Thank you. See if it's work. Can you hear me? Okay. Good. Good afternoon. My name is Mike Blanchardt, member of the Zao Dino First Nation and advisor to the BCFN. I want to thank all of you for making your way here today on behalf of the regional chief Terry Chiji and the BCFN. Before we get started, I'd like to acknowledge we're working today on the traditional ancestral and unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Slavitooth people. So thank you for, thanks to them for graciously hosting us. Also thanks in advance to regional chief Terry Chiji, Deputy Chief Harlan Schilling, Mr. Kellan and Mr. Rankin for joining us here today. So thanks in advance for them. They'll be up, they'll be up in a moment and be joining us here today for the announcement of the BC First Nation Center of Excellence for Economic Development. And to start us off in a good way, I want to invite Elder Darlene McIntosh from Klaitle to provide us with an opening prayer. Thank you for inviting me to share your space. We're going to create a secure space for you to do your work in. Thank you to all the nations who will attend the media release by the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation. It is my honor to welcome everybody. And so we just passed Thanksgiving and I hopefully everybody had a wonderful family gathering, good food, we had beautiful weather here in Prince George. And so just for this moment in time take a nice deep cleansing breath as we announce this release. It's exciting and we need to be grounded, grounded to beautiful Mother Earth. So we take that breath into our body, connect with ourselves at a deeper level so that we are able to continue in a good way. So we together, open-sacred space, so we call on the creator, the grandfathers and grandmothers and all of our ancestors, no matter where they're from, to be with us today. As this beautiful day comes our way, thank you for what will be taking place. Thank you for all the participation. Thank you for all the knowledge and wisdom shared. That will be shared as the winds bring a change of weather. They also bring a change of how to do best practices for all those concerned. We thank Creator for guiding us on the Good Red Road of instituting plans that will work on making us whole in all aspects of who we are. As the sun is high in the sky, warming us in the coolness of the northern energy, it touches our spirit asking us to come into the wisdom of our hearts. We thank Mother Earth for allowing us to walk softly on her, leaving no footprints. May all those present go home knowing what you will receive today will benefit all. We ask that you keep our people safe today and may tomorrow be a good day. Creator, hear our prayers. All my relations must see. Thank you. Thank you, Elder Darlene, for those strong words. I'd like to start off today by introducing Minister Calon, who has been a strong ally for First Nations here in BC. Minister Calon and his ministry continues to show his commitment to ensuring equitable economic participation in development of First Nations and First Nations citizens here in BC. Thanks in advance. Thanks for the support from the Centre of Excellence and the Centre of Excellence will be a cornerstone of the support that his ministry, the Jobs and Economic Recovery and Innovation that will provide to 204 First Nations here in BC. Thank you, Minister Calon. Great. Thank you so much, Mike, for that introduction.  Let me too start by acknowledging that we are gathered on the traditional territory of the Coast Salish people, the Muscovines, Swarmish and Salewa Tooth Nations. And I want to say a big thank you to you, Elder Darlene McIntosh, for your blessings and for the work that you have done. I was first elected, one of the first tasks the Premier asked me to do was to lead a re-establishment of a BC Human Rights Commission. And as I traveled the province, I had the opportunity to meet with a lot of First Nations leaders, Indigenous elders, and after one of the sessions, one of the elders came to me and said that they had some advice for me. One of their uncles had shared with them that they must do an important thing. You must listen and you must learn before you learn to lead. And so it was a simple lesson that I take with me every single place that I go. And so acknowledging that and acknowledging how those words struck a chord with me and have stuck with me to this day it's how I try to approach every single day as a role in this ministry. It's a lesson that brings us today for this very important announcement. Earlier this year, Premier John Horgan and I launched the Stronger BC Economic Plan. This plan was a result of months of listening and meetings and what we heard from British Columbians from every region of this province from all walks of life, business leaders, labour leaders and Indigenous leaders is what I learned was that we have a shared belief that our vision for the future needs to be one where economic growth is shared by all, not just a few. And what also became clear during this engagement work is that First Nations want to lead an inclusive and sustainable economy. We also heard that there's still a lot of systemic barriers to full participation. We listened. We heard that these barriers include discrimination and systemic racism. The need for more services and infrastructure in remote communities and regulatory burdens and limited access to capital. It became clear that to build an economy that works for everyone we need to remove these barriers and open a pathway where First Nations have full access to the necessary tools and guidance to advance economic development and can ensure that their communities and people are thriving and prospering in a social, cultural and economic landscape for the province. We must listen and then we must act. Which brings us here today as part of our government's stronger BC economic plan and our work to implement the Declaration Act action plan to create a more inclusive province with full participation in our economy. I'm very excited today to announce our government is providing $1.2 million to the BC Assembly of First Nations as they launch this new Centre of Excellence for First Nations Economic Development. Funding will continue over the next two years to create an increased economic development opportunities for First Nations across our province. This First Nations led centre is a monumental achievement. It will help support First Nations and BC to determine and implement their economic development goals, priorities and strategies. It will help communities that want to develop more economic capacity and attract investment. And it builds on the supports we've already put in place for small businesses, local governments and many local First Nations. The establishment of this centre moves us forward on one of the main missions of the stronger BC economic plan. The centre is one of the many steps that we're taking to advance economic opportunities for First Nations today and into the future. As part of the declaration of the First Nations People Act, Action Plan, we're moving together to include First Nations in governance of our regional economic trust to co-develop metrics to evaluate progress on First Nations' social economic success, prioritising increasing training opportunities for Indigenous students in the tech sector and the reason why we're here today to collaborate on the implementation of the stronger BC economic plan. We're so proud to support the BCFN on the establishment of this independent First Nations-led organisation and we're looking forward to collectively pursuing inclusive, sustainable and innovative growth for our shared economy. We know that there is so much more work to do, but together we can do this important work. Our government is committed to engaging in meaningful dialogue with Indigenous people to focus on the priorities of Indigenous people all around this province. We cannot have made this announcement without deep understanding from both sides of what collaboration looks like. Today's announcement was a result of listening, it was a result of learning and a result of being pleased to support the BCFN to help create a stronger BC for everyone. I'm excited to see what the centre of excellence in First Nations' economic development will achieve, and I know it will be inspiring, it will make positive impact on the lives of well-being of British Columbians. I want to express my heartfelt appreciation and offer congratulations to the BCFN for creating this important initiative to support First Nations communities. I want to say a big thank you to Chief Teji for all the work and the leadership he has shown and the many other partners to help make today a reality. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you Minister Callon. Next to introduce Original Chief, Chief Terry Teji. Chief Teji is serving his second term as BC's Regional Chief, and it's been through his leadership that the centre of excellence has been made possible. So congrats to Regional Chief and his excellent team for getting us to this place today. So without further ado, Chief Teji. Thank you Michael. Daneza, Sekouza, Skyza, Masai Cho, to the Coast Salish people, a big thank you for allowing us on your territory to the Muscovite Squamish and Sabletooth. Certainly is an exciting day for the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations as we celebrate commitment that we're seeing from the provincial government, the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation and also the commitments from Premier Horgan who is a willing partner and a working partner as we both take this journey in terms of reconciliation. The concept of the centre of excellence has been ongoing for several years and now we will see the resources brought forward to this concept of an own entity that is developed by First Nations for First Nations as we have received the commitments and the blessing and the mandates from the Chiefs of British Columbia. This concept of the centre of excellence will help and support the 204 First Nations communities in British Columbia to really breathe life into what reconciliation means. Much more than just acknowledgements and words and for far too long many First Nations have been showed of the economic development in British Columbia. So as we move forward what we are doing here with the partnership of the Jobs and Economic Recovery and Innovations and the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation is to enact what the Truth and Reconciliation commitment talks about especially in this time as we see apologies from many entities such as the Vatican, the Pope and other entities such as the RCMP as well as many levels of government. We here at the BCAFN wanted to create an entity that would help and support First Nations in terms of economic development. This is really a continuation of some of the work that we've been doing at the British Columbia Assembly First Nations which is work that we've done on what is known as the Black Books which is a guidebook for First Nations to help many First Nations in terms of economic development. So we're glad today to make this announcement along with our partners from the province of BC and certainly we appreciate the commitments over the last several years from Premier Horgan to really have commitments to work with the First Nations Leadership Council with the BCAFN and First Nations overall as we implement the action plan the action plan to breathe life into the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with our sovereignty as Indigenous Peoples and our self-determination as Indigenous Peoples. This bodes well with the continued work that we've been doing to really align many of the laws and policies of British Columbia with the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples. So we're very excited and I thank you once again thank you to the Coast Salish Peoples, thank you to Elder McIntosh for the prayers and thank you Mike for chairing our meeting today with Saichu. Thank you Tief Tiji. With that I'm pleased to introduce Minister Rankin from the BC Ministry of Reconciliation and Relations Minister Rankin and his ministry have been a key supporter of the BCAFN with Mer providing the funding for the development of the Centre and continuing to support economic development through the BCAFN for BC First Nations and for those that work in First Nations economic development in the First Nations economic development space it goes without saying that our economic progress and our economic standing begins with our title and rights so it makes evident sense that this ministry is also involved. So with that Minister Rankin. I'm joining you virtually Mike and thank you so much for this opportunity and virtually in real time I'm here in Nova Scotia in the territory of the Sonaga Nagadi that is the First Nation that is part of the MIKMA peoples here in Halifax and I'm really glad to be able to join you virtually. It's great