Alright, female woman has a weapon for you. Wow! The ogre mage staff. Oh, what? Okay, so Bonnie, this weapon at level 22 will be nuts. But it takes away five of your intellect.  But you'll be really strong, you'll have 11 strength. So this is like the, like, this is a big time, like, bear and cat form weapon. Great work, mighty female woman. How generous. Thank you for your, and paying your tithes as well, indubitably. Yeah, Chad, I set it up toward Donnie, er, no. What?  I set it up to where Bonnie can hear the discord. And it can hear the donos in discord. There's too many D's in that sentence. Click, I need to ride fast right now. Okay. And then I'm gonna count down, we're gonna do store wind, okay? Okay. Three, two, one, go. Safe travel. You can't take a taxi while shape-shifted, my guy. Well, I'm supposed to be faster than you, so you can see me back there. Oh, yeah. And I can see you. I'm supposed to be going faster, though. Oh, look, there's a sewer bear. No, no, it's a sewer beast. That's a sewer beast. Sewer beast just killed me.  It's a giant crocodile. I'm leaving. He's dead. I'm sorry, I'm sunned.  I don't have a res yet. I didn't do my res quest yet, so I can't res you. I thought it was small. It's like the size of a dragon. No, it's, yeah, it's a big-ass crocodile. It's so big. It's like the size of a, like- It doesn't even drop anything. It doesn't?  It's a sewer beast. But it's not even super high-level. I think I can take it. No, you mustn't. What level is it? Isn't it, like, a little 35 or something? It hit me in one hit, and I died. A little 50. It's a little 50. I'm close, five. Wait, no.  No, this guy named Dog just- Wait, what? It didn't, it didn't aggro him. He just swam over it. Do you guys think we can take it on? Do you think so? A level 50? Is it a lead? That was a long walk. I'm back up here. I'm right above it. It knew better. Dwarfs are master race. You're good, Chad Dogs. Nothing messes with dwarfs.  Okay, let's do it. Let's try and take it on. Yeah, we're gonna try and take on the sewer beast. We're gonna take on the sewer beast? No. No. No, no, we can do it, we can do it. We're gonna get a big, big group of people. Okay, we're lower level, so probably what we need to do, the lower levels probably need to focus on healing. A higher level is tanking it. So I'm a healer. So you and I are healing. We have 15 people. Sir, as Fandy are, I'd love to come to your aid in this time of need. The beast needs to meet his end. Yes, do you request my aid? Aye. What's our highest level? A 31? Okay, ankles? I think you're our tank. Okay. I don't actually know if we'll be able to kill this. But I think almost everyone's actually here. Okay, sick. This is what's gonna happen. Oh, the health stones are going out, the health stones are going out, good work. Everyone get ready. This is how we're going to do this. The plan. All the lower levels go in and lure it out of the water. No, no, no. That's not a good plan. That's too many casualties, okay? We need a hundred.  Wait, Bonnie. Okay, just wait. Don't move, just don't move. Okay. We need a hunter. Purple Pickle. Where are you? No, Bonnie, don't go down.   Purple Pickle, it is your duty to get the angle and I want you to shoot. We have no hope. Our leader is in the water. No, it's okay. No, that's not how. Okay, somebody died. Somebody died? Purple Pickle, we need you to come here and we need you to shoot the sewer beast. Okay, and you're going to lure him up here. Bonnie, you need to stay alongside the wall and you need to run to the left and you can jump up past the bridge and get back up here, okay? So the plan, the group is currently full but you can still contribute. The plan, Purple Pickle will pull and Sixie will be our main tank. Sixie will be our main tank.   You need to be focusing on healing Sixie. That is the primary role, okay? Myself, Bonnie, everybody. Sixie is going to be our main tank. It's time. Purple Pickle, go ahead and pull. Okay, wait, we're Sixie, we're Sixie. Okay, I got Sixie. Can I get your puffs out? I'm in. Pop your potions. Here it is, here it comes. Wait, is it not coming up here? It's evading. Yeah, it was evading me too. Okay, new plan. We all need a cannonball, okay? Yeah. On one, three, four, three, one, go. Okay, go, okay, Purple Pickle is dead already, because he jumped before anybody else. J. Terry is dead. I'm healing Sixie, I'm healing Sixie. Okay. I'm healing Sixie again. I'm just gonna continuously spam heal on Sixie. Okay, guys, you have to watch your aggro, oh God. Sixie taunt. I don't even know where Sixie is. Is Sixie down there? Do you have raid frames? Did raid frames drop for you? Okay, this is totally doable. We can do this. We only have Siri, Jaws, Danny Boy, the Turrens, J. Terry, they're all dead. Okay, it's okay. Just believe, okay. Guys, everybody needs to watch your breath, okay? Oh, one of the warlocks gave everybody unending breath. Damn, I'm gonna be honest, I was hoping that he wouldn't do that. Some people would be dying. It would have been so funny. Sixie, you're doing great. Okay, he's currently at 60%, 59, 58%. Oh, oh, heal, heal, heal.  Watch your mana, watch your mana. Okay, I'm giving everyone blessing of wisdom. Everybody needs blessing of wisdom. Half of you will drown in that, Keck. No drowning, you're not allowed to drown, you're not allowed to drown. Okay, I put a judgment of wisdom up. Oh God, he's getting low. He's getting low. I can't tell if I'm hitting him or not. No, Sixie, okay, okay. No, Sixie is dead. Keep hitting him, keep hitting him. He's running away, he's running away. Keep hitting him. Okay, I'm shooting him, shooting him. Can we get a battle res on Sixie? Who's he targeting? Interface. Display, combat, target, target. No, not yet. Where is he? Poo and your launch is dead. No, they're going down, dude. Oh, evasion tank, evasion tank, Lint. It's he's on Lint, he's on Lint, he's on Duggy. Oh no, 15. Chad drew it, can Chad drew it? Oh no, keep hiding him, keep hiding him, keep running. Keep running. We're gonna get him, we're getting him. It's actually going really well. Dude, it's dead. Dude, everybody is dying, eight percent. It's taking so many of us. Five percent. If you're out of mana, do damage. Green bean, run, run, yeah. Let's go. Nice, nice. How many people died? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 deaths, 15 deaths. Excellent work, excellent work, crusaders. Very good, very good. Okay, I would say res the dead, but I have not done my res quest, so somebody else take care of the weaker ones who died to please take care of the weaker ones. Dude, that's crazy that 60 could tank that for that long at level 31. Think about how crazy that is. It's a level 50, it's an elite, right? It's a level 50, that's crazy. Okay, now everybody get on the boats. Everybody get on the boats, we're gonna take a picture. We're gonna wait for everyone to res. Oh, I'm gonna take one picture in case it despawns. Okay, everybody get here. Start resing people. All right, dude, that was actually close. I think if that had gone on another like 30 seconds, we all were probably dead. Okay, is everybody here? Everybody's back, all right. Everybody line up. Wait, where's Bonnie? Bonnie, where are you? They pushed me off the boat. Here, hop back on. Help me, help me back up. Oh, you have to jump and W. Jump, jump, then W. Okay, ready? Okay, everybody just turn around and get ready to take a picture, because I don't want it to go away. Cause it's gonna despawn a second. Okay, ready? I'm stuck in the water. No. All right, stop jumping. Everybody sit down, ready? Three, two, one. Smile, yeah. Woo. Nice. The sewer beast has been defeated. Very good. That was fun. That was fun. Dude, that was cool. I actually was not sure we were even gonna be able to do that. That was thick. Yeah. Yay, killing endangered species. My favorite. Righteous fury, retribution aura. We're gonna start plumping.


