All right, thank you. You can hear me. Okay, right today. I'm talking about a very introduction to software defined radio I'm going to start off by talking about why and after we need a software defined radio What is a software defined radio and I talk a little bit about the products that our company make and Then I give free example Applications of software defined radio including digital television transmission and reception GSM base station and 4g system being deployed at the University of Guilford and also being deployed in the Scottish Highland somewhere So back in the 1940s life was frightfully simple. You had free modulation schemes. You had Morse code You had the BBC transmitting AM modulation for entertainment and there's a little bit of frequency shift keying going on and Then kind of in the 1950s it started getting complicated someone invented FM and Obviously the transistor radio started taking off and then about 1991 a explosion of radio standards took place on the back of the 2g GSM system that was released So broadly you can divide the different radio standards into four different categories. There's the various data Radio standards, which you're probably very familiar with such as Wi-Fi Bluetooth Law and so on. There's the mobile standard such as 2g 3g and 4g and Then there's the entertainment based Systems such as digital television digital satellite and their second generations DAB and DAB 2 and obviously good old-fashioned FM and AM and Then you have the navigation based radio systems such as GPS in Galileo and the Japanese and Chinese versions So if you like this is an engineer's view of software defy of the radio environment So as a designer you normally ask not only to produce one of these But you have to produce some combination of these for modern-day products So for example your 4g phone will support 3g 2g probably GPS and so on so the cost of actually developing a Specific piece of silicon for this suddenly becomes horrendously expensive So software becomes a very much more affordable route to generate these So let's have a flip it on its head now and look at it from the consumers point of view I think most of you probably will recognize this situation You have your AM FM radio in the kitchen. You have your Wi-Fi router somewhere in the house You may be having DAB in your car. You've got some sort of combination of satellite cable or a free view You'll also have your 4g tablets lying around and so on So you have a box basically for each radio standard My wife is a minimalist and she would like to just have one box and not a whole room full of electronics She also would like it to be wireless. I never quite understood that bit, but She's very keen for things to be wireless So the idea is we have this single box software-defined radio which replaces everything else and It's largely future proof So if someone invents a new software-defined radio standard a new sort of radio standard It can be app can be downloaded and so on So let's start looking at a little bit more detail at the software-defined radio I first of all like to emphasize that a software-defined radio Isn't the card that you buy from crowd supply or from Amazon, but it's actually a whole system So you have the RF parts which would typically include an antenna and some kind of RF filter Which prevents you being jammed by interfering signals and also stops you interfering with other systems You also have the radio module itself, which would include some sort of transceiver unit And then it would either include an ASIC or a field programmable Gate array logic system which provides the connection between the radio and the computer And these will typically be using USB 2 or 3 or PCIe and then you have your computer itself and The repertoire of software which you can download off the internet or is supplied by the manufacturer of the equipment Bear in mind that today's entry-level computers are now multi-core Vector maths geared up machines So it's been a tremendous leap of progress in the hardware platforms that we have for our computers these days and Of course they connect to good old-fashioned ethernet Wi-Fi and ADSL. I Could talk about our transceiver It's a very complicated animal And I think this is probably true for most of the Radiochips used in software-defined radio. So they're highly programmable beast We'd like the term field programmable which takes on a whole new meaning here, of course and and We're obviously looking for low power consumption and For today's applications. You don't just have a single channel Radio now, but you actually have what's called MIMO where you would have one maybe two Transmit channels and to receive channels working on different antennas So the idea of the company I work for is to produce the chips We then produce the modules and we also but starting to produce entire systems for customers now and What we're relying on is our third parties to produce the software which we then run on those products to Generate the different applications so for example, we have both USB and PCIe products and not really into bashing the competitors they each have their own value But the main limitation on USB is the amount of traffic you can actually get down the USB cable So typically for USB free you're looking about 30 mega samples per second For MIMO transmit and receive. So that kind of sets the maximum speed for the hardware PCIe is a bit more relaxed than that So typically you're looking at something like 60 mega samples per second For a full MIMO transceiver system Some of the radios will actually have waveform playback which I personally find very useful for debugging Radios as you're developing them our designers that come up with all sorts of fancy cases So there's not only an evolution of what goes inside the box But there's also an evolution in the box that they actually come into So a little bit about our radios basically you can buy them from crowd supply Other companies will sell them through Amazon Our crowd supply does give a comparison to some of the competitors Which will help you choose whether our products the right product for you or whether one of our competitive products is more suitable for your application We have a open-source policy in our company So the actual hardware is open source So you can actually read up about the chipsets that are gone into them And you can then get the data sheets and learn how to program all the different parts and develop a Radio at any level of detail which you wish to We have our own LimeSuite software which has two roles It's primarily was intended to test the chip as we developed it But it also produces a C library which you can then link into with your software And then you can link into other languages of course such as Python Okay, now for some typical examples We have a digital television example here and it's kind of the project that we quite like at Lime because It's a mixture of things. So it has one of our SDR radios in it It has a Raspberry Pi zero and the software was developed by ever is cause or I think from Denmark and He has both a transmitter and a receiver for digital television So within a couple minutes you can actually be broadcasting your own digital television stream Subject to the local regulations, of course, wherever you are Another system that we have which is actually deployed here Which I believe is working reasonably well is a GSM base station I think on each of the data Porter cabins here They have one of these base stations and it consists of a Raspberry Pi again one of our SDR modules and a power supply And it's providing GSM coverage over this site Is based on open source software developed in Germany by our friends at Osmocom So it's actually As I say an open source for a free-to-use system at the high end of the system that there's also we have systems with a High processor so i7 processor and this is actually being used to Generate 4g signals and allows you to do Video telephones around the office or in the small local area And it's also being used in some macro base station Development so for example, we have a trial system at the University of Surrey in Guilford on top of the 5g IC Center and Another system is being rolled out which I think is 20 watts and is going to be deployed in the Orkney Islands in Scotland and this is using commercially available software such as a mary soft and quarters and I think the hardware is on the limenet project for those who want to follow up on that So if you like it's a combination of second generation professional quality software defined radios and Developments in the microprocessors themselves and also developments in the open source software and also commercial software That's enabling these radio systems now to be used for entertainment for surveillance for mobile communications and we're gradually making progress to that single box radio Okay, that concludes my talk Thanks, okay Do we have any questions from the audience and just if you could try to keep them short in general? And if you have specific very specific questions, maybe Talk with our speaker afterwards It's not a question. It's just One of your units is strapped to that pole to your immediate left I was wondering so could you give us an estimate about how long it would take to sit up a mobile phone repeater a Mobile phone repeater we've done a number of projects with a repeater company. So that could be done fairly quickly Best way is to contact us and we'll give you a software state for one of the radios And then you can just develop whatever else you need to make it compliant with regulation I thought Osmocon was supporting LTE. What why are you using proprietary software for the? the LTE Projects, I don't actually know the answer to that one if you could raise your hand so I can see it That would be incredibly helpful if you have any more questions. I I think that is it. Thank you very much and


