processes So we'll be sort of deprecating our old system and adopting the common standards Another folks mentions building up communities. So we have the organizing principle for Synapse is research projects And people can be organized in two teams for group permissions and other sorts of fancy stuff But groups of projects often make more sense than individual projects individually. So we'll be building up Well really operationalizing we've been sort of ad hoc grouping projects under parent projects It's not going to fly for very much longer. So we're trying to figure out how to build those up into proper communities We will be adding and expanding a loss 2.0 support To integrate with different systems primarily to support workflows and distributed data storage Because nobody has any interest in shuffling around terabytes of data just to compute on it Again adding lots of UX support you look at the website. We're actively shipping new UX improvements every week So things are going to change And then I also want to call out Improved support for provenance. So one of the cool things that we have done from the very beginning is support the W3C spec for provenance So that all of the bits and pieces in Synapse can be connected Through those processes, but it's really hard to use. So it exists. You can use it if you want Good luck. And so we're going to be adding Some usability support for that as well as allowing it to become walkable and searchable, which I think will Really enhance the existing provenance relationships that are already there and perhaps convince other people to add them Okay


Santos vs. Fortaleza in Brazilian soccer series A and Santos is in danger of being relegated for the first time in 111 years and that is a goal for Fortaleza and he says yeah, I can't hear you This guy is absolutely stunned. We got tears in the crowd. Come on. You can pull it out There's time left. Look at this 57th minute and you're gonna get a corner kick and the fans are not happy La pora de la sé What did I say in Portuguese? Come on. Let's not get relegated. Let's not okay. We tied it look at him No, no, no, no, no not today. Yes. I never cried. I always had faith. I always had faith. Look at him Look at both faithful. They're praying please please. Oh and the 90th minute now. They can't watch they were praying It's looking like they're gonna draw and then the draw means they're eliminated. Oh, no They scored a goal because people stopped caring because they were gonna draw I think cars burned. There was definitely a lot of tears


How to get all the Rotom forms in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. First things first, you'll need a Rotom. You can catch one near Porto Miranda on this part of the map near the lighthouse. Once you have your Rotom, head over to Cascara for City and then head to this market stall to bid on the Rotom catalogue. This is a key item that will allow you to change your Rotom into all its different forms. Then all you have to do is make sure you have a Rotom in your party, head into your bag to find the Rotom catalogue and select which form you'd like to change your Rotom into.


So, at this stage, you might be asking, well, what's next? We're still studying the Higgs boson. We don't know as much as we'd like to know about its properties. But there are other kinds of experiments going on in places like LHC. For example, people are studying the quark-gluon plasma, that's the state of matter that was thought to exist in the early stages of the universe, when quarks and gluons were not tightly bound together. The other things that people are looking for include searches for phenomena that are not explained within the standard model. For example, dark matter and dark energy. And finally, people are always looking for signs that this standard model is not quite the full story. Perhaps there's something more to what we've just told you. With that, we end this series of videos on the standard model in the Big Bang. I really hope you've enjoyed the videos and have learned something really interesting about the matter that makes up our universe and ultimately shapes us. Bye.


A few decades ago, space exploration was spurred on by intense rivalries between the United States and the Soviet Union, propelled by the imminent fear that if one side ever relaxed today, the other would be launching missiles tomorrow. But nowadays, it seems that space exploration is spurred on by the ego of billionaires tweeting at each other. But hey, as a lover of space travel, I'll take what I can get. So anyways, massive fortunes and egos aside, let's try to figure out who's gonna be the first to get humans to Mars. Let's start with the obvious. Who are our contenders? As of now, the only government agency in the running is the US's National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Fancy title, but we're just gonna call them NASA for short. As it stands, it doesn't look like any other countries are close. India's space agency is just getting off the ground, both literally and metaphorically. The Russian Roscosmos and the European Space Agency's joint plan to send a rover to Mars next year is facing great concern that it won't be ready in time for launch, and sending a rover is nowhere near the complexity of a manned mission. And the Chinese National Space Agency is busy focusing on its own planned Mars rover launch in 2020. But just because it takes a few billion dollars to fund a space agency, doesn't mean it's gotta be limited to a bunch of bureaucrats. The biggest commercial space organizations are Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, Boeing, and a handful of defense contractors who don't seem very interested in peaceful space exploration, so we won't be talking about them much. So, what are all their plans? Well, starting with the OGs, NASA plans to land astronauts in the mid-2030s after sending rovers and base components from 2020 to 2024 to support the Martian landing and do a practice launch sending four astronauts somewhere between Earth and Mars by 2025. SpaceX, the most ambitious of the bunch, hopes to land the first humans on the red planet in 2024, using the Starship and BFR rockets currently in development after a flyby of the moon in 2023. Blue Origin hopes to beat SpaceX there aboard New Glenn, their first orbital rocket in development, but it isn't even scheduled to make its opening debut until 2021. Boeing, ULA, and all the defense contractors aren't as concerned with all-out personal glory and are only making it to Mars if NASA chooses them to carry their astronauts. So why are all these launches planned so many years in advance? Well, you can't just pop off to Mars whenever you want, at least not if you want to do it efficiently. At current rocket speeds, it takes about five to seven months to make it to Mars, launching at a very specific window that lines up the optimal orbits of Earth and Mars. Launching any other time would take a lot longer, requiring more fuel and food and increasing the risk of a cosmic disaster like a solar flare hitting the spacecraft. The trick is that this launch period is very specific. It only comes every two years and only lasts for about three weeks. On top of that, there's only about a one hour period each day that you can launch. Miss that window, either because of a problem with your rocket, or maybe there's just too many clouds in the sky and you have to wait another two years. So the next launch windows are in 2020, when NASA and the Chinese National Space Agency plan on sending their rovers to Mars, 2022, when at least two BFR cargo vehicles are planned to make demonstration landings on Mars, and the first real landing window in 2024. So, who's going to get there first? As the reigning champs of space exploration, NASA has decades of experience in space exploration and pulling off landings on Mars. Let's not forget, they're the only ones to actually land humans on another world, and they did that before most modern computer computation was even invented. But to make it to Mars first, you need determination. During the Cold War, the Soviets provided the driving force, but now there's less motivation, and funding budgets can dry up with each passing administration and be broken down between NASA's numerous missions. To lead in space exploration, you need to be driven. And while NASA has always been driven, the general public that funds it cares a lot less. So while there's a good chance NASA can make its plans to land in the 2030s, that does open up the window for someone to beat them there first. Sadly, that lowers the chance Boeing, ULA, and the private defense firms will land humans first. At least of those three, Boeing, as the largest contractor for the first age of NASA's giant space launch system, is in a better position than the rest to be chosen. Although Blue Origin gets a billion dollars every year in funding from Jeff Bezos selling SOC in Amazon, it has a lot fewer accomplishments than most people realize. It's talked about a lot, but their first commercial orbital rocket, the New Glenn, won't even make its opening launch for another two years. While Blue Origin's New Glenn will likely be a great rocket, far more advanced than what got us to the moon in the 70s, they're basically where SpaceX was in 2008, a decade ago when they were first developing the Falcon 9. At a certain point, it's just too much of a gap to overcome and still be first. Lastly, fueled seemingly by Musk's own determination is SpaceX. I want to show you a graph. On the y-axis, we have the cost per launch. On the x-axis, the maximum payload. In simple terms, the further to the right and the further down a dot is, the better and more cost effective that rocket is. Here is every major rocket launched before 2017. And here are all the ones since 2017. Here is the Delta IV, used by the United Launch Alliance. An Atlas V, developed by Lockheed Mardin. Here is the Russian Soyuz rocket, used by NASA and other space agencies to get humans in cargo to the International Space Station. Now here is the reused Falcon 9 rocket. Obviously, being able to reuse it lowers its launch cost. It's undeniably one of the best rockets on this list. But there's still a handful near it. But way out here, past all the rest, is the Falcon Heavy. No other rocket even comes close. SpaceX has pushed the needle far beyond what has been done and even what is still being done. Elon Musk has even offered to share building details for the Falcon rockets, schematics that most aerospace companies would guard with their lives. Because he says any company trying to copy what their rockets currently are will be left in the dust by the fast pace of their R&D divisions. SpaceX is currently in the development of the Starship, what they hope will be the rocket to carry the first humans to Mars. And with his motivation as CEO, mixed with deep investor pockets, he seems poised to do so. And SpaceX itself is deceptively unprofitable. It makes millions on every launch it makes to send satellites into orbit and restock the ISS. And it has one of the best safety records of any aerospace company. The only reason it looks unprofitable on paper is because it turns around and invests billions into its R&D divisions to keep advancing its rockets. Obviously, it's hard to predict the future, especially for a finish line that looks to be a decade away. Many companies, even high-profile ones, have run out of money long before they could achieve their ambitions. But SpaceX, being privately held, shields them from investors who don't want their money being wasted on something like advancing the human race. So for now, we get to sit back and watch beautiful landings like this. Until one day, we get to see them on Mars.


