From around the globe, it's theCUBE with digital coverage of AWS re-invent 2020, sponsored by Intel and AWS. Welcome back to theCUBE's ongoing coverage of AWS re-invent virtual. theCUBE has gone virtual too and continues to bring our digital coverage of events across the globe. Been a big week, big couple of weeks at re-invent and a big week for machine intelligence, machine learning and AI and new services for customers. And with me to discuss the trends in this space is Bratton Saha who is the vice president and general manager of machine learning services at AWS. Bratton, great to see you. Thanks for coming on theCUBE. Thank you, Dave. Thank you for having me. You're very welcome. Let's get right into it. I mean, I remember when SageMaker was announced, it was 2017, it was really a seminal moment in the whole machine learning space. But take us through the journey over the last few years. What can you tell us? So, when we came out with SageMaker, customers were telling us that machine learning is hard and it was within, it's only a few large organizations that could truly deploy machine learning at scale. And so we released SageMaker in 2017 and we have seen really broad adoption of SageMaker across the entire spectrum of industries. And today, most of the machine learning in the cloud, the vast majority of it happens in AWS. In fact, AWS has more than two X of the machine learning than any other provider. And, you know, we saw this morning that more than 90% of the TensorFlow in the cloud and more than 92% of the PyTorch in the cloud happens in AWS. So what has happened in there is customers saw that it was much easier to do machine learning once they were using tools like SageMaker. And so many customers started deploying a handful of models and they started to see that they were getting real business value. You know, machine learning was no longer a niche, machine learning was no longer a fictional thing. It was something that they were getting real business value. And then they started to proliferate it across their use cases. And so these customers went from deploying like tens of models to deploying hundreds and thousands of models. And in fact, we have one customer that is deploying more than a million models. And so that is what we have seen is really making machine learning broadly accessible to our customers through the use of SageMaker. Yes, so you probably very quickly went through the experimentation phase.  And so adoption went through the roof. What kind of patterns have you seen in terms of the way in which people are using data and maybe some of the problems and challenges that has created for organizations that they've asked you to help them rectify? Yes, and in fact, SageMaker is today one of the fastest growing services in AWS history. And what we have seen happen is as customers scaled out their machine learning deployments, they asked us to help them solve the issues that used to come when you deploy machine learning at scale. So one of the things that happens is when you're doing machine learning you spend a lot of time preparing the data, cleaning the data, making sure the data is done correctly so it can train your models. And customers wanted to be able to do the data prep in the same service in which they were doing machine learning. And hence we launched SageMaker Data Wrangler where with a few clicks, you can connect to a variety of data stores, AWS data stores or third-party data stores and do all of your data preparation. Now, once you've done your data preparation, customers wanted to be able to store that data and that's why we came out with SageMaker Feature Store. And then customers want to be able to take this entire end-to-end pipeline and be able to automate the whole thing. And that is why we came up with SageMaker Pipelines. And then one of the things that customers have asked us to help them address is this issue of statistical bias and explainability.  And it gives you insights into why your model is behaving in a particular way. And then we had machine learning in the cloud and many customers have started deploying machine learning at the edge. And they want to be able to deploy these models at the edge and wanted a solution that says, hey, can I take all of these machine learning capabilities that I have in the cloud, specifically the model management and the MLops capabilities and deploy them to the edge devices? And that is why we launched SageMaker Edge Manager. And then customers said, we still need our basic functionality of training and so on to be faster. And so we released a number of enhancements to SageMaker distributed training in terms of new data parallel modules and new model parallelism modules that give the fastest training time on SageMaker across both the frameworks. And that is one of the key things that we have at AWS is we give customers choice. We don't force them onto a single framework. Okay, great. And I think we hit them all, except I don't know if you talked about SageMaker debugger, but we will. So I want to come back to and ask you a couple of questions about these features. So it's funny, sometimes people make fun of your names, but I like them because it says what it does because people tell me that I spend all my time wrangling data. So you have data wrangler. It's all about transformation and cleaning. And because you don't want to spend 80% of your time wrangling data, you want to spend 80 your time driving insights and monetization. So how does one engage with data wrangler? And how do you see the possibilities there? So data wrangler is part of SageMaker Studio. SageMaker Studio was the world's first fully integrated development environment for machine learning. So you come to SageMaker Studio, you have a tab there, which is SageMaker Data Wrangler. And then you have a visual UI. So that visual UI with just a single click, you can connect to AWS data stores like Redshift or Athena or third party data stores like Snowflake and Databricks and MongoDB, which will be coming. And then you have a set of built-in data processors for machine learning. So you get the data in, you do some interactive processing. Once you're happy with the results of your data, you can just send it off as an automated data pipeline job. And it's really today the easiest and fastest way to do machine learning and really take out that 80% that you were talking about. Why has it been so hard to automate the pipeline, to bring CICD to data pipelines? Why has then that been such a challenge and how did you resolve that? You know, what has happened is when you look at machine learning, machine learning deals with both code and data, okay? Unlike software, which really has to deal with only code. And so we had the CICD tools for software, but someone needed to extend it to operating on both data and code. And at the same time, you want to provide reproducibility and lineage and trackability. And really getting that whole end-to-end system to work across code and data, across multiple capabilities was what made it hard. And that is where we brought in SageMaker Pipelines to make this easy for our customers. Got it, thank you. And then let me ask you about Clarify. And this is a huge issue in machine intelligence. Humans by their very nature are biased. They build models, the models are biased in them. And so you're bringing transparent, the other problem with AI, and I'm not sure that you're solving this problem, but please clarify if you are, I'm no pun intended, but it's that black box. You know, AI is the black box. I don't know how the answer, how we got to the answer. It seems like you're attacking that, bringing more transparency and really trying to deal with the biases. I wonder if you could talk about how you do that and how people can expect this to affect their operation. I'm glad you asked this question because customers have also asked us about this. SageMaker Clarify is really intended to address the questions that you brought up. One is it gives you the tools to provide a lot of statistical analysis on the dataset that you started with. So let's say you were creating a model for loan approvals and you want to make sure that, you know, you have equal number of male applicants and equal number of female applicants and so on. So SageMaker Clarify lets you run these kind of analysis to make sure that your dataset is balanced to start with. Now, once that happens, you have trained the model. Once you've trained the model, you want to make sure that the training process did not introduce any unintended statistical bias. So then you can use SageMaker Clarify to again say, well, is the model behaving in the way I expected it to behave based on the training data I had. So let's say your training data said, you know, 50% of all the male applicants got their loans approved. After training, you can use Clarify to say, does this model actually predict that 50% of the male applicants will get approved? And if it's more or less, you know you have a problem. And then after that, we get to the problem you mentioned, which is how do we unravel the black box nature of this? And, you know, we took the first steps of it last year with Autopilot where we actually gave notebooks, but SageMaker Clarify really makes it much better because it tells you why a model is predicting the way it's predicting. It gives you the reasons and it tells you, you know, here is why the model predicts that, you know, you were approved a loan or here is why the model said that you may or may not get a loan. So it really makes it easier, gives visibility and transparency and helps to convert insights that you get from model predictions into actionable insights because you now know why the model is predicting why it's predicting. Yeah, it brings out confidence level. Okay, thank you for that. Let me ask you about distributed training on SageMaker. Help us understand what problem you're solving. You're rejecting auto-parallelism. Is that about scale? Help us understand that. Yeah, so one of the things that's happening is, you know, our customers are starting to train really large models.  You know, last year they would train models with like a couple of hundred million parameters. Now customers are actually training models with billions of parameters. And when you have such large models, the training can take days and sometimes weeks. And so what we have done are two concepts. One is we introduced a way of taking a model and training it in parallel on multiple GPUs. And that's, you know, what we call a data parallel implementation. We have our own custom libraries for this, which give you the fastest performance on AWS. And then the other thing that happens is customers take some of these models that are really large, you know, like billions of parameters. And we showed one of them today called T5. And these models are so big that they cannot fit in the memory of a single GPU.  And what we introduced in SageMaker today is a mechanism that automatically takes these large models and distributes it across multiple GPUs, the auto parallelization that you were talking about, making it much easier and much faster for customers to really work with these big models. So the GPU is a very expensive resource. And prior to this, you would have the GPU waiting, waiting, waiting, load me up and you don't want to do that with your expensive resource. And, you know, one of the things you mentioned before is SageMaker debugger. So one of the things that we also came out with today is the SageMaker profiler, which is really part of the debugger that lets you look at your GPU utilization, at your CPU utilization, at your network utilization and so on. So now you know when your training job has started, at which point has the GPU utilization gone down and you can go in and fix it. So this really lets you utilize your resources much better and ultimately reducing your cost of training and making it more efficient. Awesome. Let's talk about Edge Manager because Andy Jassy's keynote was interesting. He was talking about hybrid and his vision is basically an Amazon's vision is we want to bring AWS to the Edge. We see the data center as just another Edge node. And so, so this is to me, another example of AWS's, you know, Edge strategy. Talk about how that works and in practice, how does it work? Am I doing inference at the Edge and then bringing back data into the cloud? Am I doing things locally? Explain that. Yes. So, you know, what SageMaker Edge Manager does is it helps you manage, deploy and manage models at the Edge. The inference is happening on the Edge device. Now, consider this case, so Lenovo has been working with us and what Lenovo wants to do is to take these models and do predictive maintenance on laptops. So, you know, you're an IT shop and you have a couple of 100,000 laptops, you would want to know when something may go down. And so they deploy this predictive maintenance models on the laptop. They're doing inference locally on the laptop but you want to see are the models getting degraded and you want to be able to see is the quality up. So, what Edge Manager does is number one, it takes your models, optimizes them so they can run on an Edge device and we get up to 25X benefit. And then once you've deployed it, it helps you monitor the quality of the models by letting you upload data samples to SageMaker. So, you can see if there is drift in your models or if there's any other degradation. All right, and Jumpstart is where I go to, it's kind of the portal that I go to to access all these cool tools, is that right? Yep, and you know, we have a lot of getting started material, lots of first party models, lots of open source models and solutions. All right, Pratt, we're out of time but I could go on forever. We do thanks so much for bringing this knowledge to the CUBE audience, really appreciate your time. Thank you, thank you Dave for having me. You're very welcome and good luck with the announcements and thank you for watching everybody. This is Dave Vellante from the CUBE and our coverage of AWS re-invent 2020 continues right after the short break.


