is Angie Barbara Innocent, more commonly called Barbara Innocent. November 19th is International Men's Day. And in light of that, I have with me two distinguished gentlemen who will join me in a discussion centered around aspects of men's lives. I have, from my right hand side, Dr. Gavin Melvin. And I also have Mr. Guy Futsu. Today we want to delve into some conversation about men in light of International Men's Day, as we said. The way we want to do this this morning, we want to look at two aspects. We will have Dr. Melvin look into the importance of screening as it relates to men's health.  To start off and kick off the conversation, let us start by, first of all, asking the question, what really is a man, or how do you differentiate when a boy has moved from a boy into manhood? And I'll just say that's something short and then let Mr. Guy Futsu add on to it. Very, I mean, most of us know that when you are moving from boyhood to manhood, there are some particular physical characteristics. For example, you grow the beard, a little hair on the chest, the voice gets a little more deep, and some peculiarities that happen. But today, we want to focus on something that is more social and psychological, because I think the way a man thinks is critical. And having said that, let me invite Mr. Guy Futsu to tell us from your own perspectives, what do you think differentiates a boy from a man? How do you know when a man is a man? I believe that a man is a man when he takes his responsibility as a man. And because as an authority, he'd move in a position where he is under the authority of maybe his parent to the authority, to assuming authority himself, and sometime having people under his own authority. And in that sense, he started assuming some social function. Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Futsu. So I take two things critically from what you said. You mentioned the fact that there will be a new dimension of his responsibility. In other words, where as a boy might not take his responsibility very seriously. The boy interested in games and other things. A man might take a responsibility a little more serious and he said, you know what? I have a family to take care of. So even if I'm tired and I need to go to work, I'm gonna be responsible and get up and go to work because I need to take care of my family, you know? Even on the job, I may be stressed out a bit. Some days I may not feel like going to work, but you know what? I have a family to take care of and I'm gonna teach my boy to be responsible and I gotta be responsible so I'm gonna go to work. And also, you also mentioned a very key word, authority or authority. I think also you're right. I think when a man becomes a man and when a boy moves from boyhood to manhood, I think there's supposed to be a greater sense of confidence in the way he speaks. He should speak of greater authority, greater confidence because he is now going to contribute to a family in terms of sometimes leadership, sometimes projects. I think it's critical for him to speak of confidence and teach his son to speak of confidence and speak his daughters or his children generally to speak of confidence. So I like these two points. The other thing one of the acts is Mr. Futsu. I'm diving everywhere into the aspects of a man, being a man. What is your relationship like with your dad, if any acts? First of all, growing up, I would say I didn't have only one dad. I have my biological dad. I didn't live with him, but I also have my uncle with whom I live. And the father figure for me was both of them and even many other uncles who were always there. They would approach me, they would guide me and it was more like mentors because they would take me on when they want to do certain things. They would go with me, they would hold my hand and do those things. They would teach me how to be a man to see it that way. I have a similar experience myself. I had more or less like two fathers. My grandfather, who I brought up with most of my life and then I had my father, who I also saw every day, but he was my real biological father and both of them played a critical role in my development into becoming a man. For example, my grandfather. Whenever he leaves the house, the first thing he does before he drives off with his vehicle, he opens the bonnet, checks the radiator for water, checks the oil, checks the other things and then he starts to leave. And I used to be watching from the back and he was watching this. Now, I'm not a man, to be honest with you, I still cannot exercise the kind of discipline he did. I would do that about once a month or twice every two weeks, but not the kind of a way he, if such discipline, before he leaves, before he drives off, he checks his vehicle for the tires and all that, you know, like a culture, like a lifestyle, which I, it all goes well for me because I try to do it every now and then, but still not as well as he does it.  So let me just, before the break comes, let me just try to switch to men's health because we are our distinguished doctor here, Dr. Gavin Melvin. Dr. Gavin Melvin, can you tell us about the importance of screening as we listen to men's health? Thank you so much for having me today, Bahrain. First, let me define screening so that we understand what I mean by screening. Screening defined medically refers to checking an asymptomatic individual, somebody who does not have evidence of an issue. Okay. For a particular issue in the hope that you can find it early and you can perhaps treat it at an earlier stage so that less damage is done. Interesting. So just one little pin if you'll permit me. No problem. On the last part of your conversation. When boys grow to men, you should always remember that it's a process and sometimes it can be a longer process to some than others. Yes. It's very useful as mentors ourselves in whatever sphere of influence we have that we appreciate that not everybody is going to grow up as fast as everybody else and we give them both room to do so and direction in doing so. Just a little pin I wanted to... Can I actually explain your pin in terms of? Yes. Well, we only have a few minutes left for the first phase, when you say give them room, can you explain a little bit of that? Okay. Each person, each child is different and their requirements for every aspect of their development is different. Okay. This is shown most obviously in multi-children families.  So appreciating those differences should allow as a parent, as a mentor, for you to give each child a specific environment that they need to develop to the best of their ability. Some children may need more love, some children may need more discipline, some children may need both love and discipline, some children may just need more food. So whatever it is, whatever it is that the child needs to develop optimally as a mentor or parent, it is useful for you to recognize those differences so that you can provide them for the children. Very often, we tend to put everyone into a box and by 18, you should be X, Y, and Z. It isn't necessarily so. Some children are that way at 16, some at 15, some at 22. That is how it is. So recognizing that allows us to help them optimize that very significant transition from in the case of our discussion, to the boyhood, to manhood. That's what I meant when I said that. Very insightful. And you have led us into a far older bit. So we will stop right now for a short break and then we will continue and go back into that. Viewers, thank you so much for listening to us. Please don't go away. Please stay tuned. We'll see you. We'll be right back. Thank you. Welcome back, viewers. Thanks for staying tuned. You know, before we had stopped for the break, Dr. Melvin had expounded on some nice insights. He was talking about giving room, you know, because this is from boyhood to manhood. It's a process. And I think that giving room phenomenon, I would like to just speak a little bit about it because often times you find when a father becomes a legendary in some way or the other, when it's a very good musician, a very good doctor, a very good lawyer, there's a great tendency for wanting his son to just fall that same pathway. It happens with creatures also. And it's good for us as fathers to understand, hey, that may not be what they are designed by God to do. That may not be the area of gifting or the area of passion. And it's important that they work within the area of passion or gifting. Because when you work in your area of passion and gifting, it's almost like you don't even feel tired because you like what you're doing. I think it's important, as Dr. Melvin mentioned, that we give room. If you see your child as a father, it's not taking the same professional inclination as yourself. Don't be too discouraged about it, but see what happens. See what they're naturally good at and explore it, help them develop it. Because they may just be not a good doctor as yourself, I should say. But they may not be one of the world-renowned lawyers or world-renowned