How do you get more creative? How do you get to wear in your business when you get stagnant, when things aren't going like you want to see them? You can take it to another level. You can instantly flip the switch and find creative ways to grow your business over the last five years. I've had to recreate everything we're doing, recreate my own business, creatively change what we're doing, probably like a thousand times. You eventually want to find a lane that you can run in, that's a niche that you can be successful in, but that doesn't mean that you don't need to be creative along the way. I think a lot of people struggle with being more creative on a consistent basis.  I'm going to talk about how you right now can get more creative in your business. We're coming off the Apersonation Conference, which from an experience standpoint, from a speaker talent standpoint, from the overall day-to-day operations, this was the single best event we've ever put on and it's not even close. If you missed it, do not miss 2021. But that is one thing that's got me in a more creative space than I've ever been. Right now I'm in Destin, Florida. We've rented a three-story, with a four-story rooftop, beach house. The beach is literally a tenth of a mile that way. I'm in the most creative state I've ever been. You may say, well, why are you in such a creative state right now? Well, there's a few reasons. This was talked about at the conference, by the way. I'm in a more creative state typically because of three different reasons for me. The first one is my environment. And the environment I'm in right now in Destin puts me in a very creative place. It makes me think about constant things I need to be doing in my business, things I can do better, things I can improve, things I can add, things I can change. Environment's a big one.  Personal development's okay in that environment, self-improvement's okay in that environment. And so for me in that environment, it helps me be more creative and think about taking everything to a whole other level that I've never been to before. So the first one's environment, right? Environment helps me. The environment that I'm in, the environment that you're in is magical, it's important. I mean, we finally bought a house a month ago, a month and a half ago, two months ago, whatever it is, that I'm really proud of now. Well, I always want a nicer home in the future, probably so. But in Springfield, Missouri, we've got a freaking amazing home back in Springfield, Missouri with a pool and everything else. And that environment being in that home has simply made me better since I moved in. You say, well, Cody, do I need to go buy a new home to be more creative and do big stuff in the world? No. But for me, I need to constantly be challenged with new things in my life that get my attention and that rock my world and that keep me wanting to move forward and do this thing and push this thing to another level, right? So the first one's environment. Environment's huge for me. The second is exposure, exposure to another world, exposure to big time people. We had some unbelievable speakers. We had surprise speakers like Inky Johnson. We had surprise speakers like Justin Forsett from the NFL. Baltimore Ravens running back. We had surprises like dropping $10,000 cash from the freaking ceiling in the ballroom, right? Those were surprises that helped the exposure. But for me, when I get around big time people, right, we had some amazing speakers, Coach Michael Burt, Tim Story, Matt and Judge, Judge Graham Matt Monaro, Jordan Belfort, Landon McCarter, Pete Fournier, just, I mean, like Marshall Silver. I could keep going with all the amazing speakers my father, Brian, asked into. I interviewed. I thought that was a phenomenal interview, by the way. I thought that interview was a legendary. We had some amazing speakers that I got exposure to that maybe I had heard some before and I hadn't heard some before, right?  You can expose people you haven't heard before, but for me, the exposure of being around to people that I haven't heard before and the people I have heard before reinforcing what I know gives me exposure, which makes me puts me in a more creative space, if you will, right? Getting around people that are doing better than me, that are operating in a higher frequency than me, that are more successful than me, that are wealthier than me, that are more creative than me, that have a better mindset than me, that have more daily discipline than me, right? And to make more money than me and maybe have a jet or a couple homes or a bigger team or a bigger office or, you know, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, right? And a lot of that wasn't even about money, by the way.  Why? Because I'm getting exposed to bigger stuff. A lot of people, like me, I was born and raised in little Wind, Arkansas. Nothing against Wind, Arkansas, but if I had just, or Springfield, Missouri, right? It ain't that much bigger. If I stayed in Wind, Arkansas or Springfield, Missouri, my entire life and I never got out and got exposed to people places and things, then I would not be operating at the frequency I'm operating today, right? And I know that I've personally got a few more gears. If we look at like, if you think you have 10 years in your life, I think I'm probably operating at like a three or a four on what I can achieve and what I can do. Maybe that'll wake some of you up too, because some of you think I'm operating at a high gear like eight or nine, but I know I'm not. And that's because I'm taking, that's taking my ego out of the way, by the way. A lot of people struggle with ego. I think a lot of ego holds a lot of people back in the insurance business that forces, that keeps you from being more creative because you think you're freaking, you know, God's gift of the world.  You're like, dude, it's just me. I don't need anybody else. I don't need anything else, right? Before you know it, you're in this bubble and you can't hear anyone else other than yourself.  You know, let's take the earplugs out like, let's be aware of what's going on around us, right? So the second one is, is exposure. Exposure is huge. I, when I get exposed to big time people, big time places, I go fly on jets and come to Destin and, you know, et cetera, et cetera, get to hang out with Marshall Silver and Jordan Belford and Inky Johnson, all these people, it wakes me up. It activates me and I become more creative. Okay. The third for me is, is, uh, the third for me is, is competition. You know, when I start to get in a competitive environment, um, I want to win, right? I want to win. Um, Marlon Faulkner in the SWAT training that Nate Offert did said with crazy amounts of conviction, he said, it pays to be a winner. It pays to be a winner. It pays to be a winner. And I love that. It got my attention because I want to be a winner. You want to be a winner in your own right, by the way, right? And sometimes competition isn't, it can be against other people or it can be just amongst yourself, right? I'm creating competitions with myself nonstop. I just got done swimming in the ocean for about 30 minutes back and forth because I'm doing an Iron Man in Galveston, Texas in November 22nd, by the way. And so I'm trying to force myself to compete, compete against myself because I know I got more in me. I know I can challenge myself more. I got, I know I got another, more levels, more in the tank, if you will. And you guys know a lot of the last, one of my last videos, I get bored easy, right? So competition against other people, great. It's cool. It's okay to compare yourself in a healthy way, right? But also competition and comparing me to me and where I want to be and what I want to do and where I can go and what I want to achieve and where I'm wanting to get to, right? So competition against myself is also big and a lot of people forget about, you know, the internal mental side of this and how you are constantly competing to yourself, right? So if you think about being more creative, okay? Is it exposure? Big time people, big time things? Is it the environment that you're in?  I don't hang out with negative people anymore. I don't want negative people in my life. I don't want to hang out with, you know what I mean? People that I used to go to school with are not trying to do big stuff anymore and frankly, I don't want to hang out with them as much as I used to, okay? That's okay by the way, right? Or at least in small doses, right? So exposure, environment, or beginning around big time people, my environment is everything to me. That's why I love going to conferences, retreats, events, et cetera, et cetera. I was on the first conference I ever went to, I was on the live stream and I was on the live stream because I had not been exposed to actually attending events. Since that live stream, I've attended every event that I could since then.  So maybe it's exposure for you. Maybe it's environment for you. Maybe it's competition for you. Maybe it's external competition, internal competition. There's several different ways for you to take this thing to hold another level.  I've already decided to spend about 25 to 50 grand as soon as I get home on a project that's kind of unique, you know, that's pretty crazy. And I want to spend seven figures on APRAS Nation 2021, right? I want to challenge myself to do bigger stuff. And I've got to be in a creative space to even think about doing some big stuff. But you have to be in the right frame of mind around the right people, around the right things, at the right events, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, for you to start to become more creative. Hey, if you love this, you'll love how to do a presentation for insurance agents. There's a couple pieces of this video that I've never talked about before. It's right here. Click on it, you'll love. Hey, almost every insurance agent I know struggles with objections, specifically what to do and how to improve your closing abilities. I'm going to talk through several different things, okay? I always talk about


The automatic updates initiative is focused on bringing robust, secure, and easy to manage updates to Drupal. This first phase of work supports Drupal 7 and 8 users who installed their sites by downloading an archive from Drupal.org. Phase 1 includes displaying Drupal PSAs directly in the admin panel, running automated readiness checks, and performing in-place updates. This phase does not support database updates, contrib projects, or composer-based site installs. Those features are on the roadmap for Phase 2. We want to thank all of the organizations and individuals who contributed to Phase 1 of this initiative. Let's look at a demo. Here you can see a Drupal 8 site on version 8.7.4, so it's definitely out of date. Let's see what the automatic updates module can provide. If we go into the automatic updates configuration, you can see the PSA feature, which pulls public safety announcements from Drupal.org and displays them directly in the admin interface. These PSAs can also be automatically emailed to the site administrator, as configured in the Update Manager. Next, we can run a readiness check to see if our site can be automatically updated safely. If the checks are unsuccessful, we might see a number of warnings and errors. These issues are most commonly caused by file permissions problems, or by patching core contrib modules, and must be resolved before you can use automatic updates. If the readiness checks are successful, we see a green message and can proceed with the update. Finally, we can see an experimental option to trigger the in-place update. Let's see what happens. In the background, the automatic updates module is getting an update package from Drupal.org, which contains all the file changes for this update, and it's overlaying them on the site. As we see here, that update was successful, and the site is now updated to version 8.7.8. Once the automatic updates module was stable, this initial work can help protect a large number of small to mid-sized Drupal sites, especially those on Drupal 7, but what's on the way in Phase 2? Phase 2 will add a system to create AB versions of a site, enabling us to build in robust support for Composer, handle database updates, and to extend support to contributed projects. Phase 2 needs your help, so if you're interested in sponsoring this work, please reach out to us at the Drupal Association.


