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One more player to target coming out of the NFL draft and that's Mikko Hardman of the Chiefs I think the dots are very easy to connect on this one I think I for I could probably do it as this team lost cream hunt this team most likely lost Tyree kill Patrick Mahomes needs weapons. Nicole Hardman's a weapon. Yeah, you know admittedly I'm very into production when I'm prospecting these guys whether it be a wide receiver or at running back and Mikko Hardman Did not have production But what he does have is athleticism and a lot of speed and obviously with the Tyree kill situation That that can come in handy, you know the the wide receivers at Kansas City You have Sammy walk ins who's perpetually injured and then behind him You really have to Marcus Robinson and that's about it So Mikko Hardman can walk in and be the wide receiver to for Kansas City right away and in an offense with Patrick Mahomes That's something that I'll buy into Exactly you're just buying into well Weapon and the production might not have been there, but she's taking a chance Mahomes. There is he's got throw it to somebody He's going to be successful. Maybe there's a little fallback, but Harman's going to be the guy at least for now We're gonna take a break. We did all the good stuff Now we got to get to some of the negative stuff, you know good news bad news Everything we gave you the players you want target when we come back the players to avoid that's up next here on the Fandall hurry up


Okay, let's just continue from where we stopped. So we're looking at the challenges in translation. Okay, sorry, I'm just going to have to stop presenting and restart. Okay, so the last challenge is the literary gap. So the way things were written at those times. So now when we are writing, we have certain rules for if you're writing poetry, you follow a certain rhythm, rhyme, those kinds of rules if you're writing in English or if you're writing in a different language. In the same way in the Bible, when there is style, say, if it's poetry in the Psalms, there are rules for how poetry was written and it may be different from the rules that we would follow in the languages that we are reading in, right? So to understand that there are those kinds of differences as well. So if we read the Psalms, we're not going to see the same kind of rhymes, the words ending in the same way or a meter that is similar to what we are used to. The parables, for example, as well, it's a style that was familiar to the people, the Jews, it was used as a technique for teaching. And so understanding that the stories were not meant to be taken literally, right? So understanding what was the style of writing, what was the genre in which it was written. So genre is, is it a letter? Is it poetry? Is it a story or narrative? Is it a biography? What kind of writing is it? And those rules that they had for writing at that time would be slightly different from what we have today. So again, with ancient biography, they're writing the story of somebody, they're writing the story in the Gospels of Jesus, but they are not, they don't strictly have to follow a chronological order of this happened after this, after this, after this. They're telling the story of Jesus' ministry, but how they present it may be based on what they consider is important. So like we said in Matthew, he groups the teachings together, he groups the parables together, whereas Luke follows a more chronological order of writing, where he's writing from the birth to the death resurrection. And even within Jesus' ministry, writing what happened in a specific order of time, he's following a chronological order. So understanding that there is also that gap in our understanding of how things should be written, what rules are required in writing, all of that. So we see here in 2 Timothy 2.15, Paul writes to Timothy and he gives him the instruction to rightly divide the word. If we can just, someone can read that for us, 2 Timothy 2.15. 2 Timothy 2.15, be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Thank you. So part of our role as people who are serving God is to do our work with excellence, right? To do our work with staying true to what scripture teaches.  And what does it mean to rightly divide the word? So the Greek word there, ortho tomunta, is to cut straight or to dissect correctly, to handle something correctly, to teach truth correctly, to stay on the right path and to follow what is right in the way we are interpreting scripture. So that for us continues to be something that we need to practice. And if someone can read Acts 17 to 10 to 12 for us please. The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. And when they arrived, they went into the Jewish snago. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica. They received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Many of them therefore believed with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men. Thank you. So we talked about this earlier, right? So we have the responsibility not only to receive from people who have a deeper understanding of the word, but then we also should be examining scriptures ourselves. So if we see here in this Berean example, they were going back. It was Paul teaching them Paul who knows the Old Testament, who has learned it was studied it and is teaching them. But they are going back to check what he's teaching to make sure that it is right. They're not going just by his qualifications and saying, okay, because he is so well. He has studied so much. He knows so much. We don't have to go back and search for ourselves. They don't do that. They themselves go and study and what is the result we see in verse 12. As a result, many of them believed. So it is through their receiving of what he was saying, examining it for themselves, proving the truth of what he was saying for themselves that they came to faith. So for us to follow that personally and to encourage others to do that, even when we are teaching others, we encourage them to also go back to scripture and examine it for themselves. They don't have to follow exactly what we are saying. We don't want them to accept what we're saying blindly. We want them to study the scriptures for themselves to see what we're saying is true. So how do we interpret scripture? So we observe, that is, we look at what is scripture actually saying? What are the words used? What is the message it is communicating? We interpret, we look at what is the meaning of the text. So we go past what is it saying to what does it mean, right? What is the truth it's trying to communicate about who God is, what God wants us to do, about what God is saying about us, who we are. And then the application, how does it apply to me? So if this is true of who God is, how should I be living my life today? If this is true of what God says is expected of me, how can I live that out? How can I live in obedience to that word? What needs to change in my life? Or what do I need to add on to what I'm already doing to be walking in obedience to this word? So we always want to go from looking at the word to applying it in our lives as well. Not only being hearers of the word, but doers also. Okay. We will look at these two passages as well, 2 Timothy 3, 16 and 17. Second Timothy. You can go ahead. Second Timothy chapter 3 verses 16 to 17. All scriptures is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness. That the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. Thank you. And then second Peter 1, 20 to 21. Second Peter 1, 20. Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation. For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. Thank you. So we see here both the aspect of the divine inspiration as well as the human authors. So both of these things need to be taken into account when we are interpreting scripture. And that this has come through inspiration of the Holy Spirit, right? And so like we read in second Peter 1, 20, it's not open to personal interpretation, meaning I can't take this verse and just ascribe my own meaning to that verse based on what I wanted to say or what makes sense to me. I go back to the Holy Spirit and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth of the scriptures to me because he's the one who has inspired the writing of the Bible. At the same time, we do understand that it is written by humans to humans, right? So we also take that human aspect into account when we are interpreting and we look more at how we do that both from the divine perspective and the human perspective. And like we looked at in God's worth of medical seed, the Bible reveals God's character, his plans, his standards. So that's what we want to grasp when we're reading scripture. What does this reveal about God? What does this reveal about God's plans for us?  