Members' statements? The Member for Nicobelt. Thank you, Speaker. Although I was a little bit disappointed we did not return to the legislature in September, it did allow me to spend more time in Nicobelt, which I love. I attended the USW Labor Day event, then went to Gogama. Gogama had a big fire. They were asked to declare a state of emergency, but because they were in LSB they were not allowed to do this, and now they're stuck. Also went to Metogamy First Nation. Metogamy First Nations would like to expand, but it is not easy to move the boundaries of a First Nation. Then I took part in the Dona Speed Field rowing event. She's a longtime volunteer with the Northern Water Sports Centre, and then I had the pleasure to attend the Lockerbie Legion, unveiling of their incredibly beautiful new senate tab. Looking forward to Remembrance Day. This is just, just beautiful. I'm also excited to share some upcoming event. Wild and Cross Country will be celebrating the grand opening of their brand new gazebo, which means that you will be able to change and be outside at the same time, makes it way easier with COVID. The opening takes place on Saturday, October 30th at noon, as part of the club ski swap in Open House. There's many activities coming up. The National Coaching Certificate Program, the Ontario Cups, all of this takes place at the Wild and Cross Country Club. If you've never been there, please drop in. It is just beautiful.  Come over, Speaker. Thank you. Thank you very much. Member Statements, the Member for Richmond Hill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We often come across leaders selflessly giving to the community, but they have not been recognized enough. Thanks to Kerry Merck for introducing the Portrait of Off-Giving to honour these leaders. Partnering with York Region, leaders are nominated and selected for awards. They openly recognise with a reception and photographic exhibit to capture each recipient with a personalised portrait and story of selfless giving. 2021 marks 12 years of celebration to the leaders in our community. I am proud for the four recipients from Richmond Hill. Rach Saffey, he received the Lifetime Achievement Distinction. Rach founded the York Region Indian Seniors Club in 2006 and had been working tirelessly in the community. Shannon Godward, she received the Honourable Distinction for Fire Service. Not only does she protect us, she sets a great example through her service. Domainer Elvin Mills received honorary distinction for their dedicated service to seniors. Thank you to our leaders and we are very proud of them. Thank you, Karen, for such a great initiative. It inspires our community. Thank you. Thank you very much. Member Statements, the Member for Waterloo. Thank you very much. I recently met with the Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario, a provincial not-for-profit organisation that is sounding the alarm on the urgent issues impacting the safety and security of older adults in Ontario. Ontario seniors have experienced new and unimaginable levels of isolation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, from isolation to neglect to physical abuse and financial fraud. In Ontario alone, EAPO's Senior Safety Line reported a 250% increase in elder abuse calls in 2020, almost 1,000 cases. EAPO has six main calls to action. Apply an elder abuse prevention lens and invest in prevention strategies when fixing elder care and they would like to see their pre-pandemic funding reinstated. Protect the financial well-being and fraud prevention for older adults in Ontario. Support a network of regional and local elder abuse prevention. Demand a seniors' care transfer from the federal government. Achieve funding stability to support programming for elder abuse prevention. And enhance accountability by naming a provincial advocate or ombudsman that reports directly to the legislature. Of note, our colleague in Kitchener Centre has introduced legislation that would create a seniors' advocate who would be an independent officer in the legislature to fulfil this call to action. I hope that all members of this legislature will listen to these important calls to action and work together to address the rapid rise in incidents of elder abuse across Ontario. And I would like to sincerely thank the elder abuse prevention in Ontario group for doing important work to keep elders safe. Thank you. Member Statements, the Member for Carleton. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, communities such as Finlay Creek and Sitzville are rapidly developing in my riding of Carleton. Currently, Catholic students in Finlay Creek are being bused to schools and surrounding areas because there's no Catholic elementary school in the community. Ecole secondaire, Catholic school. This school stands out for their sports, arts and business dreams. CIEL creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership opens doors for students to adapt and develop in a fast-paced changing world. A goal of mine is to see more schools built in Carleton in order to support the growing population of young families. Building the first Catholic elementary school in Finlay Creek and expanding Ecole secondaire, Catholic, Paul de Marais would alleviate the pressure on the surrounding schools in these communities. On October 5th, I released two petitions. The first petition is for our government to approve funding to build the first Catholic elementary school in Finlay Creek. The second petition is for the approval to fund a critical student expansion of secondaire, Catholic, Paul de Marais in Stitsfeld. One of the reasons I ran for office is because I wanted to see more schools built in Carleton. I have already successfully secured funding to build four brand new schools. I've had several meetings with the school boards and with the minister to discuss the need for schools to support an expanding student population. I encourage everyone to visit my website and sign these petitions at goldiempp.ca. Thank you. Member statements? The member for Timmons. Well, thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. We will all know as members of this assembly, small businesses across this province have been really having a hard time adjusting to what's happened in this pandemic. It's been tough for them on all kinds of levels and that has really taken a toll on their bottom line. That's why we under Andrew Horvath and New Democrats have been calling on this government in order to increase the amount of funding available to the small business community so that they're able to adjust to what's happened to them. Some of them have had to take on additional expense as a result of screening, which is a good thing. Businesses in my community, as yours, understand why this is necessary, but there is a certain amount of cost associated to it and their traffic is down. They don't have the amount of business that they had before, especially with some of the limits that have been imposed on them. So that's why the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Timmons has been asking us to ask the government in order to be able to increase the funding available to small businesses. These businesses are the backbone to our community. I think we all understand that and we need to make sure that we provide them with the support that's necessary to allow them to get through this particular phase of the pandemic. Hopefully we're going to be out of this in a not too distant future, but we want to make sure when we come out on the other side that the members of the Timmons Chamber of Commerce, those small businesses in our town that work so hard are going to be there in order to benefit from the rebound that will happen at the end of this pandemic. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you very much. Member Statements. The Member for York Centre. Thank you, Speaker. What's happening in the province of Ontario and Canada and what's been happening for the last 19 months is unthinkable. Nurses, first responders and workers from every field are being fired for refusing to undergo a medical procedure. The government is dictating how many people we may host at our homes and which customers we may or may not serve in our businesses. We're forced to show ideas, scan a QR code to sit down for a bowl of soup at Tim Hortons. I submit that if government subjects us to these extreme measures then we must insist that it does so on a basis of a fair narrative. COVID is very serious respiratory virus. It can be very dangerous to some folks, mainly those with serious comorbidities, particularly diabetes. COVID is real and serious, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't objectively look at the data and craft public policy that's based on a fair narrative. On October 15th, Statistics Canada published its COVID Excess Mortality Analysis for 2020. Over 80% of COVID related deaths were in long-term care homes, where on average, statistically, residents are in their last year of life. 90% of deaths between March to July 2020 were among patients with at least one serious pre-existing condition, mostly dementia. Every death is tragic and every life is precious, but it doesn't mean that we should redesign our lives and bodily autonomy, privacy, and mobility when we know where the risk is. Government must protect long-term care homes and build hospital capacity, but end the alarmism, end the fear-mongering, and end the false narrative. I'm asking the government, own up to the narrative, leave Ontarians alone, and end this nightmare. The next member's statement. The member for Stormont-Dundas, South Glen-Gerry. Thank you, Speaker. We have everyone here to join us in celebrating Ontario Dental Hygienist Week, which runs next week from October 17th to the 23rd. The growing evidence linking oral health to overall health highlights the importance of access to oral health, including regular dental and dental hygiene check-ups. Dental hygienists have a distinctive clinical role in preventing gum disease and tooth decay, making a significant contribution to a person's well-being and overall health. Dental hygienists not only clean teeth, but they provide professional assessments that include oral cancer screening, treatment planning, individual oral care evaluations, customized preventative home care programs, and lastly they offer advice on other health areas such as nutrition and smoking cessation. As regulated healthcare professionals, dental hygienists follow stringent rules and standards set by the regulatory college, ensuring the public service receives safe and ongoing comprehensive oral care at all times, including during a pandemic. The Ontario Dental Hygienist Association supports oral health care initiatives provided by the Ontario government, including the Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program, which ensures Ontarians in need of support have access to oral health care services. Again, I want to wish the Ontario Dental Hygienist all the best during Ontario Dental Hygiene Week, and thank them for all their valuable contribution to the health care system in Ontario. Thank you. Thank you very much. Member Statements, the Member for Essex. Thank you very much, Speaker. As members would know, October is Community Support Month in the province of Ontario. Community support centres support over 1 million Ontarians each year, including seniors and people with disabilities. They help clients live independently in their own homes and communities for as long as possible, and reduce the burden of families, family caregivers, and the burden on our health care system. Speaker, as Ontario's population ages, community support services will become even more important. So it is my honour today to give a real big shout-out to the Essex Community Service Centre, led by my good friend Tracy Bailey, incredible leadership there. Also, Denise Cassidy, who has pivoted the organisation through COVID to provide virtual care and support for residents. Samantha Hughes, who is the CareLink coordinator. Carly Wood, who is changing lives with diabetic foot care, giving people freedom and comfort. And Murray Tofflemeyer, who is the landlord of the facility, but is also an incredible corporate sponsor, has made incredible donations to the Community Support Centre. There are also over 300 volunteers that on a weekly, annual basis, donate their time and volunteer their time to make that organisation work. Speaker, we are so better off for having the Community Support Centre in Lakeshore and Essex County, and I know across the province and members' communities too as well. We want to recognise them all today, give them a great big thank you, and thanks for making our communities better and healthier place today. Thank you very much. Member Statements. The Member for Berry Innisfil. Thank you, Speaker. October marks Small Business Week, and this government from day one has always had the backs of small businesses. We started off by lowering the small business tax, and we went on to support these businesses during the global pandemic with programmes like the Small Business Grant and, of course, the Digital Main Street. And I just heard over this past week when I talked to Kevin Guy from the first aid in CPR training who benefited from the Digital Main Street programme, and I also want to thank him for all his work and all the things that he's doing in his business. Our downtown businesses via the BIA, Downtown BIA, have also benefited from the Digital Main Street programme. But this is also a week to commemorate the great entrepreneurship that is our communities, and I'm so honoured to live in a represented community that is so dedicated to supporting our entrepreneurs. In fact, Berry is home to the Accelerate Summit, which is Central Ontario's premier business event to attract hundreds and thousands of entrepreneurs. This year, it's the 8th annual virtual Accelerate Summit. It's being run by Georgian's Henry Burnick Entrepreneurship Centre. So thank you, Sarah Betham, for all your work on that summit. And it's done in partnership with InvestBerry, which is co-sponsored by Small Business Centre, GrowVantage, South Georgian Bay Small Business Entrepreneurship Centre, Berry Chamber of Commerce, and InvestBerry, and Invest InnisfillingU. Speaker, this is really an example of the great might that is our small businesses in Berry. And so this week, if you can, please support your small businesses, whether it's Deb and Ralph at Forka Plate, Rob Saunders at Cove Café, whether it's Wild Wings and Berry, or Jennifer Dwyer at the House Skrill. Please support your small businesses. Thank you. Member Statements. Member for Perth Wellington. Thank you, Speaker. Meredith Snyder was a long-time Perth County Councillor and former Perth County warden. He passed in June of this year. Myrt was a lifelong resident of the Wallace Ward in North Perth, where he owned and operated a family farm. He truly was a dedicated and hard-working family man, farmer, and public servant. In fact, his time as an elected official spent 39 years. He served on municipal councils, including 10 as Wallace Township Reeve, 18 as Perth County Councillor, and two as Perth County warden. I sat next to him during my time on North Perth Council. Myrt knew the importance of rural life. He knew firsthand how farmers contribute to Ontario's nutritional and economic well-being. It's no wonder that he was the champion of the agricultural sector. He demonstrated his commitment by serving on the Palmerston Agriculture Society, the Perth County Beef Farmers, and as an advisory councillor with the Ontario Cattlemen's Association. Residents of Perth County and those in the agriculture sector could not have asked for anyone more committed to their community. He represented them well. I wanted to extend our condolences to his family and all those who knew him and worked with him. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. That concludes our member's statements for this morning.


