So I just want to say, welcome to South Sand, tied at the Coca-Cola Value Youth Program. And I'm going to turn it over to Mrs. Lopez, will call Mrs. Ortega, excuse me, or Lucy, with her students from the Coca-Cola Value Youth Program. I mean, the brief video will make a difference. Good morning, everybody. I'm Louie Ortega, the Coca-Cola Director. I'm going to take over. And I'm a Coca-Cola teacher coordinator at the High School here in San Antonio, at the South San Antonio High School District. And I brought a few of my tutors with me. I actually have well, but I don't need more to make it, because you know how to forget to bring their permissions to this and bring them. So I want them to introduce themselves to you real quickly. This is Mrs. Ortega. First one? Yeah. You guys, can you see about the question? The program is, it's like my notes, but I see what I just have to say. But I see you all got a flyer on that, and we'll tell you a lot of the stuff that I don't know what it's going to say to you, so you can take that. But I'll tell you a little bit about what I feel and tell you about the program. The program is actually used to prevent students from dropping out and helping out with grades, attendance, disciplinary, being in the high school or middle school. We also, like in our district, we have three middle schools that participate, and each school has 10 tutors. I'm at the high school, and I am allowed to have 15 tutors. These students are selected through the counselor. She will send them to me. I take my students' time. I make them feel like an application, like if they're being hired for a job, because they will be doing a job.  They get paid. Yeah, the students stay at, like, an incentive to try and do better, they get paid $7.55 an hour right now. Yes. And they work four hours a week. We go at their high school level. We go to an elementary school that's right next door to our high school. It serves it right there. And so we walk over there around 9 o'clock, so 10.35. And the students tutor for one hour for four days out of the week. They get paid, that's their incentive to do better. If anything else that has helped our students come to school every day, it has helped them with their grades. It has helped them with their attitude. And my kids got me a good program. It has really shown how students, you know, really go do better for themselves. Now, these kids, they don't just only, like, do better for themselves. I'm going to let them tell you what they actually do at the elementary. Because as the program we help them, they're also helping the other little ones who are also maybe struggling with, like, reading or doing math or you're just getting focused. And so I have placed my students on at least five, you know, four different grades that were like, they are at first grade, so then they would be working with the pre-K all the way down to the third grade. Now, any higher just kind of make them feel comfortable that they know their subject and they can, you know, feel comfortable teaching the other little ones, but, you know, they have that age difference. Desiree over here teaches three two-tees, the whole year, I actually all of them do. They have to have three two-tees who call the two-tees and then leave on the date of work. Two-tees and they're called tutors. They all have three of their own in their different classes. And they have to have those three little ones the whole year because the program wants to see, at the very end they evaluate on this, you know, how the kids are doing. We want to see how the children have changed in that with helping with their tutors. And then at the same time, I do an evaluation of my students and see how much they've changed. And I'm on there for grades, that's the number one thing. And I will tell them, you don't pass, you don't go work, you don't pay, so they have to do good to appear. So they want that paycheck, they are doing their best to pass the grades. And even everybody, they say one or two classes, but I see that they picked out when they're trying, I'll still take them to work. Descerning words for what grade level I'm on. Okay, and descerning, can you tell them what subject you help them with? Help them with that. No, we're kind of shy here, we've never done this before. Descerning right here, tell them what, okay, so what you tutor them. I teach them the writing and then I teach them. Okay, what grade level was it? 10th grade. Okay, 10th grade. I matter. I teach my 15th or 12th grade and I help them in pretty much my 15th grade. Good. Okay, and watch me holding him like this. If he didn't want it, sometimes I have to get on him. Pretty tender, but what kind of students? Special needs. Special needs students. Now, we're gonna say this is studying special needs. My most, so we're here also like kind of talking, nervous, he is more a Spanish speaking student and so he's nervous of even like writing and learning all that stuff, but working with those children, most of us have what? I think you have what? What I think we should be like.  And so it's really interesting what he does. Like I guess the old fashioned school teacher on them, on straight, and now they just kind of do anything in line with us. And so I, while they're in their classroom, they have to be, and the classroom, I mean this was the class and they had three of you guys, they have to stay in the same classroom with that teacher. She has to be monitoring that he's doing his job.  And so my job is to go and walk, do walk first, do all the things that I have, and I think they should be doing their job, that they're not on their phones, that they're tutoring actually, and for most part, they're all doing really well there. I mean they just love that work. When I first got out, I believed in them and they were like, nervous, they didn't know what they wanted to do and they will experience that. But as they go over there, the one thing is now. And say, I just think it's good that you want them to get out. Oh, claro que sí, yo hablo bien español también. ¿Usted es español mucho? Okay, ay, díganme, díganme, yo hablo mucho español en hospital. Bueno, estos niños, el programa es para... El programa, a veces, es para ayudar a niños en la escuela que, como ellos, que escribieran problemas con la... ir a la escuela con sus grados, con disciplina. Entonces la escuela, el consejero, me recomienda a los estudiantes y lo odio si no en el papel, como si fueran a trabajar a un trabajo. Tienen el papel, a la España es 155, 55 la hora. Trabajan cuatro horas de la semana. Son unos que vamos a la trabajo de lunes a jueves y los bienes nos quedamos en la clase, en mi cuarto. Ahí hacen planes para hacer allá con los niños. Tenemos un libro que usa a los estudiantes que nos da el RDRN, que es para usar, para que haya gente que va a hablar también de ideas y actividades para ayudar a los niños. ¿Quién para ellos? Y todos tenemos actividad en los miemes.  Eso nos ayuda, tenemos un curriculum también, ¿verdad? Los niños hacen el trabajo y luego en los bienes también tienen que hacer es un journal, o en el computadora del RDRN. Tienen que escribir como les fue ese día que experimentaron y así nació, que es una evaluation que tienen que hacer en los Fridays. Los niños están diciendo que están en la escuela en un elementary y van logrados a ayudar de pre-k a third grade. Y cada una de ellas la tengo en un cuarto con una maestra con tres niños, le ido a tres niños por todo el año, los mismos tres niños, para ver como los niños... André. Y al mismo tiempo, yo a estos niños también están un poquito en la escuela los que me recomendaron batallando en la escuela como en la high school. Deseray me decía, la entrada del año pasado, que no estaba en el siete o ocho, no les gustaba ni a la escuela. Se no le importaba, no quería, esa niña tampoco, a que ella tenía una actitud, me acuerdo de ella, la diora tenía ella en el de la escuela. Y la diora que está aquí conmigo, me ayudan a re-gañar a los demás porque no se encasa. I'm saying that you've grown now by 100, you've had attitude in the middle school and now you're better. She'll actually tell the kids, so listen, she gets on it, and I'm like, I always use her an example. I use her as an example para que me ayuden con los demás. Me sorprendió que me hablaba mal porque no vivo re-gañando porque tiene contestación para todo el niño. Ya, pero ella trabaja con los niños que tienen special needs y dificultades de... ¿Cómo se dice? En las edades especiales. Ah, en las edades especiales. ¿Qué se dice? La maestra que Ramon trae no tiene mucho porque los niños han sido, así están los chiquitos, a los de la mano, y la maestra dice, ay, Moncés está bueno, los niños no tienen mucho y no gustan mucho. Una semana no fue porque estaba con los dificultades de los clases y me dicen, no, no voy a llevar a trabajar. Les enchan menos los niños chiquitos ya los venían ahí, no como un maestro, sino como una hermana y se les programó y se ve bastante así, ¿verdad? Los chiquitos, esos chiquitos les ayudan a ellos. ¿De más? En primeros del programa, apenas ahora que eso ya me recordé, en April, tuvimos una S.A. competition nationwide, toda la nacional, todos los estados que están con el programa de Coca-Cola es que hacen una completas competition. Pero ya nos voy a hacer un show que es que hace una historia y les damos unos topics de este lado al enviar o qué, cómo el programa les da el lado a los niños que quieren los escribir, les damos el señal que tienen que escribir con bastas de materialidad, y no me querían cuando yo encegué Y luego como te cambias de saber, me quieres mucho. Y el año pasado, yo he estudiado el programa este, me realizaba en el LOSCO, cuando habíamos una escuela en Sao San, que se llamaba Sambora en LOSCO. Allí empecé yo con el programa en el 2006, y he estado con ese programa de comunicadoras, entonces, desde entonces. Y era, los maestros que hacemos, como yo, con eles que tenemos con ustedes, es competition. Yo quiero ganar. Yo creo que los niños ganen que hagan la S-B, y todos los demás ganan. Y yo me salía en el cuarto lugar. Todo el tiempo me salía en el cuarto lugar. Y ahí estamos. Pues el año pasado, me saqué, como hice estudiante, se sacaron. Yo, primero, segundo, y el tercer lugar. Yo dije, quiero lo mismo otra vez, ¿a cuándo se puede hacer? Yo decría que sí, y los luché y los luché, y no, cuando se me hizo. Pero, como quieran, los que se sacaron, el first, second, and third place, fueron de Odessa High School, en la High School. Y luego los primeros cursos, donde me ha ido de otra escuela. Pero, otra vez empecé, me saqué en buen place. Pero, como quedaron muy contenta, porque era como si traen a Desarray, cuando te lo mando, had honorable mention. Y quería, yo quería, era de la historia que ya escribí, pero... Pero, le vamos a dar un video. Aquí, el año pasado, hasta yo, digo, el año pasado y yo también, estoy famosa. Yo salí de la televisión. Todo el video del channel, y no, chano. I think, el 29, por aquí, en San Antonio. No, no. So, pero, vamos a hacer un poquito un video de lo que los niños hacen, no, ah, están ahí en medio, un poquito, no sé si es que me pregunto, porque esta es otra.  