to see you Regional Chief Minister Callon and Elder Darlene thank you for the really warm welcome and the thoughtful introduction as well. I can see you on my screen and you're another virtual member of this team. This is a great opportunity the BCAFN Centre of Excellence in First Nations economic development I just think it will make an enormous difference in British Columbia because you know despite all of the things that have worked against indigenous peoples over the years and yeah I'm thinking of the ongoing trauma of residential schools for example the 60 group that was referred to. Indigenous peoples are taking a strong leadership role in helping build a stronger British Columbia by being part of a shared economy like I say never before and we all should be grateful for the momentum that this will create because together I think we're creating a future where First Nations are really for the first time full participants in the social cultural and economic landscape of British Columbia. That's our goal because we have to work together to ensure happens because where indigenous peoples are leaders and decision making for themselves and for their own economic prosperity they also help the entire economy indigenous and non-indigenous where indigenous families are thriving where indigenous led businesses are prospering and where indigenous communities are benefiting from economic opportunities that were withheld for far far too long. It's going to make a difference for everyone. We know that the economic well-being of First Nations benefits everyone all throughout the province in so many direct and indirect ways created for indigenous peoples supported by indigenous peoples the Center for Excellence will help inspire what I hope is lasting well-being. It will bring new and innovative ideas and opportunities for economic advancement and by celebrating the successes indigenous peoples make to BC's economy we will move for sure in that direction. So by collaborating with BC AFN on this unique Center of Excellence we're helping support indigenous excellence generally. The Center is going to increase of course the capacity of First Nations across British Columbia all 204 to engage in economic priorities and initiatives that are highlighted in the declaration act action plan which of course minister Calon spoke of in his remarks as well. That's going to provide a big boost to the growth of First Nations and to the growth of the British Columbia economy as a whole. Because I think we all agree that when indigenous peoples are included realistically and meaningfully in the economy when they have the opportunity to balance connection with the land connection with the culture connection of course with the language where indigenous businesses are commonplace throughout our communities then you're going to see enormous economic advantage for us all in this wonderful province. And just by way of conclusion by listening to indigenous voices and working together we will build a robust and a sustainable economy in BC. We can create and we can support opportunities for indigenous peoples, businesses industry families and communities and we will all be better off and prosper as a province. I'm very very proud to share that my ministry has been working as was highlighted by regional chief TG BC AFN on economic development for a number of years. Frankly since about 2018 we've been on this initiative together and that's produced great results like the BC AFN black books that were referred to earlier. The BC AFN center for excellence is another huge step forward in our relationship I'm so looking forward to seeing what exciting opportunities result out of this new center for excellence. Thanks Mike and thanks everyone thank you. Thank you minister Rankin last but not least we have virtually deputy chief Harlan Schilling of the Daily Denny council. I'd like to welcome deputy chief Schilling and thanking for joining us today deputy chief Harlan Schilling is a board member of the BC AFN. Good afternoon everybody again yes my name is Harlan Schilling I'm the deputy chief for Daily Denny council in lower post British Columbia I'd like to thank everybody for giving me a moment to speak and share some of my thoughts on this amazing initiative from I'm calling from my home territory the very heart of the Casca territory in northern British Columbia and one of the unique things and why I love this unique and great new initiative for First Nations is specifically for my nation we live in one of the richest parts of the world for resources so for a center of excellence to be initiated and by the leadership of chief TG and you know the minister is working with minister Rankin and premier Horgan this provides a hub just for small First Nations like my First Nation here in lower post to have an opportunity to work with other economic development leaders within our province so I'm excited to see a dedicated First Nations center of excellence it's going to shine light on all the different things that could be happening in the various parts of British Columbia and I feel this will fill in a big gap of support services expertise and technical support for the various First Nations across our country and British Columbia so with that again I'd like to thank regional chief Terry TG for his leadership and minister Rankin for your team and again a special thank you to premier Horgan for all the work that he's done and showing a pathway that there is light at the end of the tunnel on reconciliation you guys have been done amazing and again thank you. Thank you Harlan and I guess I'd be remiss if we didn't also acknowledge the Bell Refoundation where we're hosting our event here today as well so congrats to all the parties involved ministers and Rankin and regional chief TG for your work today I think today as I was probably mentioned a culmination of a partnership and a collaboration that wouldn't have happened without all three groups being involved and myself certainly and I think all BC First Nations look forward to the positive impacts that the center is going to make for First Nations and in turn the positive economic impacts for British Columbia as well so with that thank you very much and we'll open it up for questions. Thank you as a reminder to reporters in the phone please press star one to enter the queue you are limited to one question and one follow up please also remember to take your phone off mute you are not audible until your name is called let's just check if someone is on the phone for the Q&As just a moment as we wait for the phones we have a reporter in the room that can have her question please please introduce yourself. My name is Ajata and I work at CBC I would like to know what is what would be the main challenges you will face in this venture I don't know maybe chief TG can respond that thank you. I think the main challenge right now which a lot of First Nations entities and overall a lot of even government and industry third party contractors and what not are experiencing is finding resources in terms of educated well versed assistance in this matter because what the pandemic has done to the society and to British Columbia and Vancouver is that there is a real difficult time to find people to find help especially in terms of this type of initiative finding the right type of help is somebody who has a background in economic development whose First Nations doesn't have to be First Nations but I think looking for that type of I suppose professional expertise will be difficult to find because we're already seeing it in government and including my office would be a challenge to find that type of resource I think that was one of the big challenges and the next one would be to develop this concept is to have a bricks and mortar office if you will where would that be located really looking at that question and I think just overall I think you know the cost of everything has gone up as we come out of the pandemic and we will be looking for more resources not just the provincial government will be looking at other governments more accurately the federal government for more resources do you have a follow up question which sector would you prefer to boost your economy well right now the sector that we're looking at if any you know if the black books is any indication it's looking at and especially for many First Nations there's a really discrepancy approximately 15 to 20% of our First Nations are within urban centers so their economic development is far different than rural First Nations who 80 to 85% are in remote areas there are different challenges there many of the discussions we've had there is directly related to the biggest one of the biggest commodities in British Columbia or the commodities if you will is forestry mining natural gas all these natural resources that we export that First Nations are not a part of the equation we're seeing more discussions with the industry and government but clearly not enough so I think that that is probably where we're going to be focused on and it's really it's related to ongoing issues with the provincial government as we've seen over the last several decades in the court system whether it's Delgamook the Haida decision the Chilcotin decision and more recently the Blueberry decision which they're all related to development within First Nations territory so as you can imagine that's what many First Nations break up thank you. Thank you. On the phone we have Eric Blumber from Haas-Shu Su news please Eric go ahead Hi good afternoon thanks for taking my question I expect that this new center will be in an urban center an urban population center but I'm just wondering how exactly it will help those in remote coastal communities that have a unique situation and limited job prospects Thank you for that question excellent question and you know when we went through the forms and the discussions with in terms of the black books it was really enlightening to see the many different situations where the coastal interior are very far north from where Chief Shilling is from is those experiences we need to learn from you know there's a real discrepancy as well in terms of many First Nations that are I suppose more urban center because they have more resources more opportunities for economic development versus remote communities such as coastal First Nations I think the way this can help and support those First Nations is to coming to this idea of a center of excellence and you know having whoever we're staffed with hopefully we're well researched there as this is just the beginning to help and support those First Nations and whatever they need far too often what I've heard from many Chiefs across British Columbia is that we don't have capacity we don't have enough resources and what they're alluding to is that within their Chiefs and Councils within their systems within their governance they don't have somebody that's directly committed to economic development nor do they have somebody that looks after their title perhaps you know the center of excellence and this is really a vision that we've had at BCAPN is that we supplement and support those First Nations and whatever resources they need to to you know if it's in terms of fisheries in terms of aquaculture perhaps or if there's a forestry initiative on those parts that we can come and help and support any initiatives that those First Nations request thank you Harry do you have a follow up question Yes I do I'm just wondering why it was determined that it would be best to use this funding for one central center as opposed to individually giving funds to each First Nations for them to determine for themselves how best to use these resources You know I suppose this is one thing that to fund many First Nations I suppose you know in terms of that would require a lot of funding and certainly that I think you have it right in terms of there should be more resources to First Nations communities that want to develop their economic development so I think you know in terms of best practices and what we've learned out of the Black Book sessions is that we want to compile everything that we can find out to First Nations communities and provide all that information for wherever you come from for any First Nations to come forward and draw upon the knowledge that we find so you know you can find out what is the best practice to initiate really I think or implementing your title rights interests or what is the best practices for any company that you want to development I think it's really to draw upon everybody's knowledge into one center so we get a good idea of I think what we're looking at in terms of the Black Books is best practices and really don't want to repeat a lot of work that's already been done or is already out there and provided in one central location so many First Nations can draw upon it. Thank you. That's all the questions we have today. That concludes today's event. Thank you all everyone for coming.