engineers. And they may even be a scientist. So we need to, as Dr. Melvin mentioned, we should always ensure that we allow the children to enter that room, that space, to become who they are on the inside, what they have a passion for, what they are gifted in. So I just wanted to explain that a little. Now, going back to the conversation, so we looked at the father a little bit. Dr. Gif, sorry, Mr. Gif, who spoke about his relationship with his dad. Let's take on a little different twist now. Can you tell us about what's it like being a husband? For you as a husband, you have, I think, took one key. As a husband and a father, how does that dynamic work for you? Husband, I think being a husband is actually, as we mentioned earlier on, it's a step in, it's another step, I would say. In stepping in, assuming some level of responsibility, but also partnership, because it's a relationship with a person who is also a complete person, just like me. And we have to discuss, we have to listen to each other. And also collaborate in raising out, raising up the children. And it is a learning process. Being a husband is a learning process. I like sometimes to say it's high school, it's high school of life, if you can say that. It's high school. At a certain level, because we learn to know ourselves better as someone else stepped in and can tell us things about ourselves, some things that we know, some things that we don't necessarily know or we are not aware of, and someone that we can trust. Because other people can tell us things, but it's not the same as a wife with somebody you trust, somebody you are committed to, and who can step in and help you in being fulfilled in who you are, who you are called to be.   Because I realize how much I needed to learn after we have our son. And I also learned my own limitation because I through my son, I could see myself. I could see how I grow or the steps that I have to go through. I have to learn to be patient. Certain things that I know, and I think it's obvious, I see that I need to teach the child, I need to help him understand. And sometimes I need to be patient with him. And I realize, wow, so some people have been patient with me to move from this stage to this stage. So it's a learning process and building up this relationship, partnership relationship with the spouse, but also this mentoring relationship with the child that we are trying to help grow. It teaches us to know ourselves better, but also to help someone else develop to where we are. Very interesting. Have you ever looked at your answer to that? Yes, just briefly before I get back to what I wanted to say in the first piece. I think that in seeing ourselves in our children, particularly, sometimes in the people we mentoring, it often perhaps creates what you were talking about earlier on about us not giving our children room to grow. Very often as adults, we try to see our best selves in our children and sometimes even enforce our best selves in our children. And it can lead to conflict, it can lead to challenge, and it can lead to not necessarily good outcomes every time. So I think it's useful to recognize it so that again we can give our children room to grow into their best selves, even if, even if, it's a little different from what we imagine that our best selves or theirs would be. So yes, that's what I wanted to add before I get back to when you allow me to what we were discussing before. Well, let me just highlight something that Mr. Futsu said in terms of the partnership and the uniqueness of persons. Yes, I really like that, that when you marry someone, it's a partnership, so you're doing things together. But there's also an aspect of each person have their own form of individualism or uniqueness of personality. With my wife, for example, my wife, although I'm a man and most men like cricket, I'm not a big lover of cricket. I watch cricket now and then, but my wife loves cricket. Now, just to please her sometimes, I might just watch a marty for her too, you know?  So in the partnerships I'm in, to make one and a half here, I just watch a marty for her. I'm never the West Endistinist, I try to bring her there, I don't know what she likes. I'm quick to sit down there and listen to something on YouTube that I can pick up some knowledge from, but she's more of the cricket fan. So it's important for us to understand that and don't try to force the power partner to be inclined to the same things that we do. Like Dr. Melville said, that then creates conflict because you are a partnership but you also have your own individualism of mind. Now, having said all that and time is going, I want to open the, make a room for Dr. Melville. To talk about, that's more about screening because I know that means there's a critical thing in solution. Yes. Thank you again, Barry. Like I said before the break, screening represents looking for disease processes that have not yet shown symptoms in the hope that you can catch it at an earlier stage and fix it. And there are many recommendations for screening for men and women. And those screening recommendations differ based on age generally and risk. So for example, a man who has had relatives with prostate cancer should probably be screened for prostate cancer earlier than a man who does not have such a history. That's just one example. And there are several recommendations for screening for men. Now, the list is long and it would take a whole conference to go through all of them individually. So I just wanted to perhaps highlight maybe two or three of them. The one that is most feared and most discussed and most shunned perhaps is prostate cancer screening. Thank you. So prostate cancer screening represents, should represent, let me say it this way, a discussion between a patient and a physician as to when, what method and how screening should be done. It is not a one-size-fits-all. Unfortunately, as black people, we have a genetic predisposition to enlargement of the prostate as we get older and prostate cancer, which tends to be more aggressive. Okay. Dr. Nelville, we're going to stop you for a short break. Don't lose your train of thought. I shall not. When we return, we will just continue it. Viewers, very important information coming here. So please stay tuned. We'll be right back. Thank you. Pamela, I noticed that you built your retaining wall on my property. You will have to give me my land back or compensate me for that. My contractor isn't dumb. I trust that he will not build anything on your property. Where is your proof? Let's go to court. This situation does not require you to go to court. Looks like we have to go through mediation here. Mediation is a way people resolve conflicts like this. Someone, a third party, comes to speak to both parties. This person is called the mediator. The mediator is impartial. He or she makes sure that communication between both parties is effective and efficient. So the mediator is a judge? No, the mediator is not a judge. Mediators, unlike judges, do not decide cases or impose settlements. Let me get a mediator to handle this retaining wall and that kitchen. Kitchen? Yes, your kitchen also falls on my land. Let me call the mediator. Welcome back, viewers. Thank you for staying tuned. Dr. Melville, before the break, you will say some very critical things that will continue. Sure. Before the break, I was saying that one of the more feared screening tests that men run away from is prostate cancer screening. And I just wanted to talk a little bit about it and some of the other screening methods and disease processes that we should screen for as men because they are illnesses for which we can intervene. And intervening early makes a difference in the outcome. Prostate cancer screening basically has three parts. One is an examination, which is the part that most men fear. Strangely enough, having had screening exams, most patients, most men that I see, ask a simple question afterward. That was all. So I think it is more an issue of stigma being attached to a procedure rather than actual discomfort or actual challenges with the screening exam. But it is a necessary part of getting older. It's a necessary part of any man getting older, especially a black man. So screening for prostate cancer includes a rectal examination where the physician actually touches the prostate and see how it feels and see how big it is. Also includes a blood test. The men include a blood test to check the levels of substance produced by the prostate. PSE. If it is elevated, then we know that there's a possibility that something is going on and we should look further for it. And it may include additional tests, such as MRI scans, ultrasounds, biopsies, and all that sort of stuff. Can I ask a quick question? Why is it on prostate cancer? What are some of the typical symptoms and signs that one should look for if one would have any form of prostate issues? That's a challenging question to answer, simply because the issue that is happening with the prostate dictates the symptoms that the patient has. So, for example, very often early prostate cancer is asymptomatic, which is one of the reasons it's a good disease to screen for. When a patient has symptoms from prostate cancer, that either means that the cancer is large enough to cause obstruction, or that there has been spread of the cancer to somewhere else. So, very often, early prostate cancer has no symptoms, and that's the point I was making earlier on, hence the need for screening.  