Now hold up Ravens. Where's the nepotism at? Hey, how you gonna do Lamar Jackson cousin like that? Anyway team keeping clean. What's going on? Baby is engraving here with another video now The longing that you follow these Baltimore Ravens for you will always learn something new when it comes to A rule when it comes to a loophole in the NFL because Ravens are always getting creative with stuff And this was the very first time For as long as we've been following the Ravens for as long as we've been covering the Ravens for As much stuff as we have talked about over the years with it when it comes to this team This is the very first time that I've ever heard of this now Uh, just really big reported the Ravens released cornerback Lamar Jackson cousin Trayvon Mullen for Failure to disclose physical condition Per the transaction wire. Mullen had been on the non football injury list. He's dealing with a toe injury. So I gotta assume that this is exactly what it says it is Because it says there's a failure to disclose physical condition. So it sounds like Again, y'all let me off. I'm wrong, but it sounds like he had an injury He didn't report that whatever that injury was to the team And they found out about it and they like, oh no, you you got to go man You got to go so it's unfortunate it's unfortunate too because Trayvon Mullen Um, I feel like he was a forgotten man a lot of times when whenever we talked about the cornerback situation But more recently we were really remembering him more because he had a big opportunity right in front of him He really did and a lot of cornerbacks really do because again Mullen Humphrey rock your scene After that, who who's it gonna be? Is it gonna be Kyle Hamilton?  Or is he gonna be more of a drop back traditional safety for the reason they drafted him? What's it gonna be? We'll find out soon but As far as that nickel roll, it wasn't a lock. Nobody's been a lock to hold it down. Could it be Brandon Stevens? We'll see. Could it be somebody else? But with Pepe Williams being out On there's another cornerback that was out to like this is such a big opportunity for all the guys who are fighting for that spot And just really fighting for a spot in general. So it's unfortunate. What happened with uh, with Trayvon Mullen. So I um I wonder like how the relationship is gonna be with the Baltimore Ravens I wonder what the extent of his toe injury is And if it's that bad too, could he come back in a couple of weeks or whatnot or is the relationship over? I guess we'll see. I mean, he could always put a word in with Lamar. They like hey, Lamar Tell them boys to bring me back because Lamar obviously got some pull when it comes to these Baltimore Ravens now I mean you see Odell Beckham, Jr. Anyway Uh, we also got uh some details and you know, shout out to Mark England because he said it's all about the details When the Baltimore Ravens signed Melvin Gordon, we knew it was going to be a heavy a heavily incentivized Contract, we knew that I think everybody figured that uh, because I think it was like a what a one of your 3.1 million dollar deal Yeah, 3.1 million dollar deal But we knew that it wasn't gonna be no 3.1 million guarantee You know there's a figure there would be some guarantee to them, but not no 3.1 million guarantee, but Brian McFarland Raven salary cap on twitter I don't know how he gets all the information, but he gets all the information and he breaks it down But he let us know the numbers the detailed numbers of Melvin Gordon's contract and let's read it He says Gordon's one-year deal includes no bonus So no bonus. You don't hear about that too often these days But anyway, uh, but it has a fully guaranteed base salary of 1.65 mil, which is also his 2023 cap hit number So fully guaranteed. That's his he gets the 1.1 1.165 mil so Sounds like he'll be around um But Yeah, it sounds like he'll be around But jk dobbins, uh, you got jk dobbins for now at least Let's see what but you got jk dobbins. You got Gus Edwards. You got Melvin Gordon. You got justice here So maybe they may maybe they run with four running backs. Maybe they keep four running backs um But then you got to think about maybe again They maybe they're doing it for safe being safe like stay ready. So you ain't got to get ready because uh jk and um guston has some injuries But then you think about special teams I don't see no four running backs being active and when they activate three Like usually somebody's gonna be on special teams, right? So you figured that'd be justice hill so I don't know. Hey, it's it's early. So the rate rate was gonna figure it out They gonna figure it out. It's that's their job not ours to figure that but we had we'd be trying to figure that You already know and we had fun trying to figure it out. And that's why we always be talking about stuff like Trying to figure stuff out with the world with what the Ravens got going on But anyway, um, let's get back to the details of the deal. So gordon I appreciate you Because y'all know sometimes we just be talking man. We just be talking let it all out man And I appreciate y'all listening so much man for real. I love y'all, but anyway, gordon's one year deal It includes no bonus but has a fully guaranteed base salary of 1.165 mil The balance of the 3.1 mil is 1.935 mil in NLT BE What that is what that stands for and this again this came from just going over so much contracts over the years and yet NLT BE means not likely to be earned incentives That's what that stands for But anyway, uh, the balance of the 3.1 mil is 1.935 mil and not likely to be earned incentives Still unknown that do not count against the 2023 cap if earned Those will count as a debit on the 2024 cap and that's normally how it works like safe instance a player has Like odell beckham jr. The normally the way that the contracts work like his deal is a one year 18 million dollar deal But it's 15 mil guaranteed and three mil of it and three mil of the rest is incentives Safe instance. He hit the incentives got the extra three mil Normally that does always count against the next year's salary cap That's usually how it works when it comes to incentives. They won't count this year because think about it Safe instance the player hits the incentives Uh, and by the end of the year I mean the salary cap is already what the salary cap is it just goes to next year's salary cap So anyway, just a little background of salary cap and stuff. That's not my specialty and nothing like that But I know some little basic stuff here and there again courtesy of the ravens I'm really courtesy of the NFL too. Uh, and just all the contract stuff that we have been Like, you know what? I feel like everybody every single ravens fan knows about contracts now after what we just went through this off season Everybody knows about contract. Everybody knows about the details. Everybody knows about this and that Everybody's the expert now every ravens fan is expert now when it comes to contracts. So I know y'all know already, but anyway, thank you for clean Thank you for listening. Thank you for Supporting make sure you subscribe to the channel There your notifications also on visit leave a like on the video so youtube could keep telling y'all about the videos Because I could tell y'all about the videos all day, but sometimes youtube they want to keep it a secret So so that don't keep it a secret from you subscribe and tell your notifications on and leave a like on the video I love y'all so much. I appreciate y'all so much y'all are great people keep being yourselves And we out