And that's how we should be applying it after we interpret the scriptures. So yeah, we depend on the illumination of the Holy Spirit and at the same time we use our own reasoning, we use our own judgment, right? So we use our minds to understand the word of God. We're not only saying, okay, God is going to reveal this and it's only going to be a spiritual revelation. I don't need to use my mind to understand the language that is being used. I don't need to use any tools that are available to understand the original languages or to look at the culture or the background that is behind the scriptures. All of those things are useful tools that we should employ with dependence on the Holy Spirit. So that's where when we're interpreting scripture, it's again human and divine, right? We put in the effort and we're depending on the Holy Spirit to enable us to understand through those things to get a better understanding of what the word is teaching. So there is a possibility of misinterpreting scripture like we talked about. We look at these two verses, these two examples from scripture, 2nd Corinthians 4-2 and 2nd Peter 3-16. 2nd Corinthians 4-2, but we have re-announced the hidden things of shame, not walking in raftiness nor handling the word of God decidedfully, but by manifestation of the truth, commanding ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. So here we see Paul distinguishing his ministry from the ministry of certain others who are challenging his work in the Corinthian church. And he is saying we've not used deception. We've not tried to distort God's word when we taught you. We taught you honestly, we taught you the truth of the gospel, we taught you the truth of God's word. This was because the other people who were coming in were doing those things. They were distorting the word, they were deceiving the people. So misinterpretation can happen by people intentionally where they are preaching what sounds good to them, what suits their own desires, their own needs, what pleases the people. They don't want to preach the truth of God's word for their own selfish reasons.  We'll just look at 2nd Peter 316 as well. 2nd Peter 316 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction as they do also the rest of the scriptures. So here in 2nd Peter 316, it's not very clear whether these people are doing it intentionally or unintentionally because it says they're ignorant and unstable, but they are misinterpreting not only for all's letters, they're also misinterpreting other parts of scripture. So some people do it intentionally, some people do it without knowing because they lack knowledge. So their lack of knowledge may be something that they have not taken the time to study the Word of God or it may be that they are new believers or they just don't have the training that is required to teach. So for somebody who has just come to faith and is very enthusiastic about their faith and wants to go and tell other people, they may not have a full understanding of the truth of scripture and so they'll teach based on their knowledge. So these are times where a lack of knowledge can lead to misinterpretation or wrong teaching of the Bible. So we need to be first examine our own hearts, our intentions about when we are interpreting this Word, are we going to it with honesty for ourselves and for the people? Are we going to preach this honestly to them even if it is something that is hard for them to hear? Even if we know that it's something they are not going to like, are we going to be true to the Word of God? And then the second thing is, have we studied this scripture sufficiently? Have we put in the time to look at it in the rest of the scriptures, this passage and the truth of passage? Have we looked at it in the rest of scriptures? Have we used resources available to us to interpret the scripture correctly so that when we are teaching, we know that what we are teaching is true. And we always do this with the witness of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit confirming in us the truth of scripture and affirming that what we are teaching is in line with what is God's will, what is actually true that God wants to communicate. So we look at one thing that Martin Luther said. So in the Reformation, there was a big shift from the church being the ultimate authority to scripture being the ultimate authority. Until the Reformation, the leaders of the church were the ones who told people what scripture said. So whatever they interpreted, the people followed. If they misinterpreted scripture, then people followed whatever they were teaching because people didn't have access to the Bible for themselves. But in the Reformation is where people, priests themselves who were studying the word of God said there's so much wrong teaching that's happening in the church. It's not what scripture is saying. And so they started to emphasize the word of God over the authority of the church. And they said the word of God should have the most importance, should have highest importance. And we should be walking in obedience to the word of God, not in obedience to the interpretation that is coming from church leaders. So Martin Luther, of course, was a major, was used by God in the Reformation. And so one thing that he said is the scriptures are to be retained in their simplest meaning to be understood in their grammatical and literal sense unless the context plainly forbids it. So what does that mean? We take the most simple meaning. We don't try to make the scriptures more complicated than it needs to be. We don't try to say, OK, if the scripture is saying, love your neighbor, we don't go into, OK, what is it trying to say about? It also explains who your neighbor is. It scriptures very clear about what love is. We don't try to add meaning to that, right? We take it as simply as the Bible gives it to us. Love your neighbor is to follow the commandments of God, to walk in obedience to the word of God and to care for those around us, the people around us who are hurting. It's a very simple passage, right? But we will take it in its grammatical and literal sense. So if we're looking at the Psalms, we know it's poetry and it's using a lot of pictorial language. So we don't have to take it in its literal sense. But if we're looking at the Gospels or we're looking at the Epistles, those are things that are written in plain language that need to be understood in that way. We don't have to add any outside meaning. We don't have to say, OK, Paul was trying to say something else. He just used these words, but he's trying to say something else. And we don't add our own meaning to the scriptures. We just take it in the literal sense that it was written in. If there are obscure passages, they should be understood in light of clearer passages. So sometimes there are passages that are hard to understand. So we take those hard to understand passages and we look at passages that are easier to understand that talk about the same thing. Or we look at the context within which it's written in that chapter or in that book. And all of that helps us understand the passage which may be difficult to interpret for one reason or another. Then Martin Luther continues to say, scripture is its own interpreter. This is the true method of interpretation which puts scripture alongside of scripture in a right and proper way. So our first method of interpretation will be to look at the rest of scripture, to look at the immediate context of a verse within a chapter, a chapter within the book of the Bible. And we see how do we understand that verse or how do we understand that chapter within its immediate context. And then we understand it within the context of the larger scriptures. Scripture itself helps us understand. We don't have to go to an outside source a lot of the time. What is in scripture will help us understand. Now for to understand the culture and background, we may need to look at outside sources. But our first source should be looking at scripture itself and looking at how it helps us understand the verse.  