And these are disease processes for which we have tests to detect them early. And in some cases, the tests that we use to detect the issue can also be curative. It can get rid of the issue. So, for example, if a patient does screening colonoscopy, a special camera looks in the bowel to see if there are any funny spots there, it is possible that by taking out that funny spot, you have prevented a patient from going on to develop cancer. So it can be both diagnostic and curative at the same time. So, if you have not taken anything else from what I've said today, the main thought that I'd like you to get is that there are tests available. Well, first, let me step back one second. Not because you're feeling fine and you don't have a symptom, means that nothing is wrong. That's the first issue. A lot of patients think that if something is wrong, they will feel a particular way and that is not necessarily true in many, many, many cases. From heart attacks to strokes, neither of those two disease processes started with the heart attack or the stroke. They started 10 or 15 years before with high cholesterol, which actually you should be screened for also. So, first thought is, because you do not have a symptom, does not mean that everything is fine. That's the first thought. The second thought is, have a discussion with your doctor about which screening tests are appropriate for you. While there are many guidelines, pretty much every significant medical organization has their guidelines, those guidelines may not necessarily apply to you as a patient, because your family history may be different, your own personal history may be different, you may have had other conditions that predispose you to something else. So, my second important point is, have a discussion with your physician, regardless of what age you are, about which screening tests are important to you as a patient. And if we do that often enough, we have the opportunity to intervene earlier and perhaps change some of the outcomes in later life. Okay, very, very important information. The greatest point for me is the importance of screening, because as the doctor said, a lot of these sicknesses are like silent killers or there's not much symptoms and signs to look out for on the outside. So screening can save you when it comes to that aspect. We don't have much time, so what I'm gonna do at this point is invite my distinguished guest to give some final words. So, before I go to Dr. Melvin, who just finished, I'll go straight to Mr. Futsu. Any final words of advice to husbands and fathers as your final words before we head? Yeah, my final word will be on the fact that we need to keep in mind that we, every human being, fathers, we are under higher authority. And even when we are given the, we have the opportunity to exercise authority or to mentor or coach someone else, we always need to keep in mind that we are, we ourselves are under authority, higher authority, and everything we do, we need to keep in mind that we have to give an account on it. And it should guide us and keep us also accountable in some way in what we do. Yeah, that's true because God Almighty is watching us as fathers and as men, that we are accountable to Him and we become good stewards of what He has given us to lead Hexa. Dr. Melvin, any final words? Yes, first, thank you for having me. And I really do hope that we get the opportunity to spend more time and to get into more detail about several of these topics that came up today. I would just advise each of us to begin to take the responsibility for ourselves. While I started out my conversation speaking about screening, it's always getting back to the basics that matters. So each of us, to maintain our health, to stay healthy, it starts with eating right, reducing alcohol, reducing weight, and exercising, reducing our salt intake. Those are the five basic things that is the starting point for managing anything. And I can illustrate it briefly. Cancer patients who are previously healthy, who were healthy before they got cancer, do better than patients who get cancer who were not healthy before. So even if something goes wrong, being healthy, eating right, reducing your alcohol intake all contribute to you doing better, even if something goes wrong. Patients who exercise, who reduce their salt, who are not overweight, generally have easier blood pressure management if they become hypertensive.  And it will be the starting point for better health overall. There we have it folks, very good advice. My last piece to it all is that, remember, as Mr. G said, that as fathers and as men, we have responsibilities all around us, and it's important for us as men, especially when you're busy.   That's my last piece of advice with some of the very managers out there that I know are busy and managers can get.  Thank you for your time folks. We will be having another sort of discussion at some point in the future, and looking forward to it, and I know that you'll be blessed for it. Have a good day.


Hi guys, welcome back to this channel and if it's your first time to come across this channel, please consider subscribing. By the way, don't forget to click the bell icon, it will be the only way that you will be updated when I upload the new videos. For the returning subscribers, thank you so much for coming back to this channel and if you're new to this channel, please consider subscribing. Support this channel by clicking on the subscribe button and hitting the notification bell, it will be the only way that you will be updated. In today's video, we are going to look at the most 7 important tips if you are planning to go and work in Kuwait. Remember, we are talking about Kuwait and the Kuwait Debalos. Remember, most of these Gulf countries have become very favorite destinations for work, for different nationalities coming from Asia, coming from Africa and gravely coming from across the globe of the world. Why? Because it's one of the main resources, the tax free money that they give as salaries, which is quite a little bit bigger at the one. And when we look at Kuwait, it has also become one of the favorite destinations because it has one of the song's currencies around the world, which is pretty much very good when it comes to conversion back to normal currencies. And also, sometimes the roles and the springages and roles and roles that govern the Debalos are also very important that keep on attracting people to go and work in that country. And in today's video, we are going to look at the 7 tips or the 7 important tips for you to know or to know before you go to Kuwait. Oh, what you must know as you are in Kuwait, in case you are employed or planning to go for any employment at one or other. That is what we want to look at, that what should you know? One, ensure that the employment contract is in writing. If you are given work either by a company or any sponsor, make sure that before you sign, it's not a verbal contract but that contract should be strictly in sign. For that, in case of anything that happens, in case of any misunderstanding, you definitely have a copy or you have where to start from. Number two, cross verify the salary indicated in the employment contract with the work permit as agreed. Make sure that salary that you sign in the employment contract should be the same salary, should be the same figures that should be indicated with what you called the work permit and that should be with the agreed and the consent of you, the person signing that agreed. Which is quite very important, the laboration department or its emphasize people to make sure that to take a look out at every close that is or every close significantly and that you get to sign in those contracts. Another one is that keep records of salary and other payments in case you are employed in Kuwait and you receive salary or any payments, please make sure that you keep records such that in case of any indemnity compensation, your employer does not can against you and he doesn't have to say that he paid your indemnity or compensation. So that one will act as proof in case there is a disagreement between your employer. Then number three, it is illegal for expatriates to work in Kuwait X if you don't have what you call an approved work visa. Remember this work visa must be sponsored by a Kuwait national. So it is very illegal and it's a police case if you get to work in Kuwait without a valid work visa. I know most of you must be there but make sure your employer looks for you a valid visa or that otherwise you will face