and may get accessible to the public. So are we all set now? We're going to begin streaming. In the event there's any reason why we need to go into private session, we'll do that. But in the interest of the public, we are going to stream this hearing. Because it is virtual, I'm going to ask if we could take a roll call, commissioners. Commissioner O'Brien, good morning. Good morning. I am here. Commissioner Hill. Good morning, I'm present. And Commissioner Skinner. Good morning, I'm here. Great, so we'll get started. And you'll need to bear with me, because this isn't a judiciary hearing, there are a little bit of formalities that we need to take care of. And it does require a lengthy reading. We're continuing to work on ways to streamline this a bit, bear with me. So good morning. And today is Thursday, June 16th, 2022. And as I said, this isn't a judiciary hearing for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, relative to the renewal of a gaming beverage license issued to win Mass LLC for operations at Uncle Boston Harbor. My name's Kathy Judd-Stein. I'm chair of the commission. And I'm joined today by my colleague's commissioner, Eileen O'Brien, Brad Hill, and Nikesha Skinner. The entire commission will preside over the hearing and decision of this matter. And this hearing is convened pursuant to 205, CMR 101.01, paragraphs 2, subsection J, and will be conducted in accordance with 205, CMR 101.01. Informal Fair Hearing Rules, outlined at 801, CMR 1.02, and chapter 30A of the general clause. And I'd also like to notify everyone, as I've already said, it's being streamed, but it's also being recorded. A notice of hearing dated June 13th, 2022, was issued in the matter to the parties there. And it identifies the issues of this hearing's intended to address. And the commission has indicated that it will specifically be considering the issues discussed in the gaming beverage license application pursuant to its authority under general laws, chapter 23K, section 26. But also what is contemplated in our regulations, 205, CMR 136.04, subsection one, relative to the gaming beverage license application, its form, and its renewal. To that end, the cited regulation sets out the specific considerations of the commission deciding this matter, and they include the following. So number one, whether the application meets all the requirements of regulations, 205, CMR 136.00, and our statute geo, chapter 30K, 23K, section 26, and contains at least the following information. That would be the gaming license name, licensee name, and contact information, truth of insurance, and accordance with 205, CMR 136.07, subsection one, a licensed area application form as specified in 205, CMR 136.04, subsection two, for each area of the gaming establishment in which the gaming licensee seeks to sell or distribute alcoholic beverages, and a description of the parts of the premises of the gaming establishment in which the consumption of alcoholic beverages will not be allowed the purpose of ensuring the integrity of gaming, public health, welfare, or safety, or other reason. Number two, whether issuance of the license would in some way compromise the integrity of gaming, and or public health, welfare, or safety, as articulated in 205, CMR 136.03, subsection four. There are two parties before us today, and all are represented by legal counsel, and I'll ask that Ms. Crum and Ms. Hall, each please identify yourself and your teams, and advise the commission as to whom you represent as that start. Good morning, I think that Director Lillias, if you could identify the team, please. Yes, good morning, Chair. So I actually will be representing the division of licensing here, and I will call upon Chief Enforcement Council, Heather Hall, for a portion of the presentation this morning. Okay. Thank you, and at the conclusion of my opening comments, this proceeding will commence with opening remarks. Each party will be offered an opportunity to make a statement, though it's not required, and after opening statements, we will, oh, I'm sorry, Ms. Crum, my apologies, if you could identify your team. Good morning, I'm Jackie Crum, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Uncle Boston Harbor, and I'm joined today by my colleague, with my colleague, Juliana Catanzari, also of the Legal Department at Uncle Boston Harbor. My apologies for that, Ms. Crum. I am not reading the room correctly, thank you so much. And so we're all set, and as I said, after opening statements, we would move to the presentation of the evidence in this matter, the IEV will be called upon to present its findings and recommendations to the commission pursuant to 205-CMR 136.03, subsection 73. Any commissioner may ask a question of anybody presenting information at any point during following the presentation. Just please feel free to interrupt if I missed somebody's hand going up. At the conclusion of the IEV's presentation, the licensee to counsel will be afforded an opportunity to ask questions of any individual who presented information on behalf of the IEV relative to any matter addressed in the application memo or to which she or she spoke. At the conclusion of the IEV's presentation, the licensee will be given the same opportunity to make a presentation. They may call any witnesses and present any other evidence they desire. As before, any commissioner may ask any question of any witness or presenter at any time during or after any presentation. And the IEV may also ask any clarifying questions of any presenter at the conclusion of the presentation. Either party may raise any objection or desires at any time may just ask the basis for all that can be clearly stated. And finally, at the conclusion of the presentations upon the evidence, the IEV and licensee will be provided an opportunity to make any closing remarks, summing up their piece of the evidence. Let's start. So before we begin, I understand that there are a number of exhibits for consideration at this hearing that have been exchanged by the parties in advance. Commissioners, I believe you've all had access to them. Those exhibits are as follows. Exhibit A is the gaming beverage license renewal application submitted by the licensee dated June 10th, 2022. Exhibit B will be the description of service areas, including the individual area applications submitted by the licensee and the appendix to the gaming beverage license renewal application dated June 10th, 2022. And exhibit C is the memo drafted by the IEV and licensing division to the commission discussing the gaming beverage application, their findings and recommendation dated June 13th, 2022. We can just bear with me for one minute. Okay. So are there any objections to the exhibits being marked and entered into evidence today? Not from the IEV. Thank you. Congratulations. Not from us. Thank you. Okay, so these exhibits will be committed into evidence with the purpose of ensuring the clean record. I ask the parties, when possible, please refer to those exhibits by letter when referring to any of the documents. Okay, any party would like to have any additional documents entered into evidence during the course of the hearing, please ensure that they're properly introduced and marked for the record. The commission anticipates that its inquiry at this proceeding will be related to matters of trust in the gaming beverage license renewal application and contained in the notice of hearing. In the event that a line of questioning conducted by the commission moves into an area that has not been included in the report or notice, but that is material to the final determination of this matter, any party may request a recess in the proceeding in order to review the issue. The commission will end up deliberating privately and make a final decision at the conclusion of the evidentiary portion of the hearing and the decision will be issued as promptly as possible. If at any point during the commission's deliberations it determines that further testimony or documents are desirable, it reserves the right to ask for that additional evidence before making this final decision. So now, we will swear the witnesses in and I'm presuming that we have our complete set of witnesses, so anyone who will be testifying at this proceeding, please raise your right hand. Thank you. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you will provide before the commission at this proceeding will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? True. Do you? May the record reflect that you are responding from a tune, thank you very much. The proceeding of this nature necessarily requires the consideration of a wide variety of information that takes several forms. Let's get into the information documentation may include commercially sensitive information. The public discussion of such information may place an entity at a commercially and competitive disadvantage of such information were to be publicly discussed. For the commissioners to be able to execute our legal obligations effectively and diligently prior to making a final finding, you must be at liberty to fully inquire relative to any of these sensitive matters without compromising individuals or entities involved. Accordingly, my colleagues and I may elect to exercise the discretion of boarded in accordance with 205CMR101.01 paragraph seven to close this proceeding. The public to fully address certain matters and I invite my colleagues to alert me in the event that you have such a matter to discuss. Before we begin, it is my understanding that pre-hearing was conducted on Wednesday, Councillor Grossman, the representatives of the applicant, the IEV, and as I said, our general counsel, Todd Grossman, at which procedure and evidentiary issues were discussed. Do either party have any preliminary issues or objections that you wish to raise? We do not. All that? Yeah, he does not. Excellent, thank you. And with that, I will ask Councillor Crombe on behalf of Bonn-Floor-Bolston-Harbour to begin, please proceed with any opening remarks we wish to make and thank you today for your participation and for Juliana. And Juliana, I am going to try to say your last name correctly. I'll pass on our velocity. Catan's already. How does that work? Close, that's fine. It doesn't work on it. I'm going to do it one more time. Catan's on. You said- Catan's already. That's what I'm going on around. Catan's already. Yes. Closer, okay. Excellent, I get to hear over and over. Thank you so much for participating today, both of you, and we'll get started with your initial remarks. Yes, Councillor. I'll be very brief. