Lastly, I will just say we are doing the crypto meetup some of my favorite things to do over at San Juan smokehouse and there is a Let's see. Actually, I didn't do that There is a link in the description Let me put it in. I didn't do it Actually And that's what we're doing. So it'll be from 6 p.m.. To 9 p.m If you're in I'll make this very simple if you're in Puerto Rico just Google smokehouse. It's the only one it's in the condado Santurce area and just meet us down there and we'll be probably one of the The majority of the people that are there are most of the crypto people. So just stop by I buy the first round of beers and Steven the owner buys a second round. So should be good times had by all I hope to see everybody out there and it's something we couldn't use it But that's it. So look if like today's video thumbs up consider subscribing a lot of things talking about are very time sensitive like you've Just seen but that's it. So now we'll get into the q&a. I'll answer all your questions This is my favorite part of the show and we'll go from there if you got to take off adios. I'll see you later Maybe tonight now. Let's jump into So good stuff All right comments Creighton says make sense to moderate rate nice. That's true. That's what he did say and then See swamp which means one bunch of the same I wish it would go to 3 to 4k, but I bet bigger fish nests will be buying it up Before I get those kind of deals and I got to tell you even though That we heard Jerome palace that we're gonna, you know, we might start moderating rate hikes in December in the next meeting Also, that means to me is We're gonna keep raising the rates until we hit 2% and if it takes years We will keep doing that. So it's death by a thousand cuts If you want to go that route me personally, I'm just like I just wish they would got it out the door and just said look Hundred basis points right at the bat Bing Bang boom and guess what we do it again. Now we'll go 75 75 now We'll go 50 50. I Thought it would just be a better way just to get things out because we know where things are going, right? I mean, that's just how it is So but again, I could be wrong. I mean the market Responded quite favorably With Jerome, but now it's tapering off. Okay, well, I Don't know where it's going. Don't ask me. It's just it's just sometimes it's just funny how the market reacts. Okay Jackal says I don't use crypto. I use Bitcoin to the same as account. That's a good statement Yeah, there's a lot more Bitcoin maxes these days. I will tell you that No water for you Do on research says the pickle Gandalf the gray says I'm using crypto in the hopes that I can position my stepkids and their kids I'm not to live through the financial hardships. I have It's a good way to do it. Give them a that's what we do with our kids, you know, give them a Give them a leg up, you know make make them a little bit easier But don't give them everything, you know, they get lazy in those then they're those spoiled rich kids that blow everything So, yeah, but I mean Like me and the wife we thought well, we could just give you know the inheritance away and when we kick the bucket But we thought well, what's the point of that? We could live to be a hundred and then it's not so great So we give them a little help along the way Some might never got an opportunity myself Let's see final squeeze after a Christmas guns and loaded could be Pumped up gaming says Rob. I really want to play the rules of taking profits, but be completely honest I just don't have the stones My FOMO comes in the fear of selling too early. I'm good at buying a dip though. So that's okay. That's alright I just will I have a question. Is that the same sentiment that everybody has? As far as like it's hard to take profits. It's easy to buy. I know it's easy to buy so I did that forever But is it hard to take profits? And I say that as if like I I have no problems. Of course. I have problems taking profits But you have to do it This isn't financial advice But I'll tell you what my problem is my problem is is that if I don't grease the wheels Meaning I don't take profits along the way. I won't be able to take profits when the time comes So it's just like it's like training for a marathon, right? You don't run a marathon every day to get to the marathon and run the marathon Run a couple miles here, you know go do a 5k here and there do something small Now when the time comes you're ready to act because you've greased the wheels so for me I always feel like I have to do it because When those pi cycle tops those MVR VZ scores come out or the RSI comes out and you're super high or We take a look at some other data points time and risk factors and we're way way overheated for the cycle That's when I have to act and I will thank myself that I took the little 2 3 5 percent gains across the way so I know how it feels and that's it So pumped up. It's that's just what I do, which you could do the other way I Love Chris, it's great. That's exactly what I wanted to hear. That's the truth I use crypto to buy tokens hope to go up in value and that's it Why are we lying to ourselves? I mean, I'd like to do, you know some great things There's some great products out there digital IDs again. I mean the NFTs as far as like Saying what your property is a world mobile token built on Cardano giving, you know connecting the unconnected Having people use stablecoins in third-world countries Whereas if they didn't use it they their whole entire fiat system being flayed away Those are great use cases. I can't deny those things But a lot of times people look at this go well, we want the numbers to go up and that's true However, I'd much rather invest in those projects that actually doing something have real-world utility and actually be used So I'll just say that alright Tom crown that loser numbskin. I'm just kidding Tom crowns a great guy. He was on the show I can you to get back a little smart guy and Did the critique of the Of our exit tragedy. So yeah, check out Tom crowns show. He's got some cool glasses. He always wears And I got to get him back I got him back on show. He's a good guy. Ah I'm in the same page. Yeah, see a lot of people are JT I can't wait to my problems if I should take profits if you're here for the class of 2021 2022 it's coming. It's coming faster than you think.  You were like, wow, it can't believe it. You're just passed by and now we're actually Over a trillion market cap again now. We're at 1.5. Oh, look at that. We're at 2 trillion. Oh, look look 3 trillion Are we in all-time highs? I don't know these things looking pretty good before you know it You're like, wow, we're at all-time highs. It happens faster than you think so JT. I feel you only on my favorite coins I This probably can't wait to take profits Let's see Len Mano Crypto has survived the 2008 crash for the banks because millions lose their homes and jobs and sayings it It set off a recession that's worth over 30 trillion of the world's wealth. That's true That's exactly why Bitcoin was created matter of fact Becky I love to buy the top and have a fun slide the bottom Quandary I think quandary is the same thing that we're all doing I didn't take profits very well last year Made some money, but could have made way more. This is what we talk about taking profits now Who does that? Just us Well, some of the people do but I'm doing it now to get everybody ready at some point now to take those profits Bear markers don't last forever bull cycles definitely don't last forever. So it's just something that I just try to do We're slow learns. We're all slow, baby. We're all slow Yeah, Rhonda Paul says it Santa's rally has started that could be it. Maybe that's it Rule of ice never travel at your ledger. I you know what I did my ledger I only went back to Texas from Puerto Rico in April-May Yeah, April-May. I forgot my my couple of my ledgers here. I didn't have them. So I was like, well, shoot thankfully I had my mnemonic phrase which I wrote down in my stone book link in the description and I just I Sent a message to ledger. I just ordered another ledger came to my house in like five days three to five days And then I just put on my mnemonic phrase and all my you know six figures crypto was still there It's great. So yeah, it's a good point. Don't Don't travel without it a Prime example of people buying crypto interest in the use case is she but she but you know, I don't know what she Does I think it's with dogecoin at least with doge. You got you know the owner of Twitter CEO of Tesla and Space X talking about it and who knows if they I don't know integrate that into Twitter. That would be awesome Imagine what the price would do for Imagine what the price would do for dogecoin if they did implement that in the Twitter And you were able to use it as payments and as far as like tipping people. That'd be awesome Barney rumble Barney bumble. Yeah, thanks for coming a member. Thank you Jeff you and plan a log game Not meme is here Darth Mike is here as much easier to sell when you realize you may be used as equity for hedge funds That's a good point and VCs, but I've not sold yet But only got in the crypto early 21 and waits around 2025. It's a good plan Just stick around and remember like we talked about before if you think that people who have held on to Bitcoin as old geez Don't dump on you Just take a look at looking to Bitcoin just I'm gonna have you guys do it There's a website called look on the Bitcoin comm links in the description click on whale shadows and you can see Bitcoin that has never moved in four to five years seven to nine years ten plus years when it gets moved around Which essentially means that if you're going moving out of cold storage chances that you might be selling and It always happens at all-time highs So just remember that and I'm not saying that they're doing that and just saying that's just what the data shows you Don't sell us a 2017. Well connected one. That's me and you both, but I did sell some and I I'm I'll tell you again why I sold because I Read the white paper white paper said bitcoins for peer-to-peer transactions I would like I wanted to buy this house and they wouldn't take Bitcoin So I said well, I'll just exchange it for dollars and give you the dollars Rob who's a good youtuber to listen to for stocks echoes from above was really great. I Still like his channel, but he does a lot of doesn't lot of like like Puff pieces or like he gets in a fights with people and I'm like Mason Just do the just to the stock stuff in the macro. That's what I like But I guess he's bored with that but as far as stocks You know, what's a really great channel wealthy on W e a l th. I own that's a great channel Digital asset News also with a little luck crypto will set me free and not because I don't want to work Because they get older. I realize I would rather spend time with my family not co-workers. Yeah, that's true But I always tell you guys like I've tried to retire before it's ox You'll always have you'll always try to find something to do Hopefully you help people in the in the long run, too Yeah, old bears got it right Voyager had a lock in my profits early in their filings now They get to pick a random day in a bear market not cool. That is not cool. I just wish they would just That's what is it? I an X or whatever was called I wish wish or finance or whoever buys Voyager because now