My dear friends, fellows and luchans and constituents of Kastri's southeast, it gives me great pleasure to take this opportunity on behalf of my family and I to send you best wishes for the Christmas season and the new year. I also send special greetings to the hardworking staff of the Ministry for Economic Development, Housing, Urban Renewal, Transport and Civil Aviation. As I reflect on 2016, I know that we have had a lot to be thankful for. This has been a year of surprises around the world, a year of tough choices and a year of change. It is up to all of us whether we seize the opportunity as the new year approaches to be the change we want to see in our beautiful island home. Permit me to say first of all in my recent reflections, I am most of all thankful to my wife and family for their strength and support. I am truly thankful for the people of Kastri's southeast constituency for their continued vote of confidence in me as your parliamentary representative. I express sincere gratitude for the encouragement you have given me throughout the past year and for the last several years I have served you. The road has not been an easy one for us in Kastri's southeast and I know you have faced some hard times, especially in the communities of Beksu, Mack and Crownlands. Your strength and resilience as a community has fueled me to represent your best interests and to work harder on your behalf to reduce the flooding problems in these areas. Some of the major issues affecting areas of Kastri's southeast are the high levels of youth unemployment and vulnerability of homes and businesses to natural disasters. These are recurring issues that have long afflicted us. I have heard your voice, listened to your cries and we will make the changes. I would like to thank everyone here in Kastri's southeast for supporting me throughout the past year and wishing you a good year, a good new year, a good holiday season. When we have served you as a representative, I know that you have supported me throughout the past year and I know that you have supported me. I know that you have supported me so that I can continue my work. I know that you have supported everyone in Kastri's southeast. This is the third time I have been elected as a representative and I know that there are many problems that can be solved here. This is the second time I have been elected as a representative and I know that there are many issues left in Kastri's southeast. I know that there are many issues left in Kastri's southeast but I know that there are many issues left in Kastri's southeast Paske lana shaitu avai ki nese se punu fe, eksinu me tehnu asam nukaisa fe plis tu avai. In this, my third term, as your representative, I assure you of my commitment to continue to be your humble servant and to represent all. I also assure you that I will endeavor to address the big and small issues that plague our communities as best as I can, and I will continue to strive to make a difference in the lives and improve on the lives of all solutions. In order to achieve this, however, it is essential that we all work together. We are coming out of an election year that has definitely divided us as a country. Funfuly, the colors of Christmas time have no political affiliation. The trees are done with gold, red and green, and when they come together, they create quite a beautiful sight. The point is, no matter the outcome of the recent pull, we all have to look to the future with hope for this country that belongs to all of us. In this season of goodwill, I implore that we all think about where we are going as a nation and what we want to achieve. We also need to consider whether we have the best interest of the country at heart. It is time we change our mindset. Let us truly embrace a national sense of who we are as a people. This can happen by working with your neighbors, looking out for one another and helping each other succeed, even in little ways. St. Lucia, despite the fact that Christmas is a festive time for most of us, we must look around our communities and assist those who are alone during this season or who have had a difficult time in 2016. Find the person in our community who may be battling illness or who is unable to feed their family and lend a helping hand. Let us create an environment where we don't turn a blind eye when someone is in trouble, where we check out for the elderly in the house we have not seen for the day, where we make sure we know where our children are. This is the true meaning of Christmas and this is the St. Lucia we must aspire to develop. My family and I will also be reaching out to many of my constituents in the coming days ahead and I will pay my own tribute to the wonderful communities that I represent. I want to end by saying that I am hopeful despite that we certainly have some serious challenges ahead of us. Going into 2017, I know we will make it if we take these challenges head on and with immense hope for the future. Once again to the constituents of Kastri Southeast and to all Saint Lucia. I wish all a peaceful Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2017. May the joys of this season of goodwill accompany you and your families always. God bless all of you.


Good afternoon and thanks for joining us on the news brief. My name is Nyam Ghul Aghaji. Nigeria's President, Bola Tinobu, has arrived in Paris for the new Global Financing Pact Summit. He arrived at the venue and was received by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and Europe, Catherine Colonna. Tinobu, who arrived in Paris on Tuesday, will alongside attending the summit, hold bilateral meetings with various countries including officials of France, U.S. and Switzerland to discuss possible ways of attracting foreign direct investments. The financial summit hosted by Emmanuel Macron of France seeks to establish a system that will be more responsive, just and inclusive, a system that will fight inequalities, finance the climate transition, biodiversity protection and move closer to achieving the United Gold Sustainable Development Goals. A total of 39 heads of states from around the world are expected to be part of the summit. Several multilateral development banks including the World Bank, Africa Development Bank, European Union, African Union and the United Nations will also be present.


Welcome to the sports playbook where we discuss solutions to issues that impact sports. I am your host Angela Hazelett. Today's guest is Matt Saina, the Operations Manager for the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission. We are here to discuss sporting events as an economic vehicle. Cleveland's making it happen. Welcome, Matt. Hi, great to be here. I'm so glad to have you join us. The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, your mission there is to measurably improve the economy of Greater Cleveland and enrich the community by attracting, creating, managing, and enhancing significant sporting and competitive events. You attract and host sporting events at the youth collegiate USA sanctioned and professional levels. Some of these events you've hosted in Cleveland are quite major, such as the 86th NFL Draft in 2021. This was a three-day event held in multiple venues in the city, and we can see some photos here. What can you tell us that's happening in this photo? Yeah, so the NFL Draft was quite an interesting event. In the photos you saw there, the first day of the draft was pretty typical Cleveland weather for the springtime, very unpredictable, where it was cold and rainy, but the fans still came out in droves despite the weather for the first day, and then by the third day of the event the weather was beautiful and sunny. So we experienced it all in a short time period during the NFL draft this past spring in Cleveland. That's incredible, and I know an event like the NFL Draft brings in some high-profile people, such as the NFL Commissioner. So how much of a concern was security for the NFL and for you? Yeah, absolutely. Security was a major concern for both the NFL and for our organization as well, too. We started planning for the draft two plus years in advance, so a lot of plans were put into place when you're planning for an event for a long period out. A lot of different contingencies are put into place. The biggest one that we couldn't really foresee a couple years in the future was the COVID-19 pandemic, so the draft that we had been planning back in 2019 looked very different than the draft that we were able to host in 2021. Security was a large part of that, but the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures that were put into place to mitigate that and to make sure that everyone stayed safe from the fans attending in the audience to the actual players that were being drafted to the celebrities and individuals like Commissioner Goodell and others around as well, too. In addition to security in the secure zones that were set into place around the Cleveland Browns First Energy Stadium and the actual draft site, which was just outside of the stadium in downtown Cleveland. And did everyone follow the COVID-19 protocols? Did you have any resistance to that? It was amazingly, things went very, very smoothly. The NFL draft was one of the first major events coming out of the pandemic really. The Super Bowl that was held down in Tampa was really the first, and then the draft was really the second. One of the big advantages that we had was that the majority of the event took place outside, which again, the weather made it a little bit of a challenge, but a huge stage was constructed. It took about three weeks to construct the stage. It was in amphitheater essentially that covered the outdoor seating area for the draft attendees and their families. So that stage kept everyone underneath of it dry, but also was open air. So it allowed for some of the mitigation procedures for COVID-19 to be put into place. And I think people from fans and just general attendees were just happy to be at a major event after having gone through 18 months of the shutdown for the pandemic. Everyone was just happy to be there and in person and was willing to go through the procedures necessary to keep the event safe. What a great solution to a challenge and kind of finding a compromise that's the best of the world, sort of a covered outdoor venue that allows for a lot of airflow when the pandemic is a concern. And I know for your recent NBA All-Star event, fans attending ticketed events had to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test. So who actually establishes these fan protocols and did you have any problems at this venue, this event kind of enforcing those protocols? Yeah, absolutely. So just about a month ago, we hosted the NBA All-Star game here in Cleveland at Rockingmore Beach Fieldhouse, which is the home of the Cavaliers. Throughout the past NBA season, the Cavaliers have had a varying level of protocols inside their building and at their games, including requiring face masks. That requirement actually was lifted just previous to the NBA All-Star game, but the NBA had their own set of requirements and procedures related to COVID-19. Understanding that at the time of the NBA All-Star game, the COVID levels in Cleveland were actually quite high, but understanding that this event brought in people from an international standpoint to attend the event, the NBA didn't want to take any chances. So that's why they did require that every fan in attendance was fully vaccinated against COVID-19. And then a different level, anyone that was on the floor or working for the event also had to be tested in addition to having to be fully vaccinated, including a third booster shot for two of the vaccines and then a second one for the Johnson and Johnson vaccine as well, too. So with most events, we take the recommendations from the events rights holders