They're checking buttons right now You know it's Katana and right now on checking buttons screen is Jackie And that's what's been the best for him so far I mean like I said I spoke with him before the top eight began He figured it was a Jackie top eight. They basically run through with it with Jackie. Yeah looking at all different match ups He was gonna have to do the surprise early pick against foxy, but I think that he really wait a minute Wait a minute. Oh never mind. He's going back He's going back home There's a second Texan in this top four. It's Aaron black That's war I'm not I know you're I know I know I know you don't think I know the lore Here this ain't your first rodeo Can't be that with a stick All right Loser semis some each sonic box Dancing under I Don't think there's an air black out there that we utilize this down for quite like box does to simply control the neutral Yeah, it's just a great footsies button You don't get much damage off of it of course, but it really controls what the opponent can do and that's very valuable We talked about air box placed on how he approaches match ups It's put out the acid bubble and just look for people to walk towards them to stop the approaches That's how he loves playing this character. It's not it's not pure offense pure mix ups. Mm-hmm. It's a space in oriented game Not helping me so far some ages on the hunt. Oh, he's in a bad spot. Yeah, I really needed to get that tech That was super important to stay up at them Whoa That was meeting The boots with the butt To fight Not a bad way to go out right there if I just say so myself as a puddle is down There after all throwing those down force number of there's chance. No in a little late Safe though, of course Course wanted to keep corner. You got to think and that's the unique normal You saw the little gunshot to the ground is it's actual diagonal input on his down three forward Well, very active here is to meet out of there Sonic box and not taking walls back back throw so out of the corner, but you gotta do that sometimes But we take those ladies and gentlemen come on by there with the big boot Some he's ready for the lack of amplification out of sonic fox there That's a mind game gonna be played throughout the entirety of the set here.  That was absolutely ludicrous. Can we end this right now? What in the world? My god from some means wild Let's land themself into the corner blocked forward three two flows blocked it punished victory.  Yeah, I don't blame him if I'm being honest with you Okay, well see if this does better for him that is what happened of course last time he played Try to entire Jeff Jackie was one of the best in the game But the active print the jump kick there to help out some ease both swing in here in the newt Great job when he's right there with the throw tech and comes is there a tech there is man We are high-level guesses right now pressure Damage I know some ease loves to save that crushing blow for late in matches almost never in the first round Always to close things out. Yeah when it's most valuable Wow in the clinch Right back really wanted to take a bet That's one of the best reversal buttons in this game that's a nine-frame mid. Yeah, that is such a big hit box Extremely fast very easy to follow up on a lot of damage out of what you do and that's the round On the board here what's the adjustment from some ease here What's on the clock is found his way in and it's been a different game to what we saw there black Wow Wow, we're gonna down to right there It's just the right decisions right now out of sonic box Little bit of a stagger early jump kick that's been working Yeah, super to now Catching seven o'clock trying to anti air might change things up that he sees that it's working interruption Okay Reverse the situation's slight approach not too much out of it and every single time to me just varying what he does He's never being predictable sonic box his own staggers his own harassment, but you know if she finds the red combo She's gonna pump out the damage. Oh my goodness That was pressure for about 20 seconds into a raw fatal blow that was disgusting He knew exactly when Samija was gonna try to do something else to meet you like I've been patient not there Oh The round there for Samija So they both had to use it Sonic box man not often to see him with on that dash punch or anything There we go the head nod Samija feeling it right there Both don't have a fatal blow in his final round It's gonna come down to the wire first blood going to Samija with the throw 140 off the board already a second one You don't realize how just how much damage throws do and so you see a couple of them add up I'll say yeah almost half your health gone. There it is a Third one for you almost got the wave punish. What's your fuck's about to press a button? There's a fork is he about to throw this man to death Sonic box in his own grab reaction of sonic fox knowing that the wake-up up three moves katana back at the advancing normal Wait for the break away didn't even break away. There was no break away. There's the break away Safe pressure We have a situation in which sonic fox Long time considered the best player of Mortal Kombat and injustice games in history is at risk of elimination And don't you oh Wait a minute What are you doing fox is doing deep up that sleep whatever character it is He either loses with or he has to win three straight. He's really doing this Bending it all on scarlet who he has personally talked up. Okay. It's one of the strongest. Okay mass point for Samija Okay, it's a big change here into scarlet first time we're seeing here in the top eight much more of a neutral heavy character Just control so much space gets a lot of health back. Yes hard to kill very annoying to get in on it's all about control Yeah, definitely Jackie was the opposite Jackie was all about getting in but now we see some me just the one who needs to get in We've already seen him do that in other matches. Yeah, look look at his set with dragon. Yeah patient enough to get through everything Yeah, that's it the health back here from Sonic up three waking up. We go for some ease. Wait a minute And one big difference that's all it's not gonna get as much damage at a time as Jackie did That being said he's already gotten Almost half of the health bar back already. Yeah on the enders of these combos No breakaway for Sonic. He's the decent damage here. Oh Wait different from earlier coming up a bit early David. He wants to end it now. That's true. Yeah It is a bit of a different tack flawless buck. He was ready right there stand one answer here And that's what one in the last game that neutral jump on a wake up right there this time. No Sonic Fox walking back to where he can feel a little stronger looking him from afar Absolutely trying right now both fatal blows are loaded.  He waited knew exactly what was coming Sonic Fox taking that round beautifully spaced out I think it's our stand three that just hits absolutely It's for two unknown Big ol normal Say to We're in a high pressure situation now Big dammy no breakaway Amplified but slam missing the meaty dough Fox knocking the full commitment on wake up the old Barry smart on that Amplification there of the fans now a chance to pressure again. It's not really wild mixes But that hasn't been necessary the whole time The health back in the mix up off of it I love the way that he's approaching Scarlett. It's very unique the movie saw early in the tournament a lot of guys make it a far Like King Jambler He is all about getting that help back Well right now he needs it Meages playing little more patiently neutral ducking and then walking in and the balls box will be escaped That's the issue right there for scarlet that string is false walkable She does have a parry that she can blow you up from trying to follow spot up two or three, but we didn't see it And that is the mind game and even looking for it right there first throw all the huge crushing blow wait a minute Are you kidding me active full stream siphon are you a madman are you the greatest of all time? I mean come on That was begging for a button block at least one game here. It's not done yet Here in top four losers semi-finals fighting the hit early Just going back to this neutral control the link from the farm the blood ball as well You can see she has all these different projectiles the crawler the tongue Couple of different balls. Oh My goodness in this variation the siphon that he's using not to end combos, but in the neutral so smart Big active make it work. Yeah. Yeah, he loves that slow one beautiful and ready You know, but when he follows that blood ball in and he you guess from 50 50 It's double damages the sweep of the overhead and the blood bubble itself You need a lot of damage on that mix-up if spaced perfectly Moving on in jump kick that really jump kick put the drop after that so And he was ready with down to sonic boxes there Well, you're gonna see me explain this game. We need to come in here. She didn't believe in that Very ready to see him have lack of commitment on a jump in that is not the history of some ease right there Crush I can't believe that actually did with one amazing timing right there by some ease who gets a lot of damage with the crush Ender on this combo here That is knowledge right there. I would not have myself read that I was gonna win for the raw fatal blow Sonic Fox is getting savage on us. Wow. This dude's doing siphon in neutral. He's a couple of times a ton Failable to end round so far in this match and his pick actually looks good to to Sonic Fox switching over to Scarlet for the first time that I've seen this tournament He's believing right now to straight games one more putting up a whoa Easy there Fox putting up the guns for us one game away from making top three You know Fox this once wants so bad. Oh, yeah The only thing on the poor poor tour that has alluded him. That's right Yeah, and you know you want to start off getting this extra points the extra bonus money here as well force combo breaker 15k pot bonus on top of the 800 entrants a lot of money online a lot of money on the line ladies and gentlemen Just talking under those fans even the amplified version the crawler underneath the tongue as well Definitely a big downside to get on a zoning It's not a mid like it wasn't previous games health back rather than the rest and I'm so impressed by that Takes the break away not quite a whiff under so here's a big chance here for Sonic Fox. Oh some each out of there He was comfortable doing that. He knows to me shots. No bar even to flawless block. That's true Yeah, couldn't have done up to afterwards. Oh look at that max distance siphon again. Not enough coming in Samish really only needs a big hit with no breakaway of Sonic Fox into a fatal blow to personally close this thing out pressuring But Sonic Fox battling back just wants that space The respect Two games in a row around as well. He's at match point with scarlet not a pick out If you were telling me who's Sonic Fox gonna pick being down to oh If you're right here against me, yeah, it would not have been scarlet would not a surprising assault goes into the grab first time there slowball Coming no matter what very active on that thing to and does rest and trying to jump The crap comes out of box. He's once again in control. He's got the range for himself The fight version does hit here's the damage escape, of course back to controlling things Sonic Fox trying to jump away down three Finally getting one. He actually failed to get the if Earlier in this set here. We go tying up the health bar Samish. Okay, a little delay and it worked and there's still no breakaway here But Sonic Fox once he has had that fatal blow.  He is proving to us why he is the greatest David time and time again My surprise is not scarlet necessarily for the fact that she's