As a divine book, it is inherent. That means everything that scripture teaches is true because it is inspired by the Holy Spirit. Nothing in scripture can be said to be false teaching or wrong teaching. Everything in it is truth. Everything in it is authoritative. That is we live in obedience to that word of God because it establishes the right way of living. It establishes righteousness and justice. And we consider that as the standard by which we live. The whole of scripture is unified. That is there are no contradictions in scripture. There have been lots of people who have questioned passages within the Bible saying one passage contradicts the other passage. But the way we interpret that is to look at the whole of scripture. Understand what is scripture teaching about women in ministry. Paul is saying women shouldn't speak in the church in one place. And another place he's talking about women being leaders in the church. Then we don't say, oh, Paul is contradicting himself. We recognize that he was speaking in a specific context and two specific people saying women shouldn't speak in church. And we look at the rest of scripture's teaching on women in ministry. And that's how we understand what does scripture say about women's role in the church or women in ministry. And like what Martin Luther talks about, obscure passages be understood in light of passages that are clearer and more easily understood. And if there are two different interpretations of a passage that it could be understood in two different ways, take what is most simple, what is most clear or most sensible in the way we interpret. Take that meaning. Don't take some meaning that you're trying to put to the passage from outside. Progressive revelation. So some commands changed over time. So where one thing is said, do certain things in the Old Testament, Jesus has changed those things in the New Testament, rules with regard to food, things like that. So recognizing that that is not a contradiction. That is because of this progressive revelation of who God is his character, what is important to him. All of those things, as we get a greater understanding of it, then things change. Some commands become less important and some things become more important. Or we understand the true meaning of a certain commandment. Like Jesus said, he didn't come to abolish the law, he came to fulfill it. So we understand the true meaning of the law when we look at Jesus' life in ministry. So that is the progressive revelation through scripture. And then the Bible as a divine book is supernatural. This is everything we talked about in God's worth of medical seed. So expecting God to move powerfully through his word. The Bible as a human book. So we see the use of language, grammar that was familiar to the people who were reading and writing at that time in their specific contexts. There's a historical geographical context. There's the culture that it was written in. There's a literary form. So like we talked about the different genres that are there. It takes on a specific literary form. And there's a use of logic and communication both in the person's writing and in the way we interpret. So we take both of these aspects, right? The divine and the human into consideration. Another reformer, John Calvin, he said it's the first business of an interpreter to let his author say what he does say instead of attributing to him what he think he ought to say. What does this mean? It means when we are studying scripture, we look at what was the person, what was the Holy Spirit, what was the original author trying to say in this passage. We don't think, okay, this is what he should say. So for example, if we are looking at head covering and I'm going to a passage of scripture and I believe that we should not cover our heads, right? So when I'm looking at the passage in scripture, women should not cover their heads. Men should keep their heads uncovered. That's my belief. Then when I'm interpreting the scripture, I shouldn't read everything in line with what I already believe. I need to let the scripture speak to what I believe and to tell me, should I be covering my head? Should I not be covering my head?  So I don't take my own interpretation and then go start reading scripture and try to make scripture say what I wanted to say. I let scripture say what it says and then I change the way I live in accordance to what is being said in the Bible. Okay, so this is a quite detailed look at the different versions of scripture. So we have a lot of English translations so we're specifically looking at why do we have so many English translations. So we have translations that are based on original manuscripts that were in the original language. A manuscript, what is a manuscript? It is a handwritten document that was written. We don't have the original manuscripts, but it was one that was copied. So the original manuscripts would be copied by scribes. And so we have handwritten copies of the letters that were written or the scriptures that were written by the original writers. There were copies made and manuscripts are the copies of those translations that were made by peoples. They're handwritten. Okay, so we have 5,800 Greek manuscripts of the New Testament. We have 10,000 Latin manuscripts and 9,300 manuscripts in other languages. All of these manuscripts contribute to our translations in English. So we go back to these manuscripts, look at what they were saying. We try to find the earliest manuscripts, try to find agreement between the manuscripts when translations of the Bible are being made. Manuscripts were generally written on parchment, which was made from animal skin or papyrus. Papyrus is made from a plant that is woven together. It's dried and woven together and it's made into sheets and then people used to write on those papyrus. So there are 1,276 New Testament papyrus, which is the plural of papyrus. The oldest papyrus fragment is in England. It's called the P52 fragment and dates as early as AD 100 to 150. So within the lifetime of many people who would have witnessed Jesus' ministry, AD 100 to 150. So this is just a picture of that first, the earliest manuscript and it has John 1831 to 33 and 37 to 38 on it. It's a tiny piece of papyrus and it has writing on both sides of it. On one side is John 1831 to 33 on the other side is verses 37 to 38. It's written in Greek and this was found in Egypt. The script was found in Egypt. So the manuscripts that are in existence, we have, like we said, there are thousands of manuscripts available. They've been grouped into two kinds, two families. So one family is where there is a majority of agreement between the manuscripts. So what all is being said in these manuscripts agrees with the other manuscripts. And so they've made one family of manuscripts like that, which is called the Byzantine text type or also the majority text. The other is the Alexandrian text type. Also called Neutral or Egyptian text and this is based on the earliest manuscript. So it's going by date rather than agreement between the texts. It's looking at which was the earliest manuscript and translators will either use the Byzantine family of texts or the Alexandrian family when they're translating. So they'll either go by the majority text or they look at the earliest manuscripts and try to translate based on the earliest manuscripts. So this is some of the methods of translation. Some people will not even have so many distinctions between translations. They look at word for word, thought for thought, and meaning for meaning. So this is a few more word for word and thought for thought being balanced between each other and a paraphrase so that all of these ways of translating scripture will look more into this I think next week just to give us more time to explain each form of translation. And this is a picture you'll have in your textbook of translations that can fall in the word for word translation method versus a paraphrase method. So basically this scale is from a word for word where our passage is translated literally where the word is taken from the Hebrew or Greek and you're trying to find an exact equal word in the English language on the other side. And they also try to keep the word order the same. So if the word comes first in Hebrew that English word also will be used first. Then the next word whatever is there in Hebrew the next word will be the same in English. They'll try to keep it in the same order. We'll go into examples and all of that next week. So from a word for word is where they're strictly following the original language and trying to keep that original language word and order of words and sentence formation the same in English. Whereas a paraphrase would be on the other end of the spectrum being they're just taking the meaning of the text and trying to communicate it to the hearers in a way that is easily understandable to them. So they may change the number of words used they'll completely use different language just to communicate what was the original writing trying to say but to make it in a way that is easily understandable for the readers. So an example of the paraphrase on the far end is the message Bible. Now he still depended on the original Hebrew and Greek when translation was being done. Everyone is going back to the original languages to translate. But their method of translating from the original language to the English varies depending on how much importance they're giving to each word and how they communicate that word whether they communicate the meaning of the word or they communicate the meaning of the message of that word depends on the translators. We'll look more at this next week so we can go into it in more detail. So we'll take a break a little early and come back in about 20 minutes for the next class. Thank you.