as well as the venue. So in this case, the Rockingmore Beach Fieldhouse had their own set of guidelines in combination with the NBA and what they felt as necessary to keep everyone safe. So we took the recommendations up from both of those organizations on what to put in place. Things went on very, very smoothly. They partnered with Clear, which was an organization that has an app, makes it very, very easy for the attendees to upload their vaccination cards, their negative COVID tests. They had multiple testing centers throughout a downtown area to be able to test prior to coming to any of the games or any of the events. And things ran very, very smoothly. Wow. That's awesome collaboration. And it sounds like this was more of an indoor venue versus outdoor, but it sounds like there's a lot of collaboration in that app and having a third party agency to support that program and that testing sounds incredible. I know you also in 2019 hosted another high-profile event, of course this is pre-pandemic, but the MLB All-Star Week. And this event generated an incredible $65 million in economic impact. So tell me, we talked about security and COVID-19 concerns, but what are some other major challenges you experience in hosting these major events that feature professional athletes? Absolutely. Well, the things with big events always change, and professional athletes things change constantly as well too. So planning for an event like an All-Star game, we run into two challenges that sometimes are minor, two challenges that are major and significant. One of the benefits that we have in the city of Cleveland is that we have a great relationship, a working relationship with our city services, from the Cleveland Police Department to the Cleveland Fire Department, EMS, Building and Housing for Permits, and the Special Events Planning Committee, which works with the mayor's office in Cleveland. We have established that relationship through hosting major events like the All-Star game for Major League Baseball, the Republican National Convention previous to that, the National Senior Games. So these relationships have built upon each other to only grow and the events have grown in scale as well too. So an event like the All-Star game, fortunately we had previous experience planning major events, but Major League Baseball coming in to see that game, we had to connect them with the city of Cleveland and make sure that everyone's on the same page from a timeline standpoint to what permits might be needed, to what venues that we're hosting these events at, which can change and they can change up until even a few weeks or days prior to the events. Some of the small challenges we faced were things that were easy to overcome. For example, signage that was approved by the city design and planning commission to have certain players featured on the signs. Those players didn't end up actually being voted as All-Stars. So things had to be changed. That same problem happened for the NBA All-Star game too. Actually a player got traded that was on a sign and he got traded just a couple of days prior to the All-Star game too. So had to flip that around very, very quickly, but I think knowing that relationships that we have built and established within the city have really helped us to be able to see those challenges, to meet the expectations, and to resolve those issues in a quick manner when they're needed just a couple days prior to the event. And you have to pay attention to that, right? Like is this athlete coming and are they still represent the same team? And so you have to pay attention to the marketing and promotion aspects as well. I love how you mentioned the senior games, the national senior games that you hosted back in 2013. And these games are a biennial competition for men and women 50 and over. It's the largest multi-sport event in the world for seniors. In fact, this is the event where the sport of pickleball made its competitive debut. And this event alone generated $36.1 million in economic impact into the Northeast Ohio economy. So at these games, you coordinated 19 sports. You used 20 different event spaces and facilities, nearly 11,000 athletes descended upon your city. So talk to me about the challenges of coordinating multiple venues, multiple day events for so many athletes. Yeah, definitely a lot of challenges with that one. That one, that event was so unique because it was the first event that kicked that opened up, kicked off the convention center and brand new convention center in downtown Cleveland. So we were the first event in there. That space hosted several of our major sports like basketball, volleyball, pickleball, badminton. But it couldn't host all the 19 different sports that we had. So we had to spread across the city to multiple different venues, which definitely posed a pretty big challenge for us too. From a logistical standpoint, we had a whole team that was based out of the convention center from a logistic standpoint that filled up cargo vans and minivans with fruit and snacks and sports equipment, other random office supplies, and was out canvassing the city, replenishing supplies and snacks at each of these venues. It also requires a lot of staff. And I'd say that's the biggest thing that to make these events possible and successful is to have a great staff, a staff that we could trust. A lot of these staff were college students that were hired just for a couple months to work on the event. We placed a large level of responsibility on their shoulders and we trusted them to be able to run these events successfully and to set up the venues from a signage standpoint, to check in volunteers, to work with the sports organizers, to run the tournaments from officials to sports equipment, to scheduling, to rescheduling for rainouts at softball, the softball venues. And they did an excellent job. Sometimes you don't know what you're going to get and sometimes you really can't control what happens when there's so many different venues taking place. But we, that event turned out to be very, very successful. In my career at the sports commission, that was the biggest event that I had worked on just starting out. And it really set the stage for our organization to be able to host the major events that we have since then. As I mentioned, the All Star Games, the NFL Draft and several other major events that we've had on our schedule. So fortunately, you all were very successful and it set the stage for other rights holders to grant you bids. And it sounds like you had a lot of part-time help to help you with logistics and roving vehicles, support vehicles. And how was it being the first event in a brand new convention center? I know a lot of times you might want to do a smaller, kind of soft opening for a new facility, but it sounds like you all went, you guys went big. So was there any challenges in working in a brand new facility? Absolutely. There was a lot of challenges with it. The biggest challenge is when we were trying to plan out where things were going to go early on in the process, we were walking through a construction site. So we had to have closed-hole shoes and construction hats and goggles on, walking through dirt, trying to map it out and have that vision. It's a fun part of the job to be able to create something brand new from scratch for an event, but this only added even a little bit more to that because the building was being brand new too. Certainly with a new building, they were working out their own kinks with the building as well too. But we had a little bit of a creative freedom in what we were able to do and where we were able to put things with the building too. One of the biggest challenges actually came after the event was over because with a brand new building, the paint on the walls was fresh and the carpet was brand new. So any little scratch on the wall or stain in the carpet, there really was no one else to blame it on too. So we knew where it came from with our event. So we had to pay a few, a little bits after the fact to get things repainted and redone. There was no one else to blame it on too. So since that point, I go in that building, I see other many scratches and dings in the loading dock and other areas too that I know after having a couple events, those things are natural occurrences. But with our event, we were the first one. So it was easy to pick out who's cart ran into the wall or who dropped the box on a certain area and made a scratch and things too. Yeah, absolutely. And Cleveland is located in the northeast part of Ohio right next to Lake Erie. This kind of northern lakefront location has to produce some weather related challenges. What do you do to keep people safe? How does this impact your events? Yeah, absolutely. Always challenges every time of the year. I mentioned with the draft, it was a challenge because we were right on the lake for the draft. So not only do we have to deal with rain, there was a little bit of snow, there was a lot of wind. So a lot of times we plan for where are we going to keep people dry, where are we going to keep people safe in the event of a weather emergency. The NBA also game just a month ago, we Cleveland experienced some significant snowfall in the days and weeks leading up to the event, which would pose a certain challenge for hosting an event in a downtown very walkable city. The sidewalks and streets were covered with snow. A lot of times when the snow plows came through, they pushed the snow into the bus lanes. Well, we had a ton of buses that were hired to transport people around the city as well and they had nowhere to park. So for the week leading up to the event, the city was done, they did an incredible job of moving snow. There were bulldozers driving on the streets, picking up piles of snow and dropping them into dump trucks and actually taking the snow into the lake and dumping it into the lake to get rid of it. There was also, bobcats driving on the sidewalks, clearing the sidewalks as well too. It was an incredible effort from the city of Cleveland, from the non-profit organization, the downtown Cleveland Alliance, to clear the sidewalks, to clear the streets of giant snow piles. There were 20 foot tall some of the snow piles from the amount of snow that we had the past month, but it was all gone by the time the All-Star game was here. The sidewalks were cleared, the streets were cleared, and it made it a safe and walkable environment. Even though it was pretty cold, the sidewalks were still very, very walkable. So I think that was one of the biggest, most recent weather-related challenges that we had to deal with, but every event that we have outdoors always poses risks, especially close to the lake. We've had several events where we've had large tents that have blown over and blown down that we have to make sure that those are safe and secured, and that we have other structures that are able to keep our guests or athletes safe in the event that weather does get a little dicey. I imagine you probably have some of the city service providers on speed dial for certain circumstances. I imagine there's probably also situations where you can't put up a tent, because maybe the wind gusts are too great and things like that, and you just have to roll with it and go to plan B. Absolutely. So let's talk about some of the collegiate events that you've hosted at NCAA Swimming Nationals and the NCAA Wrestling Championships. I know for a recent NCAA Wrestling Championship, you experienced sold-out crowds. This required recruiting 50 volunteers for the wrestling championships. So tell me, how challenging is it to find dedicated, reliable volunteers to support your events? Yeah, it's always a challenge for us, because we are a small team. So we have 15 full-time staff members, which really isn't a lot for the number of events and the scale of events