So the Ravens lose the AFC North, but they can still actually get a home playoff game and as crazy as it sounds, yeah, it is pretty crazy. So let's break it down before we get into it, because we got a lot to cover. As you all know, if you didn't hear the NFL, they are ruling this game between the Bengals and the Beals of no contest. So that has an impact on the Chiefs. It has an impact on the Beals and the Bengals, of course, but it has a big impact on the Baltimore Ravens. Looking to fight for the AFC North, the way that they could have still been fighting for the AFC North is if the Beals would have beaten the Bengals on that Monday night game, and then the Ravens beat the Bengals in the last game of the season. Even though the Ravens did lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers, they still had an opportunity to get the AFC North to win the AFC North, but now they don't have that opportunity anymore. So the NFL, what they decided is, all right, if Ravens win the game against the Bengals in week 18 and those two teams get matched up in the playoffs, they're like, okay, since the Ravens, they still technically could have had a shot at the AFC North, what we'll do is a coin flip. If the Ravens win the game against the Bengals, and only if they win against the Bengals, then there will be a coin flip. If the Bengals win against the Ravens, there is no coin flip. But if the Ravens win against the Bengals and these two teams get matched up the following week in the playoffs, then there will be a coin flip to determine where that game is. So if the Ravens could win, they could play their hearts out against the Bengals on week, in week 18, get a kick, a game-winning field going, it's like, yeah, let's go. Did that coin flip, it lands on a pay-core stadium? The game is in Cincinnati. But if they do all that, all that same stuff happens and that coin flip lands on M&T Bank Stadium, then the Ravens would actually get a home playoff game. It's a crazy situation. But NFL is like, hey, that's that's all we can do. And I know it's tricky. I know they've been mixed emotions on it and whatnot. And you know what, let's just get into this first question from my guy Plex, and he's a teamkeeper, clean patron real quick. Shout out to the newest teamkeeper, clean patron to my guy, Michael B. And the newest teamkeeper, clean channel members, Jay Frank and Geron Carlton appreciate all of y'all. Let's get into this question now for my guy Plex. He said, you got to put your own working around here. He said, before I get started, big shout out to the person who said, Ravens should consider cutting or trading Gus Edwards. But he went into depth on how the roster should be restructured. I thought I was wild enough by myself, but I found a friend at the end of the bar. Here's why I'm here. I have zero issues with how the league handled the Bengals versus Bills game. Have we taken care of business early in the season? We wouldn't have to worry about a coin flip or win percentage or whatever other stipulations are there. In six losses, we had leads at the end of the game and five of them. When one of them were playing for the division, when two of them, we win the division outright. The league didn't give us the short end of the stick. We did this to ourselves. Complaining about the circumstances is weak to me.  It is certainly adversity. But I disagree with that the end part about the league. They didn't give the Ravens a short end of the stick. I mean, they gave a lot of the teams a short end of the stick. And it wasn't just the Ravens, but a lot of teams. They they took a little blow because of this. So they just, yeah, they just got to deal with it. But I have seen a lot of people say, oh, well, Ravens, they didn't deserve the AFC North anyway. And with that, I disagree because I've seen a lot of people say the same thing. You said, yeah, the Ravens put themselves in this position, which they technically did. But at the same time, they still put themselves in the position to be fighting for the AFC North. Even though I didn't think that bingles game would go so good. But hey, you never know. You never know. So they put themselves in a position to be battling for the AFC North. So they did deserve to be here. They did deserve to be here. That's why I see a lot of people say, oh, Ravens, they don't deserve to be in the playoffs. No, they do. They do because they want enough games to get into the playoffs and they want enough games to get into the playoffs two weeks ahead of the end of the regular season. They didn't even have to fight and kick and claw and scream and all that to get into the play. No, Ravens are a playoff team and they deserve to be in the playoffs. How they do when they get there. Hey, we'll see what they do deserve to be there. So I also think they deserve to be fighting for the AFC North. Now, not taking anything away from what the NFL did with the game because it's like it's tough because of scheduling, especially with it being so late in the season.  But you know, they were looking for every single possibility that this game could be played because they don't want to lose no game. I know that's why that's why NFL. They were they told the players the whole five minute thing and then they're going to get back to playing and whatnot. They don't want to lose this game. Money night football game between the bingles in the field. Like, I was looking forward to that game, like crazy. I know a lot of us were to a lot of people were because that that game was it looking like it's going to be a real good one. And it probably would have been. But you guys to understand the situation. So obviously glad that the more Hamlin is doing really good. So that's that that's first and foremost. But with the game and stuff, it's just it's just one of them crazy, like possibly one off situations, man, stuff like this, like never happens. So the NFL, they just they had to pivot. They had to adjust and this was the move that they made. So Team Keep It Clean. Welcome to another episode of Question from Sub. We can ask any question you want to. And if you want to be a part of it for the patrons, you can send your questions directly on Patreon. For everybody else, you can send an email to Team Keep It Clean at gmail.com. Do not send an email anywhere else. Do not CC any other emails. And no, you send one email to Team Keep It Clean at gmail.com. No, where else you send it anywhere else? Your question won't even be a question. You will never see it. It won't see the light of day. But anyway, our next question came from another patron. I got her appreciation for being a patron for a whole year. Anyway, you said engraving. I hope you and the Ohana family are doing well. I haven't asked a question in a minute. I usually just like to listen, watch and observe. But I got one for you. Had a team keeping clean in the whole Ravens flock. Think of DC, Mike McDonald's job so far. I know all the talk is about zero and hard. Well, let's talk about Mike McDonald. Well, up to all your thoughts and the rest of Team Keep It Clean's opinions. Keep doing your thing, bro. I appreciate you. Mahalo. Appreciate that. And thank you for everything, man. Um, I can't ask my guy. Perfect one, this question, because he gonna go off on Mike McDonald. He been going off on him for a while. Can't ask my guy flirting whiskey about this question because he been going off on Mike McDonald all season long, too. Mike McDonald, he been all right. He been all right. Hasn't been great. I'll say he has even he been. I'll say he been all right. Like it's like the defense, they got so many assets. They got so many playmakers and whatnot. And the defense, they just weird because again, from. They they do a lot of bending, but not breaking. But it's like they break. And I know the offense got something to do with it, too. But they break at the worst times. The last two minutes of the first half, last two minutes of the fourth quarter, really just fourth quarter period. Like, and I mean, overall first through third quarter defense. All right, let's get it. They fourth quarter. That's what it's been. So they got to work on finishing. They got to work on finishing. That's been a big issue for the defense this year. It's been finishing. Sometimes it's been a man offense. Just they got us out there all game long, man. We tired. We just straight up tired. Then there's been other instances where it's like, all right, offense at the very end of the game, we're close to the very end of the game. Ravens offense, they'll go score. Go ahead, field goal.  And then it's like, all right, let's go. All we got to do is get a stop. And the defense like, get a stop fourth quarter game. Win and drive, please. We ain't getting no stop, baby. So it's tough. So I mean, it's his first year. But I mean, it's still a profession, whether it's your first year, your 14th year. You still are putting something out there. So it's going to be criticized and analyzed and whatnot. So Mike McDonald, he's done a all right job, but it's just the finishings got improved. James Washington, next question came from my guy Anthony. He said, Washington and Skip, they are real high on James Washington. Do you see us going after him? They sure think he could be a steal. No, he's way too young. Where was my bus keys? Next question came from my guy Desmond. He said, I just have a few small questions. Did we lose the keys to the bus? Well, I mean, we just had to. It's the only way we can explain. Gus only getting three carries with no injury. Who knows, man? Nobody seemed to have been able to explain it this week, but we used to that. Anyway, he said, second one, why do we have our backup quarterback have more carries than our 1B running back? Ooh, hey, you gotta ask your offensive coordinator about that one, buddy. He said, third one, instead of pulling Project Pat every play, why not just keep him on modes of sight to help? Because TJ White was abusing him. Yeah, he was. But hey, Ravens, their team that a lot of times they lacked the in-game adjustments. They'll talk about it afterwards, be like, oh, we should have done that. We could have done that. Maybe we needed to do that. But during the game, it seems to be an issue.  Hey, we've been talking about the poor situational play calling for years, for years. So I'm just, it's expected at this point. It's been expected and it is expected and it's continued. So it's like, you can't even get mad at it no more.  Ravens, they continue doing the same things. We can't really expect stuff to change. He said, who did he think that fake screen handoff was going to fool? We already ran two screens for the year, LL. Fifth one, had all of our receivers total two catches for 18 yards, shaking my head. Our offense is so predictable. How many Hall of Famers do we need to call before EDC or Steve do something? Thanks for letting me vent.  