I got in the first, second and third grade, last year, they all placed, I was really excited, because I had always placed fourth, I always had one fourth place winner. Well, last year I had also, I had these kids, me putting on one of you guys getting the first, a second and third, I said, Oh, I don't want anything else. because I still love my kids. So I had Desiree who pays honorable mention. We didn't bring the essay to read it because I just didn't snap, but it would have been a story. She talked about how tutoring has changed her in her, her attitude, her absence, and she was in her video. This was written at the beginning of April, beginning of March, and we just found out we saw this last Tuesday or something like that this week. So I'm so excited. I didn't get the first, second, or third place, but I still had somebody place, and that was still good enough for me, and she was happy. Now, she had an outside training, her attitude, she was talking about her parents, and how she was, we're gonna say, I guess disrespectful or talk back and all that, you know, how teenagers do that stuff. Well, all this, also the program helps is that they can communicate and change differently with your parents. So this program does a lot of good stuff for the two T's. They benefit from their help. They benefit from the two T's, you know, looking up to them. They become role models, and then the parents, they hold their family, you know, it's a different connection with them, and then the school, you know, they have no discipline, they have all their attendance, their grades are up, so it's good. So what we're gonna do right now is just kinda show you a little bit about what the kids do when they go over there, and how they go to their elementary, so they're schooled in the U.S.C. 7 and half on the video. It's a win-win situation, so many different levels. I think that it is a wonderful program, and I think my opinion is shared by, I think that it's a wonderful program, and I think my opinion is shared by the District Administrative Team, by our work for students, by everybody really, it is a win-win situation, so many different levels. The results are improved self-concept, attitude towards school, attendance, discipline, grades, and achievement tests, and most of all, lower drop-off rates. We know that the Coca-Cola Value-Duke program works. It works to keep 98% of students in school. The program also, over the last 25 years, has worked with more than a half a million students, families, educators, all working together on all exciting people. In honor of this, it just takes that one person to say, you know what? No, I'm not related to you, but I care. I care that in the end, you will be a productive member of society, and in the end, you can't do anything. The Coca-Cola Value-Duke program, helping educators, students, and families because all students are valuable, none is expendable. The Coca-Cola Value-Duke program, helping to ensure students stay in school through learning, teaching, and building self-concept. I guess it's a good idea. We couldn't have done it in the very beginning, but that's exactly what the kids will be doing over there on your program, or the handout that they gave you. So, mine is two thousand one. We set the program elements, the tutoring sessions, classes for tutors. This is what we do for the whole year with the students. Durante las del año, tutoring sessions, aquí en la desca, hacemos esto aquí. So, the tutoring session is for los niños, and they tutor four days a week, and they get paid. First of all, at the beginning, it's like everybody wants to be in the Coca-Cola program. Once they hear about the program in the schools, they want to be, the students want to be there. But remember what I said, they have to have qualifications. Which students do we want in the program? And that's how preventing them from dropping out. So, we take the students, like if they're struggling with grades, attendance, discipline, we don't want to lose those kids. So, if you pick up the program, sometimes you have one, one of the year sites that I want all the students who are like just, you know, don't want to do anything. And the principal goes, where do you take, has to know on her. And I actually think that this is how much the program really like works. Those kids actually like changed from behavior to attitude. It takes you a while. You know, I'm still trying to deal with either drawing or like developing, and it's really good. I'm one who's a part of the process today. You know, I know I've got to hold my hand, but, you know. I guess when we're sitting back here, and I still love you, I was like, right, right, right, right, right, right after you. Because yes, and you know, so, somehow I was talking to some of the parents who did their presentation. They need that adult to still push them, and they'll see and realize and do care for them. And so, when the kid's going tutor, I have had students say, wow, ma'am, now I know what you're going through. Oh, don't teach me. Because they're being like a teacher, and experiencing the same thing. When the little two tees, the first thing they go in there, the little two tees, when I play or they don't have a lesson, and they turn around and do everything else, and now they see it. So they like, oh, and now the kids, deserate. How does a child make you feel when you go to class every day now? Because they make me feel confident in myself. Like, I teach them something every day, and it makes me proud because I see them, and they do their work now. Like, because when we first went there, they would have this thing, they would play around, they would go under the table, and I would have to tell them, like, no, you need to do your work, stay to class, and I'd be like, some students that don't do their work, and they're always getting in trouble. So it makes me feel good in a week, because I'm teaching them better, and they can be somebody, better, and they can make the teacher feel better. That paycheck, 755 an hour that they were waiting for, the first two months, when they get paid, they were like, huh, whatever you need to paycheck, whatever you need to paycheck. Now it's like, I don't care if I get paid, but they want to go into the little ones. That's how attached they get, and how they really like work with the program, you know, with the tutors, and the tutors together. So it's really like amazing. The third one, there is this educational field trip. During the year we're allowed, we should be taking in between two to three field trips. In other words, I should take my students somewhere and learn from either college, or if you go to that, actually what we want them to do is to have that in mind that we want to just continue their educational college. So we just had a field trip last week. We took our students in our district from the four middle schools, and our high school. We went to Palo Alto College. They had a Palo Alto event there when they, all the students had like a, tours of the different sites of the campus, the buildings where they run there. And then they had a display of all the different departments and getting information on what they offer us, you know, from courses, from getting their social degrees. Natalie, they now need to go to Desi. Desi, can you tell us something that you maybe enjoy about the Palo Alto College? Hi, I'm enjoying it. Thank you so much. You see what's out here. It's going to be going to the college to a faculty committee. A lot of the students have no idea what college life is like or what it's about. So in us and having a field trip, it's educational for them to be out there and see what's out. And then some of them, if I could say, I have a really young man who's not here today. And he said, oh, so that's all I need. Just those hours or whatever, and that is to get a credit. And I go, yeah, oh, I can't do that. You know, I said just part of that kind of little step that they don't know. They expose them to me and such a field trip stuff. They make drone models. I have always advised my students the way they behave and they act as little kids are going to pick up from them. So they wouldn't have to be something positive as a little kid would think that I'm from you is that what you want? So they have really like behavior-wise, definitely well with that and in teaching. Student recognition. And they were like getting on me for this one because at the past, what we always do for student recognition, in mind myself I would do like the student of the month are pursuing a job from attending and everybody there tutoring and doing their job, the grades, everything. I just a whole graph to look for as great again. And so I would give them a button that says the tutor of the month. When we have you or something like that that we can call it, I'll see if I'm going to present it in school newspaper and you know, kind of pull the slide and recognize that we have this program that kids are doing good.  And that's the night we do that five times in the year because we're like four middle schools in the fire from the high school. So each one of our schools takes one night of the every two months or so in the year and we have a parent tutor when we present the check we have as all the little dinner or just cookies and drinks or something like that. We present the check, we have a speaker for them from outside that has been in the community and talks to them about how they started, I mean, on the bottom and now they're up here. They can see that anybody can get there. And then at the end of the year, the high school is the one that does a lot of it now and then so we're looking forward and we're excited to have ours and I'm going to be the 14th of the parent night meeting. So that's how we get the parents involved and see what the child is doing. And so they see all the data on that one. He gave them trophies and it's not, now I have to decide because I have seen a lot of them improve. And I suppose it's gonna be my children of the year have no idea. And so they're like, I ain't right miss. And I, it's like, it makes it very difficult because the beginning of the year is like, I don't know if I'm gonna have one, right?  And then at the end now, and it's just so funny because I need to get attached to the person who don't want you. And then it's like the little kids with them on the same thing with them as a teacher. They come in like, oh my God, what am I working with? And then they improve me. So the program really, really works. I don't know what programs are in the districts that you guys are, and what kids, is going to see in the program that you go to school, I know, but I'm going to tell you how to do it. Because the program is very good, and it helps a lot of the kids. At the beginning of the year, the kids are like, I don't know if you like it, but you love me a lot, and I don't even know who you are. First of all, it's not a coincidence. When I tell them, well, it's not a coincidence. And then in the middle of the year, they go to school. And now I have to choose the... Shooter? How do you say it in Spanish? All of them in Spanish. In the year. And I don't know how it is in the middle of the year. Now, kids, we are already, we've been through a lot of things, and it's very nice, I don't know who is going to be in the middle of the year, okay? In the middle of the year. Good. But what comes to me a little bit more, I'm in the middle of the year, but if I'm in the middle of the year, I'm in the middle of being six women and six men. Not only pure women, but also pure men. We have to balance it out. So I have to choose a man and a woman to be a student of mine. But as long as it's like that, it's a little bit difficult. Who knows? Any questions, Akin? Any questions? So they do this for the whole school year, and then the next school year you meet with the people. Yes, ma'am. And they get to read to it, and they respond. Okay, the first question was, this is for a whole year. Yes, as soon as I have it for the whole year, and we start in like a September, because the first month is I have to do all the application, has to go to the district, and they're actually like an employee. So in the first month they have to start the application because they're going to call the district and they're going to call the district. They're going to call the district. So this is the whole first month of August when we start the school year. In September we start to take them there, to the elementary school where they're going to work, until the middle of May. They're going to work, because they feel it, regardless of whether they're going to call the district. Okay? So the district has a account where they can use as much as they can, and we come here as much as we can until the end of the year. So it's like from September to the end of the month. And then the second one was if they did it, this works, we're happy to be my next year to be there. We used to, when I was in the middle school, we used to like see the students struggle, you know? So they're already struggling and they're focusing on the school, so from the middle school they go to high school and I recommend them. And you see it, you still need to work, okay, you can start again. But three years ago, it seems, we changed it because many of us were just