The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, so named in honor of the city that hosted the final negotiations, was concluded on June 26, 2012. For the first time, the intellectual property rights of actors and other audiovisual performers have been expanded and comprehensively recognized in international copyright law. China has been to the bottom of the ocean and to the top of the sky, and the universe of copyright has expanded to include a new treaty, the Beijing Treaty, which at last recognizes the contribution that actors and audiovisual performers make to enriching our lives. In the same way that writers and composers depend upon royalty income for their survival in the long term, performers around the world must benefit as well from income from the exploitation of their work. The Beijing Treaty strengthens the precarious position of many struggling film actors and other performers by providing a clearer international legal framework for their protection. 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This will be a very important instrument for our stakeholders, performers and also the producers of Indian film industry and this diplomatic conference is the best example for the multilateralism and norm setting in a very flexible and friendly manner which all the member countries participated and then agreed to the final conclusion of the legal treaty instrument. The wonderful thing is the delegates here in Beijing have seized the opportunity to bring performing artists into the system of intellectual property that was started 125 years ago by delegates in Berlin, Switzerland. President was pleased with the outcome. We have been fighting hard to have some of the points that we had been raised before and none of them have now been adopted. 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This is covering the spread part of the Fandall podcast network One final slate of regular season games coming up in the NFL with week number 18 It just around the corner and some big big games coming up We're gonna break those down with Ryan Williams who's back with us for today to break down his favorite bats across week 18 at Fandall sportsbook this is covering the spread right here on the Fandall podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire calm join here once again by Ryan Williams Check him out on Twitter at Ryan Alexander underscore W Ryan has been out for the past couple weeks because Ryan you and your wife had a baby. So first of all Congratulations, that's fantastic. How you doing today? Oh Man, I'm I'm doing all right. You know, we pushed the the time back of the recording for me and the new dad Like to get some rest. So I was appreciative of you doing that Jim. It's been it's been great though I mean, there's no words that can be described I'm trying to think back of all the people who you know give advice But they say make people's advice because you got to figure it out for yourself And you know, it is it is surreal because you just think about how your life changes Instantly and it does like you just you think about them all the time You can't everything you do is about them like my wife and I we literally have just been the sole focus of them And I just can't imagine life before The the child I can only imagine that it gets, you know, they start to become fleeting memories the longer The more the kid gets older. So We we're just been, you know hanging out at home Luckily, I've had the opportunity to be home with my wife. So that's that's been great. We've been tagged team in it and Just, you know, it's every day's an adventure. So we just going forward from here, man That's awesome. Well, happy for both of you. That is fantastic. I saw pictures of your son on Christmas. He looked great Just really cute pictures. So I mean, if we get if we get to still talk to you but also get like baby content on twitter You know, I feel like everybody kind of wins. Obviously, I you know, I want you to get sleep and stuff like that But uh, you know, I feel like there are no losers in the situation at all Absolutely not. No, and he only has, you know, the option to represent Chicago sports teams here in the state of Wisconsin So, uh, we've already got him set up with that and it's it's it's been fun to see all the all the gifts and stuff He's been getting around around, uh This time and knowing that his birthday is three days before Christmas. It will probably even only get That fact as we get as we get Seal out to the next year get him a Justin Fields jersey as the bears lock up their post season birth for 2023 You know, that's you can buy that now. I don't know if you can plan for how big he'll be by then But you can plan out how the fields jersey already locked down for next Christmas Yeah, we actually have a 12 month onesie, uh for the kid that his uh, his great aunt and uncle brought over To, you know represent represent fields, uh next year. So a lot of fun things happening there I mean, you know the bears We'll see what they could be playing for a real half draft pick here and maybe they try and parlay that into something big Who knows but yeah, we would be exciting to see him get some help and Uh, have my son be able to wear that with pride next year. Absolutely. Well, congratulations to you Congratulations to your wife as well. I'm very happy for both of you and excited to have you Um, just, you know, live in your best lives and happy to have you selfishly back on the air as well We're going to break down week 18 and dig into those lines here in just one second But first a reminder to make sure you are subscribed to covering the spread wherever you get your podcast We have our and our uh ncw championship Preview up with ed fang breaking down tcu versus georgia. We talked about ed's thoughts on the spread necking There's been some movement there. We talked about total player props and much more find that by searching for covering the spread Wherever you get your podcast and while you're there if you like what you hear leave us a rating and review as well Looking to get more out of the NFL this season. 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We got some teams locked into their seats, which means they do something to play for next week, but not this week and Likely gonna rest starters. That's the bucks the giants potentially the chargers as well in the afternoon window on sunday And when I put backups in for the giants and the bucks My numbers still show value in betting them The bucks are currently We have this plus four right now plus four and a half against atlanta And then the giants are plus 14 two touchdown underdogs against the eagles So even when I put in backups to those teams i'm seeing value So what would you do in my situation where you have value on the bucks and giants? But you're kind of wondering you might be under accounting for the for the backups being in here How would you handle a spot like that if you were in that situation? Yeah, I mean it it is a slippery slope right and that's what we love about week 18 As it's presented itself and even more so I feel like this year just with all the scenarios that are going on with these teams But I think you you you look at it from a historical approach You look at it from what the slate is giving you and so for these two teams for example Let's let's break them down. So the bucks really, you know, they handled business last week Was the brady mike evans week and we know what all that meant for them and they've locked it up but they had been reeling leading up to this point and Brady's come out and said that they they need to play in this game Todd bulls has come out and said that the starters need to play in this game And I don't expect that they'll play the full game But we've seen historically like with Brady with the patriots in these types of situations that he wants to go out there and still play So you could get them for a half and a half might be enough to to make an impact Where you know where things stand especially the way that they were firing on cylinders on offense Last week I would imagine, you know, brady wants to go out there and get multiple scores In in this game. So that that really is the one that makes me worry about taking an underdog in the situation when you know the team who's Favored is actually still playing Getting into the playoffs now with the eagles and giant situation You have a team where you have a situation where the giants really don't need to play In this game like at all if they if they end up winning this game I think the likelihood of them getting the eagles again in the playoffs is very is very hot So depending on how things work out So that's where things become interesting and on the eagle side of things They need to win this game to lock up the number one seed. So I mean 14 points We talk about that being a lot But we've seen this eagles team go out and throttle teams before Especially with Jalen Hertz being back You've got to like the chances of them trying to you know make some noise here as they take on a division rival So this is where it gets fun and interesting jim because There's so many scenarios and caveats and things that you pay attention to and Who's playing in the noon slot who's playing in 325? I know we'll talk about it later later with the lions But that whole thing is just so interesting to me Bengals and bills on the slam Casey is playing on on saturday, you know, there's just so many different scenarios