Eastern Europe was mentioned and that is why I'm very pleased to welcome Polish Senator and the Minority Leader of the Polish Senate here. He was also former Minister of Defense of his country. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Bogdan Klich. Bogdan, Poland's an important country, of course, one of the most populous countries in the EU has been mentioned a few times both in a positive but also, let's be honest, in a less favorable manner. That's why I'm very curious to hear the view from Warsaw now. I'm very glad to be here. That's first and very glad also that we have good news from this morning that there are Americans that believe in Europe. Not only Europeans believe in the future of the European Union, but also Americans do that. So it means that there is a chance for renewal of the good partnership between Europe and United States. That's first. Secondly, I'm not from Eastern Europe. I'm from Central Europe. And there is a difference between Central Europe that joint NATO, joint European Union when Eastern Europe didn't do that. Yes, and there is a huge difference also concerning the relationship to the values, the approach to the values. Such values that were at the beginning of the Alliance in 1949 and at the beginning of the process of European integration. I mean democracy, the rule of law, civil liberties, rights of minorities, and market economy. Central Europeans believe in those values. Central Europeans, although there are governments that are eurosceptical and that are, let's say, undermined partially those values, Central Europeans are committed to this set of values, once again Euro-Atlantic values. In my home country, 84% of people are in favor of the future of the European Union. Are satisfied of our membership in the EU. So please don't make and don't put in an equal position society and the current government in Poland. This is the policy of the current government in Hungary and Poland, but this is not a position of Central Europeans. Please remember about that. Now about Europe because this is what we are talking about. We are in the European Union in a kind of paradoxical situation because on one hand we are aware of deterioration of the political situation in our neighborhood. I mean in southern and eastern neighborhood. Eastern Europe and Mediterranean are in crisis. The first one after the aggressive policy of the Russian Federation towards Ukraine, we didn't expect in fact that there will be a military invasion of Russian troops to one of the parts of sovereign Ukraine, especially after 1994 when Russian Federation together with Great Britain and United States guaranteed sovereignty and territorial integrity of that country. But it happened. But it happened. It means that Eastern Europe and even more in Euro-Atlantic zone the existing model of security that was once again paradoxically introduced into the strategic documents of the Alliance in November 2010. I mean cooperative model of security was blown up. Was blown up by this aggression of the Russian Federation because this model was based on the assumption that dialogue is much better than confrontation. That military confrontation was excluded from the vocabulary of our cooperation with Russia. But the confrontation exists and after the illegal annexation of Crimea after having so many troops, Russian troops in Donbas region, after there is no satisfying solution concerning the future of Ukrainian sovereignty and after Russian Federation is not only assertive but it's aggressive power and after Russian Federation decided to show its power also in the Middle East and decided two years ago to go to the war in Syria and to be engaged strongly in this conflict. We see a set of threats coming from Eastern Europe. Similar situation is in the southern neighborhood of Europe although after the Arab Spring we witnessed rather asymmetric threats than conventional threats. But right now after four years we have the unstable Mediterranean region. We have failed states like Libya. We have recovery of authoritarian military regime in Egypt and we have only two stable countries. One of them is Morocco. The other one it is Jordan that are partners for Euro-Atlantic community. That's why in this deteriorating environment we have to do something with our European capabilities in the sphere of security and defense. It means that Europe should take more responsibility for its own security, more responsibility in the area of security. Now we are aware that we can deal politically with crisis, variety of crisis in our neighborhood but we are not prepared to do the same using our military capabilities because we don't have crucial capabilities that should be used in such situations. We need more planning capabilities. We need more operational capabilities and we need more or better coordination between civilian and military aspects of missions and operations at the level of planning and at the level of conducting of operations. I would say that CSDP right now needs, doesn't need new institutions because we have enough tools, sufficient tools that were incorporated into the Lisbon Treaty. After 2009 we are aware that we have permanent structured cooperation that we can use, that we have European defense agency that was let's say introduced into the treaty. We have battle groups. We have battle groups that were prepared but they were not used even during the crisis in Mali. Although one of the battle groups at that time was on duty. So we have enough institutions but we don't have enough political will to do that. So I would say and this is my first, I would say, significant remark and expectations from European leaders that they will be able to sign a significant political message to the rest of Europe and the world that Europe is able to improve its capabilities concerning CSDP in the future. It doesn't mean that we need more Europe everywhere. I'm very satisfied that you used this notion of more Europe because we are in different situations than 20 years ago that we expected more Europe everywhere working on constitutional treaty but there are at least two areas in which there is a need. There is a public expectation of more Europe. This is external security and this is internal security. The citizens of the European Union believe and need more Europe. It means more integration in those two areas. And I don't want to say that we need, let's say, that it is possible to improve European capabilities concerning counterterrorism without reviewing the treaties. Probably not. Probably it would be necessary to review the treaties and to prepare a new treaty to do it, you know, in this sphere. But we can do without changing our treaties in the European Union renewal of our security capabilities outside. It means that CSDP, with the operational HQ, with the improvement of battle groups, with the improvement of research policy of the European Union that we were working together on the study about that, with even the new battle groups concept that the European Union is ready to do that. It is necessary to have the leadership and I hope that after the creation of the new coalition government in Germany, the Germany will be together with France in this leadership of this process. I hope that after the change of the government in my country, Poland will join this leadership as we propose such changes in the first and in the second Weimar letter. I was one of the authors of Weimar letters proposing in 2010 some of the solutions that are being incorporated right now. Thank you.