Hello, everybody. Andrew Myeski here with Dental L Mobile Hygiene. So let's talk about why I accept assignment from my clients, why I now do my charting on the computer. So I have a software, no longer paper, and just kind of how I go about doing all of that for my dental hygiene business, okay? So I use a software called Dome Track. They are amazing. They are for dental hygienists and dentists as well, I believe, but it is very cost-effective. So I pay approximately, and don't quote me, but it's under $4,000 for the whole program, and then for their support it is about, and don't quote me either, but something like $800 per year. You don't have to pay that if you don't want to. I think it's a great idea to do that because if the system has any changes, if the system has any updates, if you need help, they are literally a phone call or an email away. So they are amazing. So this is just kind of the software. You can see the lovely teeth here, but I want to talk to you guys about how this has really changed things for me. So when I first started my dental hygiene practice, you, and you're the same way probably. If you're looking into starting your own practice too, as you probably are since you're watching this, you want to not spend things that you don't have to. Like you want to save the money. It's going to be expensive to start your own business. So if you don't really have to do something, if you're not really sure how many clients you're going to get, you want to save the money there. And I was the same way. I started paper charting right away. I didn't think anything of it. I just printed off medical history forms. I printed off the odontogram, the peri-o chart. I did all of my notes, not on paper, but on the computer. And then I printed them out for a paper chart. So you have to buy things like labels. You have to buy lots of file folders. You have to buy paper. This stuff isn't expensive, of course, but it kind of takes up room and who wants all of that paper everywhere. But that's not why I had switched over to Adental Software. I did it because I was spending way too much time doing paperwork. A lot of us don't go to Adental Software right away because we don't know how many patients we're going to get. We don't know if our business is going to work. But I'm the type of person where having the business not work wasn't an option. It was going to work. But I just didn't know how many patients I would get. Would it be one a day? Would it be one a week to a month? I didn't know. So them doing Adental Software just didn't make sense to me. But I quickly changed that. So I would say about six months in, I had quickly changed to Adental Software as I had shown you guys where I can now submit claims. I can submit claims electronically and or for sunlight and manual life, at least around here, plus a couple others, we do still have to mail in claims. But it's still so much easier than if I did it by paper. So I'm going to show you. I wish I could share my screen just to make it easier, but I really can't. So I don't even know if I can show you guys. But inside my software, so I'm just going to do it this way and then I'm going to flip this over. Okay. Actually, I wonder if I can take my webcam and do it. Maybe I'll try that in another video. But for now. So all I do you guys is I go up to claim forms. Okay. So then I just go up to. Oh, okay. So this is a test account. So I would pretty much enter in all of the codes here and then it will process a claim form for me. So I'm just going to show you what a blank claim form looks like. Oops. So this is what it looks like. So here in Ontario, we use the CDHA. So this is exactly what it looks like. It will enter in all of the codes for me. It will do all of that. So all I have to do is print it out and the patient signs done and done. Whereas before I would have to print out a blank claim form, put in all the codes, put in everything. But now it's all in the computer already. It is in the patient file. So that has saved me hours and hours of work. So this is why I do feel it's a great investment to go to a dental software right away. Thank me later, honestly. And just make sure that your business takes off. But what I want to talk about to you guys is why I do accept assignment. I'm doing a video on this because I was in a Facebook group like chat the other day where a lot of hygienists were saying, like, don't accept assignment. It's a lot of paperwork. It's too much work. You need to train your patients to pay right away. And I initially thought the same thing. I am a mobile dental hygienist primarily. So it's a lot of work. I do offer what I consider is a specialized service. So I thought if patients don't want to pay me upfront, then too bad, you know, they can go to a dental office and they can deal with it. Plus, there's a lot of dental offices that don't offer that don't offer assignment anyway, because it is a lot of paperwork. So why do I now offer assignment? I do it because I can see a lot more patients. I went to seeing maybe two to four patients a week to seeing two to four patients a day, where I could even see more than that if I wanted to because people like assignment, they might have the money, but they have other things to spend the money on. They are so happy like 99.9% of my patients are so happy when I tell them, you don't owe me any money right away.  How I was doing it before was, yes, I would still accept assignment, but I would ask them to look up their coverage info for me. So I have never, ever done that just because I don't have time. And they can at least do that because typically all they have to do is log in. There you go. So I would ask them to look up their coverage info. So I would ask them what their percentages, what their maximum is, what they're covered, how many units of scale, if they're covered for a new patient exam, if they're covered for a polish and fluoride, if that's needed, right? So I would ask them to tell me that and then I would do the math after their appointment, let's say they're 80% covered. I would do the math and then I would have them pay me the difference not covered that day. But what ended up happening was I would get the check back from the insurance about two weeks later, and either they had paid me too much or not enough.  So I need to give you back $20 or whatever. It was just kind of a pain, not the end of the world. But I do feel a little bit that that looks unprofessional.  And I should hear from them within about two weeks, sometimes three weeks, sometimes a month, but you know, I will hear back from them and then I will let you know how much you do owe at that time. Every time I say that every single client has said, Oh, that's so easy. So you don't want me to pay you now. They can if they want to. But I just feel it's just easier for me to keep track if I do it that way. But that's just me, you guys. So that's why I accept assignment. Yes, it's a lot of paperwork. But having this dental software has saved me hours of time. So yes, it's paperwork, but this is a business. If it gets too hectic, I can hire somebody to do it for me. And I am seeing a lot more patients that way. I don't have dental insurance. I don't have insurance. But when I did okay, I had loved it when like I would see a chiropractor and a massage therapist, I would always look for those ones that did assignment so that I didn't have to worry about paying them and then insurance pays me back. It's not the end of the world. But you know what? It's just nice to not have to worry about it. So that is why I accept assignment. You guys don't have to but it seems to really help my clients. So I hope this helps you guys let me know if you have any questions. And I'll see you guys in the next one.