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. Obviously, our liquor license, our beverage license, is a very important component of our business, something we take very seriously. We've been working, I think, quite diligently over the last three years with the team to make sure that we're in compliance as much as humanly possible and appreciate your consideration today. Okay, thank you. And now, Director Lilias, do you have any introductory remarks that you wish to make? Yeah, I wasn't really planning to do any kind of opening, but I think it bears noting that today really is a milestone of sorts. The fact that the initial license is getting ready to expire means that the property is coming up on its third anniversary. And who could have predicted what the past two and a half years would have been like. So I did just want to note that for all of us, all of the unanticipated, unprecedented work that's gone into these past two and a half years seems noteworthy at this point. Really important commentary. Why don't you go right ahead then to IEP's presentation next, Director Lilias. We thank you and your team for all the work. Thanks so much, Chair. So 23K and our alcohol regulations authorize the commission to grant a beverage license for the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on the premises of the gaming establishment. Encore has submitted a renewal application to the division of licensing. The licensing division requested some additional information as part of the app to become part of the application submission. And Encore responded promptly and thoroughly and has submitted a complete packet. Encore also has submitted the $15,000 fee for the renewal application. Encore submitted an application for the overall beverage license, which is exhibit A in your packet and then a separate licensed area application form for each licensed area in the gaming establishment. And that is exhibit B. There are 25 licensed areas on the property and licensed area is a defined term in the regulations and refers to a specific space within the gaming establishment where the sale distribution or storage of alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises is permitted under the license issued by the commission. Those 25 licensed areas are listed in exhibit B and they are also listed for your convenience on pages three and four of the licensing division's memo. At the outset, I wanna thank Lisa Brookner, our licensing intake officer because that was a lot of paperwork to take in and she was very conscientious in making sure that that whole submission was in order. The beverage license itself issues to Encore as the gaming licensee. And most of the licensed areas on the premises, those 25 areas, most of them are operated by Encore. Five of them are operated by registered vendors whose premises are leased to them by Encore. And those five leased areas are Mystique which has a restaurant and lounge concept memoir which is the nightclub, Shake Shack and Frank and Nix which are casual eateries and Fratelli which is a full service restaurant on the property. One individual is designated as the manager of the overall beverage license. And that individual is the director of restaurants and beverages for the property and she is registered and in good standing. The licensing division through David McKay has connected with that manager and has confirmed that she is familiar and educated on the alcohol regulations that apply throughout the entire property. For the five leased spaces, each of those spaces has a jointly responsible person. And those individuals have been identified in the application packet and they are all registered with the commission and their registrations are in good standing as well. But as I said, Encore holds and is ultimately responsible for the license and Encore's contracts with each of those five less eased contain clauses which enable Encore to monitor compliance with the alcohol regulations and remove any jointly responsible person if the lessy is in violation of the regulations. The licensee also carries a high level of liquor liability insurance and an amount that far exceeds the regulatory minimum and that's with its liquor policy liquor liability policy alone. The regulation has a clause that the liquor insurance policy is supposed to have no annual aggregate limit. I have learned that there really appears to be no insurance product available to a policy holder that is open-ended on the annual aggregate limit. So Encore has achieved the functional equivalent of this clause by having the liquor policy far in excess of the regulatory minimum. Plus Encore has an additional umbrella policy that would kick in in the event that the liquor policy might be exhausted in any given year. And that reaches an incident amount again that far exceeds the amount in the regulation. I've flagged this regulation for regulatory review for us as part of our process and do note that this is the policy that Encore has had all along. And the regulation appears to call for something that is not available to the insured party. But IEB is comfortable that Encore has achieved the intent of the regulation with its policy amounts. The application asked to renew the 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. service in two of the licensed areas, the main casino floor through its service bars and beverage carts and the Black Tear Lounge. And of course, under the 2017 amendment to 23K that 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. service is limited to patrons who are actively engaged in gaming. Encore does have a coming up on a three year history of compliance with the alcohol regulations. And I've asked Attorney Hall to summarize the history of compliance with the alcohol regs for you over the first three years of that initial license. So I'd like to turn it over to Heather for her summary now. Thank you, Loretta. And good morning, Chair and commissioners. I just wanted to provide a high level overview of the non-compliance that the IEB has addressed over the last three years. And I would first note that it's not surprising that in this environment, there have been instances of non-compliance that have been observed. There is a high level, as you all know, of surveillance in the casino environment. And there's a 24-7 presence of the gaming agents and the state police gaming enforcement unit. Over the last three years, the IEB has addressed non-compliance issues related to alcohol service with EVH, for telly and with memoir. And the types of non-compliance that the IEB has addressed kind of fall into certain categories, including unsecured alcohol, serving alcohol to patrons who are not actively gaming between the hours of 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Instances of not providing advanced notice to the IEB of a portable bar on the casino floor. And instances of over-serving alcohol. And some of those involve issues around bottle service that we've seen at the nightclub. The IEB has also addressed serving alcohol to underage individuals in some of these non-compliance matters. And as the commission is aware, from our conversation at a previous meeting, instances of non-compliance are addressed in accordance with our procedures. The IEB addresses non-compliance at different levels. And those include notices of non-compliance or NCFs that are issued from the gaming agents and also notices of non-compliance that are issued from the Chief Enforcement Counsel's office. Now, in terms of the corrective actions that have been set out in notices of non-compliance, those also include more training or more retraining depending on the circumstances. They may include providing documentation to the IEB of the steps that the entity has taken to address the non-compliance matter. And that also includes providing documentation, showing that corrective or disciplinary action has been taken against employees who have violated alcohol service policies. They also include providing confirmation of tips training on a monthly basis. And in some cases, adjustments of policies, which, for example, include adjusting the protocol for ensuring that staff are being trained and that there is assigned acknowledgement by the staff member with the date that they were trained. And I think that's been helpful in going forward in addressing some of the non-compliance matters. And in terms of some of the proactive measures that licensees have taken themselves, in some circumstances we may reach out about a non-compliance matter and the employees has already been disciplined. So there is this effort to identify the need for that and also potentially retraining of employees. There's also requirements that tips trainings be completed before starting employment. And I know, I would note that Memoir has instituted a policy where its employees in Mystique and in Memoir are tips trained before they begin employment. And that's actually stricter than the regs. So that's something I thought would be important to point out. There's also pre-shift briefings that Memoir has instituted, which are in the industry known to be effective in curbing alcohol over service issues. And those include reminders about alcohol policies. So in sum, to date the IEB has not issued a fine or a suspension of any or EVH or any of the least outlets. The IEB however remains poised to exercise its regulatory discretion when warranted and the Chief Enforcement Counsel's office will continue to work closely with the gaming agents, the GEU, the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission, as well as EVH and the least outlets. And with that, I would just like to say, we very much appreciate the responsiveness on both the EVH side and also from the least outlets and their continued cooperation on the IEB. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm wondering, because I know we all have questions for head. Director Niels, I think that it probably makes sense for us to interrupt your testimony and not hold for questions at this point and address the non-compliance issue. Of course that's okay. I do have one comment that I think you should hear right before your question. So if I can proceed with just one other factual piece. Heather mentioned the ABCC, the Alcoholic Beverages and Control Commission and their by statute, their Liber Enforcement Unit works in conjunction with the IEB and we have ABCC investigators on site in the property. They are obviously highly trained in beverage enforcement and they are aware of this renewal application. They were invited to raise concerns and they did not raise any concerns. So I wanted you to hear that as part of your review now. And before we, and I know it's a little bit disruptive, but I think given the differences in categories of questions, it makes sense to disrupt a bit right here. Before we go, can you remind us all, the actual date of the expiration of the license? June 23rd. Okay, thank you. All right, Commissioner O'Brien, your question please. I did. So I, as you may or may not recall, I was not necessarily in favor of the two to four extension that went with this in the initial issuance three years ago. And in talking with GEU and IEB, I know that there is an uptick in incidences that happen on the floor. Part of that is just inherent in the late hour time regardless of the two to four. But I'd like you to speak a little bit to the incident rate in the two to four. Are there any concerns at all with the continued service of alcohol? And if you could talk a little bit more about the circumstances where services happen not in full compliance in terms of not actively gaming, I'd like to hear a little bit more on that. Sure, I think Commissioner O'Brien, what might make sense for me to do is to provide you with some of the statistics with respect to that particular form of non-compliance. And then I may also seek a little bit of input from Bruce Vann as well as I know he has been more on the ground with that particular issue. And I will say that the Chief Enforcement Council's office has not issued a notice of non-compliance on our end with respect to that particular issue. So with that said, however, in terms of like over the course of the last three years, there have been when I mentioned the NCS, which we've talked about in the past that are issued from the Gaming Agents Division, there were five notices from the Gaming Agents Division for that particular violation and they were issued to on for. And that's over the course of the three years. So with respect to any kind of more detailed questions about kind of on the ground and how that implementation is going, I think I would turn it over to Bruce for that particular part of your question. Do we need to spare in Bruce then? I don't know, Bruce, did you take the oath when the Chair administered the oath and begin to hear? No, I didn't. No. So I guess I'll get the language. Okay. Again, raise your hand, raise your right hand, do you solemnly spare? That's when you provide the commission that this proceeding will be this. I hope there's nothing left to do. Thank you. Thank you. And let the Director reflect that. Thank you very much, Bruce. Okay. I think I would like over all this one of you myself. Good. I don't really think that we'd have an abundance of 2 a.m. to 4 p.m. issues that at least my staff is seeing. I think we've had one or two incident reports on that service, and some of it has been an inexperience on the server's part, but it hasn't been like an uptick in problems that we've seen on this floor. So I guess a part of that comes from, I know I've been in communication with the outgoing head of GE, Brian Connors, where I'd asked him to run this report a while back. And there is an uptick in more of the incidents that particularly involve GEU step in in the early evening hours, late hours, however you want to quantify it. So I don't know. I mean, it sounds like the service itself compliance issues is not an issue. I'm wondering if anybody can speak in general to just the general safety, et cetera, on the floor with a 2 to 4 service extension as opposed to a terminating service at 2 a.m. Yeah, I think that would be more of a GEU issue than it would be on our end with that, Commissioner Brian. Okay. I haven't really seen it with our staff with it, but I think that's a little bit of the nature of this industry. I mean, people come to the place intoxicated a lot of times and you have groups that come in and cause problems. And a lot of times that's very late at night and GEU encounters these groups often, but that would be better answered by the state police at that point. So, Director Rand, in terms of what your exposure is and what your agents are called into, what you just described, is it your opinion that there's no heightened risk that you see from the 2 to 4 service? Yeah, I don't see that at that point. Okay, thank you. You're welcome. So, Lou, do you want to also answer Commissioner Brian's briefs about it? To the extent, do you have any insights on GEU? Yeah, I mean, of course, I review the reports with the commander on Monday mornings and obviously the public safety aspect is the critical aspect of what GEU is there for and they're needed there. That's why the statute put them there and there's no doubt about it that they, they're there for a very real purpose. But I have not been hearing anything linking 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. as any of the reason for any particular issues, safety issues that they may be responding to. So, especially around, right now, the violation piece there would be serving someone who's not actively gaming, right? So, I can't really speak to what right now, whether the 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. as a policy matter is a good thing, but in terms of whether there's non-compliance in that time period, I haven't heard anything about non-compliance leading to any safety issues. I hope that's helpful. Okay. Thank you, Madam Chair, and I'll be very brief. Heather, did I hear you saying I want to make sure that I'm correct, that there's been no fines given for non-compliance over the last few years? That's correct, Ms. Sher, with respect to matters related to alcohol and alcohol service, that's correct. So, what I also didn't hear, I believe, I'd like to just maybe touch upon if we could the underage drinking. I know we get our stats every month about people who have gone on the floor and who haven't been able to get drinking. Can you just maybe talk a little bit more instead of an overview, just maybe give us some stats on how. We had, with respect to the NCFs that were issued, there were, over the course of the three years, there were five issued for underage, two on court, and then one also that was issued for tellies. Now, in terms of the notices of non-compliance from the Chief Enforcement Council's office, there were instances from EVH that emanated with respect to underage. Now, again, we're looking at underage who were served alcohol. There may be circumstances where an underage person comes in and is realized and then addressed, and I think that happens more often than not. I think the entities are very mindful of that. So, in terms of the notices of non-compliance with respect to underage, with respect to memoir, which was one that was more recent, there was a notice of non-compliance issued in February related to an incident of service to an underage person. There was also, as I said, instances of underage gaming that were related to a notice of non-compliance that was issued back in June of 2021. So there have been some instances, there haven't been, at least as far as from what we have examined and observed that would rise to the level of a civil administrative penalty at this point. And there is active communication with an entity when this occurs, but I think it might be getting some feedback in terms of how they're addressing it. For example, we look at also, did that person get in through the verodox at EVH? Was it a situation where the ID was a good ID, but perhaps for a different person that may look like that person? So we take a look at kind of all of the circumstances when we're looking at whether and what type of non-compliance notice we're going to issue. Some other examples might include when if they do pass through the verodox, but it's a fake ID, now that also is considered because maybe there's an issue with the verodox and I know that there hasn't been a notice issued on this yet, but I know there was one relatively recently where that was an issue. And I understand from the gaming agents that Encore quickly address that with their verodox system in terms of making sure it's reset to catch those issues. So there has been active kind of responsiveness and cooperation, I would say, both on the part of Encore and any least outlets where that has been an issue. And I'll just also one more thing I'd like to ask, I think I heard you say, so when they have found to be a non-compliance that training kicks in, further training kicks in, could you just elaborate a little bit more on that for me? Absolutely, commissioner. So we look at whether there's been tips training. Now the regs require that a manager be trained in tips before they actually start working. The regs all allow for 30 days for individuals who are non-managers to get tips training. So that's one element. And I did note that Memor is an entity that actually now requires that for all staff, not just managers before they start working. And there's also training that's not just related to tips, but the alcohol serves policies within the entity. So what we do is we wanna ask for, well, has that person been tips trained and can you provide certification of when they were tips trained? And then obviously if they weren't tips trained within the regulatory timeframe, then that's something that is of concern. I will say that generally that the individuals have been tips trained, there have been some instances where they were not. And that was addressed by the licensees and licensees have been very cooperative about that. Thank you, Heather, and thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, commissioner. Thank you. Of course you can revisit any question. Commissioner Skinner. Madam Chair, I'm all set. I had two items that I wanted to follow up on and commissioner Hill covers them. Excellent. Can I just drill down a little bit further on the little list, commissioner Hill also, I was happy I didn't miss the reference to minors. But