Hello, and welcome to a screencast about the derivatives of composite functions, and specifically, polynomials. Okay, so whenever you have a composite function, that means you can identify an inside function and an outside function. That means you're going to want to use the chain rule. So the chain rule says that if g is differentiable at x, and f is differentiable at g of x, then the composite function c of x is f of g of x is also differentiable at x, and the derivative is defined to be f prime of g of x times g prime of x. Okay, so basically you need to identify an inside function and an outside function. So decide which function is being composed into the other one. Then once you can identify those, then putting together the chain rule is fairly straightforward.  Okay, that's fairly ugly. Take that, break it down into smaller pieces, and then those pieces are a lot easier to do the derivative of. Okay, so our concept check here. I want you to pause the video and think about this. Using the above definition of c of x. Okay, so that means that the outside functions f and the inside functions g. So g is being composed into f. Which function should we use for f and g in the chain rule? So I have four options here. One where f of x is x squared minus one, g of x is x cubed. Another one where those are switched around a little bit. f of x is x squared, g of x is x cubed minus one. C, f of x is x cubed, g of x is x squared minus one. Or D, f of x is x cubed minus one, and g of x is x squared. So pause the video for just a second, and then come back with your choice. Okay, so because g of x is being composed into f, that means g is technically your inside function. Your inside function here is x squared minus one. So the option that's correct is going to be c. So your outside function is f of x is x cubed, your inside function is g of x is x squared minus one. Okay, so these functions are fairly straightforward to do, like I said for the derivatives. So if f is x cubed, your outside function, g is x squared minus one, that's your inside function. Then the derivative of f using the power rule is 3x squared. The derivative of g, your inside function, again using the power rule, is simply 2x. Okay, so for this one, you know again, x squared, drop dot two down, reduce your power by one, and then the minus one here goes away because the derivative of that's just zero. Okay, so the power or the chain rule here says that you're going to take your inside function, it's going to stay the same, but that's going to now be put into your derivative. Okay, so to kind of give you a little bit of a visual here, and this may help some of you, it may not help others, you're going to take this function, that's your inside, and you're going to put it into the derivative. Okay, then we're going to multiply by the derivative of the inside, which is 2x. Okay, so how will those pieces go together then? It's just following the chain rule up here. So our function was defined to be y, so we'll say dy dx is going to equal three times, so now instead of just writing an x, I'm going to have to replace that with my function g. So that's going to be x squared minus one, and all of that's to the second power, and then times the derivative of that inside function, 2x, and that is a good example of the chain rule using a polynomial. Thank you for watching.


Next topic we are going to talk about the Super Bowl Which the Packers aren't in It's not even that we're not in like it's like we didn't show up right for the against Atlanta anyways Go ahead. Go ahead. I'm going like I want to there's no one on your team.  Yep Sorry, but that's what the pets are.  Oh, not you fans. Yes, yes members of the team. Yes. Anyways, so Super Bowl commercial Apparently I just found this out today. I saw the commercial yesterday Nintendo is apparently never done a commercial during a Super Bowl that now Pokemon go dib one last year But it was not Nintendo. Yep Like that like it was Niantic and the Pokemon company that pulled that off Nintendo didn't really have much say in that So this is Nintendo's first time having a Super Bowl commercial I think there's a couple reasons why this ended up being the first time And one of that being that this is one of the first times they have a console released in so close to the Super Bowl, right? They did release the 3ds in early 2011 but I don't think they thought they needed a commercial coming out the DS selling 150 3ds gonna sell a name alone and it didn't it took a price cut and a lot of Feningling to even get it to where it's at now Yeah, I think I think it's actually gonna end up being relatively successful I think it's by the end of end of life. I think that's 66 million right now. That's why we're gonna hit 70. Yeah That's not too bad. Yeah, great I think it still makes the lowest selling handheld, but it's a lot closer to the next lowest selling Yeah, then I thought it was gonna be I thought it was gonna stay around 50 million So the fact that it's gonna creep up the 70. Yeah Okay, Nintendo you turned it around so Super Bowl commercial Tendles first ever foray into it. We obviously watch Super Bowl every year. We're big again a fellow fans Look commercials are usually the best part of the Super Bowl when you don't like either the teams in the Super Bowl Or you don't have a cheering factor. It's like Yeah, but basically Whatever I get no one's it. I'm just gonna shake my head. Yeah, if Atlanta wins it I'm not really gonna celebrate anything except for it. Yeah, New England didn't win it Right It could have been anyone against Atlanta even like the Seahawks who I've started to hate. Yeah, even though I love Russell Wilson Yeah, I still like When when New England beat them in the last Super Bowl when they met up like I Was mad. Oh, I was too. I don't care if Seahawks if Seattle got a Super Bowl I cared that New England didn't get it So I don't really have a vesting interest because whatever I'm gonna be over it like a next day Because it is what it is. The Patriots have been in like seven Super Bowls in the last 12 years. Yeah, whatever This is what they do. You know, it's just like saying all the Rodgers is in the finals. I'm like, okay Yeah, this is expected to be in the finals. Oh golden state wins the wins the ring that you will the kind of expected you They got Kevin Durant. They already one of the best teams if not the best in the NBA and they added Kevin Durant They're expected to win the title So like it's not surprising it's fun to watch but then after a while. It's like all the expected outcomes keep happening It's just like Michael Jordan played. I'm sure as a bulls fan It was amazing, but everyone else just expected him to always win a ring every time so Super Bowl commercial Nintendo's first foray into it. They have two versions of it a 30 second one which they literally called the Super Bowl commercial So I think that's the one they're gonna air right and then they have an extended cut of it Which I think is one like a TV ad spot. They'll probably do post Super Bowl, right? Yeah, you know when it's not five million dollars five and a half Roughly a 30-second ad spot like because they're there next one's like a minute 47 To get that kind of ad spot. That's that would be 15 almost 20 million seven 18 Yeah, but you're calling the 47 the extra 17 seconds past 90 Yeah, it's closer. It's closer. Yeah, it's closer to 20 mil. Yeah, so they are definitely not gonna do that You know, I'm not saying because they can't afford to they can it's just they don't need to yeah, right So the 30 second ad spot we have no idea we everyone assumes it's only gonna run once because you got to pay for each time It runs so if they run it twice, it's 11 million. Yeah, so I have a feeling it's only gonna run once don't know What slot they got obviously that information ever becomes public because you know it is what it is So it could be right it could be in the pregame it could be in the first quarter second quarter Maybe it's not half time. We have no idea when this course is gonna air I'm gonna be watching the whole time. So I'm probably gonna spot it unless my kids. Yeah, yeah So the first number Super Bowl commercial We love Super Bowl commercials Been a lot of lame ones lately, but there's always still about one or two that stands out over here Is this one that stands out to you? Yes, and no well, it's not funny restarters people love funny Super Bowl commercial, right? This is a very serious commercial, right? And I think that's where the no comes in Yes, because I'm excited by the switch but No, because it it it doesn't in a way. It doesn't really draw you in You know, it doesn't I don't know. I don't know how to explain it I just I've seen Super Bowl commercials and this just doesn't feel like a memorable feel