J. E. S. Health. Health. Oh! The Jell-O program starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston and Phil Harris in his orchestra. The orchestra opens a program with Swing is Here to Sway from Alibaba Goes to Town. We make quite a point of asking you to insist on Jell-O by name when you buy. And here's a postal card from one of our listeners that I think will show you why we do that. It's from Mrs. H. E. Chirer of Lovington, Illinois. Here's what she says. She recently tried another brand that was guaranteed to be as good as Jell-O and founded a complete failure as to taste and quality. I really want you to know I consider Jell-O and only Jell-O. Well, Mrs. Chirer is right. There is only one Jell-O. And if you hear some other gelatin dessert called Jell-O, you know that is incorrect. Well, the name Jell-O is a trademark, the property of general foods, and that name tells you that you're getting the real thing. The one and only genuine Jell-O with the delicious extra-rich fruit flavor. So if you want Jell-O's rich fruit goodness and tempting beauty, don't accept any substitutes. Look for the big red letters on the box. They spell Jell-O. This way played by Phil Harrison, his orchestra.  Jack Benny. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Jell-O again, this is Jack Benny talking. And Don, when you said automobile question mark, I presume you were alluding to my Maxwell. Were you not? Yes, Jack, I'm afraid I was.  It's all right. Maxi and I can take it. I love every rattle in this dear little chassis. Well, did you drive it down tonight, Jack? Yes, Don, I drove right to the studio and everything was fine. Mary was with me and I had no trouble at all. Did I marry? Not with me, you didn't. I'm talking about the car. What about that flat tire you had? Flat tire? Say, you could hardly feel it. Believe me. Anyway, my tires, my tires were awfully thin. Well, what happened? Jack ran over a marshmallow and got a puncture. Well, no wonder it was toasted. You forgot to mention that. Why didn't you change the tire, Jack? Because I haven't any tools, Phil, that's why. You haven't got any tools? No, I gave them to my sister for a charm bracelet. Well, that's a novel gift. How does she like it? Oh, fine, but she can't get her arm off the floor. Jack, are you still keeping up the payments on that car? What's that, Don? The audience was laughing. I didn't quite get them. You might as well wait for a laugh, you know, kid. Well, what I said, Jack, is are you still keeping up the payments on that car? Well, I, uh... Tell them what happened yesterday, Jack. Oh, it was nothing. Well, what was it, Mary? Well, we were riding down Wilshire Boulevard and Jack nearly fainted. Why? The car broke down right in front of the finance company. Well, I was going there anyway. Then why did you get out and run? Because. That's why. Guys, I don't know what's the matter with you, fellas. You're always picking on Jack. Thanks, Kenny. You think he was the only deadbeat in the world? That's telling him. You said it. Oh, quiet. You've got more important things to do tonight than to discuss me. You said it. So now, ladies and gentlemen, as we announced last week, we're... Come in. Hiya, Buck! Oh, hello, Andy. How to see Andy. You haven't been around for a couple of weeks. Well, Buck, we've been pretty busy getting ready for the holiday. Oh, that's right, Jack. Thursday is Thanksgiving. I almost forgot. Well, Ma didn't hear. Buck, here's a turkey she sent over for you. A turkey? Gee, I was wondering what you had in that basket. Let me look. Oh, it's a live one. Thanks, Andy. You're welcome. Gee, that's a tough-looking bird.  Well, don't use an axe. We tried it four times. Oh, yes, I see those notches on its neck. But no kidding, Andy, the turkey really that tough. Taff it, Chester. Bull, clear out of the barn. You're a fine present to give me. If I can't eat it, what am I going to do with it? It'll make you a darn good watchdog. Say, there's an idea. Yeah, tie it to your car. You won't have to lock it. You know, Andy, this gang has been riving me about that Maxwell of mine, but it doesn't faze me, though.  He does. What's your paw got against the Maxwell? He courted more in one. Oh, I'm sorry, Andy. I didn't mean to revive any unpleasant memories. Anyway, I'm glad you got here early, because tonight we're going to do a big plane. We've got to get started on it right away. Are we all set, fellas? All right, Andy. All right, boys, let's settle down. And now, ladies and gentlemen, as we announced last week, for our feature attraction tonight, we are going to present our version of Columbia Pictures' phenomenal success, that Frank Capra production, Lost Horizon. Now, um... Now, in our version of Lost Horizon... All right, boy, that's enough. In our version, we will all portray our own characters. That is, I will be Jack Benny, Mary will be Mary, and Don will be Jello. And Don, huh? Yes, and I'll be cute enough to eat. Yeah. Mary, pour some whipped cream over Don and put him in a dish. What'll I use? The rose bowl? That's a good idea. Hey, Buck, am I in this? Of course, Andy. What character would you like to play? Well, I'd like to wrestle with Ronald Coleman's part. Oh, you would. I'd like to wrestle with Coleman. Quiet. And now, folks, in our play Lost Horizon... Now, cut it out now. Will you put that thing down? Okay. Don, that's sound, man. Now, let's get on with our play. By the way, Jack, what does Lost Horizon mean? Well, Mary, it's, uh... Well, it's a sort of, uh... Oh, Don, do you know what Lost Horizon means? To whom? To whom? To you. That's to whom. To whom? Well, I don't know. Don't ask me. Well, I want to find out. I'm going to ask Kenny. Kenny? What are you laughing at? Oh, nothing, Kenny. Go ahead, ask him, Mary. He'll make him feel good. All right. Say, Kenny, what does Lost Horizon mean? Well, uh... Lost Horizon is symbolic of the utopia that we mortals are forever seeking in our eternal quest for happiness. Why, Kenny! What was that? Kenny feigned it! Quick! Get a glass of water! Kenny, Kenny! Play, Phil! Kenny! Kenny! I was all mine, Phil! This is the Benny program starring Jack Jell-O with Mary Strawberry. This is the last number of artists and models. Buck Maxwell rides again. What is it?  I will give you peace and relaxation. Who are you? My name is Chang! Chang! I am here to help you, my son. Gee, Mr. Chang, didn't I see you in a picture last night called Lost Horizon? Yes. By the way, how did you like me in it? I thought you were swell. How did you like me in artists and models? I am here to help you, my son. Oh! Come with me! And we will journey to the land of eternal youth, the everlasting bliss. Gee! Let earthly paradise where all is serene. Gosh! Let garden spot of the universe! If you're a real estate man, I'll scream. Here not, my son. Here not. I am taking you to Shangri-La. Shangri-La! Come with me. Wait!  