in terms of non-compliance, there have been some issues around unsecured alcohol storage. How many? Certainly, Chair. With respect to unsecured alcohol storage, there were, in the course of the three years, there were six NCFs issued by the Gaming Agency Division. We have not issued a notice of non-compliance from the Chief Enforcement Council's office with respect to that particular issue. But there were six NCFs issued by the Gaming Agents. Most of them occurring at the beginning as Encore was settling things for recent issues around. That's a good question, Chair. And let me just look at the information that I have here from Louis. So in 2019, there were four issues. Zero reported in 2020, zero reported in 2021, and then two reported in 2022. So with respect to that particular type of non-compliance, it were more at the beginning. But to a recent. So, George, Dan, if I could ask you, how are you feeling about that? Yeah, that is with people not locking up. A lot of times they lock them in cabinets, and it's the cabinet not being locked after hours where people could access it. It's usually management not checking to make sure the locked storage things are secured properly. So it's those kind of issues or some bottles being left out. So it's part of a management issue not checking to make sure this alcohol is secured properly after hours. And any letters of non-compliance issued with respect to storage? Councilor Hall? Not from the Chief Enforcement Council's office. That statistic that I provided to you, those were NCFs, which is the non-compliance form that's issued from the Gaming Agents Division. I wanted to, at this point, did it trigger any non-compliance letter? No, not at the Chief Enforcement Council's level. Okay, and then we discussed through Commissioner Fry and the serving while not actively gaming. The next one, my notes are a possible failure to disclose in timely fashion when I think it was restricted to portable bars. Right, that's right. There were two instances of that over the course of the three years. Burning arm, right? I feel like. Actually, no, those were, there was, let me just look at my notes here. There was one that was recent and then the other one was actually in 2021. And those again, those were NCFs. Okay, only two. And then I know that the follow-up service is a challenge that also creates a lot of concern. And I hear that you did issue letters of non-compliance to memoir on that particular issue with unrelated. No, that's correct though. The Chief Enforcement Council's office has issued two notices of non-compliance to memoir with respect to over-service and some of that over-service involved bottle service. And then those are categories of data. And then the minors, which we discuss, is there anything else with respect to non-compliance? Let's see, unsecured alcohol, over-serving, underage drinking, two to four AM, portable bar, and then tip certification. I believe where there was one instance of not providing tip certification in the timely manner, but I think over the course of three years and given what I've at least seen is that tip certification is taken seriously. And in most cases, the tip certification is available for the individual who is being, is being reviewed for. And I see Bruce nodding his head. I understand that even the member has some memoir and Mr. Kirkum about the honor act. So thank you. Very helpful in the context of the timing. So thank you. Councilor Powell, we kind of have order. Is there anything that you want to add to your presentation before we turn it over to Director Lillian? No, I don't think so, Chair, except to say that I appreciate commissioners' questions. We take these matters very seriously. And I also, again, would just point out that there have been open lines of communication with both EVH and the least outlets, including memoir. So that essentially is where I would end with saying, that's important, our goal is compliance. And I think it's important to have that relationship with the least outlets and with EVH in terms of keeping those lines of communication flowing. And again, regular communication with the gaming agents division on matters that we take very seriously. Thank you, commissioners. I think we have questions for Heather before we move it back to Director Lillian's asset. Appreciate your asset. Great, thank you. Thank you, Chair. And thanks, Heather. We did perform an inspection, an onsite inspection in connection with this renewal application and the division of licensing and the IEB performed the inspection jointly. David McKay, who I do wanna acknowledge because he participated in this whole project quite a bit. He is disappointed not to be here today. He had an unexpected family matter which explains why he's not here. But he in connection with Louis Lozano performed an inspection recently of the licensed areas. They generally confirmed that the application packet conformed to the actual premises. They noted appropriate storage facilities and camera coverage and items of that sort. Dave McKay also verified that Encore's beverage manager and all of the jointly responsible persons, he reviewed their certifications from the recognized tips training program for each. He did note during this onsite inspection that one freezer was unlocked and contained several unsecured alcohol bottles. Encore immediately corrected that matter and informed the licensing division that some additional steps were taken to remind staff of that particular area that had gone, that was detected during the inspection. So to date from my seat in IEB and overseeing the licensing division, we received a cooperation and responsiveness on all matters connected to this renewal application. The compliance instances summarized by Heather in our view should not interfere with the issuance of the renewal license as requested. And it's the recommendation of the licensing division in the IEB that the renewal be issued. Questions, commissioner, on the inspection piece. Questions for Director Lillios, generally. Any questions regarding the insurance issue that Director Lillios addressed? All set? Okay, looks like Director Lillios, we're all set here. Thank you. Well, I'll turn to, let's go to the place. Good morning again. Jackie, do you- I'm sorry, my computer blipped out, so I didn't know that everybody was waiting for me. No, I was thinking, I wonder what I need to do next. So I think this is the challenge of working virtually and sometimes it's really, really smooth, other times not so much like that, it's not a big glitch. Oh, you have the opportunity now to present your case and of course, we have our exhibits. Thank you so much. Thank you, Madam Chair and commissioners. We do not have anything to submit in addition at this time, but of course, I'll open for questions. Commissions, would you like Ms. Crom to address any of the exhibits and particular questions that you might have with respect to the exhibits that are presented? I have a question. Yes, go ahead, Commissioner Skinner. Thank you. Good morning, Jackie. I can't, I'm sorry. Morning, Commissioner Skinner.  So I apologize if I don't refer to you as Ms. Crom. And I hope that's okay. Does Encore have any protocols in place to inspect or audit things like the alcohol storage and the liquor dispensings and systems? And if so, what are they? Sure. So we've got a written protocol for closing up every single venue on each evening. So there are staff requirements and then there are manager requirements to check and make sure. Sometimes you can't account for human error and I think that's largely what we're seeing here. So that's when we retrain, we also use our progressive discipline system to try to reinforce those. In terms of turning off some of the taps and turning off the ability to serve alcohol between two and four, for instance, some of that's done electronically. So literally you can't put in an order in those venues after that time. So that takes care of that aspect. But I think just retraining our staffs, constantly following up in pre-shifts and making sure that people are following the written protocol for each venue is what we try to do and emphasize. Any other follow-up questions? Tisha Skinner? Is that? I'm sure, Brian and Tisha Hill, are you all set? Yeah, I'll set, thank you. Tisha Hill? I'll set. Well, Jackie, that certainly doesn't indicate anything but perhaps great preparation. So at this time, I'm wondering if you have any, any closing arguments or closing remarks that you wish to make in light of the questions that were presented or clarifications that you would like to share? I'll turn first to you, Councilor Crom. No, no, no, and thank you. Yeah, thank you. And directed on the yes. Nothing in the manner of a closing, but just a housekeeping matter in the event that the commission approves the application, there will be 26 physical documents that Lisa will prepare and they do go chair for your signature. So if there is an approval, we'll be prepared not to provide you with those. Right, and we can coordinate that, no problem at all. Lisa, we've done similar work together in the past, so thank you. So with that procedure, the commission will go into deliberations. Unless there's any other questions we might have, and we're going to shift into a different virtual room that you would go to your councillors commissioners to access of that link. I'm just looking at my notes to make sure that I've covered everything Councillor Crosby wants me to. I don't want to miss anything. Now we covered it. We went a little bit out of order. Am I in trouble? No, I think you did a beautiful job. I think you're all covered. Okay, good. Good. We appreciate everyone's patience today. And again, Jackie, thank you and miss hands to readie. Thank you. Thank you everyone for the opportunity. I have a big homework assignment ahead of me. It's easy for me to call you to the other. And it's nice to see them. Thank you for your good work on this. And Jackie, thank you so much. Appreciate it in the commissions. We don't have to have any formal adjournment. We'll go now right into our deliberations and thank you. And thank you to the NGC team. Thank you to the NGC and, and for her support. Uh, so that's it. Thank you to the groups that. Spose Burke, Heather, Lisa, Todd, Judy and carry. Um, and of course, the better. Thank you so much. I've agreed.