Next question came from Katie, Roquan or Lamar? Ooh. Hey, Raven, this is my first question and it's a short one. If you had to only choose one to sign and let one walk, who would you choose Lamar? Lamar, like, but anyway, let's continue. She said, Lamar Jackson or Roquan Smith. Me personally, if I could only choose one, it would be Lamar. Even though Lamar has been rough the last couple of games that he's played, I think that's only because the contract has been hanging over his head. And I truly believe if we sign him to a long-term deal that he will return to his 2019 self and win us the Super Bowl and possibly win another MVP. While I would love those things, it would all just depend on what the Ravens put around him. I would not wanna see Lamar come back to the same old stuff.  Then what's the point? What's the point? If you're gonna bring him back as your franchise quarterback, put pieces around him. It's as simple as that, but I don't think the Ravens feel like it's so simple. I hear you. Next question came from my guy, Michael. He said, I hear you live right now on the radio on 1057, my man. I hope your subscribers go up. I'm glad to hear that the people, even on the radio watching videos, keep doing your thing and keep bringing the fire content. I appreciate that, Mike. Yeah, that was fun. So this was from last week, last Friday. Yeah, a week ago when we were on 1057, the fam. I appreciate you listening to that and shout out to Tareedah and Glenn Clark for having me on too. This won't ever happen. Next question came from my guy, Sean. He said, what's up, Raven? Hope you're in the fam doing well.  Derek Carr just got benched by the Raiders. In my opinion, he won't be there next year. Devonte Adams isn't gonna stay there to get past this throne to him by Jared Stidham. You know they ain't rocking with no Jared Stidham at the beginning of the year. But anyway, he said, add them to the Ravens to help us keep Lamar. Pfft. Yeah, you write the subject of your email. This won't ever happen. You spot on with that. He said, I wish this would happen, but Harbaugh isn't gonna go. And he'll only bring in one of his boys that has the same scheme as Jiro and hopefully when he leaves. Appreciate the videos and wish you much success in this upcoming. Yeah, appreciate you, man. Lamar trade. Next question came from my guy, Brandon. He said, I wouldn't want to see this happen, but if it does happen, who and what team would you like to see the Ravens? Oh, oh, who and what would you like to see the Ravens getting returned? Thank you for giving us some of the best Ravens content. I appreciate that, Brandon. I mean, yeah, I wouldn't like to see it either, but if they trade, then just a lot of value and not the value where it's like, oh, well, we really got value. No, no, no, not the Ravens type of value, like actual, like real true value. Multiple first round picks, multiple second round picks, but would getting all that be worth having a bunch of losing seasons? Next question came from my guy, Ricky G. He said, ain't Raven, how's your day been? It's been pretty good so far. I mean, it's 904 AM right now. When you're seeing this, who knows. But anyway, he said, do you think that it would be a smart idea for the Ravens to trade Lamar to a team like the Lions or Seahawks and try to get a first round pick in some other picks? I was thinking they could trade Lamar and get Bryce Younger, some other good QB in the draft and then use other picks on wide receiver. I love how so many people, they have this hope for the Baltimore Ravens, like, oh, if they trade Lamar Jackson, then they'll, for whatever quarterback that they get, then they can really, they'll really start putting some wide receivers around them. I just, I don't think anything's really gonna change as far as that. And if it did, it'll be like, oh, great. They actually finally start really investing in wide receivers, but it'll also be a slap in the face to Lamar if they did that.  What happened? What, why not? But anyway, whoever they trade them to, I mean, well, if they trade them, hopefully they don't, but who knows how this whole thing is gonna go. But you say get a first round pick. No, I'm pretty sure it will go for more than one first round pick. I think two is a minimum. So maybe even three, but if it's two first round picks, then it would be a bunch of other picks as well. Next question came from a guy hard heavy. He said, as easy as it is to get plays from Madden, which at this point would be a better option. Greg Roman can't even do that. Can you tell me how hard it is to look at the top coaches in the league and copy their skims and plays that slice of defense? Kyle Shanahan, Mike McDaniel, wide receivers are always open. We don't have the talent with wide receiver position, but this has been all on Greg Roman. I disagree that it's all been on Greg Roman. I definitely disagree with that. But he does have a scheme. His scheme is him. It's who he is. It's what he's been. It's what it's been. And the Ravens decided, hey, that's what we're gonna roll with. So this is on the Ravens as well, to just them as an organization. And yeah, so I mean, it is what it is. That's, they fixated on that scheme. That's what they wanna roll with. And that's the product that we've been getting. The offense. Next question came from Ejon. He said, Ravens Nation team can be clean. Hope all this well. And Graves, my question is why can't we win big games? With the division on the line, we blow another double digit lead. The offense went three straight, three announced, and a penalty to end things. And I don't remember the last time the offense scored at least 21 points in a game. Was it the Jaguars game? I think it was a Jaguars game. But anyway, stay safe. Harbour and Roman gotta go. LOL, maybe Lamar will save the day again though. It's tough to watch without the unanimous MVP winning under center. Yeah, the Ravens offense has been rough. I mean, even with Lamar, it had some rough moments this year too, for sure. But not nearly. Nearly as much as we've been seeing here easily, baby. Accountability. Next question came from Kenyari. He said, well, something great. I hope this reaches you well. This is my first question from Subbs.  It's more of a rant, but Greg gotta go or someone or something. Jon struggles with accountability and holding people accountable. Believing is one thing. And I also understand you don't bash your team to the public. That's all Ravens way as an organization. That's true. But I mean, come on now, something's gotta give. You see Green Bay eventually getting it rolling. If this offense was built for Lamar, we'd have key players that helps Lamar's strength. Not going down that road, but it starts with accountability. Ooh, I love how you worded that. That was perfectly said. He said, not going down that road, but it starts with accountability. Not just we looking forward to see Lamar get that deal done and different things being implemented. Time for that change and spark. Let's go Raven. If that change and spark happened, that would be great. But I just feel like it's gonna be a lot of the same old stuff as long as the same leadership continues to remain in control. Next question came from Ed Dabbo. He said, instead of trading for DeAndre Hopkins, do you think the Ravens should trade for Mike Evans instead next year? Yeah. Healthier. Healthier, bigger wire seeper, playmaker wire seeper. I mean, both options would be great. In my opinion, you're gonna have to pay more for Mike Evans. Like, I don't even think DeAndre Hopkins will go for a first round pick. But I think Mike Evans definitely would. But yeah, I would love it. I would not be opposed to that at all. But who's gonna be his quarterback? But anyway, he said, here's my vision. Big body vet receiving Mike Evans, young emerging star in Bateman, doov in the slot, draft the speedy receiver to spread the defense out in Robinson for depth. All of that while still having tight ends and running game, what are your thoughts? I love it. I love it.  It shall come to the light. Next question came from my boy Julius. He said, ain't Raven, let's get right to it. Ravens didn't build a team around Lamar. They built it on Lamar. The scheme only works with Lamar because he is the scheme. Giro is using the same place from Kaepernick days. The X factor is Lamar. It's a shame the Ravens really are trying to win cheap. Look at Huntley.   Why keep designing runs for your quarterback when they just got concussed? Has anyone noticed Lamar is on the sideline with no headset? Is that not questionable? Mark Andrews said in an interview after the stealers game, we have a franchise quarterback in Snoop. Yeah, he did say that. He sure did. And I'm like, hold up now, Mark.  Well, blink twice if everything is OK. Or blink three times if you're in trouble. OK, now anyway, he said John didn't even know Lamar was watching the game on the sidelines. How? John didn't realize that Gus wasn't getting the ball during the game. Really? How are you the head coach? And you have no accountability. It's one thing to have losing seasons. Now you're just losing respect. Plus belittle us as fans to say we are just at the end of the bar. But we pay club prices on our tabs at the end of those bars at M&T Bank Stadium. Your thoughts? Oh, man, you would just spot on this whole thing. I loved it. Derek Carr, I mean, I see a lot of y'all talking about Derek Carr recently. Next question came from South Endov. He said, what's up in Raven? I feel I am low-key preparing to lose Lamar Jackson. And if they do, what are your thoughts about the Ravens trading Lamar to Seattle for at least two first round picks and signing Derek Carr? Doing that will give the Ravens two top 15 first round picks, which would allow us to possibly grab one of those top five QBs and allow that QB to have a possible redshirt year and have an experienced QB to learn from. Oh, so you want a double dip at quarterback. So if Ravens trade Lamar, you want to draft the top quarterback and sign Derek Carr. Woo! Buddy, you ain't playing. I wish the Ravens felt like you felt at the wide receiver position. But anyway, he said, furthermore, that would allow the Ravens to trade down and get a second pick, which would also allow them to grab a premier wide receiver and possibly a corner in the first round. What are your thoughts? I wouldn't double dip like that at quarterback. I think it should be one or the other. I mean, because, again, rookies, I know that they're getting thrown in faster than ever nowadays, faster than ever. And I mean, with the Ravens scheme, hey, it's great for a young quarterback, great for a young inexperienced quarterback, but there would just be that lack of growth. He also said, QB situation, hope all is well. First time sending a question. Well, this was your second question right here. He said, thank you for what you do. I appreciate you. He said, I would love to see the Ravens resound Lamar, but it just seems unlikely that's going to happen. And he said, what are your thoughts on trading Lamar to a team with two first round picks and a player we may need, likely a starting caliber corner or defensive end to replace Calais Campbell? He said, it may be a need in order to truly rebuild and put us back in the Super Bowl window. See, that's interesting because Ravens, they, and somebody brought this up before