Your Maxwell? Ah-ha-ha! Look, Mr. Chang! What happened? Where are we? We are in Shangri-La, my son. Gaze upon its majestic beauty. Behold its shimmering splendor. Peace theorize upon its peaceful tranquility. Oh! This is so beautiful. So wonderful. Ain't it the nuts? Oh! How romantic this place is. How charming. How utterly utter. You ain't seen nothing yet. Gee! I can't get over it, Mr. Chang. Everybody looks so youthful. Eternal youth. That is the secret of Shangri-La. Oh, look! Look at that beautiful young girl coming toward us. That is my wife. She's 385 years old. 385. My! What a nice figure. And such broad shoulders. Yes. She just had her hands on it. Oh! How romantic this place is. How charming. How utterly utter. You ain't seen nothing yet. Gee! Yes. She just had her hips lifted. Oh, I see. Come here, my dear. I want you to meet Mr. Benny. Hello, Junior. Hello, Mrs. Chang. Gee, I can't believe that you're 385. My husband is 390. And this is our son, Clambake. Clambake? What a name. He doesn't like it either. Uh-huh. Say hello to Mr. Benny. Hello. I'm 312. Stripped or with your clothes on? You know, Mr. Chang? You know, Mr. Clambake? What a name. He doesn't like it either. Uh-huh. Say hello to Mr. Benny. Hello. I'm 312. Stripped or with your clothes on? You know, Mr. Chang, I think I'm going to like it here. Everyone likes it here, my boy. Or in Shangri-La, every wish comes true. Isn't that amazing? Say, who's that man standing over there with those five boys? Eddie Cantor. Ah, Shangri-La! Wait a minute. Am I seeing things? Can that be Andy Devine coming toward us? Yes. That's him. Hello, Andy. Hi, Buck. Why, Andy? That doesn't sound like you. Well, I'll tell you, Buck, every time I come to Shangri-La, my throat clears up and my voice is as clear as a bell. Well, that's the most unbelievable thing yet. Say, Buck, remember what I used to sound like this? Hi, you, Buck! Yes, I do. But I'm all right now. So am I! Get together, boys. Tell me, Mr. Chang, what miracle causes such a change? It is no miracle, my son. You see this fountain here? Yeah, yeah. Anyone who drinks of its waters immediately acquires a voice of silvery tone. You mean if I drank a glass of water from this fountain, my voice would improve? Yes. And I could sing? Even better than Kenny Baker. As good will be enough. Then just take half a glass. Here. Oh, boy. The deal is taste good. Me, me, me, me, me. I feel it working. Listen, Mr. Chang. Thank you, everybody. Congratulations, my boy, it was splendid. Oh, Mr. Chang, these compliments. I really don't deserve them. I'll say you don't. Why, Kenny, what are you doing in Shangri-La? Is that where I am? Yes, Kenny, in Shangri-La. Where every wish comes true. Oh, boy, I wish I had a ham sandwich. A ham sandwich? Is that all you can wish for? All right, put mustard on it. One ham coming up, smear it. Isn't that wonderful? Hi, Jack, old boy. How do you like it here? Phil. She is good to see you. Mr. Chang, you know Phil Harris, don't you? Sure. He comes down here every weekend. Never told me. Are you having a good time, Phil? Am I? You know, Jack, I was out to lunch with the cutest little girl. What a honey. Cute, huh, Phil? How did you happen to meet her? She went to school with my grandmother. No kidding. Has she got a friend? Yeah, but I got rid of him. So long, Jack. Goodbye. Come, my boy. It is growing late, and I have promised to present you to the High Lama.  Isn't he awfully wrinkled? No, we have impressed once a week. Well, I'd love to meet him. Say, is that him standing over there addressing that crowd? No, that is one of our famous orators who swears the multitude with his every word. Shall we? Let's.  Is there anything more tempting than six delicious flavors? Nay, nay. Is there anything more appetizing than strawberry, raspberry, cherry, orange, lemon, and lime? Nay, nay. Thank you, chandeliers. See, there's one fellow who hasn't changed. Silence! Before us is the palace of the High Lama.  It's even more beautiful than Grauman's Chinese. Grauman's Chinese? Why, it's more beautiful than the Taj Mahal by moonlight. Oh, let me look again. Gazooks, you're right. Quiet! The High Lama approaches to greet us. Be prepared. 900 years old. She must be all dried up. Yes, don't light any matches around it. Oh, boy, I'm nervous. He will not harm you, my son. Behold, the High Lama. Your Excellency, I beg to present, Jack Benny, your Excellency. Hello, stanzer. Slepharuman. Quiet, quiet, I'm a lama now. A lama? Yeah, and I thought I was joining the Elks. You know, Sleph, he is hard to believe it.  You said it. I've been in the march at times so long I got bunions. Well, tell me, tell me, Sleph, how are you doing here? Oh, Jack, you boy, am I making money? Everybody here lives to be 300 years old, 400, 500, there's no limit.  Well, what do you do? I sell birthday candles. Birthday candles? You must be making a fortune. Say, is your wife here with you? Yeah, she sells matches. Well, I'm glad you're so successful. Tell me, Sleph, who's the head man around here? You or your wife? Well, I wear the pants, but somebody else has to help me out with them, you know. A thousand pardons, your Excellency. I must leave you now, Mr. Benny. Oh, will I see you again, Mr. Chang? No, I go as mysteriously as I came. Like a shadow in the forest, like the wind in the night. Woo-hoo! Well, well, well, that didn't sound like wind, but it got a laugh anyway. Here comes my daughter. I want you to meet her. Hello, my little irons blossom. Hello, prune face. This is my daughter, Mary Lama.  Hello, Mr. Benny.  How old are you? 116 and never been kissed. 116, so young. Yes, and already she wants to get married. Well, kiddies, I'll have to tattle along now. It's time for my dancing lesson. Dancing lesson? Yes, I'm learning the suede queue. I've been here so long, I got a broad feeling. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Well, Miss Lama, your father's pretty active for a man his age.  His shoe! There he goes again.  No. Let me show you around the palace grounds. You love the flowers and gardens and waterfalls. Follow me. Gee, I've often imagined a place as beautiful as this. God, it's like a fairy tale. Look at those gladiolas zooming in the sunlight and these snap-dragons. Aren't they lovely? And look at these tiger lilies. I think I'll plus one. Ow! They ought to be muzzled. Who's your gardener, anyway? Frank Buck. And right here's where I spend many happy hours. Let us carry a while by this waterfall. Waterfall? Rather small, isn't it? Well, it ain't Niagara, but it's wet. Oh. Why don't you take a dip in this lovely pool? What, with my clothes, huh? They can stand it, too. All right, I think I will. Look out now. I'm gonna jump in. Here goes. One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to wee! Gee, this water's so cool and invigorating. It's deep, too. Deep? Oh, I forgot. I can't swim. I'm sinking. I'm sinking, Mary. Mary saved me. I'm drowning. Help! Help! I'm out of with you. Oh, Mary, where am I? Wake up, Jack. You're in my apartment. Oh, Mary, I just had the most wonderful dream. And all of a sudden, I thought I was drowning.  Oh, yes, play, Phil. Give me a towel, Mary. Here's one more thing to be thankful for this year, something new and delicious to eat. It's a new kind of salad, cranberry and orange salad. Lovely to look at, mighty good to taste, and so easy to make. Here's all you have to do. Dissolve one package of orange jello and one and three-fourths cups of hot water. Chill until slightly thickened, then fold in one chopped orange, two of chopped raw cranberries, and three tablespoons of sugar. Unmold on lettuce, serve with real mayonnaise, and you have a grand Thanksgiving salad. A shimmering mold of orange jello, bright with colors of real oranges and fresh cranberries. And one of flavor blend, crisp and tangy to suit the season. Really a swell combination. Be sure to make this new salad, and be especially sure to make it with genuine jello. Or jello brings you that delicious, extra-rich fruit flavor that can't be topped. Just your grocer for jello. That was the lost number of the lost horizon in the new jello series, and we're with you again next week at the same time. I hope you all enjoyed our play tonight. Great buck! I don't think much of that Shangri-La idea. Why, Andy, wouldn't you like to have your voice clear and beautiful all the time? Guys, no, I wouldn't be able to get any work. I never thought of that, but as far as I'm concerned, I wish there really was a place like Shangri-La where you could lay around and relax. Don't you, Mary? I'll take Palm Springs. Oh, that's right. It's much closer. Yeah, good night, folks, tonight. J-E-L-L-O We are deeply indebted to James Hilton, author of Lost Horizons, for allowing us to present our satire of his great master piece. Kenny Baker appears on the jello program through courtesy of Mervin Leroy Productions. This is the national broadcasting company.