and like the biggest The biggest thing that I think is important to tell people is that We don't know like you know to go into these games and think that oh, we know exactly how this is going to play out Oh, these starters are going to rest like outside of the Texans and the bears who like Really are playing for a high draft draft pick and we know lovey smith has the propensity to Do everything that he can to tank like that game's kind of ugly Texans and cults So like yeah, you want to take but that's like the least bet on game right now like if we just Scenarios because nobody wants to pick that everybody wants to pick these high profile matchups But there's so many things that can go awry. So I I I tend to err on the side of caution With people just to say that like To take chances on some of these things that are outliers is is fun to do in this week Because there are so many scenarios where people are going to feel pretty confident that they think they know what will happen And it is the nfl any given sunday, right and things could happen So uh, that's what makes it a fun week for me to be betting on things Yeah, it's it's fascinating for sure across the board I want to go back to the bucks here quickly because you mentioned the likelihood that the starters start but then don't finish and the full game spread I think is accounting for I think it's saying that they're going to play the entire game the backups because Atlanta is not That great So a four and a half point spread to me implies they think the starters are not going to play at all The first half spread is plus two and a half on tampa bay Maybe you could take the kind of logic you were talking about where you think, okay Brady starts the game might not finish and I think that's accurate because they've already said You know, it's kind of like the oj since then if I did it if we were to sit the starters We would go playing gabbert and kyle trash hypothetically like sure. You haven't put any thought into this. Okay, buddy fair um That's but my numbers have gathered in for the entire game. So I could be Maybe overselling them because maybe trash is a downgrade from gabber. I don't know but I think that I think the plus two and a half first half might be the proper way to handle that based on You know, agreeing with what you were saying, but I still think overall there there's value in the box It's just I don't know. It's hard to say no and with the giants like I agree with you Like the eagles have a lot of motivation to win this game I my respect for tarot taylor is what's giving me like some interest still in them But um, I think that I'd agree to read that the eagles just kind of too much motivation To really have a lot of interest there, but the box one to me does Grab my attention for sure Let's take into a game where motivation is not question at all That is he titans at the jaguars right now The jags are six point favorites that fan dual sports book total is 39 and a half and the titans starting josh dobs in this game over mleek willis And I think that makes sense. Willis struggled couldn't really run their typical offense with him dobs They were willing to throw with him which he wasn't great in that thursday game last week But they were willing to throw which is important So how does the dobs situation alter your view of the titans versus jags here at the spread at six points It it doesn't alter my view Let's see. What am I trying to say here? I mean, so the biggest thing here is that What's Derek Henry doing like yeah, is Derek Henry going out there and playing because that's that's where the tennessee titans thing rides on I think it was interesting to see How the team rallied behind dobs last week Like you could tell that the titans energy was just a lot different than in mleek willis willis games And dobs hasn't really looked at greater ahead a chance to I guess when he was with bitsburg But he went out there, you know against the Dallas defense and was able to hold his own Accordingly and now we have a jaguars team that is at home But they they've never been in this position before where they're playing, you know for playoff lives Especially under this young regime Doug peterson's going to coach them up But we got mike rabble on the other side and mike rabble as an underdog like that's what we're going to take advantage of All the time and you probably can hear my son in the background. I think he tends to agree with me That you know, we we love getting tennessee titans when they are in an underdog situation They're actually playing for something here too I mean they got a lot of pride on the table and this is the division that they've been able to have handedly over the course of time in the afc south so I still See Dude, but this is a lot to me for mike rabble coach team. So i'm just going to take the points With tennessee granted that derrick henry is uh fully healthy and ready to go Yeah, he was full in practice tuesday. She so he should be fully good to go It seems like they were kind of wink wink nod nod or uh when they sat him last week It seems like they were like, okay, we're gonna rest this guy for next week, which makes sense And that essentially means that the key members in the titans not just henry, but also Every key player on their defense like jeff rickson has had an ankle injury all year And he was able to rest up last week that should matter quite a bit Especially because the titans were super super banged up the week before that game. So They are rested. That's a good thing mike rabble tremendous coach I agree with you hardily and that is Concerning for me because i like the jags a lot in this game and I happen at the jags minus six But those factors are Legitimately concerning because I do respect mike rabble a lot, but My numbers have been high in the jags all year. I look back at um, I can like check and see In which games my numbers are showing value on them and it's been Pretty often That the numbers have been high in the jags But the the reason i'm reassuring that because that can say okay, your numbers are too high On the jags you should pedal back a bit maybe adjust things to to make that better But in the games where my numbers have shown Value on the jags money line, which they do again this week It's been nine separate games the jags are eight and one Straight up in those games and they've been underdogs in all but uh two of them Well, they closed as being underdogs in in all but One of them, but that was the jets game where they got there was weird money on the jets laid So I feel like the model actually doesn't have a pretty good read on this jags team So I actually am okay Lay in the six here as concerning as that is given, you know, the factors you mentioned that I agree with with Vrable with um The defense being healthy with henry being healthy So I don't feel great about it, but I do like the jags here My else my numbers also show value on the over at 39 and a half I've not taken that yet Uh, because I don't have as much faith in my totals model as I do in other stuff But um, that number does seem a little bit low for me as well Yeah, and this is a fun one too for us jim because we had been talking about this like since the summer Uh, I remember, you know talking about the jaguar's one of the division at fan at fanfest here in chicago Um, I can't say here in chicago anymore, but yes in chicago So, yeah, this is this is one of those ones where like, you know I think from just an overall fan standpoint like this is going to be a great one to kind of watch and pay its attention to And you know, I know from a dfs standpoint, this is going to be a fun one as well to get after But but yeah, I mean, you know, this is this is really going to show a lot From what the jaguars have on the other side of things and then, you know Knowing what they did a couple weeks ago to this team as well Where they were able to just throttle them in tennessee and now they're at home They got it, you know hold their own to be able to make the playoffs So we'll see if they can if they can do that Yeah, I I would love to see trevor lorenz versus jesson herbert in the first round So pulling for the jacks in that perspective too, but we'll see how things play out here Now the two you mentioned the the jags divisional odds We talked about that both in at fan fest and here on covering the spread of one But we talked about, you know, taking the jags when the afc south We also talked Bengals when the afc north now that may be locked up by the time we get this kickoff between the ravens and the Bengals, uh, Bengals seven point favorites total is 41 and a half It would be locked up if they decide not to play the remainder of that bill's Bengals game because that would make it where The Bengals are up a game and a half on the ravens right now and they couldn't make that up so they decide not to play that game that Bengals will clinch the afc north but Still a lot of line because the two seed in the afc I think is very valuable if we assume the chiefs win on saturday night The Bengals what I believe still have a shot at the two seed. I miscalculated that this morning So my bad, but it does seem like they have a chance at the two seed and the two seed means you are at home for the second game and You know, you're avoiding playing against either Lamar Jackson or jesson herber in the first round So there's a lot of incentive to get that two seed in the afc So I think that they will push in this game doesn't seem like we're going to see Lamar Jackson here though so Can tyler huntley keep this game close and cover almost a touchdown spread against the Bengals Jim this is this is a tough one for me because tyler huntley, you