about to get in and many of us were serious about what they were doing and how serious it was. And we looked at it and there were many, many children who liked the program. So, that's why I'm here today, because the first time I came to the high school, we do only pressure. They're the ones who come in and the ones who were in the 7th and 8th grade, who are still struggling and don't want to focus on school, so we grab the pressure. So, yeah, the sophomore, two year senior year, as we looked at it, they're more involved in the sports school, or things like that, and the ones who come in don't know what's going on. So, we only focus on pressure and stuff. I'm just gonna have to respond to just to say that they're a middle and high school program. So, the kids that were in the middle school could see them, they become pressure and stuff. But, if they're recommended. Yeah. So, if I would see that they're still like, you know, struggling and they need more help, or it has helped them, you know, it's like, you know, just kind of goes with that, yeah, it's great. You're saying, you know what I'm saying, how do you get it into a different district to get this program started? No, on the information, I think on your front page, is there a, on this, on this, on this page? On this page? It's a page. So, that can contact us, and then we'll work with the district to get the truck and the trailer. So, in Texas, really, do you have it in the Valley? And, yes, the IDRA, the name of the conference, I was going to put a part of the community to contact them. I don't have the ladies who are here, like the speaker, she was talking to your district and your district. All of you is going to talk and present themselves to the district, and the district is going to have to decide to get that program started. It's a big, it's a 40, you know, just, yeah. So, the number is there on the bottom, and if you made it in some particular context, I'm going to send it to you, basically. Okay, yeah, right here at the very bottom, there's a very small print right here at the bottom of the front page. You can find there the, you have any questions, ma'am? Yes, I don't know. You can call the counselors, and you have your school district, I mean, you're a bit of a school high school, call the counselor, the counselors are aware of it. The counselors will be aware that the program consists because today wasn't in schedules. How long is the program going to take? We've had it for 20, finally here. Oh, 25. 30 years, that was eight, 20, yeah. 30 years. You went to South Stand? Really? What year was that on? I went to South Stand. I went to South Stand. But I did my work there. I went to South Stand. Yeah, I went to South Stand. Yeah, what's that? At the time, I was there, actually. I was there. I was bad at it. I was in my six, I was in my seven years at the regulator. I liked the stereo. She had one there, like all the years at White House. I didn't know what it felt like. What was that, do you want to say no? What was it? I don't know. What was it? White 19. It was like a, was it, uh, was that a look-on situation? Was that a look-on situation? Or is that attendance? That went. I think my situation at high school, because we're going with a freshman score, we have 952 freshmen, just freshmen. And so there's a lot of struggling like that. They have a teacher, I mean they have a counselor who works with activist students. So in my school, that counselor will recommend those students to the program. Sometimes parents hear about it at the middle school and they hear how they need the help and stuff. So someone will call me, I don't know, talk to me about how they get their child in the program. So now I'll refer them to the counselor and see if they qualify or not. They're the ones who will decide for us. So in most districts and campuses, it is a counselor who sets up a group of kids and they thank counselors. But how would they know the students if they started from two weeks after school starts? Well, the counselors know. The counselors know the middle school counselor? Yeah. The counselors actually know, because by right now we have, say, the main group coming to the freshman. And I think we have a program, I teach classes for freshman, sophomore, juniors and seniors, the education and training cluster, which means you want to be a teacher and I think you have four years to graduate and so on like that. So our counselors, we don't have those students talk with counselors in the middle school. Yes, they have. And then they would be planning and all that kind of stuff. Do you see that?  And now maybe you should be in the middle of the program. I think we'll look into that again. I think we only have one counselor that's in Chicago, I think. The school is small enough that all the... It's a very small school in Chicago. It's a cage away. But mostly the way she's talking about that is primarily how you handle it. You know, the program that we have... I mean, I can't tell you all the different states, but as teacher coordinators, we also have a conference. I think like you guys kind of... We meet with all the different teachers, coordinators like me, from the different states and all over the nation. And so it's amazing in what you can learn from the teachers in a different state of what they do and how, like he said, it's a small school, all the ingredients are over. And another school district is like all of them who are in there, every month they just get a paycheck and it's just a lunchtime. It doesn't say how much or how many hours it is automatically. So every district is going to be different than how they want to reward the students because it's like they say a no-no to be paid in child who's not of age to be working or something. So the district finds ways to work with the order program and help you out. Because that's like a number one incentive. So you get these children to do what they need to be doing to be out there, you know, how long you need to pay after being there and then you open it here. A lot of the kids, like some of these parents are inquiring, well, I want my child in this program and I'm, you know, but like I said, you have to, like, call it, qualify, you know, start to get a position that everybody's going to want to be in it, you know, but we want to help. I think the students will really, really like, how do you know that's the best job? My son is in 10th grade. He started real good in high school, he's in Shamsa, and he's got real good. Right now he has VIP classes. I mean, he's traveling. So right now I have to get out of baseball. And his teacher from baseball, he gets angry with him because he got out. He get out. But if you don't get out, I have to get him out because he's going to come first, they're useful. Right, exactly. And then I think that I'm not really able to share. I send him my email and everything, and that wasn't like a good response. What I said, you know, it's like in this course, in the culture, that's their world. That's what the sport of the event is. But I review education, Tom's first one, is that extracurricular activities, like the privilege they have, like this program is something that they have to help them.  See, and these other ones, he's struggling because he's in VIP classes. The ones that we're working with is like, they're reading, like, they're basic classes, and they don't have interest for school, they're dragging, they don't want, you know, they'll come to school, they don't want to do good. Attendant, they don't care, like I said, Nezare and who was the thing when they went to middle school. They didn't want to come to school, they didn't even care about school, it wasn't important, it was boring, because otherwise, we say, or I think, my opinion, those are the ones, the ones, students that we don't give that help, that they're going to fall between the crimes, we've lost them. Your son is doing really good, he's already in 80 classes, he's passing, he has VIP extracurricular activity. Now, here's the thing that I, in my high school act, did deal with the counselor to talk about the extracurricular. That student is starting part, I said in the UK, I was working in the club, the organization, the report, there was something that didn't make it, those who don't want anything, they make it, they're the ones that I'm going to, you know what, I'm going to do it, to find out. That's my thing, and that's how my approach was at the high school, and some of the counselors let me do that, my principal let me do that last year, or before last year. When I had all the winners, I actually had really, really low students. I said, I wanted those kids, and they changed, but it was because I said, you know, I don't want these up here, these up here, I want these, you know, there's nothing there for them to pick them up, and they're like, I have her first, second, and third place winners on the essay, because they actually, on the essay we say, talk about how you really feel, I mean, don't hide anything, don't, of course, there's a lot of personal stuff. If you would read those essays, you could go to the website, pull up on the website, they have the essays there, have an exception. My first winner, she was homeless, and always wore a line, didn't think highly of herself. For a time, she was doing me, abusing him. I mean, it was just that, and he cries, and the funny thing is, with that young lady, the counselor didn't recommend her, I recommended her, because in her situation, she came to my class, for my principles of education.   And I said, why don't you see us, and let me ask her on a check. So then I told her name to the counselor, check out this child, what is it with this child, find out if it is possible, or she does follow some of the criteria. I said, I wanted my program. And she did. She, I mean, she was like, just hold this, like I said, very, very self-esteem, all in line. She won first place on the essay, she, the parent, I mean, the parent of the final event, the ninth program, she wore a colorful top, with a skirt, and I was like, wow.  So those are the ones that we hit, and it does, like I said, I love the program, sometimes it's appropriate for the kids, don't understand maybe the significance of the program. They think it's just okay, pay in, and theater, whatever, and then in the middle of the year, it's when they start like, okay, and now they know that I care for them, that I want the best for them, that I want them to go to school. I want them to go to college, right? So don't make me messy, so I'd be a what? A teacher. A what? A teacher. And I said, are you sure? I'm a teacher, instructional for principal for education and training, so she wants to be a teacher.  Sweetheart. Most of this is going to be a welder. Okay, here we go. Watch this one. She wants to be a lawyer, and I'm telling you guys, school, education is important, so it makes a difference. And I hope that you enjoy the session. I think we're done. Any other questions? Or you want to ask them to show you kids that you guys take a picture of what you're doing. But I want to thank Ms. Olfea, not my student. But I want to thank Ms. Olfea. She's been a teacher in a program for many years. She's been a teacher in a program for many years. She's been a teacher in a program for many years. She's been a teacher in a program for many years. And she comes forward many times. Because last year, in October, they were on the news all of her kids were covered by a story in the news. And they're in their news and they're the teachers. They've talked to the kids. So she does a lot of things for those times that we get. So it's a great program. They're a great program. The kids are great tutors. They make the program. They make the program more. So thank you for being here today, Ms. Olfea. And your students are great here also. And if you'll just fill out the evaluation, I'm going to put a chair over there. I do have one, so if you want to walk up as closely and see some of the students who are teaching and sit here on the pictures that they have, then stay down and look for showing their reading or writing for the little kids. You're welcome to come up and look at the pictures that they have with the kids working. Thank you.