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Hello and welcome to our session building amazing searches with search API My name is Thomas idle. I'm the developer and maintainer of search API and several other related modules Yeah, my name is Marcus Kalkbrenner. I'm the maintainer of the solar Search back end and the solar multilingual search back end for search API so this will be a Site building session most of it will be a live demo of how to sort set up the search API in droplet and Few other modules a quick outline of the next hour So I'll first give a few basics about the search API module How it works and then we'll dive right into the live demo With creating a basic search configuration then creating a search view I'm adding a few add-on modules optional ones for additional functionality like auto complete and facets and then I'll hand over to Marcus to talk about the solar and multilingual solar back ends and Demonstrates they are used to and at the end we'll have some time for Q&A to So the search API module. What is it? Why do we need it? back in the olden days of Drupal 6 and before there was just the core search module and Lots and lots of different modules for adding additional functionality to that for adding for searching other types using other back ends like Apache solar and other proper search engines and these modules These modules and generally didn't work well together So you had to have different modules if you wanted to use to search User profiles whether you want to search it normally or with Apache solar and etc So then for triple seven the plan was to introduce a new search framework into core to provide the basic Implementation of search functionality that other modules can then use and work together on and later that was that was then converted into a search by contract module since Implementing that in core would have been too much at once So yeah, that's the basic idea of the search API. It's a common basis for other search modules You can use it to search any kind of date. You can use it to search with any kind of back end and then combine these to Yeah to have Common functionality and you can use any kind of technology to create this or five months to have stable triple eight version as well So yeah, you can use it Both these versions so a quick summary of the basic building blocks of the module There are two basic types of configuration for the module first is a search index Which is the central piece of configuration and tells the module what you want to search is it for example user profiles is it knows comments and Some more details about What you want to search, but all of this is I'm back and independent And then this in an index uses the search server, which is the second type of configuration for telling it how the searching and indexing Procedures actually work. So this is the back and dependent part Which uses then a database or a patch of solar or elastic search or any kind of search engine storage back end whatever to actually do the indexing and searching and These are server back ends are Provided via separate modules. So you'll need one of those For them and other modules the idea is then that those will always just use the search index and So those At all modules this additional functionality will all also be back and independent So views facets ought to complete this will later see I'm all just used that index for configuration and Switching the server later won't affect those that therefore Yeah, now a quick overview about Parts of the index configuration This consists mainly of three parts data sources, which just tell the index what types of data should be in that should be indexed so like nodes comments users user profiles taxonomy terms products maybe Things like that then fields are the properties on the on those data items that should be searchable So you could can just add things like the no title the user name taxonomy term description Things like that product price as fields and then later use those for full ex-searching Or for sorting for filtering for those things and finally processes or plugins that allow you to modify the search in Many different ways. So it's we'll just steal a few example of what they can do a later on So with that out of the way I will dive right into the Into the live demo So as usual Of course, we first have to enable the modules we're going to use for now. This is just Search API itself, of course and the database search which provides the database back and that said We'll need a separate module for that But the database search back end is already so the database search module is already included in the Search API project. So it's not a separate download Then we go to the comic pages for search API and first we add a server as Said let's add a database server and so database server is a Good name for that back in database. I'm a minimum word length 3 is a good default for that, but yeah Yeah, I'll select that as you as you see fit With that we already have the server now. We need the search index We'll call that default index since it will consist of several types of data so Oh, sorry, is this large enough to read in the back rows? Do you want it's larger? It's good like this Okay, great. Thanks Good to hear and Yeah, we'll use the content data source Which of course you usually want but in our case will also index exonomi terms and users just to Choke as that too now we'd have some additional configuration for those data sources available, but it's usually not necessary We want to use the database server of course and Save that second step is adding the fields we want to index So we go to this at fields form First we add an aggregators field which allows us to collect several fields into one And we use this to have a common label field for all three types of content so we'll add Content title The taxonomy term name and the username into that furthermore Then yeah, we'll just add some more fields like the content author which could be useful for filtering But we'll also add the author's name to the full text data So when the a user types the author name in they'll also get content by that author Of course, you also want to index the body the main field of content Shara is a taxonomy term reference in our case and The publishing status is also useful for filtering For the economy terms we want the description for full text searching and for users. We also want to use a status The content title the taxonomy term name and username already included in the label in the aggregators field so we don't We don't need to add those anymore now. We just provide a better label and machine name for the aggregators field Just to be able to spot them more easily For type we want a full text which means that you can find individual words within this field Which is of course what we want for the label and the boost tells us that this field is more important than normal data on the car on the entity So this means that matches in this field will be more relevant than Anywhere than at other places I thought your author name will also use full text but a lower boost because it's just auxiliary date data and the rest is fine as you see we have different Data types here, but usually default is fine like integer and Boolean I will save those changes and now we just need to pick some processors Those are optional, but a good Good idea to look over them content access app automatically takes case of access checking for the content data source which is Very very handy to have of course We want to show excerpts with the search results. So we use the highlight processor The HTML filter takes care that no HTML tags are indexed which also makes sense because you don't want users to Get matches for HTML tags Ignore case tokenize and transliteration are also very good ideas for the database back end in the case of Transliteration, this is only necessary because we have multilingual content on the side We also have German continent to properly treat the umlauts. It's a good idea to have That processor there and we want to index the hierarchy since the genre field is a hierarchical taxonomy term field This is useful to have here then we could change the order, but that's usually not necessary to We want to Just have the excerpts so we set this to never For the HTML filter we only want those fields Processed which actually contain HTML so the content body and taxonomy term description and for the other fields for the other processors all fields make sense to To enable them on for the tokenize we should have the same minimum word length as for the database back end otherwise, yeah You will get unexpected results of course and yeah, just enable it for those two and Then we just index the content and that already concludes the Definition the configuration of the search index and server now. We just need some way to actually search that data For this we're using a view which I guess almost all of you will be familiar with So at a view we call it search Use the index default index and Create the page for the search We also create a menu link But of course that's the same as for any other kind of view. So Just use what you like Now when we see look into the preview we see we already have some results listed here, but They are not linked, which is of course pretty useless and they're also in both languages at once which Also usually doesn't make sense. So first thing is we just go to the fields here It's actually lucky. Of course as a label is the one that gets automatically added this depends on views. So It's a coincidence. Anyway, we enable this link to link this field to its item Option and then we add a filter on the item language Set it to the interface text language and Then you will see that we only get English results and properly linked to their to their pages Then we also as said want the excerpt So this will mean only when there are full text keywords in that case you'll get an excerpt with like Snippets where the keywords are matched And of course we want keywords So we have to add those as a filter. This is the full text search filter. Just add that Expose it and you get a normal search Search field as you will expect and if you have a minimum keyword length set as we did for database back and end tokenizer We just come to give it here to make use aware of it, too And then maybe add some sorting for this like for the filtering we have all the indexed fields available here so the basic default sort is by relevance so Fields as a result for a more relevant to the search keywords will be all of first But in case where are there are no keywords this would result in the Arbitrary sort so we'll also sort by the label for this as a fallback So we sort a sign sending by label descending by relevance, of course and Then arrange it a rearrange them Sorry Rearrange them so the relevance comes first so in case there are keywords the relevant only the relevance will matter and otherwise We'll be sorted alphabetically and Then we just add a result summary header to see what's going on in the view But that's it we save the view Go to the page and here we already see the listing so this This is just an unfiltered list of all the English content we have as you see okay We can probably can't see that but these are nodes. This is a user and This would be one of the shower taxonomy terms and when we now do a search The bodies are all just Lauren Ipsum. So Mac doble match You can see when you get the results the Results are filtered if I now switch