Good afternoon. This afternoon is a statement by Paul Wheelhouse on the review of underground coal gasification. The minister will take questions at the end of his statement and there should therefore be no interventions or interruptions. Minister, I call you to start. 15 minutes please. Presiding Officer, this Government is taking a clear and consistent approach to understanding the potential role for emerging technologies that could be used to further develop Scotland's hydrocarbon resources. That approach is one of caution while we gather and consider evidence on those new technologies. Presiding Officer, this precautionary approach is the right approach and it is one that has been widely supported by communities, industry and other interested parties. I am aware that there have been some recent examples of misunderstandings regarding the different technologies involved and I think it would be useful to take a moment to reiterate our position on unconventional oil and gas before I turn to the separate issue of underground coal gasification. On 28 January 2015, the Government put in place a moratorium on unconventional oil and gas, which means that no such activities can currently take place in Scotland. The moratorium covered hydraulic fracturing or fracking, as it is often referred to, and coal bed methane. The moratorium followed the publication of a comprehensive report by our independent expert scientific panel on unconventional oil and gas. I encourage members of the chamber to go back and look at the report to refresh their memories on its detail. That report recognised that, while there was a considerable body of international research and evidence on unconventional oil and gas, there were gaps in key areas of evidence, including on climate change impacts, public health and decommissioning. The moratorium on unconventional oil and gas ensures that no fracking takes place while we explore those in other issues, such as traffic and economic impacts in detail before holding a full and comprehensive public consultation. I can confirm today that the independent projects that we commissioned to examine unconventional oil and gas in more depth are near incompletion. As was widely reported at the time, there were delays to commissioning a transport research project. Despite acting swiftly to resolve those issues, that sequence of events has had an inevitable effect on the timetable for completing and publishing our research, but I can assure the chamber that the final project reports, which will form one of the world's most wide-ranging investigations into unconventional oil and gas, will be published in full as soon as possible after recess. As members are no doubt aware, there are strongly held views across Scotland on unconventional oil and gas and real concerns amongst communities. We must recognise, listen to and respond to those concerns. That is why the publication of the research reports will be followed by an extensive public consultation that will take place as planned in winter 2016-17. The consultation will give people across Scotland the opportunity to consider, scrutinise, debate and set out their views on those technologies and the evidence. Given the seriousness of the issue, that is the right and proper way to proceed. To make a decision now would be to deny the people of Scotland a voice on this crucial issue, and I now want to turn to a different technology, one that is also very much a matter of interest to communities across Scotland, particularly around the first of fourth. Underground coal gasification, or UCG for short, is a process for converting coal into gas while underground via combustion. The technology requires two wells to be drilled, an injection well through which gases are pumped to create high-pressure combustion of the coal and a production well through which the resultant syngas can be brought to the surface. Syngas is a mixture of gases, methane, hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which can be used as a fuel or as a feedstock for chemical products. Unlike hydraulic fracturing or coal bed methane, there are very few examples of this technology being used commercially anywhere in the world. In recent years, there has however been interest in deploying this technology in Scotland and the UK Government through the coal authority have issued coal mining licences for potential UCG sites in the first of fourth. I want to stress that no planning or environmental consents for UCG have been issued in Scotland. Planning and environmental protection are fully devolved matters, and both consents are necessary before a development could begin. On 8 October 2015, the Scottish Government put in place a specific moratorium on UCG, separate to the moratorium on unconventional oil and gas, using the planning powers available to the Scottish Government so that evidence on this technology could be gathered and considered. To develop this evidence base, we asked Professor Campbell Gemmell, Professor of Environmental Research, Policy, Regulation and Governance at the University of Glasgow to undertake an independent examination of UCG. I wish to advise members that Professor Gemmell's report has now been published, it is copies at the rear of the chamber, I believe. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Professor Gemmell for his work and for preparing a confident and comprehensive assessment of the technology. The report, which has been informed by literature and through in-depth interviews with academics, industry, NGOs, community groups and regulators, notes that there are substantial coal resources in Scotland that could potentially be exploited by UCG technologies with the greatest reserves of coal in Central Scotland, Ayrshire, Clackmannanshire and East Fife. The commercial value of those reserves, if utilised for UCG development, would of course depend upon gas market prices and competition, the quality and volume of gas, consistency of throughput and other economic factors. On potential impacts from UCG, Professor Gemmell's report makes a number of observations that I believe raised serious concerns over the future of this industry in Scotland. Firstly, there are very few comprehensive or peer-reviewed studies examining environmental and health impacts. Where impacts have been documented, these have been from trials rather than from full commercial scale activity. Where the industry has operated, which is typically at a pilot or trial scale, there is emerging evidence of significant environmental impacts. That includes soil contamination and exposures of workers to toxins, resulting from major operational failures. A number of failures in Australia have resulted in prosecutions being brought. Professor Gemmell also raises concerns that the current regulatory framework is insufficiently clear and that we need to be improved to protect the environment, public health and workers' health and safety. Turning to the important issue of climate change, Professor Gemmell notes that UCG produces a variety of greenhouse gases, many without current viable market outlets. Professor Gemmell concludes that, and I quote, climate change and decarbonisation targets would be very seriously impacted by unmitigated releases of UCG greenhouse gases if operated at scale, making the achievement of current or stronger commitments much more difficult if not impossible. That would particularly be the case where gas production is not combined with a suitable removal, storage, offset or compensation method, for example carbon capture and storage. Professor Gemmell also concludes that a step change in the availability of robust data and science would need to take place before the technology could be reliably assessed. In Professor Gemmell's words, and I quote again, a very substantial transformation in available data is needed. In conclusion, Professor Gemmell states that, and I quote, it would be wise to consider an approach to UCG based upon a precautionary presumption, unquote, and it would appear logical, as he says again, to progress towards a ban, unquote. Presiding Officer, having considered the report in detail, it is the Scottish Government's view that UCG poses numerous and serious environmental risks and on that basis the Scottish Government cannot support this technology. Accordingly, UCG will have no place in Scotland's energy mix at this time. I acknowledge the interest that there has been in this technology in Scotland. I am confident that any companies with an interest in UCG would aim to operate to the highest standards. I also acknowledge the shortage of reliable information that Professor Gemmell was able to identify and therefore grateful to him for the lengths he went to that ensured he reached out to a broad spectrum of interested parties and community groups both in Scotland and worldwide. I will ensure that there is sufficient opportunity for views and evidence to be brought forward and considered as we develop and consult on our energy strategy for Scotland, which will set out an energy mix for the future that does not include underground coal gasification. Today, I wrote to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, setting out the Scottish Government's concerns. I have asked him not to grant any further licences for UCG in Scotland and I have also asked him to revoke all existing licences. I understand that the UK Government is also considering its position on UCG and an announcement is due shortly. I expect that the Conservative members in the chamber may have sought to familiarise themselves with the position that is likely to emerge. However, it is a matter of great regret that this Parliament does not have the necessary powers over the licensing regime for UCG. The Scottish Government therefore intends to continue to use the planning powers available to us to ensure that UCG applications do not receive planning or environmental permission. I cannot predict what kind of clean energy technologies may be available in the decades to come, but what is certain is that this coal resource will still be here. The position that I have announced today on UCG is a clear validation of the evidence-based approach that this Government is taking. We live in a world where the pace and scale of technological innovation is increasing. That is a testament to our collective ingenuity and must be supported and embraced wherever possible. However, when necessary, we must be ready to pause so that we can consider and interrogate the evidence and be ready to act accordingly, which I believe that we have done today. The minister will now take questions on the issues raised in his statement. I will intend to allow around 30 minutes for questions, after which we will move on to the next