We have gotten 11 game main slate for tonight in daily fantasy baseball and typically when there are that many games You're gonna have a lot of pitchers who have big upside because it's 22 guys hand or odds are a couple of them Will be guys of massive strikeout upside. We do at least one guy for tonight who has that but in general I think it's gonna be a lower scoring pitching slate than usual For such a big offering so we're gonna break down what that means for our lineups Which guys I think could have that upside a value play who I like a lot for tonight and get you ready for Tuesday night over on Fandall calm welcome on into the solo shot. That's right here on the fandall podcast network. My name is Jim Sonnis I am a digital media managing editor for fandall research here to break down Tuesday nights 11 game main slate Well lock set for 705 p.m. Eastern for tonight just one weather note on this late That is that there is a slight chance of rain in Boston for the Red Sox and Royals They should be good to go but You want to check back on that one later to be safe you can but overall I think we should be able to play things pretty straight up for tonight We'll dive into what that means playing straight up in just one second A first day reminder to make sure you're subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast scene wherever you get your podcast We have a PGA podcast for this week's event coming up later on today The FedEx st. Jude championship via myself brandy. Goodula a no-cut event in the FedEx account playoffs You can find that right here on the number fire a daily fantasy podcast You can also find the solo shot over on fandall TV plus and the fandall YouTube page Have you ever started a player in your fantasy lineup who scores three points while someone on your bench puts up 20? Well with fandals NFL best ball drafts You don't have to worry about that draft your team in each week The highest score in line up from your roster will be used as you battle for first place all season long Leagues can be free to play or for money and range from three to twelve players the NFL season will be here before you know It's a head over to fandall today and get in on the action eligibility restrictions apply Pitching preview for this Tuesday mainstay from or fall Vez checks in with the highest salary on fandallist salary is $10,000 from a Max Scherzer a 10-5 Tanner bybies 97 with Logan Gilbert a 95 But you say kikuchi taking on the Guardians of 92 with Brady Singer against the Red Sox in 9000 Then Mitch Keller James and Ty Ode Julio Arias Wade Miley and Lucas Giolito are the others at $8,000 or higher Now we do get Max Scherzer tonight. He is facing the A's in Oakland. So I Know I mentioned how it's a low upside slate It is a low upside slate outside of Max Scherzer. He is the one traditional stud We turn to on a large plate He will be our top guy for tonight Scherzer looked really good in his first earth Rangers he let up three runs but Nine strikeouts in that game and that tied the most strikeouts he's had in a game since June 7th His swing strike crew is 19% Which is his highest since June 1st and his second highest mark this year and you know He let up runs But it's not like Scherzer got hit hard because he let up just three hard hit balls on 15 balls and play with no Barrels allowed so says to me that Scherzer probably just got a bit unlucky for the full season He has a 28% strikeout rate. He's facing a lineup of the 88 WRC plus against right ease Their ISO is 147 and as always it is easily the coolest part on the slate with the Giants playing on the road for tonight So I find nothing in a pick here. I have Scherzer projected for 7.2 strikeouts tonight Nobody else for me is above 6.2 So Scherzer is a great option and I think he's kind of the one guy who fits the traditional stud mold for this kind of As mentioned though, I do like a value play quite a bit for tonight And that a value play is actually to be my number two option behind Max Scherzer And that guy is Carter Crawford Crawford salary is 7,900 dollars taken on the Royals And I like him enough to put him number two behind Scherzer for tonight Crawford as mentioned home against the Royals They're not as much of a high strikeout team as they were earlier on this year But they still don't draw any walks their walk rate is below 6% against right ease and the active roster criminally low and that was an 87 WRC plus against right ease which means a pretty good match over Crawford and Crawford is trending up his name is cutter So fittingly sorry more cutters over his past six starts make sense He has a 26% strikeout rate in that span You would think a guy with this name would be good with that pitch and it turns out Crawford does fit the bill And that's even with that 26% strikeout rate comes with four of those six darts coming on the road He isn't home tonight. He had nine in one game earlier on in this stretch He had seven in another and the results have been really good, too the one big downside with Crawford is pitch count because he has just one quality start in the six game sample He has not topped 90 pitches in any of those now He did hit 93 and 94 earlier on this year including one right before the stretch began so It's not like he's incapable of going a bit deeper in games And I think that that is enough on this slate where there's not a lot of upside It means the opportunity cost of spending down on Crawford versus other studs It's not that large. So I like Crawford quite a bit I think these good pitcher who's trending up in a good matchup And that's enough for me to be on cutter Crawford tonight It's $7,900 as my number two option behind Max Scherzer on Fandle because Crawford is our value play I can do anywhere for this next option and I'm gonna go to you say kikuchi at $9,200 part of this does depend on the sass of Jose Ramirez He's appealing his three-game suspension if that appeal is denied today where mirrors will sit now downgrade this Guardians lineup a lot If the appeal is still pending Ramirez will play and that would downgrade kikuchi a bit But even if we assume Ramirez plays the Guardians active roster has just a 67 WRC plus against lefties their ISO is 112 They are almost as bad as the Rockies against lefties, which is tough tough look for the Guardians there Obviously, there are low strikeout team But that would change a bit if Ramirez can't go cuz he never strikes out and that's the one area where kikuchi Has always been really good the strikeouts have been there. It's been the hard contact been the bad results But I think the kikuchi is trending up in those key areas where he's lagged before over his past 12 starts He has a 2.80 skill interactive era in that time throwing fewer change ups His hearty rate allows about average at 38% for the 38% fly ball ring average for kikuchi is a good thing because He has typically been hideous in those departments So he's pairing that with a 27% strikeout rates and that's all great Now those are the peripherals for kikuchi and those are one thing results are another Typically we see kikuchi have much better peripherals than results But now the X is a 2.95 era in this span I don't think that number will stay that low But kikuchi is much better now than he was before and it is a low strikeout matchup That doesn't matter quite a bit But again, we don't need a ton of upside to hang on this way We could go with a guy who gets you seven innings by strikeouts Very efficient nowhere and runs allowed that could be enough for tonight, especially with kikuchi salary being very reasonable at 92 So I still like kikuchi a lot despite the low strikeout matchup I've been raking third behind Scherzer and Crawford so to me It's Scherzer one is the one true stud Crawford the top value play a number two option and kikuchi number three overall for tonight Part of the reason why I think you could justify further going to Crawford is that the Dodgers are very in play for stacking And I would love to be on them for tonight they're facing Brandon Fott and The roof is closed in Arizona tonight, which does downgrade the park factor, but I still think we want to go here now the caveat is I Did bet the Arizona money line for this game in part because I think the fought is getting better I do not think he is better enough We have to avoid him in this matchup though and he's getting better He is coming off his best start of the year He went seven innings allowed one or run with what with seven strikeouts and that came against the Giants Who are pretty solid offense and that game was on the road So that's a very good start