know, I don't Compared to what we saw from him last year And maybe it was just because he was that spark that we hadn't seen before But it seemed like that, you know the system seemed in place to where like tyler huntley could come in and fill in for Lamar Jackson It'd be no problem. Uh, that has not been the case this year They have not been able to get things going like I mean hollywood brown I'm not gonna equate him to being you know the offensive savior that they would need But it's clear that they are missing weapons on the offensive side of the ball granted that jk Dobbins has come back off the entry and looked fantastic Um, but tyler huntley just is not in rhythm with the pass catchers at all And this is the bingles defense that is not one that you want to be you know trying to Test the waters against like they are going to come out here willing to fire I do like the bingles side of things just is where things stand At this point in time, uh with everything that has transpired over the past couple of days I think that a lot of people you know might try and talk themselves into a narrative where the ravens have You know a shy here, but if the bingles are coming in here playing for something like I'm taking the bingles, uh 10 times out of 10, uh, they they just have everything going for them There's still some injuries that the ravens are dealing with on defense as well So, uh, it just makes it tough to really buy into What the ravens are doing at this point Yeah, my numbers agree with you, uh because I had the bingles favor by 10.4 in one model and 8.97 in the other If I assume that there's no lomar jackson here Um, and I agree with that So I think the bingles are the right side here the reason I've not taken them yet Is because I worry that if the bills get up on the patriots We can see the bingles rest guys because if the bills win the bingles can't get the two seed That's the only situation in which I worry about it. So I think that they are the right side And um, I think that the seven is appropriate and probably a little bit light if I'm being fully honest But there is a scenario where the bills pull ahead from the patriots. We could see The bingles pull back on things a bit now. I don't think that'll happen I think the patriots can keep things close enough to where the bingles will push for all four quarters but that is at least a little bit in my mind where It could be a bit of a concern But I agree with you where this bingles offense is shredding right now Ever since they changed up their scheme back in week five like they've been phenomenal I mean they're struggling week five against this very same ravens team with this current scheme But since then unreal stuff, uh, even especially once I've had jimar chase healthy and stuff like that So I think the bingles are the right way to go here. I've not bet that personally But I do think there is value in the bingles minus seven in this game against the ravens Let's finish things up up in your neck of the woods now and talk about the alliance at the packers Packers are four and a half point favorites total is 49 and a half and Packers know they need a win to get in now the lions need help because the seahawks game Happens before this that is a 425 p.m. Eastern kick 325 p.m. Central Which means it'll probably end about 45 minutes or so before kickoff on Sunday night now That could eliminate the lions But does that worry you at all if you're interested in backing the lions in this game or are you on the packers regardless? No, it it it actually and I can say this uh with confidence because I am here in wisconsin and get to listen to Sports radio and all the all the fans that that talk about this game They do not want the lions coming into lambo in a situation where It seemingly feels like they have nothing to play for and the public perception will be that the packers will roll They want everybody to feel like the lions still have a chance And so if seahawks loses then all the pressures on detroit to come into lambo and really win this game So that they can get in I think the fear for green bay is that you get a lions team Who everybody's watching this 325 thing with seahawks. They're at home against the rams now the rams have actually Done pretty decently um big bay against peak arrow I think it's five and one in the past six games or something like that so against the spread It's it's an interesting matchup But um i digress because if seattle goes in there and holds face now the lions can come in and they can kind of just They can play loose like there's no pressure on jared goff there like we know his road home splits are not great So I think all the pressure is on detroit if seattle is able to handle business and and win that game It becomes a lot more fun. Um if if uh seattle loses so or If seattle wins if seattle wins and detroit needs to you know, they still need kid They don't have to play for anything but they are playing for you know, not Having the packers be in the playoffs and they are playing for you know, the dan cambell pride That we saw in hard knocks and this this is not a dude that I think we can expect to go out there And be sitting players just because they don't have a chance to get into the playoffs like they're trying to build Something going into next year Where you know if they were we people love them in the industry coming into this year Like if they go out there and they can handle business or at least make it a competitive game I can't imagine what it's going to be like for for detroit for detroit books uh when we head into 2023 season so All that being said this is one where I don't want to jump the gun here because this could really be interesting to take If seattle wins the game like if seattle wins the game This line starts changing and then you take the packers even at a more favorable spot here and more so than uh Then four and a half and now we're you know, we could be cooking way gas there when everybody's trying to hammer in on the packers Um because how can they lose at home to the detroit line to have nothing to really play for so? It it I do like the spot. I also am interested in taking the under in this game It's 49 and a half and that kind of seems like a lot Based on all the emotions that could be going into this game as well That's one that I'd be willing to take sooner rather than later But yeah, it's going to be a weight approach weight up and see approach for me With the lions here because there are interesting things that can happen after the 325 slot It's under 49 and a half correct Under 49 and a half. Yeah, my numbers show the same thing As you and I was concerned about that because the lions defense stinks And the packers, you know, they lit it up last week, but They scored twice on either defensive or special teams touchdowns They they hate snapping the ball before there are like 0.5 seconds left in the play clock Like they run that thing down all the way Which is that's a big part of why my numbers actually have the total for this game at like 46. I think It's a lot lower than where it's currently at So I agree that the under is very in play for this game And I also want to you know, echo what you said with regards to everything with the motivation I don't think the lions are going to pack it in if they if they can make the playoffs in this game Because of the day Campbell's this is their playoff game Yeah, if the seahawks lose this is their playoff game or the seahawks win This is their playoff game And I think the day cam will pitch it that way They're not going to know until right before kickoff if they have a shot to advance or not Which means they're going to play their starters. We know that for sure I feel like four and a half is a lot and I think the thought process you're saying is correct where You hold off to bet this one until after the seahawks game under the assumption it gets to I don't think you get to a touchdown, but it might get to like six and a half at that point But I think that the reason why I'm willing to take it now is there's a chance that seattle does not win That's that's a possibility and If that were to happen We'd probably see moving the other way So I'm okay locking it in now and kind of you know Assuming the markets are properly counting the odds that seattle wins this game Because I think we're over accounted for motivation in this spot So I want the lions plus four and a half and I'm okay taking that now Because there is a shot that the the seahawks win and because I think the books are kind of already assuming the lions have nothing to play for in this game So it it'll probably move like you said, but it might not move too much So I'm going to take the lions right now plus four and a half um I got to be honest One of my models said the lion should be favored in this game, which seems aggressive Seems a little aggressive. That's a little aggressive. But you know it make listen, you know Being here in seeing what's transpired over the course of time. I mean this team was dead to rights at foreign aid Um, it's it's an incredible story. You know, however you feel about the packers or erin rogers or what everything like that like You know what they've been able to accomplish In the short period of time Knowing that they're backs against the wall and they had no room for error at all and to be able to be in the spot At home. No, no less.  