and welcome to legislative updates. I am so thrilled to be here. My name is Neneth Bulabash. I've been co-hosting this show for a couple months with Jim Baumgart, my good friend. He's been co-hosting this show, or hosting it for quite a long time. 20 years. 20 years, quite a few programs. So it's thrilled. We're here on the WSCS. But we're really thrilled by our guest. We're very thrilled to have our guest today, Jennifer Estrada, who is a statewide organizer for Voces de la Frontera, and which is a wonderful name. Which means Voces of the Frontier? Of the border, yeah. Voces of the border. Okay, so tell us about your organization. What do you do? You are in Sheboygan. You're all throughout the state. We are throughout the state. We have 11 chapters. We do have offices in our main offices in Milwaukee. We do have one in Madison. And we just, we'll be opening one on Friday. We just had a fundraiser for that. So that's pretty exciting. And we are in the works of having one here in Sheboygan. I'm so excited about that. That is thrilled. Because you have a growing member. You said you're growing fast. We are growing actually on a faster rate than we know what to keep up with. We last year were, we were about three. Three chapters with two offices. And now we are up to 11 chapters. Wow. And just growing at an amazing rate. So that's good. And it's not just immigrants. We have so many allies, so many Anglos that just want to be a part of a growing organization.  Well, nobody likes to see families being broken apart and torn apart.  You have five children born. Five daughters. And since 2012, your husband of 16 years has been in Mexico. Correct. They took him. Yes. And he has a bar. So it would take 10 years before he could even try to reapply. And of course, because the system is so backlogged, they're doing family-based visas. We would be a little bit higher because husband to wife and wife to husband processes a little bit faster. But because he has been deported, I mean, he would probably be at the bottom of the barrel. Right now I know they're doing family-based visas and they're processing from December of 1997. So they're a little bit backlogged. Let me be the devil's advocate here. I'll try to think like someone who voted for our current president, which is hard for me. But I guess the argument that I always hear is, well, if you want to come into this country, why don't you come legally like all good people? My grandparents came legally. What's wrong with that? Why not follow the law? And that's a touchy subject with a lot of people. I think when you're ignorant to the fact of how the immigration system works, that's a great argument. But once you actually get the knowledge on how the immigration system works, then you tend to understand and your heart gets a little bit open. And then if you visit to some of these countries that you're not going to the tourist areas, you understand a little bit more. I won't go totally into detail on the visas, but if you're a husband or a wife of a US citizen, it's a little bit easier to apply. Obviously that's not gonna help you if you're on the other side to apply to come here.  Then it's a little bit easier to apply and it takes about, with a very good lawyer, it takes about 18 months to 19 months before you become a legal permanent resident.  But the other visas that are available, the V visa, the T visa, the U visa, the VAWA, you have to be a victim of a crime. So welcome to America.  If not, and you're not a married to a US citizen. So if you have two undocumented people here that just simply wanna make a better life for their children, there is no visa available for you. I don't think people understand just how hard it is. Nor do people understand how crucial, how vital immigrants are to Wisconsin's economy, growth, lifestyle, health. I'm holding this button that you gave. Got milk, we all know that campaign with bread farmed with the white mustache. Got milk, not without immigrants. Tell us about that. Well, I mean, we started that campaign with Voces de la Frontera for the simple fact. When, before I started as an actual statewide organizer with Voces, I was just a community volunteer organizer. We live with our volunteers. Our volunteers are our backbone because without them we wouldn't be as big as we are. But as a volunteer, I went around Manitowoc County where I live, which makes up 13% of the dairy production for the state. But on those dairy farms, 89% of the workforce are undocumented immigrants. So yeah, we're the dairy state, but on the backs of who? Without them, the dairy farms would be in deep trouble. Yes, correct. So if ICE, this organization were to cut the Immigration Customs Enforcement, if they were to come into one of these farms in Manitowoc County or Calumet County or Kiwani County, they could take these people and then the farmer is like, oh, I have no workers. Correct. And I think that's why I go around the state and I do know your rights workshops, not only for the immigrant community, but I try to also give the knowledge to some of the dairy owners, some of the business owners that, even though they come in, make sure that they have the correct paperwork when they're looking for your workers. Make sure that they have the correct warrants. I make them sure I know what that looks like. And this is still your private property. As a dairy farmer, this is your private property.  The sad part is, you know, you can hear everywhere in the media, especially now with the new administration about we're getting rid of criminals on a daily basis. I am, in fact, today, later on today, I have to deal with one here in Treboygan of a guy who just simply didn't have a driver's license and he got taken in and then is then treated like a criminal and then got turned over to ICE. So not having a license makes you a criminal, but they say, well, why don't they get a license? Well, in 2009, they took away that right. Immigrants aren't allowed to have a license. So, and now in 2015, they changed the law again, so two driving without a license charge makes it a state charge. So you're changing the laws to make criminals to make it look like you're getting rid of criminals. So you can simply be deported for driving without a license. In my eyes, that's not a criminal. And especially when you cannot get a license. You can't get one. And I think some of the research that's been done is that, by and large, the immigrants are just hardworking people that are not criminals. And the indication that they are is just false. Yes, false news, I guess. Very false, fake news. And that's why in our organization, we help fight against some of the legislation that they were trying to pass, like SB 275 AB 190, which was the state, they wanted to make it a law, like the 287G program, the Show Me Your Papers, they wanted to make it a law in Wisconsin. And thanks to Vos De La Frontera, all of our amazing volunteers and members, we were able to stop it in 2016 and we were again able to stop it again last year. And in Sheboygan. And in Sheboygan, we had raised 200. And we crowded into, 500 people crowded into City Hall and they voted, what, 16 to one? 16 to one? Against this, because we are humane in Sheboygan. But unfortunately in Waukesha, it was passed. Yeah, and they, for the last two years, they have introduced this as a state level. And our, we've been able to stop it two years in a row with all the amazing people that we have. And your daughter testified against it. She did, yes, it was amazing. And that's why in May 1st, we're inviting everybody to march along with us in Waukesha. It is our day without Latinos and immigrants. We invite everybody, not only to become a part of the Vos's organization, you can find us at vdlf.org or any one of our Facebooks. We do have a Sheboygan, Vos's Facebook, Green Bay, Milwaukee. Join us in the fight. May 1st, we will be marching in Waukesha, not only against 287G, but exactly what you said, Jim, about having that economic impact. We are asking for a boycott from all of our immigrant communities, no work, no buying, no school. They will definitely see the impact that immigrants have on our state. So if we went on May 1st, we could not drink milk or we could boycott, I mean, how? Well, I mean, you got to figure out our buying power and it's not just the milk. I mean, they contribute so much. I mean, Walmart, they contribute just like you and I, right?  We had, I think it was a little over 40,000 people with us marching last year. 40,000. 40,000. And now because we're in a totally different state where they're actually implementing some of these anti-immigrant laws and programs, we're at a more dire need. So we need everybody to kind of stand up. And like you said, you know, why would you not want to stand up for your neighbor? Yeah. Why would you, yeah. So what is it, we're running out of time, I guess. What would you want people to know? What have we not covered yet about either your organization or immigrants in Wisconsin? Or how can you join? Yeah, I guess, if you would like to join, you can go to vdlf.org and join online. But I would ask everybody in the state to be a part of your chapter, be a part of your community. Cause we not only go against these big state bills and these programs that are coming into effect, we fully want those, our immigrants in our community to feel integrated, to feel important as they are in our community and get involved in community events. And so become a part of the different city-wide organizations that we have, the chapters of VOSSAS. Like we have one here in Treboygan. So anybody here in Treboygan watching that wants to become a part of VOSSAS, you can go to the VOSSAS de la Frontera chapter, Treboygan chapter, find out on Facebook. Where do you meet? We will actually be having a community forum on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Ranchito Mexican restaurant on Indiana. So everybody that wants to join us will actually be able to vote on the decision-making for May 1st and get a real feel for what was happening in our state this last year and see an amazing video that VOSSAS had put together on all the defeats that we had, all the gains that we've made this year and defeating like Clark and things that you don't know that's happening in the state that we've done. And tell us your youth program. Youth, yes, it's called yes, right? Yes. And that stands for? Youth Empowered in the Struggle. Yeah, Youth Empowered in the Struggle, that's how I saw your daughter. She spoke at the Unity March in January. She was very articulate. She talked about graduating high school and her father will not be able to see her. And I think it's really, really important to educate our youth, let them know that not only what's going on in their community, what's going on at state level, and then have them involved. And it's all about having, I mean, they're our future, right? So it's important for them to know exactly what's going on and how they can affect and impact the changes in their own community, even though they may think that they don't have a voice, it's time for us as adults to give them a voice. I think that's very well said. I think we were seeing that on many issues. And so we want to hear from those young people. Yes, we do. No, I think the key is the people working together, families, communities, and you're going in the right direction. And I'm so glad you're here. Thank you for inviting me. People have to have a heart. And I think most people in Sheboygan supports you. We've seen that in the rallies. We've seen those crowds. It's a wonderful thing. Sheboygan is wonderful. And that's because of your community and the work you're doing. Thank you. Thank you. So thank you, everyone. Thank you. Please check out their websites. Thank you for joining us. See you next time. Well, thank you. To Dutton. Yeah, to Dutton. Thank you.