Next is a topic that's been on everyone's minds throughout the year. Non-profits in Ukraine are acting as first responders in the war and are under tremendous stress. But usually the last thing non-profits worry about is taking care of themselves. That's why TechSoup Europe is building a program that provides quick answers to the challenges of staying resilient. Senior Advisor for TechSoup Europe will share more in this. Hi, I am feeling very lucky to be representing TechSoup Europe here and for you to tell you how HiveMind platform that is a product loved being agile and is being as flexible as possible. So this is not a new product and not new project. TechSoup Europe decided to build a comprehensive platform for capacity building of organizations. Let's focus on ceterns in Europe. And in the beginning there were few major topics when campus was shrinking six spaces. So we can see this information, anti-disinformation, cybersecurity, media, terrasy, positive narratives and online campaigning. However, we face, we see our friends in Ukraine struggling with the war and being still activists. It is still the special mindset and special place of heart. TechSoup Europe decided to put all efforts into building also resilience and capacity for organizations in times of war. And by organizations we mean activists, NGOs, formal and initiatives as well. So we came up with the concept of three times B. So being present, being strategic and being. So we can see that in the present it is the capacity of building trust, capacity of understanding how the brain and body react in times of prolonged stress, in times of direct trauma and in times of complex trauma as well. So this is not a normal condition that NGOs are working. Moreover, this is not a natural disaster. This is right now since late February and we're getting into winter, which is, which will be a new challenge. So being present and planning for who we are at the moment. Being strategic is about understanding how to adjust planning to very uncertain and complex times. So what can be the expectations and how to work with complexity and how not to feel bad that the plans or strategy for four or five years are we're not able to deliver them anymore. Most of all is also about the growth mindset and learning on the go. And one important thing is taking care what we're able to actually comprehend. So not to plan for a lot of things, but rather how not to be overwhelmed and how to adjust and grow in times of the biggest crisis. Most probably that people are going through and third is being connected. So the absolute line for resilience and what we are as humans wired for. So this is the capacity building of a skill for at least not even active listening, but like being present in listening. It's about norms, rituals and habits that the organization can develop doesn't really matter whether online or offline and how emotional literacy is a fundamental skill for for surviving such time. And for still being able to deliver and being a sustainable organization to being sustainable in you can see that we also decided to add something new and it will be published soon on the website is also facts that are designed for the brain in huge stress. So without changing without changing the content, we are we are responding to real language that people that people are using. What is important is that of course it is an ecosystem and it will be not only the platform but also local trainings. And one thing that I wanted to share is like how to make how to make the trauma informed training and what I can do is also invite you to our high friend platform or follow us on social media.


Hey, this is Brett, and this 2023 Jeep Wrangler four-door Sahara is stock number 23J385. I am here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, you're new and used Jeep and Jeep Wrangler headquarters. This brand new 2023 Jeep Wrangler has the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, puts out 270 horsepower, 295 foot-pounds of torque, it's paired up with the 8-speed automatic transmission. It's going to get you 24 miles per gallon on the highway 21 city for an average of 22 miles per gallon. Hydra blue ProCotes, the color on this one, I'm going to go all the way around in this video inside. We're going to start it up, take a look at all the options, give you the most accurate representation of the vehicle possible, and give you the most informational video that I can. Starting off, it is a Sahara package, so you get all the silver trim on the vehicle, including the fog light bezels, the headlight bezels, and the seven-slotted grille, of course. You get the Jeep logo right there on those headlights. You get the painted fenders on this one. I believe that's part of the Sahara package. Hydra blue, one of my favorite colors on the Wranglers, it's got just a little bit of pearl flake to it, let's see if we can get that to focus there. Really a cool color. This one comes with the 18-inch painted and polished aluminum wheels. Also comes with the Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure Kevlar tires, these are 255, 70R 18s, and they are definitely an all-terrain tire on there. A couple of little Easter eggs, you get the sandals on the shroud there. You also get the Jeep climbing up the side of the windshield. That windshield, by the way, is a Gorilla Glass windshield. The Sahara also has the step bars on it, like the block lettering on the Sahara. You get the T50 on the doors to take those doors off. We actually did a demo on how to take your doors off your JL, if you want to check that out. That's linked in the description below. This one has the enter-and-go system here. Here's the original window sticker. Feel free to pause this at any time, I'm not going to go through everything, but most of it. A 2023 Wrangler 4-door Sahara 4x4. Everything on your left here is your standard equipment, including your exterior features there. Your optional equipment starts with the Hydra Blue Pearl Coat, which is a $495 option. The premium McKinley Trimmed Leather Seats are $19.95. This one has select speed control. This is a 22G package. You get the cold weather group, which gives you heated seats, remote start, and heated steering wheel. This one does have the Smokers Group, which is a $30 add-on, and that gives you this smoking ashtray right there. First time I've ever seen one of those. Has the stainless door sill guards by Mopar in a Wrangler, of course, which is $195. All-weather floor mats, $170. The Gorilla Glass is $295, and then the black three-piece hardtop is $18.95. The steps are $95, and the special tires are $495, and the wheels are $12.45, and it comes with the Jeep Trail Rating Kit, which is $195. Total MSRP on this Jeep is $56.220. If you want to get your summit price with the rebates and incentives on this particular Jeep in the upper right-hand part of the screen, there's a link to our website. Click that, but continue watching the video. Click that after the video. Of course, it's linked in the description below, too. Three-year 36 bumper-to-bumper and five-year 60 powertrain, 24 Highway 21 City for an average of 22, and then your safety reins are four-star front and three-star rollover. Not ready for the other ones. These are the bright sill plates that they were talking about. Say Wrangler on and look really good. Get the black three-piece hardtop that can be removed, of course. Matching spare tire and wheel. You get the LED license plate lights and the tow hook back here. Back here, we have the case for those front hardtop pieces as well as the all-weather floor mats here, and then this box is your Jeep Trail Rated Kit. You get the Alpine Premium Sound System with the factory subwoofer. To get these hardtops off, there's three bolts on the bottom and one on the top for a total of eight bolts. There's two quick disconnects to get that hardtop off. We actually did a demo on how to take your hardtop off your four-door Wrangler. That's linked in the description below as well. You also get a storage area for all those bolts and a nice storage area in there with a drain plug to drain it out if it gets wet. Take note, you get these seven slots back here as well.  Get the black fuel door on there. Four-wheel disc brakes on all the Wranglers. This one comes with the heated mirrors, the enter and go system once again. Just have to have the key in your pocket. It'll automatically unlock. Inside you get the McKinley-trimmed leather seats. You get these Sahara stitched into the backrest. That looks really good. Driver seat height adjuster. These do have side airbags standard now. That used to be an option on the JKs.  We'll hop inside, check out the miles radio and everything that this one has to offer on the interior. You get the Sahara animation at the beginning there. You also get the digital seven-inch display. Get your tire pressure monitoring and your digital spinometer on there as well. Instrument cluster. That's a really nice feature. It comes with the heated leather wrap steering wheel. You can always tell it if you have the Gorilla Glass because you'll have the little Gorilla right there. Bluetooth and information center controls on the left. Cruise controls on the right. Audio controls on the back of the steering wheel. This one's going to have the 8.4, 4C radio. We're trying to get Sirius XM in our picture studio, which is not going to happen. You have the factory navigation system on here, which is a really nice feature, AMFM and Sirius XM radio capabilities. Heated seats, heated steering wheel controls. You can check out your backup camera and those are crystal clear now and standard on the Wrangler. That's pretty sweet. You also have all your different apps on here, including your off-road pages and projection manager. You can project your cell phone to the screen. We did a demo on that. That's linked in the description below as well. The off-road pages do take a second to load. While they're loading, there we go. Maybe lost, but never stuck, your steering angle. As I turn that steering wheel, that angle changes. If you look really closely at those wheels, they change up there as well. That's pretty cool. You get your transfer case, accessory gauges. You can change those out, I believe, pitch and roll. You also have your latitude, longitude, and your altitude. These would all have numbers on them if we were outside and it could reach it satellite, but we're in the picture studio, so it doesn't work very well in here. Climate controls, volume and tune controls, heated seats, heated steering wheel, start, off capability, stability control, select speed, crawl control. Down here, you get a USB, USB-C, and an aux jack. Then you get your cigarette lighter, part of that smokers group. This and this case here are 30 bucks, just so everybody knows. 