what you call illegal actions. Also something we look at number four, we say employers cannot cancel and employment contract or residence unless all the dues or indemnity or termination are being paid in full, meaning that the employer has no right to cancel or to cancel your work visa if he has not paid you all your dues. If he has to pay all what you are demanding then he can cancel out your visa that is according to the labor laws in the country. Still something that we need to understand is number five, an employer cannot give a notice of termination when the employer is sick or injured. In case you are sick and injured then an employer is not allowed to give you a notice, a notice prior notice, a notice later that is stopping you from work because you are injured or because you are sick. It is not, it is against the labor laws and it is against the rights of workers in Kuwait. Then in case, in case, in case another number six, in case of any disputes between you, the employer and the worker, definitely the best of the best, the best solution is you should seek what you call the legal adverse, remember this what you call the labor relations department office that normally deals with all the disagreements or the queries between the employer and the employer. So in case there is a disagreement, don't hesitate, go make a complaint with the labor relations department and everything will be sorted so that you definitely as the worker you remain with your rights and he as the employee will also remain with his rights in a very good way. Number seven, keep photocopies of all documents indicating the work permit. In case you've been in that country for more than five years, make sure that you keep all the photocopies of all the documents including what you call the work permit, remember this is a period where you'll have to go when your contract is finished and you'll have to be paid what you call the end of service bonus. So in case of any discrepancy, in case of any disagreement between you and the employer, you definitely have a probe that is going to coil it up and it's going to save what you worked for at the time. Thank you so much for coming back to this channel, remember if you are new to this channel, consider subscribing and hitting that notification bell. By the way, feel free to put a comment in the comment section, tell me what you've liked about the video, any supplement in addition, I'll always be more than happy to get back to you. Remember it's MEX from the MEX creation TV, see you again in the next video as we try to see more of the Kuwait labor laws.


Hello again, this is the last presentation of the day and another one. I think you'll enjoy a lot Fred Cardenas is with Family Service Association and he is the manager of the early childhood well-being program and very active in early childhood and infant mental health So I will turn that over to Fred All right Well, good afternoon or good morning depending on where you are at this moment. My name again is Fred Cardenas Thank you, Kathy for the introduction. I'm a social worker and I was overseeing a children's mental health program in San Antonio, Texas I hope that all who are watching are taking care of yourselves during these challenging and sometimes very stressful times We have all been affected by COVID-19 in some way or another And I understand that we have an audience from all over the place from San Antonio, Texas even around the US and the world so Glad to glad that you're joining us And then we have people from different backgrounds from Education medical personnel social workers counselors parents and many others. So we're excited to have you all participating so again, welcome to this particular presentation That's going to be a focus on early mental health of children and the role that interactions and relationships play in healthy development Especially in helping to mediate the effects of crisis just such as the crisis that we're going through right now So I'm gonna go ahead and get the slide started here and a nice little slide here that we prepared. So in this opening slide Excuse me, I included a picture of one of our graduate social work interns Leslie We just had a celebration for her yesterday because she's gonna be graduating with her master's in social work very soon And it's amazing that she went through the semester two semesters Having a baby and having gone through the pandemic. So a significant accomplishment of getting a graduate degree with all this is going on so in this picture Leslie is With calquat demo her baby who's just a few months old He was born right in the middle of her internship and has lived half of his life with this pandemic around us Thanks to Leslie for sharing this beautiful picture and of course I wanted to emphasize the initial connections or attachments that babies make with their moms or their first caretakers You can tell that quote demo our little guy there is already in love with his mom and that and that love and mom's continuous interaction helped to build the social emotional and brain foundation for all other learning and development for the rest of his life and Their interactions can create that healthy attachment that also helped to mitigate or to reduce the effects of stress So just a beautiful picture of Leslie and well demo So again, I'm a social worker. I've been working in nonprofit organizations primarily in education and child and family mental health for over 35 years And of course, I'm still very excited to learn and to serve children and families in our communities I've worked a lot with schools head start programs childcare centers Providing mental health services and other services I also serve on the board of voices for children and I also teach graduate social work classes at the University of Texas in San Antonio I'm also a father of an adult daughter who happens to be working in a grocery chain in San Antonio And I have a father who was recently placed in the nursing home. So of course, they both are being significantly affected by this pandemic While this pandemic presents its challenges Some which we have never faced before it is forcing us to increase the ways that we deal with things it's helping to Make us be more creative and build our resilience in many different ways that we've not done before So many of us so many of us may be going through grief in this time of extreme change Thanks to voices and as supporters for putting this together and while we have partnered with voices over the years This is the biggest response that I think we've had With this type of training. So again, thank you for being present and wanting to collect more information That can help you meet the needs of children and families you serve The program I oversee the early childhood well-being program again an early childhood mental health program and family service here in San Antonio Family service has been around since 1903 and our mission is to empower people to transform their lives and strengthen community We continue to become a trauma-informed organization and to address the social determinants of health. So that's kind of who family services And again our early childhood well-being program or ECWB has been around in San Antonio for and in some rural communities for about 11 years It's a comprehensive program that we work in different settings in classrooms. We provide child mental health consultation We visit families in their homes We work in our offices And we work primarily with kids zero to eight Their parents and their families teachers and their caregivers and we have lots of partners in the community like voices for children But we also partner with specialty courts child protective services We work with the university health system here locally With school districts head start and early head start programs and of course childcare shelters child advocacy programs and lots of other early childhood and family programs We're kind of all over the place anybody anywhere that you can find a play a child zero to eight We probably have some presence or we're working with others who have that presence So we're gonna start off with a little story that I want to go over the agenda We're gonna read the story of Georgie in a minute Just pieces of it and we're gonna talk about how all of us are going through things that Georgie is going through We're gonna do a little bit of a review of Development and the importance of relationships attachments and interactions and how that relates to social distancing that we're being required to do And then we're gonna share a few resources and strategies and hopefully we'll have some time for some quality some questions and answers at the end all right, so This is the story it's actually a coloring book that was created by tender press books and We want to thank our friends at tender press books for allowing us to share this beautiful book to promote the importance of addressing this crisis With children from a child's perspective But which also helps us to