congratulations graduating class of 2007. Charles Dickens opening chapter in the book a tale of two cities best describes our surgeon at this college. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the season of light. It was the season of darkness. We had everything before us. Yet we had nothing before us. unquote. Success is not what you see today. Oh no. It was what we experienced throughout. What you see today is the result. The result of persistence, dedication, and the sacrifice. Moments such as these bless us with the opportunity to self-reflect. And I recall events significant ones such as the really race of getting registered for some persons lost 10 maybe 15 pounds rushing from the registrar's office to the bank back to their division. Stressful events such as walking in protest over the administration's decision to reject the request to place curtains around the gazebos or perhaps just dealing with some very combative patients after surgery. Social events such as class lunches and the after sports party. Soreful ones such as walking to the reprographic center on a zero dollar budget. There were those moments we all experienced in one particular class or another where we've been as raged and intense struggle to remain awake in the face of astounding boredom. We forget the inspirational moments during assemblies and the singing of the songs such as Don't Give Up as alluded earlier by the by Monsignor Patrick Antony. And lyrical lunchtime for those of us who attended it. What an inspiring moment. All these single events are intricately sewn into the tapestry of who we are right now in this very moment. This graduating class experienced several changes. The happy ones such as the employment of a female counselor and the disheartening ones such as the decision of the cafeteria to stop making those sumptuous coconut muffins. Some of us are yet to utilize the one hundred dollars allocated to the use of an overbooked and stable computer lab. Oh yes, you would agree with me that this college taught us the value of a dollar. Libraries, seven dollars and forty cents. Time table copy 25 cents. Research handbook 25 dollars. Locker rental twenty dollars. One one cost outline two dollars and seventy five cents. Total fifty five dollars and forty cents. We would like to write up an invoice to Sal Sisi today. Nurses for the ladders in our stockings. No charge. For the bill from Shoe Express when our heels got stuck in the flooring. No charge. For the gastroenteritis we suffered from classes scheduled between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. No charge. When you add it all up Sal Sisi the real cost of our love is no charge. After a day of lecturing which we all appreciated so much so much. It deemed necessary to write a five pointer to do to do list to complete this program. One, get comfortable shoes padded shoes to tread the terrain of Sal Sisi but this idea like so many did not materialize because of lack of funds which brings me to my second pointer on my to-do list brainstorm on ways to supplement income for ten dollars a day just won't do. Having to juggle the counting prices module cost the rip off my pardon me the repro graphic center my apologies the repro graphic center library freeze. There were even those motionless tattoos remember the strategically located vending machines right next to the library deposit box. It is no wonder the highway was always lined up with students hitchhiking to castries. Number three, wake up at 5 a.m. to prepare lunch. Those lines at the container just curb the appetite by the time I got served. I tell you KFC has nothing on them. Number four, complete assignments assignments and more assignments all with one standard due date if not the first Friday of every month is the last. My final pointer book the computer lab to use it in the next seven weeks. Yes keep my fingers crossed in hope for an open space. I made many attempts to pause this list on the notice board to guide others but lack of funds just did not allow. 2007 graduating class these are the worst of times. Our society is plagued and saturated with social and health issues. The youth of today seem to be choosing a life of crime indecency and complacency but I just say that it is the best of times because we this graduating class are uniquely positioned and adequately equipped to in our various pairs of specializations to reach out to choose differently and to impact our society positively. Some of you may experience difficulty in finding suitable employment but today I declare with unbridled enthusiasm that there are always vacancies in this country they are for persons of integrity, persons of courage, persons who dare to be true to noble character in expense of personal gain and not on the basis of who has scratched their backs or who has ticked their names. To you the business major I say your bottom line should not just be profit maximization but human resource development. To the economist the opportunity cost of your planning should never be annihilating people. The science majors your formula should comprise perfect molecular structures of compassion, patience and love. To the architectural, mechanical and other technical majors I beckon you to weld and cheap away negligence and mindlessness, sketch perpendicular lines of gentleness and draw plans that will beautify the landscape of the character of our people that will live in the buildings you will build and drive the vehicles you will service. To the teachers the educators you are at the very nucleus of our society. I encourage you to model the ideals and mission citizens so your students can emulate. To everyone in this graduating class I say let us leave behind a positive heritage that will be preserved for posterity. Finally today we all look alike in our physical attire but I pray to God that we would be alike in the ultimate purpose of making a healthy contribution to our beautiful St. Lucia. This is indeed the season of darkness and if trends of selfishness and indisciplined are not reversed we could have a society that we would not want to live in. Therefore we needed to make every effort to maintain standards in the pursuit of excellence. We need to find our God. I'm not referring to calling out his name in sudden fear when disaster strikes but living a life of love and sacrifice. We need to return to wholesome values. Values of respect. Values of respect for authority. Life. Values of gratitude. Saying the thank yous. The value for reading and scholarship. We need two other Nobel laureates in St. Lucia and even more. We need to reclaim our Helen of the West. After intense study and contemplation allow me to present to you my newly gained philosophy after completing this program. Life devoid of meaningfulness is simply existing not living. Disappointment will come. Rejection will come. Pain will come and so will suffering but no matter what comes remember you have overcome. You have passed this hurdle in life. You sat in the walls which have produced greatness. There therefore remains no excuse for complacency. Helen Keller both dumb and blind wrote inspirational themes which are still in use today. The mighty Pele. Physically disabled is one of our greatest calypsoanians in St. Lucia. Ben Carson, a failing student in his earlier years. Became the world's first neurosurgeon to separate the primaries twins joined by the head and they lived. The odds have been met. The odds have been conquered. There remains no excuse for us I say again. It is our time. Our season of light. We too must carry the torch of perseverance and achieve against all odds. The future does belong to those who believe in the power of their dreams. We say thank you to the administrators, faculty and staff for being there for us and going beyond the call of duty. For saying no to us. For challenging us and inspiring us. And for offering us more than just an education. We did not only realize how much you knew but how much you cared. That level of commitment you demonstrated will spur us on to become active members of the alumni association. To the college board, governments of St. Lucia both fast and present, we express gratitude for the opportunity afforded us to study at this institution. Above all, we ascribe not just thanks but praise to God for life, wisdom and for learning in a land of peace. To our parents, loved ones and those who encouraged us, we say thank you. Congratulations class of 2007. As Deseratu says and I quote, you are a child of the universe. No less than the moon and the stars. You have a right to be here. But I hasten to say, seize your right by building on and not destroying what has been laid and become the best you that you alone can be. You have everything, you have everything, everything before you. Live life meaningfully. Love life completely. Congratulations graduating class of 2007. We deserve to give yourselves a rounding round of applause. I thank you.