8-speed automatic transmission, you get the Jeep logo on there, 4x4 shifter. This one has the leather-wrapped dash, which is pretty cool. It's actually leather on there, so it's really nice. You get the assistant SOS buttons and all the quick disconnects for those front hardtop pieces. Auto-dimming mirror and home link buttons for your garage door security systems and lighting systems. That's really about it. I can take a quick look under the hood if everybody wants. I'll even start it up here. I would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today, and hopefully from this HD video, you've been able to verify the looks, styling, and of course, options of this Wrangler inside and out. I think it's nicely equipped with those leather seats and the nav and the Alpine sound system, heated seats as well in the remote start. There's the 2-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, 270 horsepower, 295 foot-pounds of torque. All you need to do is label it in yellow, and there's your mission sticker on there. If you wanted to buy this in California, you could. Anyways, really a cool Wrangler, and thanks for checking out the video. Do one more final pass on the front here with all the lights lit up. And to see more pictures of this Jeep or one of other 550 new and used cars, trucks, CVs, minivans, Wranglers, you name it, we got it. Go to that website right there, summitauto.com, full pictures and descriptions of every single vehicle. All at summitauto.com. 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Welcome, sir. Nice to see you. Nice to see you, sir. Let's present. In consideration to whatever decision was made, we have here a packet that has not been shipped, that has to do with Mr. Gaddafi and his connections with terrorists. It's declassified. There is further, very sensitive information that augments this, but this here is just openly the things that he has been doing a few years past, right up to the present, to a decision on their own point. We would like to give you a very supportive message, and we would like you to pay close attention to what it's all about. We have here a packet that has to do with Gaddafi and his connections with terrorists, but this here is not a secret, it is a secret that augments this, but it's not about this. First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to express on behalf of the Japanese government the very deep feeling of condolences we have for the victims of the acts of terrorism and the wearable of wrong and began. The Japanese government will continue to uphold its reasonable projection to terrorists and continue to see cooperation and cooperation with our countries. Thank you very much.


All right, before moving on from DQN completely, let's think about what DQN would look like with environments that require continuous action spaces, and then see whether we can do something to actually alleviate the problems that arise in that context. All right, so this is how our deep Q learning network looks like so far. We have an input state S, and its outputs are going to be the Q values corresponding to different actions within our action space. And because we've been dealing primarily with discrete action so far, we've not explicitly mentioned this, but really we've been dealing with discrete action so far, because that's the only way you can enumerate all the actions in this manner. So from A equals 1 to A equals capital A, where you have some finite size capital A of the space of actions. And therefore, we are able to have exactly that many output units. Each of those output units produces the scalar corresponding to Q of S comma A equals 1, A equals 2, and so on. So this is how we've parameterized deep Q networks so far with these discrete action spaces. And before looking at what happens in the continuous action setting, let's look at how we actually use this deep Q network to select an action eventually. In particular, remember we said that to actually use the deep Q network values to select actions to convert it into a policy and select the optimal actions in the environment, all that you'd have to do is take the r max over A of Q of S comma A. And in this setting, it's very simple because all that you have to do is, given that all the outputs are produced in one shot, one pass through the network, one forward pass through the network, then you just take the maximum of all of those discrete, this finite set of values and you will get your A star. And that's also your policy pi of S. Now, this policy is used for selecting actions after having trained the Q network. But remember that we're doing actually something quite similar even during training time. In particular, at training time, we set the Q targets as the Bellman targets. And the Bellman targets are the current reward plus the discount factor times the maximum over the Q phi for the next state and action. And this looks an awful lot like what we were doing over here. In particular, you can explicitly write it as the Q phi of Si prime and pi of Si prime, pi being the r max. So convince yourself that this maximization can be taken inside as an r max. And when you do that, this is exactly the same as setting AI prime over here to pi of S prime. So this is obviously an operation that we are repeating several times because we're using it at training time after all. So we're repeating it very, very often. And it better be the case that we are able to compute this very quickly. And in the discrete case, this is very much the case. We're able to compute it quite quickly, like we just went through. All that you have to do is take the maximum of a discrete set of values. So what happens if we try and port the same solution into the continuous action setting? Well, in the continuous action setting, there is no meaningful way to enumerate the actions. You can't just list down a finite set of actions. And so you can't really do this anymore. And so you would have to instead come up with a Q network that looks a little bit different. In particular, you could take the state S and the continuous action A as input, and you would output Q of S comma A. That seems like it solved this problem of not having the ability to enumerate Q of S comma A. But you still have a problem now when you start thinking about how you would set the policy action, which is the r max over A of Q of S comma A. All of a sudden, see that there is no simple way in which you can take this r max. And it looks a little bit more like an optimization problem. So taking the r max of this network for a fixed state and trying to find the r max over the action input looks like a kind of optimization problem, the same type of optimization problem, perhaps, as what we were solving when we were trying to find the optimal weights of a neural network to minimize the loss function, let's say. So you could apply the same kinds of methods we used there. You could use gradient descent, for example. Of course, that's not something that converges very quickly. You would have to solve this iterative gradient descent problem every time you wanted to take the r max of Q of S comma A. And that's not feasible, because remember, we want to solve this optimization problem really frequently, like we saw in the previous slide. We want to use it both when computing the eventual policy actions, but also when setting the targets for our Q network. So this would be too expensive if we just treated it as an optimization problem that we solve from scratch each time. So what else could we do if we don't want to repeatedly solve this optimization problem? Is there some way to get around it? Well, here is one potential solution. Let's train a neural network to produce the outputs of this optimization problem. Now remember, the output of this r max is a function of the input state S. And so you have a separate A star corresponding to each input S. You have a separate optimal action corresponding to each input S. So why not train a network that maps from the input state to this output action A star, which is a solution to this optimization problem? So what would that look like? Well, it would look like a network that takes in S as input, produces A star as output. Now remember that this mapping from the state to the optimal action is exactly what the optimal policy is supposed to be doing. So let's just call this the policy network pi. Now we've only so far set up that the inputs are states S and the outputs are the optimal actions A star. How are we going to train this? We're going to train this to maximize the Q function. And we are parametrizing the Q function, of course, because we're operating with dQn. We're parametrizing the Q function in a Q network. And so now we have all the components necessary. We're going to train the Q network, just like we normally do, by using the standard squared Bellman error loss. And the policy network is going to be trained in turn to minimize Q of S comma A with respect to this Q that we're currently learning. And it's very common to call this kind of setup an actor critic setup, where the policy is called the actor, because obviously it produces the actions. And the Q network is called the critic because you can think of it as evaluating a state action tuple and saying how good it is, which is exactly what Q of S comma A is. Remember Q of S comma A is the expected utility of producing action A from state S with the optimal policy. We're not saying this explicitly anymore, but these are Q stars, right? So this is the actor and this is the critic. This is our very first example of an actor critic algorithm. And this algorithm where you take dQn and modify it in this way to work well with continuous actions is called deep deterministic policy gradients or DDPG. And we saw an example of how this works earlier with the robotics setups. In robotics, typically, you will very often need to set some continuous actions, like, for example, the torques in various motors of your robot arm, for example. And you'll remember we saw an example earlier of how that works. And that was actually, in fact, employing DDPG.