for thought very encouraging It's part of why I'm on their money line for today The problem has been the bad at ball data for her thoughts It's been his big bugaboo so far in the majors his hard hit rate so far is 45 percent It was 44 percent against the Giants He let up three barrels in that game, but he let up just two hits So the Giants were making quality contact, but the hits just did not fall That tells me that the old issues the biggest issues for thoughts have not been fully cleared up I think the strikeouts will trend up, but I'm skeptical. He's corrected the bad at ball issues Thoughts he ran the majors is seven point one one is expected. He already is five point three five. He's better than that I think that he's much better than that But I don't think we need to avoid stacking against him when the opponent is good and that's the case with the Dodgers So I think we need to be in on them here for the Dodgers are a team to me I think grades out very well for stacking the Dodgers lineup is kind of the one thing that's annoying here though Because they have a lot of guys right now after the trade deadline They kind of stocked up primarily against lefties more so than righties But it's allowing them to sit their studs more often even against righties That will eventually drive down salaries for the big guns But it also means you got to hang out and wait until their lineup is posted to fill out and finalize your lineup So it's a minor thing, but it is potentially the one downside to stacking them if you're gonna be busy closer to lock So keep that in mind if the lineups of the Dodgers lineup may not be out You want to make sure you have a window to check their lineup make sure you're good to go As we get closer to lock number two stacks me the Cubs facing Carlos Carrasco. He's like been a guy I've liked for a very long time used to be a really good pitcher and I hope he gets back there But he's not there right now and it's kind of a bummer But I do which is stacked the Cubs against him tonight Carrasco pretty rough rut right now He's let a five-plus earned runs in three consecutive starts He let up four in one of those before that so four plus and four straight games five plus and three straights And three of those four were easy matchups over his past seven starts Carrasco has been throwing fewer force emers It's never been a great pitch for him. So it's not a bad thing. He's throwing more sliders instead But it clearly has not worked because he's letting up a fifty four percent hard hit rates in that time Carrasco is keeping the ball in the ground, but that's kind of the lone positive right now He's a from the Cubs tonight. They're WRC plus against right. He's back up to 116 with a 176 iso So it's definitely not the best park for home runs with the scheme being in New York But I still think we have to go here given Carrasco's recent struggles It does help us that Carrasco is a guy who came to hit by both righties and lefties So the Cubs used to be very righty heavy But now a lot more lefties in the lineup and it doesn't really matter honestly because Carrasco has been letting up a lot of hard contact righty So I think you bump up a guy like Dan C. Swanson who has hit the ball really really well since coming back I think you can bump him up because of the platoon splits But definitely don't worry about the lefties because they've been fine against Carrasco as well Our final stack is gonna be the Brewers. They're facing Kyle Freeland starting for the Rockies It's his third start off the IL and he let it three home runs last time out now It was a course field which is worth noting but it's also a continuation of the issues that Freeland has had all year long So I like stacking the Brewers against him here Freeland's velocity is up. This is coming off the IL and It's actually quite a bit on a sinker and sliders. That's definitely good But it hasn't mattered because in those two starts feeling is like a 40 balls in play Seven have been barrels that's 17.5% and the hard hit rate allowed us 50% So even with increased velocity Freeland is getting hammered if you look at the nine starts feeling is made with his sinker slot usage back up He's allowed a 46% of hard hit rates. His ERA in the time is 5.69 Part of that is at course field obviously But he left four and seven runs on the road earlier on this year in this sample as well The Brewers have added enough pieces where I have more faith in them against lefties now Than I did before so the Brewers to me the number three stack here for tonight behind the Dodgers and the Cubs Now because it's a lefty here in Cal Freeland I'd expect Tyrone Taylor to bat in the middle part of the order for the Brewers But he's a pretty classic guy who makes it nervous for DFS. He did start last night against the right He's that's somewhat encouraging But outside of that game he has started two games against the lefty since the all-star break And he has just two played appearances in both those games before being subbed out Needed a home run in one of those so he paid off But there is not a lot of room for a huge game there even two home runs is good You'll take that every day, but I kind of want more a little greedy for sure But I don't want just two played appearances out of my guys So I like Taylor's talent enough. I think that if he were to be a full-time player I'd be on him in DFS. He does hit home runs But I need to see him stay in games longer before I feel great about using him in DFS So it's a bummer to skip over a guy with a low salary batting fifth in the order or this Brewer's team, but That is my preference for tonight I can't guarantee I can do that because if I want to get to sure is where I got to say somewhere But my preference is to avoid Tyrone Taylor if I can and find my value elsewhere Things to watch for this Tuesday Slade. I don't mind the pirates tonight for stacking They're facing Yanichurinos who struggle with the race and hasn't looked a whole lot better in two starts in the Braves He is doing a better job at suppressing our contact, which is what he did previously But it could be a small sample I think the pirates lose consideration for stacking and they're a team I'm willing to go to beyond this top three for tonight. I have the angels could be interesting too They're facing what will likely be Alex Wood is a bulk reliever for the Giants And there's a reason what is not a full starter anymore and he has not pitched in a while He was really struggling before this this shifted role for him The angels have a 113 and WRC plus against lefties in the current active roster So I could see them trying to get back in that win column here pretty soon I think the the angels do make a lot of sense tonight. Finally the mirrors are facing Nick Martinez I don't think Martinez will be out there very long. He just pitched in relief a couple days ago So it's basically a bullpen game with Martinez throwing around I'd say 50 or so pitches and Martinez has been better recently better hard contact numbers better Fly ball numbers. So the Mariners are fine for stacking because Martinez was rough earlier on But that's why I'd rank them below my top three and below Angels and pirates as well when it comes to stacks for tonight's the Mariners an option just not what I'm enthused about personally Let's finish up here some finger calls on this Dinger Tuesday over a fan dual sportsbook the boring one Max Muncie taking on a righty here fought again letting up a ton of hard contact and a ton of fly balls still and Max Muncie is a guy who can punish those kinds of things So Max Muncie sour and fangirl thirty six hundred dollars the boring money call for today, but a fun one Let's go with William Contreras. I think that he is the better quote-unquote value play on the spurious team I know that Taylor is a lot lower 23 than Contreras is at 3000 but Still does get you wiggle room Contreras has been hidden for some more power recently a lot of doubles in his profile and Facing a lefty who is letting up hard contact I think that's enough to make Contreras a really fun option So home run calls for Dinger Tuesday Max Muncie and William Contreras That is all that we have here for today on the solo shot wanting to be Thank you to all of you as always for tuning in as mentioned We are back later on today talking about PGA DFS for the FedEx St. Jude classic find that in your podcast feed wherever you get your podcast if you like what you hear Leave us a five-star rating map of podcasters Spotify as well. If you've got any questions for me I am on Twitter at Jim Sonnis J. I. M. S. A. N. N. E. S. You can also follow faddle research at faddle research We'll talk to you all once again tomorrow. 