You know jamal williams returns to the lambo type of narrative situation you got going on here Um The the lions are being ruled out and and dead to rights just off of the fact that they are playing in lambo Like if this was a neutral site, um, I think we would be treating this a little bit differently And I think that there's still some merit to think that they're not just gonna Roll over and be dead just because the packers, you know Embarrassed the vikings last week. Like this is a totally different team that were that we're accustomed to betting on over the years and so Um, I I do think that this game is going to be interesting and I'm actually happy that it did get flexed Um, as opposed to, you know, people feeling like seattle being a 325 window puts a disadvantage But I still think that there's a lot of fun that can be had even with seattle winning that game Like oh, yeah, so I think that this was the right move to flex this game It's going to be fun to have it on primetime The only bummer of this is that I like all three of these teams like how can you root against? You know smith, I can't how can you really can stand Campbell? I can't the packers super fun story with like how dead they were and now they're coming back I wish all three could make it So like, you know, if we could bump bump nudge nudge the bucks or the anyone someone else out of the playoffs I'd prefer that but honestly, it's been fun. I'm excited like you said for this game No matter what happens with the seattle game. I think it's going to be a delight, but We'll see how things go on sunday night up in the lambo Okay, where else you see in value across week 18 ryan? Oh, let's pull up the card here. Um, you know, the one game that I've been looking at Is the dimver and chargers game? Um, now, you know, I kind of I think I might have alluded to On a previous part with you that I might be done betting the broncos I might be back in on them, you know, mine is going to have here Depending on what's going on with the chargers and and what they do Or do not have to play for, you know This is a team where especially knowing that they're going into the playoffs So the first time under the herbert regime like if they if they really don't need to play for anything here Like they could just be like, you know what like we don't need to Exert ourselves at mile high we can just you know do what we need to do and and let it let it be what it is and The dimver broncos for you know, at least with the coaching change seems like they're playing for pride at At least compared to how they were able to hold up things last week against kansas city. So Two and a half there is a favorable number for me also elsewhere Where was I pulling at here the carolina panthers saint's game Carolina getting three and a half. I think that that's that's interesting as well I'm keen on that And it's been tough for me to Bet the raiders at all this year with everything that's been going on with them But the the chiefs getting seven or more points like they have not They've struggled to cover these numbers um historically and especially when we're talking about nine and a half I mean how how many times have we sat on this five and you know talking about the chiefs being favored by You know 10 or more points and uh, they they've been in letdown situations as a raiders game at home You love what we saw from gerrard stidham last week, you know a disciple of the mcgano's offense from the new england days And so you know getting nine and a half points there Is an is an interesting feat as they you know try and play for you know what they're building on for the future Maybe that's not with stidham necessarily But they still have a lot of pieces there um that are buying in the defense has been Somewhat somewhat better um comparatively is what we know the raiders defense as and this this chiefs team just has Mailed it in on situations like this when they're favored by so much and especially on the road here So i'm willing to look at the raiders nine and a half Yeah, uh, nat ty so the athletic has described the chiefs is playing with their food at times when they're like, you know They know they're gonna win so they kind of like you know dig around a little bit. Um, that's definitely happened for poor Um, the one I wanted to ask you about where i'm showing value elsewhere is actually in the dolphin's game I have scowler tomson is starting in my model And even when I have scowler tomson starting this game, I have the dolphin's favorite by 1.87 over the jets I kind of just think that Yeah, I know I think our opinion of mike white is a bit too inflated That's kind of what it comes down to here and mike mcdaniel is still I think a very smart coach I think that he can coach up this team and position themselves well For the situation obviously the last week, you know, they didn't um Didn't play great against new england, but they had a defensive touchdown They let up they they could have they you know, they had a shot to win that game I know that at the end they didn't uh, they had that late garbage touchdown and stuff like that But like I think they were at least competitive in that game Which was encouraging to me given that bridge water left in tomson was still something so The dolphin's money line right now is even money at vandal sportsbook Uh, if I have the dolphin's favorite I am okay taking that because they have motivation the jets do not it seems like this is kind of being accounted for as if the jets are the team the actual motivation so if i'm getting a money line value on a team where I've already accounted for the backup being in and they have motivation while the opponent is not I feel like I should take that so I like the dolphin's even money any thoughts for you on that one Yeah, this one's kind of it's been a stay away from me And just because the scholar tomson thing like because you're smart ryan You're you're the intelligent one here You know, you knew better than to bet on the jets and dolphins week 18 with a backup quarterback on balls third string quarterback on Bullsides third string. Yeah, if it was teddy b, you know, I think I I could talk about your revenge game Yeah, teddy covers, right? So uh That would be interesting. But yeah, I mean the way that this jets defense plays I mean they could make they can make a In a long day for scholar tomson I know we're looking at like the patriots being last week and how you know Stout their defense has been and what they've been able to accomplish But they weren't really prepared to play scholar tomson and now we have you know Scouting report and the jets have been preparing for that. So um, that's what worries me from the Miami side now It is still interesting because you know, we do have King pieces like on the offense aside from Miami like the running backs have looked great as of late You still got hill you still got waddle. So they they can put up a slash play Against anybody if scholar tomson can get them the ball But I do think that this jet city is still kind of you know there and can make life miserable So it's that from that standpoint. It's just been a stay away from me. Yeah, I don't enjoy betting against jet defense That's uh, it's a very fair for sure But uh, we'll see how things play out in week number 18 That's all we got here for this week on covering the spread for the full NFL preview But we're back once again tomorrow Tom Vecchio was swinging by a breakdown. Is there a player props across week 18 gonna be uh A dicey one there for sure with all the stuff up in the air If we thought it was dicey for betting sides and totals player props gonna be dicey too as well That'll be up on the covering the spread podcast tomorrow and over on the fandal youtube page Make sure you are subscribed wherever you prefer to consume your content big. Thank you to ryan Williams ryan is great to have you back here on the show Have fun. Good luck with you with trying to make your son be not nocturnal and looking forward to talking to you again next week Yeah, I look forward to it and shout out to Tom Vecchio holding it down You know, it's great to be able to hear him. I mean he wax poetic You know last week, so hopefully people are you know getting getting after his action because Tom Tom is you know He's he's a one. He's he's all good in my book and he he was holding it down So appreciate him. But yeah, thanks for the shout out Jim Can't wait to get the little guy in a in a fan duel onesie here soon and uh, maybe have him make a guest appearance Probably next year. We'll see I needed lots on lions game So if you you know when he's up ask him and let me know and uh, just relay that to me. We can do that privately You can't let the good info out. Exactly. Yeah, absolutely All right, check out ryan on twitter at ryan alexander underscore w i'm on twitter at jim sanis j i m s a n n Yes, we are back with you once again tomorrow breaking down props week 18 This has been covering the spread right here on the fan duel podcast network