Appalachian Wireless now has new forward pay pricing where you can pay up front and get the data and features you desire. Five gigabytes of data just $39.99, unlimited just $79.99, better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. As you know, America is symbolized by the bald eagle, which is a creature that is inspiring in its magnificence. But this winter, one of those eagles found itself struggling for survival. What happened next was a community effort that paid off on Saturday. Dozens of people were at Painsville Lake this weekend watching as a bald eagle was returned to nature. Saturday's release was the final step in a long journey for the creature, who faced an almost certain death, if not for its unlikely discovery. After work, I usually walk up the holler just as a stress reliever, and as I was walking up the holler one particular day when we were about 10 degrees, had about three inches of snow on the ground. The further up the holler I went, I saw a dark object in the snow, and I thought it might have been a coyote. But the closer I got, I saw it was an eagle, and I couldn't believe that it was an eagle. The eagle had no apparent injuries, but was unable to fly. It was ultimately turned over to Liberty Nature Center in Somerset to bring the bird back to health. She could not stand up, so she was just laying flat. Her feet were extremely cold, and we found a pocket of infection on one of the legs. So when we got her back, we started her on antibiotics, gave her some mox cam for her pain, and started physical therapy immediately on both feet. On Saturday, spectators had a few moments to marvel at the creature before it was set free. Hutchison says he sees a greater plan in the string of improbable events that led to Saturday's release. I realized that here you see, right in front of you, not only the national bird, the national animal, but a majestic species it is, I feel honored, blessed, that I was able to find this bird on this particular night, because I did not take my normal routine as I was. God works in mysterious ways, and we don't question it, and I'm just glad I was part of it. The 14-pound eagle was not equipped with a tracking device, leaving its future contact with humanity up to chance. Reporting at Painesville Lake, I'm Ralph Davis for EKB News.


Hey everyone, welcome back to Nintendo Prime. I am Nathaniel Ruffeljatz and we have a bevy of news stories for you today, a diluge. The wall is breaking, we're about to flood your brain, your eyeballs with a whole bunch of stuff because we have news on New Zelda games.  Okay, anyways, so moving on, sorry, had a quart of little Nelly there. Now, before we get into the news, I'm gonna remind you that, hey, if you're brand new here, why don't you hit the subscribe button, maybe drop a like and leave a comment and maybe hit that bell icon, you know, not just because you're really enjoying the content, enjoying the stuff, time stamps down below to jump to any new story you want, but also because, hey, you know what, we have this big gaming event happening in June called Prime Gaming Fest, gonna be thousands of dollars with the giveaways, hundreds of winners.  Now, happy it's always getting to our first story and we're starting with some game sales. So we talked about some sales stuff yesterday, link to that video down below if you wanna check out some of the eShop sales going on, but these are sales actually with physical games and this is really exciting because one game in particular, here's the cheapest it's ever been and it's a really, really amazing game on Switch and it actually was published by Nintendo. We're talking about Age of Calamity. So Hyrule Warriors, Age of Calamity came out back in 2019 and hasn't really had any major price drop since until now. So if you live in the United States, Best Buy has it on its deal of the week for $29.99. And we have an affiliate link down in the description if you would like to go buy the game. It's the cheapest it's ever been. I had a lot of fun with this. It does have story elements that could potentially pertain to Breath of the Wild too, depending on how things play out. So it's gonna be really interesting. It was advertised as an official prequel to Breath of the Wild. People debate whether it is or not. Doesn't really matter. It's $29.99. If you haven't played it yet and you've been waiting for a price drop, this is the time to jump in. And yes, if you use that affiliate link down in the description, hey, you know, it actually does a little kickback to the channel. So thanks. Although you don't have to buy games you don't like. That being said, we actually have more game sales than that. The rest of these coming from Amazon who actually started a buy two, get one free. So not Bogo. So not buy one, get one, but buy two games, get one free deal. But it's not on every game. It's only a selection of games. And let's just go over some of those games right now. So among those games, we have Elden Ring for basically any platform. Mario plus Rabbids Kingdom Metal, Minecraft specifically for Switch, Halo Infinite, Ghostwire Tokyo, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games are obviously talking about the one on Switch. Assassin's Creed, Ezio Collection for Switch, Forza Horizon 5, Monster Hunter Rise, Minecraft Dungeons, Tiny, Tina's Wonderland on basically any platform. Rune Factory 5 and Rune Factory 4, Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Shimagami Tensei 5 and so many more. This is obviously a really great time to buy these games if you're actually looking to get physical copies of games. So between Age of Calamity at Best Buy, all of these games at least Amazon US. Really exciting times to just get games for cheap. And I always like to share the best gaming deals with you guys when they come across my table. Next up, we have a PlayStation 5 launch game seemingly confirmed to be coming to Nintendo Switch thanks to an ESRB ratings leak. Now, these ratings leaks are always actually, they're less leaks, they're more just, hey, the ESRB has to post these ratings publicly, it's required by law. And because of that, we discover games sometimes coming out before their analysis. And in this case, the PlayStation 5 launch game happens to be coming to Switch likely soon within the next few months. And that game is Pathless. Now, if you don't know what Pathless is, it is an indie game, but oh my God, is it looking incredible? It has a lot of really quick travel elements to it. Oh, and in case you're wondering, yeah, if you fight bosses in the game, which you should because that's actually a requirement of the game, there are many instances of these boss fights that feel exactly like you're fighting a boss from the Legend of Zelda franchise. Obviously created its appeal. It did get a 77 plus on Metacritic, has several reviews in the eights and some in the nines. This is, for all intents and purposes, a high quality game. Now, did get you a little bit with just this magic clickbait there. It actually was a PlayStation 4 game as well. But it did launch on PlayStation 5. It was a launch game. It just happened to launch cross-platform at that time. But still, it's great to any time we can get one of these higher quality indie games over on Switch. And I wanted to draw some attention to it because I think Pathless is good enough, or I should say that good to deserve this attention. So why don't you go ahead and maybe just kind of bookmark that in your brain to look for that game landing on the eShop sometime in the next few months. Next up, we get to talk about Fire Emblem Warriors, Three Hopes. That is the brand new Fire Emblem game coming this year. Maybe we'll have more Fire Emblem this year. We don't know yet, but this is one that was announced and confirmed and comes out on June 24th, 2022. In fact, we'll put a link down in the description if you'd like to pre-order this game. But that's any time aside. We actually have some news here that's potential news. We're gonna call this a rumor because of where it comes from. We're talking about our good old pal Samus Hunter over on Twitter. And here's what she had to say about the news coming for this game this month. More Fire Emblem Warriors, Three Hopes news and videos are coming in April. More information on the Lord's Trio, including Elder Guard, Demetri Clawd and new characters will be announced. The gameplay will be more similar to Fire Emblem Warriors with more RPG and strategic elements than Hyrule Warriors, Age of Calamity. Samus Hunter does continue by noting that at the start of the game, players will notice a key difference in the story, which is how and why Byleth is with all three Lords. Adding to this, they claim the Monastery is a bit different. You could still both talk and teach students battalions as part of the game and supports and parrot mechanics will also be back. That's not all. Samus Hunter also relays word that the moveset of characters is mostly tied to their class. However, some characters have a unique class. Meanwhile, the game is set to mostly replicate the level up skills, crest and weapon system seen in Fire Emblem Three Houses. Between each story chapter, you could take on activity, side quests and battle similar to one present in Three Houses. To get rare items and weapons, for example, a battle that granted a unique weapon in Three Houses could have very similar quests in Three Hopes. So yeah, obviously this is really exciting info and some people always debate whether or not we should cover some of these Twitter leakers out there, but yeah, Samus Hunter has a fairly solid reputation at these sorts of leaks. So we're just gonna label this with the rumor tag, throw that salt over your shoulder and enjoy. Next up, we're gonna be actually talking about what Zelda games are gonna be coming this year because we have some rumors around this and some of these rumors date back to the last year, but we have some new confirmations now, plus some information I have received behind the scenes. And before I talk about that, we have to say, hey, look, there's been a Zelda game basically every year of Switch, right? 2017, we have Breath of the Wild, 2018, we had Hyrule Warriors Defender of Edition, 2019, we ended up with Link's Awakening Remake, 2020 at Hyrule Warriors, Age of Calamity, that prequeled the Breath of the Wild, and then 2021 had Skyward Sword HD, and then obviously we know Breath of the Wild too was slated for this year, but now that's pushed to 2023, and it's probably the Zelda game for 2023.  