there's two bids, which is great Just wish they buy Voyager so we can get our crypto back and Reinvest or do whatever he wants. Yeah, I'm personally will just I didn't have much on there all my bgx tokens I thought man, why not? But it's five figures Not what I was hoping for but if I can get that back. Hey man, I'll probably be reinvesting into some really cheap Well cheap Bitcoin for sure and go from there Yeah, I gave away to Alex over at sales to the front. I got six figures on that one. Ah That's not true WEF is hosting Shiba, you know, I don't know if that's true and Maybe it's fun or maybe it's not but I don't really care anymore I think we should be spreading more fun if we were to spread more fun Maybe a lot of people wouldn't have would have gotten out of FTX and Celsius and Voyager a lot quicker, huh? So from now on if I hear something and there's any even a whiff of it being true, I will talk about it It's up to you and your platform to prove me wrong That's what it is Yeah, and you're right. I don't say do it because they might actually make the coin a viable one. It could that's what's crazy Might be time to pick up some Some dogecoin I buy doge because I personally like how fast it is and that's proof of work It was a proof of work steak. I'll sell my bag. Hmm. Very interesting The irony would be if Elon decided to use Luna, you know, you know what the irony would be the irony would be if So there was a threat from Apple that they were going to take the Twitter app off of the App Store and Elon said if you do that, I will create my own phone and my own ecosystem So you can do it. I don't want to make my own phone but if you do I'll make my own and We'll see how that works out because just just to keep Twitter going and I thought man Wouldn't that be crazy if they picked up Solana because you know Solana trying to develop that phone He goes, hey, you guys are already kind of ahead. So let's just team up and that that would be interesting I don't think that's gonna happen though Any news about XRP? No But follow jungle link and jungles got great info on on the XRP situation and digital asset investor if he's still around and Who's big index or P as well as they used to watch all the time Let's see Baby whales will dump on the week capitalism point number one. It can be true again Looking at Bitcoin click on whale shadows go from there Ah, Aron, it's a good question. How did you go about replacing the ledger anything special to do this on the Dan Teaches to channel. Yes, it is matter of fact. It's a great point So on Dan teaches crypto comm the free website if you go to module two, there's only six modules safety I show you how to you know, what a private key is what a public key is what a mnemonic phrase is how to set up your ledger How do we establish your ledger if you lose it how to update your firmware? How to take crypto from an exchange and put it onto your ledger also to how to bring it back Very simple. I break them down into bite-sized pieces. So yeah, I'll show you how to do it. It's actually quite Simple to do me surprised and I recommend everybody to do it and not one more thing I recommend is if you're gonna send any crypto anywhere to a ledger or somebody else always do a chest transaction first I know if you're doing a theorem, it sucks, but you know, it really sucks Losing a couple of theorem because he sent the wrong address or the wrong chain that's happened before to me A couple con then is not your dad. This is not financial advice. So true very true. Yeah, Panda Pi Powell's video was entertaining. That's for sure Quadra says, do you do videos about buying property to your rub? No, but there was one that I did I'll show you it's pretty much all the things that I know how to do for short-term rentals and it's on Let's see Let's go here If you go to Yeah, I got two videos If you go to playlists in my channel, I got two videos on real estate and It's how to find how I find real estate how I use different data points to do it How to set up everything for Airbnb in Verbo and VRBO. That's what we do. So it's right there Also free Why is Bitcoin pumping? People heard something different than I heard So Bitcoin Today is doing pretty good. Like Jerome Powell speech was at 230 So you can see here that around 1 o'clock 1300 hours You had a Bitcoin price of 16 9 and then before the speech You had a price of 16 7 and that was at 13 54 1400 hours Then at 230 right when it started there was a little bit of a dip people would probably like he's gonna be super hawkish, which I kind of thought he was more hawkish than He could have been and then it just went up So went up now we broke above 17k and you know what that means traders are probably taking profits They're like, ah, thank you And off you go. So they went it's a pretty good day from a 16 7 To 17 almost 17 to try to take profits right there Maybe that's the reason or maybe people think that it's gonna go to the moon. I don't know And again any questions I can answer. I think I'm not good Thomas right. I'm not a Bitcoin maximum 95% have also failed. That's true Alex says so do you have two houses then Rob? I do I have We have homes here and then rental properties here in Puerto Rico. We have homes in in El Paso, Texas and Rental properties and also we have one in Houston. So it's just and of course if you're wondering As far as diversification like we've talked about plethora plethora plethora of times Here's what my oops Here's my allocation is essentially So I a lot I try right now. I'm keeping things in cash Not too much in stable coins 5% are in some crypto D-Gen plays and of course the price is dropping because They're going down Although Gensokishi just came out and they did a deal with a Japanese city For their game, which is I was happy because I invested in Gensokishi 4% was in that masterworks the fractional ish shares of art 5% in land 35 is in houses condos apartment complexes That's about 40% and 5% to my Amazon business Just kind of tanking right now. That's not okay. It's Q4 15% is on in staking on top of other crypto and then IRA For I trust because you know, you can't put a lot of your crypto into a Roth IRA. They don't allow it It's not legally Accept you're not acceptable. It's not legal if you can max out around six or seven thousand a year And then of course 5% and some stocks that I got into for some reason No, I should probably get out of those but I think I mean stocks are down so much I mean geez Louise. I mean you got like I mean Tesla's they mean took a big hits. I mean Facebook Amazon stock is down Airbnb stock is the things that I've got into So I'm like, uh, I mean, why not? Yeah, Bill, I hope you did too. I hope I get my crypto out of block fight. God dang block fight Going down. Although I will say this, you know, I'm pressed about block fight they Published their chapter 11 Documentation said we're going chapter 11. Sorry about that Which was two days ago yesterday they came out and said here is our reorganization plan 24 hours a reorganization plan That's amazing. I look at places like like Celsius. I'm like, you guys have about five months haven't done squat JD, you're not right guy. I tried JD I mean Johnson No, thanks here since the beginning glad I voted chasing yield-generating products like Celsius and Voyager Yeah, I can't say the same thing for myself and although my ETH has been locked for long and I wanted and beacon Yeah, I don't know about that that Shanghai upgrade for a theorem. We'll see how it goes But again a theorem is still building. I mean quite nicely. They are Like we talked about The ranking of active developer accounts ETH is number one Cardano's to poke it out is three Cosmos is four and Mira's five. I like that because I own all of those. So that's just a and here's the Here's the sentiment. I don't know what this one is in January 2022. So I made an amazing amount of work I'm gonna guess that's maybe that's a theorem for the merge, but that wasn't around that time. I don't know Not sure but here you are for I guess the date was 17 November Let's see. Maybe we can find it. What is this? Like a greenish. I can't even tell anyhow people are still developing. That's what counts Please make a list of coins being old tell the next bulls like nope.  Are you ready for this? I'm not but it's not my price prediction. I Found this on I I'll show you And I thought it was pretty good She's there is it. Oh Here it is Kapo of crypto Kapo of crypto you'll copy with a crypto, okay and This person got up around 600 almost 700,000 followers swing trader long-term investor crypto since 2017 Yeah, about me. We got in February. So that was before me He says I spent hundreds of hours analyzing the market and to come to the conclusion that Capitulation is a matter of time Bitcoin should reach 12,000. All right. I'm down with that Ethereum is 6700. Please please I'll coin to drop 45% and s coins 50% plus. I won't post anymore here until confirmation of audition I'm like, I can I can see those numbers. I can see that actually Happen going out.  No, it is not Yeah, you know Tika mean you're the same way. I started buying Bitcoin at 65k Well, it's way until it goes 100k. I did the same thing in 2017. I think I bought her on 17 518,000 I mean, I bought it a little little less, but I bought another top two. So I Just figured well All they do is just just let the military just stick around And I'll get promoted. That's pretty much what happened. Jay and chow Robbie should look at debt maturity date on Genesis parent. There's 500 million debt. Oh On May 2023 and 1.2 billion dollar debt June. Oh Do 500 million was IU debt from 3ac fiasco Bitcoin at 6k I don't see why not and like when people are saying like, you know, like this is the bottom This the bottom. It's not the bottom. There's so much contagion. We don't even know about yet That's the thing. That's why I'm always surprised like like on these days like when the it goes up That's it's probably just a bunch of you know, maybe some traders doing their trading thing But I mean who who saw All the contagion coming out and and I'll remind you of The amount the sheer magnitude of the FTX on the tentacles that they touched So if you think that we're going to keep going higher Maybe I just don't see it. I'm just waiting for the shoes to drop and I'm just sitting here on my cash just going Okay I'm ready And that's it That's a good question. What kind of crypto would trump have? I don't know I probably Well, actually he he hates crypto and because he wants his ideas. He wants the dollar to be the remaining Strong sector that it is so why do that? But what would he have? It would probably be a crypto that he created himself That's what I have to be and that would also give you access to nfts and maybe a Mar-a-Largo visit. I don't know Oh no, jaren genesis parent owes money. Thank you. That's exactly what it is What's your take on ilan you think he's legit knows how to create a business WTF or you want Ah, man I could be yours. I doubt it Rex. I doubt it Dr. Berry's got a good question. Everybody talks about the ledger. What about arculus? Does anyone using that for cold storage and like it? So first of all You know who uses it a lot and that's uh Uh, it's the owner of uh, say I want smokehouse. He's been talking about it I see him post on twitter and talks about arculus And this this is what it looks like. I don't have