understand what our kids are going through and relate that to what we are going through as well I'll only read a few selected pages from the book and leave you in suspense So that maybe you can look it up and read it yourself And it's available online and you've got the website are on the screen there tender bro tender press books calm This book will help set up the tone for this presentation Thanks to the people at tender press books from zero to thrive from the University of Michigan and from Arizona State University Who created it so the book is entitled? Georgie and the green the giant germ created by Julie the bowdo page safer And I'm sorry if I'm mispronouncing the names Sarah Stein Kate Rosenblum and it's illustrated by a 12 year old Maja Rosenblum music. So Thank you for sharing your book So again, I'm gonna read just a few pages Georgie woke up excited to go to school as he bounced down the stairs His mom said Georgie no school today a germ is going around that makes people sick We have to stay home until the doctors make sure the germ is gone When he went to the kitchen for breakfast his mother said Georgie with this big germ we're gonna need to be really careful to wash our hands before we eat And when we come in from playing outside also Georgie looked at his hands for a long time, but he couldn't see anything on them at all This was all very confusing Not going to school made Georgie feel sad at first. He missed his friends and Mrs. P his teacher Then he got to spend the whole first day with his mom and she even let him play some extra video games But then he stayed home from school the whole week and the week after that too And it started to feel like a really long time He wasn't even allowed to play outside with the kids in the neighborhood Everything felt different Why can I go back to school? He asked his mom the germ is still out there Georgie She said every everyone has to stay home until it's gone Even though he still couldn't see the germ on his hands. The germ had started to feel really big Bigger than his house and bigger than his school. He wanted it to go away as the days went by Georgie had a lot of feelings Sometimes he felt happy that he didn't have to go to school But most of the time he was sad and mad and scared Probably a lot of feelings that we're going through a lot of people are going through I want to see my friends. He cried. Why won't the germ just go away? His mom was acting grumpy. Stop complaining. She huffed in a loud voice This made Georgie worried What did I do wrong? He thought his mom was busy a lot She used to spend a lot of time reading to him giving him hugs and helping him feel safe But now she always seemed grouchy And told him go play I wish he was like she used to be he thought His tummy ached and he felt like crying A lot of things that our kids are experiencing these days A lot of things that we're experiencing ourselves So i'm going to skip a few pages again. I'm not going to read the whole thing I'm going to go to this page While we we are at home this is mom talking while we are at home Doctors and nurses and scientists are working hard to get rid of this term Georgie nodded, but he was still sad. I miss grandpa and mrs. P and my friends at school I know you miss them Georgie his mom said It's okay to be sad and to talk about it with me Since we are missing them. How about we let them know that we're thinking about them I know they really miss you too Georgie's stomach stopped hurting and he suddenly had a lot of energy.  P to show her when I go back to school And off he ran to the crayon box Georgie drew the doctors and his mom fighting the germ And in his picture his mom was so big And she almost filled the whole paper So there's a couple of pages after that page But I kind of again, I'm kind of going to leave you in suspense To let you look up the book find it and finish reading it yourself and to share it with others, of course And again, our friends are at tender press really want this to go out And to share it with as many kids and families and people as you can so so Let's see The book the book focuses on the feelings or the emotions that Georgie is experiencing through this pandemic But it also helps us to relate to those feelings When you consider that as adults we typically have some control over our lives What we will eat today when we go to sleep What job we might seek or who we will talk with or connect with today But for young children infants toddlers preschoolers and even elementary age kids Their lives and what happens day to day moment to moment is largely controlled by the adults around them Their parents their teachers their family We ourselves are experiencing this sense of loss of control Some of us don't know what our job will look like in the coming days Weeks or months or if we will even have a job or maybe we already lost our job We don't know when we will reestablish our face-to-face connections with our friends or families or co-workers Or even when we don't have to worry as much about getting close to people We don't know when the world will start getting better and healing from this pandemic We may not know but i'm glad that you want to learn more to help your kids Your families and yourselves Part of helping ourselves to deal with stress and crisis Related to the unknown is to inform ourselves to educate ourselves and to continue to learn and grow There are still things that we don't know and what we can and that we can't control But we can focus on those things that we can And do and can do in a healthy way and help us feel better Overcome stress and be better prepared to support those kids and families Giving us and them a sense of hope So based on what we're going through that georgi was also going through Excuse me. What are some of the what are some of these feelings? Remember recognizing those feelings Acknowledging acknowledging that they are affecting us and then figuring out ways to manage those feelings leads us to be Leads us to leads to us being able to help others So these are some of the things that we're going through some of the things that we're feeling that georgi was feeling So sometimes we think I don't know what's going to happen, you know, the news tells us all kinds of things and things change every day Are we safe? Telling us to wear masks to do social distancing to sanitize everything Does my family still love me? Sometimes our people around us are acting different or weird Other things we're feeling Sometimes we may be feeling very scared Sometimes we may put some of the fault for what's going on on ourselves Is all this stress my fault? Am I adding to this stress? Maybe people around us or family or friends seem so upset just like georgi's family or mom And finally we miss seeing some of our friends and family Hopefully we're using other ways of connecting with them, but we miss that face-to-face connection and doing things with them So again, these are things that we're going through to imagine These are things that children that we serve are also feeling And with a sense of with a less of a sense of control over their lives than adults So these are some of the other reactions to children Zero to six that are exposed to traumatic stress And definitely what's going on fits within that category. And this is a really good website NCTSN the national child traumatic stress network They have lots of resources that deal with trauma and children So I encourage you to look at their website and again just a tons of information But again, this is a list of some of the symptoms that children may have when they're experiencing this kind of stress And i'm not going to go through all of them, but i'm going to highlight some of them So for the most part some kids may regress Maybe they had a certain level of language or potty training Or social skills and they may be regressing back to a younger age because of the stress They may maybe they may have They may be experiencing a set excessive temper lots of temper tantrums They may act out in in situations. They may even be aggressive or verbally abusive with others And sometimes they'll imitate some of the some of the traumatic events or situations Some additional Symptoms of traumatic stress. They may cry a lot. They may be super hyper vigilant. They react to things very easily They may be very irritable irritable or sad or anxious Or they may withdraw. They may not want to play or talk or do anything with anybody else Their appetite their weight may be affected And they might their sleep might also be affected Or they might be experiencing nightmares or sleeping problems And again, although these are symptoms for kids 0 to 6 Older kids and even adults are going through some of these things given the situation that we're going through So of course one of the things that are that's going on in our world Is the emphasis on social distancing? So i want to emphasize that social distancing when we look at it It should be about physical distancing not about Staying completely