that we host. So to be able to host these events successfully, we do look for dedicated volunteers to make the events run. We have a core group of volunteers that they'll volunteer for any of our events, no matter what we do, no matter what sport it is. They help out with registration, packet pickup, hospitality, tickets, merchandise sales, smaller areas that aren't really sports focused per se. But when we host an event like a wrestling championship, we need workers to work the mats, to run the cameras, to work to clocks. They need some knowledge about wrestling. So we look to find passionate people, people that are knowledgeable about the sports events that we're hosting, that are passionate about it. The thing about volunteers is most of the time, they're not getting paid. So we're looking for people that are willing to give up their free time and their valuable time to help make our events successful. Some events, it is a little bit easier than others, because we are able to offer access to view the events or just a unique perspective to be a part of these significant events. Other events, it might be a little bit more of a challenge just from a geographical standpoint or a scheduling standpoint, when the events during the weekdays or during holidays, when they're hosted. So it's definitely a challenge for us and one that we constantly work at to recruit dedicated and passionate volunteers and to maintain them throughout the year and really get them to buy into the sports commission and what we do so that they're not just coming for a wrestling event. They might start as a wrestling fan and come for a wrestling event, but then they might want to show up and help out at a swimming event or a track and field event or any of the events that we have upcoming in the future too. Is there a primary place you go to recruit these passionate volunteers? Yeah, so our volunteers are a great mix. We have individuals that are older adults that may be retired and looking for things to keep them active and busy. We have all the way down to college students, even high school students, depending on the event too. So I'd say the college students, the colleges and universities that are local to the greater Cleveland area, we have some outstanding schools that have great sports management programs. They're one of the first avenues that we recruit towards just because they have students that are looking to break into the sports industry or to gain experience to put on their resumes. We also, there's an organization in Cleveland called Business Volunteers Limited, BVU, and they help connect us to individuals that are sometimes young professionals or just adults that are looking for more experience to give back to their community. They help make great connections for us too. So I'd say that there's a good mixture of all that, along with our corporate partners too. The organizations that help to monetarily donate to the organization to keep us funded, they like to send out information on volunteering to their employees. Fortune 500 companies oftentimes require their employees to volunteer a certain amount of hours and give back to the community. So we like to be the beneficiary of those hours that are required of those employees too. Great. Sounds like you're not only getting financial compensation to support your events, but you're also getting that volunteer help as well. That's fantastic. Let's talk a little bit more about the economic impact. Some of these NCAA tournaments you've hosted, they really vary in what economic impact that they provide to your community. For example, the D2 Men's Wrestling Championship generated about $7 million, whereas the 2019 NCAA Women's Bowling Championship only produced about $250,000. So comparing that, you talked earlier about the MLB All Star Week, which generated $65 million in economic impact. So how can you avoid, how can you afford to host an event that has less economic value for your city, something like the Women's Bowling Championship? Yeah, absolutely. So when we look to host events, economic impact is the number one driver of our decisions to whether to host an event or to not host an event. The economic impact really is money that is spent in the city that normally wouldn't otherwise be spent here if our event hadn't been hosted. So any fans and athletes coming into town will stay at hotels, they'll eat at restaurants, they'll visit the attractions that we have like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and hopefully have a great time here and then go back and spread the word about how awesome the city of Cleveland is too. So for us, a lot of events, we don't actually make money off the events. Economic impact can be significant, but we, from a financial standpoint, as a 501C nonprofit, oftentimes from ticket sales and any other revenue sources, we don't make a ton of money off of them. NCAA championships are definitely fall into that category because what the NCAA does is that they will reimburse us for any expenses that we incur as part of hosting the championships. So we keep a close tab of what we spend money on from hospitality to equipment setup to signage and the NCAA ends up sending us a check at the end of the day to cover those expenses. Most of the time, we budget to either break even or maybe make a couple thousand dollars off those events if we're very, very fortunate. But if the economic impact is significant, then we feel like the event is significant. So the wrestling championships definitely provide a great boost because there's a large amount of spectators. Bowling championship, a little bit smaller, only eight teams that come and they don't bring a ton of friends and family, but what's unique about that event is that the NCAA women's bowling championships is broadcast live on ESPN. The finals is. So while it may not bring in a ton of economic impact, it does get Cleveland in the spotlight and a national spotlight too. So we like to balance it out a little bit in, you know, while it may events like that may not provide us a great economic boost, they definitely do help to spread the word about Cleveland as a host city for major events as well as NCAA championship events too. Fair enough. And you put in about 60 bids to host NCAA championships. You know, in regards to your other events, I know you're aiming for about 15 to 16 events annually. You only have 15 full-time staff. So what influences your decision on what to bid for? Is it local politics? Is it you said this economic impact plays a role on that as well? How do you choose what to put a bid for to host? Yeah, there's different, a lot of different options that come to us from events rights holders throughout the year to be able to host events. The events rights holders include the NCAA national governing bodies. So any event that's competed at on the Olympic level, they host national championship events in different cities throughout the country, throughout the year. So our business development team really looks at our annual calendar to see what schedule, what openings in our schedule that we have and what events might fall online with those openings. They also look and see what venues that we have in Cleveland and are we able to to physically host any of these events at any of the venues that we have here too. Oftentimes you get asked the question, can Cleveland host a Super Bowl? Can Cleveland host the Olympics? And you unfortunately are the men's final four. Fortunately those events require certain number of facilities as well as hotels. I'd say that five years ago the scale of events that we could host in Cleveland is a little bit different than what we can host today. Part of that is due to the increase in infrastructure from a hotel standpoint and a number of hotel rooms that are available within a close proximity to downtown Cleveland. If someday in the future Cleveland decides to, the Browns decide to rebuild or reconfigure their stadiums to have a dome, then I think we would be put in the consideration to host a Super Bowl and a men's final four. But right now we don't have the facility to do that. So those are definitely some of the factors that factor into it and then as well too is our staff capacity and do we have the capacity to host multiple events in a short time frame or in that calendar year. I think that might be further down on the list because we've hosted two NCAA championships at the same time. We've hosted multiple different events at the same time too. So I think our business development team they throw that one outside the window sometimes because they think very highly of our staff and what we're able to accomplish and we are able to make it happen. Absolutely and I know we're at the end of our time together but I did just want to mention I know that you all had a challenging time when the pandemic hit and having to cancel several events and that really impacted your budget and ability to do what you do. Just briefly can you let us know how you survived the pandemic when your whole operation is based on these events? Yeah we were very fortunate with the pandemic because as a 501C non-profit we our main fundraising event is called the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards. It's actually this year's a version of it is coming up next Wednesday night at Rocky Mortgage Fieldhouse but we hosted it in 2020 in January. So right before things shut down that event alone counts for almost 60% of our core operating budget from a fundraising standpoint. So with with being able to host that event prior to the shutdown of COVID that really set us up financially to be able to at least make it through for several months and then some of the great government loans that were out there from a payroll protection standpoint we were very fortunate to receive some of those and then last year we transitioned our sports awards event to a virtual fundraiser that was televised on local and regional cable TV that was the the best fundraiser that we we had in our 20-year history. So both of those events were significant and I think the the local community recognizes the impact that we have and really rallied around to to support us to keep us going. That's incredible. I'm glad you guys are still around and I thank you for your time Matt and your insight into sporting events as an economic vehicle and how Cleveland's making it happen. So and thank you to our viewers for joining us today on the sports playbook. We'll see you in two weeks time.


The corridor analysis funnel is a high-level depiction of the siting process. The inputs to the funnel include community considerations, natural environment considerations, and engineering considerations. Now the community considerations include things like human and cultural resources, the natural environment includes things like plants, animals, and water resources, and the engineering considerations include physical constraints on the systems and features that would maximize location and minimize cost and schedule delays. The information derived from each of these considerations is put into a geographic information system to determine values and weights for each of the considerations. Now as we move down through the funnel, the area of interest becomes more focused and defined and the data become more detailed and accurate. Exiting the funnel is a culmination of the siting methodology where a preferred route or center line is proposed for the transmission line. Now as you go through the GIS analysis part of the project, you will analyze these considerations simultaneously to objectively determine the most suitable line location. To do this manually would require many man hours of work, would be less accurate in the final outcome, and could lead to increased litigation, project delays, and cost escalation because of a lack of objectivity and transparency.