Does the narcissist care if you leave the narcissist is focused on getting their own way They are focused on getting their needs met But although it may seem that they need you and that they are dependent on you They will always do the exact opposite Whatever they say they want Their behavior is very self-sabotaging They might tell you that they can't live without you They might tell you that you are very special But then their behavior will suggest the exact opposite of what they are telling you They will cause disturbance or problems Without discipline or control of their behavior Which is contrary to what you might desire or expect from someone who is supposed to be working with you This is when you should identify That the narcissist does not have a sensible or practical idea of what should be expected from them They have an inability to represent things in a way that is accurate and true to life They have many conflicting motives within them Which leaves them unable to sustain a relationship They are fully aware of this They will cause disturbance and problems and pull things apart due to their dysfunctional nature They are unable to deal adequately with normal social relations You can tell them something is bothering you. You can tell them what you don't like And they might agree with you They might have the same opinion about something Or they will say that they will do something that you have suggested They will act as though they understand They will act as though they perceive the intended meaning of your words They will act as though they understand the significance of what you are telling them But then the next day or several days later They are doing the exact same thing again Which you just spoke about This is because you're not getting through to them It may seem as though they were understanding what you were telling them But they weren't really taken into consideration Or trying to understand anything that you were saying They were just listening So that you would eventually finish talking to them or trying to get them to understand So that they don't have to listen to you anymore Or they were just waiting for you to finish talking So that they could say whatever they wanted to say But they do not understand And they are not interested in correcting or changing anything about their behaviour Instead, they will use future faking They will lie or promise something about your possible future To make you hopeful To make you expect more from them This is a tactic which they use to control you And in order to get what they want from you in the present It makes you more understanding of them When they have no intention or interest in correcting or changing their behaviour They will also consciously and intentionally Do things that they know you don't like As a way of lowering your expectations of them When they begin to act out It tells them how much they can get away with Until you finally react to them This is when they will withdraw from you or give you a fake apology But they are only doing this to control you It helps them to determine your behaviour And it is telling them how capable you are of being directed or influenced It's giving them suggestions and ideas On how to manipulate you Until you finally reach the limits of your emotional or mental limitations Until their behaviour becomes unbearable And you are unable to cope They know exactly when to stop Until they then bring you back to them By using the future faking, fake apology or the fake epiphany If you fall for these tactics The narcissist begins to see it as a game They see it as an activity that provides them with amusement or fun You become their toy An object for them to play with They do not regard you as something that holds any real importance, worth or usefulness And that is why it is so easy for them to tell you that they cannot live without you Or tell you that you are very special But then engage in behaviour that suggests the exact opposite of what they are telling you It's just a game to them Something that they engage in for amusement or fun It gives them attention It makes them feel as though they are something significant or important It gives them an opportunity to practice their manipulation It feeds their strong desire for power Their strong desire to have the ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others And the course of events It's like the thrill of the chase for them It gives them a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure From seeking something that they desire They get a buzz out of it They get a kick out of it They get a charge out of it It makes them feel alive They say that they want you But it's just a game It's just something that they engage in for amusement or fun And that's all it ever was From the day that they met you You are not involved with someone who shares the same intentions or objectives as you do You are not involved with someone who wants to establish the same things There is no purpose or meaning for what you are trying to build with them It's just a form of entertainment for them The game never ends They don't see any contact or connection as being something of value They don't see it as something of use or importance They don't see it as being worthy of their attention Especially if it is something outside of them They see anything outside of them as something to be played with In the end, it's still a game Thank you for watching And I'll talk to you soon


I am going to welcome here today on video call Michael Sabota, who is the Director of Product Integration at Charter Communications. So Charter is a very big enterprise company. So I'm going to be reading off some numbers that are going to be really big. So Charter is an American telecom company that offers its services to consumers and businesses under the banding of spectrum. It provides services to 26 million customers and then some in 41 states. It is the second largest cable operator in the United States and the fifth largest telephone provider based on residential subscriber line count. And they have 94,000 employees worldwide. Wow. I told you that was going to be a lot of big numbers. So with that, welcome to this live stream, Michael. Hey, Priyanka. Hi. How's it going? It's great. Very excited to be here and talking with you guys today and congratulations on all the recent exciting announcements that you guys have been making. Thank you so much. It's very nice of you to take the time. So to kick us off, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself and your role at Charter? Yeah. Sure thing. So, you know, thanks for the intro. Quite a big operation going on here at Charter. Being the Director of Product Integration, my primary focus is within our product experience development. And it's, you know, my job to make sure are developers who are working on our clients and providing a digital experience to our subscribers under that spectrum brand have a great developer experience, helping them realize that vision of quick iterations, giving them feedback, you know, shifting these concerns like security and testing and deployments and getting that feedback early in our value stream where it's cheaper to course correct. Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. So in this next year or two, what are your biggest goals as you break that down? Yeah. So like I said, our biggest goals are kind of realizing on that vision of quick iterative development, shifting concerns left, you know, GitLab's been a cornerstone of our DevOps platform, right? Yeah. Using it for source control management for continuous integration, continuous deployment, a Docker registry, artifacts. So really, how can we expand on the features that you guys are providing and create that single place, right, you know, GitLab has been a tool that checks so many boxes for us. We want to continue checking those boxes and give developers a single place to get feedback, self-service and do it in a responsible manner that, you know, allows us to provide quick value to our subscribers. Yeah. I think that makes a lot of sense. So quick question though. So as you mentioned, Charter is trying to shift left, right? And bring operations more into the developer's workflow. Why exactly did you decide to do that? I bet that's a big move. Yeah. It's totally a big move. I think we've seen, you know, signals in the market that consumers and subscribers are looking for different ways to interact with companies. They're looking for different ways to interact with us in a more digital way, looking for different ways to consume content. Shifting these concerns left makes us be able to be competitive in creating these new digital ways for consumers to interact with us, whether it's paying their bill or understanding how their account is set up, ordering new service, consuming live streaming video or video on demand, adding to our already valuable product, just different ways for consumers to do this, and doing it in a quick way that I think the rest of, you know, the industry and all these other businesses have created, you know, the customers want that quick feedback and to do that, we need to shift things left. Yeah, I think it's become table sticks, so to speak, with the growing impact of technology. And I think what you said is really relevant because so many large enterprises are shifting left or trying to shift left. And I think those folks will find a lot of value in our discussion today. So going back to the plan then, what are the areas where GitLab has provided you guys acceleration in this shift left philosophy? Yeah, so like I mentioned before, GitLab kind of checking all the boxes, being that cornerstone. The single application, you mean, right? Yes, absolutely. All that feedback and be able to understand, did my code merge in? Did it build? Did it pass the tests? Did it pass the security scan? These things in a single place, within the merge request, within that UI and seeing that, it's helped us come down and make feedback that was typically around our sprint cycle of two weeks-ish, down to minutes. So now for front-end client development and prototyping, we're doing thousands of deployments a week, leveraging the GitLab Runner system, a huge piece that we leveraged, said I mentioned earlier, it's been a great use case for us to be able to put the power in developers' hands, define their build context, garner the days of managing different build machines. It's all in the power of the developers. And now, from the first line of code on every single branch, we can deploy a mutually exclusive environment and get feedback in minutes, down from that week cycle. Wait, how long was the cycle before? On average, two weeks, within a sprint, merging the code at the end of a sprint. Now, every single branch of code goes up, picks up a global shared runner that we have, you define your own build context with the Docker functionality. Every single branch of code can have a deployment and you can have feedback as a developer, feedback as a product donor, as a designer, right away. Wow, so from two weeks to seconds. Yeah, exactly. I'm going to call that meaningful. That's amazing, that's so cool. So tell me, it's very nice to hear that we have been able to help your organization make this move towards the DevOps way of doing things. And the proof, as I said before, proof is in the pudding, favorite phrase. So I want to ask, how did you guys find us in the first place? Yeah, so one of our engineers, Stefan Leigh Lee, who's still with our team today, he found you guys early when you were out there. Could have possibly been from that show Hacker News Post that Sid was talking about. But he was out there, saw what you guys were doing, sort of started evangelizing it. And we've grown from about three years ago when Stefan introduced it into product to now about a thousand active contributors on the GitHub. Wow, that's amazing. So it seems like Hacker News is really important to us. Yeah. Okay. What you guys have been doing and a good evangelism of your product from the ground up as engineers in product. Yeah, it's like a true story of, you know, the bottoms up developer love story. And I think that's so exciting, not just because of the way it happened, but that, you know, large companies like Charter are listening to the feedback from their developers and then leaders like yourself are responding to it and creating strategies that are affecting the whole company's bottom line and brand. So that's really, really cool. So tell me, so you have so many people using GitLab and, you know, working with it every day, what does the GitLab team at Charter look like? Yeah. So right now, for what we're doing in product experience development, we have Stefan, who I mentioned, and another engineer, Tyler Horvath, and there are the two that run our GitLab deployment and the surrounding tools, which again, aren't very many since GitLab takes care of a lot, but they're kind of responsible for the deployment and the self-service developer platform that we have within product, and it's just the two of them. And I think it's a huge testament to the ease of operations of your tool and, you know, taking a lot of sharp tools, but putting it into one really sharp tool, it reduces that footprint of operations, right? So it's one... Sorry, I just had to say it. We have a small team, which, you know, if we had, you know, 8, 9, 10 tools pieced together rather than just a handful with GitLab being that centerpiece, we'd probably need more than 10 people, but we're able to accomplish a team of two right now. And so these two folks are able to serve 1,000-plus users of GitLab at Charter. Yeah, I'm going to start calling them contributors now. Oh, we've got 1,000 contributors. Love it, love it. We are co-creating here. Awesome. Yeah. Very cool. So tell me, I'm really glad to hear you've seen such a positive response so far. Where are you planning to integrate in the future with GitLab, like what additional areas? Yeah, so right now we have a lot of things planned for the remainder of this year. You know, a lot of that's probably going to continue to change as you guys announce new functionality. Fair. But I think we've seen signals in the community around moving to containerization, right? Especially for modern architectures, it has a lot of benefits. I think we've seen the signals in the community as well that orchestrating these containerized workloads with Kubernetes is the way to go. So that's the path we're on. We will continue to integrate with more functionality that you guys have there. And we're looking to run GitLab itself on Kubernetes before the end of the day. Oh, so you'll use the Helm charts deployment that we have? Yeah, yeah, you guys just went GA on that. So I think for us it's going to be even easier to operate and scale the individual components and move it on to Kubernetes. I love that. I was referencing this in the beginning of the live stream, but I personally have tried using GitLab to deploy it to a Kubernetes cluster and it makes it so much easier. I'm sure your developers will be thrilled by this, so great plan. So thank you, Michael. This has been such a useful session for me. I'm so stoked just hearing all the great impact that GitLab has made in your company. I just hope we can continue to serve you better and better as we go into the future. Thank you for taking the time to speak with us.