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Hi everyone, this is Chih-chou. Welcome to my channel and welcome to the last video that we're sort of putting out for this set of videos that we did for the 10 by 10 math puzzle, the pattern recognition game that we played, right? And for those of you that aren't familiar with this game, we have a video explaining what the rules of the game are and there's a blog post that I've put out where it's sort of archiving all the information we're compiling for this game, including a write up with the rules of the game, okay? But just to let you know, what we ended up doing was basically in this last set of videos we did for this, we ended up doing three days of live streaming on Twitch where we played two games per live stream and we ended up recording the second game of each of the live streams where we loaded those videos on YouTube and we also loaded those videos on BitShoot including loading on the full live streams on BitShoot as well, right? Now on the last day of the streams, one of the people that was participating in this game were trying to solve this puzzle collectively, right? Doing the movements and trying to find the best direction to go to get to 100, right? One of the people that was participating in that stream mentioned that they had through a lot of rigor, through a lot of hard work, through a lot of note taking, through a lot of pen and paper, okay? They had found a solution where we ended up getting to 100, right? Going from number one, according to the two movement types that we have, to 100, right? And they asked us if we'd be interested the chat, if we'd be interested in seeing the solution on the wall. And it was a handful of people, me being one of them, that were interested in seeing the solution. So what they ended up doing was basically giving us the movement types, what they ended up doing to go from number 100 to number, number one to number 100, right? So what you're about to see is the solution that they gave us during that live stream that we ended up recording, okay? And a huge thank you to Nicholas for sharing his solution with us. There are more and maybe in the next few years we'll end up finding more solutions and putting them on the wall and checking out what the different types of strategies, what the best strategies might be to solve this puzzle, okay? So I hope you enjoy the solution and if you like what you're seeing here, what we're basically doing on this channel, the type of videos that we're putting out. And if you're into seeing more of this type of content, please consider subscribing, you can turn on notifications and if you can afford it, please support this project either through Patreon or one of the other means, platforms that are listed in the description of the video, okay? Aside from that, here's the solution that Nicholas provided to us during the last live stream that we did on Twitch. I hope you enjoy. Bye for now. So we're starting at A10 and then we're gonna go down A10, A7, A4, A1 and then D1, so we're gonna go across, okay, cool. So we're doing this. Two, three, I hope so. J10, oh, we're going up, okay. Let's go up, nine, okay. What do we got after that, Nicholas? J10, D10, B8, B5. J10, D10, B8, B5, B2, E2, E2, B2, E2. And we got H2, H5, H2, H5, H8 after H8, 12, 13, 14, 15. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. What else we got? I10, I7, I4, I10, I7, I1, F1, C1, okay. I1, F1, C1, and I think we're kicking into the A's. A3, A6, A9, D9, and then we're going across. A3, we're going across, and then J3, where are we? So 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 30. 31, 32, we had J9, J6, J3, J6, J3, 33, 34. And then we're going down, I guess. H1, we're going to go all the way down, and then B4, B7, B10, okay. 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 30, 40. And then what do we got? Gichou, sticky note noises. 10, let's see, E10, H10, Js, okay. So we're going to go E10, E10, and H10, and then J8. E10, H10, and then we're going to go down. 42, 43, 44, 45, 45. And then JA2, G2, D2, okay. G2, D2, let me do this one. 46, 47, A5, across the left, then fill up A. Okay, across the left, then fill up A. Okay, where was I? Oh yeah, thanks, Dante. 48, 49, 48, 49, 50. And then I was assuming we're hitting this. Ta-da-da-da-da-da-da, C10, yeah. So we got 51, and then what are we doing with Cs? C10, E8, C6, E8, C6. 51, 52, 53, C9, F9, and then across. C9, F9, are we doing E9? I9, yeah, I9, I6, I3, F3, we're gonna lose it. Now we're right there, right here. 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, okay. 58, I3, F3, C3, E5, F3, F3, C3, I lost it. E5, G7, E5, E5, G7, oh, we're going with diagonal. 59, 60, 61, 62, G7, E9. Oh, I almost missed that one. E9, we're up here, 63, and then what do we got?  E3, and then the Hs, so 66, 67, 68, 69, 70. Did the Hs, H9, F7, C7, C4, F7, C7, C4, 21, 72, 73, F4, D6, D6. 74, 75, where are we? D6, D3, G3, I5, D3, D6, 77, 78, I'm assuming we're gonna go up there. D, 77, 78, we're at I5, is that what I'm supposed to be? Oh yeah, I5, I8, F8, okay. I8, F8, 7, 79, 80, now what do we got? Cs, take the Cs out, take the Cs out, we'll take the Cs out, 81, 82, 83, and then I'm gonna, so I'm gonna take those out, yeah, take row two out, and then G4, 84, 85, 86, and then E6, G8, D8, what was that? Let's see, G4, E6, G8, E6, G8, slow now, 87, 88, so we got G8, D8, D5, G5, D8, D5, G5, 90, 91, can we figure it out by ourselves? 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, is it? Let's check it out, where are we? 91, 91, where are we at 91? G5, let's see, G5, G5, E6, G8, E6, E7, is that where I am? 91, let's check it out, C8, let's go to C8, and then we have C5, and then we have C2, and then F2, I2, G4, E6, yeah, G8, G8, D8, D5, G5, it must be E7, it must be E7, so that must be 92, E7, G8, okay, it must be G7, and then D5, I'm messing it up, let's check it out, BG6, 87, 87, it must be 87, 87, thank you Nicholas, so 93, the only out is this one, 94, right, F, E7, E7, 87, F5, thanks, spot of the F5, D7, D7, it must be here, D4, F6, so that was 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, let's check it out, 99, and 100, 100, awesome, awesome, 100, yeah, 100, very nice, awesome, awesome, awesome, that's crazy, we got the sirens going outside too now, 100, that's a beautiful board, that's a beautiful board, one wrong turn, just anywhere would have just thrown it off, definitely, definitely, fun, awesome, thanks Nicholas, massive spot in my face right now, spot of the D7, as you can tell, same with me, we saw 100, pre-game, pre-game, not bad though, we did well, we did well, they're coming to take Nicholas's mouth, circular pattern clockwise and anti-clockwise, yeah, that was basically it, right, which is pretty sweet, I love the just circular pattern, just going in like this, like this, the quadrants is amazing, we should have taken now this guy throughout that whole thing, the blue, but that's okay, we'll leave it on, okay, should we take it down, let's take this down, so it doesn't throw people off, there was no quadrant not that involved here, just a lot of hidden misses and scrap paper, yeah, but it's fun to do, amazing to do, amazing to do, thank you very much for that Nicholas, thank you very much for that, good sounds, very good sounds, that's it gang, we call it a stream, I'm losing my voice a little bit too, thanks for being here gang, that was super sweet, super sweet, okay, the next streams we'll do, fun stream, night everyone, nice stream, awesome, it was fun man, super fun, super fun, let me actually switch up the thing here, nice, awesome, thank you for being here gang, the next set of streams, I mean too Nicholas, I love it as well, the next set of streams, I think earliest is going to be next weekend, most likely, I gotta edit some video, load up some video, and I got some other stuff to take care of, got to do this more often, we gotta do it more often, I might leave this grid up, I might leave it up and we do, aside from that, I hope you guys have a fantastic Sunday evening, if it's still night time, or a Monday morning, if it's Monday morning for you, thanks for sticking around, a lot of fun, a lot of fun, we did well, we did well, we got 98, 99, and we were given 100 gifts, it was great to catch some streams, been too long, been too long indeed KC, got to replace it with the Indigo, on the, maybe when I take it down and then we do it again, we do it with the Indigo, okay, sweet dreams everyone, and good morning, bye for now.