Good to go everyone. Well good afternoon. Today and over last night we have witnessed unacceptable violent behaviour particularly in the Gold Coast area and the message is enough is enough. We have seen this behaviour come to a highlight in the actions that particularly over the last couple of days and this particular violence as I previously said those perpetrating this type of violence had two choices early this year to change their behaviour or they'd go to jail. Now these people who want to bring violence, drugs and guns onto the streets of Queensland and particularly in the Gold Coast area have no more choices. They have no more choices in relation to their behaviour and I've now directed the commissioner to use whatever resources he has available or whatever he needs to bring this type of anti-social behaviour, violence, criminal activity in relation to guns and drugs to a conclusion in relation to violence on the Gold Coast. I have also today asked the commissioner as to what resources he needs in that particular area and we are going through those issues as we speak. Early this year we made a commitment to facilitate over 100 offices over the next four years to the Gold Coast. We have actually delivered 137 police officers in the last 12 months. We have ensured that the police helicopter is permanently stationed at the Gold Coast. We have made changes to legislation and ensuring we have the toughest firearm laws in the whole of Australia with mandatory sentencing ranging from one year to supply and trafficking up to five years. The Attorney General has also implemented unexplained wealth provisions and he'll talk about them and other measures shortly. We've also said that we'll increase the number of police across the state by 1,100. We've increased the task force on the Gold Coast from Task Force Vanguard with 10 highly regarded detectives, Task Force Hydra and also Major Crime Task Force. These task forces as well as the other resources and other actions by the commissioner will send the clear message to these people enough is enough. So from now on police will be knocking in their door. Police will be stopping them on the sides of the road and pulling them out of their vehicles and stopping their bikes. Police will now be ensuring that they will not be able to bring pain and suffering to the streets of the Gold Coast and police will also be pulling people who exhibit violent behaviour or have any to do with drugs or guns and ripping them from their restaurants and their hidey holes in the Gold Coast area. There is no choices. There is no options. The message is clear. The commissioner has been directed to immediately respond as well as make sure that he has a hard and a zero tolerance towards this type of behaviour. Also we have said that we will ensure that the Gold Coast community that people will be able to work, play and enjoy their safety the same as every other Queensland that already does. The Gold Coast is a great place and we want to make sure that the community as well as our most important hard working police officers can go about their duty and their task in a safe environment also. So we will be doing whatever it takes to bring the full force of the law to their doors to their happy times to ensure that they no longer feel safe in their beds or in their restaurants seats or on their bikes or in their cars. Commissioner if you would like to say a few words. No thank you minister and good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Certainly last night's events on the Gold Coast would indicate that there are those still who think that they are above the law of this state and that is unacceptable. The minister has as he has said today directed me to take whatever actions necessary to ensure that these people are bought before the courts but at the same time that we deal with those people in a way which will show them that that type of behaviour is just no longer acceptable in this state not just in the Gold Coast but right across the state. Certainly any person who is intent on violence against another in this state will be targeted even more heavily from this point on than has previously been and to do that the government has promised the support for the Queensland Police Service whether it's money for overtime or whether it's extra officers certainly they have provided that assurance that we will have the the material and the people to do the job. In the near term what that means is as of right this afternoon we will have extra police on the Gold Coast from the southeast area we will do that tonight and we will ramp that up over the coming days and ultimately it is my hope that we will be able to establish a hub policing facility on the coast where we have a standing task force intelligence led to deal with any criminal behaviour but particularly anti-social and violent crime in that area and hopefully as has been my vision since becoming the commissioner we can roll out those types of facilities and teams right across the state. Commissioner some people might say crimes out of control on the Gold Coast and what's your response to that? I don't believe it is and I have full confidence in the management of the police on the Gold Coast and as I have full confidence in all police officers on the Gold Coast but there are times and last night was a classic example where out of the blue you get a group of people in teams on committing crime and being violent intimidating not only the general public but intimidating the police of this state that is unacceptable and we will go after those people hard from this point. But just before we go into any questions we're just going to make some just underlying statements first but just to finish that one off in the last 12 months from the operations we have already put in place over 724 charges have been laid against individuals in relation sorry 724 individuals relating to outdoor motorcycle gangs and violent behaviour have been charged with over 1000 offences so police have been doing great work and they continue to do great work. What we are doing is removing that line in the sand and sending the clean match message either be hay or you be gone from the streets of the Gold Coast. So attorney general thank you minister thank you commissioner thank you ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen what we've seen over the last 24 hours of the Gold Coast and other parts of Queensland is concerning the police minister the commissioner and I have all spoken to the premier this morning and I can assure you the premier is just as concerned and that's why we're going to take the stand we are today. Today is the day that we are saying enough's enough today is the day the government is drawing a line in the sand and saying to outdoor motorcycle gangs and those engaged in criminal enterprise in Queensland you have had your day and no longer in Queensland the government will give the support necessary to the police to ensure they can do their job effectively but it's important to say in the last 18 months some of the toughest provisions in the nation have been implemented by this government we have the toughest unexplained wealth laws that have just two weeks ago in fact started we haven't had anyone before the court at the moment but when the bikeies and the outdoor motorcycle gangs and those engaged in criminal activity will be have the full force of those unexplained wealth laws they will know what's hidden we've always said we have to go after the misdeeds of the criminal underworld and the organizations the unexplained wealth laws the drive trafficking serious drug trafficking declarations are all attempted to stop the misdeeds and follow the money truck when someone the police or the CMC has now a reasonable suspicion that someone is engaged in criminal activity and they have to then make an application to the Supreme Court the person then has the owners to explain where they got the wealth from if they can't explain where they derive their wealth from then every asset that person owns will be confiscated by the state and those convicted of drug serious drug trafficking as well we've also introduced as the Honourable Police Minister said the toughest gun wars in the nation with respect to a mandatory minimum sentence of one year of imprisonment if you're found to have an illegal firearm in your possession in the car we've doubled the penalty for some serious crimes we've also introduced a mandatory non parol period a new offence of murdering a police officer in this state of 25 years that's just the start and what we say today drawing this line in the sand saying enough's enough this government will look at and do whatever is necessary to respond to those engaged in criminal enterprise in the state only three weeks ago i met with the Solicitor General Walter Sofronov and we are devising a plan an innovative strategy to look at other jurisdictions of how we can tackle the unlawful and organized crime issues across the state and very invited to stop the Gold Coast we have elements of this across Queensland so it's not just attacking this issue of the Gold Coast it's south east Queensland and beyond we're looking at particular laws that the United States have introduced racketeering laws which they call RICO RICO they have severe punishments and penalties for a series of things like robbery your lawful assaults and things like that we're looking at those legislation we're looking at what New South Wales have done with respect to banning in colours from the nightclub district we're looking at laws with respect to banning through the control orders with the criminal organization act control orders with respect to what criminal organizations can in fact own because we know that the criminal organizations filter their money they cite their money all around the world and i congratulate the police on doing the work they've done we've had a we've got one particular matter before the court and the criminal organization act which we ought not talk too much about because it's still before the court but these are the sorts of tough measures that the government will introduce but the message is clear if we've got to do more we will and we're certainly saying today enough's enough we're drawing a line in the sand and we'll do all the laws necessary to protect queensladers look what we did when being before we got into government we recognize that there was issues not just right not just in the gold coast but right across the the state in relation to lower and order we set about bringing out forward the toughest laws but making sure that police had the resources we conducted the review and the commissioner brought in the hold review the queen's police service and now the kill to review we've had 20 years of neglect in relation to having laws in place and as we know as also not having the resources in place to match community expectations in relation to law and order so what did we do we said that we're bringing 1100 police officers just even for the gold coast alone we made a commitment for 100 officers over four years we actually completed that and put 137 officers into that region in 12 months period so it's not just about police officers it's about ensuring that they have the resources as well we brought forward the government wireless network a half a billion dollars in network technology that actually allows emergency services and police to talk together what we'll be starting up and the commissioner go into that shortly is the highlighting of the mobile data for the first time in Queensland which will put police and emergency services ahead of the illegal and criminal elements in Queensland so what that will do will add extra time for those officers on the street we've made sure that we brought forward the police helicopter remember the previous government said that they'll never have a helicopter we've made sure that we've had a one helicopter on the gold coast and we'll be bringing the next helicopter next year that's 18 million dollar commitment there's been 20 years of neglect in the last 12 months just in relation to outlaw motorcycle gangs operations from what we put down there in relation to the three task force that have been on the ground 724 individuals have been charged with over a thousand offenses and that is about police getting out there today we have seen obviously all overnight we have witnessed a series of violent acts and that when we've said previously that they had choices well today there is no choices police will be making sure the criminal activity on the gold coast that these criminals will no longer sleep safely in their bed or have the peace of mind to think that they can go out willing nearly bringing violence or drugs onto the streets of the gold coast police have been knocking down there or police will be ripping them out of restaurants and they'll be making sure that they intercept their whatever type of vehicle they are on the road and I make no apologies for that and that's why today I've directed the commissioner to take the hard stance and an immediate stance in relation to this type of criminal activity we've already engaged with the gold coast city council previously we've engaged with community members we've also made sure that you know we've had a a long term and a short term response this action that we announced today will be ongoing until the community and the government can visibly see a reduction in the type of serious crime involving particularly drugs and and guns we're hearing 200 geeks like yous are on the way to Queensland at this point sure you guys at least intend to deal with that tonight this is probably going to be a blowback attack not necessarily but I don't necessarily agree with your assessment of that but we'll be prepared for any contingency certainly part