We now still have the panel discussion, so all four speakers are up. So if there are questions, please raise them, otherwise I do have a question to start with, maybe a bit heretic. But regarding the initial point made by Carol, that we live in this diverse ecosystem of so many tools, and now having heard about so many different types of workflows, each composed of different aspects of different tools that make up these workflows. On one hand, probably it's great and enhances our lives to have this diversity, but do you see a problem with these tools in that it becomes difficult to then make a comparison of the outcomes of these workflows because you cannot describe the results accurately enough in order to really make an inference? It's a challenge. So it depends of the level you're wanting to describe your workflows, so we've been attempting to harmonize through shared descriptions at least, and some steps so that you can see what are the basic steps that are being executed, but also to encapsulate through containers the actual tools that you were using, the versions, this kind of thing, and also to annotate the workflows, I'm talking about our workflows now in Elixir, with a shared ontology which we've been developing that describes inputs and outputs and types and so on, so you can go at least to some point to say within a particular domain can we produce libraries of workflows and can we set up comparisons, and also in Elixir, the tools platform has set up a workflow workbench in order to benchmark workflows. So in order to be able to say for particular areas, for particular domains, so high throughput sequencing and assembly and this kind of things, you can do some comparisons because you have standard formats and you have standard protocols, you have exposed everything that you're doing and you're collecting all the provenance, but here we're talking about quite radically different things here, here you're really, the workflows are actually encoded experimental ideas, they're not high throughput pipelines, and that is different, so I think you have to separate in your workflows, are your workflows well understood, but basically well characterised approaches, or are they really the kind of early dawnings of research ideas, where the describing of them is very difficult to correlate with somebody else's work because you're actually doing innovation in those workflows, that was a very long winded answer to a very simple question, sorry. Okay, well my take on it is that we're dealing with a much smaller problem than what Carol's vast ecosystem of workflows is, but I think the magic word was said by Carol again, which is that if you have standards things become far easier, so to the extent that a given model is well defined, say in a standard format like SPML, that's immediately accessible to everybody, no matter how you got at it, you can get to it. We have worked, in fact we worked with some of the Ferdom hub people to figure out how best to specify the experiments that we use in our workflow, the experiment codification. As you say it's at an early stage, there is no current standard for doing this, which does everything, said ML does some things, other things, do other things, so one has to try out new things and then in due course hopefully when enough people are interested a standard will emerge, but the format is available, the database data are available for anyone who wants to play with them, and that's I think at this stage of the game that's as far as one can go. Could I make a follow up point? Of course. The word workflow is seriously overloaded, can I just say that? Because we talked about data pipelines, which are computational pipelines, there's workflow which is, you were talking about the whole design build test, learn, life cycle, there's models and the whole process of, as you were saying, SPML, there's other related activities I do, my last talk was at Combine, which is the standard setting organization for those. I think it would be useful within the community to really crisp up what people mean when they say workflow, because it does actually matter. I think earlier on we had this thing, does terminology matter? Yes, it does. Good point. I absolutely agree, maybe you have one little thing to add, which can be at least part of the solution is that when developing workflows or software tools, you can always keep in mind there's always already a range of stuff out there which you can use, and it's really helpful to, as far as possible, build new workflows and new software on existing tools, and I think this already can help with comparability through across these tools. Okay, I think I have my microphone here. Yes, I think we find that the biggest obstacle to data sharing outside of projects is not the lack of standards, although that is an important issue, but the lack of organization and structure within the project itself. So the biggest hurdle for people to share data is that they feel they have to spend an enormous amount of time cleaning it up for publishing, and it's kind of like the sausage making analogy that you don't want to show how the sausage is made, and if you want to publish something you feel like you have to clean up the code, you have to restructure data so that people can make sense of it because you just have notes and stickies and things like that. So what we focus on is structuring the project while it's running so neatly that data sharing becomes much, much simpler, and then you can hire a company like ours to convert it into any format that if your data are organized and follows a model that you design but you know and other people can understand, then the process of data sharing converting to other formats becomes, if not automated, then much greater simplified, and that's what we see as the greatest obstacle, and that's what prevents people from sharing, it's just the cost, the effort required. Yeah, I would say that the way to do this is to spin it around and not think about how do I make my things shareable and how do I make things reproducible, but how do I improve my project productivity? As soon as you begin to cast it in that term, then it becomes much easier to sell, but also you begin to respect the fact that there will be a cost because it does take a cost, you can't just sort of throw a PhD student at it with a notebook anymore, you're going to have to go through a discipline and use systems and that I think is part of the cultural kind of socialization of the community is to understand, if you want to have long term downstream benefits, you're going to have to have upstream cost at some point. Well, for a project of any significant size, the actual payoff from organizing and structure within the project will come within the project, not afterwards, so in a way we can, when we talk to people, we don't motivate them by sharing data and open science, but your project will run smoother, if you scale to more than two or three people working together, once you organize it, it pays off very quickly. And retention, that's the other thing, retention is the big sale point to PIs. Retention of people or of data? Retention of information when people move, because in research, people are churning all the time, they're leaving all the time and my experience is that investigators are more interested, they get it when they understand the retention issue, whereas if you try to explain the sharing issue, then that's much less compelling. So maybe unless there's a question from the audience, but maybe just related to this point, you had a dimetry, you had a very interesting Venn diagram in your talk about experimentalists, data scientists and data engineers, and from my perspective, I would completely agree also what was basically evident in all the talks, it's very difficult for this data management stuff to be done by a lab. So do you think this is a model that needs to be incorporated in general in the neuroscience to have these dedicated data engineer positions and how could we convince basically the people who give us money that this is required? What do the panelists think about this? Is this required for the future or will the tools be good enough at some point that we don't need it? So I could say in elixir, we say you need data engineers and you need research software engineers. So it isn't just that you need the data engineers and you need some professionalization around data stewardship. You also need professionalization in software engineering. If you're going to have software environments and tools that will be used by more than the person who just built them. I think that the points that you made and Carol made are actually resonate well with the funding agencies that if you want data retention, they certainly believe in data reuse. They really like big groups to be able to use each other's results and make something bigger and better. I mean, yes, so to the extent that you can get them to buy into the idea, you can hopefully get them to find a position. But unfortunately, this may only be for a finite period of the length of the grant. So we still have the longer term problems. Yeah, so I think a little bit of everything will happen. So it's kind of as the tools improve, to do the current level of science will require fewer people. But as it's kind of the Red Queen situation to stay in the same place you have to. So as tools improve, so I think a data scientist who knows a few tools and has access to a network that supports that infrastructure that they're using, whatever it is, they can become more efficient. But as they become more efficient and as we invent new tools for electrophysiology and all kinds of neurophysiology experimental modalities, the complexity of the data is becoming much more multimodal, much more massive. It will require a next level of complexity. And then once we adopt to that, a little bit of everything will happen. So people will get better. So you will not need to do a dedicated data engineer, data scientist for the type of project that currently do. But then you'll step up to the next level. So maybe one more point. Well, having a data engineer or data manager, of course, is great. But I think it's not at this point very viable for very small labs of up to five people. And before we arrive at the full automatization of these issues, I think a necessary step is also to create further incentives of postdocs and PhD students to invest time to write software to deal with these issues. Like as for now, it's very difficult to include contributions to software projects into your thesis or into a high-impact journal. So the measure of success should also adapt to these issues. Yes. So in light of the time, I think we need to come to a close, although everything was very much in time. The good thing is the workflow we will do now is very linear and very simple. First of all, I'd like to really thank all of our speakers for this wonderful session and the wonderful talks. So please give them a hand. Thank you.