Music I have nothing complete. Johnita is a good sister-in-law. She is from the local municipality. She is serving in the house keeping in Zervila. She has a family, she is 9 years old. If she doesn't have a family, or if she doesn't have a family, she will have to live with her family. She will have to live with her family, or if she doesn't have a family, or if there aren't many families there working together. There is no children here. It is traditional, very sad, and it would bebin حسامة ، have terrible luck when you won't have to live to even imagine how far you can go from there. Talking to my sister-in-law thrilled to sign. It bothers them, my recognition, the resistance of our family in the long run. Then the first step was to come to my school. They told me I was not going to school. I didn't want to do anything. Seeing that, they wanted to take photos with me. After that, they asked me what I wanted to do. When I worked with Karen, I was very happy with the results. We had a lot of work. We had a lot of confidence. We were very busy with our work. It was fantastic. It was great. There were a lot of service companies, and we were very busy with our work. I was very busy, but I was doing my best. I stayed at home. I would go to school, study, I'm a kind of rival of my friends in the future.


to wash away. Good morning, you guys, and welcome to the first day of school where it's just gonna be me in here by myself. Oh, hey, you guys. So I'm here in my classroom. It is almost 7.30, and I am here. My first Google Meet, or I guess class time, is not until 8.50, so I figured I would sit and do some prepping for next week, and then tomorrow morning when I get here, I'm going to film some lessons for next week. So really quickly, let's do an outfit of the day. Okay, friends, so this is my first day of school outfit. I got a wet sink, so ignore that. Basically, the shirt is from Etsy. I will link it down below. It says fourth grade is magical, and it's a unicorn. And then I'm also wearing some black jeans. These are from American Eagle. I really like them. They have a button up the front, and then they have a ripped detail on the bottom, but they're still solid all the way down, no holes. And then the shoes that I'm wearing are from Walmart. I don't love these shoes. I love how they look on the bottom of my feet, but they pinch my leg fat if you get my drift. So I don't know. I really don't know how long I'll be actually wearing these today because I'm gonna be doing a lot of stuff just sitting over there. So I might end up kicking them off. Up, I'm wearing some earrings that are made by my friend Shannon at Teachingjoys on Etsy. I will also link her shop down below. And then my glasses are brand new, and I shared these with y'all on Instagram. These are from GlassesUSA, and I actually got three other pairs that I'm gonna show you real quick. So I got these from GlassesUSA. So GlassesUSA is an online prescription-based glasses shop. Basically, you provide your prescription by filling it out online, and then they send you the glasses with your prescription in them. You can choose the different types of lenses that you need, whether you're near-sighted, far-sighted, single vision, or you can do a progressive or bifocal. I also really like that you can adjust your prescription to have blue light blocking, UV protection, and the polarized or sunglass. You can also order blue light blocking glasses and non-prescription as well. So if you don't have a prescription but you need something to block the blue light, you can order those as well. I ordered these a few weeks ago, and then a few days ago, they actually came in the mail. So it takes a couple of weeks to get them, but I feel like that's pretty average for glasses. All you have to do is log in, find the frames that you like, put your prescription in, and you're set to go. So these frames that I got, this one, this pair is my absolute favorite. These are not blue light blocking, but these are my favorite ones. I forget which ones they are. I think they're the Dillion. I can't read without them. That's kind of the point. Dillion, I'm gonna put the name right here in this video, but I really like these. I've never had glasses like these before with the wire frames and the plastic rims.  So that is pair number one that I got. And then I should also mention that these come in a really nice case. This is when students would be allowed to come on campus, but they're not here. Anyway, so they come in this really cool hard case. So the next pair that I got, these are blue light blocking. These are the Style Muse. And the only problem I have with this pair is that they are a little bit big for my face. So I am gonna try to look for some sort of sizing tool, something I can slip on to keep them from falling off of my head. But they look like this. They kind of, like you guys can see, they're falling down. They kind of remind me of Ray Bands. They're also just kind of like goofily shaped. I don't know. I might have to, they don't stay on. But they're really cute. I think I ordered these in a size large and I should have probably got them in a medium. But these are really super cute. And again, blue light blocking. So these I planned on getting so that I could use them for like watching TV at night, working on the computer, editing blogs, making stuff for school. And so I really like this pair. It's just unfortunate that they're really big. Like you can see how wide those are when they should be like this, you know what I mean? So anyway, those are really cute. Those are the Muse pair. And then this next pair is blue light blocking as well. You guys saw these in my last vlog. These are my little pink ones. I love these. These ones I don't know the name of either. I'll put them down below for you. I really like these. They're very light, very fresh. They're very like light as far as weight goes. And I really like, usually I don't like super light colored glasses because I feel like the black just makes my eyes pop more, but that's fine. And then the last pair that I got is a pair of sunglasses. I have a pair that are similar to these, but they're not prescription. So when I saw this style, I immediately grabbed it because they remind me of my favorite pair of sunglasses, but now they're prescription. So I don't have to wear contacts underneath.   So if I can get a pair of prescription sunglasses, then I am winning. So GlassesUSA was kind enough to provide me with a discount link. It's going to be down in the description box below. They are offering you guys 65% off of your first pair of glasses. And these are for the basic lens only. You can't do any upgrades, things like that. And any premium or marked frames are excluded, but still 65% off. That's really great. Anyway, that is my new glasses haul and let's get back into the vlog. Thank you GlassesUSA again for sending me these frames. I really, really love them and I hope you guys can find something really cute for yourselves. Also, I totally know that I mentioned that I was going to be planning on planbook.com, but I ended up going to Joanne's yesterday and I found myself a happy planner because I was noticing that when I was trying to plan and do all of this stuff for virtual teaching, I have so many windows open and I just need to be able to look away from my screen for a second and write something down. And I haven't been using my digital planner. Like I said, I was going to and I kinda knew I was gonna do this, but I ended up going and getting myself a happy planner. I actually took the cover off and flipped it inside out because I thought this cover was cuter. So I might put some vinyl on it, but I did get a happy planner. This is not a teacher happy planner though. This is a regular planner. And the reason I picked this one is because it has this layout where it has three squares per day. And I thought that's perfect because I have three periods per day and then I can put notes over here. And so I thought that would be super useful. So last night in my planner, I wrote down a couple of things that I need to make sure to have open before I even begin my first class. So I have Google Meet. That needs to be open, obviously. Google Classroom needs to be open. Nearpod, which is a really cool extension for Google Slides if you haven't heard about Nearpod. I will probably do another video some other day about Nearpod. Meet, my Meet the Teacher slideshow needs to be up and ready to go. My Welcome Song slide, which I actually embedded into my slideshow so that I don't have to try and click around to find it. And then my All About Me slide assignment. So what I plan on having the kids do for today, the first day of school, is just to start with introduction. So I'll introduce myself and I want each of them to introduce themselves and tell me something that they did over the summer, whether it was like play video games all day or maybe they went camping. I just want to know something that they did over the summer break. We're going to, I'm going to introduce my Welcome Song, which is a song that I learned from Get Your Teach On last year or the year before, I don't remember, but I love that song. It's, it goes to the tune All I Do is Win.  