item of business. With the help of members who wish to ask a question, we are to press the request to speak buttons now. I first will call Alexander Burnett, and it will be followed by Claudia Beamish. Thank you, and I thank the minister for advance notice of his statement. I am, however, deeply disappointed, along with many oil workers trying to find re-employment in the stance that the Scottish Government is taking on UCG today. Their position two weeks before conference is of no surprise and marks yet another missed SNP opportunity. It is evident that we must switch to a low-carbon economy, and UCG is certainly one of the fuels that we can use to do that. It is perhaps a shocking indictment that their own expert, Professor Campbell Gemmell, writes in his report today, but whilst the regulatory framework is potentially adequate, it is currently fragmented, insufficiently clear, but does not fit well together for the ease of use by the operator, for the integrated protection of the environment, or for the reassurance of the public. So would the minister agree that one of the main reasons that this cannot go ahead is because the regulatory framework in Scotland is not good enough? Whose fault is that? Thank you, Presiding Officer. I think that it is very interesting that Mr Burnett has changed his tone markedly from the performance, if I can call it performance, in Good Morning Scotland this morning, where, when asked by the presenter, the Scottish Government has gone through a process here, a moratorium, an independent report, is that not the right way forward, the right way to proceed? Mr Burnett said, I think so. But at the end of the day, when you have a report, you have to listen to the scientific advice that you are given, and we don't believe that the Scottish Government is doing that. What else are we doing other than listening to the scientific evidence that says that this industry cannot safely be deployed in Scotland? Mr Burnett points to the industry that he cannot question seriously this Government's commitment to the oil and gas industry. We are doing extensive work through our oil and gas jobs task force and also the work that he is, I am sure, aware of on the transition training fund to help workers from the oil and gas industry into alternative employment. We are doing everything that we can to pick on an issue that he has obviously had to change his script since, presumably, consulting his colleagues south of the border. On this point about the low-carbon economy and the regulation, there is no point in having regulation put in place for an industry that is not going to be acceptable in terms of its impact on the environment and the scientific evidence proves that it is not acceptable at this time. Professor Gemmell has recommended that we move towards a ban. Perhaps Mr Burnett should listen to Professor Gemmell. Claudia Beamish, please. Can I thank the minister for prior sight of the statement and Professor Gemmell's independent review into underground coal gasification? The statement highlights concerns about, I quote, toxic contamination and exposures of workers to toxins, resulting from major operational failures and a great deal more. Concerns about climate change are also recognised in the statement and report. It is a welcome first step that the Scottish Government intends and I quote again, to continue to use the planning powers available to us to ensure that UCG applications do not receive planning or environmental permission. That is where that quote ends and that UCG will not be included in the energy strategy. The report recognises the importance of the precautionary principle and states that it will appear, I quote again, logical to progress towards a ban. Surely minister, a similar precautionary principle applies to all forms of unconventional oil and gas extraction. The Parliament has already raised concerns about the unconventional oil and gas extraction and will the Scottish Government now respect the will of the Scottish Parliament and introduce an outright ban immediately on all forms of unconventional gas extraction? First of all, I welcome Claudia Beamish's welcome of the steps that we have taken today. That is positive. I understand the position that the Labour Party has taken on this issue and I am not challenging the right to do so. However, I would gently put it to Claudia Beamish and her colleagues in the Labour Party that we have proven today that we can take a sensible precautionary approach. There is a moratorium in place that prevents any such activity of coal bed methane extraction or hydraulic fracturing happening in Scotland while we do the necessary scientific research to understand the impacts of the industry. The expert panel revealed that there were some significant gaps and I am sure that Claudia Beamish recognises those gaps that needed to be filled in our understanding. We are going through that process. We will then, once we have published the reports and I have set out today the rough timescale for that happening, we will commit to an extensive public consultation to allow the people of Scotland to have a say on this matter. I think that that is very important. The evidence that Professor Gemill has set out is extremely clear in the case of this particular technology, but we have two separate technologies and we have tried to deal with those separately in the basis that we have set out to Parliament before and I repeat again today. Given undertaking the member, we will take very seriously the scientific evidence that comes forward in those industries but we will also consult the public and give stakeholders from environmental NGOs through to the industry and the wider public the chance to have a say on that evidence and to augment it where necessary or criticise it where they feel that is justified. The vast majority of my constituents in Falkirk East will warmly welcome the decision on UCG by the Scottish Government. Clearly opening up any new fronts in fossil fuel extraction is bad for the climate. Only this week we heard again about renewables achieving new records with the news from WWF Scotland that for two days in September, wind power generated the equivalent of all Scotland's electricity needs for the day. Does the minister agree with WWF and the Committee on Climate Change that we must build on our renewable electricity revolution and expand it to other sectors such as heat and transport? I very much agree with the sentiment behind the Angus MacDonald's question. We have, as I am sure Mr MacDonald knows, the plan to publish a draft energy strategy by the early part of next year, by hopefully January next year to coincide with the climate change plan delivery of that and the two strategies are very closely integrated. I am sure that he understands. We are sticking to have a balanced energy mix in Scotland, but it would be no secret that this Government believes very strongly that our future lies in a low-carbon, decarbonised electricity generation system, and that is where we are putting a considerable amount of effort. So we will set out technology by technology what approach we believe we can take to pursue that low-carbon future and to support the growth of renewables. We are saying before I am criticised by Conservative members opposite that we have very much a belief in the future of our oil and gas industry as well as a traditional industry. We have to achieve a low-carbon future, but we know that oil and gas will be important for many years to come and will provide feedstock for petrochemicals in other industries as well. However, I reassure the member that we are taking the development of our renewable energy industry extremely seriously and we would challenge the UK Government to back that industry with appropriate routes to market for onshore wind, tidal energy and other technologies and pumped hydro to make sure that we can maximise the opportunities in Scotland. Murdoff Rees, if you follow by John Mason, Mr Rees. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Until recently, the Scottish Government's websites said this. Alternative mining technologies such as underground coal gasification are attracting interests both globally and from a number of developers in Scotland. The Scottish Government are supportive of such innovative technologies which offer the potential for a secure, economic and low-carbon energy store. Indeed, as predecessor Fergus Ewing said in April last year, we should never close our minds to the potential opportunities of new technologies. Does the minister recognise that the dismay of many an industry, that the closed mine, the open mine rather of Fergus Ewing has been replaced with his closed mine? I am pleased to see that Murdoff Rees is being as charitable as he always is, but I would say in relation to the comments on the website, we have taken a genuinely technology neutral stance on this. We have looked at the technology that we have commissioned. Indeed, my predecessor, Fergus Ewing, who accuses of being open mine commissioned the very research that I am reporting on today, which concluded that this technology cannot safely be deployed at this time of Scotland. Therefore, this Government has taken forward energy strategy with no place for underground coal gasification in our energy mix. I think that that is a reasonable approach to take. Fergus Ewing has commissioned the research and it is my duty to report on that research. The results have been perhaps unappealing to Mr Fraser and his predisposition towards fossil fuels, but I would certainly challenge him to challenge the research that Professor Gamill has produced today, which is very conclusive about the risks that it poses to the environment and the health and safety of the workers involved. Let's not forget that. With the risk of underground explosions and explosions on the surface, we have to take account of those matters and, in this case, we have decided that this is not an acceptable industry at this time of Scotland. However, the resource will still be there, the coal will still be there and if safe clean technologies which do not damage the environment can come forward at some point in the future, it is still there to be exploited. John Mason, followed by Claire Baker. Mr Mason. The minister referred to the energy strategy. Can the minister assure us, is he convinced that we can ensure that we can generate the energy and the jobs that we want and need, we can allow poorer people to eat their homes and we can still safeguard the environment? Can we get a balance between all of those? I very much agree with the point that we can, I believe that we are taking a forward approach with our energy strategy by looking at a whole system approach to our energy use in