It's a problem for us to get water here, but still they send in a bill. It's like living in the Sahara Desert, you know, with no water. Rainfall was very, very, very low. Very low below normal. In fact, what we have been asking people to do, they should continue to do now. It will be more vigilant in terms of the use of water. Water which is used, I mean, for washing or even the rinsing of dishes, could be used to water your flowers. Hello everyone. This is Undersport, a production of the Government Information Service and the National Television Network, NTN. I am Primus Hutchinson. On this program, the current drought situation will be highlighted. Wasco officials have become rushing. The supply of water here at the John Compton Dam will be speak with Wasco officials as well as a representative of the Forestry Department regarding this critical situation. So stay with us as we go Undersport. We do have a drought monitor where we look at the rainfall pattern and we also look at rainfall projections in our region. Now what happened from last year, we noticed that during the dry season, what is traditionally the dry season, it was kind of very wet. We had way above normal rainfall and come around May, June, July, we noticed that the rainfall was very, very low, much below normal. From September last year, which is normally the rainfall period, there have been little rainfall or reduced amount of rainfall. Then we came into the dry period, January, and then people began to realize, well look, I mean with the dry period and we had no water during the rain period, we had no hurricanes which were expected to bring rains and to recharge our rivers, to recharge our water sources but that didn't happen. And according to the predictions from the Met Services, it indicates that rainfall patterns would still continue like that. In other words, a reduced amount of rainfall. In fact, the average rainfall over a 42-year period was about 222.2 millimeters and I think we only recorded somewhere around 50 or so. It is this lack of rainfall coupled with the baking sun that is responsible for drought conditions that brings about damage to the environment and misery to human beings. Even the birds have to scavenge for water and food. This river is normally vibrant. However, due to the drought, it barely trickles. Other rivers are not so fortunate as they reduce to sunbeds or may wrong beds. Water comes from rivers, right? We must conserve our trees for the rivers to actually produce the kind of water that we would need to sustain us. So, indiscriminate deforestation on private lands. I think it's one reason why we have a drought situation in Central Asia right now. So, I think we need to try and protect our forest resources in order to help the water situation. This is the John Compton Dam at full capacity. The lack of rainfall has reduced its storage capacity to critical levels. I think there has been a very wide public discussion on silitation in the dam. We are aware that there has been some silitation even at the very start, especially after Debbie. What I have found or I have learnt since being with Vasco is that the dam has two levels at which water is extracted from it and any water below that lowest point of extraction really cannot be used. My understanding is that all of the silt that's in the dam is actually at the bottom of this dam and below the lowest level that we can in fact extract water. If the silt begins to approach the bottom level that we can extract then it is timely to clear it out. At the moment, my understanding is that the silt has not yet approached the lowest level that we can remove water from the dam. So the usable water in the dam is still available to us. So in terms of preparing for a drought, generally we make sure that our storage systems are in order. We make sure that they work well. We check for any maintenance issues on the system. Also, we started making targets at which levels of water we would do certain things. These were agreed. These have been rolled out generally quite well. So as a result, we have reduced on the abstraction from the dam. We have reduced it to two levels already. We went down to 6.5 from the 8.9 and now we have gone further down to 5 million gallons. And the whole idea of that is to be able to sustain the water in the dam throughout the dry period. Our legislation makes provisions for the declaration of water emergencies once certain conditions exist. Our rivers, the water levels are dwindling. So we advise the minister and he declared well we have to declare that emergency and encourage people one, not to see for example take water and use a hose to wash your car and to take water and re-git your lawns and so on. A number of important measures have to be put in place. One that may sound a little controversial, say for example the construction companies they advise not to use wasque water. You do need water of a certain quality for construction but you can obtain that from other sources. For example, higher up in the river or some special sources which we in conjunction with the Ministry of Communications and Work can indicate where you look you can abstract water from those sources to be your construction. And also there is the issue of issuing licenses for the abstraction of water. Now that is a new development because originally licenses were not being issued for people to abstract water. Right now if you have a source of water on your land or you're bonded to a source of water whether it's a river or a well or something it belongs to the state, it belongs to the crown. And your allowed private use and not private use includes substances like to irrigate your garden or to wash another domestic use but if you want to go into any commercial activity for example like construction and using it for an elaborate amount you will require to use or apply for license from our agency. The drought has uncovered a lot of things and speaking to a friend of mine recently he has his home with a system and collects rainwater during the rainy season and that water is used to flush toilets and to irrigate now that's an extremely good idea so those of us who are in the process of constructing houses should seriously consider that and we can use rainwater for lots of things rather than use potable water and it's a very good idea going forward. It is within our societies, within our nature to rivers when no water is around. The onus is on us as individuals when we go to the rivers to practice healthy practices do not defecate, do not dispose of garbage which at the end could lead to disease transmission to us. So the public health point of view we are concerned about the implications of the quality of water which people are going to consume the practices which are going to affect the health status of these individuals. What do you find happen within these drought situations are people normally resort to unsafe sources of water they normally resort to covered storage, drums, tanks or even the use of rivers and then going back to these unsafe sources which may be an example, may be a river you have the implications or you have the possibility of disease resubmitting, you understand for example schistosomiasis or the bilazia resubmitting because these sources of water could be contaminated and hence would serve as an agent of transmission to the general public. We as the agency has to make a firm commitment to really manage that resource which is precious so that our generation can use it and our future generations could also benefit from it because in the absence of water I'm telling you a lot would be destroyed there would be great destruction, plants, animals and humanity, right? So I'm advising or I'm encouraging everybody let us put, take that resource, let us conserve it use it wisely for yourself and at the same time think of the future. Every family should actually be attempting to use less water going about their daily lives and make use of what they have and try to make it last as long as possible. Things like washing cars are really not necessary at this time and these things should be cut out completely wetting lawns and wetting plants at this time some of you can do it out or use reusable recycled water to do that. A few steps which could be taken in terms of disinfecting water that you would have, portable water is that you could treat it with a gallon of water it drops of liquid bleach also we could boil that water for bringing up to boiling point and let it stand and after we could consume this these are the two household ways which we could implement to get safe water. There are a few other water conservation tips which we could pass on and that is take shorter showers, don't let the water run while you're brushing your teeth or you're rinsing your dishes also there's a very effective method which you could conserve water which most people don't know about and that is placing a one litre bottle filled with water in your toilet tanks this would enable less water for flushing and thereby conserving water water which is used for washing or even rinsing of dishes could be used to water your flowers so these are conservation tips which could be used and could engage in and help sort of alleviate what we're going through right now. This has been On The Swat a production of the Government Information Service and the National Television Network NTN on Primus Hutchinson. In the end of our program we highlighted the present drought situation and we're hoping that all will heed the warnings of the officials as we continue to hope for an improvement in the supply of water from intakes island wide. Well that's where we come to the end of our program we thank you for viewing and we invite you to join us again when we go On The Swat.


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What's going on and welcome to the FanDuel. Hurry up, my name is Tom. Vecchio week six is here. There's some injuries when you pay attention to some different situations for different teams. And I'm set to give you some value plays for your DFS lineups. Let's start off at running back Khalil Herbert for the Chicago Bears. He's $5,500. He was the backup last week and he's set to be the starter this week because Damien Williams has entered the league's COVID protocol and his status for Sunday is in doubt. We already know that David Montgomery is out with a knee injury and we should be seeing Herbert take over the starting role. Now last week when he was the backup, he actually saw 18 rushing attempts, which is really solid for backup. Hopefully this week he can push past 20 total touches, which would be good to see. He's going up against Green Bay. They're on 21.9 fatal points per game to opposing running backs. I think this puts Herbert in a great spot to have a high volume of touches while being only $5,500. So really solid value play at running back to start things off. Next up, Michael Pittman at wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. He's still under $6,000. He's only $5,800. And he comes in with a 25% market share of targets for the Colts passing game. That's the highest on the team while the player who has the second most target share is sitting down at 15%. So he is clearly the number one receiver for the Colts. He comes in with seven targets or more in each of the last four games. He finally found the end zone last week. He also comes in with six total red zone targets this week, which is six total red zone targets this season, which of course, good to see. And this week, he should be able to replicate what he did last week because this week they're going up against the Houston Texans, a team we don't need to be worried about on defense. This gives the Colts a 26.75 implied team total, which is one of the highest on the slate. They're 10 point home favorites. It should be all Colts in this game and plenty of Michael Pittman. Moving on to tight end, Hunter Henry at $5,600 for the New England Patriots. Now, the Patriots signed both Henry and Johnny Smith in the off season. And at the beginning of the season, we didn't know who was going to be taking the lead, but in the past two weeks, it's become very clear that Hunter Henry is the past catching option for the Patriots. In week five, we saw Hunter Henry play on 62% of the snaps and run a route on 61% of the passing plays compared to Johnny Smith, who played on 63% of the snaps, but only ran a route on 19% of the passing plays, which is so, so low. We saw the same in week four where Hunter Henry was playing on a comparable amount of snaps, but the number of routes he was running on passing plays, which was much higher than Johnny Smith. And we see this with Henry having eight, five, and six targets over his past three game. So Hunter Henry is the past catching option at tight end for the Patriots.  All right, so that does it for this week's Fade. We'll hurry up the value plays, solid options. Khalil Herber, Michael Pittman and Hunter Henry for running back wide receiver and tight end. We'll be back next week for another set of value plays right here on the Fade. We'll hurry up.