a an affiliate link. I don't have a link You got to find yourself But it's just this metal card That's all it is And that's all I really know So i'm going to talk to him about it tonight and see what he says That's kind of neat. Yeah, just have a little metal card. I don't know if that's a good idea to put it right there or whatever So, yeah, that's your sense of your ledger Do you have a tracer like hedging your bed? I do not I did not have a tracer You need Dan not your dad merch because they could tell you make it. That's true Drone P is optimistic Yes money's out there All right, not just for me Yeah, see ju cuckoo says as a Finland national citizen. I just listened j pal talk. I didn't see him So hawkish to me. It's super unpredictable. What goes on with acp now They seem to follow the herd thoughts Again, when I took a look at I just thought that it was continuing to be hawkish I think he's pretty much saying like we're going to keep Busting cracking skulls Until we hit 2% And that 2% is going to happen. He did say we could slow down With the rate hikes, but I always like I said I always think it's like if you're going to rate hikes, you know do 25 and 50 and just keep going and going going It is prolonging my agony Just let everything collapse so we can start again But no 25 You know 25 points 50 points here Death by a thousand cuts But again, that's how I saw a lot of people some people said no, no, no, you know, he's they're slowing down. So it's good. It's good. Okay Me that's a great question. We should talk about this. What do you think about sipc insurance for exchanges? I think any insurance would be fantastic. The real thing though is I think we need just the little slight The ability to have a little some some something to oversight The exchanges That could be the government that could be other exchanges. I don't really care But uh co-mangling of funds and proof of reserves is cute. That's real nice. It's adorable But again, like if you got I have proof reserve. I have a billion dollars in my exchange and I can I'm all good for everybody Unfortunately, I loaned out 10 billion That you guys don't know about because you know, that's what we do in the shadows So again, um as far as insurance, that would be game changer kind of like fdic What we have with the dollar? Hmm Who's gonna if here's my next question Who's gonna ensure these exchanges? I mean Would you I wouldn't I think I would You could probably do it if you said, okay, I'll I'll I'll ensure you guys But you guys I have to be here constantly My team has to be constantly and I have to take a look at your books And not the books that you show everybody else like the real ones But again, good luck because bernie made out to do the exact same thing and People are gonna screw you over.  That's why it's great to Follow the rules, right? Don't leave any other exchanges You don't have to you don't have to trust them. You can verify by taking everything off and you're good to go I think that's it 51 minutes so Yeah, bill's got a point FYI taking profits another way of saying dumping on somebody else, you know, that is one of those things though You know, if you really think about it and you really really think What am I doing when I take profits? Well, like you're someone else is picking up your bags That could be so much as the cost of admission to the show Or that could be well, you know, I'm selling my ethereum because people need a theorem for gas fees It's true. It is the absolute truth. That's why like I like again The products that actually have a, you know, some utility and actually using for something as opposed to I just got this great NFT of cartoon frog And I just sold it. I bought it for a theorem. I sold it for 10 at 3, you know, whatever Hadarra's underrated Brazil is not a small country. Very true Tyler's right 24 hours in a reorganized plan a reorg plan makes people think they're talking about block fight But they that they known for a while and got ahead of the news. So you're gonna work Trust me if you're a company In the financial sector like these places are you know that you're when you're insolvent You know when you're gonna start to go chapter 11, you know when it's going to be chapter 11 versus chapter 7 So they all knew this it's just that some didn't do a thing for reorganization And the ones that didn't do a reorg knew that they couldn't reorganize Voyager is one of them. Voyager knows they can't reorganize They were operating illegally in multiple states That's why they had The not the part of justice The Department of Justice the governors that would come out. No, no, no attorney generals That's what I'm trying to say the attorney generals would come out and say look We're not regulated. We're gonna have to have you cease and assist Like well, we'll fix that later So they reorganized and all the states come after them. So they know they can't Ah investor brend been a long time, buddy I'm very curious to see what block fight did to f things up. It's good. They have a plan, but they Should have needed in the first place. So shouldn't be a patent back. No, no, no, you're right It's didn't be a patent black pat on the back That's why it's so important that we are pay attention to the projects and the exchanges that stay afloat And do the right things. I gotta tell you cracking. I've always liked cracking. I was like just jesse pal um Not jerome jesse pal the former ceo So for them to say, okay, we got to lay some people off but everybody's funds are good, you know, we're still operating That's a good business That's a great business. That's how businesses should go So really look to those businesses that uh keep keep everything on the up and up and the ones that that fell off they go That's why in the next bull run I won't be looking at other exchanges whoever makes this one. I will stick with you for ever Because this is probably the worst it's gonna get You can always get worse rob. That's true It's okay out of code says rob with your home's a business. You must have l season living trust. We have trusts We have trust for the properties when we kick it. That's true. Have you found any good solutions for crypto within trusts? so Dr. Payne talks about this actually he's fine on in here you can put your Your crypto within a trust And do it with as far as like an IRA But you have to go through the whole legal process. So I haven't done that yet right now. I just have it on my trust So that's about it As far as like the Roth IRA stuff What's this rob with this usual cycle going on for many cycles Do you think it's possible to start abc correction of normal and how likely? I don't know like the cycles I always look at as a four year cycles, but that doesn't mean that they're gonna play out perfectly I don't and I'm not even It's like a 50-50 shot. I think sometimes but It doesn't matter because In the next Next bull run things are gonna get or going to get overheated. There's a video. I'd like everybody to watch and There's two And it'll make a lot of sense if you watch them Oh, sorry One two three four five my password I'm just kidding Dante's crypto investing Just watch these two videos because at some point Not just the days not just the months but the cycles start to really heat up and you can see it in these PyCycle tops Net unrealized profit and loss time and risk bands I mean you can see When it's a pretty good time to probably take some big profits And I talk about them all right there and then this is the video I explain it how I do it I'm going to do it and that's it Am I gonna time the top perfectly? No but I don't need to really think about the cycles too much anymore I mean, it's nice to say. Okay. Well the havings in 2024. So logically It's always happened in all-time high after the having Which will be around March 24. So I don't expect that to happen till afterwards, but I could be wrong Something could happen President Kamala Harris could come out and say, you know what? We're gonna make Bitcoin The Federalist the the global reserve currency So in that situation, I don't need any charts to tell me what that tell me what's gonna happen on that one So, yeah, that's it I mean Ah Guys, can we get some new people? Ah, jarchy sending a big hello from Qatar Prices of coins are irrelevant the fud between republicans and democrats will only end with civil war in arreca America everything in life And in life in life goes to circles. Yeah, so Jarchy might have a point. I don't know about a civil war, but I will say this just do a google search of the fourth turning T u r n i n g and Be prepared to lose your lunch because we're right there Well, finally This guy shows up mullet Where you been too busy playing golf in florida? Don't listen to pinions here anyone line. See Shows up just to Just to bust me down. What's up mullet? How you been buddy? Mmm, I think we're good through the fed announce inflation numbers. No, that'll come december third second some other Trust I can't say that it's pretty good. And I think that's it When you say profits you're going back into femot It's true You know if you're but I will tell you this If your job is to accumulate as much crypto as you possibly can for you yourself and future generations and we know that there is a lot of cycles that go on Would not behoove you to at the times when things get massively overheated because you know people are going to dump To take little profits sit on the sidelines and then wait for it to come back Just a thought Maybe i'm wrong, but that's it. So look everybody. Thanks so much for stopping by appreciate you. I really do This has been fun. 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I am certainly flabbergasted Seriously though, this this came way from left field for me because literally just yesterday Just yesterday we were talking about how we felt like the Ravens were just so infatuated With Levy on bail and how they loved him so much and you could tell by how they just kept trying it wasn't working But they just kept trying it and trying it and trying it and They had been force-feeding Levy on bail and it just it wasn't it And Even though like what Levy on but we were we were all hoping we were all I know everybody didn't agree on the signing initially But at the same time we all hope it. All right, Levy on. Let's see what you got. Let's do it So when he first got in the game, I think his first game was Broncos game was And then we kept getting in the games Oh, then in the charges game, you got a touchdown. We like, oh, yeah, let's go. Let me on bail But it was still a bit rough Because he just Just didn't end up being a good fit. It wasn't a good match And we'll leave you on bail and I had said this in a lot of games that we saw probably like every game that we saw We'll leave you on bail Every time he would touch the ball. It just felt like everything just slowed down Like slowed way down and I'll be like, oh, okay And it would almost be scary like if Levy on bail would be behind the line of scrimmage It'd be like, oh man, because we know he don't got that burst And he's never been that type of running back to with that burst like that. That's not his style We don't leave you on bail super super super patient Very patient runner and type of runner he is the offensive line in front of him It just it has to be perfect and we know Ravens offensive line is far from perfect I know we each are imperfect. I'll sell the Ravens offensive line. They way Way far away from perfect And they have just been struggling all year long Run blocking past protection. Oh my goodness.  