Scotland and energy supply. We will be looking at how we can reduce demand crucially as well as improving fuel poverty and helping individuals to have a more sustainable future and to help them with the financial implications of rising costs of energy but also delivering on our climate change ambitions which are about trying to ensure that we meet our very ambitious targets both for 2020 and indeed 2050 and ensure that the member is aware that the First Minister has signalled that we seek to increase the ambition of this Government in tackling climate change so that it makes all the more important that we take into account the impact of an industry like that potentially on our climate change targets and without the potential for mitigation through CCS or other approaches that is another significant reason why we could not pursue this industry at this time but I certainly give the member an assurance that issues such as district heating and the heat mapping are very much in our thoughts and also taking forward Scotland's energy efficiency programme as a national infrastructure project will allow us to tackle fuel poverty and help to reduce emissions from our domestic sector. Clare Baker, who is followed by John McAlpine. Presiding Officer, I first asked the Scottish Government to ban UCG in 2013 and I have been raising concerns about the issue ever since. However, the previous energy secretary said that it was not possible for the Scottish Government to rule out UCG and so I am glad to see the current energy minister take a very different view and I want to commend him for taking the decision today to rule out UCG as part of Scotland's energy mix. Can I ask the energy minister if he is planning to issue revised and appropriate planning guidance to local authorities in the back of today's decision? Minister. Of course, issues to do with planning policy would be a matter for the relevant minister and it is not my gift to do that but I will certainly make sure that that point is raised with my colleagues. However, I would say that by making a firm statement in our energy strategy and also making it clear that we are not going to issue any planning permissions or environmental consent licensing that effectively takes to us a position where it would be impractical for a project to be developed in Scotland. We have legal constraints on us and the licensing is still undertaken by the UK Government and we have made an appeal today through the letter that I have sent to Greg Clark, the Secretary of State, for those licenses that are already in existence to be revoked and for new licenses to be prevented to respect the decision that we have made today. However, as a matter of planning policy I will make sure that that point is raised with my colleagues. Joan McAlpine, we are followed by Maurice Golden, Ms McAlpine. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I would also like to welcome the minister's statement. The UK coal authority has already issued licenses for underground coal gasification beneath the Solway at Gretna but I am pleased to say that the company that received those licenses has now abandoned its plans and folded. Does the announcement today mean that my constituents in the area can be reassured that underground coal gasification will not now take place under the Solway in the future? Minister. That is an important point. As I outlined in my statement, this Government intends to use its powers to block UCG activity in Scotland. So, in answer to Joan McAlpine's point, as I say, I have written to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy making clear in the Scottish Government's view that the UK Government should not issue further licenses for UCG in Scotland and that existing licenses should be revoked. That would mean that no activity in relation to UCG can take place. However, the licence in the Solway forth is due to expire in December 2016. I understand that the licence holder, five-quarter energy limited, has ceased trading in the UK and I trust that these actions will reassure the member. Given that climate change is a global issue that requires global solutions, can the minister assure this chamber that this is not a parochial decision by categorically stating that Scotland will not import gas obtained via this method now or in the future from anywhere else in the world? I would certainly encourage Mr Golden to have a conversation with Mr Fraser because there seems to be a bit of a dichotomy in the Conservative Party on the future of Grangemouth. On the one hand, I remember praising the importing of gas to Scotland to secure the future of Grangemouth and on the other hand, I remember criticising that approach. Those are commercial decisions that are taken by NAOS, which is a major employer. The Government supports Grangemouth as a plant and recognises its important role in local economy, but those matters are best left to the Government. I would point out to the member that Jim Rackliffe, the Peel Presiding Officer, for embarking from the seating position in perhaps Mr Fraser— I thought that you were tough enough but Mr Fraser, you have had your seat. Jim Rackliffe, who I am sure Mr Golden will recognise as a key figure in NAOS, has said that Grangemouth has at least 20 years of life in it with the importing of gas to Scotland from overseas, and that is a commercial decision that the company has taken. Does the minister share my astonishment that the Scottish Government has repeatedly been criticised by the Tories for taking advice from a wide range of independent experts, pledging to publish that advice in full and promising to give the people of Scotland a chance to make their views heard? Absolutely, I do. We have been consistently clear in our position on this unconventional oil and gas, the only political party to be so. I disagree with Michael Gove, a colleague of the Conservatives, of course, who in Brexit said that people in this country have had enough of experts. Look where that got, Michael Gove. Maybe the country would not be in such a big mess in terms of the impact of Brexit, likely to fall on us if Conservative ministers, and at the time as he was, Conservative minister, had listened more to the experts. We believe that people of Scotland, importantly, are smart enough to see the value of seeking out evidence and interrogating it before coming to a decision, and we are committed to allowing the public to have their say on this crucial issue. I would challenge the Conservatives as to why they are afraid to listen to the views of the people of Scotland on these important technologies and to hear their thoughts on the future of this technology. Thank you. Mark Ruskell, followed by Claire Adamson. Thank you, Presiding Officer. Can I warmly welcome this report and its conclusions? It not only validates a robust science-led approach but validates the concerns of communities around the Firth of Forth and Solway and across Scotland. Concerns that have been rubbish by an aggressive industry over many years are now endorsed by this Parliament. Their voices have been heard. Can I ask the minister now you have identified the use of planning powers as the route to a permanent ban? Then when will the Scottish Government make amendments to the Scottish planning policy and the national planning framework to embed this into policy in a way that is legally watertight? I hear your answer to Claire Baker in relation to embedding this into the energy strategy. I also note that you wrote to her as a planning in 2015 but I do not think that that is enough. You need to explain how you are going to embed this into planning policy. Minister? Well, it is a very important question and I recognise a point that was made by Claire Baker in the same regard. I think that what I have to highlight is that the Government has announced its policy decision on the future of UCG today. We have committed and I have mentioned it in my statement. We will undertake an SEA, Strategic Environmental Assessment. It is part of our energy strategy where we will set out that we are not supporting this technology. We have to wait obviously for that to be included but we are very clear about our position but we have to go through due process. Once we have that position concluded, the energy strategy obviously has relevance in relation to planning decisions and planning matters but I will take forward the point that Mr Ruskell and indeed Claire Baker have made today and make sure that we can give clarity to both members on that point and any other members interested in this issue. Thank you Claire Adamson for following by Jackie Baillie, Ms Adamson. Thank you, Presiding Officer. As I have always been mentioned by Mr Ruskell and Mr MacDonald, I am sure that communities on both sides of the fourth will be relieved to hear the minister provide such clear assurance on underground co-glassification and his willingness to let the people of Scotland's voice be heard. Can the minister give assurance that the views of the people of Scotland will be taken fully into account when also considering hydraulic fracturing or fracking should this happen in Scotland? Minister. Thank you, Presiding Officer. Our consultation on unconventional oil and gas which will take place and schedule this winter 2016-17 will, I promise, be a comprehensive exercise that will take on board range of views not only from the public but will allow scientific evidence to be presented both for or against relevant technology. But we will give everyone who has an interest in this issue an opportunity to express their view. And consultation of the people of Scotland will be a key element of our understanding of the issues around the future of both technologies. I give a commitment to the member that it will be very listening very carefully to the views of the people of Scotland. Thank you, Jackie Baillie if we are followed by Willie Coffey, Ms Baillie. Can I welcome the minister's announcement today which I believe recognises the very significant risk to both the environment, communities and workers from UCG? But can the minister tell us what preparations he has undertaken should there be a legal challenge and what is his expected timeline for a response from the UK Government confirming that they will revoke those licences? Minister. Well, I don't want to be churlish about the UK Government but my expectations about timing of replies is coloured by the slow pace of replies to me on other matters. But we'll obviously, I'm sure it's a high profile matter indeed with the due support I'm sure of the Conservative members to seek clarity on the issue. I'm sure we can get a quick reply from Mr Clark. But I do want to highlight that we obviously have going through what we believe is a