This is Will Spencer from the Renaissance of Men here with the new red man group and Carnell Smith. Nice to meet you, sir. Hey, nice to meet you. Will, how are you? I'm doing well. How are you enjoying your time here at the 21 convention? Man, it's my first convention, man, but it is phenomenal. Yeah. Man, what I've liked about it is the brotherhood, the opportunity to meet some people that I've known for years. But this was my first chance to meet in person. Like who? Steve Williams. Okay. So I've met Eric Carrell before, I've seen Melissa Isaac, you know, some of the other folks that were here. And then others, I've seen some of their stuff on YouTube and my first time I also meet them like Jeff, Pastor Jeff, man, awesome, awesome guy. And then I just wish that sometimes I could have been in two places at once. Right. Yeah. I hadn't quite mastered that one though. Just practice. But eventually, I mean, I can, I'm guessing I'm still working on that. So what was the title of your talk? So the title of my talk was, you know, I don't think I actually gave a little title. I just talked about how there was an epidemic where men and boys are going to jail and prison for something they didn't do. Same war. Yeah. Well, it was about my book. I'm the author of Trap by Law. And I wrote on the topic of Trap by Law because men and boys worldwide are being forced to pay child support or child maintenance for children that have been proven to not be theirs by DNA testing. And what DNA testing has revealed on an annual basis that roughly 30% of the men and boys who get tested turn out to not be the dads. 30%? 30%. So wait, 30% of children are not the children of the supposed fathers? Well, not the children that were born. We only know out of the guys who actually got a test. So think of it as a good sampling. If you thought there might be a problem and you did sampling and you confirmed 30% of those who were sampled confirmed there was a problem, would you think you needed to do more data samples? I think so. Well, the opposition, like certain radical feminist groups, would like me silenced because I'm advocating that there'd be DNA testing at birth so that men and boys could make a fully informed decision after they had a truth in their hand. Currently, they don't get 100% of the truth from moms and teen mothers. That's insane. It is. The sad part is that he could go to jail and prison and it happened to me after I almost become homeless and I took it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court while I lobbed it for new legislation. And in the end, the Supreme Court said, no, you're not allowed to appeal it. So I went back to court using the law that I wrote trying to help other people. I won using the law that I wrote. I called that poetic justice. It's beautiful. Saved my family. Saved your family. How did it save your family? It saved my family from possibly paying another $400,000 of money that for I had been lied to for responsibility that I would have never done. So an ex-girlfriend, she told me after you get this phone call, she says, I'm pregnant and you're the father. Those are seven words that no man wants to hear from an ex-wife, an ex-girlfriend or an ex-fiancé. It is not good news. When that happened to me, I said, well, I'll be responsible. I'll take care of the child. I will do my duties. However, if you think this is a leverage to get back in the relationship, that's not going to happen. Took me 11 years to find out that I had been conned, swindled and hustled and lied to. So then I get another phone call. The next phone call, she says, hey, I've been talking to my girlfriends and you don't pay me enough child support. What do I care about what your girlfriends say? I'm paying money for a college fund. I'm paying money to you directly and I'm maintaining a separate wardrobe at my house out of my pocket because I don't like the stuff that you dresser in. Well, I said, if you think you can get more money, take me to court. I had this naive idea that if I go to court and I show them all the things that I'm doing voluntarily, you know, like what they quote, say, we want men to be responsible. We want teen fathers to be responsible. Well, isn't that predicated upon first that the mother has been truthful in her disclosure to him about the cause of her pregnancy? Yeah.  I thought if I show the judge all the stuff that I'm doing, they would laugh her out of the court, kick her out and castigate her for just bringing them out of there. That is not what happened. I went from having unlimited parenting time to once every other weekend to once every other week. When I later I found out that is done to maximize the child support payment because if you don't get to see the child, then the other parent needs the money. It raised my support up to almost 40% of my net pay. Well, my wife, who I'm married to just had our new baby. She's quit her job. We deliberately planned it that way. We don't have married eight years. So I think I got everything financially under control. I never expected what happened next. My pastor's dad talked me into taking the paternity test. Oh, man. He talked about this thing that he seemed to happen to other military men. He himself had been in the Air Force. And I took the test expecting to prove to him that I was the dad just like she said. Well, that's not what happened. I got goose eggs when it came back. The result said 0.0% paternity. The child and I both have been duped.  Her mom. Well, I'm vehemently opposed to paying any more money for a child that's not mine who I'm not allowed to see. And I'm not going to battle the course to see a child that's not mine who I can't see. So my thoughts were, I shouldn't have to pay any more money. And this should be over in 15 minutes. Will, when I got the court to judge, said it was my fault that I had to find out she lied to me sooner. The expression on your face, Will, is about how I felt. The short of it, Will, is that I appealed that all the way to the United States Supreme Court demonstrating that over one million men and boys had similar results, that they had DNA proving a one million. That's of those who have been tested. That is not of all of the children that have been born. More than 10 million children had been born during that period of time. And my position is a lot more men and boys should be getting tested because of the culture where those women who have embraced the radical feminist position that they could do everything that men could do in the quest for equality. Here's where they clash and I clash in terms of ideology. I say equality requires equal responsibility and equal accountability. Boom, yeah. They said I'm not being fair. So Will, I lobbied and got legislation passed. As you heard me mention some time ago that I won my case using that law that I helped to write. I remembered something that I put into it to help the greatest number of victims. And I ended up being the first guy to win this case after the judge told me no. And the same judge on my case comes back to me, Will, he wants to apologize for his ruling. He apologized to me at the signing of the legislation, shook my hand. He said he's glad that the law has changed and that the law was wrong. Wow. Did not see that coming. Will, I was so further emboldened by that I went on to help 10 more states change their laws. So my position is men and boys shouldn't be trapped by law for a pregnancy that they didn't commit. Thank you for your work and for your story. Thank you, Will. I hope to inspire more men and those who love those men and boys to become activists and advocates for them so that there'll be a truth and paternity. Because let's be frank, we won't get 100% of the mothers to truthfully say that, you know, I'm married, but I had five boyfriends. My husband didn't know about. And truth be told, it could be one of them. But it's not advantageous for me to tell my husband about those other five guys. Plus, my husband makes more money than all five of them combined. Yeah, exactly. So thanks to no fault divorce, the husband is in danger in family court. And single men, they're just as vulnerable because if you believe her, when she says you did it and you find out later, it wasn't true. The court says it was your fault that you didn't find out sooner. To me, that was completely asinine. It's crazy. Yeah. Can you tell your story to the men here at the convention? What's their reaction like? Shock? Listen, that can't happen. They're like, man, that's isolated, right? Now I said, listen, man, it has gotten so bad that you know that France passed a law that men can't get a paternity test without the mother's permission. Wild, absolutely wild. I'm like, that is so insane. That's like asking the Fox, who's guarding the henhouse. Hey, you seen any chickens missing with a straight face? The Fox is going to tell you while he's eating some barbecue chicken. Man, I have no idea what happened to those chickens. Yeah. So we're not going to get a hundred percent of the mothers. You know, I'm not conflating issues. I use that parallel to point with the moms. We're not going to get a hundred percent of them to tell the truth. Right. On in my skit that I did on the stage, I talked about how, you know, the woman who I refers to is Cupcake. She could be a teen mom. She could be a young mom, old mom. My experience is women, regardless of their political affiliation, their economic status, young women, rich women, poor women, women across multiple races have all done it. But without fail, they many of them refused to accept personal responsibility for an incident that she caused. Instead, she tries to confuse the issue and say, well, he shouldn't have gotten a test without her knowing about it. It's. So the audience, from what they tell me, they found my presentation somewhat educational, informing and my message about sharing this information so that the trap that exists that few men are aware of. If you expose it, it becomes a lot harder to get men caught in it and boys. And for those that are in it, if they're in one of those states where we've already gotten legislation passed, a way to get out exists, it may need some help in how to use it. Or some of the some of the ways to help to use it. Well, some of the ways is that there's now legislation in those states that says if you get a legal DNA test, there's language in the law that says the court shall vacate the order against you. OK, means you have an avenue now to eliminate this pay or go to jail court order, right for child support for child support.  Yeah, a lot. Hey, a guy, let's say a guy who's paying eight hundred dollars a month in child support at over 18 years at 10 percent interest. Man, that's hundreds of thousands of dollars. Do you know what kind of car you can buy when you come to a lot with cash like that? Or better yet, what about if he just wants to take some time off, work on himself, you know, improve himself, make him a better man, up his game? Do you know what you can do spending several hundred grand on yourself to improve your life when you don't have responsibilities for somebody else that you had no hand in creating? When most people tell me, yeah, most people tell me, says, you know, you make some very common sense approaches about this. Who would oppose this? That was my next question.  