of this and I'm very grateful to the government basically saying that the resources that we need will now be made available and that means extra people down the coast and certainly that greater vision of getting more police out from behind this on the street where people want to see them the community want to see that that's what we're that's what I have promised to deliver and that was why we restructured the organisation earlier this year and that's why now the Kilty review is building on that restructure we've also introduced a borderless policing approach what you would have seen in Logan just recently as well as down the gold coast so whilst we're addressing the the immediate response and what has happened overnight what we're also addressing is the medium and long-term response and that's why we've always had the long-term strategies and the Attorney General here with the introduction of laws that has already started to have work on but we'll continue to bring them forward to ensure that police have obviously the laws but also the laws that meet community expectation The problem with putting police officers out on the streets seems to be that they're all put up for attack commissioner what else is the occasion to put my names and what messages have you exchanged? Just prior to that obviously we identified that right in the first instance when we've came to government we increased the penalties for a serious assault on a police officer from seven years to 14 years they were actually opposed by the opposition the Attorney General has just stated that we've brought in mandatory sentences in relation to the death of a police officer now an assault or a death of a police officer is an assault on the community and that reflects the community expectations to ensure that we have serious penalties from a government side from me as Minister I have said that I'd look at the assault police regulations over the next 12 months see how those expectations are being met during the judicial system and then I would look at further types of even mandatory sentencing not just for police but right across the board for emergency service workers and other particular individuals in community who experience serious violence attacks but for day to day does she come from? No thank you. No thank you Minister. Certainly if I can take the last question first Sergeant Gary Hammeray is in good spirits I spoke to him last night he's a wonderful officer I've known him probably all his career as I've known his brother who is also a police officer and I've also spoken to his son Aaron to assure them that they have our full support these are very difficult times for police officers when they're involved in this type of violent event there is nothing that I can do personally to stop the fate of a serious offense like that occurring somewhere in Queensland this time it occurred on the on the Gold Coast we can train our police we can equip them we can provide extra police out there but occasionally and that is a sad reality of policing that police put themselves at risk for the benefit of the community and that's exactly what Gary did that night and other officers and I've also spoken to the officer who was with him at the time they go out to do their job to keep our community safe and unfortunately there are those times where fate deals are very deadly hand thankfully and gratefully on this occasion our officer is safe and he'll come through virtually without any physical aftermath from it but what the government has made clear to me we now have the wherewithal to go and put police out there in numbers to show any criminal that they are not safe wherever they are that if they're intent on committing violence they will be dealt with lawfully but firmly by the Queensland police it's the other point could I just make a point with the question you made before about you know why why now this government's been in for 18 months we have done more in the law and autosphere and having the toughest penalties in the country in the last 18 months than the former labour government did in 20 years they had 20 years to sort these issues out and they didn't every week in Parliament we've got tough new measures going through this is really a further extension of the tough measures we've had in the last 18 months and there is not a day that goes by well I don't pick up some form of media outlet and see that the civil libertarians are attacking this government on our law reforms are being too tough well we are unapologetic we're unapologetic because we're on the side of Queenslanders and these new laws that we're looking at announcing today in terms of the the other elements we're going to be putting on criminals and their organisations using the unexplained wealth laws the criminal organisation act it's really an extension of the laws that we've passed in the last 18 months so it's a continuation of the government's crackdown on these sorts of criminal activities and enterprise in the state look that's what we've taken up with the commissioner currently we have got policing on the streets as we speak we've got a number of task force we've had other task force available whether it be in Cairns and Townsville already but it is all part of the overall review that the commissioner implemented in relation to borderless policing one of the main aspects and I'll get the commissioner to comment in relation to that is a hub and spoke model for policing ensuring that we have a major task force at any given time to to deal with issues not just on the Gold Coast but right across south east Queensland and that's the type of thing we're working for the commissioner obviously will be getting back with to me in relation to any form of commitment and I have made the commitment and as well as the premier has made the commitment that we will assist police officers in whatever they need to ensure that the criminal elements on the Gold Coast but right across Queensland simply no no right now that there is no choices that they have to change their behaviour but is there any limit for the amount that you have prepared to spend on on these new measures well that's what we'll be discussing with the commissioner over the rest of today as I have this morning to ensure that we have the best possible resources in place we already have the best police force in the whole of Australia we have the most highly skilled police officers in the whole of Australia we have one of the most highly regarded commissioners but what we have said is as a government is that we firmly stand with our police officers to ensure their safety on the streets who are protecting our most vulnerable citizens when people try to bring violence so we will ensure that police have whatever resources they need to tackle not just the Gold Coast issue but the whole of the state in relation to issues that may arise from time to time when you look at the overall changes that the Queensland police service has already gone through now you've got to bear in mind that we have become we have you know have become and are becoming a very a very professional service in relation to how we go about our activities when you think of the IT side of it you know police now will have a greater IT than any other state in some ways we've actually leaked frog the last 15 years in relation to technology and that's why we've got a commissioner with great standing who is completely a fey in that area to to bring forward those changes and that will help police on the street it won't just help police it'll help communities as well the my police blogs have been released only six months ago and they're recording over 16 million hits it's another way of engaging the community I've gone and spoke to other leaders down the Gold Coast and it's not just a Gold Coast issue it is right around across the many regions of the state is how communities engage with each other it is the fear of crime and the fear of crime that the work that the media does is remarkable it is fantastic how it is able to to be able to get the message out I must compliment them for all across the whole state for the great work they do but we've got to make sure that we we obviously work in with the police and the community we're going to do that commissioner well we're talking about the Gold Coast tonight how many extra officers are going down tonight and over the coming days there's at least 10 crews general crews that will be there but that's general crews there are a range of other support mechanisms that I'm not going to specifically identify numbers or who but this will ramp up over the coming week and my intention is to have a full task force within a week on the coast obviously it's no good us just jumping jumping the gun and putting police out there without a specific target we will be targeting specific types of crimes and criminals we're always looking at different ways of making the job safer for our police and on that note I mentioned the technology that the minister launched only a month or so ago giving our police access to our major operating systems so that they can be talking to a person at the same time through an iPad or a tablet of some sort or their smartphone technology being able to look at a photo of that person on our records to decide whether they're talking to someone who's wanted who's got flags against them or alarms alerts against them for violence to make their jobs safer and that's what technology is just an enabler it doesn't do the police work but it makes it safer for our officers and quicker well it depends what sort of body armor you're talking about I mean there is an issue here in terms of our our interaction with the community the gold coast is an inherently safe environment there are specific incidents that occur like last night that needs specific responses our job is to make sure that we've got the right people in the right place to deal with those and we will attempt attempt to do that by putting the extra resources in initially and then it will be a much more targeted approach but key today is what the minister has directed me to do and that is to target these criminals where they live where they work and that's what we'll be doing. Any other questions? Most certainly not we even before I had 20 years in the police before getting into politics and that you can certainly see not not just in the gold coast but right around the state and for me as a minister the great opportunity is actually being a portfolio to bring a great deal of practicality to actually on the ground policing and working with the commissioner is you know is a great opportunity and because of that that's why first up we said I had the opportunity to 1100 new police when you think of the gold coast we said we deliver 100 police in four years we actually delivered 137 across the region within the first 12 months and that's what we're saying it's not just a it's not just a a man you know a body number response it's about a whole collective response to make sure we target those individuals the violent people the drugs and the guns and that's what we're doing. Okay, what's everybody sharing? A lot of audience and part of that you all just asked some specifics about last month so there's bandidos and another group things? Certainly the the main people involved with bandidos we are very much aware of that and obviously we have a process in place to follow up on all the days. What the probably the most concerning aspect of that was the fact that they were prepared to wear their colours in in open view in a public place but then to follow up by going to the police station to Southport Watch House to try and protest the fact that members of the club had been arrested and certainly further arrests were made at the at the Watch House as a result of that. Police will not be intimidated by these people they will do their job. Did you know that the bikers who were there last night the police responded very quickly? I'm sorry your question. Did police know that the bikers were there last night? We found out very very quickly that the the bikers had turned up there yesterday. Is it true? I haven't I I haven't heard of that assessment but certainly I'll be checking with my people obviously there's a range of things happening today operationally to deal with this. Thank you very much.


Just like any other school, especially a competitive one, I think it's very rewarding. I'm a passionate person. I love a challenge. Marines being that we're a small percentage already, McQuist even smaller. The amount of training that goes into training an actual McQuist is not overkill by any means. The amount of training which goes into a McQuist versus a recruit is a lot different. We teach the recruits, we are training them to pass with a basic swim quality. The training that McQuist have to go through deals with swimming a 500, that deals with rescues, 25 meter underwater swim, and some brickwork. The culminating event is rescues being the most important thing that we're geared towards. Extremely excited to graduate this course. It was super demanding, seven weeks, but I'm happy to be on the other side and have gone through what I've gone through to be more prepared in emergency situations. And being McQuist now, being able to train any recruit that comes through this pool and extremely confident in the Marines that are here already doing that on a weekly basis. Going through this course there are a lot of situations that are unknown to you. How long you're going to stay underwater, how long you need to have your breath for, the amount of exhaustion that you get, and then you have to go in the pool again and rescue a victim, makes you extremely confident as a Marine, as a leader, just to protect each other in any situation, whether it's the water or outside of the water.