like a memorable one Yeah, exactly. Um So a few thought processes because Pokemon go had a commercial last Super Bowl. I didn't even remember it after the Yeah, I really did I Mean, I know it was like Pokemon on the fight at the stadium and there's like yeah I'm on out in the real world the street like whatever like it was a cool commercial but it didn't really stand out make me want it like oh, but Pokemon go went off to explode and I think that commercial in the Super Bowl is the first time the general public became aware of Pokemon Go. Yeah, so I think it helped It's hard to know maybe Pokemon go would have been the biggest it was without that commercial I have no idea, but I don't remember even seeing much advertising Pokemon go until it came out outside of that Super Bowl commercial And it can come up to six months later Whereas the switch is gonna be coming out less than four weeks from the Super Bowl, right? Super Bowls this weekend. Yeah, and no, I know well Super Bowl will have already happened by the way by the time you watch this It's under yeah, it's under a month two days under a month. Yeah, so it'll be less than a month away You know when I compared to the Pokemon go on, you know What what am I looking for out of the switches first-ever commercial in the United States that's gonna air on TV? And it's one that you don't confuse anyone We you confuse people don't confuse people don't just have it in tablet mode the whole time and don't show off TV Don't show off the switches between both they do in this commercial It does two things one. It shows up the most popular game. They have come in at lunch Yeah, it does not show up one to switch on your throat in the 30 second It just is breath of the wild that has the largest appeal Yeah, that most of the target audience that watches the Super Bowl are more likely to recognize They're not gonna recognize like once you switch what is this we think right? But Zelda a lot of those 30 40 year olds that are watching it. I'm a 30 year old 40 watch the Super Bowl We played Zelda. We've heard of Zelda. We know what Zelda is maybe we haven't played it in a while But we know what it is. So it's gonna be more recognizable That's where the counter I mean comes in about him Tunic because maybe they won't think it's all right, but anyways That's that's so that's totally besides the point traditionalist people at the same point. Oh, he is wearing The classic tunic. Yeah, really? No, no, no, no Heck it's some of the games. He doesn't even wear pants So let's just I'm just it's not actually classic like he's not wearing it. That's a classic look. No at all So I'm gonna have a bad memory. I mean, yeah, technically he's worn a blue shirt before in the Wind Waker pajama style, but anyways so Switch online pricing. I'm sorry. I'm sorry the Super Bowl commercials getting confused. I think that it is It advertises their best game really well, I mean speaking of advertising the game This is the first time we see names of two bosses confirmed. Yeah Spoiler warning The the giant What is it Boca Blan Goblin looking guy is high knocks, which is an enemy from a priors of the game a boss from a priors of the game and then the Other thing comes up out of the ground and kind of looked like some people kind of said it was Mulgara Well, it's not Mulgara. It's mole good or something. Yeah, I can't remember the exact It starts with the M. But it's not Mulgara, but it clearly is it looked like a name that was related to Mulgara So maybe a similar type of enemy as Mulgara Anyway, so and that's the giant thing that comes out of the sand and looked crazy in the trailer Now we know what it's called and there was like some subtext. I didn't get a good look at yeah Oh, I don't know if it's something so there was above the name. Yeah, so I don't even know what it said Yeah, super sure. Yeah, so that mean that's really cool for me as a zelva More details. Yeah, right Every detail counts. Yeah, but the It's weird in a way That I didn't think it was going to be weird. I think it's effective. I think it's a nice commercial I think it's a good music choice because I know some people are critically music choice imagine dragons They're popular. Yeah Yep, it is what it is You got to use a pop over at the time when you're advertising like oh use a classic or use this Gotta use with popular at the time That's all that matters. Yeah So I think the music fits. I think everything looks good. I think it's a sleek commercial I also think it's basically a breath of the wild commercial that throws a switch on at the end yeah, and It's okay like that's not as I must say it's bad to advertise right man breath of the wild skin Super Bowl commercial That's awesome. Like it's not it feels like this is a breath of wild Super Bowl commercial not a switch It's more like let's advertise breath of the wild and then we mentioned it's on switch and it's like but no one knows what which is yet Yeah Not no one but most people watching the Super Bowl have no idea what switches But I will say it's 30 seconds So they have to sell the game right ultimately the game is gonna be why you buy the system So they have to sell the game, but they also have to explain what the system is And I think the commercial effectively does that in 30 seconds. I think it does do I just hope that people don't revert their eyes Yeah, because if you do then you'll miss maybe with some of the magic of the switch Yeah, the magic of the switch that they're going from this to into TV mode like like You know, are you gonna understand? You know when it does that double-click thing charge Yeah, you know where it clicks the console down and the controllers. Yeah, by the way That was really cool. Yeah, because we've only ever seen the controller click and how it does both the same like yeah Yeah, yeah switch switch So I Think it's gonna be effective How effective I don't know this is the first time a general public finds out I basically want to see is Nintendo switch trending on social media after this. Yeah, yeah, I Would say my opinion of it. It's not a memorable commercial, but it is an effective So beyond that Because that that's the actual Super Bowl commercial They released an extended version of it, which I can't neither one of those things gonna actually be shown in Super Bowl Could be a long-form TV ad it could be an ad that we see on YouTube videos So in this ad they had all the same breath of wild footage spread out throughout the whole thing Right the same switch footage spread out throughout the whole thing. It's the same song just more of it and Think did they show up anything in it besides want to switch Yeah, they had a splatoon two. Oh, yes Yeah arms. Oh, yes. Yeah, like Well, the arm the other foot is awesome. Yeah, or not. It looks awesome to the general public. I have no idea. Yeah, to me It looked awesome. Yeah, yeah, but the One-two switch stuff Very interesting. It's obviously a launch game. So they have to I mean, kind of average great. Yeah, advertise it exists Some of the scenarios were a little weird, yeah, but I think that's like some of the charm of the switch is that it's a weird system Yeah Here's why it's weird. We are in an age where everything is online Yeah, everything just the way it is and here we have a bunch of friends getting together Basically having a lamb party everywhere. Yeah In their classroom on the bus and a park bench at their house at a party like lamb parties They're not dead. They still exist especially for a PC gaming lamb parties are still a thing But there's been console lamb parties. Oh, yeah So it's 2003 right Xbox.   Yeah, right. Yeah big TV. Yeah must be his TV. Yeah That's really how it works. Yeah, my door. What's it? Who in the spittoon match? I have a feeling that's our word for us like when we're playing spittoon against each other smash I feel like you want to you get the big, you know, yeah Yeah, you just and the thing is what's nice is take my system. I'll put yours on. Yeah It's like yeah, right. It's actually really easy to do that like make betting games between who gets to use the big screen Start off as me or whoever won the last time, right, right anyway, so God imagine imagine if oh Imagine the immersion of Madden. Oh, right and how we can go through our playbooks now knowing that we can't see each other's plays anymore Right, and how different it's gonna feel well.  