Many biologists had not appreciated the depth and importance of evolutionary biology until genomic sequences of many organisms allowed us to see in great detail the genetic differences that accompanied organismal evolution. Combine this with modeling and mathematics and a whole variety of deep and interesting questions such as how did we get here become accessible. I majored in biology and applied mathematics at Brown University and as an undergraduate I came to appreciate the importance of theory in formulating testable hypotheses about the nature of genetic variation in populations. My PhD thesis work was with Mark Feldman at Stanford working on population genetics theory bolstered by empirical work with Drosophila. It was largely because of this grounding in basic theoretical population genetics that Dan Hartle invited me to co-write a very influential textbook, Principles of Population Genetics. My connection with AURUS is to have done one year of postdoctoral research with Freddie Christensen working on selection components analysis. I'm happy to say that we're currently taking this approach to a genome-wide scale in two papers that are coming together now. We've worked on several quite distinct problems in evolutionary genomics with the fruit-flyed Drosophila while centering on variation in newly discovered gene regulatory pathways. Fly's launch are quite sophisticated immune response when they get bacterial infections and the evolutionary questions center on how they can stay ahead in an arms race with bacteria. Different genetic lines of flies differ widely in their immune response and we learn that it is largely mediated by the speed of the initial recognition of being infected. We've done a lot of work with the Drosophila Y chromosome whose DNA is mostly repetitive and non-genic. Amazingly variation in this non-genic part of the Y chromosome acts to modify expression levels of hundreds of genes all over the genome and we're only beginning to understand the evolutionary implications of this. We're also using Drosophila as a model for human neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's and ALS. We insert human genes into flies that cause the neurodegeneration in the eye or knock down the fly's own genes and identify modifier genes that alter the severity of neurodegeneration. We're currently engaged in an analysis using twin data to show that there are genetic differences among humans driving differences in the gut microbiome. Russian investigators selected for tame behaviors in the silver fox with remarkable success. We apply genomics approaches to show a strong signal for specific changes in several aspects of brain function in those tame foxes. The thing that gives me the greatest pride is my legacy so far of 33 graduate students and 54 postdoctoral fellows who have trained with me and who are now doing research and teaching in 12 different countries and 21 different states in the United States. It's a great source of joy and satisfaction. I would like to invite Dr. Andrew Clark to join me on the floor. Dr. Andrew Clark is a remarkable scientist. Clark's research in population genetics and genomics is internationally renowned and his work is very highly regarded by fellow researchers in his field. Clark received his PhD in population genetics from Stanford University and was in 1982 to 83 a postdoc at Orhus University at the Institute of Ecology and Genetics. Andrew Clark has done an impressive amount of highly relevant and important work in the area of population genetics and genomics over the past 40 years. He has kept his ability of leading this field through his innovative thinking to this date. With a truly innovative approach Dr. Clark's research has contributed to understanding the gene regulatory networks and he has developed modern genome-wide approaches to quantitative genetics. According to the Web of Science his scientific works has been published in more than 400 papers for a major part in top-tier journals with a total of more than 48,000 citations and an age index of 87 this is truly impressive. Dr. Clark has kept his ties to Orhus University since his postdoc period here since its establishment in 2001. Several researchers at the Biophon Informatics Center, Mikkel Haide-Seaup, Thomas Bacheljon and Freddie Booker-Christiansen among others have benefited greatly from this collaboration including PhD students who has visited you at Cornell University during their studies. We truly expect that these very close interactions will continue for many years to come. Dear Andrew, on this background it is my greatest privilege and pleasure to confer upon you the degree Dr. Cientarium Honoris Causa at Orhus University.


Hello and welcome everyone to DevNation 2023 and in particular welcome everyone to this first track or the first session which is about intelligent apps. My name is Manfred, I am a sales specialist for application services and middleware for Red Hat and my responsibility is the EMEA market and I will be your host and you are moderated today for the first session. We will have three presentations in that session and you will receive an email after the event with the details where you can find the slides, the recordings and all sorts of other materials for those three presentations and in fact for all presentations and labs that were given during DevNation. If you have any questions feel free to post them in the comment section on the platform and then either I will address them directly or I will hand them over at the end of the presentation to our speaker to address those questions. And with that I would say let's start with the first presentation. Our first speaker is Noe. Noe is a backend engineer at Red Hat and she currently works in the Scalpati and with that I'm handing over to you Noe and kick it away. Thank you Manfred. So this presentation is going to be like an explanation on how to install Scalper step by step and create a topology of a virtual application network. So just to give a little bit of context, Scalper is a service interconnect that operates in the Layer 7 and allowed hybrid cloud communications across different providers, OpenShift, AWS, or AWS, etc. There's no need for VPNs. That like I mentioned before creates a virtual application network I'm going to call the VAM from now on and that are managed by the routers that operate inside the Scalper. So Scalper has inside a router that is the principal component that sends messages between sites and that's the way that the Scalper can communicate different services in different clusters. So this is the basic use case. So typically in a microservice architecture we have several microservices and several databases that communicates one with each other. But the challenging comes when part of those microservices are located in different clusters because for legal reasons they have to be in private data centers or pricing or you name it. So we can make the communication easier with Scalper instead of having to configure VPN or any firewall rules. So this is the agenda for today. So we are going to saw Scalper in different clusters. We are going to show the cluster console as well. We are going to see how to create the tokens and how to connect those sites. We're going to see how to expose the services through Scalper, look the status and also how to see the events or all that sort of information that is useful to see what's going on in the band. So this is our starting point. We want to connect three sites. One of them is public and has three microservices. The other one is also public and has a diverse microservices and one of them is private. So let's install that. So in this case for the public we are using an IBM cloud that is located in Frankfurt. We have already three deployments and for the public and the private we are going to use two sessions of Minikube. Okay, now we have all the deployments there up and running. Okay, and now we are going to start in Scalper. So Scalper deploys a router and a service controller in a particular name and space. Some features of this post can be customized like CPU, memory usage, or so on. We can also update the console that is going to help to visualize this topology better. So we go again to the terminal. We hit Scalper in it, minus, minus, help. We could see here all the customization options that we have but for this case we are going to just hit Scalper in it. And the private we are going to also install Scalper in it without customizing any further. And in the public cluster we are going to enable the console. We are saying that the authentication is going to be internal and we are going to pass a user and a password. We guarantee here that we have our previous deployments. We have a Scalper router and the Scalper service controller that is going to synchronize all the services in all the sites. So at this point we have a Scalper but it is not connected with anything. So for that we are going to create the tokens that implies generating YAML finds with the target site certificates. These tokens expire after a short period of time and can be revoked and by default they are single use. After that we can establish a link between two sites using that token within the sites that we want to connect. And after that we can see the link status to see if we are already connected or not. So going back to the terminal we are going to create the token. I'm going to specify that two sites are going to use this token because if not this token cannot be used. So I'm going to specify that. It cannot be used twice that I wanted to say. So here we want to create another token and now we are going to create a link. We use the token that we have created to the public site. Last we are going to create two links here. One to the to the public one that it is in IBM cloud and the other mining queue session. So now we hit Scalper link status. We can see that this site, the private, is connected, has two links that are connected. What happens if we hit here Scalper link status? So there's no links configured here because here only we have created the token but we can see the incoming links with an option status. So we see that we are receiving two links, one from the private one site that is this one and another one from the public two site here. Okay, let's continue. Now we have the three sites connected and we have our deployments in Kubernetes or in OpenShift but they're not exposed by Scalper. So when we expose a service in Scalper this is going to be synchronized in all the other sites. So from the point of view of any service, any other service connected to the band is local to them. So it's like they are in the same site. So let's do that. In this case I have a script for this but I'm going to show you what it has inside. So the command for exposed deployments in Scalper is like this. We select the deployment that we want to expose for Scalper, the others that we want to use support the protocol HTTP2 or TCP and the target port. So let's accept this and we are going to expose as well in the public to cluster all the deployments that we have in this Kubernetes. Okay, we can see meanwhile the service that we have here, Scalper service status. Okay, so we can see that in this site we have all of these services but the targets only, they are only the ones that we deploy actually in this site, in this Kubernetes. But for the rest of the services that were exposed through other Scalper sites are locally accessible. So it's like they are in the same site. But they are in the target is in any other sites. Okay, so let's go back to the presentation. So the Scalper status, sorry for this, the Scalper status shows as well the sites connected directly or indirectly the numbers that were exposed in general in all the fun and the console URL if we configured that, if you remember we configured it in one of the sites. So we have seen the Scalper service status command, but the Scalper status command is the one that says that Scalper is enabled for this space that is connected to other sites, the private and the public too. And in total we have exposed 10 services. So we have, if we go to the public to site and we can see that the name space is public too, that it is connected as well to other sites and it has 10 exposed services. And we have here the console to the, sorry, the URL to the console. So if we open the link, so the console as I said before is showing a visual information about the topology of the fun and provides also observability of the data flow within the process. So let's go to see this console. So I pasted it before the URL. We set up user and password before. So we see that we have all the components here, all the processes here. We can see the topology, all the addresses that we have that we have available, the sites, the components that is all the images that are running and the processes that is one per replica. So let me check something first. So I don't know what is not refreshing correctly all the topology, but just to give you an idea, you can see how the, let's use, let's see if the application is working properly.  