Hello! People of the internet, my name is Johnny and welcome back to another update video. Look at me new background! Don't it look festive and spoopy? And we got some things there. They are for a separate video. We'll talk about them later on in the week. I also don't think you can really see it, but I finally got Bunny Call. Finally. Um, and I also got some more festive, spoopy decorations for the background. It's nothing special. It's just a couple of pumpkins. They're not even like real pumpkins, so... Anyways, we are here to talk about some of the FNAF ports for FNAF 6 and also the physical copies for Help Wanted. Now, if you missed my first video on the physical copies of FNAF, do not fret because it is linked down below and there also should hopefully be an iCard if I remember to put one. I'm kinda late to this news, so there's no reason to stall any longer. Smash the like button, subscribe to the channel because when FNAF 6 comes out on Switch, we will be playing through it. And you don't want to miss that because the video that Click Team has shown off makes it look like a very interesting game on console. So again, let's not waste any more time and let's hop right into the physical copies. So again, not too long ago, we talked about the physical copies of FNAF that are going to be making their way out hopefully soon. And by the looks of things, they are going to be coming out very soon. At least the physical copies for Help Wanted. So yesterday, the physical copies for PlayStation 4, Help Wanted and Nintendo Switch, Help Wanted were found on Amazon. And this is what the covers look like.  You know, it is the official box art, so it just made sense. For PlayStation, of course, it has PS4. It says PlayStation VR mode included. It has the ESRB teen rating. It has Stewell Studios. Surprisingly, NoScotGames.com. And then it also says Enhance Your Gameplay with PSVR. Off to the side on Amazon, it shows some screenshots. I don't know where these are going to be, if they're going to be on the back of the cover of the physical copy. Or if they're going to be like inside, maybe they'll have like a little manual. That would be so cool, a little like Fazbear Entertainment manual for the VR game.  And it's kind of like the survival logbook where it walks you through being a security guard, play testing the game. Again, probably not going to happen, but Stewell, it's a damn good idea. And then for the Switch, it's basically the same thing. You got the official box art, you got Nintendo Switch, Stewell Studios, the teen rating. These physical copies go for the same price as the normal game, 29.99 USD. I have no clue what that is in other currencies, you can do the math. Now, probably the most interesting thing about these physical copies is their release date.  Or maybe we'll just have to wait a bit longer because the companies that made these games are working on other projects. You know, Clickteam is still reporting some of the games and Stewell is working on Security Breach. So we have no clue when these things were going to be available, but it turns out they might just be available at the complete end of this year. At least for what Help Wanted because it has a release date of December 15th. Very, very close to 2021, but not quite. So we can expect to see these hopefully by the end of this year. Whether or not that is going to be the confirmed release date because honestly, you can never know in 2020 when things are just going to randomly just not exist at the time you expect them to exist, you know, Security Breach. I hope they stick by this release date because honestly, it would make for a great Christmas present for people. Personally, I want to get them. I think I'll definitely get the Nintendo Switch physical copies because even though I already own the game, I so badly want to have it on Switch and I finally can get a physical copy of FNAF. Now, as for the core collection, we don't have cover artwork for that, nor do we know if they are going to be released separately, you know, like FNAF 1, then 2, 3, 4, etc. Or if it's just going to be FNAF, the collection, the core collection, and then when you go into the game, you can select you want to play through FNAF 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. Based off of collection, I feel like it'll probably be that last option where you just have one cartridge, where you have one physical copy of the game and then you can select which one you want to play. Personally, I would like to have different copies for each one, but that's just me. But again, because it is called the core collection, I feel like they are going to be all in one, which I'm not complaining about. I feel like that would also be cool, you know, selecting all I want to play through FNAF 1, 2, 3, and then let's say as you hover over them in the main menu, the background will change from Freddy to Toy Freddy to Springtrap to Nightmare Freddy. I think that would be cool. So no release date for the core collection just yet, but again, hopefully they come out around the same time. Then again, I feel like the most likely option will be 2021, because if the core collection is all of the games put into one, Clickteam still needs to finish off PizzaSim and Ultimate Custom Night. And hey, speaking of PizzaSim, clean segue, let's talk about it. So the other day, Clickteam finally revealed the release date for the ports for FNAF 6, a.k.a. PizzaSim. They released this one minute video, which really could have been condensed down into like a 20 second clip. Really, all the video is is just the day section, you know, when you're in the office and then it flashes October 31, 2020, Nintendo Switch and Xbox coming soon to PS4. That's really all it is. They didn't need this full video for it, but it does reveal some controls for the game and we can go over them quickly right now. So as we can see in the video, it looks like this is being played on the Nintendo Switch. So we're going to be going by those controls. As you can see, you turn on and off the fan by pressing the Y button and you turn on and off the PC by pressing X. It's not showing any buttons for navigating the monitor, so I'm guessing that's probably just the analog sticks.  So that's really it. I told you there was no need for that video, though it does still provide some good information on what the controls are going to be like. We also have a confirmed price for the game. It's going to be the exact same price as all of the other FNAF games on consoles, which I know people are going to be pissy about, but you got to keep in mind it took them this long to get to the game for a reason, you know? The reason why it took so long for people, for Clickteam to make this game and to release it and to port it out was because they got to do a lot of stuff with this game. I don't think you realize this, but there are a lot of controls in Pizza Sim.  So we have to come up with new controls for like, what, three? Four different platforms because of console and iOS and Android. So like four or five? It's a lot for such a complex game. So that's the main reason why it took this long, and that is also why, you know, it costs money. Scott made Pizza Sim in UCN3 because it was his game that he made, but now that he's making other people do the work and port it over to other platforms, you know, they got to get paid for doing their job. I still don't get why people don't understand that, you know? Also like, eight US bucks, that's not, to be fair, that's not eight dollars, that's not a whole lot. You can spare some eight dollars, you know, you don't need to get your coffee today, you can spare eight bucks for a game.  I realize the picture I'm showing right now is in European pounds, but just know that the main point I'm trying to make is that it's the same price as FNAF, which in US dollars was $7.99, so again, it's going to be the same price. And I'm sure we can expect that with UCN when it gets ported to consoles as well. And that's really all the news.  You guys better watch my review on the merch when it comes out, because that is, that's a lot of money. But at this point now, it's like, everyone knows about all that stuff, and I couldn't make a video about it, but at this point, what's the point? So yeah, that's really it. Again, I'll get to these guys soon. Oh boy, can't wait to talk about them for eight minutes. Oh my God, those things, right? Depressed Fanny over there. What is up with her? Yeah, that's really it. Thanks for watching. Again, subscribe, like the video. All that good stuff. Share it with some people. Not everybody knows about this stuff, because the ports don't really get talked about a whole lot for some reason, and I know a lot of people really want info on them, so if your friend is asking you like, hey, you got any more info on FNAF 6, which I get those comments a lot, surprisingly. Share this video with them, you know? Have them smash the like and subscribe. It was so close to 10K, come on. Anyways, I'm done begging. I'll see you guys later. Adios. Gregory, be still. I think she's found us.