Why are we stopping playing take it right? Yeah So I don't know if the commercial works to sell the system because it's it's bringing up situations I don't think anyone ever thinks of yeah ever be seeing themselves in yeah But I also think it shows just how versatile the switch is And I think it's a good thing Right, I think they need to communicate that this isn't your typical gaming devices isn't your gaming tablet This isn't your home console. This isn't one that's a home console and a gaming tablet It's one that does something that other things don't do like I've heard so many so so many people say the switch is The what's gonna call it because it basically is tech-wise The video shield Which which is basically what the switch what was the switch before the switch was a thing And then it is the you know the phones with the controllers or it is this it is that sure It is a device that hooks up to your TV the game and you can game on the go with it So in that very similar way it is that and yes in addition to that has motion controls So that's fine, but the traditional controls over you're gonna play for the most part. Yeah however It does that local gaming thing unlike any of those devices do right and I think that's Gonna end up being kind of that sleeper selling point And this this commercial is weird as it felt seeing these weird scenarios that I'd never see myself in I just talked about scenarios. I do see myself in yeah that are depicted in there Just I'm just not out or a park doing it We're not gonna you're not gonna sell some guy in the bathroom sitting there playing a switch on the toilet They did did there. Yes. Oh, I don't know if it was in this commercial the European one It might have been the European one But okay, but either this commercial the European one showed a guy with his drawers down playing on the toilet It's like everyone knows it's gonna happen. Oh, right. Right. Yeah, it's one of those We're not gonna talk about it, but reality is people try to take their Wii U tablets on the toilet Oh, yeah, I did it in the bathtub. That's probably not a suggestion But yeah, I set up my switch one time in the middle of my kitchen so I could I was taking a bath My switch see I'm already forgetting that we use a thing. Yeah, we use It's like get the range but no, it's I Think the Super Bowl commercial itself 30 second ad is fine. I don't think it's memorable Yeah, I don't think it needs to be memorable the commercial doesn't need to be memorable the branding It shows needs to be yeah, I think People are going to maybe not be talking about switch, but they're gonna know what it is So when someone casually brings a hey, do you hear the switch comes on X me hasn't that that thing is out the Super Bowl? Yeah, yeah, they're not gonna remember watching the commercial, but they'll remember the name Yeah, hopefully they'll remember the yeah, you know the clicks and not the cues and they're obviously they show Zelda enough So hopefully they know the Zelda's game on it, right? And I think the second commercial to me might be for a totally different demographic I don't know but to me like it excited me because it made me realize It kind of showed why this isn't of where all the comparisons stop between this and what other devices like it have done before You know, oh, yes, the Vita you can stream your PlayStation 4 games on it We're great. It's already not different because it's two different devices But oh whatever so you can stream your PlayStation 4 device games on your Vita's you can already take console gaming I'm gonna go over Wi-Fi. It doesn't work as well, but it is what it is. You can do it Yes, but you're not playing local multiplayer between eight Vitas, right?  Yeah Like that's crazy to me So I think the commercials work are going to work. Hope I'm right. Yeah, I do too I'm almost glad they didn't go the funny rocks I think the funny route might only work with products that people already know that's yeah, Budweiser Yeah, etc. Like you already know it You don't need to you're not gonna learn any branding from this you just want people to share the commercial social media, right? Yeah


My name is Kana Webb. I'm a sophomore here at Alabama. I'm majoring in biology and I'm originally from Lake Charles, Louisiana This morning across Louisiana the shock of a devastating hurricane slowly being replaced with a grim reality When Laura's nearly 150 mile an hour winds rolled through and not only knocked out power But took out nearly half of Lake Charles water treatment planes Hurricane Laura Estated my hometown of Lake Charles and the surrounding areas all of those smaller communities around Lake Charles and As far as the buildings go it's wiped flat and as far as the people go There are people that have lost everything and have nothing so where do you start? Where do you go from there? Watching the places that I had grown up being torn apart Really gave me the motivation to want to go out and see what I could do to help because my heart Broke for the people it broke for my family I wish that I could just hug them in that moment, but I'm seven hours away from home So I knew that I had to do something. I figured the first thing that I could do was kind of organize a little supply drive. I Contacted some friends that I had an SGA. I contacted Penalynic I contacted the Center for Service and Leadership I was overwhelmed with the response that I received So I went last weekend down to Louisiana and brought over $1,500 worth of supplies Donated it to a local church. It was basic necessities, but those are the things that they were running out of and needed I thought that I was going to one church and they ended up sending me to another who was in dire need of The toilet paper the hygiene products the waters They were so grateful to have received all of that and so that wasn't just me That was everybody here in Tuscaloosa that kind of rallied behind me and helped me get that together to help out my hometown Moving forward, we've looked towards doing a donation effort to raise money and send on down because at this point Rebuilding the community as a priority and so with SGA and the United Way of West Alabama We're hoping to partner together with United Way of Southwest Louisiana to help donate to those causes I'm having trouble putting into words how thankful I am to have my friends from Alabama Rally behind me the way that they did It really takes the cliche saying a home away from home to a different level. I'm so grateful for my friends my new family that have contributed and helped out with this they're all amazing and I'm so grateful and so is Louisiana


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Is it ever useful to follow current trends? If everyone is doing something or is holding to certain ideas, does it make sense to follow suit?  