So let's try if the application was, if it is working correctly. Okay, seems like it is working correctly. Okay, it's strange. Let me refresh the services. Okay, let's see if it's working again. Okay, meanwhile, yeah, we have, this is the result of the demo that we have three sites connected through a scalper. We have two links from the private to the public one to the public two and one from the public two to the public one. Let's see. So let's see if, okay, now we have all the, all the sites here. We can see all the components here. We can see the interactions between the components. Let me see. Okay, so let's see if the scalper is, okay. So the last thing that I want to show you is that we can revoke access to the links. We can destroy all the links that we have. And we can debug events also in the scalper or all the things that we have created in the scalper. So really quick. Let's go here. We can hit the scalper with the access. And if we hit here, scalper, near the stages, we can see that the link to the public one is not connected. So the links were disabled from the public one. And if we hit a scalper, debug events, we can see all the events that are happening inside the scalper and to see all the objects that are created in Kubernetes. If we search for scalper service, we can see here all the resources that were created in Kubernetes by scalper. So that's the finish. The takeaways are that with the scalper, your application can expand multiple cloud providers that send to some regions. There's no VPNs required. There are several ways to check the status and to follow you of the band. So in this last URL, you have all the steps to do this demo. And hopefully you don't have problems like me with the deployments. And this is the title of the project, the web page, the Google groups to ask any questions. That's it. I hope you have enjoyed this presentation. All right. No, I thank you so much for this presentation. We're a little bit short on time, but there is one question in the chat. And I'll just read it out to you. A question by Andy. Does scalper update the Kubernetes DNS entries in the connected namespaces across the clusters? The services that the scalper creates to connect all the different deployments are created by scalper and synchronized, yes, in all the Kubernetes sites. Excellent. Thank you so much. Okay, with that, we would like to wrap up this first presentation. Thank you very much, Noe. Like I said at the beginning, you will receive an email later on in a couple of days with all the information about where to get the slides, recordings, and all sorts of other links and resources that have been used. Okay. Thanks, Noe. Thank you.


John saying that he is the OG and actually putting out a battle that guys could be have an opportunity to you know have an opportunity to collab with him because he's the OG international kind of thing. Thank you for staying tuned. My name is Michelle. Ashira hashtag to use is hashtag hip-hop Thursday at Y254 channel across all social media platform. Instagram is at Y254 underscore channel and in studio right now I am joined by a rapper who has been into the game for the longest period of time and this is the first interview that he's doing. First wave in mainstream. I'm not gonna say much I'll let him introduce himself because we cannot wait to hear much of what he has to say because it's too much of sauce in one plate as always right here. So what happens is this artist apparently had an album and it all went to a place no one knows even himself doesn't know what happened to his album. So we'll get into deep into that story on issues pertaining album and new music new single. Thank you for coming through to hashtag hip-hop Thursday hashtag one month why in the morning? I'm gonna say to introduce Kamiro Fo, Koto Amumich Kwamta Gani and Pia. You're the kind of sound of music that you do. I'm Kibira 42 and I do hip-hop. Kibira 42 and I do Octobizo.  I don't see him as someone you can look up to. What? So what kind of sound of music do you do? Hip-hop. In school I do mambo rap. So what do you do? I do a mambo rap. I do a mambo rap. I do a mambo rap. I do a mambo rap. I do a mambo rap. So you learn to give blues anyway? I do, so I check it. So that I see the person is the other way? That's okay. So do you realize that you can be J-awes? I realize that I'm a hit, that I have a standard too. I'm in Class 2, I compose poor music, I present a song. I compose music and write a poem. I'm a teacher. Okay. Okay. When did you start popping? town. A. How did you gather so many So they accepted your music from your back. So you could probably tell them in terms of, because you started way back, in terms of their music and also not just the zombie and this always support system. What will you tell people in terms of the people who have not yet gotten to mainstream? What do you call, how is it back? I'll tell you, it's very easy. But we are all focused and focused on the music, let's see what's going on, what's happening, what kind of music are you listening to? That's what I'll tell you. Okay, so it's very easy.  So approximately you're listening to the way back for how long, professionally? Professionally, it took us four years. Four years. So far, how many music? How many do you have an album? We were talking about an album which disappeared. So probably we can tell viewers about that and just a brief journey of your music. And how many songs do you have on YouTube here? This is a story of an album which disappeared. In 2012, I was in the city. Because the studio was in Nigeria. And it was in China. Oh, that sounds like a Nigerian name. Niger. Niger. Some of the songs I have done were popular. But I don't know what they are. I don't know the record. So it happened. My mother came to the studio. She came to visit me. She told me that she was in danger. So I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. So, how many songs do you have on that particular album? I have 12 songs. 12 songs. So did you have to release it as an individual? First of all, Nigerian girl can act as who in terms of your album? As a producer, who is she? She is my producer. OK. And he went away with all of your songs. So what happened to the songs? Did you have to redo them again? You started all over from the scratch. So what are some of the challenges? That being one of them, the fact that producer decided to walk away with all of your music and it went wherever. God knows where he went to. So what are some of the challenges that you face? Come on, send me to come to Annie and trying to get to Minstry. So what are some of the challenges that you face? That's true. Okay, as he has said, I try 254 channel across all social media platform and Y254 underscore channel on Instagram. Bring out your comments and definitely tell us what you think about underground artists having an opportunity to come to mainstream and the challenges that they face. Now Nimepe Nakombo you've talked about coming to mainstream and the challenges and what you went through before you got to mainstream. So how did you get to Y254? So what you're saying, Nakombo, you need to have a supportive system whereby these people you incorporate them in your musical journey to help you out and push your music. You just, will you find it very hard to do it on your own so that you start to help? Okay, talk to me about finances. When you say you're an underground artist have you just mentioned how do you deal with the financial aspect of producing your music in terms of audio and appear video? Your challenge, how do you cover that? Okay sir, 100K, okay. So what I hear for me is that you're a guy, you're an artist with a vision, because getting in a situation where you're setting a particular amount for your business, which is music, that means it's something that you've sat down, think about it, and you are so much focused to it. And I think that you'll be able to, probably, if they're starting out and they feel like the financial aspect is quite very much not on their side. What would you tell them? of these studios. So Nesambe here, me and my producer want to start up these studios, what would you tell them in terms of incorporating new artists. What you could just reduce out. So, but because of this situation, by a producer, a artist, and a do, and, I think I'm going to do, but and a talent will be like, ah, it's okay, get into the studio, let's jump. I left one at your place, and then I'm going to go out and have a chat with you. I want to be a producer, and I want to jump. I want to check in on the street, so that I can go to the street, and get the money for granted, and I want to go to the street, and I want to go to the street, and I want to go to the street, and I want to go to the street, and I want to go to the street, so what do you want to extend in terms of DS, I want it to be different. That would get better for me, but it would be the same with the DJ Regiz, to you tell us , The upcoming artist, underground artist who have been there, then well known to me. But getting to The songs to DJ, like, what is one of their advice, How could they get their music to DJs, they're probably one of the, I don't know, I don't want to use the easiest way, but just one of the way.  The problem comes up when the crowd, As in, it's up to the DJ to introduce himself to the audience.  Yeah, it's up to the DJ to introduce himself to the audience. Alright, so what was the theme behind ZOMBI? It's a very unique video and for us who watch ZOMBI as a series, but this is a different version of ZOMBI. It's all about musical and artistic aspects of it. So probably you can tell us. So on that note, there's a post in the calligraphy of Leo Subukua, I.J. And he's all about talking about how all the rap artists were getting to battle. And then the winner, as you can see, in another international level, the O.G. Luckily, the artists were inspired. People were just inspiring your music. What was it like? I was inspired. I was inspired. I was inspired. Alright. You have a story about your husband. Yes. No, I didn't tell you that. I am in the Church of Heaven. Many people say that I was raised in the Church of Heaven. I went through a lot of things about this place. But people don't like the idea of being like, and the Queen and the King. People will be questioning. So tell me about social media and your music, how has the response been like? The response has been good, I have a lot of friends, I am a fan of you, I am a fan of Beziko. So tell me about social media handles on camera 4, I left them there, then you can speed some lines for us, some bars of any of your music. You can choose from Zombie, Shikamatao. I like that, I like that, I like your spirit. So tell me about social media handles on camera 4, I left them there, then you can speed some lines for us, some bars of any of your music. So you can start out speeding some lines for us DJ, instrumentals. So you can start out speeding some lines for us, some bars of any of your music. So you can start out speeding some lines for us, some bars of any of your music. So you can start out speeding some lines for us, some bars of any of your music. So you can start out speeding some lines for us, some bars of any of your music. So before that DJ will be coming up with new good music, so make sure you send in your comments, your requests, courtesy of DJ Rages, Sawa Sawa, the Mr. Good Vibes, Michelle Lashira Krozogma, social media platform. And Barry Mo will be coming up with another interview, you don't want to miss this one, if you miss this one, what will it be? What will it tell people? Hashtag keep up Thursday, we'll be right back.