to German We just get German results And different ones of course since the bodies are different If we now Search for something in the title Like adventure there's one result and two Three for adventures. So this was not properly handled with the database back and by default You could use the same effort that but I'm Marcus will later demonstrate that it's easily Solved with solar too But yeah, that's already working search view. Of course we could now We could now go and add more filters at better sorts or better search But like the rendering of the results with the theme for them But instead I want to talk about some of the Available at on modules as said The first is there to be autocomplete The name is I think pretty self-explanatory what it does is when the user starts typing into the search field It will suggest keywords that they could try It's at least that's the basic functionality. There's also It's also very extendable so that you could easily add your own ways of suggestions or life results The default implementation with these suggestions is dependent on the back end And so it has to be supported by the back end, but that's the case for both database and solar. So you'll be fine They on that count in most cases So at least for so land beta database So yeah, let's demonstrate that again. We go first of course and enable that module go to the Search by config again, and now we get an additional tab on the index for autocomplete here It lists all the searches it knows about so in our case just the one search view we created We enable autocomplete for that and save and that's already it We now have additional options available, but the defaults are fine at least for our case and we should have set permission so None items can also use a functionality, but we'll skip that too For this demonstrations and now when we go back to the search page, we'll see we have now this autocomplete tag there and when we input some characters we'll see if we get to suggested keywords leaks and learning in this case and if we go to The German search again, then we'll get German Suggestions might in this case So yeah, that's already search or API autocomplete in action I said this also has some more options. It's currently in a better status So we'll hope we'll be able to Release the stable version the month or two but at least it's already as you see very usable and Yeah So I'm the second module. I want to quickly introduce is the facets module Which Can be used as faceted search to the site if you don't know what faceting is You can see it in the examples cringe it on the right. So you'll probably know it from Sites like Amazon or so if you search for something you can then filter by product type Category maybe color or something like that. So this is a dynamic way of filtering. That's much more user-friendly than just having a huge advanced search form and Yeah, there's lots of options available for that too. It's actually not restricted to the search API it can also be used for core search or you could integrate it with other kinds of searches as well and For the search you buy it also relies on the back end for support. So Like but again solar and database supported so Those are fine Anyways, so yeah back to the demo Again, we first install the module Now here's we just need the facets module The essence. It's not dependent on the search you buy it has its separate user interface We had a facet here select our facet sorts with which is again this the search view we created Now we again have all the fields we've added to the index available for this example We'll use the shower field for the facet and Then here we get a huge bunch of options for facets which I won't go into detail here But yeah, you can just look them through and see which are Applicable or sound like a good idea in your case. We definitely don't want to display the entity labels not the raw item IDs so we activate that and Then also use hierarchies in the shore as said is a hierarchical text on my term field Then we save the facets And then we just have to add the block to so that the Defining the facet just gives us the block to place Place into the first sidebar here shower facets place block and Now when we go back to the search We'll see the new shower a facet block right here on the left Now when we search for something now You'll see that this changes too and then we can just drill into the results so in our case we want just High fantasy we want science fiction and we want biographies Eclectic taste, but yeah, so yeah that Just built us for all those categories as you see it's working brilliantly already even though the module is Technically still in alpha, but I think they'll also I'm looking to make a stable release very soon Yeah, we could now of course add further facets on like the author or the creation date But I think this is this already serves a good example and yeah, I'll now just hand over to Marcus to talk about the solar side of things Yeah, thank you Thomas for Basically setting up the page So solar and And First some words why should we use it? The whole demonstration run on the database back end and this obviously has some limitations and there are reasons to use a different back end The first reason we often here is it's faster We like Thomas already demonstrated we have some missing features on the database back end regarding the support of the characters of the different languages and things like that and We get a lot of yeah more features we can Yeah, provide with a with a different back end Just to highlight some we can do phonetic searches for Words that sound similar There's a good integration for location and proximity searches you could do spell checking and a lot more and Yeah, with the combination of the solar back end and the search API integration to a triple you have a real search engine with which gives you Gives you a lot of yeah more options and We Also directly jump into a demonstration So what I will do now is Migrate the site to the solar back end in real time First enable a module If you look for solar we have two back ends This is the Basic back end the solar search integration But we will directly start with a multilingual solar because the site as you already have noticed consists of two languages and contains movies and movie titles in German and English and As soon as you have multiple languages or if you have a single language which is not English use the multilingual back end So switch to the configuration Of search API. So the first thing we need is a different server. We still have the database server enabled But now we will set up a solar server Due to the fact that I enabled additional modules, you'll see more available back ends here I want to have a multilingual back end In the next step I need to tell Drupal how to connect to the solar server. We Have a separate plug-in system for connectors If you run your own solar server these both are fine for you standard HTTP connection and additional basic auth If you run a solar server At a service provider Asks them for their connector plugins. I know there are some from Acvia platform as how a punty on for example Here I use the standard one In this case configuration pops up, which is not the case if you got it from from a vendor I Just use this as an eternal name here And Since the server is not running and I want to have some features I will tell the system that I plan to use a solar six installation I also check these Boxes here because we want to immediately leverage some advanced features And one thing I would quickly talk about is this drop down here Like the different connectors that could be plugged in you can already tell the system about the domain in which you are searching The default is the generic one out of the box. We provide a scientific one because words need to be treated differently like in this example and There are a lot more and I hope that More domains will be pre-configured in the future here. Okay, so Made a mistake the service already running. Okay So what you got now is It looks a little bit different than the database back end The system or the module automatically detects that we have English and German content therefore we have configurations for solar The module ships with around ten pre-configured languages that should be also increased in the future and using this button for Yeah, you can Just for demonstration It's a little maybe it's too small, but we won't look into the content right now You get all the configuration you need for the solar server for this Drupal instant for all languages that exist there You just have to throw it into your into your solar server So We had some issues with the laptop here, so we had to reboot it right before the talk Okay So back to the No To the search API configuration form what you see now is We have a solar server which is not running What we provide is Within the modules if you want to have a quick start Couldn't connect to this was the reboot just a second like to start. Okay. No doctors up and running Within the modules we provide configurations for Docker so you can simply Start these So I'm a little bit lost now Okay, okay, okay. There's also always happening something strange if you reboot it Okay, I had a different solar server in the background So now I start the pre-configured one from the module Okay, here we are I Reload the page now we see that the solar server I configured for this demo is up and running and what we do now Thomas configured a search index and a few for it with all the facets out of complete all the stuff We simply migrated We added this index and swap it to the solar server We do some more fine-tuning because Previously we enabled some processors to improve the search results We don't use the highlight anymore We don't use this ignore case anymore and the tokenizer and the transliteration because solar itself does it better And now we index the content go back to the site and now this search is already Provided by solar. Let's do the same as Tom's tip before also the auto complete is working and What you see now are search results from solar and snippets from solar with highlighting Now let's pick up some use cases Thomas mentioned before Let's search for these adventures again And what you see now are search results Respecting the native singular and plural handling of this language. So we get the search results for adventure and adventures Let's do something obviously we have no results in the for the German language, but let's search for something else Since I know there's an a movie. Let's do something strange We search for plural of Wonderland and as you see we get a result here and The back end probably handles the plural form and also the umlauts within this form And we receive the right results here Um other or languages different than English have different What we require some special treatment For example very common for German are compound words these very long words where you just attach one now and to another And for example Type O in here This movie Yeah, and German Charlie and the chocolate or the chocolate and fabric as you can see we have a Sorry We have a part match here It detects that this now needs to be separated from from the other one, which is also not Possible with the database back end Just as I mentioned we have a lot of features. We get if we use of solar back end Simple or I want to pick one to demonstrate you the additional features I Switch back to to English Okay, just to have the full or basic search result or one thing I forgot To demonstrate Everything that has been configured before is now it's also working all the facets are delivered by by solar now So let's go back to the configuration To the search API and I'm gonna edit the fields of this index and Since I enabled solar I got more possibilities and one thing I want to demonstrate is the phonetic search So what this basically does is that it? Brings up search results is that that sound similar Because I changed the type of the field So system detects that in re-indexing is required I'll do this now Go back to the site and the search And now I type for something like That's obviously completely wrong But this movie Phoenix sounds the same and that's another powerful feature you get With solar and just to demonstrate the multi-lingual multi-lingual capabilities Well, I do something similar here. For example, we had this movie Maybe one more Yeah, and it works also for the different language And the same yeah And I already Combined it with this. Oh, no in this case not Just again Yeah, here we have Hit yeah So and like I already pointed out just yeah check The search API university you will not the university universal You will find more modules for example all the location stuff. You've got fancy tools where you can Yeah, click around and search for for example, yeah Shops nearby or things like that. We should know that you Please ask to reiterate this Session as all the other sessions you wish with it So are there any questions?  