due process to the evidence gathering by Campbell Gemmell has been very thorough. We have read the report, we have come to a decision as to the future of the technology our suggested approach given that we're not proposing to actually bring in a technology is to just make that clear in the energy strategy and to take that forward through the strategic environmental assessment associated with the energy strategy to give potential route for people who want to complain about this approach being taken to make their views known and we believe we're following due process in that regard. Once the energy strategy is indeed adopted and finalised then that position would be ratified assuming that there's no showstoppers in the SEA process itself. But we believe that's the correct due process to follow in this case. I'm happy to keep the member informed as we undertake that journey. Thank you. Willie Coffey, we're followed by Elaine Smith. Mr Coffey. Thank you. Presiding Officer, there appears to have been some confusion amongst some Tory MSPs recently about the difference between underground coal gasification or UCG and fracking. Does the minister share my hope that the forthcoming publication of the expert reports on unconventional oil and gas will lead to a better informed debate in this chamber and across the country? Beftime in hand, minister. You can give a very fulsome response. We've just got Ms Smith to come next. I will happily do so, Presiding Officer. I think it is an important point. I mean, we have seen quite a lot of confusion both in the media and indeed in the chamber from some quarters around the different technologies. We do, as that's why I've taken some time today in my statement to try and make clear the differences between the technologies and the fact that we've got different procedures in place to try and make sure that we take forward the scientific evidence gathering for technologies. Clearly in the case of the work that was done by the expert panel on unconventional oil and gas, there were some significant issues that needed to be addressed in terms of the health impact, decommissioning issues and climate change impacts, and that has required us to go through a journey of commissioning reports and receiving those. I've yet to see them myself, but I will see them in the near future and will be able to report back to Parliament on the nature of the findings there. But in the case of underground coal gasification, we were able to take forward this exercise separately through Professor Campbell Gemmell. It's fair to say that there's far less evidence internationally of its deployment, certainly, as I said in my statement, or anything other than a trial basis or pilot basis, and therefore we're able to come to a quite a clear conclusion from the basis of the analysis that Professor Gemmell has presented to us. However, I do take Mr Coffey's point entirely that this process will hopefully help once we publish the reports, educate members across the chamber as to the differences between the technologies, but increasingly inform the public and then invite the public to give their view on the future of the technologies. Having said that, I have time in hand. I now have an additional two speakers, which I don't mind at all. Elaine Smith, to be followed by Graeme Simpson and to be followed by Liam McArthur, in that order, please. Thank you, Presiding Officer. Can I welcome the Government's decision to stop UCG based on Professor Gemmell's review? I note that the minister in the statement also mentions fracking, which is of concern to many constituents in central region, and of course, this Parliament did vote to ban it. Is the minister like me concerned that fracking has been given to go ahead and Lancashire today, particularly given the previous earth tremors in Blackpool? When will the minister's consultation on fracking close, and when can we then expect a Government decision? Minister. On the first point on the decision on Lancashire, that is obviously a matter for the UK Government. I would merely contrast the approach that we have taken to date in trying to look at scientific evidence and then reach a considered conclusion in respect of this technology and the approach that we are taking in regards to hydraulic fracturing or fracking and coal bed methane, where we will be taking forward scientific evidence and then consulting the public on their view. I dare say that the community in Lancashire that has been affected may not have been fully consulted in the process. On the issues about timing of the reports, what I am trying to work with, we have consulted with all the stakeholders in regards to this, in terms of the industry, the communities and the NGO community around our thinking on this, but we are going to try and avoid a position where we compress consultation due to the Christmas period. So we are going to try and choose a timing carefully so that people have as long a period as possible to submit their views and we are going to try and be proactive in engaging community councils and other stakeholders to try and make sure that we give an open access to this as we possibly can and use existing Government portals to also promote the consultation online. So we are assuring the member doing what we can to prepare for a thorough consultation and the expectation there is going to be a lot of interest in this consultation from across the country not just in the communities affected and to ensure that we take on board all views as best we can. So we will keep the chamber informed about timing. I assure the member and we will do our best to make sure that nobody is unaware of the consultation itself. Thank you Graham Simpson for falling by Liam McArthur. Mr Simpson. Thank you. It's really a practical question for the minister around planning. I wasn't really sure about his answers. If an application was to come before a local authority and they were minded to grant it and they did grant it what would be the Government's response to that? Minister. I will put in record perhaps what our position is regarding this just so that it helps members. I appreciate Mr Simpson's third member to ask a very similar question around the certainty that we can give. Clearly we are saying today that the Scottish Government does not support the development of a UCG industry in Scotland. As I said in response to the second question that was raised recently, the forthcoming energy strategy will set out an energy mix for the future and it is the Scottish Government's preferred position that underground coal gasification should have no place in those plans. We have written on the issue of the licences to Greg Clark today and hope that that is progressed as quickly as possible to not only prevent new licences which would then remove the need to even consider planning issues if there are no licences being presented and also to revoke the existing licences so that there are no existing planning issues to resolve either. So in the absence of any licences being issued there is no need for the Government to deal with any planning applications clearly. But no planning on environmental consents for UCG have been issued in Scotland. Those are fully devolved matters and both consents are necessary before development can begin and the Scottish Government will continue to use such powers to prevent UCG in Scotland. But I do take the point that we will come to the chamber through SPICE or other means we will make sure that members are briefed in exactly the approach that we take to stop that happening. Liam McArthur, you will be the last questioner. Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I thought it would be helpful perhaps to allow colleagues participating in the next debate a little more time to get to the chamber, but can I start by thanking the Minister for Advance Sight? I've handled that already. I never had any doubt, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I thank the Minister for Advance Sight of the statement and very much welcome both the decision that he's announced today but also put on record my thanks to Campbell Gemmell and colleagues for the very arduous work that they've done over a number of months in coming forward with what I think is a very helpful report for the Parliament. The Minister in response to Elaine Smith went into a little bit more detail about the consultation in relation to fracking. I understand why he might not necessarily be able to put a time frame on it but can he perhaps explain what if any waiting will be given to the responses that come through in that consultation as he's already acknowledged views are very polarised on this issue and I think the concern may be that this is somehow just a numbers game or that in a sense that the consultation may almost be prejudged. So I think any advice that he can offer on the way that consultation will be handled and submissions to that consultation will be handled. I think it would be very helpful. Minister. I'm happy to address that. We will, as I said earlier, we'll certainly commit, we'll give more detail as we can to colleagues across the chamber as soon as we possibly can on this. But the general principle is it just going to be a numbers game? I don't think so. I don't think that would be appropriate but we will obviously take account of the strength of support or opposition to the technology. That is an important dimension amongst the communities that may be most affected by this clearly. But also, we do have to look at the merits of the arguments both for and against and try to take a considered view. So I don't want to prejudge how we will do it but we will give as much clarity so that those taking part in the consultation process know how they can best contribute and how they can best have an impact on the process taking the kind of quality and the detail that is supplied. Obviously, we are expecting that there will be a mixture of individual responses from a large number of people who pro or anti the industry. But also, there will be opportunities for those in the environmental NGOs and the industry itself to submit evidence that they believe is pertinent to the case for or against. So we are trying to, as I said earlier, be as open as possible and to allow as many people who wish to take part in the exercise to do so. It will have resource implications and so therefore it is difficult to be precise about the timing of publication but we are trying to do this in the context of delivering our energy strategy. So I think that Mr MacArthur is aware of the timescales for that. Thank you. That concludes questions on that statement and I'll, before we move on to exercise, my business allow the front benches to change over. Thank you very much.