isolated human beings need social connection. We need other people And healthy development, especially for kids also requires social connection and a healthy attachment So yes, we need to keep a safe distance and watch for our health But it's important to remember it's about physical distancing And again mental wellness requires that especially for young kids That we maintain that connection and some level of interactions with others We've had to be creative in how we do that But it's crucial that we support children and families and stay connected To others in a healthy and safe way Today is a good example and these you know, everybody's watching hundreds of you are watching and still keeping our social distances But we also have social media We have zoom the internet FaceTime and so many other ways with good old and even good old ways of writing letters like george Was drawing some things for his teacher And a really simple example. I mentioned leslie our intern is graduating. We actually had a celebration for her yesterday We drove to a nearby park Parked in the parking lot and kept our distance and sat in our the trunks of our cars or trucks or suvs And we brought lunch. We brought our own lunch and we shared some time together. So we celebrated leslie's Graduation that's coming up soon in that way So these are some of the feelings that we may be going through That george is going through so we're thinking about fear survival Blaming ourselves or other people for what's going on may feel a lot of anger guilt We may feel rejected. We feel that our family might be isolated or is isolating us We're afraid of the unknown. There's a lot of change unpredictably unpredictability And for those of you and that work with very vulnerable or high-risk families or kids These are things that they may have felt before in a chronically If you work with kids that have gone through domestic violence or child abuse Or family problems All these things are are things that they've already experienced before so imagine A young child a toddler or preschooler not only continuing possibly to go through those traumatic situations at home But now all of this it's affecting their parents or their families or caregivers Is adding even more stress on them And keep in mind that young children Rely on us on the adults around them to develop those healthiest attachments To understand their feelings to self-regulate to build self-confidence to build some independence So again, the kids are really looking at us at their parents that their families Very closely and see how we're reacting So this slide is just a reminder of some Some things that you may have studied before Developmental stages and also Maslow's hierarchy of needs. I'm just going to touch on them very briefly very quickly So again, these are just a couple of reminders of development for children and for human beings In reviewing Maslow's hierarchy of needs We have to remind ourselves that all those levels of needs are being affected by our current crisis For people to become self-actualized, which is at the very top of that pyramid That is becoming successful in whatever way that that means to us Uh These are all levels of needs that have to be taken care of we cannot survive without food or air or water We need shelter. We need to feel safe and loved and respected The pandemic is causing some populations to feel insecure to limit Some families are limited have a more limited income. They've lost their job Maybe they're insecure about food or shelter And we may feel a weaker sense of love and belonging And connection to others because of our social distancing and drastic changes with school and with work to remind ourselves of basic Psychological development psychosocial development According to Eric Erickson, I want to point out how many of our children may experience some sense of regression the first stage in Eric Erickson is that of trust versus mistrust so typically from zero to 18 months Babies are counting on us. They're relying on us when they're hungry when they cry when they need to be changed Are the adults in their lives responding to them? And when that happens consistently then kids tend to develop a very healthy sense of attachment and trust in the world around them Uh, and I'm not going to go over the rest of the stages because I wanted to emphasize That stage of trust versus mistrust and the this pandemic is causing a lot of regression in children To the point where we're not sure about things and we may feel a Sense of mistrust or distrust in the world around us and adults ourselves We may be feeling a a level of distrust in our And in society and the people around us let's see All right, so one of the Processes in child development that we look at is attachments And that's typically the bond between usually the mom and the baby or the mom and the primary care take her And that's becoming a super important concept for us to remind ourselves of how children Are really needing that sense of connection right now people in general are needing that But just a reminder how attachment happens Uh for children, it's an adult who spends consistent time with the children with the child So again, you tend you develop that trust in people ongoing but changing relationships with a small number of people So right now that's difficult to do because we are we are stuck We are Unlimited to being around our family or our household and aren't having those connections with our peers at school Or with our co-workers or work as much as we used to Uh attachment happens when there's a sense of safety and security and of course that's being challenged these days When there's stimulation encouragement for growth right now a lot of children are not receiving as much stimulation Or not consistent or structured stimulation that they were getting in child care or hit starter schools To have reasonable expectations reasonable right now has changed What's reasonable six months ago for a five year old Has changed and that is changing given all the circumstances that's going is it reasonable for kids to be Showing regression and some of those symptoms that were reviewed. Absolutely. They're they're going to regress And it's reasonable for us to expect that they're going to be doing those things Kids need experience in identifying and expressing emotions to have a healthy attachment And the last item on the list that kids need support in times of stress So obviously this is a crucial time that kids are getting that support from the adults around them I also want to connect all these needs Related to attachment to the needs that we as adults might have We need a lot of these things. We need to feel safe and secure We need our bosses and people around us should have reasonable expectations of us and we should have reasonable expectations of ourselves And then we also need to connect and find that support to To to help us address that stress and to help us overcome that stress and deal with it So this comes from the center on the developing child at harvard university Now these are typical strategies that you can use in child development if you're working with young children, especially that helped to develop that healthy sense of attachment and connection to others and relationships and Communications and again, it comes from the center on the developing child at harvard university This is another website and you'll get a list At the end of this presentation of all the resources that i'm using that are really helpful to connect with So they have a wonderful website with all these kinds of videos. This is actually a video A short video. We're not going to watch it. I'm just going to go over the key points of But it's five steps for brain building and it's called serve and return And that is serve when the child communicates with us and when then when we return or we respond to them And these are five recommended strategies to build brains and to again build that healthy attachments and communication and relationship So these are the interactions that are recommended So notice the serve pay attention to when kids are making an attempt to communicate with us verbally or non-verbally And also pay attention to what they are paying attention attention to and then share that child's focus of attention If a child's paying attention to a particular book or looking at a Tree or a plant or an insect or an animal or a show or a book be with them Number two return this the serve or respond directly by supporting and encouraging So if they ask you a question if they communicate to you in some way Of course respond as quickly as possible So that you can have that healthy interaction their positive interaction Give it a name. So young children especially are still learning and developing their vocabulary learning language So provide labels to things and provide labels to emotions as they go through those emotions That helps to support language stimulation and provides attention that you're giving that child's attention