We love this energy love this energy because you could tell he Love being back. He loved being back. He loved being with this team love being with the Ravens Of course, like who wouldn't want to love being with the Ravens? You got Lamar you got Hollywood like that. Just a vibe man. The vibe is is something serious So you all you feel for Levy on bail now We do have a couple of questions, but before we get to those questions. Let's look at Levy on bail His I guess his departing words from the Baltimore Ravens and it's it's sad It is it sucks to see for him as a person Again, cuz you know, he just loved it. Let's see what he said He said this hurts, but it's been a blessing to be here to say the least I've enjoyed every second of this short period and I got a whole new meaning of what this city is like And it's a great place to be. I appreciate Eric the Costa. Oh, he spelled the cost his name wrong But anyway, I appreciate Eric the Costa and John Hobb off of the opportunity to be called a Raven and Hey, it's straight up like that And again, like I said, you could tell you could like this guy Once was at the top of the food chain when it came to be a being a running back He was one of the best running backs in the league And I got cut again He got cut from the Jets Then the chiefs were like, uh, no, it's not working out got an opportunity with the Ravens and It all came crashing down just like that and I'm like straight. I'm shocked. I'm shocked. I'm surprised. I would have never seen this coming never never Ever would have never would have seen this coming Not at all But Ravens they made a move that they felt was best now two things one. This lets me know That Latavius Murray, he's ready. He's back That's what this lets me know. It lets me know that Latavius Murray is ready for action It's like all right Latavius you are officially up You're healthy again. You're back Now another two questions that we have um Tyson Williams Nate McCrary Now with Tyson Williams, the Ravens have shown Recently like no, we did not feel in Tyson Williams. Tyson Williams is not our guy Tyson Williams. No, uh, uh You could tell like they they are not on Tyson Williams vibe. He's not on theirs.  They're releasing Levy on bail. This is a shocker So maybe this for me personally, this gives me just a tiny bit of hope a tiny bit of hope For the Ravens and Tyson Williams this season past the season certainly not but it gives me a tiny bit of hope that Maybe just maybe They'll give him a shot maybe So we'll see what happens with that now. They also have Nate McCrary On the practice squad. He was of course with the Ravens in the preseason and he looked good. He looked good But there just wasn't enough room for him Tyson Williams was the other runner back in preseason who looked good. They kept him but Nate McCrary They let him go. He went to the Broncos spent a little bit of time there Then the Broncos cut him and the Ravens said hey Come on back Come on back We missed you we got to get you out of there. So I just I wonder if It'll be Tyson that gets the call Or to be Nate McCrary that gets the call up To the active roster now that a roster spot is freed um, but this Like who would have thought a Tuesday morning would start like this with Levy on bail getting cut like that's just It's wild It's wild but I do um I respect it I I respect it not even just because i'm a Ravens fan, but well being a Ravens fan helps because you you saw You you you saw that it just it was not clicking It wasn't clicking it wasn't working out and We had talked about for weeks the Ravens just force-feeding bail When Devontae Freeman he would be getting in the groove and then they'd be like, oh, all right Let me on bail. Come on. Come on. Come on. And I understand you want to try it out And I understand you want you really want it to work out. Trust me. I get it but If it's not working, it's not working So I do respect the Ravens decision to go ahead and make the tough move and make the tough call Because I know the Ravens were hoping I know they were hoping like I We know Jets, they're not the best organization. They're not the best run organization Uh, and we know the chiefs they're not a run heavy team So maybe we can really get something great out of levy. We know he got something left We know he got something left and this is not to say that he doesn't But just the Raven situation and levy on it just this year. No uh-uh This year it just was not working It wasn't working So with it not working and the season like Literally on the line And you're still obviously in the thick of things Ravens are six and three right now So they're in a good spot So this is why I respect the move because The relationship just it it just wasn't a good fit again so hmm That is like I'm I'm still in shock I'm really in shock. I'm not I'm not and what gets me is that I'm not in shock that Levy on bell was cut I'm shocked that the ravens cut levy on bell and I know some people That doesn't make any sense. What are you talking about ma'am? Let's make it guys. What do you mean? I'm just shocked that ravens actually made the move They made a move where They had made a decision earlier in the season. They brought this guy on and They saw it wasn't working Even though they really wanted it to work But they actually put their pride to the side And they cut him They put the pride to the side They put the name to the side. They said wait a minute This is not a good fit for a football team Especially because all offensive like had ravens had the 2019 offensive line Even though they were a little bit overrated, but had they had that offensive line or much better offensive line Levy on bell, I think he would have done so much better So we'll leave you on bell being a free agent Well, he got to go through waivers first But if he can go to a team that has a great offensive line He will be just fine He'll be just fine, but they got to have a great offensive line They really got to be able to hold up for Levy on bell to succeed So we'll see what happens So again now all of our focus turns on our ravens. So what now? So what do you do now? They should be practicing tomorrow Because tomorrow is wednesday And again, like I said, this gives me an indicator that letavious merrier is healthy But say for instance Say for instance worst case scenario, if he's not healthy, then ooh, that's bold by the rate So now if if he's not healthy, then they would have to You have to go to tyson or you have to go to name McCurry. You have to if he's not healthy But we just got to wait it out and see what goes down. So man Won't be ringing the bells anymore, man Won't be ringing the bells. That was uh, it was exciting when we got levy on bell It was exciting when we got there as brian the previous year Um, but there's brian. I don't even think with him. I don't even think it was so much a bad fit. It was just He wasn't used and I mean, it was kind of hard to use him. He came in the middle of a season I mean would have to learn the offense and all that good stuff, but um So it didn't work out with him for different reasons, but levy on bell just Yeah, never materialize into anything significant as we all hoped That it would so team keep it clean. I appreciate y'all I love y'all and just like levy on bell is now when it comes to being with the ravens I'm out


Unfortunately, we are out of time for questions and answers, so we will be moving to Member Statements. Member Statements. I recognize the Member for Windsor to come see. Thank you, Speaker. To be in today's March 1st is the 6th annual Professional Engineers Day in the Province of Ontario. PNJ recognizes the vital role that professional engineers play in designing, creating and safeguarding our province. I'm truly proud to be a PNJ serving the people of Ontario here at Queen's Park each and every day. It's equally fitting that representatives of the University of Windsor, a wonderful home to engineering graduates, join us today at Queen's Park. The University of Windsor's commitment to establishing strategic and meaningful partnerships with local industry remain steadfast, and countless examples exist of these pioneering relationships, including the Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation, as well as the new Wine and Spears Lab, facilitated through the esteemed Faculty of Science. These partnerships can currently benefit both the students and our local economy, and our community is left better off because of them. Whether it be for the forthcoming Windsor-Essex Acute Care Hospital with shovels projected to be in the ground by 2026, or the new Stellantis LG Energy Solution EV Battery Manufacturing Plant set to be operational by 2024, Windsor and Essex County are on the brink of a generation-defining era for expansion and innovation. Windsor, the University of Windsor, has and continues to play a key role in ensuring that our homegrown talent is preparing today for both the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow. I again wish a very warm welcome to the University of Windsor team here today. Thank you. Further statements? I recognize the member for Parkdale High Park. Thank you, Speaker. This year, I launched the first-ever Member Statement Writing Competition for High School Students in Parkdale High Park. Students could submit a statement on any issue they wanted. This competition is designed to empower young people and foster youth participation in politics by bringing their voice directly to Queen's Park and speaking about issues in their own words. The winner for 2023, as selected by an independent committee, is Ian Snyder from Humberside Collegiate. Here is Ian's statement. Ontario is in a housing crisis. The Premier Ford solution allows suburban developers to create overpriced car-dependent suburbs. This isn't so much a solution as a capitulation to those who caused the crisis in the first place. It is increasing sprawl that has raised housing prices, especially in the city, where the poor have been priced out in favour of the highest bidder. The demand for walkable neighbourhoods is there, yet the government refuses to hold developers accountable to build a housing needed in Ontario. Affordable, affordable, mixed-use development. Today, more and more Ontarians favour living in the city over the suburbs. As public transit is expanded in anticipation of new residents, Premier Ford is unwilling to build destinations. As young couples are forced between living in the city and starting a family, Premier Ford refuses to build affordable housing. As food prices rise, Premier Ford lets cul-de-sacs replace farmland. Our neighbourhoods make all the difference in our lives. With walkability comes healthy living, a greener environment and a sense of community. We can build our cities to support their residents, but this government is doing the opposite just for the profit of a few developers. Thank you. Thank you, Speaker. Recently, alongside the Associate Minister of Housing, I had the opportunity to meet with Habitat for Humanity, Halton, Mississauga-Dufferin and staff from the Halton Catholic District School Board to learn about their Tiny Home Youth Build Program. This program provides hands-on building experience