What's the rationale behind that law? My opinion, in those countries and places where they have. Pedestalized women almost to a worship status in France, I dare to say is one of those places. Sure, you know, Europe. Then. They don't place responsibility. And to me, that's almost like treating women as the forever child syndrome. I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, hold on, hold on, radical feminists that they wanted equality. That's right. I'm going to make them step up to the plate. You don't get to be the forever child with somebody else looking out and protecting you. You don't want you don't want the patriarchy, then you don't get the benefits of the patriarchy. Yeah, girl, you want to say, go girl, come on, guess what we going to do? Every man and boy who has been accused of causing the problem, he should have the right to confirm it. And if the confirmation says he didn't do it, Cornel Smith believes she should have to make restitution plus damages. And then be required to pursue the person she had our fun with because they're the ones who created the child. They're the ones who had all the fun creating the child. They should get all of the responsibility. Now, what's wrong with that approach? Seems pretty common sense to me. Seems pretty fair. Be careful with people that say you're radical like me. Radical ideas are thousands of years old, apparently, right? Absolutely. Absolutely. I'm happy to be a radical with you. Likewise, I feel like I'm in good company. Yeah, for sure. So what have been your impressions of the convention overall? Overall, there is a great sense to me of the brotherhood and the appeal to help men do better. Help men and boys do better because I think we got to go against a culture that has, to me, has increased its massandric point of view toward men and boys. You know, that lie there propagating about toxic masculinity. I'm unapologetic about being male. I'm unapologetic that as a man, I don't teach my daughter it's okay for her to lie, cheat, and steal just because of a cultural letter. I don't give her that out. I don't tell her, well, say, hey, daughter, you can do whatever you want to and you get to ride on your looks.  I said they both are accountable. I taught them both. You lie, cheat, steal wrong. You need to work. You need to learn how to master your gift and abilities so that you can be a better you. I'm not the only one from where I talk to people here at the conference. They're doing that same kind of stuff. So it was really easy to connect with people. Have you gotten the chance to talk to any of the women at the 22 convention? Are there speakers there? I know a few of them, but I knew one great lady here. Her name is attorney Melissa Isaac. She's great. Outstanding lady, got chance to meet her on Dad Talk Today when we were at a television studio to record a taping there for Dad Talk Today. And I found out that she also supports many of my viewpoints on helping men and boys not be trapped by law. And her as an attorney, she is skilled in using law and her affirm is a men's rights father's rights attorney law firm. I was like, girl, where were you when I needed to tell you? But I love what she does. I love the fact that she doesn't subscribe to the rad film. She is one of their more vocal opponents. I have mad respect for her and every lady that's like her that says, you know what? We don't want special favors. We want equal treatment, but we also are willing to be equally responsible and equally accountable. I can't have nothing but respect for ladies like her. Amen to that. Where can people go to find out more about you and what you do and learn your story? For people to connect with me, it is a very simple word. ThePaternityCoach.com ThePaternityCoach.com one word and that will connect you to all of my social media Twitter, Instagram, YouTube. If I left one out, it'll be there. It's already there and the national survey that we have for paternity fraud victims. I'm partnering with a sociologist so we want to get feedback from a group that no one ever asked the men boys who have been paternity fraud victims to get feedback from them because there should be social services for them. There should be therapeutic, there should be mental help, there should be some legal help for them. And sad thing is, they pay taxes. Men pay taxes, but there are almost no services in the social construct for men. And when I had a client commit suicide, it furthered my passion to keep doing this. So, ThePaternityCoach.com is how you connect with me. Who knows? I do work with a limited number of people in a consulting capacity. I take a few clients every nine days and if they wanted to explore whether or not that we could connect together for a good fit, who knows? We might work together. Sounds great. Thank you so much for your work and for helping men and for your very brave crusade. A lot to be said when you're facing pay or go to jail. You can be highly motivated. I'm a motivated man for sure. This is Will Spencer from the Renaissance of Men here with the new 21 Report in Carnell Smith. Thanks so much.


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Item number SCP-1025 Object Class Keter Safe Special Containment Procedures Due to its potential as a bio-weapon capable of destroying all life on Earth, SCP-1025 is to be kept in an isolated underground vault, secured by no fewer than 10 armed guards, to be rotated twice weekly and checked for compromise by infectious agents. The vault should be armed with a thermite mine to be detonated at the first sign of containment breach. Revision SCP-1025 is to be kept in a passcode-secured locker. Further research requires O5 approval. Description SCP-1025 is a hard-covered book, approximately 1500 pages long. The front cover and spine feature the title, The Encyclopedia of Common Diseases. The publisher's page indicates the book was printed in 19 ██ by ██ Press. No other copies of a book with that title and publisher have been found, and no record of the publisher exists. Readers of the book seem to exhibit symptoms of any disease they read about. The effect can take between ██ and ██ hours to manifest. See Test Log Addendum 1025-01 Test Log Subjects D-1025-01 Test Subject read entry entitled Common Cold. Subject observed for several hours afterward. Results Subject exhibited cough within two hours, and when asked claimed to feel slightly achy, though he attributed this to uncomfortable sleeping arrangements. Subjects D-1025-02 Test Subject read entry entitled Chicken Pox. Subject observed for several hours. Results Over the course of one hour, subject observed a scratch at no fewer than five points on her body repeatedly. Subject's medical history indicated she had contracted chicken pox at age eight. Possible evidence of items can override natural immunities noted. Subjects D-1025-03 Test Subject read entry entitled Canter of the Lungs. Subject observed for several hours. Test was to determine items' ability to accelerate advancement of illnesses. Results Subject observed a cough four, ten, six, a significant number of times over the course of ██ hours within a relatively small amount of time. Subject denied feeling any discomfort, but observation of subject's breathing indicated irregularities. Subject terminated and sent for autopsy. No tumors apparent. No. We clearly didn't wait long enough, but we all heard the coughs and his wheezing. Subjects D-1025-04 Test Previous tests repeated, but subject observed for seven days. Results A lot of coughing and wheezing, far beyond what should be considered normal. Subject terminated and sent for autopsy. No tumors apparent. No. What if the illness vanishes after death, making infection all the more insidious? Subjects D-1025-05 Test Same as previous. Results Same as previous, but subject sent for vivisection, utilizing ██ hours before expiring from shock. No tumors apparent. No. We have to keep trying. Imagine if this were an infectious agent. Imagine if there were more books like this out there. Redundant tests redacted for brevity. In summary, each test used one D-class subject, who read one entry from the item and was then tested or vivisected in search of signs of infection following reported symptoms. After Test 15, research was moved to a dedicated isolated facility in ██, staffed by three researchers and two security. One D-class subject delivered as needed to minimize space and ration needs. Subjects D-1025-27 Test Subject read entry entitled appendicitis. Subject had undergone an appendectomy at age 16. Observed for three days. After 52 hours, subject complained of stomach ache, significant abdominal discomfort. Vivisection performed. No appendix found, but area where appendix would normally be looked a few shades more red than it should be, by general consensus of research staff. Subjects D-1025-28 Formerly researcher ██ Test Subject had developed persistent cough, despite never reading SCP-1025 and was placed in observation for one week. Results None apparent for six days. At 0930 hours on Day 7, subject appeared slightly taller than the day previous. Noted as evidence that items and knowledge properties can cause generation of diseases other than those researched by the victim, and without direct viewing or reading material. Unconsidered, but overruled for the time being. No. D-1025-30 Got out.   The addition of height is a classical symptom of SCP-016 adapted to the stress of being confined in that room. Who knows or cares what he was coming down with first? There was a grating on the ceiling, a few more feet of height, and a few inches skinnier, and he'd easily fit. He could be up there right now, growing claws and vomiting infected blood everywhere and taking who knows what other dormant diseases with him. SCP-008? SCP-742? Oh, God, what if he comes down with SCP-217? Addendum 1025-02 A recovery team was sent to the facility on ██ after no contact was made from the facility for 72 hours. This found researchers ██ and ██ sealed in the observation booth, both wearing biological containment suits. Agent ██ was found crawling through the facility's air ducts with sidearm drawn. Researcher ██ had locked himself in the barracks with an improvised flamethrower made of aerosol cleaner and a box of matches. Later interview indicated ██ had not climbed into ducts, but simply used his passcode to leave the observation chamber while other researchers were distracted. Agent ██ was found dead in a supply closet locked from inside, with several empty bottles of water and ration packages. The door had been given an airtight seal with garbage bags and duct tape. Note, after careful review of all research on SCP-1025, I am ordering an immediate evaluation of whoever approved the use of 27d-class subjects, an isolated facility, and a dedicated underground bunker on this money pit. Not one out of the ordinary infectious agent was found any place this item was tested, and every involved staff member had passed a basic psych exam within the previous year. I have no idea how far up the chain of command is, hypochondria by proxy effect can reach, or how it works, and frankly, I see no benefit in learning. Stick it in the box, lock it up, and for God's sake, try not to worry about it. Oh, five.