that they're important number four take turns and wait So in early childhood education, especially we are taught that it's important to follow the child's lead It's not about having teacher directed education all the time It's about also following the child's lead and their interests, but keep that interaction going back and forth And then five is practice endings and beginnings. So when you finish something Go over what was accomplished go over the success and the challenges And do that over and over for kids Okay, some some recommendations Particularly in classrooms or interactions or those of you that may be parent educators Things that you can recommend for parents And again, I I recommend that you look at the website and access this video. It's a really good short video All right So the one of the main things one of the main things I want to get across with this presentation It's how important it is for us to soothe ourselves So that we can then soothe others those children or families or individuals that we're working with So again, this represents a father holding up the child So right now kids are really depending and relying on their mom their dad their caregivers And to some because of the work that you're doing Those families and those parents are sometimes relying on us But in order for them to for in order for us to be present for them We have to make sure that we're taking care of ourselves So I want to just talk a little bit very briefly about co-regulation and the importance of co-regulation So you see the definition of co-regulation on the screen, right? So one again, this is a possible takeaway from today's presentation Whatever role you have whether you're a teacher a nurse the social worker counselor friends sister parents It's urgent in this time of crisis that we maintain our strength Maintain or strengthen our ability to regulate our own emotions to get a handle of those emotions and and accept them and acknowledge them We can be there for others for the children and families that we serve in a stronger way When we are there for ourselves So it's important to remind you that self-care is important. It's crucial Um a couple years ago as was going through a difficult time And I found a video and actually it's easy to access on youtube. There's several videos Uh, and I started doing a 10 minute yoga So if you enter a 10 minute yoga on the search for on youtube We'll find a really easy simple way Simple exercise to do yoga And one of the things that our program is doing is also we're promoting Children's yoga in classrooms and in child care settings and in other settings And we've actually one of our staff has um Created with the help of other staff some yoga videos for children so, uh That's one thing that we can do but of course there are things like meditation prayer Exercise breathing exercises. Those are things that we that are important for us to exercise. So again, so that we can be present And healthy for the children and families that we serve So these are some tips that we used to do a presentation earlier Uh a couple of months ago and we found them to be very helpful and I've included all the resources Where to get them from? So when kids are very anxious Sometimes parents or the adults of them we actually Contribute to that negative cycle of anxiety And we sometimes without meaning to Add to it. So it happens when parents Or adults anticipate a child's fear And we try to protect them and we inadvertently sometimes may add to it So these are some pointers for helping kids escape or get away from that cycle of that anxiety As parents teachers or individuals who work with kids. We have to again address our own anxiety as well So these are some of the tips for addressing anxiety. Again, I'm not going to go over all of them But uh the goal isn't to get rid of anxiety. This pandemic isn't going to go away for a while So it's to help kids to manage it um Also, let's see just to highlight a couple of other things Uh express positive but realistic expectations. We can't promise kids. Oh, yeah, this is going to go away by Christmas Or this is going to go away so that you can go back to school in the same way that you were going to We can't make those promises But we can set we can talk about our hopes and our dreams And be realistic about what we expect might happen um Respect kids feelings. Sometimes it's easy for us as it also says. Oh get over it All your feelings scared. Don't worry about it, but we have to acknowledge those feelings and um But we have to be careful not to empower those Scary feelings in other words the more we focus and talk about don't be scared Nothing's going to happen. Nothing's going to go wrong You're not going to die the more of those negative terms that we use the more we empower those feelings So make sure that we're also redirecting some of those feelings and highlighting the strong positive feelings that we're feeling That we want to share with our kids Let's see Try to keep the anticipatory period short. So whenever there is a change in kids lives Be careful about preparing Way too much in advance before that change occurs. So for example, I'm working with a child who will be Returning to mom because mom is getting out of prison Uh, and I talked to the caregiver and we talked about making sure that as we prepare her to reconnect with her mom That we start doing it pretty pretty within a short period of time Not three months ahead of time or six months ahead because telling a four-year-old Oh, your mom's coming out of prison in three months to them three months means tomorrow So we've got to be careful about preparing for changes not too far in advance Um And then of course as adults we need to try to model healthy ways of handling its anxiety And again the conversations that we're having With the clients patients or consumers that we're working with or the kids or families That they be about positive things asking for the good things that are happening in people's lives and sharing the good things that are happening in our lives Be open not to hide away from the difficult topics Be open to listen to those difficult situations, but don't dwell on them and focus on them too much So these are some tips again another really good website on How we do talk to kids about the corona virus? So there at the top of the screen you see use your judgment based on the child's age The younger Child is probably the more limited the conversation is going to be because of their limited understanding So expect Explanations should be short and simple if kids are asking of us about the corona virus or about all these changes But again, don't be afraid to discuss Whatever questions they may bring to you Take the cues from your child Deal with your own anxiety and one thing to be careful about is All of us are interested in the progress that's being made to address this corona virus So we may be checking our phones constantly. We may be watching the news looking at tv Reading up on the progress be careful because if your kids are sitting right next to you We are adding to that anxiety because there must be something wrong that you're always having to look that information up I know we're trying to come to the conclusion and to a resolution Or to fixing this problem or to healing this world But if the kids are around us it it can contribute to them worrying more than they they probably should Stick to a routine. So again routines these days are different So as an example, we have a child that we're working with who's four years old Who was diagnosed with autism and we just had a meeting an art meeting an arv or an iep meeting Where we discussed strategies that mom can use at home to help them because he's not going to school And they're getting lessons from the school district to implement at home Well, mom was really stressing out. First of all, he's four years old second of all He's been diagnosed with autism third of all we're going through a crisis So the expectations can't be real high for this child the new normal for him And this is what we recommended from mom that you take five minutes in the morning To do a little lesson to learn something simple Maybe something that the teacher has sent and maybe another five minutes later on Do the same thing in a relaxed way and then maybe in the afternoon do another five minutes So breaking things into small chunks But then being consistent every day with when the timing of when you prepare those lessons So again, it's a different routine. It's not school. It's not the teacher But it's a new routine within the home within the new normal All right So you can look at the rest of those tips and then there's a really nice comic strip that was developed To explain the corona virus and you can access this website. It's very developmently appropriate And I don't think I can I won't click into it because I may I may lose the power point I don't want to do that But it's really good because it explains the steps in keeping sanitized washing our hands