iDetect has forever changed the way the world can detect deception. It's the first automated credibility assessment technology that can accurately determine if a person is being truthful or dishonest, simply by measuring involuntary eye behaviors. The following is a dramatization showing how simple it is to administer an iDetect test. The test proctor escorts the examinee into an evenly lit testing room.  The examinee receives basic instructions on how to take the test. Those instructions include asking the examinee to sit comfortably in the chair, rest hands or arms on the desk, put on the headphones, which will be used to hear test instructions, an explanation of the test topics, and in some cases to hear test questions, as well as to eliminate ambient noise. Use the mouse to respond to the true and false test questions. The green mouse button is used to respond true, and the red mouse button is used to respond false. And lastly, position the chin in the chin rest. Keeping the head still during testing helps assure accurate measurements of involuntary eye behaviors. The chin rest is optional, the test proctor utilizes iDetect manager to monitor the examinee's compliance and to verify good data capture during the test. The test proctor then initiates the test by clicking on the test wizard, followed by choosing the appropriate test to be administered. If desired, the test proctor may gather demographic data from the examinee, such as the person's age, gender and level of education. The test proctor may also use the system to take a photograph of the examinee, which will be included on the test report. By following the test wizard prompts on screen, the test proctor performs the following tasks. Powers up the eye tracker, which is positioned at the bottom of the computer monitor. Adjusts the distance between the examinee's eyes and the computer screen. Calibrates the eye tracker, which refers to having the examinee watch certain parts of the screen, while the eye tracker adjusts to the examinee's eyes. Validates the calibration reading, which confirms the eye tracker can successfully track the examinee's eyes. Once the initial setup is completed, the automated test begins. The examinee first hears and sees instructions about the test topics, as well as instructions on how to take the test. Then, a practice test is administered to get the examinee comfortable with the testing process. The computer provides feedback to ensure the examinee understands the process. After the practice test, the actual test is administered. The true-false test questions appear on screen every few seconds, and the examinee responds by clicking the appropriate mouse button. A screening test takes about 30 minutes and can cover up to four relevant topics. A diagnostic or specific issue test takes about 15 minutes and covers one specific topic. A few short breaks are provided during the test to allow the examinee to rest. During the test, the test proctor can use the eye detect manager software application installed on a Windows-based tablet or laptop to observe the examinee while maintaining a safe social distance. This software allows the test proctor to ensure the examinee is compliant. Confirm the eye tracker is capturing good data. See which question is on screen. Track the examinee's progress. And verify the examinee is answering the questions. When the test is finished, the test proctor escorts the examinee from the testing room. Next, the test proctor saves the test and uploads the testing data to a secure web server. Within about three minutes, a test report is automatically created with a credibility score, which can be accessed on a secure web-based dashboard. The credibility score indicates whether the examinee was credible or deceptive to each of the topics in the eye detect test. This fast, accurate, and affordable eye detect test is now used by hundreds of organizations worldwide. And since this automated test is given by a computer and scored by an algorithm, all examinees are guaranteed a consistent, unbiased test and experience. For more information, visit converis.com.


Hello, my people. My name is Meacham. I'm your college counselor. And today we're talking about the SAT curve, like my curves. After every single SAT that has ever been taken, you would see some video talking about the curve for the test. Well, what is the curve? And how does it work on the digital SAT? On previous SAT exams, everybody around the world got the exact same test on the exact same day. And so each one of those tests had a special curve that would tell you how many points you got based on how many questions you missed. Websites like the College Panda have been publishing tables of these curves by taking data from thousands of test takers and sort of reverse engineering them to figure out which test was harder or more forgiving. A test that was really hard might have a generous curve like this where your score doesn't really go down very much with your first few mistakes. But an easy test might look more like this where you have a really steep drop because missing just one or two questions could cost you a lot of points. So now that we've had the first international digital SAT, how do we figure out the curve? Here's the thing, there isn't one, okay? There is no curve. How can there be no curve on the digital SAT? It all has to do with adaptive testing. Because each person in the test room gets a different test, there's really no single curve that could be applied to all of the SAT exams that have been taken. Instead of having an overall curve for the whole test, each question is worth a certain number of points. As I experimented a little bit with the practice tests in Blue Book, I found that like one mistake could be worth as much as 30 points, but it could be less. It depends on the difficulty of the question. If you make a mistake on a hard question, you'll probably only lose 10, maybe 20 points. But if you make a mistake on an easy question, you could expect to lose as much as 30 points off of your test. That's why getting the hard module on the second part is important. Getting the hard module means you have a higher floor, you can't go below a certain point because you're getting questions that won't take away as much from your score. Hey, this is Meacham from like two days before I actually post this video. And I just wanted to interrupt myself to point out that College Board is full of shit because they say in their guide for educators that all questions are scored by giving one point for each correct answer and that hard questions count the same as easier questions.  And the answer people is no, I did not. Let me show you why College Board is a bunch of liars and why you can't trust anything they say. Because here's, I just retook practice test one. Just to confirm this, I have one incorrect answer, but I have this incorrect answer on the hard module. Right here, I purposely did the last question, number 54, incorrect, okay? Everything else, as you can see, is perfectly fine here. Now, let's go back to my practice one test. You'll notice I have 770. This time I have 780. Look at the difference. Where did I make my mistake on this practice test? Again, I did this intentionally in order to figure out the truth. One incorrect answer. This time I did a question in the first module, a question that would have been considered easier. It was a basic punctuation question. So again, don't trust anything College Board tells you. This idea that all questions are worth the same, that hard questions count the same as easier questions, is not true, okay? So there is no curve. There simply is just values for each question. Hard module questions will hurt you less. So if you get the hard module, you're in a better position. And now let's go back to the rest of the video I made. But there's another reason why adaptive testing really makes it hard to plot a curve for the digital SAT. And that's because everybody has a different test. Well, not everybody. 25 people have a different test. Let me explain. This is College Board's guide for test centers, okay? For the digital SAT. And it gives instructions for how they should handle the test setup. And something really important to note here is the number of people that can be allowed in a test center room. This example right here actually shows like a bigger classroom, but notice that it's limited to just 20 seats and these other ones are like X out over here. College Board says that there's a maximum of 25 people per room, but they typically recommend 20. And that leads me to believe that they can't produce more than 20 or 25 unique test forms. If you went to a school with 50 people, maybe two people got the same exact test. Now, College Board says that the digital SAT forms are going to be comparable, but unique. Kind of like twins or chicken sandwiches from fast food restaurants. Comparable, but unique. The tests are going to be comparable in the sense that they're going to have the same number of easy, medium and hard questions for the first module. And then in the second module, well, if you get a hard module, your hard module would be comparable to somebody else's hard module. But at the end of the day, all the test forms are unique. So clearly they have a large bank of questions. And some people even reported seeing some of the questions from the practice test. So I imagine they still have a lot more to make. Speaking of more stuff to make, I still have to make a lot more digital SAT material for you. I have been working on some stuff that's going to be used in one of my Monday live stream classes. If you want to check that out, you can. I've been streaming every Monday with my English class from the digital SAT. And big shout out to Zajjana and Mohamed who won my contest and got to be part of the class and have been attending the class. It's been a real pleasure working with people from the channel. And I just want to say thank you to everybody who's been like supporting this. It's been super cool. Anybody telling you that there is a curve that they've cracked for the digital SAT is just wrong. Okay, so there's really no sense in comparing your scores to other people's scores anymore because you're not going to know what the differences were on their tests. They could have had completely different questions. They could have had an easy module or a hard module in the second part. You don't know. So stop comparing your results to other people's results. Instead, what I want you to do is put your results in the comments because what we can do is try to figure out how much a question is worth and tell us. Okay, what did you get on your scores? Did you think your second modules were harder about the same or were they easier? Share your scores. I want to know what you got on this digital SAT. It's a whole new test, whole new system. And the only way we're going to figure it out is by working together. And I really want to understand just, how hard this test is when it comes to grading. While there is no curve anymore for the digital SAT, we can determine how many points you lose when you make mistakes. And that can really help guide us because we can figure out, okay, what kinds of questions are you most likely to miss? And then how can we improve on those so that we minimize our errors to the lowest number possible? That strategy has always worked for the SAT and I know it's gonna work even more for the digital SAT. Since there's no curve anymore, all we can do is really just look at our own results, try to get better and do a better job the next time. And speaking of next time, I have another class coming up that's gonna open up in June for the August SAT. If you're interested in getting to that June class, then you can go to preporscore.com and hit me up and talk to me about it. And I got so much more stuff coming up about the SAT, but also about other things like universities that you need to check out and other important things for your college application process. I've said it before, the SAT is not the most important part of your application. And if you're focusing 100% on this, you're missing out on so many other things that are more important for you to get into universities. So make sure you follow the channel and check out all the other stuff that we're doing here. It's not just about the SAT, it's about so much more. You are more than a number. And that's why this channel does more than just SAT stuff.