Anyway, so we're going to practice the morning song. And then I think this morning I want to film myself doing the morning song so that I can show that video and the kids can have it to practice with when they're not on Google Meet so that they kind of can learn it faster. And then we're going to go through the Meet the Teacher slideshow that I have prepared. And that just kind of goes through all of my like Google Classroom expectations, meeting expectations, grades, attendance, things like that. And then I'm going to get them started on their first homework assignment, which is an All About Me slide show for our whole class. So I made a slide show and I put students' names on the slide. So they just go in, they find their slide and then they get to edit slide. So I also have a video showing them how to edit the slide, how to put in pictures and text. And then they will have until Friday to finish that. Then if we have time, we will watch my full Meet the Teacher video because the one that they saw was only six minutes and the one I have is 16 minutes. So it does have like a classroom tour and like an explanation of how things are working a little bit more sentimental than the one that they got to see on our school's website. So that is how the day is going to go. I have three class meetings. I have one at 8.50, the next one is 11.45 and then 1.20. And then after that, I just have office hours. Throughout the day, I am going to be calling my homeroom families on the phone just to check in with them. As of right now, I only have about 13 of them signed into Google Classroom. And that was last night when I checked. This morning, I haven't checked yet. So that's what I'm planning on doing right now while I eat my breakfast. So this morning, I already have a few students asking me for information that I had previously sent in an email to their parents. So I am responding to those emails, getting them their Google codes that they're asking for. Everything was sent out in emails so they should have everything. Okay, my first Google Meet starts in 15 minutes. I'm not nervous about that. That's gonna be really fun. What I'm nervous and anxious about is the amount of emails that I've gotten from parents already this morning, not able to get into Google Classroom. They don't know where to find the codes. I sent an email on Monday. I'm trying to be real with you guys without picking at a certain group of individuals. I don't want parents to feel bad about this, but please be prepared. If you're a parent and you're watching this and you're not a teacher parent, when a teacher sends you the information, read it right then and there.   I'm gonna be in the meet with kids. I'm not gonna be able to help them get logged in. So luckily, we have this time between 7.30 and 8.50 to answer questions, help the kids get in, but it's people, I'm trying to find the words to say this without insulting anybody. Please just do things ahead of time and don't wait till the last minute.  We were not supposed to send out our information until yesterday, I sent it out two days early and I'm still getting an influx of people who waited until this morning to get everything set up and figured out. So send it way, way sooner so that they have more time because this is what happens. I mean, it's going to happen, it's fine, it's the first day, we'll figure it out, but it's very stressful. So I've had an influx, I've got like three more that just came in, deep breaths, we're gonna be fine. Also, this is my Google Meets set up. So I decided to do my Google Meets right here in the front of the room because this is the view that they get behind me. So I want them to be able to see their classroom. So this is where I'm setting up for this morning. And then depending on what I'm teaching or what I wanna cover, I can move it around the room, but that's why I love these tables because you can move them wherever you wanna go. Okay, I'm gonna get back to my emails and then I will check in with you guys after my first Google Meet is over and let you know how it went. Hey you guys, so my first class meeting was a huge success. I had 27 participants in it. Whether or not they were a kid or an administrator, I know I had 27 people at one point. There is an attendance add-on for Google Meets. I will show that to you when I get time, but I have about an hour and 45 minutes until my next Google Meet. So I'm gonna respond to the 30 emails that I have in my inbox until that Meet starts, but super fun. I highly recommend that you create some sort of signal for your students when you're in a Zoom or a Google Meet that is for them to show you they understand or that they don't. So when I went to get your teach on, they taught us this really cool hand signal that the kids can use with each other when each other is talking. And I always use it in my class. So when a kid is talking and another child agrees, like something they said, thinks that they're correct, they do this.  So throughout the Zoom meeting or the Meet, I ask my students, give me a cheeky thumbs up if you understand what I said, they do this. If they don't understand, they have a question or they disagree, they give a side wave. So as I'm asking questions going through this, I look at the student screens and if they're doing this, I know I'm good. If I see one doing that, I'll ask them to unmute and ask a question. It is tough with Google Meet because you can't scroll through the participants like you can on Zoom. So there are quite a few students that are off of my screen. So I told them, if you don't hear from me within a minute of raising your hand or doing this, put your question in the chat and then I can respond to it that way. Or if you're confused, put it in the chat and I'll ask you to unmute. So that worked really well. As far as everything else goes, I had a blast. These kids are amazing. They all came in, they muted themselves, they asked questions, they all stood up. My rule is if you're gonna speak and unmute yourself, you have to stand up because I want them to practice that for when we get back in the classroom. In my room, when the kids respond to something, answer a question, ask a question, they have to stand up to speak. So I wanted them to start practicing that on Google Meet so that they would have that procedure known when they come in the classroom. Okay, so I'm gonna go respond to my emails, go to the bathroom, eat a snack, and then I will have my second meeting of the day with my period two students. I'm already exhausted, but I feel a lot better getting that first one out of the way. My jitters are a little bit gone because what's cool about teaching departmentalized is that I teach the same thing three times a day. So by the third one, I'm solid. I got it. Okay, I'm gonna go. And just like that, the day is over. It's 208 and I just finished my last Google Meet. So for the rest of the day, I am to stay here and get prepped for the next couple of days. I'm gonna answer emails. I'm going to start prepping my Google Classroom for next week. I think I'm gonna film tomorrow any lessons that I need for next week. I'll come in early. Today was a whirlwind, you guys. We had not just me, but my teammates, and I'm sure all the other teachers, just a whirlwind of emails and messages and comments of people needing help, and that is completely expected and understandable. If you're a parent and you're not a teacher, I highly, highly recommend that as soon as you get an email from your child's teacher, practice getting logged in, ask your questions, get it all figured out before the first day of school because just keep in mind that as teachers, we have all of our families, all of our students to be balancing. And if we can have at least most of our families prepared and ready to go, it's gonna make things go a lot smoother. So I think I'm going to end the vlog here because I am exhausted. I'm just as tired today as I would have been on first day of school. The only problem is my legs aren't as tired. I did stand a lot though. I only sat down during this last meet because my feet were starting to hurt, but other than that, I stood up. So I do have quite a bit of work to do to prepare for next week. Everything for this week is done and ready to go. So anyway, if you guys liked this video, don't forget to subscribe to the channel. Follow me on Instagram, Apples and tiaras. And of course as always, I hope you guys have a splendid, splendid rest of your week. If you haven't started dipping your toes into the whole digital learning thing for the next school year, it's gonna be rough, but you can get through it.  I'm gonna go and I will talk to you guys in the next one. Bye.