in the question they called Lamar Jackson revelation, where they talked about, like, so many holes that the Ravens have to feel this offseason. Because they got a lot of pending free agents. They got some positions that are just really, like, lacking right now. So Ravens, like, this offseason, they're going to have to do a lot of work if they don't want to enter rebuild mode. Because it's looking like if they end up losing Lamar, that doesn't end everything. That doesn't really even end all the potential losses that you could possibly have. There could be a lot more. So they just got, like, they got to work miracles this offseason. New OC, next question came from my guy, Steve. He said, I feel like it's time for a new offensive coordinate. It's the same thing from two years ago. The offense is too predictable. What kills me? We run the ball good. Never run, play, action, any bootlegs. How about a few screens to the wide receivers running backs? And last, the name of the game is to keep them thinking on defense. I don't understand why we don't at least throw two or three deep passes, a quarter, to keep the defense on their toes. Watching this offense is stressful. Yes, imagine playing in it. Next question came from my guy, DeWon. He said, just looking into the future, I just think besides Bowser, our young players have no impact when it comes to pass rush. Just curious about the plan for next season. We're going to keep relying on signing or resigning aging vets. I just don't think Adafi is just not there yet. And it's to be determined with a job. So what would you do about this pass-rush situation? We don't have a pass-rush issue like our wide receiver issue. Oh, he said that we don't want to have a pass-rush issue like our wide receiver issue. Oh, man. I don't know what they're going to do. Because Justin Houston could be like, you know what, I'm done. Kaleis Campbell could be like, you know what, I'm done. That's it. And so it would be Adafi away, Adafi, and you would really have to help those boys turn the corner and tie us Bowser too. So yeah, you would have to help. And obviously, there's a draft too. I would expect them to spend some draft capital there at the pass-rush position. But you would also have to hope that there's some veteran out there and free agency next year that could really just help keep your pass-rush afloat. Because if you're going to be relying on a JPP too, yeah, then it could be rough. Next question came from my guy, T.R.M. Wayne. He said, what's up in grave? How's the family? Hope they good. Here's my take about the coach and staff. I think it's time for a new head coach and OC. Because if you think about it, every team in the league has an offensive or defensive background. What do Hobbs have? Well, he got a little bit of a defensive background since he used to coach the DBs for the Eagles. But anyway, he said, for the past four years, we're still in a predictable offensive scheme, and he's not being accountable for it. And we know why we need an OC. Appreciate your time reading this. Stay cool and like you have been cool. And appreciate that, Wayne. So yeah, I'm glad you mentioned both. Because, again, it's not just G-Row. It's never been just G-Row. So we'll see how much accountability is held, how much people are accountable, held accountable, and whatnot this off-season. But for some reason, I just think it's going to be a lot of the same old stuff. Next question came from my guy, Rave Kingdom. He said, I ain't graven. It's been a minute since I asked a question. But you've seen how this season has been, so you would understand. Anyways, I was looking at Tyler Bady's college highlights. I definitely thought he would get his chance here in the preseason. We didn't even get to see him a lot. But when we did see him, he looked pretty sharp. Even showed he can catch a pass for a touchdown. Did we possibly lose a future star? And will we regret losing him? I don't think the Ravens will necessarily regret losing him. I hope he goes to the Broncos and does his thing. I hope he goes off. But as far as running backs, like, he was in a tough position with J.K. Because that's who they obviously loved. They wanted him to be their guy. You could tell by how they treat us. So he was up against a lot. And then when they signed Drake, of course, they're going to go with the veteran over on the rookie. Then they signed Mike Davis, too. So yeah, and they kept Justice Hill, too. So Bady was just in a very, very tough spot. And I guess he was like, you know what? I'm not going to wait it out. And I see this opportunity with the Broncos. So let me take it. Next question came from my guy, Kyron. He said, Gus and J.K. use the dang raven. I'm sending this email a few hours after the Steelers game for the third straight week. I'm frustrated with the use of Gus and J.K. J.K. had 17 carries for 93 yards, which was good. Gus had only three carries for two yards.  We shouldn't rely on only one of our running backs. Number one, why do you think this is? Also, okay, so first question. Well, I mean, we always talk about on here, go with the hot ham. J.K. was the hot ham, but Gus wasn't even a hand at all. Like, and what did Giro say? Giro said they didn't like the looks that Gus was getting. He wasn't getting good looks at all from the defense. And I was just like, okay, well, what looks were you showing them? But anyway, he said, also, I was watching some old highlights from 2017. We were running plays, but we have two running backs in the same backfield, Alex Collins and Buck Allen. Well, shout out to both of them. He said, we fake it up the middle with Allen and pitch it to Collins. And that's the question too. Do you think we should be running more plays with Gus and J.K. in the backfield? I wouldn't mind that. I wouldn't mind that at all because you got to account for both of them. But if anything goes, had a raven's been having it go, then the defenses would be like, oh, 35s out there and 27. Don't worry about 35. He ain't going to get the ball anyway. Looking forward to the offseason. Next question came from my guys, so there he is at Angraven. Hope you're in the famo. Well, as always, with the way the season is going, I don't see the ravens going too far in the playoffs. To me, this team when healthy has always been a wild card slash divisional playoff team. This offseason, though, has a lot of unknowns. Yes, it certainly does. You will spot on about that. And these unknowns are getting my interest more than a future lackluster playoff appearance or performance. So here are a few unknowns I came with so far. Greg Roman contract is up. So there will be an offensive coordinator change if it's in-house. Well, they could re-sign them. But he said, if it's in-house, would you promote T-Martin after seeing how Y-Receivers performed in games this season? No fighting to get open, no calling for the ball drops, et cetera. That is such a great question because so many of us, even myself, had said it before at times, oh yeah, promote T-Martin, promote T-Martin, but look at what the Y-Receivers have been doing. Now, who knows, maybe a change in scenery. Him being an offensive coordinator would be better, but usually you like to see a track record of greatness, but you see the receivers, he's the developed outside of ball. No, no, no, that's Keith Williams, my fault. So, I don't know then, whoa, that could be something right there, but yeah, you usually like to see a track record, I was just talking to my guy JT about this like a month ago and he's the one that brought this up. I ain't even thinking this, but he talked about how, yeah, you wanna see a track record before you give somebody a promotion, a positive track record, because somebody got a rough track record and he'll be like, ooh. So yeah, and we see how the receivers have performed and we see the quality of the Ryder, see that the Ravens are given, but we also see how they performed. A lot has to do with scheme as well because they get limited opportunities. So it's, I don't know about that one, baby. He said, will the Ravens be able to extend Lamar or franchising is a trade in the future? Yeah, that's the question. Well, they can certainly franchise to him. Will he sign it? Oh, he just asked for a trade at that point. We'll see. Will Ravens be able to extend Roquam? This certainly seems like a priority even over Lamar's extension. It certainly does. Ravens are without a second, but at the same time, Lamar did say, I'm not negotiating during the season. Roquam, apparently they are negotiating during the season. So that's that. Ravens are without a second round. The last time that happened, EDC drafted Hollywood in the first and Boykin in the third. Will he have to go that same route at wide receiver? Personally, I would give up a first for Jerry Judy or Michael Pittman, Jr. But I can't foresee EDC entering the draft during the third round. Yeah, I mean, they still got the first round. Oh, whoa, but you saying you would give up a first for one of those wide receivers? And then, yeah, no way that Eric DeCosta, like, no, man, this dude, love, like, Ozzy knew some love draft picks. Eric DeCosta, like, loves draft picks. So there ain't no way that he gonna be walking, stepping out in the first round. Like, all right, draft, I'm here. Next question came from my guy Vinny. He said, ain't Raven. Oh, and it's called Fight the Big Fight Lamar. Hope you're having a great week. If Lamar is in fact healthy enough to play, I think he should embrace the role of underdog in this postseason like Rocky and go out and fight the big fight. No one believes in us this year to win the whole thing. Lamar always said he wants to win a Super Bowl and told the Ravens when he got drafted, they'll get a Super Bowl out of me. Well, now's the time to at least go out and fight for it. If he comes back for the playoffs, I think it can be very similar to what the Titans did a few years ago. He can get hot like Henry did, but as a dual-thread quarterback, upset some teams.  Getting to the playoffs is a privilege and doesn't come easy in the AFC these days. So can't take it for granted. At the end of the day, Lamar will get paid just a matter of where. I hope it's in Baltimore. But for now, go to war and grind with your teammates and just believe. Ever since losing to the Titans in 2019, it seems like there's been a dark cloud looming over the Ravens. They got to get their mojo back, hoping the Ravens can bring out some positive vibes to this fan-based start next week. Thanks for reading my message. Hey, that's what we hope so. And apparently that's what the report said from Ian Rappaport that the Ravens expect Lamar Jackson back for the playoffs. And Ian Rappaport said he doesn't think that Lamar being out is contract related. He said this is cause of his injury. That there's still some swelling or whatnot. He ain't ready. He ain't 100% yet. So that's why he's been waiting. Yeah, this feels like a dream. I know just what I made. You two team keep it clean. You see my boy, he like automated. Well, that's my homie. Ain't that right in Raven? Right in Raven. Shout out to Raven.