You say I speak about the race angle, bro, I don't know about that, but I'll split your melanin within ten, and it's funny, I'm the one that used the race angle when no one knows what this pig meant.  Right, this battle for me, it was sort of a part off from the start, because the fact with moat is, that's all that you are, so I do this for promo, and to practice performance and bars in this sort of a laugh, that's why I've done stuff like cancel the ricks when Rowan had asked, and you, well, I've watched you battle at doors and we know that's a part. So for 219 views, you'll probably be flowing at park, because we watched you grow from your bark, and then flow on the grass, town.   Why is that? Track one. That necklace was nice, mate. To afford that, you must have played the stock exchange, that wasn't pocket change, but now you just rock that nice bracelet instead, don't you, and some might say that bracelet is off the chain.  It's better they nicked your necklace when they could have left you half dead and it could have been much worse, mate. They could have robbed your car instead.  Not having a chain card dignity or self-respect, that's got to make life awkward.  Just drive forward. I checked you online. You really get to work. Tried to keep it under them Facebook limitations, didn't you, mate, but just went berserk and wrote that bio about yourself. It's 457 words. 457 words, mate.   That is the saddest thing.  At least that's what Ambi thinks. Let's finish on some facts.  So you're just acting like it was the greatest breeze taking me, but you didn't come to this battle thinking you could reign supreme, because if you did, you wouldn't have had to change for me, and no.  That's a Da Vinci coat.  Time. Ambi Jobs, he got the first in the snap and locked it up. The first one was about the second round, which was close. I was just editing what happened in the third round. I thought there was a lot to do with that. Really tough battle to judge. I gave it to Lot Smith just on the first two. The third game was incredible to see as well. And Ambi's third one was really good. It's good to back me up just about.  I mean, I think Ambi got the first. Lot Smith got the last really good battle, good flips. I think Lot Smith just packaged his first in the snap. We sold at 80k nothing more. I think Lot Smith got the first two rounds and I think the third round was really good. Yo, just came back from a crazy battle with Lot Smith and Ambi and the winner of that battle, we just got back from the judges, it is Lot Smith. Dirt and dirt that are holding way because this will be no debate with the judges.


Welcome back. It's still the breakfast and plus TV Africa and to a first major conversation this morning. The federal government has of Nigeria has concluded plans to terminate a report say the presidential amnesty program in May 2023. Now, it was gathered that the Office of the National Security Advisor had directed the interim administrator of the amnesty program, Major General Barry Indiono retired, to commence the process of winding down the program. Now Indiono, who was appointed about two weeks ago, replaced the former presidential amnesty program head, Milan Dicchio, although no reason was given for his unceremonious removal, which was announced in a statement by a presidential media aide, Fermi Adesha. Now reports also say there was outrage yesterday over this reported directive to the newly appointed interim administrator of a PAP, that's the presidential amnesty program, in case you're wondering what that is. Now stakeholders including the Pan-Najah Delta Forum, Pandefa, the Ijo Youth Council, IYC, a frontline human rights activist in the state, Kola Edokpai, a leader of the amnesty program, phase two in Aqaibom state, Imo Okoko, and the Pan-Najah National Secretary of the PAP, phase three, Tam Odugo, they all reported to have said it would not be a good idea to scrap the presidential amnesty program now. The amnesty program was established, if you remember, by the Musa Iyadwa administration in 2009, in 2009 as part of the government's measures to, you know, stem the tide of militancy in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region, and it's come a long way from the days of Umar Musa Iyadwa. Now what exactly does this mean going forward for the security situation in the Niger Delta? We have joining us security expert, Hassar Stanlambo. Good morning to you, Mr. Stanlambo, nice to have you join us this morning. Good morning, I'm Colonel Stanlambo. Thank you very much. Good morning, how are you guys doing? I'm Colonel Stanlambo, since the apology is for that. If this is true, this move to scrap the presidential or to, you know, round off the presidential amnesty program in 2023, do you think this is the time to do that, having, you think it's around its course, and now that the Niger Delta agitation is actually over, that it's time to call it time on this amnesty program? Well, thank you first of all for having me once again. I think if there is any issue, it is a timing, I would say that is right or wrong. This administration is already at the tail end of its exit.  I would have rather be of the opinion that, look, since it's this late, allow the incoming administration to take such decisions, okay? And besides, what has, you know, what has the aim itself been achieved? I mean, for what purpose was it set up in the first place? It also does the level of militants that was, you know, ongoing in Niger Delta and of course for obvious reasons who know why militancy, you know, attained a height that was no longer comfortable in the Nigerian state. Is it likely to get that region, have the youths here to become restless again and move into what they were into? I would say, well, that is left to our imaginations because frankly speaking, if there are no substitute or alternate program that will take over from this, given the initiative which the last administrator came up with, the Niger Delta Stabilization Program, if that is not allowed to move on as an alternate plan, then I'm afraid there will be a vacuum that would need to be filled, okay? Also in a situation where government is so reluctant setting up vocational training centers that would have rather occupied most of its youths, it tend to see that when you allow youths to just hang around, not occupied, the devil is likely to make use of them, okay? Well, so the next question would be what happens with continuity? I mean, it's a policy that was actually meant to curb the insecurity, especially in the Niger Delta region and right now, insecurity is still very big with us, especially at this point. So I mean, looking at that now, how do we get to that particular point when we say that you know, government is saying, hey, we're scrubbing this at the end of the day. Now what happens with the fact that there's a plan to relocate it to the nothing but the future of the country? That is the point I'm making and I'm afraid things like this, you see one, it's unfortunate that I don't want to be critical, but the point is that we don't go scrubbing a program as is without an alternate plan on ground. You must come up with an alternative, you know, that will take over from this program. Are you going to establish vocational training centers to get most of these youths well trained and make them useful to society? We live in a country where if you are building a house today, I tell you my dear, breaklers who come from the Republic, carpenters who come from Tobu and so on. Why? Because we don't have people with these skills. If you try engaging Nigerian hands at the end of the day, you are likely to regret it except you are actually lucky. Government should invest in all these areas. We've got a multitude of kids out there roaming the streets. As we speak UNESCO has just told us that we have about 20 million kids roaming the streets. I thought there used to be 15. Only last week I read through a UNESCO report and I was shocked. 20 million? What are we doing? You have 36 government employees, 37 in this country. If each state is to establish a vocational training center, training about 1,000 kids every year, that will make a huge difference. We don't seem to have people thinking in government. That is a problem. You can't scrap a very important program like this without an alternate plan on ground. Nobody is thinking. Just nobody? All right, Jesus. Stand level. Is this an amnesty program? Actually the word amnesty through this particular program that some have argued has been, permit me to use the word bastardize because people have said amnesty is a totally different concept altogether. It's not a program to, it's not a word that says they're going to pay you money so you don't fight. You're going to pay you money so you don't cause trouble. We're going to pay money so you don't break pipelines. We're going to pay money so you don't kidnap expatriates or kidnap your own people. We're going to pay you money so you don't throw dynamites. That is an amnesty some have argued. Do you think that having done what the government has done, bringing money into the situation to make it sort of like attractive, some would argue for people to engage in these acts so that they can be considered for the goodies coming from the federal government. Some have argued that crime has been rewarded and the young people in Nigeria that have been told they, if you can become violent and make noise and shout and throw something, government will listen to you and give you money. I want to talk about that in light of what we're hearing now coming from the PAP. Look, young man, the entire... You said what? Coffee. Oh, coffee, fine, good. I think I would have to share that. Coffee, speaking frankly, the concept I've initialed was faulty. The only point where money could have been brought in and that would have been just the leftist is or would have been at the disarmament period, okay, when you were asking them to send in their arms. Bringing your arms for episcule bringing will give you one million. For every general purpose machine gun will give you two million and so on and so forth so that you make it attractive and see how much or how many... Yes, how much of ammunition, arms and ammunition you can gather, okay, from these young lads who are out there in the creeks and creating all the mayhem. That is where the lure of the...  