hey guys in this video I'm gonna show you how to properly change the bearings from the wheel of your dirt bike so stay tuned but first when should you change the bearings well it's something quite easy to see actually take the front or back wheel for example and try to move your wheel side to side if your bearings are in good shape you won't feel any clearance at all if you feel even the slightest clearance you should change the bearings and it means that they are starting to get busted or they are already busted there's a commonly asked question about this subject which is should I change both bearings or only the one that is busted well you should always change both why well because both bearings are installed at the same time and they suffer this exactly the same amount of loads and in the exact conditions so if one of them is busted the other one will closely follow and be busted as well so you might as well save the hassle while they're at it change both of them and you know that your back wheel or front wheel will be in tip top shape let's start by removing both of the sealants from the bearings but you should always have can use a simple flat screwdriver so why can't you just remove the bearing and that's it you have to make sure that when you remove it the bearing comes out aligned with the axle of the hub what happened when you don't do it well you pretty much bust the whole hub and when you damage the hub there's no way back and you pretty much have to buy the whole hub and so how do you make sure that you remove the bearing in the best possible fashion I'll show you the hard part of this is actually to remove the first bearing because afterwards it's easy to push the second bearing from the inside you have to simply push the bushing to the side as much as you can and it might not be super easy but you can and simply start tapping or hitting on the other bearing imagine that you have the vertical axis and the horizontal axis so after what you have to do to make sure that the bearing comes out as consensual as possible is for example hit it below over left right below over left right always in that pattern and that will make sure that the bearing will come off as aligned as possible with the axis of the hub so you can use just a simple extension from a socket wrench one tap then upwards tap on the side and then change the other side now repeat it until it comes off and it's off so here you have the bushing that was between both bearings and one of the busted bearings with this bearing it will be a lot easier because you have more access to the bearing and it's off never forget to clean everything inside so that the bearings can be installed in a proper place well cleaned up and don't forget as well the bushing it's really important to have everything cleaned up now there's a little detail when you have to install the new bearings on the wheel usually by hand it doesn't go all the way until it sets on the hub so you have to well give some some taps to it for it to get inside as much as it can what you have to have in mind is when you're taking a bearing off the likelihood of the bearing is busted is a lot so when you hit the bearing on the smaller track of the bearing what happens is that there's no problem because the bearing is already busted right but when you're installing the new one you can only hit the bearing on the outside why because if you hit on the inside you'll be damaging the bearing and the balls of the bearing there's a force on the inside going that way and you have a force of the hub pushing the bearing outside and so what happens is that you pretty much damage the balls of the bearing or the bearing itself find a socket a socket wrench from your set that let's see the 27 fits so you can see that it does not fit it doesn't hit completely the outside so let's see bigger one with a 32 you are only gonna be giving the little taps on the outside track of the bearing and that way the inside will be completely intact when you hit it and so you will be installing the bearing with no damage and right before installing the the bearing never forget a lot of grease always it's also a good idea to give the taps in the same way that you use to remove it as much as you can these little busters remove all the old grease and fill the gasket with grease and you're all set to go to finish it up don't forget to clean as well the bushings or the outer bushings of the wheel and afterwards you're all set now you know how to properly change the bearings of the wheel of your dirt bike open helped and if it did please subscribe and leave a comment


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You're all very welcome. My name is Alex White, Director General of the Institute of International European Affairs. I'm pleased to welcome you to this event this morning. As a webinar on the 23rd of March, 2022, the then-Tonyshta and Minister of Enterprise Trade and Employment League of Radker announced the planned publication of a white paper on enterprise, which would outline set out Ireland's enterprise policy from 2022 to 2030. That white paper was published, and if I may say so, with great expedition at the end of 2022, I found out mistaken on the 7th of December, 2022, which was some days before our distinguished guest Minister Simon Coveney took office in the middle of December, as far as I recall, of last year. So he then, of course, it was and is responsible for our enterprise policy and produced even more quickly. Again, if I may say so, the implementation plan for the white paper and that implementation plan was published relatively the 31st of May of this year, which I'm sure the Minister will touch on. So the context is clear. It doesn't have to be explained or justified. There's so much happening. And we discuss it here at the Institute, the, for example, passage of the inflation Reduction Act in the United States, the progression of the Green Industrial Plan, the Net Zero Industry Act. Just take your pick, all of these initiatives and developments at EU level and elsewhere. It's clear that the white paper on enterprise policy and its implementation takes on an enormous level of importance and setting out the future direction of Ireland's enterprise policy over the coming decade. So we're honoured to welcome. I see at least two members of the diplomatic corps. You're welcome, ambassadors, other distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, all of you, but in particular, to welcome back to the IIA, Simon Coveney, TD Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment. The event will begin now with shortly with an address by Minister Coveney on the white paper and its implications. Following this, we move to a panel discussion during which Martina Fitzgerald, CEO of Scale Ireland, Dr. Francis Rahn, Chairperson of the National Competitive and Productivity Council, moderated by our colleague, Chief Economist at the IIA, Dan O'Brien, to respond to the Minister's address and share their own perspectives on the white paper. And then we hopefully will have some time for discussion in a Q&A session. So thank you all once again to our speakers for being here to you for attending and in particular to Minister Simon Coveney for being with us this morning. I want to hand over to Dan, for instance, to introduce the panel. Thank you all. Thank you. Good. Well, look, Alex, I think you've introduced the panel and I think most of the issues have been dealt with. Let me just brief housekeeping thing. The minister and welcome will speak for about 20 minutes. Our discussants will speak for about five. You can join the conversation. For those of you who are joining online, you can put your questions online. I'm looking at a screen in front of me here. So please just identify yourself when you do so. And members of the audience here in person can do the same. We're on a very tight schedule this morning. So with that, without further ado, let me welcome the minister in hand straight over. Thank you, Minister Coveney. Morning, everybody. So those of you who are here and have braved the weather and those of you who are in probably more comfortable surroundings watching online. Thank you for for giving me and us your time to the ambassadors that are here as well, two good friends of mine, actually, from from countries with a lot in common with Ireland, even though other parts of the world, New Zealand and Canada. And thank you to Alex for for the introduction and the work that you're doing here. And for all who are working at the IEA, I'm really pleased to have an opportunity to speak again. It's good to be back. I've had the pleasure of speaking here on several occasions as Minister of Foreign Affairs and have been looking forward to joining you once again as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Now, this time to speak on the government's White Paper and Enterprise, which some might be surprised to hear is also very much linked to foreign policy because so much of enterprise policy now and the the complexity of running a business is impacted by by world affairs. I'm delighted to be joined on the panel also today by by Dana Brian, who all of you will know, Chief Economist at the IEA, Martina Fitzgerald, who I think you will also know as CEO of Skale Ireland and, of course, Dr. Francis Rowan, chairperson of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council, who are doing important work. I'm very much looking forward to their perspectives on the White Paper and the government's approach towards business and enterprise, which, of course, needs to constantly evolve and modernize. Well, when Ireland's economic recovery plan was published back in June 2021, government had set the target of exceeding pre-COVID employment levels, targeting two and a half million people at work by 2024. This target was achieved by the end of 2021, which stands as a testament to the strength and resilience of Ireland's enterprise sector, in spite of the challenges that have created and continue to create significant headwinds and disruption across the global economy. It's been a hugely challenging period by any standards. Businesses in Ireland have been impacted by geopolitical turbulence from the ongoing impact of war in Ukraine and, of course, the extraordinary human suffering that flows from that, but also business and trade disruption, tensions between global power blocks, tension between the US and China has rarely been as intense and negative as it is today. Globalization retreating in truth, the effects of stubborn inflation and supply chain disruption, accelerating climate change pressures. And we've seen that in a very real terms this year. Continued fluctuations in energy markets and ongoing impacts of Brexit and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which hasn't fully gone away. Policy in the US, China and the EU is increasingly motivated by industrial policy concerns relating to strategic autonomy, national security considerations and a desire for self-reliance for