For example, if you go back to the 1980s, let's imagine 1980, the year 1980, and try to picture people living in Soviet Russia, let's say in the city of Kiev, 1980, and ask yourself, do you think that any people living in Kiev would have liked to, if possible, move to New York City? And I would imagine that probably a large number of people would have loved the possibility of moving from Kiev to New York City, Kiev back then, and much of Soviet Russia. There really wasn't a lot that they had, often stores were empty, you know, sometimes you saw a line outside of a store, people lined up simply because they saw someone waiting in line and they thought maybe there'd be something to buy in the store. But it was tough times there, and in the 1980s, the United States was very prosperous and I would imagine that people would have loved to have had the opportunity of moving from Kiev to New York City. I suspect that very few people, if any people in New York City, were dying to be able to move to Kiev. And I think that that analogy is significant because you see that you can gauge really the quality of life in these cities by looking at where the flow is going. Where do people really prefer to live? Now if we imagine the conversion trends, let's say in North America, between Jews moving towards Christianity and Christians moving towards Judaism, so I think that all of the indicators would lead us to believe that you'd find a massive movement of Jews toward Christianity. Why is that? Well number one, just the numbers. You have literally in North America, a culture with the ambient culture is Christian. Everyone around us is Christian. The messaging, holiday time, the television shows that we see. We're not seeing television shows that are showing us or Asterianism or Buddhism or other religions of the world, just about everything we see in North America is Christian. And we have literally hundreds of millions of Christians living in North America, whereas the Jewish people are a very tiny minority, maybe five, six million people at tops. And so normally, psychologically, a minority tends to be influenced by the majority. So one reason, one factor that would indicate that we would expect that the movement would be from Judaism to Christianity is simply because of the power and the force of numbers. Secondly, we know that Christians have a massive effort underway to convert Jews. There are literally hundreds of missionary organizations, messianic synagogues, and other movements in North America that are specifically targeting the Jewish community for conversion. So we would expect that with this massive effort that is directed towards persuading Jews to embrace Christianity, that would be another factor that would lead us to expect that you'd find a lot of movement from Judaism to Christianity. And third, that the conversion process is relatively simple, meaning that it's not really that difficult to convert to Christianity. All a person needs to do is make a profession of faith. That's really all there is to it. And in some denominations, they may seal the deal by having a baptism of some flavor of some sort. But when we look at the flip side, would we expect Christians to be leaving Christianity and embracing Judaism? So these three factors would really mitigate against that. Number one, the Jewish community doesn't really have any numbers that by sheer force of number, we would attract Christians or have any kind of influence over them because of our sheer numbers. Secondly, there is no effort by the Jewish community, zero, to try to convert Christians. There aren't dozens or hundreds of Jewish organizations that are all over North America, the internet and on street corners and with a massive operation to try and encourage Christians to embrace Judaism. As a matter of fact, the opposite is true. We discourage people from converting. And third, conversion itself to Judaism is extremely difficult. It's not simple. You just can't announce that you want to be a Jew and that's the end of the story. Conversion requires a year or two of very intense study. It requires that a prospective convert accept upon themselves the obligation of observing all the commandments of the Torah, including for male circumcision, et cetera. And you can see why just if you look at these three factors alone, you really wouldn't expect much movement from Christianity towards Judaism, but we would expect a tremendous amount of movement of Jews towards Christianity. Now if we eliminate from this thought experiment people that are converting for the sake of marriage and if we eliminate from this thought experiment people that are converting without having really made an informed decision, meaning that we're not going to include, let's say, people who never really practiced their former religion, never really knew much about it, we're not serious students of the Bible, so we'll leave those people out of the nicks. And we're going to look at the trends among people who are deeply committed to their religion and have practiced it intensely, have studied it intensely. You'd call serious practitioners, serious students, even leaders and clergy people of those religions. And what's fascinating is that we find a tremendous movement today and it's growing of serious Bible-believing Christians who've spent decades of their lives immersed in Christianity, very serious students of the Bible that are moving towards and embracing Judaism. On the other hand, it is almost impossible to find a serious Torah-educated Jew who grew up for decades committed and dedicated to observing Judaism and practicing Judaism that ends up leaving Judaism and embracing Christianity. You'll find today numerous Christian clergy, former clergy people, teachers, leaders in the Christian world who have now embraced Judaism, you will never find a rabbi today. You're not going to find rabbis today that are now embracing Christianity. So the question I'm going to pose is, is this kind of trend significant? Is this kind of flow significant? And you have to decide.


Deep in the Madagrasso jungles of Brazil, Captain Claymore of GI Joe leads four other members of this elite force. They are Wetsuit, Leatherneck, Dial Tone and Mainframe. Their mission is to retrieve a downed informational satellite lost somewhere in this dark savage land before Cobra can get the reptilian hands on it. The security of America depends on it.  This new Voltronic Gallehider indicate that Satcom is nearby. Does it indicate a range? Probably a few clicks up this jungle path Wetsuit and dollars to donuts Cobra is too, so look sharp. Captain Claymore sir? Yes Dial Tone? Why would Cobra want to knock our satellite out of the sky anyway? Satcom is our eye in the sky. Every day it receives thousands of pieces of information and numerous intelligence reports from around the world. If Cobra gets a hold of it, they could drive us to our knees. Then what are we waiting for? You're wasting time if you're waiting on me. Alright, let's move out. Yo Joe! Meanwhile, not far away in another part of the jungle, Cobra Commander along with Destro and the Baroness leads his vipers toward the downed satellite. According to our sources, the GI Joe satellite has fallen very near here. And what about GI Joe? I've arranged a small reception committee for them. Destro darling, GI Joe will be the guest of honor at the local native's nocturnal banquet. Oh, I see. Now, let's... ...beknownst to Captain Claymore, Cobra Commander has engaged a local tribe of savage natives to keep GI Joe at bay. Brats in your head! Those are the drums of the Tupi Guadani tribe, and they're aware of our presence. If we don't find that satellite by nightfall, we are in big trouble. What kind of trouble? You don't want to know, soldier. There it is, Captain Claymore. The satellite. And there's Cobra. They've spotted us. So much for a walk in the park. Yo Joe! In hours, GI Joe battled the Cobra Commander and his band of vipers. Twilight time is now approaching. Soon, it will not be safe for either parties to remain in the jungle. And we can become victims to the horrors of the Tupi Guadani. Let GI Joe have their precious satellite while we still have our lives. I'm surrounded by sleep, it's slippery. Good idea. Now, please, Cobra Commander, advise the vipers of your new strategy. Cobra, retreat! Destro, Baroness and the vipers retreated back to the safety of their mores and fled down the river to the nearest port. Meanwhile, Captain Claymore has little time to get his men and the satellite out of the jungle before the sun sets. Dial tone, radio us at Tomahawk. We're getting ourselves and that satellite out of here. Yes, sir. And this is chocolate. Let's see, Leatherneck, secure that satellite for transport. Yes, sir. Mainframe, keep a sharp eye. We only have a few minutes of daylight left. You got it, Captain. The seconds stick away as the sun merges with the horizon. It casts a golden glow along the jungle's ceiling. Time is running out for Captain Claymore and the Joes. Will the Tomahawk arrive in time? Anchor the satellite and climb on board. We're out of here. Joe, Joe! They're curious and they're never ending back against Kora and their minions. But they can never rest on their laurels because Kora can and will strike again anytime and any place. Yo, Joe!