guys it is Sunday March 12th is 2 10 ish p.m. I'm hesitating because we forgot I'm just realizing we haven't changed the clock in the car yet it was daylight savings time last night which I didn't even know about until I woke up this morning and went I slept it until 9 o'clock husbands like no we had daylight savings time anyway we are done with our Sunday chores around the house and we are going to go try to get some steps in at the mall because it's kind of rainy and cold and icky outside plus we kind of have shopping to do we have a wedding coming up for one of our nephews and neither of us know what to wear we are gonna go shopping and it's sort of a different kind of wedding where you're supposed to express yourself in your outfit and we don't really know what that means or how far to go with that so I'm assuming that means I can't show up in stretchy pants so yeah so we're gonna go get some steps in the mall and see if we can find anything that appeals to us at 2 50 p.m. Monday March 13th I've been crocheting all morning I'm still working on my sweater I'm adding the hood then tomorrow I'll be working on the sleeves and finishing up the cuffs and then hopefully by Wednesday I'll be doing the final bit of edging around the whole thing then we'll be trying to figure out what we're gonna do about buttons because I have no idea anyway I haven't done any of the posts for Monday morning on any of the social media yet I will at some point and I haven't edited the vlog yet either I will at some point probably tomorrow so anyway it's raining outside but I'm having a lot of fun just having a relaxing day sitting in front of the window doing my crocheting listening to some podcasts and things I mean you know sometimes that's what it's all about yes I'm like sleeveless clothes on I had a sweater on which is over there but the heater event is like right there blows right on me when I'm up here and yeah I got a little hot so anyway I also got a request to do a tutorial on how I am doing my watercolor abstracts something besides a speed through an actual tutorial so I do think I'm gonna make my some notes and I'm gonna work on that yes I'm gonna make notes rather than my normal just shoe from the hip video so so if there's anything in particular about that you'd like to see let me know down in the comments below all right all guys it is 316 in the afternoon Tuesday March 14th I am working on my sweater of many colors working on the other sleeve I've got one sleeve done I've been pretty much at this all day today along with a few chores I haven't done much else Bob for the first time since the world went nuts he's headed into the office right now for a meeting he doesn't do that anymore he hasn't done that for a long time so that's weird he'll be gone for a couple hours and when he gets home we'll go for a walk but yeah anyway I'm sitting here in my cozy corner working on my needlework what are you guys up to today all right I better get back to it I'll be back this is the first time in months that we are out walking after Bob gets off of work and it's not pitch black outside yeah yeah but technically you would think it would be darker not lighter I mean we yeah so it should be dark anyway I don't know I don't get it I don't understand why we still change times anyway we're gonna go walking first step we're gonna make is there's a house across the way that's looking for pots for a plant project they have a little sign out by their yard I have a lot of really big cottage cheese containers so I filled a bag and we're gonna go drop it off at their house and then get some steps see what we can see because why not I don't know about Bob but I've been sitting in my chair crocheting all day and then painting all that required was a couple steps to get to the table so you know I could use the exercise I'll be back I'm morning it's Wednesday morning I don't know about 10 o'clock March 15th I think anyway obviously we're not in the house I need to get back to work on the sweater today but first I just need to get out of the house a little bit I'm gonna go check the peel box I'm gonna probably stop a Goodwill I don't know what else I'm gonna get up to but yeah at least those two things and just get out of the house a tad and then if I can get out of my street because of traffic anyway so we're gonna go do those two things and because when I'm done with the sweater I have a couple of sewing projects I want to do I know I said so and I would like to thrift materials for said sewing projects so I do more of an upcycle than just go buy stuff so I'm going to make it more of a regular thing to stop it one or more of the thrift shops I used to do this when before Bob and I got married before we had our daughter and after our daughter was born I did a lot of thrifting I still like to thrift it's fun to the sweater done I have to take it downstairs and put it away I took all the thrifted clothing and I separated it took the buttons off separated the front from the back all that stuff and so I know I've got to kind of lay it down piles I do have this green cotton it's not quite the right color so I either have to dye it a little bit or I'm kind of thinking I needed I need one more thrifted garment I did and here's some more fabric I did go ahead and piece the pattern together and I cut out the top out of muslin and then I made a couple of alterations it was cut for someone with smaller breasts than myself and so I needed to make it a little longer and she does say in the pattern that she recommends cutting the neck a little higher I cut it the way the pattern was nice now I see why she says that so yeah so I made all the alterations so the pattern is great and it fits really well I was a little worried because it's a woven fabric dress that's supposed to be a slip-on that actually fits pretty good so yay but I'm really feeling like we need one more fabric that's in the green black gray realm that goes with this plaid so I do still have my little piece I might actually grab a bigger piece but so I think next time I go thrifting I need to look for a little bit more fabric let's see grab a piece of this smaller piece there's a pocket over here so all right so anyway I'm going to take all of my stuff downstairs now because there's nothing more I can do up here I'm also kind of really thinking I need a dress form it's kind of anyway I'm gonna take the sweater downstairs and put her away I'm going to make myself some overnight oats because I need to do that and yeah I'll be back you know I could make it using the fabrics that I have and then dye the whole thing some of it will take the dye some of it won't we are headed to the store tonight hey guys it is 1 17 p.m. Friday March 17th Happy St. Patrick's Day anyway I started working on the dress pattern from Ella Harper sorry Ella Harp it's her work dress pattern it's just a very basic dress pattern I've decided to do it in an upcycled way and I had three different clothing items that I took apart and I started piecing the fabric back together with some fat quarters that I had I have them because at first I was like I need one or two more pieces of fabric no I don't so we did that I also took some scraps and I made this trim I didn't finish the edges that I left them raw because that's okay as they fray I'll just trim it but I'm good with the fray frayed edges but I got the top pieced and cut out and the back I'm gonna use the pocket from the shirt for the front of the dress I'm gonna trim said pocket oops I know it's a little dark sorry with the trim that I made all around the edge and then attach it to the ship to the shirt in the center of here here and I'll probably use this trim around the sleeves and then if I have enough of it I'll use and I'll use some around the neckline I have more of the pieced together fat quarters that I'm gonna cut up into probably squares or something to use on the skirt which I'm gonna layer with some of the gauzy fabrics so anyway it's it's going pretty well I'm pretty happy I didn't order myself a dress for them because anyway time for a bowl of popcorn I'll be okay good morning everybody it's Saturday March 18th at least I think it's still morning let's say I think so yep 10.02 a.m. so we just did some relaxing this morning I've had my coffee and breakfast I fixed a couple of construction issues with the top of the dress not pattern issues construction issues so the plaid fabric is from an old thrifted shirt and it's a little bit fragile and I should have lined it with muslin or something before I put the shirt together and I didn't but so I had to go back and add lining and reinforcements without taking the top apart it was a pain it's not perfect it doesn't need to be but it's done thank God so now we can move on to this and it still fits so now we can move on to the skirt anyway not right now because I need to break from that you know we need to do a little bit more grocery shopping today Bob's not gonna go help the kids with their car this morning because they they have a car project it's not their daily driver it's a car project anyway they also have a lot of household things to do chores yard work babies do in four weeks almost exactly and so they want to get some stuff done before grandson comes so can't say is a blame them so they're gonna spend some time doing that and Bob will go over in a week or two and help Polly us with the car provided Becca doesn't have the baby but anyway Bob is checking on some financial stuff in light of all the crazy banking things that have been happening and we're fine we don't we didn't have any money at SVP so anyway but he's checking on things regardless which is always a good idea and then I think we might go thrifting and running errands so I'll let you know I'll be back you guys okay so I talked Bob into going to him at least one thrift store and I found brand-new white twin sheets and a sweater that I've been kind of looking for something like it and then a black little sundress that I think I might turn into a skirt