Hi, my name is Sanya and I'm going to be talking about data ancestry, data lineage and then just some things and how we can reimagine tracking our data. My slides are going to be available there after the talk as well as on Sonodo and I'll be tweeting all the links. And for those of you that don't know me, I am now a developer advocate of Microsoft but I still consider myself a research software engineer at heart because that's my background and that's something that I deeply care about and in that same line I'm still an open source nerd and advocate and I'm always trying to get people to convert to the advocacy of open source as well. And I want to start with a bit of background with a bit of background on why I'm talking about these things and we know that for a few years there have been so many talks and so many discussions about river disability crisis. So I'm not going to give you another talk about why we are facing this problem but about what things have changed in the last few years and in the last decades. So now we have much more access to data, data sources and we've ever had before and this has dramatically changed the way we do research, we do science, we do pretty much any data intensive activity and we'd increase data knowledge and increase data access. We also have had to generate better collection tools, better approaches to have access to all of this. And something that also has changed or driven a change in research and scientific computing is the access to better and cheaper compute. We can access to many many resources either on prem or on the cloud or anywhere for a fraction of the cost that we were able to do five years ago or ten years ago. And pretty much any area of research now called it digital social sciences, humanity, linguistics, physics or engineering is now very very dependent on compute and scientific computing and open source tools and all of this data intensive things. So I think is this actual change in access to tools and actual changes in how we collect and manifest our research across data that has shed a light on not a reproducibility crisis but a chronic problem that we've been facing for a very very long time. It's not something that just appeared ten years ago or fifteen years ago but it's something that we've been carrying around because of the way and incentives that we've been put in academia and research institutions. But it's not all too bad having this awareness and this increased knowledge of this reproducibility crisis or chronic problem has actually led to some very good outcomes. And this has bring all of the communities together to actually fight and fix this problem. There is some disciplines like psychology that have had a much worse problem than other disciplines like engineering trying to fight reproducibility crisis and also build trust with our communities, their founders and researchers themselves. So actually being able to identify where we're lacking, better institutional support and better tools has made us a better community, a stronger community and identify researchers that actually want to see a change. And just to make another point it's not just a matter of raising awareness and bringing us together but this has also led to new institutions, new organizations and funders to try and change the way and the culture that research has been done. I just saw this from Lorena Barba yesterday and I found it so good that they just had to add it in these slides. So this is very very new and this is the result of all of us pushing for change, speaking out, raising our voices. And finally digital assets are starting to become kind of second class citizens, going from third class citizens to second class. Like it's not always that bad, it takes time because it has taken us decades to get to this point in research. So it's going to take a lot of time to revert it back and redirect it. Also in the last few years we've seen the emergence of movements and recognition of career paths that have been there in academia for so long. But the problem is that they've not been named as such, they've not been acknowledged. For a very long time we've had PhD students, postdocs, building research on software and building software that actually catapults research into battery things. The problem is that they never were acknowledged as so, they never had a name.  And this is starting to change. And also we've seen a change in actual, in the power times. Yesterday we saw the demonstration of the eLife, of this eLife reproducible article and this is all community driven. This is again because all of the researchers and funders and open source communities are calling for a change. But this change doesn't come easy. For us to trust research we have to nail the basics. And we have to take care of our code and software, our computational environments and our data. When it comes to code we've done a very good job. We not only have research of our engineers but we've built a lot of community of practices, a very clear example is the carpentries. They've not only made scientific computing and a data analysis more approachable to researchers and scientists but they've also brought people together and actually formed support groups of like-minded individuals. Organizations like the Software Sustainability Institute are driving grassroots efforts to actually recognize software, scientific software and push the boundaries on what funding agencies are recognizing in these areas. And across most disciplines we have a better understanding of what best practices are and actually applying peer review processes. We have now things like the Journal of Open Source Software which is not only looking at the science and implementation of the software but actually making sure that the software meets certain standards that is correctly licensed, that is supported and maintained. When it comes to infrastructure we're doing OK. I'm going to say we have enough institutional buy-in because more and more institutions are putting big grants to set up HPC or in-prem infrastructure that will support all of this scientific compute. And it also means that we have PI level support because they have to code that in the grants so that they can have access to these computer resources. On the open source space we have amazing tools like Binder and Jupiter that makes everything more accessible and make it easier for all of the researchers to share their stories. To become not only passive storytellers but more active storytellers in the areas. There is just one problem. Again, the way that we're learning how to program, the way that younger generations are learning to program is changing. So we're going to need to adapt to change. Many, many big HPC clusters are coming to the end of their lifetime so they're going to need renewal, they're going to need additional funding, they're going to need additional grants. And we need to rethink what the new paradigm and the new environment of scientific computing looks like. Is it going to be the same now that it's going to be in 10 years? It doesn't look very likely. So we need to start these conversations. And when it comes to data some of the things that are mostly overlooked are because we just don't have that education. We have some really good data management and archiving plans. The librarians and institutions are probably the best people and the most knowledgeable when it comes to data management, archiving and how to tag your data properly. More and more fending agencies are requesting that your data sets are open as and when possible. But this is not enough. Although we have to attach metadata when we archive our data there are a lot of standards but there is no clear minimum requirement. And then if you don't have data, if you have data without metadata it's just as bad as not having data at all. Because your metadata should give you enough overview of your data and answer the questions of who collected the data, who's maintaining it, who's looking after it, who can be contacted if there are any problems with it. What does this data represent? When was this data collected? If it has a period of time that it represents what is this period? Why is it collected? Why is it archived? And why it's in the format that it is? You always have to provide this information so that it's actually usable. If you can't have all of this information then basically you don't have usable data. And also data has family. And I like this picture because it's a beautiful picture of America's family. Because everyone and everything has a history, even your data. We sometimes talk about how dirty your data is but we never want to talk about the history of our data. And here's where the concept of data lineage comes in. It references to the data origin, what is happening across all the pipelines and where it is moving over time. By having data lineage we are not only giving higher visibility to the data and the processes that we're applying to it, but it's also giving us the ability to track back errors and solve them in a more organic way. So if you have for example a database and then you have something like this that are three smaller packages of your data that is not data lineage, you can trace back from many of these data packages what was the original source where it came from and what transformations you did. So we need to have a better overview of the data path and this includes every single process and every single transformation of your data has its own very basic metadata. So if you think about water and water processing plants, every process that is applied to the water to go from very, very