After that the mandate of the GGR goes into place fully. All right, you immediately now commence the demobilization aspect which has to do of course with. You now are counseling them, giving them some form of training and so on and you move on from there into the reintegration level which now has to do with. You giving them some enablement and re-inserting them into society. What is the enablement? What is the enablement? The enablement now is that having trained them under the demobilization stage you now give them all the necessary tools of work beneath to commence. Just point to some of them to be able to hire offices or workplace, pay salaries of one or two or three individuals and so on. And this should monitor when you recruit one or two people who are in the job with you that is how they use the platform that is part should be able to take up the salaries of such guys and make sure they are paid. And you monitor and see that they have been productive. So that's why I said at the initial the entire package I think was a bit faulty but that could be corrected because I should speak right now and make to understand part goes about five billion Naira monthly from the revenue profile of the federal government. We could look into this and see how it is further fine tuned. But if the decision by government is that no, no, no, no, no, we've got to shut this down then you shut it down with an alternative plan. Yeah, but I mean it was going to bring me to my next question of issue of continuity because I mean government is a continuum that's what we're told. And if this program was actually bought by the late president Musa Yaradwa at the time in 2009, why shouldn't we have a continuity? That's one of the characteristics of government. Well, however, it seems that the government has raised a concern which we might consider like you've rightly stated that it's valid issue of revenue and the fact that this is actually taking a lot. And so how do we explain the fact that this is not just necessarily a revenue issue but it's an issue of saying there might not just be equity and fairness because also on the other hand, there's also a plan to say we're really kitten this. There's a plan to have this in the nothing part of the country. So is revenue really the issue or this is just one of the problem that we constantly talk about, the fact that we're divided as a country? Well, in between I lost you and I'll put the pieces together and see if I can respond. Okay, so I'll come back to it again. So now the government is saying that if you look at the revenue expenditure or what we're actually gulping on a monthly basis, it feels like revenue is the problem. But also my concern is that government should be a continuum. And if government should be a continuum, then it should continue because it's just one of the ways to tackle insecurity, especially in the Niger Delta that was introduced by the then Yaradwa government. Of course, late President Musa Yaradwa. Now we have, is it really the issue of revenue or is the fact that we as a country, it might just be an issue that we're further divided? Is it we're further divided along religious and tribal lines? Because this is a plan to relocate this to the nothing part of the country. So is really revenue the challenge of this, this continuation of the program? Or you have all the sentiments and interests? First and foremost, I think revenue is the major concern here because you would agree with me that the entire country is beginning to experience a downturn in terms of revenue. And the government is in a very tight corner when it comes to resources, especially financial. And it's doing all the things it can to see how much can be saved for it to be able to meet other commitments. Even though some of us have the opinion that all you need to do is look inwards and see how you can block all some of the leakages that are on there. You know, at times we see from outside government, we see the level of wastage that goes on in government and we just laugh and wonder whether these guys really know that this country is broke. Because they go about it as if the country is not broke. And that's how you find organizations like ASU, not taking their steers and most of us lending our support to the lands of action taken by ASU. Let me not digress, however. In answering your question, I will say that it is revenue issue. It has to do with the revenue profile of the country. And then secondly too, it is important for us to know that it's not as if this thing has been shifted to the north. But the situation up north in the north is, has necessitated a similar project to come up to. Okay, it's not as if it has been shifted. But I will continue to say the timing to close down this one is wrong. It is wrong. We must look at what actually informed this project in the first place and to what extent have we driven it as the process has gone on. My question would now be if revenue is the issue. I mean if revenue is the issue that we understand. We agree that is a major challenge. What funds would be used to fund that of the program in the north eastern part of the country? What are we going to get the revenue? That is the point I'm making. That is the point I'm making that the government is trying as much as possible to squeeze and see how it could find additional money. And so preference has been placed. Alright, I have to understand that. Preference has been placed. Okay, so you have concluded your...  Well, if you say preference has been placed, I would know if any preference is placed. All I'm saying is that the government has commitments on ground. It has misused the resources at its disposal. It is now finding itself in a tight corner and it is busy doing all the things it can do. Probably it thinks they should wind up setting programs. And maybe unfortunately in the Amnesty program happens to be one of those. They have a map maybe to immediately close up and things like that. I wouldn't just go and say preference has been placed. Okay, Conno, in the bid to look at areas of overhead of expense in a national budget to cut down to reduce to see how they can reduce government spending will you blame the administration for looking at the presidential Amnesty program bearing in mind number one, like you said over the years at least five billion has been committed to this program. Number two, it's been riddled with corruption. I mean we know the history of the heads of this program who've had issues. Some of who are your colleagues, servicemen, who've had issues, questions, probes, they've been removed, love questions surrounding their handling of the funds. Number three, the Niger Delta has the Niger Delta Development Commission. The Niger Delta has the Ministry of the Niger Delta. The Niger Delta has 13% derivation. You talked about the need to look at this part of the country to do everything possible to address youth restiveness and unemployment and every other thing just like you have in other parts of the country. With all the Niger Delta has, is that not enough? NDDC, Ministry of the Niger Delta, 13% derivation. Nine arguments, that's another side of the argument which I deliberately want to go into. Frankly speaking, I think there are lots of unveiled platforms in the Niger Delta which attracts funding from the federal force which of course somebody would have said that look, can't one of these platforms handle this? You have read out a good number of them. You see, at times, or let me say, the time when a region like the Niger Delta or South, whatever, may not cry marginalization from the federal government. I think it's over. Enough is being done. What we are now witnessing is a situation where Niger Delta individuals themselves that are in charge of most of these platforms have become part of the routine process ongoing. They have become part of the message. How can the region account for what comes into it by way of financial funding and financial provisions? It's so difficult. On the other hand, have you ever had the federal government, has anybody been prosecuted? No. Yet we claim we have an administration that's fighting corruption. I've not seen anybody from any of all these organizations or platforms in the Niger Delta being prosecuted. People say the amnesty program is in abuses. What have we done on those who have used it? We are really fighting corruption. This is the way to fight corruption then oh, it's intrusive.  Government has got to be fair. Government has got to pick most of these guys, get with them and let the court of law take it. Thirdly, I will continue to recommend this. The earlier we reintroduce the debt penalty into our law books, the better for us. The National Assembly has got to think about this seriously. Otherwise, I can assure you sorry, one individual will jump up and sell this country out completely, pocket money and disappear. I will shall be here busy attending night visions. We have to call it a day. Interesting way to learn. You just got me laughing there. Thank you so much for your time. We will definitely look out to see where this goes. I think the thesis of what you are saying is that the Niger Delta stabilization program as put up by the guy who was the previous guy maybe should be maintained as well as gradually winding this down to look at other ways and other aspects of investment by the government serve the Niger Delta. Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it. Okay, we have to move on now. Of course we have more conversations coming up. Mercy? Definitely. But as a way of equity justice and fairness is that if we say that we probably might be faced with the issue of resources and financing for the project then would it be necessary for us to have replication of a replica of that same program in another region at a time where we need to be very sensitive about our collectiveness as a country. We will take a break now and when we return we will have time for us to look at our second conversation. Please stay with us.