future upcoming projects I also found a tripod a really nice one for 12 bucks so yay and I finished my dress I will put a picture here of me and it on the pink at the bottom is my leggings because I didn't take them off anyway I'm gonna wash it now and some and the thrift store finds but it's the end of the evening on Saturday and so that's it for this week it's been an interesting week getting back into needlework and sewing and working on this and because I had to add the muslin lining to it to reinforce the shooting fabric it's a little heavier than I initially anticipated it being but you know what I'm not mad about it so it's all it's all good I'm gonna some of the fabrics pre-wash some of it's not so wash it on cold and then hang it up to dry so it doesn't shrink too much anyway I've got the windows open and the screens are on because it's nice and warm today I do think a brainstorms coming tomorrow but you know we're gonna enjoy it while it lasts anyway I hope you've all had a great week I hope you get into some interesting creative adventures you know break out something new something old that you haven't touched in a while something you've been intending to get to and just have fun with it I mean that's what it's all about right all right that's it for right now check out the video description for relevant links including the pattern to the dress and I'd love to see what you're making what you're working on leave any questions comments or concerns down below if you want to ready access to me help with projects and all of that kind of stuff previews stuff you guys don't see over here and your own private YouTube channel join my preach patreon link is down below all right that's it for this week go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later bye guys


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Hello everyone this is financial author Amit Dan of amitdan.com on this channel you'll find financial travel and more videos just like the one you're watching right now. If you like what you see please give me the thumbs up and consider subscribing. Hello everyone this is Amitdan of amitdan.com today I'll talk about how I accumulated more than 50,000 airplane miles within two months and for the rest of the video I'll take you to my laptop screen. However if you're wondering why I look like this because this is not my regular camera. I'm videoing this with my tiny action camera called Q-plus in putting audio and that's why I look different than my other camera and I'll do a separate video unboxing this camera and review. However you're looking at the sample clip right now because this is the first time I'm recording with this camera and I'll see how it looks like once I'm done with this recording. But for now let's go to my laptop screen and from where I'll show you how I accumulated more than 50,000 airplane miles within two months and if you're new here please subscribe. There'll be more videos coming up so I do financial travel and more videos just like the one you're watching right now. Thank you for watching and let's go back to the next part of the video. Hello everyone you're looking at my actual airplane account screen and I'm going to show you how I accumulated more than 50,000 miles for two months so if you look on the top which is right here then it shows that miles accumulated from February to March is 52,503 miles so actually it's more than 50,000 but just to make things simple I'll mention that it is 50,000. So now I signed up for two crate cars before February so one of them was the American Express airplane class gold crate herd and the other one was CIBC air gold visa infinite card. Both of these two cars has a sign-up bonus of 15,000s airplane miles CIBC had actually no spend requirement to get the 15,000 miles once you are approved you just make a purchase anything or whatever and you look at the 15,000 bonus miles and for American Express airplane class gold crate herd there was a requirement to spend I believe $1,000 which was you had to spend $1,000 to get the 15,000 miles so here you are looking at my CIBC bonus miles which is 15,000 miles right here and then here you're looking at my airplane plus bonus which is 15,000 miles right there and then I had a big chunk of miles coming in which is right here transfer of miles and you can see that 18,236 miles I received from one of my friends so what it is that CIBC let you allow to transfer miles from your friends or family members but the catch is that you have to pay two cents per mile or each mile to do the transfer so basically basically even if you're buying transferring from your friend or family you're actually it's kind of buying miles for two cents per mile now some of you may say that this is an expensive ratio two cents per mile is not a good deal but I would say that this is a very good deal even if you're paying two cents a mile to get miles transferred over to you from someone else the reason is that I'll be spending these miles to fly business class and my extraction rate is going to be here easily at five cents or even more it could be seven cents or ten cents per mile based on where I go and which airlines I fly so although I'm spending two cents per mile right here but it shouldn't it wouldn't bother me because my extract ratio is going to be much higher so whenever buying miles or spending a little bit to get accumulate miles makes sense I do that because I just make sure that what my return is higher than my spending so that's the way you can get the most out of it now with 50 000 miles you can have a business class flight from Toronto or North America to Europe depending on where you go which flight you take when you fly easily I value that flight somewhere between I would say about two thousand to five thousand dollars so basically I accumulated these miles in just two two months and I can easily have a business class flight to Europe one way or I can come back from Europe to Toronto business class one way now if you just throw in another 25 000 miles here so it's going to be 75 000 miles and then with 75 000 miles you can fly from Toronto or North America to Asia business class which is a long flight and having business class flight makes sense because you're going to have your bed in the sky and you're going to have all sorts of facilities so on my channel I do have business class reviews for the flights I have done in the past if you haven't subscribed already or if you haven't looked at them already please subscribe and look at them and on this channel you'll find informational video just like the one you're watching right now and I have also videos on business class flights and travel videos and all sorts of different kinds of videos so thank you for watching if you like what you see please give it a thumbs up and I will see you shortly because there will be more videos coming up thank you


Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com finally knocked out this dual case break 2021 leaf flash football Two case break number one you get four random players. I think it says two right here, but it's actually four 26 times four is a hundred and four. There's 104 players right here plus some combos Big thanks everybody here for getting into the action. I appreciate you buying your spots straight up Congrats again to the winners of spots as well. Let's multiply this by four. There's one already There's two. There's three. There's four One dice roll for names and players 11 times five and a six one Perfect two three four five six and Five more times. Yeah, seven eight nine ten And 11th and final time After 11 we got Ryan all the way down to Capola Five and a six eleven times for the players one Perfect two three four five six And five more times seven Eight what happened here? I thought we already had that taken care of Yeah, there is a quota I thought we had a lot. I thought we had taken care of this Hang on. All right, we're gonna figure this out later We're gonna use the psychic science random List generator here All right, so they this doesn't keep track of the number of randomizing so we're gonna have to keep track ourselves five and a six eleven times one two three four five six seven eight nine ten And 11th and final time So we got Pat down to Jevon Holland. All right. Sorry about that. There we go All right, so I'm just gonna scroll down the list as is And then I'll alphabetize by your Your first name so you can see all of your players gathered up together So let's sort by your first names here by column a so Aaron Trey Lanzack Wilson. Wow nice Bennett a big group of players there Christopher Daniel David Justin Fields in the mix Plus some Kyle Pitts Devonta Smith, etc. Etc. Gail got Mack Jones in the mix Najee Harris for Coppola Jonathan Trevor Lawrence Nick T Ryan Where's did I miss Justin? Where's Justin Fields? Fields oh it feels is with with David All right, so I mean those are the big quarterback names obviously any one of these players could have some Some future stars right there All right, so I'm gonna pause the video and When we come back, we're gonna see if there's any trades and then the break stick around BRB All right. Welcome back folks. There was a trade Jonathan is out of the Trevor Lawrence spot He's a Bears fan, so he wanted Justin Fields So we'll put T next to there for trade and David is Now in the Trevor Lawrence spot. All right, so it's resorted by column a so there you go now You can see Jonathan with the Justin Fields and you could see David with the Trevor Lawrence Good luck. I'm gonna sort back by column B by player name so I can spot your player name a little more easily Let's flip back over here And I don't think there's anything just to just a straight-up break, right? All right, let's go Two cases So here's the first one Good luck. I Kind of like this flash design. I don't know about you guys, but I enjoy it They all in top loaders. Yes Thanks, leaf We got Penae Sewell 69 out of 75 Penae Sewell will go to Will go to David David C. We got Kade Johnson Check I