dirty to filter it usable, consumable data is similar to having this overview. Every process is explicit that you can just look at the water coming out from the first filtering, second filtering and collection that you know exactly where it has been before. This is where we should aim our data to always be. From a very, very raw and rough perspective, we should know when was collected, what is in there, what we're expecting from it. And as we move into our research pipelines to processes, transformations, cleaning and then we obtain our fabulous research and dissemination article, we should always be able to track where it has been. And this means establishing a contract with the data across every single step. At every point we should always know what we're expecting of the data. And this means that we should know what kind of data structure it contains, what sort of information, and then being able to identify those data structures that don't conform to what I'm expecting. And I'm sure that now people are wondering so what is data lineage and how it's related to data provenance. Truth is, they overlap each other. One is the basis for each other. For us to be able to have provenance in our research pipelines and have a fully reproducible scientific output, we need data lineage. It basically provenance sits on top of it. Once we have all of our data identified, the metadata and its processes, we can then add the inputs and outputs and that will give us a truly reproducible pipeline. And I'm sure everybody has seen this picture and this is one of the greatest examples of aggregating multiple, multiple datasets from very different origins, from different sources to finally get a final output. This can only be done if you have enough recollection of what your data has been, how you're aggregating it and putting it together. And at the moment I was expecting to have to pre-print out what I'm working in a real life use case. I'm working on a joint project with Imperial College London, Microsoft and the NHS. So for those that are not in the UK, NHS is about the equivalent of the NIH since our public health service. And the aim of this is building a data lake that has multi-trust data sources that is fully indexable, that actually has first line approach in provenance data lineage. And also the most important thing is having a full integration of a schema registry alongside the data. And by having a fully indexable dataset and integration of a schema registry, we can then understand how we are actually establishing contracts with our data. So the pre-print is soon to come and I'm surely going to put it on Twitter. And why did we even bother putting this together? Why did we bother putting this data lake and indexing it all and cleaning the data and looking for provenance? Because at the end over 20 projects are going to be using these datasets and all of these data lakes contain data for multiple processes. From early sepsis diagnosis to better utilization of hospital resources and that's not an easy task. Most of the people that are going to be using the data are not research software engineers, they're not even data scientists, they're not even people that are highly literate. But there are people that work in hospitals, there are nurses, there are decision makers in the NHS that are going to drive how we're going to allocate resources, A&E, personal. So it is worth it. It is worth taking all of this trouble to track where our data is coming from so that the end user actually can rely on all of this data. So to finish off, contracts are good. Having a contract with our data is good. It's the only way in which we can actually trust it and be certain that actually our research is truly reproducible or as reproducible as it gets. So as much as I don't like contracts and I'm sure you don't either, this is not so bad. Thank you.


I got a really exciting announcement which I'm also kind of nervous about but I wanted to talk to you about it to keep myself accountable and it might be pretty cool if it turns out all right. So stay tuned. What's up everybody it's Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution. So first off I just want to send a huge big amazing thank you to everybody who is watching this and will watch this because right now as of right now I have passed the 300 subscriber mark and I'm at 308 so that's awesome like that that really keeps me going. My whole motivation for starting this channel and doing what I do is like I care a lot about mental health mental illness and the solutions around those things because I know that it's possible for everybody else but I just thought nobody really cared about it so I didn't think this channel was going to go anywhere and this is only the beginning but part of what I always talk about and I hope it's reflected in my videos is this attitude of gratitude. I have to be grateful for all these things and my lovely girlfriend does a great job keeping me in check on this stuff because I'm like why don't I have thousands of subscribers or why don't I have thousands of views you know and she reels me back in is like you have a lot of people and especially since I just started doing this in like July really seriously like that's pretty cool. Also a shout out to all my peeps over in the awesome creator academy which is ran by Mr. Big Huge YouTuber and creative entrepreneur Roberto Blake. If you are a creator of any type whether it's through YouTube or you just like creating stuff I highly recommend that you join the awesome creator academy I'll put a link in the description below but like every time we talk there's a private Facebook group or we always do these mastermind calls and every time we do it like my creative juices just start going all over the place and I love it because it helps me provide you with better stuff. Anyways anyways now you guys are like or Chris get to the point thought you had some exciting news so as you probably saw in the thumbnail there's a symbol for ASAM which stands for the American Society of Addiction Medicine ASAM. They are one of the leading medical organizations with thousands and thousands of members and they are heading a lot of the research when it comes to addiction and every single year they do this huge conference and a bunch of addiction professionals and doctors and scientists and psychologists from all over the place come and meet and there's like sessions and seminars and workshops and all sorts of things. My wonderful mom she got to go there last year it was in New Orleans so I'm a little jealous about that but anyways it's an organization that I often turn to to get the information that I then relate to you and on Monday there is a deadline for anybody who wants to do a presentation at the upcoming conference in 2018 which will be held in San Diego so what I'm doing is I will be submitting some possible presentations and an abstract to hopefully be able to do some presenting at this amazing conference and I wanted to do this to keep myself accountable because now I have to do it but my brain is something that constantly goes. As I've mentioned in other videos I struggle with a generalized anxiety disorder this thing does not turn off but through my recovery from addiction as well as just improving my mental health I've learned to turn that into a positive and I use this thing as a creative outlet and all the information and education I get I kind of piece these things together and I have a lot that I want to share with other addiction professionals so we can maybe help treat addiction a little bit better but I've also been really meaning to do some videos about this topic because some of you might have seen this viral video about the opposite of addiction is connection and rat park and I have an argument against that and it's not necessarily saying that it's wrong but it doesn't expand further based on what we know about the brain so I take a few different things and put it together but I don't want to spoil anything I will launch it release it whatever you want to call it so all of you can read it and hopefully you enjoy it um but yeah I want to put that together and hopefully I can present it I also have another presentation I want to do about how I truly believe that mindfulness is probably the best way to treat addiction and I have a lot of scientific research that backs that out but anyways that's the exciting news I got again thank you so much for everybody who subscribes who watches all these videos I have a bunch of people telling me how they've referred like their friends or family members to check this stuff out and I have people say hey my parents have been watching your videos to understand addiction better and good news is too very very very soon I will be making addiction education videos for my youtube channel and I hope they help all of you out if you want to get educated more on addiction head over to the rewired soul.com I have courses up there available to help you understand addiction more it is a course that I teach inside of treatment and I teach it to families and I have the whole thing up on my website the rewired soul if you are interested in checking it out and if you are and if you are watching this and you want to check it out check the description below there is a coupon code I will give you 50% off if you want to check it out and learn more about addiction if you like this video make sure you give it a thumbs up if you are new here make sure you click the little round subscribe button below and then off to the left of my beautiful face you will see two little thumbnails where I put other videos and playlists that you might enjoy so check those out too thanks for watching and I will see you next time