key technology inputs such as semiconductors and net zero technologies is also driving policy change. I note that the IEA has made known its valuable contribution in this area, has made its own valuable contribution in this area, including through the IEA Global Europe paper by Dylan Marshall earlier this year, which was welcome. On the upside, inflation is now beginning to abate as energy costs fall, although not at a pace that we would like. Central Bank is predicting the growth in the domestic economy will be 3.7 percent this year, which is slightly stronger than previously anticipated, but that figure, of course, can still change. And while there have been some very unwelcome job losses in our globalized technology sector this year, it is important to put these strains in context. Overall job losses in big tech in Ireland represent about 2 percent of employment in that tech sector here, which is a fraction of the growth delivered over the last five years or so. Today, we've more people at work than ever before. Female participation in the workforce is at an all time high and youth unemployment remains relatively low and continuing to fall. So there is no doubt that the economy remains in strong health. We have a strong macroeconomic and fiscal position, sound institutions and a supportive business environment. Our job in government, though, is to ensure that we maintain all of these gains and that we make ambitious plans for the future in the face of uncertainty, the kind of uncertainty that I mentioned earlier. In that context, it's vital that we deliver a strong enterprise focused budget in a few weeks time. But while budget 2024 is being framed against a backdrop of a healthy economy, it must also strike a balance between the need to invest in public services and support living standards without committing expenditure based on income that is not guaranteed in the future. And of course, it must continue to support the engine that funds it all. One of the prime one of the primary areas of focus for my own department in the budget will be to support decarbonization and digitalization of enterprise across the country. We're working closely with Enterprise Ireland to get the supports right. We'll also focus on promoting entrepreneurial activity in the domestic economy and ensure that Ireland remains a preferred location for international investors in the context of the agreed changes to cooperation tax rates from January the 1st under the new OECD pillar two commitments. I want to further develop measures also to assist with scaling of Irish based firms, ensuring that entrepreneurs and founders are awarded for their efforts and risk taking. Improving the equity landscape for all businesses and incentivizing the growth of angel investment in Ireland is also a conversation that we're having with the Department of Finance. Ireland's enterprise policy will remain committed to pursuing the core elements that have served our economy well for so long, investing in our people and welcoming talent to our shores from other parts of the world, promoting a stable and attractive tax offering, political stability, a pro business environment and widespread public buy in for our economic model as a small advanced economy at the heart of the European Union, but very much connected to other parts of the world. With these goals in mind, the White Paper and Enterprise remains as relevant now as when it was developed last year with the aim of ensuring that Irish based enterprise can succeed through competitive advantage founded on sustainability, innovation and productivity, delivering rewarding jobs and livelihoods for everyone. To achieve this, we are focusing on seven priority enterprise policy objectives that are identified in the White Paper for those of you who've read it, covering decarbonisation and digital transformation, FDI and trade, the indigenous exporting and local trading sectors, innovation and building on our existing strengths, which are many. Decarbonisation is not only an environmental necessity for the future, it is now an economic and competitiveness one as well. Ireland can be proud of the steps we've taken on the journey to net zero and we are continuing to work on converting our ambition into action. There's a lot more work still to do. Our commitment to climate neutrality by 2050, the introduction of carbon budgets, the establishment of the sectoral emission ceilings and the implementation of climate action plans to meet these targets are all critical steps towards decarbonising our society as well as our economy. With these commitments, the White Paper broadly aligns with the objectives and ambition of the EU's Green Deal Industrial Plan and the Net Zero Industrial Act, which plays decarbonisation and climate change as key drivers and determinants of industrial policy. We now know the climate and the environment are now central to competitiveness and business success, as well as, of course, a moral imperative. The green transition moving towards a cleaner energy system and protecting ecosystems is something Ireland must deliver. And in my view, only public-private and government-business partnership can deliver on the scale that's needed. We have natural competitive advantage on renewable energy and we must use it with a level of ambition that has never previously been adopted. A maritime area approximately nine times the size of our landmass and a powerful wind resource can not only deliver climate targets but transform economic development and energy security over the coming decades. That's why I'm developing a National Industrial Strategy for Offshore Wind that will look to maximise the economic opportunity from both a supply chain and industrial demand perspective associated with our overall target of harnessing 37 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2050. This is a hugely exciting plan in terms of impact and many have compared it with the level of ambition in the 1920s when the state set about building Arden Crusher. Digital technologies will play a major role in shaping global competitiveness and productivity over the coming decades. And Ireland is well placed to be at the fore in harnessing the opportunities of rapid developments in AI, machine learning, quantum computing, and many other emerging technologies. Digitalisation and innovation will also be critical in decoupling economic growth from emissions. Digital transformation is opening up new opportunities in areas such as green technology, sustainable product design, green finance and digital services. To grasp the opportunities of digital technology and business we must sustain Ireland's attractiveness as a location of choice for cutting edge global technology businesses and drive a step change in digital adoption across enterprise especially SMEs across the country. We want 90% of SMEs to have achieved basic digital intensity by 2030 and we will help realise that ambition through our multi-annual digital transition fund designed to help companies at all stages of their digital journey. We also want to nurture digital startups and ensure a modern cohesive and well-resourced regulatory framework for digital. Ireland is coming from one of the strongest positions in Europe to take advantage of the digital opportunity that's there. Placing fifth in the EU digital economy and society index for 2022 but certainly with an aspiration to get up into the top three. In reality however we are aware that the digital economy is running at two speeds and this is something that the white paper needs to work to address. Some larger companies in particular and in the multinational sector are very much at the cutting edge in this space. Many of our SMEs are not yet and we need to help them get there. Despite the increasingly challenging nature of the global trading environment Ireland has enhanced its status as a safe competitive location to build and sustain global business. If anything geopolitical tension and brexit fallout have reinforced that position in recent years. The IDA's performance in the first half of this year attracting 139 new investments with a strong regional footprint is remarkable and that represents well over 12,000 new jobs linked to those projects and it's worth noting 52% of those projects were companies investing in Ireland for the very first time. As global competition for foreign direct investment intensifies the white paper seeks to ensure that Ireland remains agile and ambitious in ensuring that our value proposition remains amongst the best in the world and we will continue to champion the open rules-based free trade model that has underpinned our economic success for decades now. To that end we'll continue to ensure that Ireland is embedded in global supply chains, we'll strengthen linkages between our far-known multinationals and SMEs by developing more collaborative enterprise ecosystems and we will prioritise sustainability as a key consideration in promoting Ireland as a climate friendly and sustainable business environment for the future that guarantees not only lower emissions but also energy security in terms of supply. We must also continue to cultivate greater linkages between industry and the higher and further education sectors as well as developing the joined up approach to grow the base of RD&I activity relative to industry, relevant to industry and society for the future. There's a lot of good work going on in that space now led by Simon Harris in particular. Our trade and investment strategy will seek to ensure that our business friendly open economy is positioned to benefit from the network of EU-free trade agreements and new trade opportunities that develop and with that in mind I certainly want to see Ireland ratify Zeta to ensure that we can bed down the benefits of the growing trading relationship between Ireland and Canada and of course the new opportunities that are developing between the EU and New Zealand as well in the back of a recent trade deal done there. Ensuring the Irish-owned exporting sector can fulfil its potential in becoming a sustainable diversified domestic engine for growth is a key component of our enterprise policy approach too. We've set the ambition of expanding our exporting base with 2,000 additional exporting companies and 50% more large Irish exporting companies by 2030 and of course Enterprise Ireland are central to that challenge. To accomplish this we'll focus on enhancing productivity especially for SMEs and developing an integrated system-wide approach to accelerating startup growth and scaling. The extension of the local enterprise office mandate to work with prospective exporters that have grown to over 10 and up to 50 employees for example will bridge an existing gap and better integrate Irish enterprise into the scaling loop. Government will work on our ambition to grow the number of at-scale Irish firms and new exporters to ensure that businesses can grow and prosper and become effectively Irish-owned multinationals in the future but in