for Halton Region high school students who are learning construction and skilled trades, all while making an impact for families and communities in need. These student-build Tiny Homes can be a solution for emergency shelter, seniors, laneway homes and can be part of the solution to the housing crunch. This project is a fantastic way to introduce students to the trades, giving them hands-on work experience and exposure in real-time under the instruction of trained professionals. Led by Alan Nathan, Notre Dame Secondary School has seen incredible interest in the program with students transferring from neighbouring schools just to participate. This year alone, there were more than 90 students on the waitlist for Alan's construction class, with more than 50 percent female. Participating students are also eligible to complete college credits and the skilled trades as part of the dual-credit program. A partnership with Chippewas of Nawash, Unceded First Nation, are the housing partners on the pilot project, and five Tiny Homes are now fully site-serviced and operated by the Chippewas community. The build program trains students in an interesting and practical way, which in turn will lead to in-demand, meaningful jobs, building a better and brighter Ontario. Member Statements, the Member for London North Centre. Thank you, Speaker. Recently I had the privilege of joining my colleagues in London to tour the new CarePoint Consumption and Treatment Services Building. Evidence shows that consumption and treatment services provide many benefits to those who access services and benefits the neighbouring community, including reducing overdoses as well as a proven track record of successful connections to health and wraparound social services. In London, this program has reversed 713 overdoses and served over 1,000 clients. This new site will provide more opportunities to expand these programs and save even more lives. CarePoint has had a long and difficult uphill battle, but we've really seen the London community open their minds and hearts, recognising the importance of supporting marginalised people. I would like to thank Brian Lester, Dr. Sonia Burke, Megan Van Bohemen, Lily Bialis, Dr. Alex Summers, Shia Dinsa, Dr. Chris Mackey, Scott Cortes, Dr. Sharon Koyvu, Dr. Andrea Serita, Pam Hill, Linda Sibley, John Parre, Ed Holder, Karen Burton and many more. After an exhaustive search for an ideal location, retiring owners of John Ballone's musical instruments, John and Moira Ballone kindly offered their building to support the community to save lives. What will always remain with me is Dr. Sonia Burke's emphasis that every person has value, meeting them where they are, hugging each person and educating our community about harm reduction. Welcome to the neighbourhood. Member Statements, the Member for Brampton West. Thank you Mr. Speaker. The youth of today are going to be the leaders of tomorrow. We must do whatever we can to empower them. Speaker that is why it is so vital that we continue providing opportunities for our youth to be engaged and involved within their community. When I was a young man, I involved myself in politics and community initiatives. These experiences showed me the value of public service. Thus I consider it a personal mission to uplift our youth and provide them with opportunities. For this reason Mr. Speaker, I founded the Brampton West Youth Council or BWIC in my writing. This youth led group has undertaken many initiatives to support their local community. I am so proud of these talented kids as they have already made a sizable impact in Brampton West through initiatives such as park cleanup, a back to school drive and fundraising for charitable organizations such as Erno kids. This truly shows the power and value of volunteering. Moving forward the BWIC continues to think of innovative ways to make an impact within the community through youth led initiatives and this March break we are planning to hold a community food drive to give back to those in need. Mr. Speaker, I am thankful to each and every member of the BWIC and I will continue to support their good work for years to come. Thank you. Thank you very much. Member Statements, the Member for Kiwetnaw. Miigwech, Wawate Radio has been an essential to life in the far north since broadcast began. Wawate means Northern Lights. Wawate Native Communications Service was created in 1974 and is a communications lifeline to the people in treaty number nine, number three and number five. Wawate is an independent self-governing media organization dedicated to telling stories from the First Nations that make up the First Nations in Northern Ontario. They operate a monthly newspaper printed in Ojibwe, Ojikri and Kri that is distributed to First Nations across the north. The overall news coverage and distribution of this service reaches the population of about 58,000 people. Wawate, Nantzhtamun or Wawate Network offers local and national news, music, community announcements, calling shows and language programs as well as special programs for women, elders and youth. The Wawate Radio Network is the only source of news in our languages. As an example, the March Break, the Northern Bands Hockey Tournament will get played in Dryden and will be broadcast across the north play by play in our languages for everyone to listen. These radio programs are an essential resource for preservation of our languages. Wawate is a communication lifeline of the people for the past 49 years. I thank you and I thank you to the elders this morning. Thank you. Member for Glen Gary, Prescott Russell. Thank you, Speaker. I take this opportunity in the house today to thank my colleagues from the Parliamentary Association of the Francophonie. I was very pleased to join them recently to participate in my first meeting as the mission head for North America. A number of parliamentarians joined us from the 29th of January to the 2nd of February. It was a great experience to have discussions with my colleagues, parliamentarians throughout different countries in the world. I'd like to thank the President, Edward Fridge, the President of the Assembly, Gaston Tung Tseng and his colleagues as well as the members of the administration for their great welcome, their warm welcome. I think their passion for the environment and for culture is exceptional as a Franco-Ontarian, much like the President of the APF, the protection of the French language, especially within minority community communities is a topic that I hold dear. So it's with much pride that I was able to represent the interests of the region as in my current position for the next two years as Parliamentary Assistant for the future of the energy. I also had very interesting discussions concerning the future of energy and electrification. The French Polynesia could eventually be added as a country that would like to work with our province in the future in order to have discussions on the future of energy. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Last night I attended the East Scarborough Boys and Girls Club AGM and I met a single mother and her daughter. I asked her, what is she hoping for? She said one day she wants to be able to raise her daughter in a house where she can play freely outside. As an immigrant to Canada from Jamaica this reminded me of the dream my parents had for our family. I now serve as the MPP for Scarborough-Gildwood and have fulfilled that dream. Toronto is a magnet for newcomers and this city must be a place where people can continue to dream and have a chance to fulfill their dreams. The beauty of Toronto is that it has the potential. However affordability remains a challenge. People need to be able to afford to put food on the table and a roof over their heads. Toronto needs strong leadership that will make that happen. Strong leadership for a stronger Toronto. All levels of government must work together to achieve this. Toronto is going through some uncertain times. Not the least of which is a budget gap of $1.5 billion. For Toronto to continue on an upward trajectory the solutions will involve the provincial and federal governments playing a role to help close this gap. As Toronto emerges from the pandemic we must all work hard to keep our capital city strong so that it will continue to be the economic engine for the province and the country. I love Toronto. It's where I live and I have countless opportunities in this city. Toronto needs to be a city where all its people are included and have an opportunity to fulfill their greatest dream. Member of Statement, please come to order. Member of Statement, it's the member for Peterborough-Cortham. Thank you Mr. Chairman. I'd like to talk about a group of people from my riding who have inspired me on so many occasions to do more. One of the things that I've instilled consistently in my children is if you can do more than do it. If you can help someone then help them. If you can make a difference in someone's life then step forward and make that difference. Four ladies in my riding started something for their adult children because there wasn't a social entrepreneur program for people with Down syndrome. It started in Norma's backyard as the Down syndrome business group and has grown to its own charity now called Hearts for Joy. At present it's 16 artisans with varying exceptionalities who come together and create some truly inspiring art. I'm sure all of you have heard of Elf on the shelf but did you know about gnome in your home? Maybe you have tiki-likes on your deck and you'd like to replace them with hand-painted lanterns that look like stained glass. On February 10th I had the pleasure of being at their official opening of their new shop in the Charlotte Muse. The new space will allow for a retail outlet for the group to sell their crafts and a great space for the artisans to do their masterpieces. Norma, Debbie, Sharon and Irene. What you have done for Amelia, Allison, Derek, Julie, Nicole, Carly, Tyler, Connor, Jessica, Josh, Jory, Luke and Casey can't be measured.  Thank you, Speaker. Thank you, Member Statements. The Member for Richmond Hill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize and appreciate the immense contributions of the non-profit sector in Ontario. The non-profit sector plays a vital role in the communities by providing essential services and resources to those in need, supporting social courses and enhancing the quality of life for everyone. I like to extend my gratitude to the staff and professionals of the non-profit sector. They are the community champions who have dedicated their time and effort to make a positive impact on our society. They have worked tirelessly to provide much needed support and assistance to the most vulnerable members of our communities. I thank the government for supporting the non-profit sector Appreciation Week and I appreciate all the members here going around in their communities thanking each one of them. Definitely, they deserve our appreciation. I commend that I'm wafering commitment to make a difference in the lives of Ontarians. Their selfless dedication and hard work deserve recognition and appreciation. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I beg to inform the House that the following document has been tabled, a report entitled Expenditure Monitor 2022-2023 Q3 from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario.