And there's been a lot of assumptions. It'll be either the Wind Waker HD or Twilight Princess HD, which makes sense, because those were rumored last year, Jeff Grubb said, hey, you know, that could happen this year, and Jeff Grubb is obviously fairly reliable, but you know what? We actually have some more, you know, looks at this and thoughts of this first, a rumor from Samus Hunter, where she notes the delay of the sequel, Breath of the Wild to spring 2023 is a bit unfortunate, but you know, they have backup plans for other Zelda titles, which again, she doesn't reference what those titles will be. Well, I've actually heard from some birdies that are tweeting all around me, you know, not talking about Twitter birdies, just some little conversations happening from some people that I trust, but don't trust enough to say this is a verified fact, so I am gonna put this in the rumor territory that we are indeed going to be getting new Zelda games this year. Now, what those Zelda games are, there's been some hints, but nothing that I could say is verifiable. Again, the Wind Waker or Twilight Princess seems very likely, if not both, but you know, again, I'm just hearing hints of this out there, whiffs in the air, something Zelda is happening in 2022. I don't know what it is, but that is the rumor, that is what I believe, and I just wanted to throw it out there. You guys let me know what Zelda thing you want to happen, if not the Wind Waker or Twilight Princess, what about some Oracle remakes? What about Phantom Hourglass or Spirit Tracks coming back? I have no idea. The Minish Cap? The Minish, could it be the Minish Cap? Gonna be Ocarina of Time in HG? I have no idea. You guys let me know what Zelda game you hope drops this year, cause it's probably gonna be a remake or heck, what if it's a top down Zelda game that they've been working on since 2019, cause those don't take as long? I have no idea. You guys let me know what you would like to see down in the comments below. Now our last story deals with a Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift lawsuit. There's actually several of these suits happening right now, several class action and more, because Joy-Con Drift has been a fundamental problem with Switch for years, and while Nintendo has sort of denied it, they've also sort of admitted to it. They've said they've made it better. They said they'll fix all of our Joy-Cons for free, even outside of warranty, but they never really outright say, hey, you know what? Joy-Con Drift is a massive problem on Switch, bigger than any other system. All they've ever admitted is that, hey, you know, Drift is something that happens on every controller and is inevitable. That's not really admittance that there's an extra issue with Switch, which there clearly is, cause whether it's the pro controller or the Joy-Cons, all of them seem to drift more frequently than any other controller from the competitor. So, what's happening with this lawsuit? Well, Nintendo's now arguing that this lawsuit is invalid. Why? Because children are not allowed to sue Nintendo because they cannot agree to the end user license agreement, and thus the mothers who are the ones actually in the lawsuit are invalid and the judge actually agrees with this defense, although that's not where it ends because it's being appealed at the federal level. Let's actually get into the details of this. So according to a report from Axios, Nintendo lawyers have recently argued in a case, Sanchez et al. versus Nintendo of America, that certain individuals suing the company have no standing, because the ones affected by the Joy-Con Drift issues are children. Essentially, Nintendo has claimed that children cannot sue the company because they allege no cognizable harm to themselves. So they can't be aware of any harm to themselves because of drift, which is really strange. In addition, Nintendo's defense cited that the end user license agreement, the EULA, that switch users must acknowledge before even using the system, states that they must be over the age of 18 to accept. At this point in time, an arbitrator has actually ruled in favor of Nintendo's defense and claimed that the two mothers representing the children in question cannot proceed with the class action suit. The lawyers representing these plaintiffs have pushed back on this ruling though and have pushed for a federal judge to examine the case. Now obviously what's interesting here is Nintendo arguing that children can't sue them because children can't agree to the end user's license agreement. Of course, I think loss in all of this is that the children didn't buy the system, the parents did, the parents are responsible for their children, they're responsible for the product. As an example, if you file a warranty claim for the switch, the child's not gonna be the one filing the warranty claim, the parent is and also Nintendo pushes parental control apps for parents to set up the child's account and agree on the child's behalf. So this is what I find very interesting here is that Nintendo's argument is basically the children cannot complain about Joy-Con drift because they can't recognize what drift even is because they're too young to understand because they're kids and because they're under 18 they couldn't agree to the end user license agreement in the first place. Which is really funny because the end user license agreement has nothing to do with this except for the fact that the end user's license agreement does state that you cannot sue Nintendo. Here's the problem though, if they can't agree to it and there is drift happening, what does this have to do with it? I think that kinda means the end user license agreement is thrown in the trash and that still should be able to proceed forward but the judge obviously in this case disagreed and said, hey look, Nintendo's right, children can't sue mothers can't sue on the behalf of the children even though the mothers are probably the ones that bought the switch and set it up and might even have parental controls and even set up the child account in the first place and made the agreement on the behalf of the child. So it's gonna be very interesting to see what happens with this case because this could be something moving forward where a lot of people involved in these cases do happen to be children but not everyone. There are actual adults in some of these class action lawsuits but this is just one way that Nintendo's like, hey look, we're not even in this point going to deny the joy kind of exist. Forget that argument. We're gonna argue you can't sue us in the first place. Why? Because children can't agree to even use the switch in the first place. So if children can't agree to use the switch, children shouldn't be able to sue us because yeah, they aren't supposed to be using the switch. So I'll say this, I'll say this for Nintendo's legal argument here. Look, if you're someone out there that always says Nintendo is for kids, Nintendo switches for kids. According to Nintendo of America, you have to be 18 or older to use the switch. So, is it for kids then? Nintendo of America just told you no. Our platform's not for kids so kids can't sue us. What a great argument. So I guess what guys?  You gotta be 18 or older to use our system. The parental control, be damned. Anyways, whatever, this is what happens in the legal way of doing things. There's so many loopholes to jump through. That's why I don't know if anything's gonna ever come from these class actions and if they do, it's gonna happen a decade from now and hundreds of people are gonna get a check in the mail for $5. It kinda makes you wonder if it's even worth doing this. I understand the whole point of these lawsuits is not just to recoup some costs for buying the system or buying extra Joy-Cons but also to hold the company accountable. Unfortunately in a lot of class action lawsuits, it takes so long, the company's already moved on and never actually got held accountable while the whatever they were suing over is still relevant. So in the end, the only people that really make money on this end up being the lawyers because they get a fee on the overall fee from Nintendo. Say Nintendo loses and they gotta pay $100 million, the lawyers might get like five million of that, the rest gets spread out among thousands of people and it ends up being really small amounts and nobody really ends up happy except the lawyer. So I don't know. I think Nintendo is being a little bit scummy here but they're doing what their legal team is supposed to do and that is find any possible loophole for Nintendo to win and right now they are winning. So anyways, folks, I am Nathaniel Ruffeljant from the Center for Prima. I wanna thank you so much for tuning in. Hopefully you found this video informative.  Smile, let people know that hey, you care about them. Call your mothers and your parents and your brothers and sisters and even your children and let them know how much you love them because every day is precious.


It's really fascinating to think about what the Straw Hats could have been. I mean, in Oda's original designs, he included a smoking moose, the unholy love child of Usopp and Blackbeard, also known as Usubeard, as well as the subscribe button for the Grand Line Review, which would have given the Straw Hats regular One Piece content uploaded straight into their YouTube feeds. But even though that character was unfortunately cut, Oda's loss is your gain. Show this button some love by pushing it. Hello and welcome to the Grand Line Review, your source for everything One Piece, and today we have a mildly important discussion surrounding the current events of the manga and a particular character who may or may not be named Yamato. And if somehow you've stumbled onto this video without being caught up and have no real desire to be spoiled, then I highly recommend coming back to this video at a later date, because if you have not even yet heard the name Yamato, then that's an indicator that we're going to be talking about some pretty huge things here. I'll give you just a second to select another wonderful Grand Line Review video to watch, and by now I'm assuming everyone left is all good. Great. So this video is more or less going to be examining the very real possibility that Yamato is going to join the crew after Wano. And there are a fair few arguments, both for and against, but I want to emphasize that I almost, almost never make videos like this. I mean, yes, I've done one before looking at the potential of character becoming a Straw Hat because I think there's a lot to be said there as well, but generally I don't like getting caught up in the hype. Because any time a prominent new character makes their way into the series, it is without fail, met with a chorus of that character, Finakuma. Among certain segments of the online One Piece community, you all know who you are, and while oftentimes it is done as a bit of a meme, there are far too many occasions where it is met with very serious discussion by people absolutely desperate to be the first to call the next Straw Hat, but this whole Yamato situation is, well, it's quite different to say the least. And first and foremost, it is because Yamato has expressed a direct desire to set sail with the Straw Hat specifically, but not only that, Yamato was also cited the reasoning for this being, the desire to mimic the journey of Kozuki Oden, who famously sailed with the Roger Pirates all the way to the legendary island of Laugh Tale. And that alone puts Yamato in some pretty serious contention, because thinking back on the series, this kind of initiative does tend to work wonders. We first experienced it when Robin magically appeared aboard the Going Merry, claiming that Luffy had to let her join the crew in order to take responsibility for saving her life against her will. A funky situation, which having said it like that does sound a bit odd, but hey, it made sense in the context of the situation. Although I suppose that's kind of it for that brand of situation, I mean any other time a Straw Hat joins apart from Brooke, it usually takes a fair bit of convincing to get them on board. However, this one situation we have of someone approaching Luffy directly with the request to join the crew, does seem to have a 100% success rate as of right now, which I know is a bit of a joke, but there is great precedent for this kind of situation, very much working out in the favor of the one who boldly propositions Luffy. Which we can see in many other examples of non-Straw Hats as well, going all the way back to El