Well, at the end of March, hundreds of the Caribbean's best young athletes will assemble in Grenada for the 51st staging of the Carifta Games, with the first meet being less than a month away. The athletes are going through trials in their respective countries, host Grenada as well as Tinkets and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago, joined reigning champions Jamaica in holding their trials after weekend. The ride, Mauricio Lee, was in Kingston, where he witnessed some impressive sprint performances. The National Stadium in Kingston was the venue for Jamaica's three-day Carifta trials, which ended on Sunday. All eyes were on the sprint events, as fans got a glimpse of what to expect at boys and girls' champs later this month. Natrice East from Wormers dominated the under-17 girls' category, winning the 100-200-meter double, with times of 11.62 and a 23.86 second respectively. Edwin Anastandle-Tiannelly-Terralong beat Sabino Dockery through the top spot in the under-20 girls' 100 meters, stopping the clock at 11.25 seconds, which makes her the sixth fastest ever Jamaican at the under-18 level. Dockery, who was second in 11.49, was again beaten in the under-20 girls' 200 meters. And quite likely the performance of the weekend, Shanoia Douglas of Moschette high raced to a superb at 22.85 seconds. A positive 2.1 meters per second win denied the 2023 Carifta under-17 finalists a personal best. Kingston College's Nyron Wade, who produced a personal best 10.46 in qualifying, took the under-17 boys' 100 meters in 10.49, turning the table on a corporate-area champion that sells here as a Malik Nujen to produce a PD 10.52 per second. And in the absence of 2022 Carifta champion DeAndre Daly devoured Dockery, the former Steppes athlete, now at Elite Performance Track Club, spent a 10.32 seconds to win the event. Dockery, last year's Carifta under-2200 meters civil medalists, did a competing and a half laugh event, which was won by Gary Card of Rumors and a fast personal best of 20.79, ahead of Johan Ramado-Smith of a Moschette at 21.19. The trials climaxed with the Sprint hurdles after a sharp shower in the country's capital, but that didn't stop the excitement. The girls were first out the blocks with the 100 meter hurdles. St. Jago's Malia Duncan took the under-17 division in 13.21 seconds. And then for Habibahari, stopped the senior girls in 12.95 seconds, making her the sixth fastest Jamaican junior in the history of the event. Brianna Campbell of St. Jago, the second, in 13.14. St. Jago had the winner of the under-17 boys' category. Michael Dwyer, winning the 110 meter hurdles in 13.85, ahead of Calabas Robert Miller who stopped the clock at 14.10. And then Shukrin Gordon, also from Calabar, the 23 Commonwealth Youth Champion, took the under-20 boys' event, winning in 13.32 seconds to finish ahead of JC's Daniel Beckford who clocked 13.44. Jamaica's the most successful nation in the history of the Carifted Games and have topped the medal table for the last 37 stages. You can catch the 51st edition of the Carifted Games, March 30th to April 1st, live on Sportsmax and on the Sportsmax app. All right, we're here at Sportsmax getting ready Ricardo for Carifted Games to be held in Grenada and live action will be coming to you on Sportsmax and of course on our Sportsmax app. So Natrice East, one of the standard performance from the weekend, Ricardo? Yeah, for sure, without a doubt, although for me I think the performance of the weekend came from Shania Douglas of Moschette, 22.85, positive 2.1 meters per second in the under-20 girls 200 meters, but that is sensational. Only a handful of Jamaican high schoolers have gone below 23 seconds for 200 meters. Of course, one will remember the likes of Anisha McLaughlin, Veronica Canberra-Brown went sub-23 as well in more recent, well, you had Simone Facy and then in more recent times Kevona Davis went sub-23. So a lot of quality to run 22.85. This is a young lady, Lance and Mariah, who got to the Carifter under 17 final last year, but was, I think, fifth in the final. And she has turned it around brilliantly this season. She looks like a significantly improved athlete. And to blow Dockry away, Dockry was a favorite for the under-17 title last year. She first started in the final, absolutely blew Dockry away in this 200 meters. This was a sensational performance and yeah, I can't wait to see what she delivers first at the Boys and Girls Championships and then at the Carifter Games later this year. But this one looks like quite a find for 2024. Yeah, a lot of quality to pick from at the Jamaican trialed, Lance. Yeah, well, that's normal, isn't it? The Jamaicans haven't been... Is it? Yes, it is. The Jamaicans are phenomenal in Carifter Games. No team has stopped the medal table at the Carifter Games outside of Jamaica since 1984 at the Bahamas, so we are accustomed to seeing Jamaican athletes put down these kinds of performances and, you know, I cannot see in the near future any team toppling them. They just have like a proliferation of talent. Yeah. It's like a factory just producing winners of 15, 16, 17 year olds. Yeah, a lot of quality, for sure. Well, what about Trinidad and Tobago? They announced that their team for the Easter weekend event has a look at the full team. So in the girls, we have Kaya Heisen, Anika Bailey, Tanik Vinson in the 100 meter high jump, Jenna Thomas, Dirlena Roos in the 400 meters, Zarya Pascal in the 400 meters, Peyton Winter in the shot put on the discourse, Lashia Bigart in the high jump and Laqueen Welch in the high jump. What about in the boys' category? Cameron Parmel in the 100 meters, Caden Herbert in 100 meters, Shane Kameho also in the 100 meters, Kadeem Chinapu will be doing the 100 and 200, Isaiah Alda the 1500, Jaden Alexander 1500 meters, Omari Brown 110 meters, Hurdles and the long jump. And Tariq Vinson the 110 meters, Hurdles, the long jump and the triple jump. So Ricardo, have you studied the Trini team just yet or? Yeah, they have some quality there, Trinidad and Tobago and Waldron was probably the performer of the weekend, Tafari Waldron won the 5,000 meters at the Carifta Games last year and he broke a 37 year old Trinidad and Tobago national junior record by going under 15 minutes which is by Caribbean standards, breaking 15 minutes at 5,000 meters is quite special and at least for now I can't see anyone who is really going to threaten the defense of his title in Grenada this year. So that was a magnificent performance. I've also been extremely impressed with Kadeem Chinapu who will run the under 17 sprint double, ran a wind assisted 21-66 for 200, wind assisted 10-58 for 100 meters and I can't wait to see what he delivers at the Carifta Games. I would like to think he will be in significantly better form by the time he gets the Grenada at the end of the month. Jamaica put together two quality sprinters at the under 17 level, Nairo and Wade running 10-49 to win the Jamaica Carifta trials and Malik running 10-52 to finish in second position but I like this Chinapu kid also by the time they get to the Carifta Games and we've seen this from time to time because the Jamaican athletes will have the boys and girls championship from the 19th to the 23rd of March and that will be a week before the Carifta Games and if someone like Kadeem can come into Carifta and he is fresh and there is no doubting the quality then I think he could really strike an upset if you would want to look at it that way but I was quite impressed with him and his performances at the Here's the Crawford Stadium and I can't wait for him to come up against the best of the Carifta region. I saw that under 17 Tyreek Vincent as well, he won the long jump, the triple jump and they sprint hurdles. Well, he has he contested all three so the likelihood is that he will contest all three at the Carifta Games so we'd have to look for him as well. I think he has a sister who is a multiple Carifta medalist who is at the under 21 level. No, I'm not sure if she's on the team. I should take a close look. There's a Tyreek Vincent? Yes, Tyreek. Yes, Tyreek Vincent. She's she's also multi-talented, high jump hurdles. She's done the heptathlon at the Carifta Games with a good effect as well, Lance. Yeah, I think we put up the under 17 team just now. I didn't was there the under 20? We didn't see the the U12. Well, she's it looks as if she's still U17. Tyreek Vincent, she's right there 100 and high jump but a real talented one all round. By the way, the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines trials will be this weekend so everybody in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines go out and support the young ones for that event and then watch the Carifta Games right here on Sportsmax at the end of the month into April one. Yeah, we don't want to miss it. Great time.