Hey everyone! So I saw a video about a week ago at this point and then another one yesterday or the day before by a couple of YouTubers that I happen to check out sometimes. One of those being Camelot331. The other one being ReviewTechUSA. Yes, I know people often compare rich and myself. I am not richest son. I don't know why people think that. We're pretty close in age. I think we could have even been in high school together or really close to be in high school together. Maybe he would have graduated a year before I got in high school. It kind of depends. But yeah, like the videos they made, especially for Camelot331, he got really emotional. And I kind of understand his emotions because I'm 34 years old. I don't have any friends. That's kind of life. And it's almost a misnomer to say I don't have any friends because obviously I still have Eric, who you guys see on the Nintendo Prime podcast. And then there is my fiancee. So I do have a partner and she often considers me her best friend, but she doesn't really have friends either. The weird thing is there's this point that happens and I don't want to say every adult's life. There's plenty of adults I know that have all their friends and a whole bunch of friends. But there's like this point I feel happens to many people when we're adults where we just lose connections with anyone who we thought mattered to us growing up. I have my friend group in high school. I think we all had our friend groups in high school, right? Even when you were an outcast or someone who got bullied or whatever, there'd be like a unified group around that, even if it's just two or three people. It was still a friend group. And I mean, that was true for me. I had about a friend group that was about eight deep back in high school. And I knew when, you know, because I'm not dumb, I knew once we got out of high school, went to college that some of those friendships obviously weren't going to last or weren't going to matter much. And because we all go our separate ways. We travel, we go to different colleges, travel over the country.  Maybe someone's going abroad, maybe someone's going to the military. So like, it's just going to lead to us not staying in contact as much as social media, you would figure would be like a catalyst to help you stay in contact. But let's just be honest. In the end of the day, I have like 900 friends on Facebook, you know, people I've met anyways. And most of the old friendships that we used to hang out all the time have boiled down to just liking each other's statuses on Facebook, not even leaving comments. It's not even getting invited to things like people's weddings, like I was a you know, I felt like I was a big part of some of my friends' lives.  They don't have to be in the wedding, but you know, a peripheral invite. No. And it's interesting, because there was a time in my life that this really bothered me. I think the time before Yulia was in my life this really bothered me. And I know someone's going to point up, well, Eric, he's been your childhood best friend since you were five. Yeah, it's true. But I can count on one hand how many times Eric and I have hung out in the last four years that wasn't related to doing the podcast. Because he does come and do the podcast. On the Nintendo Prime podcast, we don't hang out outside of it. Ever. I can't remember the last time him and I went and got lunch or dinner. I can't remember the last time him and I sat down and just played video games together, like we used to. I can't remember the last time him and I even watched a sporting event together. Like we like during the Packers season, right? For NFL, we used to hang out every weekend, watch Packer game together. This literally was happening up until like four years ago. And then he just stopped coming over. I still invite him every time. But you know, for whatever reason, whether he's with family or another friend, he just doesn't come over and watch the game with me anymore.  And you could just kind of munch on that stuff all day as we watch NFL games. And then like when the Packers were done, we would play Madden or like we would just you know, whatever the kids would be there, they'd be having fun. And it was just a nice and that was something that I did hold into my adult life. But even that's kind of gone away. And I'm not saying that Eric is less of a friend. I think there's more of a growing apart that happens as you get older. And I think all of us experience that with someone, if not everyone.  He all his friends have gone away over the years. They just they moved on they get married, they have kids, they have other things going on in their lives. And so it gets to the point that he doesn't really have friends. And then he went and met up with some people, some fans of his channel at a fan meetup not too long ago. And he started realizing while he was hanging out with them that like these people are his friends, that these random people on the internet that maybe he didn't give enough credit to became his friends. He didn't really realize the lack of friends was one of his driving forces behind doing YouTube, because of the relationships he's formed with the fans that watch his videos. And it's kind of so that I can relate to I think it's maybe why I personally am not bothered as much as not like my fiancee every now and then she gets a little bit bothered when she doesn't have you know friends to call or hang out with. I don't like what's happening with Eric and I should bother me. But it doesn't because I feel like I've kind of found a way to replace my need for friends. I mean, yeah, I'll still go out. I need to have a social life.  It's just too much work is too much stress is too much isolation. I also have children to take care of.  But I do find that I think I have found a way to replace what friends I guess provided to my life. People I can confide in people I can talk to people I can open up to how many times on this YouTube channel has like something, you know, that upsets me in my life whether I lost a job my job back in January 1st of 2019 kicked off the new year by being told I'm fired. That was an emotional time. And where did I go? I didn't talk to Eric about it. He's my best friend didn't even mention it to him. Where did I go? I went to you guys in the live stream. In hindsight, was I a little too emotional during that stream? Probably. But why did I turn to you guys? Why was my first thought? Well, yeah, I told obviously my fiance and everything, but what what was my first thought? Hey, let's let me go talk to you guys. Because well, I'll always say you guys only know stuff about me that I put out on the internet. You only know a small fraction of me as a person. You know the persona I present. You know the energy I bring. You don't always know everything about me. But it's true that a lot of you care about me. And I can feel that. I can feel that. I could feel that sometimes. You know, it's not even about the donations or the super chats or I could just feel that and how you talk to me, how people reach out to me behind the scenes when they'll watch some videos and the think man, something looks a little off about Nate. Like just something he doesn't have the energy he usually does. He doesn't he doesn't look as jubilant. Something's going on. Is everything okay with your family? And I don't always go into any of those personal details, but they reach out. You guys reach out. And it well, it's not to that level of Camel at 331 where I feel like I need to be hanging out with you guys all the time. I'm in my mid 30s and I have three children. I have a life outside of the internet. But it's one of those situations where I realize you guys sort of are my friends. Some of you I meet too. When I go to E3, one of my favorite things about going to E3 isn't even that I get to play games early. All the coverage I do for you guys is awesome. It's that I meet people. I've met fans of my channel there. My little tiny YouTube channel only 66,000 subscribers and back when we went to E3 was only like 20,000. Hey, I literally meet people at every E3 gamers who recognize me and say they love my content and they're just happy to chit chat. Sometimes they want to go get a drink. Unfortunately, I'm so busy at E3. I don't have time for that, but we can catch a lunch or whatever or a dinner. It's a interesting perspective. Like one of my favorite things ever was meeting a fan at E3 2018. I think it was Neil Willis. Great guy. He appeared in my vlog. You know, he got us lunch that day and it was just an amazing experience. And it's not just that. Like, no, game over, Jesse, you guys know him. He's got almost 100,000 subscribers and I've known him for a long time because of the internet. We used to work at Zelda fan sites together and met him at E3 and he genuinely cares about me. I remember one of the E3's I went to. I can't remember if it was my first one or my second. I got hit by someone's camera. Like one of these big studio movie camera things, right? They were lugging it at their side because those things are heavy. And I got nailed by it. Just absolutely destroyed by it. And it made my knee pop and it was a pretty rough E3 after that. I could barely walk. I toughed out what I could. And I just remember I was sitting there at the table at one of the food courts with my knee up with ice on it. And you know Jesse finds out about it and immediately him and a couple of people are trying to go around and find this guy. Not to beat him up of course. But to at least get him to apologize or say something, right? It's not cool because the guy looked back. He knew he hit me. He looked back and didn't even check if I was okay. Here's the thing. I don't care about suing him or insurance or any of that. I got my own health insurance. I'll take care of myself. I'm not a petty person trying to make a life of anyone or any company. But it was just that genuine level of care from these people that until that point I didn't really know Jesse. I mean we talked online. I didn't know he cared about me as a person. I didn't know any of these people cared about me as a person. I always feel like you know what I do here on YouTube I could just stop one day and nobody would notice, right? Like that's the way I've always felt. I felt that way for the last three years. That if I just stopped making videos nobody would even notice that I am no longer here. I wouldn't, you know, no one would care that I stop making videos. And it turns out that the reality is we have created a relationship. Yeah, I'm delivering news. Yeah, I'm trying to entertain you. Yes, we, you know, we have opinions sometimes that we disagree on. Hot takes we disagree on and all that jazz. I know there are some people that didn't even like my most recent smash video. And that's fine. I don't really care. It's okay to disagree. And yeah, I get trolled and I sometimes I participate too much in the troll than I probably should, but it's interesting to see that I think if I stopped making videos today in a week people would start messaging me, whether on Discord or emails and Twitter and just start asking, hey man, are you okay? What happened? Can you at least let us know you're alive? Because I already get messages like that. I get messages from people I've never met behind the scenes checking in on me. Some asking how my school is doing because I don't talk about college on my channel that much because I'm in college.  Because I try to separate, you know, I compartmentalize and separate out the things I try to protect. And it's just such an interesting thing to see that for me anyways, I was able to successfully replace my need for having a lot of friends with, I guess, kind of sort of strangers, but in a way a relationship with you guys where you generally care about me. And look I care about you guys too. I don't know what's going on in everyone's individual lives. And I honestly don't have the time to always listen to everything going on in your lives. You guys have been to my live streams. You know I respond to everyone. No one gets ignored. I try really hard to shout out everyone. Sometimes I can't. Sometimes the streams are just too big. Like you're an E3. I have a feeling we'll have too many people watching for me to bother to shout out everyone. But I'll still try to respond to as many people as I can when the time is appropriate. I just, I care about you guys. And I know you care about me too. And when I meet you in person, there's this one fan of Nintendo Prime that actually lives in my town. He saw me out at a pub once. And like literally he was so happy. He bought me a drink. And I told him I spent money on me. But whatever. I get it. To him it was like meeting a celebrity. I don't view myself as a celebrity by the way. I don't think I mattered that much to be honest. Again I'm not that big of a deal. But to him I was. And he was so excited. And also down to earth. Now he sees me out once in a while.  