Welcome to ITU Telecom World 2017 in Pusan in the Republic of Korea. I'm very pleased to be joined in the studio today by Minister Rudi Antra who is the Minister of Communication and Information Technology for Indonesia. Rudi, thank you very much indeed for being with us in the studio today. My pleasure, Max. Now I'd like to start off by asking you about smart digital transformation. It's on everybody's lips here at ITU Telecom World. What does smart digital transformation mean to Indonesia? The digital smart transformation is how can we maximize the use of digital technology to the benefit of the people? How can the people, not only in the big cities but in the rural, they are able to use to maximize the use of digital in order to improve their economic, to improve their socials. That is the basic line of the digital transformation. And what smart opportunities do you see in the next five years and what are the key challenges? Indonesia is a big country. Indonesia is pretty much archipelago country. It consists of 17,000 islands where 60% of people live in one island, the big island, Java. In the Java islands, I don't think that ICT infrastructure is an issue. But in other islands, it's really an issue where we are focusing ourselves to build the ICT infrastructure. So that's why the government of Indonesia right now is focusing in the implementing the, we call it Palaparin project, where the whole capital of region throughout the country, we have more than 500 regions throughout the country, has to be connected by broadband in 2019. While in Java, where infrastructure is more than adequate, we are now focusing on the applications next layer of the ICT infrastructure, which is where people develop the applications and generating the economic growth from these applications. Perhaps we can talk a little bit about how important SMEs are in driving innovation in the digital economy. Indeed. SMEs are very important. We have the micro-small medium enterprises, more or less 56 million in Indonesia, out of 260 million people who live in Indonesia. And our economy, more than 50% represented by the micro-small medium enterprise GDP. And with this technology development, particularly in Java, we are able to create more entrepreneurs, to create more micro-small medium enterprises. I can give you some examples. Tokopedia. Tokopedia is one of the e-commerce marketplace platforms. They have 2 million merchants. Interestingly, out of 2 million, 80% are new persons or new group of people who do the business. So when they see there is an opportunity to use the technology and they use it. So they sell their goods, they sell their services through digital technology. But this is only in Java for a time being where infrastructure is almost everywhere. But our job is not only Java, because Indonesia is spread from West to the East, as if we are flying from Los Angeles to New York, or from Oslo, Sweden to Vladivostok, Russia. Of course, no, absolutely. So what about your vision of reducing wealth disparity through digital economy, business model in Indonesia? Perhaps you could tell us a little bit about that. Reducing disparity of the wealth is not an issue only in Indonesia. Globally, look at even in the G20 countries, we are experiencing still the gap reflected by the Gini ratio, ranging between the G20s, probably ranging between 25 to 45 or something like that. And look at in LDCs, let's develop countries, because not all the countries are members of the G20 in the world. Look at the LDCs. In LDCs, they experience the Gini ratio probably 40 to 60%. Then we have to narrow the gap. This is our obligation, it's not a particular country, it's us, it's people who live in the world to how we should reduce the gap between the both. And by what? By maximizing or the use of the digital technology. I'm not saying that every country has to apply the similar application in Indonesia like Gojek and Topopedia, like I said earlier, but at least we have experience in how can we maximize this one. For instance, right now, for the one who would like to enter into culinary business, they should have a kitchen to cook the foods and they should have the restaurants or the stores to sell their foods. But with this technology, it is proven even in Indonesia, we don't need the physical restaurant anymore. Why? Because people can food order directly to Gojek and they will pick up the food directly from the kitchen and deliver it from the kitchen to the customer. So this will reduce a lot of intermediary costs. So this is actually what we have to do. It's not literally what as I said, but the thinking, the thought that how can we reduce the intermediary by utilizing the technology digital. Of course, the food is a great example. We all need to eat, but of course, there are other examples as well, which are just as important, I'm sure. Of course, it's not only foods, but in Indonesia, Gojek initially is meant for transportation. This is the two-motorcycle taxi, it's Uber version of Indonesia to transport the people. But now this is becoming lifestyle. It's not only the foods. If you would like to have the massage service parallel or something like that, they will send the parallel. If you want to clean up our apartment, they will send someone who can clean up our apartment. Again, it is lifestyle. And finally, I'd just like to ask you, what's the value of attending events such as ITU, Telecom World, and what's your key message to participants here? It is very valuable. Otherwise, I won't come to this ITU Telecom World 2017, nor we have the booth, the country booth, which is quite big compared to other Sina, but not as big as the host country of course, Sina. Again, attending the ITU to Indonesia, we are not the most advanced country from the digital technology point of view. But nor we are the least developed countries from digital technology. We are, say, in the middle of something like that, but we have to learn what would be the advanced country doing, how to develop the digital technology, how they can maximize the technology to the benefit of the people, whether from economic as well as for the social. That is the main objective that we come to this Congress. Not only that one, if there is another country who would like to, say, learn from the experience of Indonesia and copy what we have done in Indonesia, we'll be also more than happy. Again, this ITU Telecom World is very important to the member of ITU, to me. And if I may suggest to everyone, this is the time for us to learn each other. The one who already advanced, it is their responsibility as well, how they can drag the least developed countries in terms of digital technology. And the role of ITU, as I shared with you earlier, Max, I think ITU even has to reposition themselves. It's not to perceive that ITU is only on the pipe business, on the basic telecommunications. I also don't want to position that ITU is taken over all internet world because it's very dynamic, it's not easy to manage as well. Well, thank you for sharing your insights into what's happening in Indonesia. We wish you the very best here at ITU Telecom World and we look forward to catching up with you again in the future. Okay, Max, thank you very much. Good luck for everyone. Thank you very much.


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Well, what happens if there ain't any and then he got no clothes and no food or nothing? I did just like I was told. I took the man where I was supposed to and I watched him a little while and then I walked away and left him. He sure was a little fella. I felt kind of sorry for him in a way. He looked harmless to me. Kind of sad too. I wanted to be his friend, but... Well, I had a conch him once over the back of the head. Made a funny sound. Guess it didn't hide him much, though. After I tied him up and sat him up in a car beside me, he came to him a little while. Well, hello. How are you feeling, Bennett? My head... It hurts. Yeah, I guess it will for a while. There's a lump. Well, I guess there would be. I'm sorry, little fella. My hands... They're tied. My feet are, too. Yeah, they sure are. I tied them. But why? Well, I didn't want to get rough again.  I don't even know you. Well, I don't know you. Who are you? Oh, just call me Casey. My last name... Well, it don't matter. Casey? I don't know anybody by that name. I don't... My head... Well, look. We could have a nice trip out of this. This is a beautiful drive. Can you see out there? See? We're driving right along next to the ocean. Where are you taking me? Oh, it's not far now. Don't start acting up.  I like company. Sure, but my hands... They hurt. Couldn't you just loosen the rope a little? I don't think I should. You might try something, and then... Well, I don't think I'd better. I don't have any money, you know. You don't think I'm a thief, do you? I can't figure it out. Now, never you mind.  Hey, gee, that ocean is big. Just look at it. Look at those waves. They never stop. They just keep flapping. Casey? Yeah? You got a cigarette? Sure, I'll even light it for you. Oh, that's all right. I want to be your friend. Well, that is if you'll let me. Sure. We'll be friends. Just no rough stuff. Oh, no. No rough stuff. Cigarette tastes good. Hey, uh... Your name is Sam, isn't it? Yeah. Why? Well, I just wanted to make sure... What do you mean? Well, I gotta be sure I got the right guy just like he told me. Who told you? Oh, never mind. Never mind. Are we going far? No, not much further. Hey, you can even help me look for the place. What place? They fish there in the summer. Summer's gone now. Won't be anyone there. There'll be a sign. It'll be on your side of the road. It'll say Cook's Place Live Bay. A big sign. I smell something. I don't smell anything. Oh, now look at you. See what you've done. You're trying to point that rope, bro. Guess I gotta stop the car. But my hands... they're numb. I'm disappointed in you, Sam. The only point in the end of the rope is no harm done. Gee, you can't trust no one these days. I'm sorry, Casey. I won't do it again. The sun's going down fast. I guess I better step up. You gotta be on time. Meeting someone? No, not just me and you. There'll be no one else. Getting cold. I wish I had some coffee. Yeah, I sure would like some, too. 