Felly wnaeth y gallu melyniadau fedriol ei chyrd am y ddechrau, sieblyniadur 7 oma i'r mewnsgwybwyll. Mae'n cŷghwch â'r Ysgrifedd Siwr Ysgrifhold gyda Byllun gynhyrchu... ...nydd y llei sy'n fawr yn y llysg isniell... ...cymdeithas, y gyrdigol ar y dyfodol y bydd mor gael yn ymlaen... ...y'r pethoedd yn cysylltu'r unitseth... ...y'n gwneud yng Ngheilwch Gun ymgwyll ymgwyll yn y ddefnyddur ymgwyll. I'm not going to attempt to explain it, I'm going to allow my colleagues to do that, so without further ado and mindful of time I will introduce our panel here. To my immediate left I have my colleague Mr Espin, but I'm the managing director, member of the managing board of the World Economic Forum. Next to Espin is Robin Nibilet, director, Chatham House in the UK and a member of the Global Agenda Council on Europe. After Robin we have Yaqui Silias, the executive director of the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa. And last but not least I'm honoured to be joined by Alicia Barstena-Hebara, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. And a member of the Global Agenda Council on Latin America. So I'm going to ask Espin to start off by offering a brief overview of the community and what its ambitions and objectives are. Thank you very much Ali. We're very pleased to launch officially this new community which is brand new in the World Economic Forum.  We are of course organised through members, but we also have a number of communities and networks that we develop over time in order to help us to drive the global agenda and to understand what's going on on the global level. And some years ago we set up something called the Global University Leaders Forum which is roughly the leaders of the 25 leading universities in the world and they have been a very important resource for us. Building on that success we decided that we wanted to develop a similar format for the leading think tanks of the world. The institutions that are in a more applied practical way trying to understand the intersection between analysis and policy in areas of like the geopolitics or global political developments or regional geoeconomics, the global economic development and also national and international social trends. And it's a major focus for us to understand how these issues are linked. It's not enough to deep dive into the global economy as such or global politics as such. We really want to use this community to build bridges and to look across different disciplines and to see how that can help the World Economic Forum to be even more of a forward looking thought leader for the members and the partners and the countries and the organisations that we work closely with. The think tank leaders forum community will consist of 25 institutions at leader level. We only allow the top leader of the think tank to be a member. We will of course eventually also have some guests visiting but the community will consist of the leaders of the think tanks that we have selected. They represent the whole planet. They are the think tanks from all parts of the world and we will still be working on potential further members but we have a list already of the existing members and they have been meeting here and had a successful inaugural round of meetings in order to discuss what they can do together. Because obviously many of these know each other anyway but we are bringing them to link together in a way that we think is helpful for them and which we know will be helpful for us. Let me just briefly outline a couple of the ideas that they have decided to focus on and you will see that they are topics that are also high on the general agenda of the global of the World Economic Forum. They are six. Number one is the continued existence and the growing importance of income inequality in the world. Secondly, persistent jobless growth. Third, rising nationalism or sectarianism in different parts of the world. Four, rising geo-strategic competition. That means that we are seeing a new level of competition between key players. We see it in this region, we see it in East Asia, we see it in Europe over the Ukraine crisis. Fifth, the trend towards a weakening of representative democracy. And sixth and last, the lack of global leadership or the erosion rather of global leadership. These are all trends that this group see developing and we want to address how they are linked. For instance, is persistent jobless growth and rising inequality linked to rising nationalism and rising sectarianism. Is rising geo-strategic competition, is that a cause of or an effect of the lack of global leadership? And all these relationships will be developed by this community of thought leaders. So that's basically what's going to happen now. We're happy to see this community develop inside the ecosystem of the World Economic Forum and I think I will leave it at that and then allow for the members to take it from there. Thank you and I will just add, thank you Espen. I just add we do have unfortunately a hard finish here at 10.55. So we will have time for questions. So I'd invite our next panelist, Robin Nible, at you are the head of the think tank. Give us your opinion on this formation of the community. Well thank you very much for this opportunity and also for the opportunity to be part of this group. Let's say very few comments very quickly. Number one, I think the value of the community is that we as think tanks are part of a growing community internationally. It's interesting that not just in the West which has tended to pioneer the concept of think tanks that exist in parallel to governments and that help communicate and interlink governments and other actors in society, media, the private sector, civil society, academics, part of the role of think tanks is to act as that intermediator between those involved in the policy world and those outside it. The demand for that facility, for that activity seems to be growing all over the world and you can see. Okay we'll wait to fix it, I think Robin if you just continue. We'll try to solve this problem. Is it this microphone or you can hear me here can't you? The microphone is working. Can you hear me? You can hear me. Okay they can hear me. So saying first of all that the value is that right now the think tanks appear to be growing around the world, have been created in countries around the world where they did not exist before. Why? Because ultimately the management of policy is increasingly not just in the hand of governments. Whether it's civil society, whether it's companies, whether it is experts, whether it is a global dialogue that comes from outside the country, into the country, governments are not in charge in the way they were before. And think tanks have traditionally sat at this intersection between governments and the non-governmental sector and provide a trusted space, a neutral space in some cases for debates to happen about policy in the longer term beyond generally the horizon that governments have to focus on. I think it's very interesting that as this is happening the World Economic Forum would use its role as one of the main conveners globally of people from all over the world and this global agenda summit which brings think tanks as well as other communities from all over the world together to try and get us think tank heads as well to meet up, which we don't always do collectively. We live very much in our own ecosystems and our own countries. Second point where I think the value comes from is that, as I said, the role of think tanks is to be able to look over the horizon, to look a little bit further than governments tend to look. And right now the things that we look at over the horizon are not just inside our countries but very much beyond them. These are international topics from, as you said, rising geopolitical competition where we're all experiencing that right now. All countries are experiencing a decay in the solidity and strength of their national political systems including in Europe and all countries are being challenged by the greater competition for resources around the world. So what we're discovering is that each of our nations within which think tanks tend to exist are sharing similar problems and this will give us a chance to compare notes what do we think the big topics are in the future, can we match them, can we work on them together if needs be. So I see this as being a very valuable exercise. Thank you. Thank you very much. Jaki, your views please. Thank you very much. My name is Jaki Silia. I'm the Executive Director of the Institute for Security Studies. We're a regional African based organisation. And I think the importance of what is being launched is the fact that this crosses the divides. The world is increasingly multipolar. Leadership seems to be absent. But in my view it's largely a function of the changing power dynamics that we see. People say there's a lack of leadership but it is much more difficult to lead in a multipolar world where power is diffused. And there are very important differences between how we see the world from London, from Brussels, from Washington, from New York. As we would see it from Africa, from Pretoria, where I am based, or indeed from our offices, Narasababa, Nairobi or Dakar. We see globally a rise in so-called the importance of non-state actors. Non-state actors are not only terrorist organisations and insurgent groups, but they are also in actual fact labour unions, civil society, legitimate actors that occupy a space, a legitimate space. Now whereas in Africa we would argue that we face a large governance deficit and a democratic deficit in certain parts, as is the case in the Middle East, in the developed world the situation is quite different. Where we see a post-west failure in state emerging which is very, very different. So to bridge these divides I think is very important. Our role as Robin indicated is to try and provide evidence-based policy. We don't represent any particular constituency. We hope that we represent research and objective facts. Of course, objectivity