Your Excellency, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the UAE, the United Arab Emirates, Ambassador Mohammed Danceta Rimi, the Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Dubai, Abu S. Mohammed, the Consul-General of Ghana, Mr. Samanta Gifi Bukari, the Special Assistant to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Middle East Region, Pastor Charles Adiboki. Captains of industry, the Chairman and Z-Group Nigerian, His Royal Highness Alajia Liu-Tamesi, a Chairman of the Kostcharis Group, Mr. Constance Maduka, distinguished guests, Your Excellencies of the Diplomatic Core, Present Ladies and Gentlemen. It really is a very special pleasure to be here with you for the Dubai Professional Business Summit, which, I'm told, is a platform for discussing beneficial investment and business opportunities on the global scene. I must thank the Christ the Redeemer's Fellowship for the honor of this invitation to deliver this keynote address. This year's Summit seeks to explore the investment opportunities between the UAE and Nigeria. We already know that about a decade back in 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis, investors sought out the emerging markets in Africa as the last investment frontiers, and there was then a sense of urgency. But little traction was gained. That opportunity was lost. However, it seems to me that the next best time to explore those investment opportunities is clearly now. Why? Consider, for instance, the International Monetary Fund, the IMF, recent upgrade of the economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa. And the major role that Nigeria's emergence from a recession onto positive growth is expected to play in that regional outlook. The prospects are clearly bright. In February 2017, the present administration, present government of Nigeria, launched the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017 to 2020. The Recovery Plan was conceptualized to place the Nigerian economy on the path of stronger, more sustainable and inclusive growth. In Q1 2018, the first quarter of 2018, the economy grew 1.95%, and is projected to grow 3% over this year, driven by stronger oil prices, stable production, increased non-oil output, and foreign exchange availability. Inflation has fallen 16 times, month to month, from 18.72% in January 2017 to 11.6% in May 2018. Foreign investment has also risen, and this is new investment, from a low of about a billion in the first quarter, a billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2017 to about 4.1 billion in the third quarter of 2017. That's a 150% growth. Total capital inflow, and this is fresh capital, in the first last quarter of 2017 was about $12.2 billion, a growth of about another 1.36% over the quarter ending in 2017. With no restrictions whatsoever on ownership of businesses and guaranteed 100% repatriation of invested funds, we have a stable foreign exchange market, combined with rising income levels. Nigeria's external reserves have risen to a four-year high of $47.8 billion as of the 14th of May 2018, and that's U.S. dollars. Our fundamentals are extremely good, and the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan has been implemented to keep the economy on the path of sustainable economic growth and global competitiveness. If you ever have reason to doubt the investment case for Nigeria, all you need to do is to look at China's investments, its projected investments, with over $60 billion U.S. dollars worth of investments, especially in 2018. The largest portion of that, of course, is directed at Nigeria, from all indications. I think it bears repeating to say that the case for investing in Nigeria is a compelling one, and most of us here are possibly already familiar with the story. For instance, as we strive to diversify our economy away from oil, strengthen our institutions and our infrastructure, Nigeria is poised to be the fastest growing African economy, and the world's 14th-largest economy by 2050. This becomes even more compelling as we are the most populous African nation in the world, and by the other projections, the other demographic projections, we are to be the third-largest country in the world by 2050, in terms of population. This means that Nigeria is the consumption demand market and the labor supply market of the future, at least as far as Africa is concerned, and as far as most of the world will be concerned at that time. Therefore, just as Dubai is seen as an attractive business destination, a major transport hub for passengers and cargo, connecting the Middle East to the rest of the world, Nigeria's cities like Abuja, Kano, Lagos and Potakot are certainly attractive investment destinations for capital, for skills, technology, connecting Africa to the rest of the world today, and certainly beyond. Going by the trade figures between Nigeria and the UAE, what I will say is that the good news is that there is a lot of headroom for expansion. Nigeria's capital inflows from the UAE were less than $350 million in 2017. Today, that's $350 million US dollars. Today, trade relations with the UAE in the first quarter of 2018 were barely hinged on the importation of a few items such as motorcycles, used vehicles and CKD, completely knocked down parts of vehicles. Some chemical fertilizers, electrical parts for telephones were just under $50 million US dollars. So the possibilities for significantly deeper trade and investment relations must be explored by both countries to harness that potential. Starting with aviation, Nigeria has announced the commencement of the process of commissioning its major international airports with a view to attracting world-class investors and of course world-class operators. And only this week we announced our new national carrier, Nigeria Air, which we expect will be owned and run entirely by the private sector with the government having only a notional 5% stake in that enterprise. These initiatives are aimed at consolidating Nigeria's position as the regional hub for trade and investment. And taking our hospitality sector and our boarding tourism drivers examples, about 1.8 million international travelers spent two nights on average at Nigeria's estimated 10,000 hotel rooms every year. This generated in the past year about 210 million US dollars for that industry, which barely reflects on Nigeria's 500 billion US dollars GDP size. Nigeria's hotel industry alone is projected to grow double digits up to 2020, as a sector bounces back post-recession to one of the fastest growing in the world. The possibilities for investors, of course, is significant. Major international hotel brands have obviously recognized the enormous opportunities with the likes of Hilton, Marriott, Weston, Sheraton, Radisson and Best Western scheduled to open new hotels in Nigeria over the next three to five years. In real estate, projects such as the Echo Atlantic City Project in Lagos, which has been dubbed Africa's Dubai, offering 10 million square meters of multi-billion dollar grade A real estate investments are also opportunities worthy of note. The project is entirely privately owned, but it is supported by both the federal and the Lagos state governments. In June 2016, Lagos state government went into partnership with Dubai Holdings LLC to build Africa's first smart city in Lagos. Upon completion, the project is expected to attract several billions of dollars in investments to Lagos, create thousands of jobs and transform the alleged leaky access in Lagos state of Nigeria, in particular, and the entire state. The new city will be the world's first carbon neutral city. In Abuja, a real estate development company also, the Land of Honey Abuja Development Company, in partnership with the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja, is pioneering Nigeria's first private new city development project. It's called the Land of Honey City, Younger in Abuja. The company is also poised to deliver a world-class mixed-use new city, occupying a land area of approximately 1,667 hectares. In the same vein, the UAE continues to serve as an inspiration for business in Nigeria. The Oceana Residences, a multi-million dollar real estate development in Lagos, Nigeria, was designed by the architects behind the famous Dubai Marina here in Dubai. All these exciting new developments are supported by a thriving construction sector with steady sources of cement manufactured locally. Aliko Dangote, BUA or Boa Group and Lafarge are examples of some of the indigenous cement industry and several other companies, WEMCO for example, is also an indigenous company specializing in building materials. Aliko Dangote is an excellent example with investments in cement manufacturing in 10 other African countries. In 2014, the Sovereign Fund Investment Corporation of Dubai, ICD, bought a 1.4% stake in Dangote cement for 300 million US dollars. Of course it's an open secret that Nigerians love shopping and Dubai is a favorite destination for thousands of Nigerian shoppers from the popular Deira market to your world-class malls all over Dubai. Similarly, with our teaming population and market size, there are investment opportunities for malls and shopping centers across the country. To butter this fact, retail space in Nigeria reached 326,958 square meters in 2017 compared to just 30,000 square meters in 2005. From just two shopping malls in Lagos and Ambuja 13 years ago, the country now has several malls such as the Palms flagship mall in Lagos, the Jaby Lake Mall in Ambuja, the Keja City Mall, and the Maryland Mall also in Lagos. Novarie malls, Hub, Mart, among others in Portacort, in Ibado, in Elori, Oweri, and UNITION, all of which are commercially viable in those densely populated cities across the country. Novarie Real Estate Africa, an investment portfolio company involved in property development across Africa, has just recently opened its $54 million Novarie Central Mall in Wusei Zone 5, that's also in Ambuja. Shoprite, a South African supermarket chain, has supermarkets now, large supermarkets in 12 states of Nigeria. This is one of the sectors with great potential when compared to South Africa, for example, which is Africa's largest retailer company with 23 million square meters, but has a lower GDP and a population less than a fourth of Nigeria's. Little wonder then that mall holdings, a UAE business, the mall holdings is a Dubai conglomerate, is investing $40 million to transform the 30,000 square meters of the Lagos National Theater into a shopping mall. The Nigerian creative industry, I'm sure most of us have also heard, is particularly involved with Dubai and several fashion houses here in Dubai and several other high-end fashion industry and has had long informal links with Dubai for sourcing of fabric and other clothing inputs. More recently, in entertainment, one of Nollywood's, and Nollywood is our equivalent of Hollywood, by the way, and one of Nollywood's highest-grossing movies, The Wedding Party 2, produced by Nigeria's renowned entertainment guru, Mo Abudu of Ebony Life and directed by a lady called Kemi Aditiba, is evidence of the successful collaboration between Nigerian filmmakers and Dubai local partners such as the Dubai Tourism, Ammani, Atlantis, The Palm, Gaia Grande and Palazzo Besachi Hotels, all of these collaborated with the producers of The Wedding Party 2. The movie made an initial 73 million naira on the opening weekend, the highest record by Nigeria movie to date, and by day five had earned 100 million, eventually the movie grossed about half a billion naira worldwide, making a decent profit of over 170 million naira. Agriculture perhaps remains one of the best investment opportunities in Nigeria. Only three years ago, we were importing $5 million of rice every single