order to do that they need finance and they need the capacity to grow at scale. Enterprise Ireland will remain an anchor investor providing public equity finance and we will build on the success of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland and provide targeted access to finance for SMEs in green and digital developments in particular. In an effort to further develop our locally traded sectors we'll continue to work through the local enterprise offices to nurture and develop local businesses enabling them to thrive and provide growth and employment opportunities across our cities and towns and communities throughout the country. Government will continue to support our entrepreneurs through the taxation system access to finance measures as well as grant supports and I think we need to improve some of those sectors in the upcoming budget. My department Enterprise Ireland and the local enterprise offices will increasingly focus on tapping into Ireland's non-exporting SMEs so we can continue Ireland's success story in serving regional and global markets from here. Innovation is an essential driver for any enterprise and for the Irish economy as a whole and crucial for generating competitive sustainable long-term productivity growth. I fully appreciate that enterprises in Ireland and the talent they foster are driving the emergence of new and often disruptive products services and business models across diverse areas from financial services to healthcare to education and more besides. In line with the ambition set out in the government's impact 2030 strategy we will build upon progress made within the innovation space and redouble efforts to broaden and deepen innovation capabilities across Ireland's enterprise sector particularly the innovation performance of our SMEs. Government strategy is focusing on a number of areas to step up enterprise innovation including bolstering collaboration across the innovation ecosystems along with achieving ambitious research development and investment targets for IDA and building partnerships to boost our innovation capacity. We will invest further into the disruptive technologies innovation fund and build on place-based strengths through our smart specialization strategy in order to address ecosystems gaps and improve innovation and enterprise performance across all regions. In simple speak we'll try to ensure that regions can play to their strengths and we'll invest in those. The white paper commits to increasing our overall expenditure on research and development to 2.5 percent of modified gross national income by 2030 but the ambition to position Ireland as an innovation leader on a European innovation scorecard. We'll also continue our efforts around the target of doubling business expenditure on research and development by 2030. Finally the white paper seeks to ensure that Ireland's distinctive areas of competitive advantage expertise and potential are further realized with a focus both on existing sectors of strength as well as new and emerging sectors of relevance. A critical component in this effort will lie in clustering. Ireland has a young but rapidly evolving cluster landscape that has developed in response to industry demands with the support and involvement of a variety of state agencies through national and EU funding. We'll further develop this good work recognizing the important role clustering has to play in building upon existing sectoral and technological strengths and in realizing emerging areas of opportunity and growth. If you take somewhere like the Shannon Estuary for example where over the next 10 to 15 to 20 years we will see extraordinary infrastructure development in my view out of the Shannon Estuary based on renewable infrastructure offshore with a very significant amount of power coming onshore. I think we're likely to build a whole cluster of new enterprise activity around that geographical area on the back of that natural competitive advantage which is about 500 square kilometers of deep sheltered water that will become a place where enormous wind farms are assembled and created whether they be floating or fixed and that's just one example but there are many others where certain regions in Ireland have natural competitive advantage where we can build significant clusters of growth and activity. Cork is another one as by the end of 2025 we'll have the Celtic Interconnector with France which I think will along with the other energy capacity coming out of Cork which is currently about 30% of the country's energy generation will build will build out new clusters based on that energy growth capacity. In this effort my department has committed to developing a national clustering program which will fund five national cluster organizations by 2025 so it's not just about picking the right regions it's also about picking the right sectors and industries in terms of those clustering efforts. In addition to clustering we'll work to deliver balanced regional growth through a coherent policy approach to enterprise needs in every part of the country through the local enterprise offices and ongoing initiatives such as our smart specialization strategy and the implementation of our nine regional enterprise plans we will continue to drive collaboration initiatives that can help strengthen the regional enterprise ecosystem in some areas it's already really strong in other areas we can strengthen it further. While implementation of the white paper will focus on progressing the seven enterprise priority objectives we must also ensure the economy has the necessary carrying capacity to sustain a competitive enterprise environment and the pace of growth that we've seen in recent years this will be achieved through other government strategies like project Ireland 2024 housing for all and other initiatives more homes need to be built we know that but more homes are being built 30 000 built last year which is more than 40 up on the previous year in 2021. Recent CSO figures show a continuation of this trend during 2023 with completions planning permissions and commencements all up but we know we still have an awful lot of work to do in terms of responding to housing pressures which is fundamentally about a supply meeting demand challenge as well as a whole range of other things linked to housing that the government continues to prioritize and is working on. Government also maintains a commitment to driving substantial investment in overcoming other constraints in areas such as transport infrastructure energy water and climate adaptation at five percent now of modified gross national income our national development plan investment is now well above the european average we're spending over 12 billion euros a year on capital investment for the future i can remember a time when we were spending a fraction of that that's why my overriding concern in this and future budgets is never allow is to never allow the country to move back into the space of a boom and bust cycle where the country literally runs out of money and what we have to do in response to that is literally stop virtually all capital expenditure until we can afford to do it again that is no way to run a country or an economy and we know the kind of havoc that that wreaked on Ireland 15 15 years ago or more when we had to rely on the IMF in terms of emergency funding given the resources that Ireland has today the talent we have and the experience we have over the last number of decades putting together budgets like the one that is just going to take place in a few weeks time needs to ensure that we put enough money and resources aside to make sure that that we plan for the future in a responsible way while at the same time responding to today's demands which are many from from families from households and from businesses in conclusion through the white paper and enterprise the government has sought to ensure that we build on these strong foundations already in place and that Irish Enterprise and Ireland's workforce can leverage the abundance of ingenuity creativity and resources at the disposal at its disposal to overcome the challenges and realize the opportunities facing us today the opportunities and challenges are both significant but also exciting in May of this year my department published the first consecutive two-year implementation plan of cross-government activity to implement the white papers commitments reporting on the progress made against the 40 key initiatives contained within its first implementation plan will occur by annually with the first of these reports currently under development and due to be finalized very shortly so I look forward to updating you on progress as as it's as it's completed and in the meantime thanks once again for giving me an opportunity to outline to you the the core pillars if you like of enterprise policy today which I think can serve us very well into the future without a strong economy without a strong enterprise sector much of the other things that the government wants to and needs to do are simply unaffordable and often in Irish political debate there's not enough discussion on how we create the wealth that can actually generate the support that government needs to to spend to support vulnerable people to to to look after the well-being of society and support families households and businesses in the way that we need to in difficult times that's my job and we're very focused on doing that so thanks very much and I look forward to any questions or comments that people might have thank you minister I think the sheer number of issues you touched on there illustrates the complexity of enterprise policy that's also in the case and I suppose these days with security and issues around reducing emissions there are very difficult trade-offs as well involved in developing enterprise policy so let me go to our two respondents in this discussions today Martina Fitzgerald is the CEO of Scale Ireland and a non-profit organization representing the Irish tech startup and scaling companies and Francis Moran who is amongst other things the chair of the national competitors and productivity council so you have a few minutes of prepared remarks and also if you have any questions on the basis of what the minister said just now please feel free to put them to get the conversations going Martina well first of all I want to welcome the minister's continuing endorsement of the indigenous tech sector since he assumed the ministry and this is not the first room that I've been in that he has spoke so strongly in terms of support for indigenous tech startups as scaling companies and we welcome the ambition of the government in the white paper and in relation to making Ireland an innovation leader we also welcome the targets 20% increase in high potential startups and by 2024 and a doubling of those large exporting companies indigenous companies because Ireland has a very low rate of SMEs engaged in exporting activities compared to many countries in Europe which was