The better things for better living through chemistry present the cavalcade of America dedicated to those men and women in every walk of life who have shaped the destiny of America in the past and to the youth of today who will shape the destiny of America in the future. Tom Paine, a man, an idea, a pen. It was that brilliant pamphleteer of 18th century America whose conception of the dignity and freedom of mankind knew no territorial boundaries, who gave a voice to a young America groping toward a realization of the ideal of freedom. With a well-known radio actor Frank Reddick in the title roles, the cavalcade of America presents the story of Tom Paine. London, the year 1774. Late one afternoon at the Cheshire cheese, two men are talking. The older, England's great 18th century poet and dramatist Oliver Goldsmith. The younger, a man of medium height with brilliant piercing eyes. Tom Paine. You say you were visiting the houses of parliament this morning, Mr. Paine? Yes. As I go as often as I can, Dr. Goldsmith, when at the same time I find it a stimulating and aggravating experience. I know sir, the current of ideas, the free expression of convictions. I always find it a vital evidence of freedom, evidence of freedom. It's not enough. Freedom should be made a fact. It should be lived. Any sense of the men in London today would agree with you on that score, Mr. Paine. Dr. Goldsmith, on such an elusive topic as freedom, it would be difficult to find many persons who would understand or agree that the principle of freedom could be worked out as a practical philosophy in government. But Paine, England believes in freedom. We've had a glorious tradition of liberty, taking them in the 13th century when the rest of Europe was sunk in wholesale despotism. We gave the world England's first great triumph over arbitrary power. Yes, I know. Magna Carta. Then, of course, there's the long struggle at parliament against the continual exercise of ruthless power. And that struggle culminated in England's bill of rights in 1688. In times like these, Mr. Paine, it's reassuring to recall the contributions of England toward the liberation of mankind. It's a precious thing, liberty. It's one thing to achieve it. It's another to hold it. Unless free men are constantly alert, for they know that they've lost these rights, liberty is a responsibility for true Mr. Paine. For even his watchword should be eternal vigilance. And they're meant to be diverting their efforts to that end. Dr. Friendship, for example, have you met him? Oh, yes, yes. We had some very interesting discussions along those lines. Speaking of Dr. Frank, and sir, we all know why he's in London. Yes, America. We know as he knows that the conception of liberty is fundamental among our peoples, and that conception must be preserved against whatever threats may be launched today. And yet, Dr. Goldsmith, how does our government answer the legitimate petitions and protests of the colonies against unreasonable taxation? That, Mr. Paine, is the tragedy of our ear. I'd hardly pose an assertion that we stand for freedom and the kindred rights of the people with cause for grievance. Imagine how an Englishman like myself feels knowing Dr. Franklin and calling on him. You must remember the men in power, Mr. Paine, that are handful, but they control Parliament regardless of popular feeling. They're not England. Who would you say is our greatest statesman today? I should say that Burke was. Edmund Burke, so should I. Yesterday, some lovers were sitting right here at this very table. Garrick Boswell and Dr. Johnson. Edmund Burke was here, too. Now, there's a man who knows the public opinion in England, naturally would. The seat in Parliament. Burke does, but many do not. And Burke said that the way a handful of officials are treating America is absolutely deplorable and inconsistent with the majority feeling throughout England. I personally know other statesmen who feel the same way. Then why can't the stony heart of treatment of the colony stop? I hope it will before it's too late. Burke and the men of his stature in Parliament regard it as a tragic affront to the idea of freedom that really unites England with America. And he's right. That is, Burke's unfeeling virtue. He said we might lose America as a consequence because of the error and folly of a few myopic scapegoats in White Hall. But that between our peoples, there will be an understanding, a bond of freedom that will never be broken. Come, whatever challenges there might be in the future. Well, Dr. Goldsmith, the time has come. Englishmen and Americans believe in freedom. Now it's up to our generation to perpetuate it, to make it work in the world not only for our time, but for all time. Amen to that, Mr. Payne. Another pot of coffee. Oh, no, no, thank you, Dr. Goldsmith. It's dark already. I must be getting back to my lodgings. Good night, sir. Good night. Oh, Mr. Strumble. And who did you think it would be in a day like this? Mr. Payne, I've come for the rent and I take cash, not money. Oh, I'm a man without promise, Mr. Strumble, and with precious little cash into the bottom. Do I get my rent, Mr. Payne? Oh, you get your rent. Here. Here's a shilling that was to feed me. Here's one that was to clothe me. Here's one I'd put aside against just such a rainy day as this. May I come in, Mr. Payne? Oh, Dr. Franklin. I find your stairs quite tall and my breath quite short. I'm sorry, Dr. I'm sorry, too. You've come on me while you're paying your rent, I should say, from the look of your companion. What sort of joke is that, sir? No joke at all, my goodness, miss. It's a tribute to the virtue that's writ on your every line. Well, I have only this to say to you, sir. Good night. It's a long time since you've been to see me, Mr. Payne. I've missed your good talk and your quick mind. Oh, you're very kind, doctor, but I have observed a hungry man makes a poor guest. Hungry man, frat is his host or his cook. Dr. Franklin, you've been in England to some time. May I ask if you're entirely satisfied with the way things are going? No, I'm not. You see, a crisis is on the wing. Mr. Payne, what are your plans? Well, planning on staying alive, Dr. Franklin, but for the life of me, I couldn't tell you how. Have you thought of using your pen? The other day, Dr. Goldsmith showed me a copy of the petition you wrote to Parliament. It would be a sinful waste if the force and clarity that went into it were allowed to go rusty through disuse. Dr. Goldsmith and I were talking about freedom this afternoon. How deeply it's needed in the world. Mr.  Well, the thoughts never crossed my mind. Well, it is now, Mr. Payne. We in America are seeking the kind of freedom you mean. We need a voice to crystallize that feeling. America is a new world that wants new ideas. You're needed there. Needed as much as freedom is. Mr. Payne, you'll be heard in America. This terrible day, Mr. Colvin. Yes, fine. Thank you. Oh, good day, Mr. Colvin. Good day, gentlemen. Mr. Payne, how do you like our fine Philadelphia Spring? Not keeping you from your work on the magazine? No, indeed. Just a little hungry to supper. Not too early, are we?  Now I have made such a big, big, big, good girl. It's all about mutton and pudding for the gentlemen. Very well, ma'am. Thank you, Mr. Well, I see you have quite a few guests here today. Well, she's all talking about the same thing. Let's see what happens up in Boston as their own affair. The way they're talking, you think Philadelphia was right across the field from it? Well, we can't stand for unjust oppression. That's fundamental, Mr. Spring. Oh, myself. I'm not Tory, but I saved my mother did before me. I can't stand for things turned topsy-turvy. Why can't we keep on as we are? I, serving you and other gentlemen of Best Dale and Philadelphia, all of us loyal subjects of his magic. You hear that, Colvin? Yes. That's the stagecoach from New York, isn't it? It comes from Boston, too. There's been news. All right. Let's go outside and see for ourselves, Colvin. But you suffered, gentlemen. They just about had it ready. Now you've just calmed. Well, you keep it warm. We'll be right back. Oh, driver, have you any news? I have indeed, sir. The red-coat spider on the men in Lexington and marched to Concord. The countryside's turned out in awe. Why, does some fool always have to fire a musket at the wrong time? Perhaps there's still a chance of reconciliation. Oh, not now, Colvin. I thought there was once. Not after this affair at Lexington. From here on, there's no telling what will happen. But I know this. Freedom will take root in America. It's the cause of God and humanity. It's common sense. Plain common sense. Come on. Let's go back to the office. I want to write. Mr. Payne, wait, wait. Here's a dear gentleman's papa. Take it back, Meg. I guess Mr. Payne and his friends are set. We're not hungry anymore. Well, I'll put it down. I'm hungry enough myself. Thank the stars for simple pleasures, eh, Meg? Eh, yes, ma'am. You always know what's best, ma'am. Excuse me, General Washington. If you are occupied, no, Lieutenant. I've just finished reading a pamphlet by Thomas Payne, Philadelphia. Indeed, sir? Well, sir, here are the orders of the day. Oh, yes, of course. Have you by any chance seen Mr. Payne's pamphlet yet, Lieutenant? I know, sir. I have not. What is it? It's a pamphlet called Common Sense, Lieutenant. And it is plain common sense. It deserves to be read by every corporal's guard in the Continental Army. And if necessary, I'll issue an order to that effect. Yes, sir. I wish in hope of every man, woman, and child from New Hampshire to Georgia would read this pamphlet. It's the best kind of common sense. I'm never shown on a cause of greater work. Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. You, the reposed terrorist, fell for it.  Oh, America, receive the fugitive and prepare an asylum for mankind. Now is the seed time of Continental Union. Now is the time for faith and honor. Now is the time for freedom. Now is the time for independence. Independence. Off with the oak. Independence. We are in the days of death. Independence. Independence. Independence. Independence. Behold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and a pursuit of happiness. That the security is right. Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the government. That whenever any form of government becomes constructed. Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson. Yes. Oh, good day, Mr. Fane. Congratulations, Mr. Jefferson. Thank you. Well, we've bravely declared independence. Yes. Now we must make it a fact. Oh, we must. I have a carriage, sir, if you'd care to ride to your lodging. Well, well, thank you very much. I am a little tired. This way, sir. Good. I'll see you, sir. Thank you. All right, Sam. Go ahead. Yes, sir. You do. Now, these people on the street, Mr. Fane, do you think they know what independence really means? That it means responsibility as well as liberty. Oh, they will, sir. After reading your declaration, you can be proud of it. You have as good a better right to be proud yourself. Your pamphlet, common sense, prepared the way. It made people ready to declare their freedom. But I'm sure of one thing, Mr. Fane. What's that, Mr. Jefferson? Once given freedom, people must fight to keep it. And they must be reminded constantly of the blessings of their liberty or its loss. America is a young country, Mr. Jefferson. We're at the hope and courage of youth. We're the strength and now we have the will for freedom. Desperateism is a curse of mankind and now we have the chance to destroy it for all time in the United States. The United States? That was your phrase, too, Mr. Fane. We need men like you who can express... And I hope you'll continue to write. Oh, that can wait, Mr. Jefferson. When the need arises, I'll write again. As you say, we must all fight to keep our liberty. Right now we need soldiers. We've had enough talking and writing for a while. Now that a chance to become General Washington's adjutant, I'm going to enlist, sir. Advance, friend, and recognize. Thomas Fane volunteered adjutant to General Green to cast a General Washington staff, returning to duty. In this cold and non-Christmas eve, you must be daft. May, sentry, too many others are deserting already. Where'd we be if we all left? Well, may have we'd be warm and cozy, like them Hessian pigs crossed the river in Trenton. I wouldn't trade places with them, would you? May have you're not as cold and hungry as me. We're all cold and hungry and ragged, sentry. But if we've lost heart, we've lost all. Well, I ain't telling you to desert, adjutant. But if you did, I wouldn't blame you any more than the others. A warm home's the best place to be on a night like this.  But it is our very home, your home and mine that we're fighting for. And I'd like to enjoy them as free-born Americans. Well, Liberty's all right for them, as believe it. With my belly empty, I ain't sure. But you must believe it, sentry. Else why do you stand here? That's what I've been asking myself. You must believe it. You shall, sentry. Good night. God bless your Christmas. Thank you, adjutant. But I ain't saying how much more we can stand. Is that...? Oh, due, General Washington. I saw your fire, adjutant. Thought you were writing. We might at least provide you a desk instead of a drum to write on. And out of the cold, too. Well, the drum was handy, General. And I wanted to feel the cold, like the sentry felt it. The sentry who challenged me a little while ago. I wanted to feel it freeze the marrow of my bones and see how we can keep it from chilling his heart. But this pamphlet is like your other, adjutant. It will give our army new heart and courage if anything can. What did this sentry say? Oh, it was cold, hungry, ragged, like all the rest. He wasn't sure just how much longer he could last. I know. What can we do, adjutant? Many times everything seems hopeless to me as it does to them. If these continue, I'll be a general without an army. The worst of it is, sir, that the poor fellow have lost hope in liberty. Yes. I wonder if there's a victory left in them. What do you call this new pamphlet? The crisis. The crisis. We have a crisis indeed. Do you mind if I see it? No, General. Although it's not quite finished, I hear it isn't. Thank you, adjutant. These are the times the tribe men fold. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. But he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and man. Liberty's all right for them, as believes it. I ain't sure how much more we can stand. These are the times the tribe men fold. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. But he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. These are the times the tribe men believe in. I ain't sure how much more we can stand. These are the times the tribe men fold. Surely, a right shall is not easily conquered. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem to like it. It is dearness only that gives everything its value. By perseverance and fortitude, we have the prospect of a glory addition. By cowardice and submission, the sad voice of a ravaged country. But to populate its city, habitation without safety and slavery, without hope. These are the times the tribe men fold. It is all right for them, as believes it. These are the times the tribe men fold. I ain't sure how much more we can stand. These are the times the tribe men fold. Let it be told in the future world. These are the times the tribe men fold. There's nothing but hope and virtue for the tribe. These are the times the tribe men fold. The city and country, alarmed at one common danger, come forth to me. These are the times the tribe men fold. October 19th, 1781. A gentleman, one more cup before we go off to the playground. To our glorious victory. Just a moment, fellow Hamilton. To General Washington, our commander. And in eternal memory of this day here at Yorktown. A toast to General Washington. Thank you much you do not forget. Thank you. I call your attention to the music. Perhaps you and France are not acquainted with the grave old tune. The world turned upside down. It turned our world right side up. Significantly should be playing that today. We've done more than defeat my Lord Cornwallis gentlemen. The crisis is over. We've won our cause. Before this, we had nothing we could call our own. Now we're no longer dependent and disunited. But the independent and united states of America. Here's the last step, sir. And here's my room. After you, Dr. Franklin. Sit down, sir. Thank you, Tom. My breath still comes short when I think of your other stare at least. Every time you climb stairs to see me, something happens, doctor. Fair no, Tom. In London it meant you're coming here to the new world. And now here you're leaving us to go back to the old world. To go back to the old world. Why? I must, Dr. Franklin. But the war is over. We've won. Why not enjoy the fruits of your labor? No. My usefulness is here. It's over. Now Europe needs someone to speak out against tyranny and for freedom. Tom, have you forgotten that it's not easy in Europe to speak at all? You can't stifle an idea, Dr. Franklin. The flame of liberty lighted in America will never be snuffed out. I mean in Europe. America may be a crude land, Tom. But I couldn't live happily anywhere else. Dr. Franklin, I think I would be unhappy here. Unhappy? No, Tom. Think of the freedom. Where liberty is, there is my country. And where liberty is not, there is my country. Tom Paine was a champion of the rights and freedom of humanity everywhere. And so he will be remembered by the world. But because it was America that gave him his first call, and because he inspired in America the will to be freed, Tom Paine takes an honored place in the Cavalcade of America. Thank you, Frank Reddick. America's historian, Dr. Frank Monahan of Yale University. Next week, Cavalcade presents the story of Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln. I think we all agree that Abraham Lincoln was, in the exact meaning of the word, a great man. What are the things that make men great? Is it heredity or environment or circumstance? Certainly the mother of Lincoln exercised a decisive influence upon him. Nancy Hanks knew the hardships of the frontier, but in the midst of scrubbing and spinning and mending, she kept her eyes lifted to the horizon and beyond. She lived close to the earth in the smell of wild earthy things. She took certain comfort in the promise of the future. She had no formal education, and her constant advice to her son was, Abe, you go to school now and learn all your kin. Although Nancy Hanks could not sign her own name, she made a significant mark in American history because she was the inspiration of Abraham Lincoln. In our story of Nancy Hanks next week, the Cavalcade of America presents in the title role the well-known radio actress, Agnes Morehead. The orchestra and the original musical effects on the Cavalcade of America are under the direction of Don Voorhees. This is Basil Riedale saying good night and best wishes from Dupont.