day. Today, we produce 10 million metric tons of paddy rice annually, and we're importing only 2% of our rice consumption now. So the point we're making is that investing in agriculture in Nigeria is certainly worthwhile. Investments in milling capacity has risen astronomically since then. One investor in rice milling has just recently invested in a million tons of rice mill capacity. There's a medical farmer, Carlos Farms, whose farmer in vegetables, especially bananas and pineapples, and he had initially planned to grow bananas and pineapples for export until he discovered that he was making far more money selling his bananas locally at $3 per kilogram, instead of what you'd have earned a dollar per kilogram if you had exported the same bananas. So the point of the matter, of course, is that with the share size of our population, just serving the local market alone is a tremendous commercial opportunity all by itself. With a substantial percentage of the world's arable land and over half of that uncultivated, it is becoming clearer that the world will be looking to Africa and Nigeria in particular as its food basket in the coming years just to take China's demand alone. China has 27% of the world's population, but only 7% of the world's arable land for agriculture. China needs 2 million tons of hybrid soil beans per annum for livestock feed and vegetable oil, and we have not met that demand, not Nigeria, not anywhere else in Africa. Sesame seed is also in high demand, about 2 million tons per annum is the demand from China alone. Vietnam, Japan and several Arab countries, sesame seed oil and cake is used for confectionaries. That demand is largely unmet. China also requires over 2.3 million tons of cassava chips and cassava products for industrial starch and ethanol, and we've not been able to meet that demand, not even the demand for cocoa. How about goat meat? Nigerians are very familiar with goat meat. 20,000 cacuses of goat meat is required weekly in different countries, especially Arab countries, and there is still a major gap in supply there as well. Most of Vietnam's demand for over 2.5 million tons of cassava is unmet.  Nigeria's role as food provider to the world, and especially in the next few decades, is clear, is difficult, and I say this with emphasis, not to be tremendously successful as an investor in agriculture in Nigeria. I'm sure Mr. Maduka, Costa Rican Maduka will also be able to say great things about the rice, his rice investment in Nigeria. Similarly, Nigeria's ICT sector has attracted numerous international investments with proven successes from fintech and e-commerce to education to health, media, and logistics, with Dubai being at the cutting edge of both technology as a future city, as well as the financial capital of the Middle East. You are well placed to take advantage of the very many opportunities that are available. The sector, including the communication sector, accounts for 9% of Nigeria's GDP and has doubled in size over the past 7 years in particular. With over 163 million mobile phone subscribers, 60% of them actively on the internet, and 23 million on Facebook. You'll agree with me that our ICT sector is one of limitless potential and is, of course, yearning for more investments to propel the sector to an $88 billion digital economy, $88 billion US dollars, that is, digital economy, over the next 10 years. In broadband infrastructure, for example, Maine One Company, which was founded by a Nigerian-born lady, Funke Opeke, launched West Africa's first privately owned submarine cable barely seven years ago. The cable was built over a two-year period and the initial investment of $240 million was financed entirely by African investors and the project broke even in just two years after its launch. Today, companies such as Flutterwave, a payment solutions company, and Della, a software development engineering company, Jobman, an online human resource company, and Konga, an online mall, some may be familiar with all of these names, are poignant examples of how young Nigerian entrepreneurs are using technology disruptively to create profit in various business lines. So both in the infrastructure end and the retail end of that infrastructure, there are tremendous opportunities, and evidently the smart money all over the world is paying attention. For example, Flutterwave saw an investment of $10 million, Konga, an impressive $25 million, the second largest amount raised by an African startup business on the continent, and Della, another of our leading technology brands, attracted equity investments from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. The Lagos Mega City is also an example of the proven successes and the great potential of ICTs in Nigeria, with its high quality and relatively lower cost talent, as well as a strong community of incubators, accelerators, and development communities. Lagos witnessed over a hundred million US dollars of local and international venture capital in 2017 alone. As government were committed to supporting the sector by resolving the known challenges of insufficient digital infrastructure, and also having the right policy and regulatory framework, in the technology space where deepening broadband connectivity, with over 3,250 kilometers of fiber optic cable laid in the major cities. We've grown from 6% to 22% broadband access in the last two and a half years. We are licensing regional infracores to provide open access to fiber at controlled rates, and we are addressing the right-of-way on structured taxation challenge through a standardization model. In other words, we're ensuring that because Nigeria is a federation of 36 states, each to some extent autonomous, we're ensuring that laying cables, laying fiber optic cables, or any other type of infrastructure across state lines does not mean paying different rates across state lines. So we're ensuring that there is a standardization of whatever payments, and we've agreed with all of the state authorities to ensure that our rates are cheap and affordable so that it does not in any way hinder the investments that are to come. Our administration's strong leadership commitment to good governance has proved to be a critical where our economy has reported successes have demonstrated in recent years that good governance and prudent management of resources means that you can do more with far less. We have despite almost 60% less revenues invested so far 1.3 trillion Naira in capital expenditure. That's the highest in the nation's history. The current wisdom is in letting the private sector invest wherever it can and in practically any sector of the economy, even in those that once carried the halo of national security assets such as telecoms and power investments are open in practically any of the various sectors of the economy. Consequently, we have seen the emergence of dynamic pan-African investors who on account of their track record are even able to borrow commercially cheaper than governments. The dangote investment, for example, in a 650,000 barrel a day refinery, a subsea pipeline, the fertilizer plant is in excess of 16 billion US dollars. BOA, which is also a cement and sugar conglomerate, has in the past two years invested 2 billion dollars in cement factories and enhancing the sugar facility. We're also utilizing the special economic zones which will provide all the required infrastructure and regulatory facilitation to deliver expedited productivity. Our oil and gas free zones have over 20 billion in fresh investments already. Again, these zones allow 100% foreign ownership and 100% repatriation of capital and profits. A good example of that is the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Free Zone, LADO, the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Free Zone, which has invested already over 600 million US dollars in private investments and has outlined plans to attract more investments of up to 5 billion US dollars into the country through its industrial free zones. Although the sizes of investments differ, the subtext is the same. The confidence of both domestic and foreign investors in the opportunities available in the country is very clear and is demonstrated day by day. One of the most important policy decisions taken by President Muhammad Ibrahim was to do all that was possible to improve Nigeria's business environment and attractiveness to investors on an incremental basis. This was critical, especially as we urgently needed to reform our economy, to focus on agriculture, on manufacturing, on services, on ICT and other non-oil economic activities. We had learned a hard lesson. Falling oil prices in 2015, going into 2016, low production on account of restiveness in the Niger Delta had led to a recession and the consequence, of course, of over-dependence on oil had brought us to a recession, especially in the prior 2016 and almost half of the first quarter of 2017. Consequently, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, I just repeat that, Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, which I'll call it Pebek for short, was inaugurated in July 2016 as the administration's flagship initiative to reform the business environment, attract investments and diversify the economy to reduce our dependence and reliance on oil. The Pebek, which I have the privilege of chairing, was run by an incredible team led by Dr Jumoke Oduwale, who is on this trip with me, I believe she's already made a presentation, has undertaken strategic business environmental reforms at cross-bord using a 60-day national action plan as short-term accelerators to deliver impact. We focused on several key areas of reform, especially using the World Bank's doing business methodology and the particular areas that the World Bank focuses on in assessing the business environment. This include making it easier to register businesses, speed in obtaining construction permits, the ease of accessing credit for business, the ease of paying taxes, the ease of being connected to electricity, trading across borders and facilitating entry and exit, ease of registering property and enforcement contracts. And we have two homegrown indicators of our own, entry and exit of people and trading within Nigeria. Through systemic changes, we are repositioning regulators, all of our regulators, the regulators in all aspects of business, as facilitators of business, and we're seeing a steadily improving transparency and efficiency of service delivery by the public sector. Reforms focused on automation of services to eliminate manual procedures and promote online procedures, reducing the cost and time for certain processes to be completed, reducing paperwork and increasing transparency, and just some of the examples of what we're trying to achieve. Practical examples of success include leveraging the use of technology to fast track business registration to 24 hours and electronic filing and payment of taxes, a functioning tried and tested 48 hour electronic visa procedure, and an executive order mandating greater transparency and efficiency across all government agencies. The reforms have led to reduction in cost and time as well as greater transparency for small and medium sized enterprises, in particular. These reforms delivered immediate improvement. On the World Bank's 2018 Eve of Doing Business report, released in October 2017, Nigeria moved up 24 places from the 169th position to 145, and was recognized as one of the 10 most reformed business climates in the world. The reforms are complemented by a welcoming attitude to investment, to properly guide investors and make it easier for them to access required information. The National Investment Promotion Commission, or NIPC, recently released a Compedium of Investment