Hey guys, it's MJ and in this video. We're looking at blockchain and foreign markets So what we're gonna be doing is discussing diversification Cryptocurrencies role in investment portfolios problems with traditional foreign assets and why crypto should be considered as a new asset class. I Want to give a shout out to smart cash who are sponsoring these videos. There's gonna be $25 for the top comment That's right. I'm gonna be giving all of it this week to one person So when it takes it all now smart cash has jumped about three times since I've started making these videos So make sure you investigate the coin further because it could be a really awesome investment But let's look at diversification. I mean the mathematical benefits to portfolio theory were only proven in the last couple of years And I've made a video a while back that discusses this in detail But it's something that we can see as far back as in the Bible I mean here we have a verse from Ecclesiastes that it says invest in seven ventures. Yes in eight You do not know what disaster may come upon the land So diversification is kind of like a risk management technique and it's often explained simply as don't put all your eggs in the same basket Now diversification can be achieved by investing across asset classes This is when you invest a little bit in property a little bit in equity and a little bit in bonds And then you can also get more diversification by investing within asset classes So you can get industrial property and commercial property. You can get Resources shares you can get financial shares. You can get government bonds You can get corporate bonds but the problem with all of these assets is that they don't give perfect Diversification because they don't have independence and this means they're not gonna be uncorrelated Because they all depend on something known as country risk Now for a South African like me country risk is huge I mean, we've got corruption crime and Julius Malema and this tends to scare off Investments and the majority of South African assets are held by foreigners and if they get scared We could have an economic disaster and end up like the Zimbabwe so to manage these risks We need to diversify our investment portfolios offshore But if you've ever tried to do this, you'll see that it actually is very tricky Okay, first of all the government puts limits on the amount of money you can take out of a country Then there is the language barrier, which makes it hard to obtain information Admin is an absolute nightmare. Okay, you also have currency volatility. There's potential double taxation. There's time delays There's different regulations just to confuse you some more You need to understand the politics in the country that you're going to be investing in For instance, some countries like China have restrictions on foreign investments and there's even the big worry of repatriation So there's a lot of problems with foreign investment, but let's just look at admin Let's just take one little one and expand it in this video I mean not only is admin expensive, but it's also confusing. I mean to purchase an offshore asset You first need to get permission from your home country You then need to get permission from the foreign country You then need to find a broker who's then going to help you find an asset manager He's then going to buy the the asset and this is going to be held by a custodian and There is a lot of documentation in this whole process And you're going to be dependent in some sense on the police now each person here requires a fee for the system to work and Intense regulation is also needed to prevent fraud Now first world countries tend to have these structures in place But other nations still have a long way to go For example, this is a beautiful beach in Africa and it's selling for only $5,000 But this land isn't registered on any title deed system and it's part of selling known as customary land Which means it belongs to a chief Now there's been stories that have reached even the likes of Vodafone Where they want to put up base stations to you know provide internet and telecommunication networks But they've ended up paying four different chiefs rent for the same piece of land just to put their infrastructure Now this can be a massive problem as this prevents infrastructure investment which prevents Africa from growing Now you're probably thinking oh, I know where this video is going This guy is going to suggest we'd register land and other foreign investments on the blockchain Boring I've heard this all before well the thing is you're wrong and That's a pretty dumb idea Because do you really think government is going to give up its power to administer land ownership to a decentralized system? And what could possibly be the incentive for someone to contribute computer power to this net to this network? I mean nobody wants another worthless token look I may be wrong And there are projects out there that are trying to do exactly this But I don't think they will work You know unless you get the judiciary system on your side your blockchain register of assets is worthless and It's worthless because it doesn't stop someone from taking your assets I mean The law needs to be behind this in theory and the police need to uphold it in practice And that is a big ask of any country and I mean this kind of stuff happens We look at Johannesburg where I used to live people hijack buildings Okay, fortunately yes, but we do have a good court system and they were able to send the police and you know clear the people out But there are countless of stories of land being sold multiple times to different people in Africa and this just causes unnecessary fights So the solution to Africa's land problem isn't a blockchain. It's better government although There are other projects that seem to think otherwise But anyway, let's return back to the focus of this video and that is you know How can this blockchain revolutionize the foreign investment space? And I'm gonna go up and say that it already has okay What crypto has done is created a new asset class that is foreign for everyone Bitcoin like coin and even Ethereum these behave like foreign investments Okay, they're not correlated to the South African rent and other currencies and They can provide people in my country and in even yours diversification benefits and they do this by reducing portfolio risk and increasing portfolio return Remember we need we're talking about a portfolio investment where you put it up with a whole bunch of other assets I think maybe the best way to think of it is you know not putting all your eggs into Bitcoin But you put your eggs and equity bonds and all those other things But now crypto can be another basket for you to put your other eggs and just give you more of that diversification And I think the benefits are nice and clear. I mean you don't require permission You don't need a broker. You don't need an asset manager. You don't need a custodian because you know You're holding the coins yourself You don't need the documentation and fortunately you don't need the police But now some of you guys might say ah crypto isn't an investment because it doesn't provide a yield Well, some of them actually do Smart cash gives out a yield to the masternotes and It also gives the holders of smart cash a reward So if you just hold more than a thousand smart cash You're gonna get a little bit of extra coins every single month and I think this is important And in time we're gonna see more crypto based assets that derive their value from the internet economy Rather than just being used as a registry system for old assets Yes, Bitcoin was a bubble in December and and it popped. I mean if we look at my my old videos I was kind of thinking along these lines in in November I thought ICOs and tether were a systemic risk to the whole economy But as you can see by December my mood had changed. I got swallowed up by the hype.  You know, I was I was very wrong But if we had to compare Bitcoin and this whole bubble to the dot-com bubble You know that happened back in 2001 we can see that or we can get a little bit of hope seeing that there was an amazing recovery I mean today seven of the eight largest companies in the world are based around computers and the internet and Crypto might very well be following this path and that's why I'm still holding Anyway, thanks so much for watching check out my other videos on blockchain Leave a comment and always remember to subscribe. Thanks guys. Cheers