Sorry, are you gonna add a video of the demo or a slide deck? Well, yeah, the slide deck will definitely be added to the session and the video Yeah, they record everything here at the conference. So the video will be up as normal by the conference Are there any more questions and Drupal 6 we had something like fuzzy search was was gone in Drupal 7 But I saw an option search for part of a word. So it's working again Yeah, so the database back and does also support partial matching and the solar back and Well, you can just edit the console configuration to enable partial matching for that too or there's the full text angram Field type which also does the same so partial matching is supported by both these back ends Thank you. Are there any plans to Incorporate the logging of queries and the results into search API something which was in search API devil in Drupal 7 I Just so I tweet a few days ago of some module that I think does that and Otherwise will surely add something like that. So I separate module for logging queries and results Before everyone leaves I think we will sprinting here on Friday and Since I'm maintaining the multilingual module what we need is help from native speakers because we have configurations for different languages, but I Can't judge in all cases if the results are correct or and therefore We are here and it would be nice if someone shows up and Especially who speaks the native language. We don't support right now Just to double-check some stuff for example, we have default configurations in the queue for I think a Serbian Arabic and even mandarin so and Any help and this point is welcome Okay, I have a question So Pantheon and Acquia provide solar search And you know we use it on Pantheon and Acquia and for local setup It always choke, you know, it cannot find because it's not set up You know, what do you guys recommend for it? Should we try to set it up on local so that it works? Or you know, what is your recommendation? I assume that it's Caused by the connectors. So you have to switch the connector for the local setup, probably You want to connect the the live index at these providers or your local Development index just local. Yeah, then you should swap the the connector like I showed we have You have to use the standard locally if you have your local solar because what they add is some Authentication stuff and they have their own API and And everything in this configuration if you just pick it from the live site is Pre-configured to connect their server. Yeah But maybe If you come to me afterwards, I can show you directly on the laptop what I mean Okay, then thanks everyone for attending


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Do you really need to be in need to know that your friend is indeed? Help us bond that give us your five cents. Just do what you got to do. Hashtag is my the money, but let me let the panelists introduce themselves first and foremost. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Why are we like this? Are you hungry? Are you tired? Are you cold? Good morning. Good morning. There you go. Let's start with you. Tell us what's your name? How can we find you? What do you do? So, I'm Wangarewa Shuri. Wangarewa Shuri is an actress. You can find me on Facebook, Wangarewa Shuri, Twitter, and Instagram. And I think we should just send them some love, tell us she looks nice. Yes. Yes. Yes. What's your name? What do you do? My name is British. I'm a student leader at the University of Nairobi and I'm countered by extension. But do I say... But it's a dangerous combination. Yes. You can look for me on Facebook. I'm Patis Ajwango Tieno and Twera. I'm at Ajwango Patris. He's the son of the lakeside. Do you know Twera? Yes, Twera. I don't see it. I have a question, guys. On our socials, we've asked if you have real friends. Do we really need to be needs to know who our friends are? Do you think so? Personally, I tend to just leave it to destiny because if someone is supposed to help you, if I am destined to help you in a particular situation, then even if you run to your best friend, that best friend will not help you because it is I who has that burden or that responsibility of helping you that particular time. So when it comes to real or fake friends, I just let friends be friends. Because someone can be your best friend today. Tomorrow, priorities change. People change. All the time. All the time. Without warning. Yeah, so fake friends, real friends. Someone can be fake yesterday. Then this person matures with time, becomes a real friend. Someone can be real. And then, you know, just maybe you can take a promotion. Mahali, when they place Fulani and then this person is like, please. You know, and they do it. Yeah, so real fake. They're just friends anyway. Just friends. Talk to me. And please feel free to interrupt or interject or add on to anything she's saying likewise. We have a lot of lies. Now you see, I think, majorly people confuse issues in terms of their social circles. There's a difference between being a friend and being an acquaintance. You can be a friend in that we share memories. We share a lot of things that bring us together. And then you can be an acquaintance in that I know you. You know me. We meet off only by the roadside, by the corridors of whichever place you meet. And I mean, that's it. So you don't expect an acquaintance to come through. But for a friend, yes, he can be able to come through when he can. But one thing really matters. The heart, the intentions of the heart really matters. Somebody can be in a position. You really want to help this guy, but to connoisseur. Ooh, my twist. Yes. You see, sometimes people wish for dangotes of this world to be friends. Or johos of this world. I know papa no be dangote. I imagine. But you see, sometimes it is for real.   So if one person gets financially embarrassed. Embarrassed. He drops it. He gets it down, but you people must help me. But at the same time, they are all in financial flight modes. Actually, if the heart and the intention, the genuineness in the heart says that I would help this guy if I have the way with all, I would. But if I don't have, I don't have. Yes. I agree with that. But let us look at now when it comes to us. Now I'm the one with the problem and you two are my friends.  And then this one is the one with the heart.  So as a human being, to me, who's their friend? Huh. And you see, now this is where it gets complicated and twisted. To know me in terms of Sema, she's just a fake friend. He's never there for me when I need him. And then I'll be like, oh, she's the real friend because she was there when I needed her. But am I your friend?  Like every five seconds to keep trying to numb to act. And they're choosing to say, they are who you are. She has just many problems. I just had to. I get that. But there are people who are not even doing it like to hurt you or to even brag. It's natural. There are people who are made like that, you know. And true. But you see, I mean, of course, I want to take your last point and build on it. And people are made differently. And as a result, people value things differently. Now, for me, as a tenor, I have a circle, which we all have dreams. We are saying in the next five years, we will be packing BMs somewhere. We are packing a cadet somewhere. You see? Now, you see, at that point, you could be in a situation where you're in problems and they are not coming through, not because they are stingy, they are mean, but they don't have the capabilities. But you see, sometimes these friends who are needles or are obligated to sacrifice, you cannot be like you don't have daily. You see? But being that you don't have, having all you don't have any resources to help does not really place you at a certain lower degree or a higher degree of being a friend. I mean, let me ask you, a filanth of his friends. I don't think so. They give a lot of billions to countries. They give a lot of money. Even politicians give a lot of money. To where? To their constituents. The campaign is coming up. Yes, they will drop money in guinea bugs. But you see, at that point, you don't say this is a friend. I think the intention behind the hat really comes, you see? And you will know when you have a problem that does not need resources. And I think to know whether or not you have a real friend, you should really evaluate it when you really have in a situation that resources cannot come through. Like back at home, maybe you want to build a house. And then, man, they have been staying in the chickens for a lifetime. Come through. Those people will come through. Friends? Our friends. At that time, when they come out of there, they will not give you iron sheets. With respect, let me just bring back what she said, her aspect of it. Her name is Wangari.  Anyway, bringing back that aspect of people change, you know? So, perhaps, maybe, to same, I mean, we are at equal level. That means maybe we're making roughly the same amount of money. We have the same kind of education, the same level of education. Maybe we're from the same area.   Don't you imagine? Because it's human. Let me just tell you guys, it is human. People keep saying, especially a relationship between ladies who are friends or colleagues, everything that we're always trying to tie each other down. But it's a simple fact. It's just in us. We are touched to share. We are touched to love. We are not touched to hate. That means it's somewhere inside the sindio. So, what happens if... Now, you see, there are many things that bring people together. And at that point, it is obligated upon us. We know the true nature of friends we have. I mean, there is that friend who is noble, who is a friend of honour. He had ended Australia 60 years ago. You look at him and they say... You change what? I mean, it depends. Depends. It's trust you make. There are some of us who... we won jackpot some few weeks back. But we know money is not everything at the same time. So, you really are obligated to get friends who you stand by. But there is also this thing that many people don't really have. You have friends for convenience. You see? I have you because I need effort from you.  