Incentives in Nigeria. One of those incentives is that we offer a pioneer status tax holiday of up to five years for qualifying businesses. We also have tax incentives for research and development, and export incentives as well. We've also developed a hand holding strategy for investors who are having difficulties with rolling out on account of bureaucratic or other technical constraints. For a period of six weeks between March and April, that is March and April this year, 2018, we implemented an innovative scheme for fast tracking investment implementation by a series of engagements between all decision makers in government and potential investors in what we described as focus laboratories or focus labs. Now, this involves sitting in the same room day after day where investors and relevant ministers, regulators and heads of power status jointly working together to resolve bottlenecks and obstacles in the way of investments. I was also present at several of the sessions of the focus labs to encourage everyone along and to see that things were moving forward. This proved to be tremendously successful. From July 2017, the Pebeck focused on collaborating with the states of the Federation, with the 36 states of our Federation, to implement the reforms introduced at the national levels to improve the business environment at the state level. We've chosen in particular two states to begin with, Lagos and Cano, and the result has been phenomenal. So Lagos and Cano have also tried, and these are the major commercial cities, have also tried to implement the same national, the same national incentives, the same national reforms which were put in place. And that has shown tremendous results. Significant legislative and judicial reform has also been achieved working closely with the National Assembly and the judiciary. In 2017, Pebeck's collaboration with the National Assembly delivered two acts, two laws, for enabling access to credit, which was a very vital requirement for small and medium enterprises. This year, the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, which is a company law legislation, has been repealed and reenacted by the Senate and is currently awaiting passage by the House of Representatives. This promises to be revolutionary in so many different ways, especially as it takes into account the digital economy and how to regulate the digital economy in a manner that does not get in the way of business. The judiciary has also proved to be a strong partner in reforming dispute resolution and settlement, a key factor for investors. Legal State in April 2018 commissioned the Small Claims Court to handle commercial claims which are liquidated money demands of up to $15,000 and below. Adjudication of cases before the Small Claims Court up to judgment is expected to take a maximum period of 60 days. Cano State has also recently passed a new Magistrate Courts Law which will see the designation of Small Claims Courts in the State very shortly. Consented efforts are being made towards also upgrading our current trade portal to a more robust national trading platform. This encompasses a more sophisticated single-window platform with scanners and a port community portal for goods being imported into and exported out of Nigeria. Recently, the Federal Executive Council approved the concession of Nigerians international airports in Lagos and Abuja to ensure that Nigeria is workplace as a regional hub for investors and business travelers. To deepen our business reforms, the very first executive order of our administration was signed in 2017 on transparency and efficiency in the public service to deliver the impact of completed reforms in the frontline offices that engage with the public by fostering collaboration between our MDAs, the ministries and the agencies and the power status in their service delivery and institutionalizing systemic changes in a sustainable manner. The intervention has been acknowledged as one of the Federal Government's most innovative strategic initiatives and a blueprint to deliver quick pragmatic changes for Nigerians and for our investors. When fully implemented, that executive order will radically transform the way the Federal Government, its ministries, departments and agencies serve the business community and the public at large. Our vision is a dramatic improvement in Nigeria's business environment with increased cross-border trading, increased productive activity across economic sectors and an improved business environment that is attractive to both domestic and foreign investors where policies are predictable and consistent with public and private civil servants as well as partners and our partners, our facilitators as opposed to obstacles or adverse regulators. Our overarching goal is to make Nigeria a major global investment destination by continually and incrementally implementing improvements and reforms in our business environment that will be visible, not merely in numerical rankings but in the stories and testimonials of business owners and entrepreneurs across the entire country. We're devoted to that particular pathway and it is, as you can imagine, a process which involves doing things differently, changing existing ways of doing things. It has been slow but it has gone very quickly especially in the past year and a half and we expect that the incremental changes will make a huge difference in the entire business environment as we go forward. I'd like to thank you very much for listening. Thank you.


Hello everyone and welcome to the 6 to 6.30 p.m. session of the 2017 Open Simulator Community Conference. As a reminder to our in-world and web audience, you can view the full conference schedule at conference.opensimulator.org and tweet your questions or comments too at OpenSimCC with the hashtag OSCC17. This session, we have a terrific session called the Digital Art Museum. Our speaker today is Andrew Wheelock, or as you see in front of you, Spiff Whitfield. Andrew is a 20 year educator with a degree in elementary education. He is now a technology integrator who works with schools around the western New York area. Currently, he is the project director of the Islands of Enlightenment. This is a self-hosted OpenSim virtual world that offers schools the opportunity to create and explore history, architecture and language arts through virtual simulations. Welcome all. Welcome Andrew. Let's begin the session. Hi everyone. Thank you so much for having me again. I did an earlier session with my colleague and good friend Mary Howard and we did something on literature in OpenSim. And I just have to just say how much this conference in particular inspires me personally because I get to see so many great like-minded educators. We're, I think, a very exclusive club in the sense that I think we're all pretty innovative beyond our typical education colleagues. So with that said, I just want to tell you kind of my, a little bit of my journey and the latest project that I've been working on and really, and hopes to really develop it as we go to the future. So if you want some more about me, certainly you can, within the schedule, there should be the presentation that I'm sharing. So if you want to see that on the Google Doc that I created for this, you can do that. Also, if you click the little cube next to my avatar here, you should be able to get some notes about me. Probably the most familiar place you can get in touch with me is my coffee with the geek website. I try to do a lot of interviews with fellow like-minded teachers. And again, that's a way for me to keep inspired is just learning from others. And I think, you know, even just beyond us, I think as educators, we do such amazing things and we don't often, I think the public at large doesn't know all the magic that happens behind the scenes. And of course they should know because we're dealing with such a wonderful group of young people with our students. So let me just give you some background as to the Islands of Enlightenment projects. And again, if you go to islandsoe.weebly.com, that's the main website. And again, that's within that card that you can follow us. I'll just give you the briefest of briefest kind of reviews of the Islands of Enlightenment projects. And so this will be hopefully an under five minute review of all the things we've been doing. But of course, this has spanned going on probably five to six years. These projects have been put in place.  And that of course always helps too. When you have leadership above you that is willing to, you know, take a chance on a pretty wild and crazy idea, you really are grateful for that because it doesn't always, you don't always find that. So special shout outs to all the great managers that I've had that have supported my work. And also I want to just say a shout out to the New York State Department of Education, who gave me a grant that got this kind of the funding going with this. We know that, you know, servers cost money and putting an open SIM program on a server and having somebody manage that, you know, that's cost money and energy. So thankful to New York State Department of Ed for seeing the potential in this project and giving me the kind of startup money for that. So again, in 2010 is when this whole project kind of started and it started really with the, what we call the understanding of the Holocaust project, SIM. And that was really meant to be a companion piece to the diary of a young girl, Anne Frank. And we recreated essentially the streets of Amsterdam 1944 and within we created the secret annex digitally. So kids could use their avatars and explore the annex and that sort of thing. It was, you know, more than that in a sense that we also wanted students to explore concepts of the Holocaust as well. And the final two projects I think are the most powerful pieces for us. And that was one to become kind of a digital museum curator. So each student gets a chance to be a museum creator, create their own exhibit in open SIM that displays their learning from the Holocaust. It doesn't have to just be excluded to Anne Frank. It can be any topic. And over the years we have just countless different exhibits. And I think it's a great way to express information for kids. And that really was one of the powerful pieces for us. And again, you don't have to give kids so much of do this here, do this here. They will take it and run with it and create all kinds of magic. And that's really the fun is, and again, I think that's where we have to convince teachers is let them create because they will surprise you with what they can do. And just, you know, going back to Marzano's work in the 80s, that's what we, one of the true ways of learning is kids expressing something in a different way. So open SIM building to me is one great way to see what kids have learned because it lets them present something in a different way. So getting back to the project again, that was just one of the final pieces. But then one of the other pieces was a writing piece where kids have to create a reflection candle, basically an essay about their learning.  So we wanted to make sure that the history still had that impact and certainly Ann's diary had that impact. And when we had students write the essay, we knew that, you know, the kids were walking away with some great learning because they were expressing a real heartfelt. Powerful ideas, images, you know, and again, learning and concepts and empathy as well. So that was really the starter piece. And I was so grateful for that as a starter over the summer. I got to go to Amsterdam and see the Annex and found that, hey, you know what, we really did a pretty good job with that. That was my fear, you know, going over there. You know, we were basically creating from, you know, images, designs, you know, all of the things we could find on the internet and history books. And we did, I think, some really good justice to it.  