highlighted by the OECD and all of our members Scale Ireland's members with their FinTech, CleanTech, AgriTech, EdTech they're all export orientated from the beginning and they have global ambitions so we welcome those targets and obviously what will be key is the implementation we also see Terence here in the audience today and we welcome him and he has finished his tenure as chair of Enterprise Ireland but we do welcome the ambition of Enterprise Ireland that Neil Clancy had said that he would like to see this sector over the next 25 years of Enterprise Ireland's time this sector becoming a prime driver of our economic growth and that very much aligns with what's happening in Europe we are very supportive of the European startup nation standards the best practices for indigenous tech startups and scaling companies I'm now a member of the advisory board of the new agency that's going to drive that forward and we've been part of all the roadmaps on indigenous and tech sectors across Europe because it is a strategic it's important and a European level they realize that this is going to drive jobs innovation and employment and exports and I think the roadmap in terms of my paper is very much recognizing that so I first of all want to say that and also recognize all the government's support for the sector in recent budgets and so forth now we are having this conversation and the now we are having this conversation that unfortunately Ireland over the last little while has been slipping back and some of the global rankings in terms of innovation I think the latest one is going to be published today the results of which we don't know but that is a concern and that has been happening because other countries are also recognizing the strategic nature of this sector and we have to be very mindful of that I do think the white paper provides a good roadmap on what we have to do not only in meeting those targets but we do have to increase our spending in research and development and there's a very good target there 2.5% of national gross income by 2030 that is imperative it also sets out that it supports targeted schemes in terms of promoting entrepreneurship investment and also the retaining and recruitment of staff in the sector because they are global jobs so we support all that but what we do need to see is a greater uptake of those schemes and the white paper has given us a very strong I suppose recommendation that enterprise and we would believe that you would be a champion and with finance of perhaps looking at these schemes and seeing what we could do to to increase that uptake and I know Mr you get that a lot so it would be wrong of me not to mention it today but overall what are we talking about we're talking about supporting entrepreneurs that's where I'm going to end my contribution on we're talking about the founders of herd watch which the minister would have met and last week or before the planning championship that compiled millions of records on herds or food leather are tackling through their tech solution food wastage or kill to an early stage startup that's got funding to deal with you know encryption of child abuse images or news whip that's dealing with disinformation AMCS a massive company in in limberick or urgent the biggest Irish med tech employing hundreds in go it started over a butcher shop 20 years ago and now is a global leader and teamwork so we have to match their ambition and I think if implemented this white paper gives us the roadmap and I think it's really important that we stay focused on that particularly given those global rankings. Thanks Martina your point about the low rate of exporting indigenous companies you know I never like to rain on anybody's parade but I think we do have to recognize that the indigenous entrepreneurial sector is not as strong as maybe it should be and historically maybe that's the reason for pre-globalization period the current period of globalization our economic performance wasn't as good as it might have been to say the least and we need to always sort of maintain a focus on that that can be improved. Frances over to you. First of all thank you for the minister for giving us such a strong overview of the paper and when the enterprise paper came out I read it and I have to say I wasn't lit up with excitement and difference and actually I was very pleased I wasn't lit up with excitement and difference because we've had consistency in the evolution of our strategy over 30 or 40 years so the last thing you want actually are big surprises what we've had is consistent evolution and some of the themes that the minister talked about I think are very important there so I'm wearing my my competitors council hat on so I want to tell you that we're releasing 125 pages of an exciting competitiveness challenge tomorrow but when it was noted by the cabinet yesterday the minister will have seen it but a lot of the issues that he touched on here or there and the whole point about competitors approach is you take a medium approach and then you look back to see is this budget aligned with where the medium term strategy is going and the most important thing for economic growth when you look back at it over the years it's the gradual consistent steps that government makes and stays with that actually drive change and drive growth it's not the sudden exciting small things which can be really very exciting on the day but actually they're not they're not the big drivers so where are we in terms of of of the the the issues that you raised in the in the from the from the enterprise strategy I think the focus on the ecosystem is really important it's been talked about since not God was a child certainly since I was in my 30s and I don't think we've ever taken it seriously as we have now so I see the evolution this time as being a more strengthening of that particular step and why is that important because the ecosystem is about where innovation takes place and because we didn't develop the ecosystem it was the 1990s when government policies nests in particular started to talk about the ecosystem it became important but I think it's moved forward now and there's much more joined up in us in terms of the or dni and the link between that and innovation between that and exports and that and growth so all these things are interconnected and what matters is that they work in a very systematic way so I would see that focus in the on the ecosystem has been important development I think the clustering that's been mentioned is also there clustering works when it's real not when it's being forced on a system and it has to understand the environment in which it's operating one of the things I would say having been around the block for so long is that place is now back in industrial policy so you mentioned that minister in the context of of them of the the growth outside Dublin of where ideas plants are going enterprise Ireland can't force people to locate their businesses in different places they're going to locate them where the entrepreneur is living and that's as it should be that's as it is everywhere but I think it's very important that that we do understand the importance of place and it comes for me with the national planning framework which we brought out a number of years ago which is now there so that the idea in enterprise Ireland can say to people look this is what government is planning with regard to the development of our cities I'm old enough to remember the publication of Buchanan report in 1968 and actually the national planning framework is basically Buchanan plus 50 years and an opportunity now to basically make sure that growth is right throughout the country isn't overly concentrated in the east coast and isn't overly concentrated in a way of making congestion and crowding so what are the important things for me in terms of the enterprise strategy I think it's really important that we get our head around the big infrastructure decisions I'm delighted to see the minister taking that particularly out that notion of there are very very important strategic decisions government must be able to make them it must ask itself do we have the policy expertise in order to be able to make it how do we get that policy expertise but in relation particular to wind and solar and all of these particular strategies they require more of a role for government than actually our industrial strategy has involved in the past where we went for the kind of global position of attracting good companies strong companies who fitted in with being an island so I think that that issue of having something at the center of government that's looking at these big capital expenditures make sure they're going in the right way and reinforcing the ecosystem energy is pivotal with a chapter in this year's competitive support on energy again we've done it over a number of years because we've seen sustainability of supply has been really important with a chapter this year on innovation because we actually see Martina made reference to the the situation with regard to the innovation indices and actually in the next year we've started work already on making sure that the innovation the global innovation indices are appropriate to Ireland because some of them don't work because of our GDP issues in terms of the measurements of output within the economy but it is an important one to be to be very conscious of innovation has basically been mainstreamed in economic growth nothing happens without innovation and we were we were slower off the blocks we didn't start to invest in in R&D at a very serious level in the universities until I'd say 1999 it's about the starting point what was there beforehand was really really small scale it's gone up and up and up and I think it's great to actually have a minister now who's got that responsibility and that responsibility to work minister with your department in terms of where the two pieces come together those two pieces of the jigsaw if they don't mesh are not are not are not going to work so I'm I'm optimistic to think that we can actually make some you know strong evolution not a discontinuity in terms of the evolution path of economic growth for the country yes disruptive in terms of some of the new technologies we want to bring in and that's super super stuff but I would be very strongly minded that what you mentioned minister in terms of reporting on how other government departments are supporting the enterprise strategy that really matters and just to give you just a end up on a final point I mean the devil is in the detail with a lot of these things so for example how R&D credits are operated matter is that the Oslo manual this is the Prescott manual these things matter on the ground and if they're not there you can end up having a lot of incentives but the take-up being much lower so I think listening to what SMEs and leading-sized industries other and FDI in some instances have to say about what we have in place is really important so I stopped there thank you