In fact, I don't know you. Wow. You see? You must do your friends. Yeah. But guys, I'd like us to take a step back. And before we brand fake and real friends, let us look at ourselves as a personality. Because sometimes who we are will determine who stays in a circle and who lives. Because if I'm the kind of person, I don't know who I am. I don't know who I am. And then I don't know how. Next time I talk about the capability of helping me, will you help me much as you're a true friend? And you really love to be there for me. Will you help me? You will suffer. What's the problem? Is it the friend who's fake? Or is it your personality that does not allow this real thing? Can we talk about that brand fake friends? Because honestly, to my knowledge, I cannot remember a man telling me as fake friends. I can't remember a woman telling me as fake friends. And I can imagine that my age is too big. It's just too big, guys. My age is big. Okay? If I'm the kind of person who's fake friends, why are they my friends if they are fake? If I'm the kind of person who's fake friends, I'm the kind of person who's real friends. It's some type of intuition. Why are you still my friend? And why am I now holding it again? In fact, I'm asking you this question as a shorty, but I'd really like to hear your opinion after she's done. Why is it that... I want to say, I'm madame, but I think it's kind of universal, this whole situation. But why is it that you will keep me in your circle if I'm fake? Just why? Do you want to know that you have many friends?  As in, what is the problem? Nani, I'd rather be in my house. I'd rather be just with my TV. If it is like this, I'll help. My bed will never betray me. I'll never call it fake. My clothes are not going to disturb me. My shoes. Beds get broken. No, in a century, once in a century. We've got a lot of faults. Of which, that is not fake.  You know, there are people who are so afraid of losing anything or anyone. Like, if she knows that she could lose, she'll just keep you because she just can't lose. People who don't know how to lose. Yeah, there are so many people. They don't know how to lose. We've been friends. You guys have been best friends. Now all of a sudden, you're best friends with someone else. Or now you just know her friend. There are people who can't handle that. So that's one person who will keep you or accommodate you or storm a queue as a fake friend.  Who is she? I'll tell you my story. I'll tell you my story. I confess, but I don't confess. I confess. Oh my God! This is what happened. So initially, we were friends. Me and the Shorin. As in friends for, okay, just by the way, I'm thinking, are you cool people? Okay, let's just, you know, be friends more a little bit. So it's a little bit. So it's a little bit. So it's a little bit. It's a little bit. It's a little bit. So we get along. Oh yeah. Someone else is approaching me. Someone completely out of the picture. This is a dude. I was assigned a job. A job that has maybe five parts. So I've done four to five. So the fifth one, and then I come home to and I'm going to pay a vulgarity. I'm going to pay a vulgarity. So I'm going to pay a vulgarity. So I'm going to pay a vulgarity. Then I'll come home to and I'm going to pay a vulgarity. So I'm going to pay a vulgarity. In fact, I'm going to pay that for someone else. I'm just going to pay the vulgarity. Imagine my shock. When I'm over there, I think, I get excited and it's hot. And I say, what are you going to do next time? I'm just saying, I don't care. I just refuse. Life is too enticing and sweet for me to waste time on this one particular person who is now coming and trying to put a wall on my eyes wall on my eyes is it's no imagine but no valid time you come across too many of such people to a point out when you see a new one you're like you be as cordial as you can be in public lucky me where Piaw Natua Vaibhia excuse social distance actually COVID-19 is real out of Seneca to be a son in fact don't breathe next to me varmas thanks you're going to say something now you see again one thing you people need to know kill a mood on objectives in life agendas we we I cannot fit in your gender you cannot fit in mind I can help you achieve yours and you help me achieve now some of us we we we we we somebody strategically I mean we are friends because we have strategic interests now to sleep so some of us we are friends because we have common interest I mean just like quality two countries I mean I'm your friend because we have seen some goal that some people are playing with some other and we have to take it other point you my friend and then at that point when I assess you and then I see a value are useless at this point I don't mean to tell you you are I mean I mean again he's a man I'm gonna talk about you talk so at that point you will find myself doing very unique things in fact I will show you yeah I will have you I will flabbergast you I will authoritatively disturb your existence so that is one thing but also the second thing I think fake friends is a I mean it's a defensive manner people have to deal with certain situations yeah I mean if somebody is not is fake as you have termed them or her I mean no need to have him in either of your circles I mean we should not even whisper next to that nigga or man is social distance yes yeah so if you're fake you're fake I don't need to call you a fake friend I mean that you it's a defense mechanism I think people have developed over the time and then some people them themselves they're fake so that you think that too personal I don't think that's a that's I mean it never exists I would honestly rather you tell me honor I'm just here with you right now because I want to achieve one to I know I really just like honesty and I hear we like to be lied to as the other gender must be like Mr. Aki imagine just tell me the truth when you miss a sigh and he does just rip it off not for all you see you know therefore that's because not withstanding no just just give it to me or leave me and I realize that people don't lose friends with value I don't know there is that friend who never always six day around with all who is always going there to go and look for others you want to release your circle balloon your circle no sometimes you don't even go looking for them sometimes prejudice you know just go to a new workplace you find new people you build more connections you move to a new yes that is acquaintance that is not a friend friends don't give him degree as a graduate so how does he graduate when this person is there for you during your time of need very good question what we're going to do is now we're going to hear from the ground so we have a couple of videos to show you in a few seconds and this is basically just a penny for your thoughts and if you're interested you can do the same at what my phone Facebook quite for channel Twitter hashtag is white in the morning


So with the off-season underway and a lot of players going on holiday, Novak Djokovic has actually done an interview with 60 minutes in this time off, talking about a lot of things including things like his rivalry against Nadal and also the guys that are coming through and how he's still playing at this age. Let's go have a look at what he actually had to say on that 60-minute interview. This is what Djokovic had to say in the interview with John Wertheim on 60 minutes. This is regarding some of the negative thoughts that he has as an athlete. He says, especially in the big moments when you're under tension, I might appear locked in, but trust me, there's a storm inside. The biggest battle is always within. You have your doubts and fears. I feel it every single match. I don't like this kind of mindset that I see a lot in sports. Just think positive thoughts, be optimistic. There's no room for failure. There's no room for doubts and stuff like this. It's impossible.  The difference between the guys who are able to be the biggest champions and the guys that are struggling to get to the highest level is the ability to not stay in those emotions for too long. For me, it's really relatively short. As soon as I experience it, I acknowledge it. I may be burst or scream on court, but I'm able to bounce back and reset. He was also asked about the Wimbledon 2019 final where he saved championship points to beat Roger Federer, saying, I beat him 13-12 in the fifth set. The sets that I won were all in tie breaks. Overall, if you see the stats, he was the far better player in every aspect, but I won the match. That actually tells you can still win if you pick and choose which moments of the match you are peaking and playing your best when it matters. He was also asked about his rivalry against Rafa Nadal and he said, I'm playing Rafa and Roland Garros and I have his locker next to my locker. So we're so close. We're trying to give each other space, but that locker room is also not that big. When you jump around like Nadal does before we go on court in the locker room, he's doing sprints next to you. I can even hear the music he's listening to in his headphones.  Earlier in my career, I didn't realize how all of that is part of the scenario. I was getting intimidated by that, but it's also motivating me to do stuff myself and to show that I'm ready for a battle for a war. Then he was asked about the hostile crowds and the environments that he has to deal with, especially ones at Wimbledon and throughout the U.S. over his career and Djokovic said, the amount of pressure and stress is so much bigger when you have the crowd against you. Most of my career, it was mostly hostile environments for me. I kind of learned how to thrive in that environment. People think it's actually better if they don't like me, so it gets the best out of me in terms of my tennis. It did happen, but at the same time, I actually enjoy more being in an environment where I have nice support. In the final part of the interview, he was talked about his rivalry against Carlos Elcaraz and he said, he's his completed player I've seen in ages. The loss at Wimbledon pissed me off so much that I needed to win everything on American soil, which I did. It's a great opportunity for me to reinvent myself and really push harder than I ever did. So there you have it, Djokovic, a little bit of a snippet there of the interview that he did on 60 Minutes, talking about Nadal, talking about Federer, talking about Elcaraz, talking about his own emotional state, but let me know down in the comments below. What did you find most interesting about that interview? If you want to go watch the interview, I'm sure it's somewhere online, maybe it's on YouTube or something, but there are some of the biggest moments of that interview and it was a very interesting interview indeed. He did give a lot of insights and it's funny how Elcaraz is coming along and motivating Djokovic to do something more because we know Federer and Nadal are both almost retired and we know Federer is gone and Nadal is not too far away, but now with Elcaraz coming through and maybe motivating Djokovic and as he said, pissing him off by winning Wimbledon, it might keep Djokovic around a little bit longer to just keep Elcaraz in check, but there's the interview from the 60 Minutes that Djokovic did over the last couple of days and some very interesting insights into the world number one.