What's going on, everyone? Sam here with late in sports cards. We are ripping 22, putting national treasures football hobby, four box, full case break, number 104, random division style. There is a look again at your random results. As always, you can find those on the website under the results tab, as well as the link in the chat. Good luck, everybody. Let's do it. Yeah, Young's got to produce a little bit more, too. He's definitely got to not be the only winless team in the NFL. I think that would probably help. Nothing. No live sports, unfortunately. Oh, UCLA Stanford. There we go. Let's go, dude. And was that Montana State and Sacramento State? Probably. Keep UCLA Stanford. Right, right, right, right, for sure. T-Law to 99 AFC South. Nice one there. Got a Derek Henry to 49. Nice one there, Titans. 299, Aaron Jones going to the NFC North. And who is that, Henry? AFC South as well on Henry. Kill Pilots at zero touchdowns, good award. Jamar Chase, 36 at 49. Three-color patch for the AFC North. I think Utah gets super overlooked all the time, dude. I like Utah. They're such a good packed well team. We've got for the NFC West, that is a quad. Stafford Cup, Miller and Donald. Nice one there. NFC East, that is going to be A, Sam Howell, 17 to 25. Dual jerseys. Dual jerseys, Sam Howell. Nice one here, printing plate auto. That is, yeah, Greg Dulcich, AFC West, one of one. Very nice, very nice. That is AFC East. Marc Gastonot, part of the New York SAC exchange. Grads AFC East on the Gastonot. Closed out my results tab. Geez. Got to get it together, really. Dude, the noise is. 249, Zemir White.  I'm not. I'm not hearing stuff. Oh, that's kind of nasty. Zemir White, 49 to 49, AFC West. That's going to be going to the AFC North. How about Jersey numbered, eight of 99. Kenny Pickett. There we go. On the RPA. Congrats on that one. Let's go. That's true. I am an AI working nice to a bot. Yes, Steelers AFC North. Congrats, Andrew W. There you go, buddy. That is a KP again on the Jersey numbered RPA. Not bad. Not bad at all. All right, starting off AFC South. Is Fred Taylor to 99? No, I didn't, Joshua. I have to make sure I double check my mail. To 22 is AFC South, Derek Henry. And then I'll read up on it. Yeah, make sure to really, really know that inside and out. NFC South Alvin Kamara to 99. On the Century Materials Jersey card. We've got a Garrett Wilson. That is five of 49 for the AFC East. Nice one there. AFC East, Garrett Wilson, two color patch. NFC East now is going to be a Wondale Robinson, 23 of 25 on the two color patch. Justin Herbert, wow. Going to the AFC West, five of 49. Nasty, dude. Got weird numbering, six of seven. That is going to be a Aden Hutchinson. Going to the NFC North. Congrats, NFC North. That is going to be a NFC North. Drew R., there you go, Drew. Nice one there. We'll get that into a mag for everybody. Six of seven, Hutch. Got a DJ Moore, six of 49. Still a Panther in this, NFC South. Nice one there. AFC East is a horizontal RPA of Taekwann Thornton, three color. Can I go last one too? It's a nice one actually, that last one. Congrats on that there, AFC East. And then going to the NFC East. 56 of 99, Jahan Dotson, true RPA. Congrats, Daniel M. Daniel M, congrats on that one, buddy. Jahan Dotson, true RPA to 99. Redemption Aroni. Kirk O. Chains to 99, NFC North, Kirk Cousins. And NFC East, that is going to be to 25. Jalen Hertz. Derek Henry, 48 to 49 for the AFC South. Treasured Patches. Got a Greg Rousseau and Von Miller to 99 for the AFC East. Nice one there, dual, couple defensive studs. Next up is a Thurman Thomas, nine of 10, two color, two color patches, AFC East again. Yes sir, Puka, yes sir, man. Yes sir, dude. Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy. Nice one here for the NFC West. Purdy and Danny Gray, nine of 25. Abdo Z, hit that, Abdo Z. Yeah, Abdo, man. Abdo, they were the two of the last team stake in Falcons and Panthers, Abdo took them both. That is going to the NFC East again, 42 of 54, Sam Williams. I know NFC East, excuse me, I don't know what I said that. Did I say NFC North? NFC East. I don't remember it, I'm sorry. You're good, you're trying to focus on me. No, you're good. That is going to be Jordy Nelson, three of 99. Going to the NFC North. I would say you can make the next one. 74 of 99 is going to be a Jalen Tolbert on the true RPA, 74 of 99, NFC East again, doubling down on true RPAs. And then going to the NFC South, we've got Chris Olave, rookie first edition signatures booklet, NFC South. Jeffery H, congrats, buddy. Yeah, I'd mag that, and I'd mag that, Olave. Yeah, so I mean, I get this point. So mag both. Yes, yes. Over. Over. Over. In the storm, Slurp Juice died. Beep, beep, beep, beep. That was pretty funny when me and Sean started going, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Oh God. Mike Evans to 99, NFC South. Let's go. There he is. Hey. What are you guys doing there anymore though? I don't cry. I try myself to sleep. Probably. That is to 35, Taylor Heinecke. Yeah, I haven't been more upset. I think the most upset I ever got with a Raven leaving, obviously outside of Suggs and Reed was Anquan Bolden, dude. I was so pissed when he traded him. Davis Mills, eight of 10. Nice one there, AFC South on the patch. Treasured Patches, Davis Mills. NFC East, K-Von, Tibidoo, 19 of 99, or the K-Von, Tibidoo. There you go. Future Chief, Mike Evans. Yeah, probably. Probably. I hope not. 14 of 49. And that is Sean Alexander. But if you love him and he leaves, like you want him to go and get a ring somewhere, like T-Sizzle got a ring with the Chiefs at the end of his career. 21 of 25, Herbie. Nice one there. That is gonna be two color and three color for the AFC West. Congrats, DJ. Oh, I think it is. Oh, no, it's not, but still cool. 299 is Thurman Thomas. Nice one there, AFC East. This one's sick, dude. That is gonna be going to the AFC West. Rich Gannon, one-of-one printing plagiarism. Congrats, AFC West. That's sick, dude. Gannon, Gannon, Gannon. Did you, no, no, Dylan told me that. You know what the producer, Don Cannon? Gannon, Gannon. His tagline is from a Madden game where either, I think Madden said, Gannon, that's where it comes from. Is Rich Gannon, yes. Gannon, Gannon, dude. What song, it's an Uzi song. Like, I think Erase Your Social has that, or? There's another one. Do What I Want? Yes. Is it Do What I Want? Let me see really quick. Try not to get demonetized here. Well, we may be on both. That's a damn Molly Rock. Gannon, Gannon. There it is, there it is, yep. Got it. Now I Do What I Want. Next one here, NFC North, Justin Jefferson to 25. Now I Do What I Want. Shade, Jedis. That song is so good. That is, yeah. Now you can mag the last one. It's gonna be 225 on the horizontal RPA. That is Christian Watson. Congrats on that one, NFC North. Not the crossover, not the horizontal. Go, heck, go. Nice one there. Congrats on that NFC North. And empty. Quick recap, Aroni here. Let's not think about Russell Westbrook when I hear it. 99, K Von Tividow, Gregor Sovon Miller, Quad for the Rams, Alvin Kamara, Aaron Jones, a Derek Henry, Jamar Chase, Sean Alexander, Garrett Wilson, Justin Herbert, Brock Purdy, Wondale Robinson, Justin Herbert, Sam Howell, Thurman Thomas, and Davis Mills. Got autos now of Thurman Thomas, Jordy Nelson. That is Mark Gasineau, Ty Juan Thornton, Sam Williams, DJ Moore, Zemir White, Justin Jefferson, Rich Gannon, and Greg Dulcich. It's a good little break here, man. True RPA of Jalen Tolbert, NFC East, as well as Johan Dotson for the NFC East. It's a nice one there too, true RPAs for the NFC East. Had a Chris Olave, first edition signatures booklet going to the NFC South, Christian Watson, RPA to 25, crossover, NFC North, Kenny Pickett, and RPA to 99, eight of 99, jersey number for the Steelers and the NFC North, and then another NFC North, six of seven field pass, Aidan Hutchinson. That'll do it for the break, guys. Thanks again for the fill, up next, personal.