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And there was the walk just like you said. There wasn't anyone around and so I stopped the car right near the beach. He was coming up across the beach and I wished I'd have brought an overcoat for Sam because he was actually shaking when I untied his legs and then we started to walk toward the wall. Well, don't fall down. My legs, they've been tied so long. Hey, I'm sorry Sam, I'd let you have my overcoat but well, then I wouldn't have any. That's right. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. What are you counting? The poles under the wall. Hey, come on, we got to walk over there under the wall. Might not be so windy, Dan. Yeah. What time is it? It's quarter after seven. Yeah, I'm just on time. Look, Casey, I don't understand all this. Oh, don't think about it, Sam. We just got a job to do and let's get it over with. But out here, there's no one. The wharf's deserted me. Look, I just do what I'm told. I get paid for it and I don't ask questions. I know that, Casey, but don't you see, I don't know you. I've never done anything.  Come over here and sit down by this pole. The tent pole from the end of the walking set. Sure, Casey. The sand's wet. I can't help it, little fella. You're going to untie my hands now? Yeah. I'm going to untie them. But remember... Okay, Casey.  You're twice as big as I am. Well, just remember that, then. Gee, you get skinny wrists like a woman's. Yeah, he tied this pretty good tonight. Yeah. Is that better? Oh, much better.  Thanks. Better rub them good. Yeah. Back to circulation. Yeah, yeah. See, I got to tie them again. Only back of the pole. No, Casey. What I got to them's orders. Whose orders, Casey? Whose orders? My boss. Has everyone's got a boss? Yeah. How about me being your boss, Casey? How about it? Are you already got a good boss? What's he pay you, Casey? Well, that depends. You could work for me. I'd pay you much more.  Yes, I have.  No, I'm dumb. You're smart. Plenty smart, believe me. Well, I'm not dumb. I get by... Look, Casey. Work for me. Forget about your mother, boss. I'll give you anything you ask for. I know you're kind little fellow. You're crooked. You better just forget it. Come on. Come on. I'm back with your hands. Yeah, that's it. There, now. Good and tight. No. Please, Casey. It hurts. It ain't gonna hurt long, Sam. No. Why not, Casey? Why not? You'll see. Look, I'm awfully cold. Couldn't you build a fire? I never thought of that. I guess I could, but... No, no, no. We're gonna be alone. We're alone? There's no one here. It's getting dark. The people will see. And they'll want it. There's no one around. You said so yourself. Smoke travels and the people see it. I was a bum once. Smoke got me in trouble. Please, Casey. Now, I'm smart, see? Not from books, mind you. Just from living. You see? You start to get wet. Yeah. Yeah, no, no, no. That's something I don't know about. Them waves down there, they don't ever stop.  In and out, in and out. What? Look, Casey. I'm gonna be my friend. That ain't that a silly question. I am your friend.  Then tell me why. Why we're here. You and me. All I know is that I had to bring you here. I was to be here at a quarter after seventh, which I was. I was to tie you under this wharf, to tie you to the tenth pole from the end of the wharf. Well, you're tied. And now I gotta go up and sit on a pier for exactly three hours. Three hours? It's a long time. Oh, I don't mind it. Oh, you're cold, huh? Say, what's your boss's name, Casey? Jake. Jake. Jake Larkin. Yeah, that's it, you know him? Yeah, I know him. He's a fine boss. Look at those waves. They keep creeping up. They're getting closer. Just never stop. Casey, can I tell you something? Will you listen? Really listen? I'm sure. Anything. I do know Jake Larkin. He's my brother-in-law. I married his sister. Her name was Clara. Clara Larkin. My wife. We had good times together. Good times. She wanted me to be somebody. And I tried. Tried awfully hard. But I just couldn't make it. Yeah, sure. I know that's like me. You know, I never could get any place either. Yeah, Casey. Like you. Well, anyway. She kept after me. Night school correspondence courses. Work all day and study all night. But it just wasn't in here. I'd come home nights. Dog tired. It was hard to face her. We just weren't getting any place. Oh, that's too bad. Then you do understand. Well, sure I do. Well then, one day, she was taken sick. Before I knew it, she couldn't walk anymore. Car lives from the waist down. My beautiful wife. Oh gee, that's too bad. Hey, how did I ever figure that in three hours it'll be high time? Casey, you said you were my friend, didn't you? Yeah. Then you've got to listen to me. My whole story, all of it. Will you do that? I guess so. Well, I kept on working and coming home nights and sitting with my wife and listening to her. And there she was, cooped up in one room, staring at poor walls, waiting for the night, watching for the day. It wasn't a very shiny world for her. This was our life for five years. And I want you to hear it. Would you listen?  I'll listen. One night I came home. Tired, and scourged. I got to hardly get up the steps. And I... Partway. No, dear. How could I be lying in bed all day? You hear today? Good news. He said there wasn't any use in coming anymore. Darling. Just as well, Sam. There'll be no more doctor bills. I don't care about the bills. I want you to walk. I know you do, dear, but if I can't, please. I'll expect that. That's easy to say. Come and sit here beside me. Hold my hand like you used to. Poor darling. Sam, do you love me? Why do you ask that? Because you never tell me anymore. Don't you know? I want to hear it. I love you, Clara. Oh, Sam, I'm sorry if I've nagged you. I wanted you to be something you couldn't be. I was wrong. Don't, Clara.  Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could live my life over again? Maybe this pain is a punishment. Stop it. Well, you're Clara. All right, all right. Why don't you go for a walk or to a movie, maybe? I've been away all day. Can't we just sit and talk without getting morose? My brother dropped in today. Jake, what did he want? Nothing. He usually has a reason for coming around. Oh, well, he only wants... Well, how is Jake? I suppose he was bulging with money as usual, dressed fit to kill. He did look nice. I don't want his kind of dough. He just wanted to help me, Sam. How? Get another doctor. Well? He wouldn't do any good. I've had other doctors. They all say the same thing. That's not the reason you turned him down. Yes, it was. No.  No. A husband who'd much rather see his wife suffer. He wanted something else too. No, Sam. He wanted to take you away, didn't he? Didn't he? Why didn't you go? He's no good, you know that. He's your brother. Plenty of easy money. Might make you walk again. You should have come. Now please, now I don't want to talk about it. Read to me. What do I read? Here. Here, read this. Poetry? Oh, it's beautiful. I can't read poetry. Oh, come on. Here, start here. How do I love the... Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach when feeling out of sight for the ends of being an ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely as men strive for right. I love thee purely as they turn from praise. I love thee with a passion put to use in my old griefs and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seem to lose with my lost saints. I love thee with a breath, with miles, tears of all my life. And if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. Isn't that wonderful? Yes, it is. Who wrote it? Elizabeth Brownie. She must have been lovely. Yes. Look, Sam. What is it? There's smoke coming from under the door. Here. Put your robe on. Sam. Hurry, Clara. Here, I'll help you. Here, now put your robe on. I'll open the door. The stairs are on fire. Clara. No, Sam, you can't carry me. It's for a flight down here. Yes, I can. Don't struggle, Clara.  Sam, let me stay here. What? Don't you see it's better this way. Let me stay here. Are you mad? Here. Put your armor on my neck. You can't carry me. I can. Hold on to me. Don't you understand, darling? I want to stay here. I'll always be helpless like this. If I stay, you'll be free. You'll have a chance to be something. You're coming with me. No. We'll go down the stairs. Sam, let me stay. Do you think I'm a murderer? I wouldn't be a murderer. No, no, no. I'm giving you a chance for a new life. Take it. No. Never get down those stairs together, Sam. If you go alone. Hold this over your head.  Clara. Clara. Stop struggling. Clara. She did that, G.C. She did that for me. She deliberately broke away from me and threw herself into the fire. What about you, huh? They were able to get me out all right. But she... Oh, gee. That was bad, little fella. Then you do believe me. You do believe that it wasn't my fault. Oh, sure. She wanted to die, didn't she? I think about such things, too. If you believe me, then... Untie me. Let me go. I can't. Jake would be mad, and he's my boss. No. He'll never know. It's funny, ain't it? I mean, the way she died, and now you're gonna drown. No. Untie me, Casey.   But you know the truth now. You can save me. Well, it wasn't your fault. No. Untie me. But I got my orders. I can't go back on them. But this is really murder, Casey. Do you understand that? No, little fella. I'm only doing what I'm told. I gotta keep my job, don't I? They'll find out, Casey. Can you all be punished? Jake told me not to worry. He'd take care of me. Let me go to Jake. Let me tell him my story. You can do that for me, can't you? No. Jake don't want to talk to you. Casey, be reasonable. Hey, if you keep yelling like that, I'm gonna have to hit you.   What did you call me, little fella? I didn't mean it, Casey. I didn't mean it. I don't like what you called me. I heard that one before. I thought you were my friend. I am your friend. Untie me. I gotta be gone. I done everything just like Jake told me, and now I gotta be gone. Casey! So long, Sam. Casey! Casey! A dog! Casey!  It was my fifty dollars. Hey, hey boys, can I have my... Your fifty dollars. You know what you've done? What did I do? I did just like you told me. You murdered an innocent man. Why? Because you told me to. After he told you what happened to my sister, didn't you realize he was innocent? Well, I did just like you told me. Don't be so, Jake.  What did you call me? Wait a minute. Don't pull any of that at me. Stay where you are. You called me that name, too. I don't like that. Casey. Hey, Casey, remember, I'm your boss. I thought you was my friend, too. Casey! Oh, don't pull a gun on me, boss. 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