I don't need friends like I once did. Back in high school. Where your life kind of revolves around get your school work done. Whatever sports or extracurricular activities you're in. And then friends. Friends are this huge big deal to growing up. From young age all the way through high school. Friends are almost like family in a way. Almost more important than families for parts of your high school life. I don't need them like I once did. I have a partner for life. I have my own children. I have my own things going on that are more important. But at the same point there's still that inherent you need someone outside of your immediate circle. That you can go to and talk to about things. Get different perspectives. That'll be there for you. And Eric this isn't me. Not an Eric. He'll still show up if I really need him to. But it's also one of those situations where friendships shouldn't just be about what you need. It should be also about someone you can talk to. And again I don't want you guys thinking there's a problem issue with me and Eric. I'm not. He's got his life. I got my life. That's just the way it is. He'd still be the best man on my wedding as an example. But I'm just pointing out that you guys have kind of replaced my need for friends. And for that I'm grateful. It's something I never thought was going to happen by being a YouTuber by the way. I did not expect this. And I've thought about this a few times over the years. And I never really said anything because I just wanted to I don't maybe I wasn't denial of it. But then watching, you know, Camelot331 come out. Watching Rich from RebutekUSA come out and talk about it. It kind of makes sense and I kind of agree that you know what? You guys have replaced my need for that sort of companionship through friends. And that's why one of the reasons why I love making videos.  You just want to see me again. You just want to see me on camera again doing my thing. Because you love the things I do. For some reason. I don't know why. I don't think I'm that great. I mean I am awesome. But, alright. Sorry, I'm not trying to get cocky there. It's a self esteem thing. I'll say things to kind of pick myself up. I don't actually feel down. I do think I'm actually a pretty great guy. But you guys are even greater for picking me up when I'm down because you guys are always there. So thanks. Alright folks. This is kind of out of the off the cuff video. But if you enjoy it let me know. Otherwise I'll I do have a giveaway going on by the way. One of you guys can win 100 bucks. Head on to the description for that. Obviously like and subscribe if you want to see future gaming stuff. We have massive plans for E3 that I've been teasing over.  More stuff to give away. Crazy or bigger things happening. So stay tuned. Build Note, a new set as well. Got some stuff ordered for it. So there's that. Lots of crazy stuff happening. I hope to see you guys at least at our E3 coverage of nothing else. Again we're doing it all four days. So I know not all of you guys are going to make all of that coverage. You have jobs. You have lives. I hope you can come for some of it. Maybe win something. Maybe be entertained. And enjoy some of the animations and some in-depth conversations on gaming. Maybe you'll see me, Pye, Eric and the face too.  So stay tuned. I'm Nathan Robojans from the Santa Prime. 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Got our whole crew Frank Thomas, David Ortiz, Alex Rodriguez. I'm Kevin Burkhart. Joining us live is Justin Turner. I don't even know how you're still standing right now. The emotions of, I mean, you were minutes away, maybe, from being down 3-0. And now it's a completely different series, Justin. Yeah, what a ballgame. What a marathon. Unbelievable fight from our club. Our bullpen was amazing, pitching out of trouble, time and time again. You almost forget about the throw that Bellinger made at the plate. And what a moment for Max. Unbelievable year he's had. And that's just icing on the cake right there. That's a special moment. JT, I've been in a very close series with this guy. 3-0, and they come back and win. Emotions and energy can change so quickly. You can make an argument that Bradley's home run may have been the biggest home run of the night for you guys, because it eliminates their secret power. And if all the advantage, you guys, for tomorrow. Yeah, well, if all they came out and threw about 100 pitches, and that guy's nasty. So I think there will be a lot of guys in the clubhouse that are going to be happy he's down tomorrow. JT, I want you to explain people how hard it is to do what Mansi do, what Mansi just did. Now he didn't not put a field home run. I thought you were stating, after 18 innings have been playing, plus the weather and everything, right now. Yeah, you know, the cardinal rule here, you look at the grass. And if there's moisture on the grass, if there's dew on the grass, the ball's not going to fly very well. So for him to go oppo right there is. Oppo taco. Oppo taco. It's unbelievably impressive, man. That unbelievable. The word we use all year with you guys is resilience. Tonight's show, 18 in a marathon. Boston's compromised now.  What are you thinking now? Yeah, that was huge for us. Obviously tonight's a must win. We don't want to go down 3-0 against those guys. And just the resilience, the fight and the club, the bullpen, unbelievable. Pitching out of trouble time and time again. Just a special night, special night for all of us. And like you said, it's a momentum changer. We're down 2-1 against Milwaukee, too. So we like where we're at now. I know this was about five hours ago, but Walker Bueller gave you guys a shot in the arm you really needed, right? Who's that? Wow. And when was that?  This was the same game. But you obviously needed a spark, and he was great. Yeah, he's unbelievable. He's a big game pitcher. No one has more confidence in Walker Bueller than Walker Bueller. I can tell you that. And he's got the stuff to back it up, and he just went out there and was outstanding. Deserved a better result. Obviously didn't get the W, but he gave us a chance. You'll be a girl more after tonight, don't you? Yeah, I think my beard got about 3 inches all year, man. Get in there, yeah. Justin, thanks a lot. We know you're exhausted. Thanks so much for doing this. Best of luck tomorrow, OK? All right, guys, thank you very much. Justin Turner, come out to join us.


Hi, how do you pronounce your surname? Duxbury. OK, Duxbury, so it's fine. So the title of your talk is Chicken Gut Microbiome members limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasma in E. coli. Please. Thank you. Can you see? OK, great. Well, thank you for the invitation. It's a pleasure to speak to this meeting. So very interesting range of topics covered. So I'm currently a postdoc researcher at the University of Warwick and the group of Orpensøya working on microbial diversity and interactions and photosynthetic microbial communities. However, today I'm going to talk on my previous postdoc position that I completed in the laboratory of genetics at Vahnenin University in the Netherlands. And this was in the group of I in the business in collaboration with the Institute of Ecology, NIO, and veterinary epidemiologists based at Utrecht University. And this paper was published last year. So what I'm presenting on. So to give you some background. So as we've heard about this meeting, Plasmids mediated. So antimicrobial resistance genes are commonly transmitted on Plasmids. And this can occur both vertically and horizontally within bacterial populations, but then also at the level of the microbiome. So microbiomes, so for example, Cuban and animal microbiomes, dense concentrations where bacteria can transfer. And this can occur between commensal strains, but also between commensal and pathogenic strains leading to multi-resistant pathogenic bacteria. So our conjugation is a major contribution to the spread and persistence of these persistence genes. And there are two main determinants controlling the spread of these genes within a community. And these are firstly the fitness facts of the Plasmids. So if they impose a metabolic burden on the host cell, interactions between with other mobile genetic elements in the cell. And secondly, the conjugation rate is so the speed of the Plasmid transfer. And in particular, we can develop methods to quantify this as a rate rather than a frequency measure to take into account, given cell-to-cell contact opportunities, how fast will this Plasmid transfer under different conditions. So the context of my work is understanding the dynamics of Plasmids spread within the context of the microbiome. So from genomic studies, we can learn that looking longitudinally that during the evolution of bacterial lineages, they can gain multi-resistance, which is associated with the transfer of Plasmids from another coexistent lineage within the same population. And Plasmids can spread to not only just within strains, but within the whole community. And in some studies in the literature, this has been described as Plasmids permissiveness. So the diversity of different bacterial strains in taxes, which are Plasmids can spread. So that's one idea of understanding Plasmids spread within a community. But then we lack understanding of another aspect. So how biotic factors within a microbiome, so the role of microbial interactions, we know this plays an important role in microbial community dynamics. So for example, competitive or cooperative interactions between bacteria, how can these sorts of interactions between microbes and a microbiome influence the core process of Plasmid transfer and maintenance. So understand then, intra-community microbial interactions and the role of Plasmids spread. So this leads to the main research question I focused on, understanding how microbiome, so well, asking the question whether microbiome members affect Plasmids spread of a pro-core donor or second pair. And to study this, we look at the growth rates firstly. So the fitness effects, secondly, the conjugation rates. And then thirdly, what this can mean for the final within population Plasmid frequency. So the system we focus on to study Plasmid dynamics was the chicken gut microbiome. Because in the Netherlands, resistant genes have been described as particularly prevalent within the chicken gut and also in a range of other livestock animals. And what's interesting is that the extended spectrum beetle atomases, are these involved in antibiotic degradation and resistance to your full range of beetle atoms, including sephataxine.  So this is called the BLAS CTXM1 resistance gene associated with an NCI1 Plasmid. It's particularly common in the chicken guts. So in chickens, particularly in boiler chickens used for meat production and also across a range of livestock animals. And also if you look, there was a study, a 10 year study looking at the location of these ESBL resistance genes and there was a strong bias towards them being carried on Plasmids rather than on the chromosome. So looking at this specific combination, we wanted to understand more about the prevalence of this specific gene carried on an NCI1 Plasmid within the microbiome context. So this is a large Plasmid, 100 kilobases. It has a narrow host range. So it exists in E. coli and salmonella species. And it has a low copy number. So you say typically one, possibly two copies per cell. And then we wanted to understand the role of the microbial interactions of the chicken gut on the spread of this Plasmid in a controlled system. So we set this up by looking at the sequel microbiome, well, of some microbes that could be cultured from the chicken gut microbiome. So we took our samples naturally from farms. We collected sequel samples. So this is from the end part of the large intestine. You're not familiar. Whether it's a high concentration and microbial diversity of bacteria, we know that's conjugation also occurs readily in this part of the gut. So we took samples from adult chickens and then brought them into the lab and preserved them by freezing them, mixing with glycerol, and then cultured them in a rich medium. So this medium is described in the literature. The endolepium medium, so it's a rich medium. It contains a high nitrogen source and has been described to somewhat mimic the chicken gut microbiome environment. So we grew up at replica cultures in this medium in the lab. And then we spun down the cultures to collect the cell pellets of whatever microbes had grown from these gut samples and then collected the medium and so the