Abaster, Luffy accepted Vivi and Igaram's request to have her board the ship. In more recent times, we've also been ferrying Kinamon and the other samurai, due to them asking, and in more recent, recent times, we've also had the aforementioned Carrot who snuck aboard Thousand Sunny, begged Luffy for an adventure and then just never left. Whereas I can't think of many examples where a character has asked Luffy to join the crew or board the ship, which he has refused. I mean I suppose there is the Grand Fleet, but that was a very different scenario. So it doesn't automatically point to Yamato for Straw Hat, but being this forward is a bold and proven strategy, at the very least, to get aboard Luffy's ship. But that alone is not enough to take Yamato's candidacy seriously, at all actually, and we do need to look a layer deeper now at the general concept of inherited will, which is the driving force of almost everything in this story. One piece has a very strong motif of passing on the desires of the fallen directly to those still living, with the most obvious and important in this case parallel, being that of Luffy and the former Pirate King Goldie Roger. These two never met in the story, however Luffy is undoubtedly the inheritor of Roger's will, and this is shown to us in a wide variety of ways, such as his own physical journey mimicking that of Roger, the two of them having worn the famed Straw Hat, and the idea that each former member of the Roger Pirates we come across seems to see something particularly special, if not inherently familiar, in Mr. Luffy. And I take the time to point this out, because without that idea in play, Yamato's chances of becoming a Straw Hat due to inherited will would be significantly diminished if not snuffed out entirely. But Luffy has a tendency to mirror the Roger Pirates in terms of the makeup of his crew as well. A great example would be Frankie, whose mental figure Tom built the Oro Jackson for the Roger Pirates, or by recruiting Chopper from Drum Island who trained under Dr. Kureha, a woman who clearly knew Roger well, given that she knew his name was Goldie Roger. And now we have Yamato, who rather intriguingly quite literally identifies as Kozuki Oden, who as stated before was a key figure in the final journey of the Roger Pirates, and was even with them to discover Laugh Tale. So for someone who so strongly resembles or at least desires to resemble Oden, hopping on board with the future pirate king just as Oden did makes all the sense in the world really. And then of course we need to consider Yamato's personality, which also strongly mimics that of Oden himself. You know a man trapped in muano and desperate to venture into the outside world, even though their individual circumstances are slightly different. At this point it's hard to see a situation where the wano arc ends and Yamato does not go out into the world one way or another, although I do have at least one potential scenario for that, which I'll get to in a bit. But first, this is what we have to work with. And even though we've only known Yamato for what, two and a half chapters at the time of this recording anyway, it is a hell of a lot to contend with. And something to sit up and take very seriously. In the same way that Brooke was practically a confirmed crew member, in the very same chapter that he was introduced. With that said, I do need to point out the difference in his situation, which is obviously that Luffy asked him. And having said that, there's also a difference in the Robin situation, because Luffy accepted Robin's request immediately, whereas no such thing has yet occurred with Yamato. But with that we should probably get into some things that don't quite add up with Yamato's candidacy, the first of which being what role on the ship he would take up. This is quite a tricky one because for all intents and purposes, if we are to go with the Roger Pirate parallels, then Yamato should mimic Oden's position as a gateway into reading the Ponoglyphs. But that's slightly awkward, because we already have Robin who does exactly that. In fact, at this point in one piece, Ponoglyphs are almost Robin's sole purpose aboard the ship, so it's unlikely that we're going to be taking that away from her. Plus I suppose there's no guarantee that Yamato could even read the ancient language anyway, unless Oden detailed that knowledge in his journal, but that also seems unlikely. Given what we know, he was much more excited to be writing about the things he was seeing, rather than the things he already knew. However, there is one purpose I could maybe see for Yamato right now, which would be locating the final road Ponoglyph. According to Oden's flashback, the Roger Pirates founded on Fishman Island, but we do not know what became of it and where it currently resides. So perhaps Oden detailed what became of it in his journal, but this is a pretty big stretch to make I will admit, and even if he did that doesn't give Yamato a role on the crew, nor does it stop Yamato from simply giving that information to Luffy, rather than needing to accompany them. Then again it is very early days with Yamato, and he may have a hidden talent or passion that has not yet been revealed to us. When it comes to what the Straw Hats are lacking as a pirate crew though, the only thing I could really think of would be a writer or a lookout. The latter of which is a role that Carrot kind of naturally slips into perhaps, we'll talk about that, but as for a writer, the logic here is that they would have someone to log the journey of the Straw Hats in the same way that Oden's journal kind of chronicled his time with both the Whitebeard and the Roger Pirates. And then who knows, maybe Yamato will turn out to be the narrator of One Piece, telling us the readers of Luffy's extensive journey after having learnt everything there is to know about this world.  The biggest I will be making in this video. But at this stage I should also bring up that there's every chance that Yamato will travel with the crew, but not become an official Straw Hat, which is kind of what Carrot is doing currently, as well as the roles of Kinemon, Momenosuke and Kanjiro. Good old Kanjiro. I have a feeling he's probably not very welcome aboard the ship anymore though. But the point is it's not out of the question, in fact maybe Yamato doesn't even want to become a Straw Hat per se, but you know just hitch a ride. I mean there really are a lot of grand assumptions being made everywhere about a character that we've barely met, which I'm of course contributing to greatly with the existence of this very video, apologies for that. But I also want to discuss the possibility that, despite having declared this desire so strongly, that Yamato maybe stays on Warner, because this very much ties into the inherited will aspect, because we should ask ourselves what was Odin's dying wish. Because these desires are often the ones that catalyse our modern day characters, like Chopper taking on board Hirluk's desire to cure the hearts of the civilians of Drum Island and deciding to take it one step further by applying that to everyone. Of course this doesn't happen in every case, such as Nami's dream to map the world, having very very little to do with Balmer's desires, but in this case Odin did have one final wish, which was to open the borders of Guano and integrate with global society. So if anything it could be argued that if Yamato really is on the path of literally becoming Odin, then he should pick up where Odin left off, open Guano and potentially even become a Shogun, or caretaker Shogun. And yes I know that idea seems like it conflicts with the most recent chapter specifically being 985, where Yamato is vehemently opposed to becoming the Shogun, but wouldn't that be a cool little ironic twist? The fact that Kaido so desperately wants Yamato to be Shogun, and the idea that eventually he would take on that mantle, but only after defeating Kaido. It's a sort of thing that would require Yamato to come to the realization that this is Odin's ultimate will, but hey that sounds like a great character arc to explore over the remainder of Wano, of which I'm sure there is much. It does however conflict with Momonosuke's ambition and inherited will, which would point him in the general direction of becoming Shogun. But you can easily argue that even after Kaido is overthrown, that Momonosuke simply is not ready. He is still far too young to be ruling this nation, even with the vassals at his side. That isn't to say it won't happen regardless, but it is the truth. So a strong commanding presence like Yamato seems almost integral, because who else are we going to rely on to lead and protect this realm? I mean I guess we have Hiori? Probably not though. Plus it would be an interesting subversion of the Robin precedent. The idea that Yamato begins his time in the story with a desire to join the crew, but ends up deciding to remain on the island. And just briefly let's also examine Yamato's candidacy in comparison to that of Karat, who regardless of your thoughts on her, has a fair bit going for her as well. Especially in that she would have a solid role on the crew as a lookout, which Karat demonstrated to perfection during the whole cake island arc, and is one of the very few basic ship positions left to be filled. Plus Karat currently has a bond with the crew that very few characters ever achieve, and from whole cake island till now, she more or less is Nakama. And I only bring this up because of Luffy's OG statement about wanting 10 crew members. So currently with Jinbei in the mix we have 9 not including Luffy, and if we take that very early statement as another fated inevitability, then we simply do not have room for both Karat and Yamato. Not as official straw hats anyway. So logically if one was a better candidate, then that would lead us to dismissing the other. But it's not quite that simple because while Karat has a role, and even a degree of inherited will from Pedro, there is one thing in Yamato's favour here, which is that ever since the beginning of Wano, Karat has been more or less completely ignored. Which I'm not so sure we can afford to do with someone poised to join the crew. And no I did not intend that to rhyme, I just heard that now while saying it. But in all of my speculation regarding Karat, I've said that the deciding factor would be a key role in Wano, that would lead her to becoming a straw hat and well where three acts in now, and I don't think that's likely to happen. On the other hand Yamato has a core connection to this arc, and it would make a lot of sense to watch his story play out and transition smoothly into joining the crew, much like every other member really, who all had their emotionally charged arcs with them at the very centre. Except for Zoro I guess, he hasn't really been at the centre of anything like ever. But when it comes down to it we are still in the very early days of this discussion, we barely know Yamato, and Wano is a long long way from being able to be called over. But I do think that this is definitely something worth flagging, because there is an awful lot going in Yamato's favour here, and just imagine the infamy that Luffy would acquire by having the child of one of the four emperors as part of his crew. Sounds pretty damn hype to me, but alas we shall need to wait and see how things ultimately play out. But what do you guys think? Please do leave your thoughts in the comments below or even join my Discord server. 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