We are doing cassava leaf, okra, potato leaf, all the staple food of Sierra Leone, we are doing it in the UK. We import, we process, we package and we supply stalls and other wholesale businesses. We are an agroforestry plantation of 236 acres of land, 0.3. We also practice agroecology. Most of our employees are farmers essentially and so we help, within the project itself, they actually learn something from the project and they take it to their own farms and actually have the same practices. After the war, I spent a lot of time trying to get investment back into Sierra Leone. I got a contact from a New Zealand organisation, one of the founders of Kama Cola, who rang me to say, you're trying to create this good karma drink that's all natural ingredients and the people who produce it do well but we can't find Kola nuts because as I was promoting Sierra Leone, I happened to be going to West Africa, I found these communities and these were eight communities who were working around conserving an island called Tiwai Island. In Sierra Leone, they don't eat any other plazas, they want their own so they believe their own is the best. Well our food is one of the best out of all the West African countries. We drive all the way from the south west, Bristol, just close to Wales, all the way to south east of England, two and a half hours of drive to get the authentic taste of Sierra Leone.  You know, most of people that buy in this place here, buying to us, they use cassava leaf, put it on leaves, green, exactly exactly that but we can't bring them here because we don't have direct flight from here to Sierra Leone. I ship from four different countries in West Africa. In the other countries where we ship, there is a lot of help from the government for their farmers in terms of logistics, in terms of location, in terms of establishment. The competition is too much. Ghanaian product is coming, Nigerian product is coming, Gambia product is coming, Kenya, Uganda. Look at, for instance, let me show you, look at Uganda packages. You see, well organized, well packed, well sealed, even when you open it to inspect, the sooner you see it, you will love to get it. We need a standard in how we treat the cacao because cacao is the heritage of the country. In Ghana, there are standards. Here, I drive down Canema, higher road, in terms of the main road. I see people driving cacao on the road. Cacao is very, it's one of those crops whereby it's very sensitive. It takes in gases. We do not do the transformation from the bean of itself, which is processing, fermentation and drying. We do not have the skills there. I'm having to bring someone from Colombia, whose farm I've worked in, to come and do that. For me, to come and teach people how to do it. Packaging in Sierra Leone is very expensive. We don't have any factory that put this packaging. For example, this potato leaf is grown up in Sierra Leone. But bringing them here is very expensive because we have to put them in this box because it's cheaper when we use the basket. The basket is the local weed basket that is produced in Sierra Leone from the rural areas. If the airlines allow us to use the basket, we can create employment. I have a whole establishment of people who start the process of preparing the goods for export. Currently, we have a location where everything is sourced and we have farms. We have invested and if we don't get it, we have other farms where we buy from. Although we are always inviting farmers to come forward with their produce so that we can look at what they have and we can motivate them on what to plant and how to plant it and the species that are very, very good in Europe. Sierra Leoneans need to go back and need to set up businesses and share the experiences. We need to set a different standard of doing things. We in the diaspora can help bring in some of our experience of what standards are required to compete in the world market at premium level because I think Sierra Leone is too small to compete on volume, but on premium level we can compete with anybody.


What's going on everybody Ryan Williams here again on the fan duel hurry up and I'm here to talk about the biggest week two pre-season games for the 2021 fantasy season. That's right we're week two into pre-season that means that some of these games that are going to be played are going to be dressed rehearsals for some teams with starters going maybe well into the second quarter maybe getting even a full half so we need to start dissecting these teams and figuring out what we can depict that can help us for our 2021 fantasy seasons. We'll start off with the Atlanta Miami game that's going to take place on Saturday now for the Atlanta side of things what I'm really looking for here is the Kyle Pitts impact we thought we were going to see him in week one that did not happen he got a zero for those of you who play in pre-season DFS that zero did not help your line-ups but I think that we should see Kyle Pitts here we know that Julio Jones is now gone and we we know that there's a ton of targets to be left in this Atlanta team so if we are getting the starters here want to see how Kyle Pitts fits in how he's rotating in where he's playing on the inline outside things of that nature and also just who who where the death chart lies in the wide receiver field and on the Miami side we want to see to a bounce back he really struggled in the pre-season game we won against the Bears the offensive line struggled and then we had Jim Sonnis from FanDuel talking about the backfield with Miles Gaskin really taking a hit with Malcolm Brown and Brian Flores saying that he's going to use a three-back committee so that's what we're looking for week one or I'm sorry that's what we're looking for this week week two in the first game now the second game we're going to look at is Denver in Seattle I believe that game is later on on Saturday possibly even Sunday but what we're really looking for here is the Denver side of things they really kind of took pre-season week one by storm scoring 33 points there and really paying off dividends if you had players on this on this team in your DFS lineups but we still don't know who the starter is going to be right now we can say that Drew Locke is the favorite but Teddy Bridgewater came in and didn't do as well but still was throwing a touchdown and they really need to solidify that as they go in I will say that for fantasy purposes if you guys are big Jerry Judy fans I saw him catching some steam as well as KJ Hamler those were Drew Locke's two most targeted guys in the wide receiver realm so that's what we're looking for and then Seattle basically we just want to know who the wide receiver three is there as we you know get into the season the rookie Duane Eskridge is there but who who else is there who can get targets Gerald Everett at the tight end position has been a favorite of some people too so we definitely want to see where things shake out after DK Mackaff and Tyler Locke and then finally let's talk about the Green Bay and New York Jets game that's going to be taken place Jordan Love suffered an injury the backup quarterback in Green Bay there the guy who we thought was going to be the starter for the Packers this year and then Aaron Rogers said no no no I'm coming back I'm ready to play he's going to be hurt he's going to miss this game so we are going to get the third stringer I don't think Aaron Rogers is going to suit up and play in this game and even if he does it's probably for a series if that and so we need to we're not going to be able to really see anything from the quarterback position but let's just see if it is a dress rehearsal for Green Bay what's going on at the wide receiver position for them as well too they brought an Iraqi and Mari Rogers they brought back Randall Cobb MBS is my Marquez Valdez canling is still there making splash plays they got Devin Funches who was signed in 2020 but wasn't able to play due to injury so a lot to kind of depict in decipher there when you're playing with Aaron Rogers these guys are going to have value and so we want to see kind of where things shake out and then on the other side of things for the Jets we want to see what Zach Wilson can really do with this wide receiving court Denzel Mims a guy who was drafted last year has really fallen down the depth chart losing out to guys like Keelan Cole who were signed in the offseason and others so we want to see how how the wide receiver group shakes out for shakes out for the Jets and if Denzel Mims is even going to be on this roster when they make the first cut next Tuesday getting it down from 85 to 80 so that's definitely something I'm looking for and also just the backfield too on what the Jets plan to do in a rotation there with the Ricky Michael Carter and the Michael P. Ryan some guys there that we definitely want to be able to decipher if we're taking late round running back so that's going to do it for the fan dual hurry up today again those biggest week two precinct games that I'm looking for but catch us on the fan dual hurry up on the YouTube channel make sure you guys are subscribed you can follow me on Twitter at Ryan Alexander on discord w catch you guys next time on the hurry up peace