My name is Kaye Felix and I will come you to Kaye Felix Inspire. Always remember if you are coming here for the first time please don't forget to subscribe. Hit the bell icon so that you get notified whenever I post new videos. Please do stay tuned for more details in this video. Today I'm extremely delighted to hand over this important institution to Mr. Dingan Banda. I'm delighted because I'm handing over a robust and vibrant tax authority to someone I employed in the authority in January 2004 as Assistant Commissioner of Data Management and Intelligence to help ZDRI's successful implementation as a product and I'm happy that you alluded to that. Analogically, on Friday last week President Haka Indehich, the Maghevnista Banda, keys for a fully refurbished bus with 2,300 people carrying good food for a party with 18 million people in another town. Instructed you Mr. Banda to drive that vehicle, deliver the food and have a good party with 18 million people waiting. Your bus has a steering wheel, a water, windscreen, rear view mirrors and accelerator among other accessories. Therefore for you to reach your destination where 18 million people are waiting you must use less of the rear view mirror and the uta. If you focus in the rear view mirror you will crash. Kill the passengers, destroy the bus and the party will not take place. If you overuse the uta the noise will irritate both the passengers and the other motorists on the road. That bus is the ZDRI. The passengers are your staff. There are 2,300 right now. The food is the revenue the 18 million people who Azambians are waiting for through government to provide services of public good. Your rear view mirror depicts your past frustrations and differences with your team members at ZDRI to avoid crashing.  Yes, check the rear view mirror and use the uta when it is absolutely necessary. Your uta, learn when to speak and when to keep quiet. Never respond to social media, but focus on what the president has asked you to do, generate revenue for 18 million Azambians. Sure leadership and never make emotional decisions when dealing with your staff and taxpayers. Always remember that not everyone will like you, but that doesn't matter. You are not in a popularity contest. You are not in a beauty contest. In fact, if you become popular among smugglers and taxilators, Zambians must be worried. I know when my contract was terminated on Friday, there were celebrations in Akonde, Cherungu and Kazungula among smugglers. That was good feedback for me, but show them that you want to arrange smuggling. As a leader, you must like everyone due to the value they are bringing to the organization. Trust me, I've proved this in my five years at ZDRI. There's a lot of value in unity despite our diversity as ZDRI employees. First, a genuine unity and teamwork. If you start picking up battles with your staff and taxpayers, you won't succeed in delivering revenues. Please use the image power and authority in the office of the commissioner general to build ZDRI and march to destroy it. In the event that you find the mistake that I made during the course of my work based on the facts I had at the time, please just correct it. Don't use it as an excuse for your failure and continue singing about it in public. There is a limit to which you can blame me or indeed any predecessor for your failure beyond which that limits people of that question in your capacity. I've left you with all the tools you need to change anything, but please do not change what is working because you destabilize the institution and revenues will respond negatively.


What do you think? Would this man make a good doctor? What about him? Would you trust him with your surgery? Most people would probably want to get treated by one rather than the other and most people are likely to be wrong about that. When you look at the Sun you sometimes see it clearly, but sometimes you'll see it shining way bigger than its actual shape. That circle of light that makes it look bigger is called a halo. The halo effect also happens when a person, product, or company shines like the Sun. Then we don't see them clearly and associate all sorts of unrelated qualities to them. The halo effect was first identified in 1907 by the American psychologist Frederick Wells and was then studied by the psychologist Edward Thorndike who asked flight commanders to evaluate their officers in various distinct aspects such as physical appearance, intelligence, and leadership. Examining the results, Thorndike found that the officers that got high scores for their physical qualities also got rated high on intelligence and leadership skills, a correlation that seemed wrong. It appears that the commanders were unable to evaluate specific traits independently of others. They thought of their officers in broad terms, either good or bad, and allowed this general feeling to influence the specific qualities they attributed to them. Some officers profited from their halo, others were put at a disadvantage by what is called the horn effect. The halo effect also explains why some teachers give better-looking students higher grades. One study looked at the grades of 4,500 pupils who were sorted by volunteers into three groups, below average, average, and above average looking. Did the better-looking people get better grades? The researchers then compared students' grades between classes taken in traditional classrooms with those taken online where there was little to no face-to-face interaction. The researchers later found evidence that students who were rated as good-looking earned significantly lower grades in online courses compared to traditional classrooms where they got help from their halo. Since the physical attributes of good-looking people seem to naturally make them also appear intelligent, strong, and trustworthy, here is one good rule of thumb. If you have an accident and you have to choose between two equally qualified doctors, ignore their halo and choose the less handsome one. He might have worked twice as hard to gain the same reputation and is likely better at his job. What do you think? Do you think it is possible to avoid the halo effect at work, in school, or in public life? And what about other credentials that may signal success? Please share your thoughts and ideas in the comments below. This and all other Sprouts videos are licensed under Creative Commons. That means teachers from all around the world can use them in classrooms, online courses, or to start projects. And today, thousands already do. To learn how it works and download this video without ads or background music, check out our website or read the description below. If you want to support our mission and help change education, visit our Patreon. That's Patreon.com slash Sprouts.


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