supinate until the spend medium from these cultures. So this would contain any secreted products from the microbes from the chicken gut. So we filtered this and then by replenishing all nutrients by mixing with fresh medium, we could then use this as a new type of medium to test the role of microbial secretions on our specific processes of plasma transfer. So this is a medium containing any same metabolites or other molecules secreted from bacteria. So we use this for growth and transfer assays. So this brings me on to the second part of how we set this up. So this was all done in a lab strain of the typical MG1655 background. But we moved to a natural plasma and so the combination I described, so the CTXM1 resistance exists in our NCI1 plasma. So we moved this by a conjugation from a natural chicken isolate strain into the MG1655 background. So that would be our donor strain on the far left here. And we isolated a spontaneous nanodixic acid resistant mutant of this MG1655 background. So it had a label called selection. So when we, yeah, so, well, I described that later for the conjugation assay it could be selected when plated on agar. So we could profile the growth of this strain and also the recipient strain we could use for conjugation. So also in the MG1655 background, this was a different label fashion. It had a prime clinical resistance marker in its chromosome via a gene insertion. And then the transcontrugant strain we wanted to profile the growth of this strain as well. This was formed in a prior conjugation assay between the natural ESBL E. coli strain. We transferred this into the recipient strain background so then we created a transcontrugant strain. So we have these three strains in advance that we could profile the growth of and we did this via automated optical density profile. And so measuring the OD at 600 nanometers in a plate reader. So in a microtized plate, we can set up multiple conditions and we can profile these three strains and replicates to quantify their growth rates with and without the plasma to compare between our three populations. And then secondly, we performed the conjugation assays. This was done in a similar way within the 96th world plate. We mixed a 50-50 culture of the donor recipient strain together and to incubate this at 37 degrees over a four-hour transfer period. So relatively short. And after this period, we could play to the start and end point to select for our three populations. So by the selective plating for nanodexic acid for the donor strain, the recipient strain plated on chlorophanicole containing agar and the transcontrugant could be selected with sephataxym and chlorophanicole. So firstly, looking at the results of what we found in the chicken gut samples. So going back to the first part of the study, we characterized by a 16S RNA sequencing, the V3 to V4 hypervariable region. So we did this for the culture sample. And so what's shown here is the gut microbes that could actually grow under the lab conditions we had as we were cultured under aerobic conditions. That's what we had access to and that's how we performed our conjugation assays. So we wanted to keep the same conditions, but we'd grown the microbes at 41 degrees and control the pH to try to somehow replicate the chicken gut environment. So we saw a strong enrichment for lactic acid bacteria in three genera and we had three replicates. So supernatants one to six with three replicates of age. So we saw consistency across replicates. And so two of the genera, so we saw a single genus in almost all of our samples apart from supernatants six where we saw a mix of enterococcus and pediococcus. So lactobacillus and pediococcus are both of them are lactobacillacy, which is the third most abundant family in the chicken seeker. Enterococcus found in low abundance and studies have shown that these types of bacteria to have probiotic effects and to reduce the growth of E. coli helps via toxin production. So is it interesting to see that we could culture these bacteria and now look at the role of them on the plasmid transfer and growth assays. So we then wanted to select a suitable concentration of the supernatant to use to grow our strains. So this is a pilot experiment. Firstly, we're going to look at the dose response effect of adenine, a certain concentration of supernatant into the medium and fully replenishing for all nutrients. So this is an endpoint measurement of growth. Of course, different concentrations of supernatant in a fully nutrient replenished medium. So what we saw that there was this dose response effect. So adenine more supernatant really inhibited the growth of our E. coli strains even if we fully replenish with nutrients. So it showed that there was something strongly inhibitory being produced by these gum microbes that was affecting the growth of E. coli. So then I selected this moderately inhibitory concentration so of 20% supernatant to perform for and to selects for the growth in conjugation assays because we still wanted to see some growth of our strains and not completely inhibit it. So we used 20% supernatant and then replenished with nutrients. Assuming that all nutrients had been maybe exhausted during growth in the spam medium. So then this, we firstly looked at the effective growth rates of spam media. So relative to control treatments we had two control treatment groups. So one is over replenishing all nutrients but then we had a slightly higher nutrient concentration in the medium we were mixing with supernatant which resulted in a slightly higher concentration of nutrients when it was mixed with the supernatant. So we compared to between these two control groups and the supernatant groups. And what we saw was that there was a significant reduction in growth rates of both for both the donor and the second strains. This was more noticeable for the donor with strain in the recipient strain but we saw similar magnitudes of growth rate reduction particularly in this supernatant at six that there was a mix of pediococcus and enterococcus. Overall, we didn't see a significant fitness cost of the plasma surprisingly in this energy 1655 background. So there was a very small, say 2% overall looking across all the supernatants and the control media. However, there are some slight differences we do see between control and supernatants. So then we looked at the natural E. coli strain background and we also saw a reduction in growth rates in at least while a couple of the supernatants we saw quite a lot of variability across data points. But we did see reductions at least in the pediococcus and the mixed supernatants that also reduce growth rates of natural E. coli strain. So it wasn't just reducing growth rates of this low-adapted strain, it was also found in a natural strain. And then we looked at conjugation rates. So the effect of the supernatant media on the rates of plasma transfer. And in particular we use this endpoint conjugation rate measure rather than a conjugation frequency. I won't go into a lot of detail here because Yana will talk about this tomorrow. But basically we took into account different growth rates of the three populations and the start and end point population densities of all three populations to control for cell contact opportunities across different conditions. So different growth rates and densities during across different treatments. So for example between control and supernatant treatments. And we saw quite a lot of variability across these data points and no significant effect of the supernatant media on conjugation rates. So then we wanted to input this data and in collaboration with modelists they developed this simple ecological model to use to look at our growth rate and conjugation rate measures and use these two parameters. Simple ecological model simulating an environment of a situation of a platelet invasion into an otherwise isogenic population of E. coli. So something that may be typical in the checking data with a continuous flow of nutrients. So a constant population size but a continuous turnover of cells. And we predicted that the within population password frequency. So within any parallel population would be dependent upon the growth rate difference between the donor recipient strain, the conjugation rate and the population density. So just the E. coli here. And for reference a cell density of 10 to the 8 cells per milliliter or less would be roughly equivalent to E. coli in the checking data. So we developed this simple model and looked at so defining the parameters faces for three equilibrium situations. So where the plasmids will be lost in the grey region where the plasmid will be fixed at an intermediate frequency in the dark region and where the plasmid will become completely fixed in the population in the white region. And what we saw was that due to subtle differences in the growth rate difference between the donor recipient population this growth rate difference was slightly increased compared to the plasmid loss compared to the plasmid treatment. So it's shown by the colour points compared to the black points. We saw a shift towards the plasmid loss compared to the plasmid fixation due to these small differences in growth rates. So this model would predict that over time and the microbial secretions would be suggested to lead to the plasmid loss in the population. To conclude what this has shown is that checking out microbiome levels specifically of the lactic acid bacteria can limit the spread of antimicrobial plasmids specifically in E. coli and this was due to reductions in growth rates and the small growth rate difference in that reduction on the donor strain compared to the recipient strain so via fitness differences rather than any significant reductions in conjugation rates we predict that this could lead to an increased chance of plasmid loss say within an in vivo environment in the gastrointestinal tract and the approach that I show here presents a new and a feasible approach to test to extend beyond standard in vitro conjugation assays that are often done in a rich laboratory medium often with well lab plasmids not for the natural system so this allows an approach to incorporate additional factors so for example looking at the world of this could be extended to look at the world of anaerobic conditions on plasmid transfer and additional environmental parameters so combining both experimental and theoretical approach to predict the effect of specific environmental factors on plasmid stability within population so I'd like to thank my supervisor in the laboratory of genetics and also collaborators at Utrecht University and at the Utrecht Institute of Ecology in the Netherlands and I'd like to thank the funders too and thank you for the opportunity to present today and look forward to your questions Well done, very interesting are there let me check this time properly if there are no there are no hands and no questions are there any questions the experimental setup was like awesome thank you so experimental so controlled but so real yeah it's kind of wow so does anybody have any questions for Sarah comments so do we pass on to the next speaker and thanks thanks


Let's start, first up, at the end we have Dr. Ralph Henry, Biowarber. How did you choose to participate in this event tonight? Because my wife's playing tennis, I didn't do it at home, my dog's been locked. And I'm a believer in bio. And I have an entourage that believes in bio. Next up we have Dr. Elisette Lopez-Swimke Davis representing the English department. Are you here tonight? I'm here because this is a great opportunity for us to really think about the value of a liberal arts education in a fun format. And those of you who know me know that I am a big fan of apocalyptic narratives and scenarios and a huge fan of the walking dead and saying they're zombie or monstrous. And I'm interested to see what kinds of monsters emerge from this discussion. Next up from chemistry we have Dr. Paul Adams. Dr. Adams, why are you here tonight? First of all, good evening everyone. I am here tonight to hopefully try to provide some perspective that will maybe change some of the perceptions of what chemistry is. And chemistry is not all of history. And I'm here to try to convince you all of that this evening. Alright, thank you. Next up tonight we have Dr. Alessandro Brogi from the department of history. Why are you here? Same thing, history is fun, believe me. And I'm here because I'm a historian who likes science fiction. I'm here because I'm a masochist and he has asthma fear. And I'll have a dog who's being walked out. But my, let me, your kid is waiting for me upstairs in my office and he wished me good luck. He hopes to meet that fact alive. We hope that for all of you that we're up here tonight.