So we were able to actually, in Opensim, by recreating that, we were able to actually kind of enhance, I think, the experience. So that was our first project. And again, that was super powerful, super rewarding. Our second project, again, was with a group of teachers, but primarily Mary Howard was one of the big drivers of that. And that was the Air of the King project. And that was a medieval role play. So we basically created a medieval village with a castle. And the kids have to work their way up, level their way up to the castle. And then when they get to the castle, there's a medieval role play in there. And they have to, there's a medieval mystery, I guess, kind of an Arthurian legend, you know, who's the Air of the King. So the kids really have to use problem solving skills. I got some local theater students to create the characters. So they did the full English accents and all that. So the students were able to kind of interview in quotes the characters who they thought was the Air and they had to go back and kind of put the pieces together. So there was not only historical learning, there was a literature tie-in and then problem solving there. And it was, you know, game-based. So definitely up the engagement level. And that was, we did mostly with sixth grade. And that led us into the third year with, I think, for any of you who've worked with kids, especially, you know, grades six through 12, which is what these were geared towards when you let them go. And again, if you're a Minecraft person or have even seen kids with Minecraft, you understand the power and the passion kids have for building. So that brought us to the Learning by Design piece in Buffalo. There's a Frank Lloyd Wright home called the Darwin-Martin House, which has a lot of local Buffalo history, a lot of history of the, you know, the Depression. Darwin-Martin, who was the owner of the home, wound up losing everything in the stock market crash. So a fascinating history about Buffalo, about Darwin-Martin. And of course, Frank Lloyd Wright, his architecture is so powerful in that building. And they've restored it to its original glory. So, and they've been a great partner in that. So we basically take kids to the Darwin and Martin House, talk about Frank Lloyd Wright's principles of architecture. And it's really, you know, fascinating because, you know, Frank Lloyd Wright, if, if you're, you may or may not be familiar with it, but his, you know, I can actually, I think there's a picture in my slide share here. His architecture is so bold and so different and so American.  And here's this home that's just so big and bold and so different. And Frank Lloyd Wright's real, like, architectural, for lack of a better term, it really shines through in the house. But it also gives kids a totally different perspective on architecture. And, you know, Frank Lloyd Wright's use of using natural elements or recreating natural elements within his homes was, was really fascinating. And the kids took those general concepts of Frank Lloyd Wright's and developed their own worlds. That was kind of our, our third year. And again, if you saw Mary in my presentation earlier, she's done some things that are totally her kind of creations, which is really the ultimate goal of what I wanted to do is make sure that, you know, teachers were not only just taking what I've created, but what they can take beyond. So that's been really great to see that blossom. So then that got me to thinking that, you know, architecture is so powerful and there's those artistic elements. Then I was kind of looking for, well, how can I get the art community involved because so many artists of today, if you look at, say, you know, digital game design, you look at movies, everything is digitally created now and it's works of amazing art. I mean, the Picasso's of our day are in game design and movie creation as well as, you know, even just web design. I mean, there's artists, talented artists.  So why not get started with OpenSim as their platform to, to create. So that's where I went. Of course, I was a C plus student in almost every art class I ever took and I can tell you my painful story of art. I love art, but it never rewarded me as hard as grades go. So I think, you know, what I see on paper may not be as wonderfully artistic as everyone else sees. So I wanted to find a partner and, and a collaborator with that. And the art teachers that I talked to were all interested, but to be honest with you, they were all really scared to death of approaching a digital art, especially in elementary and public schools. And, you know, there's, there's a couple of different reasons for it. First of all, it's higher in technology. Second of all, for art teachers, I mean, they already have their curriculum pretty well established.  They do what they do. They do, you know, magical things with kids. And so, you know, why, you know, why change things? I'm doing great things. I'm doing things according to the curriculum. So why take a chance on this? And so again, that, and again, I guess the general fear of doing something different, doing something that kids, you know, that they're not comfortable with. It was a big, was a big hurdle. So I finally found my collaborator and that is Sheila Cannon. And she's a Fredonia art teacher, which is in New York state here. And you can see her picture. She, I had her also helping me with a sketch note workshop. And she was, you know, she's getting close to retirement, although to look at her, she looks like she, she's about 20 years old.  And she said, you know, Andy, it's time for me to try something, to try something new. And she, you know, was scared. I think, I don't think she would mind me saying that. She was fearful of the technology when I helped her work with it. I mean, she was, she was very, you know, it was something, it was giving up a control that she had. And she did it. And I was so just grateful for her to do that. So finding that collaborator, you think is probably your easiest step. That's probably your hardest step. So let me move on here, because I've got a few more slides to share with you. So step one is finding that awesome collaborator, which I did in Sheila. And let me just advance my slide. So then was finding inspiration. And again, for the art project, we also brought the kids at the Darwin-Martin House. You can see it on the left. We also showed the kids across the street from the Darwin-Martin House. There was what's called the Church of the Good Shepherd, which has some Tiffany art, stained glass art design. So we gave them that inspiration as well. And you can see the group of teachers that we had. Some art teachers, some tech coordinators and some other, you know, just building people. We had a construction guy in there, too. We're going to try that with him. And so again, then it was really just turning the kids loose and letting them bring their artworks. So some of what they did was they brought the artworks they created and then created an exhibit out of them. So kind of combining the elements from the Holocaust project we did and then have the kids create their own exhibit in world. And then the next frontier in that is to have them do 3D creations and making 3D images as art. And that's where we're kind of in our next phase. And what we did this year was we tried to use some programs that would get them kind of developing into that mindset of digital creation. So we used SketchUp, Google SketchUp. And we used CoSpaces. If you haven't seen CoSpaces, I would highly recommend it, especially for young kids. It really is a really nice precursor program for 3D building and animation. And they're really developing it. CoSpaces is really doing a great job. I have to give them some kudos for it. It's easy for kids to do. They can do it on an iPad. They can do it on a computer. They can do it on a Chromebook. So that offers a lot of different compatibility. And they can also see if they have Google Cardboard, they can see their creations in 3D. So really fun to use that as a great program. So again, there's other building programs, of course, Wings 3D. Unity is going to be kind of a really higher end program for more, I'm guessing, more high school level. But so we've combined some of those kind of standalone programs with the idea of bringing those in world so that kids have a little more flexibility of the things they've done. So that's kind of where we are now is to let kids create on that level. And I think it's been a huge success. I've just been overjoyed that, of course, that I got the collaborative spirit with Sheila to come in. I think, you know, any for those of us have seen, especially K through 12 kids work with that. And if you've seen kids on Minecraft, you see the passion and the excitement and engagement. So this is an avenue that I really want to continue to explore and really create some more works of art for the kids. So I guess I've got a couple more minutes left. So if there's any questions, I'd be happy to entertain those. And thank you so much for listening. Any questions I can answer again. Feel free to connect with me. I am on Twitter. I'll put my Twitter handle in chat here. Okay. Thank you, Andy. I am scrolling up to see if there's any questions in the chat. I'd be happy to connect with anybody who'd want to learn more or somehow collaborate. I'm always open to that. Okay. Good. You've answered everyone's questions before you even asked them. That's wonderful. All right. Well, thank you everyone for coming out. You can, your ISTE group, ISTE group. Tell us about that very briefly. Yeah. ISTE, please feel free to join us. It's, again, I think it's Venn Network. So V-E-N-E-T-W-O-R-K at weebly.weebly.com. Feel free to join us there. We have events every Tuesday evenings. One is a writer's workshop. The other is a, you know, office hours. Then we have a machinima night, a focus series. And we have a machinima night. So every Tuesday there's something going on. So yeah, join us there. I'll put it in chat as well. Okay. And then there's one, looks like a brief question. Are your projects open for use by other teachers? I am open to collaboration. How it works, because I'm a New York state entity, we really need to work with New York teachers. But we do have it where, if you want to say, partner with one of our New York teachers, and they're great teachers, and they're always willing to do that. We've been able to do that. So basically the, you know, you'll partner with a different school or a different teacher and we'll try and get you to, like work through the program there. So yes, the answer is yes. Okay. And then there is one other question about covering Moodle, but I don't think we quite have enough time for you to provide. I know Moodle and it could take forever to talk about all the things you could do with it. So maybe that's something that you can address in the text. It does sound interesting to integrate that with Moodle. Okay. Well, thank you, Andrew, so much. That was a wonderful presentation. Thanks. As a reminder to our audience, you can see what's coming up on the conference schedule at conference.opensimulator.org, which is our, will be our closing statements by our fearless leader. Also, we encourage you to visit the OSCC 17 poster expo in the OSCC expo three region to find accompanying information and presentations and explore the hypergrid tour resources in OSCC expo two region, along with sponsor and crowd funder booths located throughout all of the OSCC expo regions.  We have more briefly coming up right now. Thank you.


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