lies in the eye of the beholder, but we hope that we can add to that debate. So I think it's very, very useful, Espin. I think it's necessary. It adds to the complementarity globally and to the role of the World Economic Forum as a thought leader in this respect. So thank you very much for the initiative. Okay, Ms Bertina Ebarra is the head of an organisation. How will you draw upon this community and how can they add to your efforts to solve the challenges in your region? Well, thank you very much for the invitation. I want to say that I come from... My institution is located in Santiago de Chile, which is South America actually, and we have offices in Mexico and in the Caribbean, and it's very important for us as a region. We are a think tank which is focusing on public policies basically, but we are also questioning today what is the new equation that is needed in our societies between the market, the state as a whole, and the civil society. Previously there was like a single model. It was a market-oriented approaches that were prevailing in the region, but now we find that our region has a very diverse way of organising itself. Each society is selecting the way they want to, in a certain way, organise their model of development, actually. So we believe that this network of think tanks is going to be extremely important. In our region, for example, number one, the employment. Low productivity, low salaries, you know? And the thing of the growth, we are not growing that much. So again, we think we can bring some ideas and experiences of what's happening in our society that can bring about knowledge on the global networks. But things that we are thinking from the South, let's put it this way, is not what the North is thinking about us, but how we are constructing our own modelling, our own thinking, and we can bring that experience to the World Economic Forum. We believe that the world is changing. The South is not the same. They are shifting powers all over the world. So we are emerging in a way as middle-income economies with many problems. And just finally, I would like to say that we believe that in our case, for example, the lack of leadership, for example, in the case of the United States, which was one of the cases we were discussing yesterday, was the role of the US. Well, for Latin America, this is crucial. I mean, either we are ignored or we are part of their priorities, and this is extremely important for us. And finally, the role of the citizen security. Our region apparently is a very peaceful region. You don't hear a lot about it, except that we have very fragile democracies right now. Trust between people and governments is very fragile. You can see what's going on in Mexico, what's going on in Central America. Illicit crime is coming all over the place. Corruption, the lack of institutions. So these are things that we have to bring to the equation. So I'm very grateful to be part of this network, and I think it's going to be extremely useful both ways. One, to hear what's happening globally, and the other thing is to have our voice from the South being heard in this global scenario. Thank you very much indeed. I want to have some type of questions. A quick show of hands, please, so we can see a gentleman here, a lady there on the third road. Were you looking for asking a question? A microphone's coming. No. Okay, a gentleman here in the front row. So a gentleman here, can we get the microphone? Abdullah Bouhagag from the Sultanate of Oman. Abdullah Bouhagag from the Sultanate of Oman. I have the pleasure to listen to this international awareness about the transformations and changes that are taking place in the world right now. Honestly, I would like to speak about the value of this network. I think that this value can bridge the gap between the economy and the policies. This is the first time that I attend the World Economics Forum and the summit on the global agenda, and I have realized that this summit focuses on the consequences and not the root causes of these consequences. Therefore, we have faced many dilemmas and paradoxes. I think that this maybe network can contribute to bridging the gap. I think that the main cause is the lack of legitimacy of the leadership at the national level. Today we are witnessing a rising inequality in revenues. I think that this is due to the lack of the political role in what concerns the United Nations. I think that the United Nations today is incapable or incapable of contributing positively in the leadership of the international community. This is why I think that this network is important. The summit is important because it focuses on the policies that usually lead to the economic consequences, which are the main focus of the summit on the global agenda. I think that this network is very important. I think that it should have been established beforehand. I think that it comes late. Why? Because there are many reasons behind that. If we had this network before and you agreed all on that, you said during previous meetings that the Middle East is witnessing a transitional period. During this transitional period many regimes collapsed and many others survived. If we had this network, maybe, we could have had a better brainstorming that can contribute to a certain orientation that allows the survival of regimes and that allows the development of societies. The international community is not present, is absent in these societies. I think the question was why was this network not formed earlier. Would anybody like to comment very briefly, mindful of time on the timeliness and maybe perhaps zeroing in on lack of leadership, which I think is the main comment here? To my knowledge, the network was not created earlier because the World Economic Forum didn't invite us to be created earlier. But the issue, I think very importantly, of root causes. Inevitably, when we get together at gatherings like this, the pressure often is to deal with the crisis of the day. I think the value of this network is, as you said, it does give us two, three days to compare notes on the root causes of the problems. So I agree with the value from that point of view. I would say legitimacy. I agree is a hugely important topic. What's interesting is in each of our regions, the loss of legitimacy of political leaders is at the heart of the difficulty of achieving solutions. And if maybe the think tank community can help bring together political leaders who are losing legitimacy with some of the other communities that can perhaps help translate the answers, then that would be a valuable contribution by this community. Anyone else? Okay, sorry. Let's just do one very quick question. Jen's been at the back. He had your hand up. Can you give us your name as well and tell us where you're from? Mr Beish from Council News. My question is that how would you breach the gap as far as the government goes? I'm sure that you'll be coming out with strategies understanding the root cause and giving solutions. So how would you breach the gap, that particular gap with the government? So what are the modernities in this case? Okay, so specifics on bridging that gap between yourself and governance. I think the world is a more crowded and messy space, and we all struggle for policy traction. So there's no easy response to the question that you ask. I think today think tanks and civil society struggle for space. Many of us adopt various strategies in terms of presenting our debate and our analysis and information both in media and in private, but this is a very difficult challenge because we are overwhelmed all of us with information. It is analysis that makes the difference, and the ability to get that analysis to the right policy maker at the right time is a challenge, and I don't think we must be glib about this. We all struggle with this issue, and there's no easy solution. So I think that is one of our major challenges going ahead. Okay, would you like to comment? Yes, something very quick, and that is I think all of the think tanks we are data driven institutions in a way. So that means that we use the best evidence that we have in hand, and we provide like an observatory trying to be as impartial as possible. It's never totally possible, but we try to do that. And I think this is extremely important if this information is open. And I think that one of the major, I would say, things that we have to look for is the opening of information for the public good. Today we have the big data revolution basically for private purposes, which is okay, but we also need it for the public good. And I think this will be, I think this network of think tanks at the end of the day what we want is really to open this information for the world. Can I, towards the end here, just add to that that of all the multiple crises that we're seeing now, I think there is one word that connects almost everything, which is trust, or rather the erosion of trust. And we're talking about trust inside countries between rulers and the ruled, but also trust between countries and between societies. There's a clear crisis of trust. And one of the reasons is short termism, that many actors, governments and others are looking for short term solutions to what's actually long term problems. And what the think tank community can do is to address, to place the current into the vision of the future and the long trends and hence help more advanced policy making, but also other parts of society to understand the long term trajectories that sometimes the short term solution makes the problem worse, even if it looks like it's working for the first couple of weeks. Thank you, Esmer. Now we're under extreme time pressure to keep the schedules running. We are a Swiss organisation after all. So thank you for your time and I apologise we can't answer all your questions. Anyone who does have any questions to ask, I'd encourage you to try to grab our panellists outside. We do need to vacate this room though, so thanks very much indeed for joining us and we'll see you back here at one o'clock. Thank you.