like that speckle pattern in the background seven out of 25 K. Johnson also for David Carlos Basham, Jr. That's gonna go to Bennett not numbered Javon McKinley Will be for David C. Good start for David. That's the 75 and a cadarius Tony Yeah, I like I like the speckle pattern back there three out of ten nice low number also for David David C. Good start We got Anthony Schwartz. The Schwartz is strong with this one That'll be for Ryan Redman on the board 17 out of 35 We got Ron Dale Moore Ron Dale Moore that will be for For Ryan Redman as well out of 75 Flash photography Get it flash football flash photography puka Williams, Jr. 42 out of 75. It'll be for David There's Matt Bushman 13 out of 35 Matt will go to David and Jalen a waddle Jalen waddle will also be for David. Wow. What a break for David Conder already We got Warren Jackson. I'm sorry miss Jackson Warren Jackson is also for David To 75 he's heating up. He's on fire How about Tyson Campbell Tyson Campbell Also for David got a lot of spots want a lot of spots getting a lot of hits Jamon Osbon Jamon Osbon Bennett With Jamon Osbon, that's to 50 and we got flash flash forward brave and Jordan 63 out of 75 brave and Jordan is for Ryan Redman Got a redemption down here and it's Jamar Chase redemption That's for Bennett and the Jamar Chase next box Javon Holland That's gonna go out to Yeah, Javon McKinley. Now. Is he a combo? Oh There it is. I'm just blind capola with Javon Holland 35 out of 35 Next up quitty pay witty pay And that's for that's for Daniel Daniel on the board. We got a Philippe Franks Philippe Franks Jonathan Hollywood in the chat Couple more here. We have Dazz Newsom For capola three out of 50 and Elijah Moore flash forward 25 out of 25 Like that that greenish aqua color here Elijah Moore Ryan Redman with the Elijah Moore. All right Jamar Jefferson Jamar Jefferson Ryan Redman, that's 17 out of 50 Amon Ross St. Brown That is for David Khalil Herbert six out of 35 and That's for David Gregory Rousseau Greg Rousseau David and there is flash photography Zach Wilson That's for Aaron Billingsley. There you go Aaron next box Got Sam Ellinger David last one of his last spot mojos flash of brilliant sage surat Ryan Redman redemption Caleb Farley Bennett That is a killin killin Hill Killin Hill is for JC and we've got Trey sermon Trey sermon also for JC and that's out of 75 JC with a couple now next up Michael Carter flash photography Bennett with the Michael Carter Patrick Surtain the second Patrick will go to Daniel at a 35 Dwayne Eskridge Dwayne Eskridge Aaron Billingsley Ben Scoronic 23 out of 75 Ben is gonna go to Ryan Back here. We've got Javanta Williams Five out of five out of fives and under get the train whistle Javanta Williams Daniel Daniel All aboard the Big Head Express Trey Raghas 10 out of 25 Aaron with Trey Lance and Trey Raghas There is Christian Barmore Some people bar less this guy bars more David with that one There's Amari Rogers Amari Rogers will go also go to David flash forward Dylan Moses Bennett with Moses and there's Kyle Pitts Four out of 15 nice low number on that Kyle Pitts And that's also gonna be for David Hollander Sean Wade Christopher with Sean Wade We got Osiris Mitchell Where's Osiris gonna go he's gonna go to Bennett flash photography Remandre Stevenson Remandre goes to JC That is 54 out of 75 There's a seam rose jr. That's for Bennett And we've got a Mack Jones 23 out of 75 Mack Jones and that Mack Jones will go to Gale so we saw Zach Wilson earlier another quarterback Mack Jones See if you find the other guys Larry roundtree the third Larry will go to Coppola seven out of 25 There's KJ Costello for David Jason Oah eight out of ten Jason Oah for Jonathan Timorian Terry 27 out of 75 David with that one And we got a nice Najee Harris Najee Harris going out to Coppola and that is 18 out of 25 Couple more boxes and then another case There's Elijah Mitchell One of the two Elijah's picked in the draft 25 out of 75 Elijah Mitchell is for David Elijah Moore is Ryan We got Brendan Knox A little bit 31 out of 35 Brendan Knox for Bennett Page There's Rakeem Boyd Rakeem is for Gale 56 out of 75 Marvin Wilson 7 out of 75 Marvin Coppola and there's Justin Fields 35 out of 35 so that's Jonathan Hollywood drawing first blood in the trade with the out of 35 Justin Fields Shane Bouchel 7 out of 50 Shane goes to David Carrie Vincent, Jr. Carrie Vincent, Jr. Will be for David 4 out of 50 Demonte Coxie Coppola 4 out of 5 on that. You know what that means? All aboard Out of 500 get the train whistle we got Who's next here? We have Stevie Scott 3rd Stevie Scott Ryan Redmond And we got a trade lance 14 out of 50 trade lance Aaron Billingsley But wait, there's more. It's another case of flash football fresh case good luck Flash of brilliance Rondale Moore To 75 for Redmond Flash photography Michael Carter 15 out of 35 Bennett with a Michael Carter Greg Rousseau Gregory Rousseau He's a bills player Goes to David 40 out of 50 We got a sage Sarat K Sarat Sarat Whatever will be will be Ryan Redmond and there's Najee Harris 3 out of 50 Another Najee Harris going to Coppola. All right, Marquez Stevenson Gonna go to Bennett 25 out of 35 Flash forward Anthony Schwartz the Schwartz is strong with this one Ryan Jabril Cox Jabril this Cox going to Nick T Nick T on the board and a Demetric Felton flash photography Demetric Felton going to David and here is a Kellan Mond Kellan Mond is for Jonathan. All right to Maury and Terry two out of five another train whistle Timorian is gonna go to David with Timorian Terry and All aboard the big hit express whoop whoop Flash of brilliance Jamie Newman 23 out of 75 Jamie Newman David Trent Christian with the triple stand-up triple. There's Dazz Newsom Dazz Newsom goes to Coppola Got Rakeem Boyd flash photography three out of 50 Rakeem Boyd Mario my list Gale with Rakeem Boyd And and there is Trevor Lawrence tealah That looks pretty sharp five out of 35 Trevor Lawrence going to David Callender Congrats Elijah Mitchell To 75 Elijah Mitchell David Andre Cisco Andre Cisco Ryan Redmond Stevie Scott the third I feel like there's a lot of Roman numerals in this draft class 15 out of out of 50 more than usual I don't know. There's Larry Roundtree the third Patrick Jones the second Patrick Sir Patrick Jones the second Patrick Surtain the second Stevie Scott the third for Ryan Redmond a lot of Roman numerals Flash of brilliance Josh Johnson Bennett with Josh Johnson and a Kyle Trask 21 out of 50 Kyle Trask going to Gale. There's Killin Hill JC 11 out of 15 Amon Ross St. Brown Going to David. That's two out of 25 There's Shane Bushler. Oh bruschel that is David last spot mojo Osiris Mitchell for Bennett and Cadarius Tony flash forward Autograph 16 out of 50 David Tony Tony Tony Ager Mar Jefferson flash photography Ryan Redmond Ryan with that one How about some Rashad Weaver to 50 Rashad? Rashad Weaver for David Tyson Campbell Is a combo player? Yes, comboed with Xavier and Colin. That's for David as well You got Chuba Hubbard two out of five Chuba Hubbard train whistle Chuba Hubbard David David All aboard And we got a flash forward autograph Jalen a waddle nice Jalen waddle For for David Collinder as well halfway through the second case Only six bucks away from finishing up this 24 box break. Thanks everyone for joining Appreciate it. All right. We got Philippe Franks Philippe Franks will be for Jonathan Dylan Moses 12 out of 25 Dylan Moses for Bennett Pat Freermouth six out of 35 Ryan with Pat Paulson Adebo 38 out of 50 his name is Robert Paulson Nick T. His name is Robert Paulson Mack Jones another man was that gale or? Was gale gale with Mack Jones Return of the Mac. There's Sean Wade Sean Wade, where do you go? It's an autograph for Christopher Brendan Knox 68 out of 75 Brendan Fort Knox Will be for Bennett the TJ Vasher autograph to 50 that auto is gonna be Going to JC with TJ There's Israel Makua Mu Israel Makua Mu Is gonna be for For David Jamar Chase March Chase. Where are you on my list here? There is Bennett Jamar Chase almost there Let's try to finish strong. Let's see what else we can get here Dwayne Eskridge Two out of 15 we have seen like a one-of-one Dwayne Aaron Jason Oah 14 out of 35 Jason Oah will be Jonathan with that auto KJ Costello KJ Costello is for David Remondry Stevenson three out of ten Mondry Stevenson JC There's our one-of-one Osiris Mitchell I was like there has to be a one-of-one in here somewhere in between all 24 boxes one of one Bennett page Bennett All aboard the big-head express whoo-hoo all right 15 more autographs to go Demonte Coxe To 35 and that's gonna go to Capola Jared Patterson 25 out of 50 Jared Patterson will be for David flash of brilliance hunter long to 75 Nick with hunter Patrick Jones the second a Roman numeral Patrick Jones is for Ryan and we got another Justin Fields out of ten eight out of ten Justin Fields going to Hollywood not the one-of-one he was looking for but a nice low number Ten more autographs to go. We got Jamon Osbon Jamon Osbon will go to Bennett Raderious Williams Raderious Williams to 35 his auto will go to Ryan Raven Jordan Brevin Brevin Brevin Jordan for Ryan Brady white 33 out of 50 Brady white Daniel And a green flash photography Zach Wilson 13 out of 25 I Check that 18 out of 25 I think that's Aaron Billingsley. Yeah, Aaron with the Zach Wilson nice fifth and final box Or check that final box five final five autographs. All right. Good luck Jacobi Steven 34 out of 75 Jacobi Stevens Nick tee flash photography Cade Johnson 28 out of 75 Cade Johnson His autograph going to go to David flash photography Kenneth Gainwell Kenneth What's the frequency that goes to Jonathan? Terrence Terris Marshall Jr. 30 out of 75 Terris will go to Christopher And the last autograph is going to be to Maureen Terry and Tamori and Terry will be for David Collinder great break everybody. I'm Joe for Jasper's case breaks calm That was two cases of 2021 flash football Thanks everybody for getting into it. I'm Joe. I'll see you next time for the next one. Jasper's case breaks calm