So we're right here the embedded world 2019. That's right. Hey, Nicholas. How are you doing? So Launching a whole bunch of new stuff. Yes, exactly. We're actually talking again about our iMix 8 lineup But most importantly, this is the first time we publicly talk about our new Verizon our ease of use industrial Linux software platform So let me show you a little bit back here what it actually means for the customer and what we have in terms of demos For you prepared today. So it's easy to use industrial linux. That's right So actually what we found out is that if you use your typical Yacht Linux in an embedded system It's actually quite tricky. So back here you can see What we try to focus in is the false time to market simple update systems Embedded security built-in security today is actually critical for any embedded or IoT system Also, the real-time capability for industrial application is key and then last but not least actually stable integration of testing So when you actually build and deploy your software, you always want to make sure you first test it before you release it So with Verizon we're focusing on all this and really we make it easy to use for the customer So I can build and deploy his embedded linux devices and for example, I can run on this one So yeah, this is our apollis iMix 8 quad max port So this is the latest highest-end processor from nxp and to rise and will be supported on this platform together Even with all the other iMix 6 iMix 7 popular modules out there. So this is a armcord takes a 72 Correct. So what you actually have is you have a dual a 72 running at 1.6 gigahertz a quad a 53 That's kind of your medium performance processing at 1.2 gigahertz and then two additional real-time microprocessor microcontroller course and for course where you could run free our toss or maybe separate needs to actually enable your real-time Applications or real-time control algorithms, but let's just quickly walk back and let's talk to walter here So walter is one of our engineers and what he will show you here is Another key feature of our to rise and is actually The ease of use part and how we bring customers over that traditional windows or windows c customers How can they actually migrate over to to linux? So walter can you show us here real quick what we have going on? Yeah, here. We have visit studio and here. We have the linux device It's not such a common mix, but it works Microsoft had been supporting linux developments in some time inside visit studio and what we developed is an additional extension for visit studio that basically allow you to develop and to Debug code running on top of to rise on inside the container. So here. I have visit studio. I can just debug my code I have all the usual visit studio goodies. So I can see variables. I have all stack I have all the tools that people are used to use when developing using visit studio But the software is running on a linux device And then it's a very simple application I'm just flashing an LED as you can see is the hello world of IOT, you know and Now if I want to change the LED I'm flashing I just need to change the pin. I'm using it's pretty easy I'm going to rebuild my application. I'm going to use a linux compiler running on windows inside the container and it's going to take just a few seconds and then in 10 seconds more I can redeploy my application and I can resume debugging the new version So it's a very fast very easy development cycle and people that are used to this kind of development like a windows See probably are going to be familiar with this development. So it's a good idea to use a visual studio for Making it easy for people who do this. I don't want to start a religious war So everyone has his own preferences about ideas But definitely people that have been working on windows C probably like visit studio visit studio has been quite a good asset for Microsoft in embedded for many years. So Using visit studio also online explorer is going to ease the migration to our new platform to rising So, how is it for people who did windows C to migrate? How difficult is it? Well, I mean all they could speak in general about how difficult it is But most important is that we want to provide people an upgrade path, right? We know windows C will go end of life is actually announced and there's really if you develop a new application But you like that mean those development environment. That's really Where what we suggest to do, but what can you speak about what are the pitfalls or how easy is it really to do it? I mean, of course, we are moving from one operating system to a different one So you have to do changes probably you have to rework your code base Maybe you can take this as a chance to implement a completely new version starting from scratch But on the other side if you keep using the same development tools at least you are going to smooth down a little bit the Learning curve to move to that is required to move to different environment Yeah, we have solutions that have both Cortex-A and Cortex-M cores So you can have like Zephyr or free Arthos on the M4 core and Linux on the let's say big Cortex-A core You can also use Denomai or other hypervisor based solution. We support all of this Let's go over here like we can talk about the actual architecture of Therizons of Altar Can you maybe show us? What really is Therizon? How is it built up? I mean, what's the software stack behind it? Yeah, I mean what you're seeing is actually a pretty standard and maybe a little bit boring Debian desktop using LXDE It really looks for example at what you have running on the Raspberry Pi But what's interesting is that this is running inside the container So from this container I can do pretty standard operations like I have lots of tools I can install new packages and so on but when I'm finishing experimenting I can Translate what I did into a Docker file build a container that is now fully reproducible and deploy my application inside it So it's a easy to use environment But on the other side we can use we can leverage containers to have a more let's say modern software Deployment solution and also we can build applications using building blocks different tools for a different part of the application So simple update security you have all this that's right So let's talk about another key feature of to rising which is OTA So over the update over the air update as you know all new devices are connected The most critical thing of connectivity is to make sure you have no security vulnerabilities And if you have some that it can update it so Jeremiah is over here actually has a cool demo About our you know our approach of OTA that's built in it's built in into to rise and Work as a feature. So Jeremiah, why don't you go ahead and show us what you have going on? Yeah So over here on the screen you can see kind of a preview of our OTA UI So there's some device management features here You can see all the devices we've registered and on top of that over here on the right you can see that Are they all here? Yes, so the devices are connected. What is this? So there's just kind of a setup. They're running some UI containers just to show What's gonna happen? So it'll probably be more obvious what will happen over here on this side Because they have the version number up there. So you open the UI And then you want to update so obviously a concern when you're updating devices is what happens if power gets cut So let's go ahead and update these devices They will pull our back-end server until they've realized that an update is available But what will happen if during this process? We cut the power So Well, so he got the update and he'll soon get the update But what would happen to these two that I just cut the power to in some update frameworks That's a big no-no. You might have completely bricked your device put in some unusable state but with our system The worst-case scenario that'll happen is these two devices will now fall back on the previous deployment They'll boot up with the previous deployment then they will go contact the server again and realize they missed an update So you can see here. These two are on the old update. These are on the newer update So now once these are fully booted, they'll be able to try again on the update process So it's very resilient So this kind of issue which is very prevalent in IoT in terms of connectivity and power loss Do many have this resilient issue in the past many other platforms? Well, I guess in general it's a problem if you have like an embedded device somewhere deployed out in the desert or up in the mountains You know sending out an actual service tech guy to recover a device that failed an update is very expensive So it's absolutely critical that you actually have a resilient safe like a very robust update system We actually use automotive great an automotive great system here Jeremiah's can you talk a little bit about the knowledge you behind so the security framework that we're using is actually called uptain It is an automotive grade security framework for software updates Meaning that if anybody wants to try to hack the system to push their own Software instead of hours they would have to try fairly hard to crack the system For instance, you could configure the security system such that you need 10 signatures To even do an update and these are offline signatures meaning you have to steal From actual people in the real world these keys and by the time you steal enough keys Somebody might have revoked their key realizing it was stolen already Oh, yeah, that gives you a little bit an idea what we have going on again with our Verizon platform It's really an easy to use industrial date Linux platform now Let's walk over here another cool thing and very popular these days So I actually have Daniel talk about this It's a really cool wall of different examples and we show how we enable AI at the edge technology and all multiple from