covering our mouth when we cough Stay keeping social distance. It's really a neat Tool that you can use with kids and with families and something else I have to say about a lot of these tools that we use with with children including the comic book this one And and other resources that you'll see they actually also help us as adults to understand things Because we are empowered When we get a handle on things when we understand things better when we have information that we can share with others So going through this with kids Reviewing these things with kids actually sometimes helps us So helping parents to go through these things to get providing guidance for parents to Explain these things to kids empowers us and it empowers the parents as well And then this is just another book that we recently purchased Already books are coming out the day my kids stayed at home Uh, and it's having to do the with cobit 19 as well written by adam wallace All right, so this is these are recommendations more for ourselves on rewiring our own brain to deal with the stressors related to coronavirus So in times of stress or crisis Our brain goes into this emergency mode Our full fully working Uh, logical brain kind of goes offline And we revert back to our emotional brain that emotional brain takes over And so think in terms of when we get into a deep heated argument with a co-worker or with our spouse or with our friend It's like sometimes we forget logic and we start throwing out Um, just emotions without really thinking things out. So, um Um, so these are some tips on getting us back to the to the, um To the thinking brain Um And usually when we get into that stress or crisis mode We experience either fight. We want to fight what's going on Or we or flight. We want to escape. We want to get away from things. We want to isolate Are we free? We have no idea what we do and we do nothing So there's those are the typical three reactions to stress or crisis So these are five ways to rewrite rewire our brain to deal with this crisis So notice when you get triggered, are there certain times or things that trigger us watching tv watching the news um Talking to somebody that's constantly talking about the coronavirus sometimes can trigger So watch what things are triggering you focus on your sense Your senses or your breathing. So sometimes doing a little bit of meditation or deep breathing or yoga or things like that Helps us to concentrate on our bodies and our breathing our our reactions of the body And it helps us to kind of get away from from thinking those stressful about those stressful things Reach out to a family or a friend or family member. So again connecting through FaceTime Facebook The phone whatever ways texting whatever ways we can connect with family and friends So make a wise choice. So how much do we isolate ourselves and how much do we interact? Interacting with people is a healthy thing. We want to have Social interactions, maybe not physically right now, but we want to have those written. But how much do we do that? Versus isolating ourselves. So for example, I can go into I can stay at home And for the next three months not interact with anybody And i'm pretty sure that I wouldn't get infected But that's not the most that's not the best mentally healthy thing that I can do for myself or for people around me Or I go to the other stream and go the other extreme and go and socialize with everybody And expose them and expose myself to possible infection. So you have to kind of figure out what the balance is for you What's the level of risk that you're willing to tolerate and accept? So luckily i'm we're still open. We're considered an essential business. So we're still going to the office We're still able to connect from a distance with our co-workers And we're still seeing and visiting families either virtually on the phone or sometimes in person with some distancing all right so Just a reminder about the importance of self-care. I'm just going to Check on the time. I want to make sure I don't go over time here All right. I've got a few minutes So again connect to people some recommendations on maintaining your resilience reducing your anxiety care taking care of yourself So connect to people to people in whatever safe way you can Maintain whatever routines you can so or develop new new adjusted routines Continue to do those things that make you happy that make you healthy Stay connected to your goals your purpose your dreams And think about what you do for self-care. What's your purpose in life? So I'm going to show a little slide Just as a reminder of some of those things Excuse me for a minute here so This is a little graph That emphasizes components of resilience and resilience is basically the strength that we have That helps us to overcome Adversity or stressful or difficult times So you hear stories of people that have gone through poverty and abuse and all kinds of things But yet they're doing really well in life So this is just a reminder that all of us have those strengths within us and around us to help us overcome and survive through these stressful times so Stay connected to these things to keep us strong. So meaning and purpose in life is one of those items So mine is to continue to help children and families And this pandemic is not holding me back from doing that. That's sort of my I've been a social worker for 35 years And my purpose has been that to continue to besides taking care of my family to be there for others And again, this pandemic is not holding me back from doing that. I'm having to adjust And I feel bad that I can't connect in the same way with the people that I work with But I'm still doing it I want to make sure that I express my gratitude every day for the good things And the people around me and for the hope that I still have so something to think about is what positive emotions can you connect with? And make sure that you reach out to friends that you're still maintaining those positive social supports Family co-workers and others And I have those connections with people around me when I need their help I need help sometimes I'm stressed out even though I do I provide counseling and mental health services for others I need some of that support as well. So I need to reach out when I feel that I need that Uh And then of course I do what I can to eat right Exercise stay active in a healthy way. I've been doing more bicycling Walking the dogs a little bit more and just watching what you eat even though it's difficult because we're we're kind of stuck in home a lot but Make sure you're taking care of yourself And then I wanted to share this last slide or one of these last slides With words to consider from brunet brown and brunet brown is a well-known author. She's a researcher She does a lot of lectures storytelling and she shares these words of wisdom Sometimes we feel like we're stuck We hit that wall and it feels like we can't Get past it and this coronavirus feels like that wall sometimes Hard days will happen But good days will also happen. It's important to watch for those and pay attention to those good days Take care of ourselves and yeah Things are going to be okay as difficult as stressful as it may feel sometimes Things are going to be okay and the more we're connected and stay connected The better for us and the better for the kids and the children and the families that we serve All right, so stay connected in healthy ways With the hope that our new normal will be even better than before of course not recommending that you do this But there's a hope that we will return to this in the future And again, just the list of the resources I'm not sure if we'll be able to share these resources With y'all or if y'all are getting a copy of this But you can certainly contact me at Family Service in San Antonio And I can send information Or can do additional training For anyone in RLR services are at no cost To families and child care centers and other providers. So feel free to read All right. Well, thank you. Hey, thank you friend as always Very helpful very practical very sensitive information For those who care for children Answer a couple of quick questions. I'll take the first one. Many people asked do we believe that San Antonio is ready to open gradually? And part of my graduate training is in public health I would not begin without day to day looking at the data seeing what's going on Begin to make that kind of a decision. However, I know enough About public health to know that our public health in this city and county is excellent Our current assistant city manager dr. Colleen bridger came from Being director of metro health our new metro health director Dr. Don emmerich is excellent And what makes it even much better Is that our city and county leaders listen to the public health experts So I feel confident in listening to them About when it is safe to return to a more Normal open time In terms of Resources as much as we can possibly get to you we will get to every one of you So you don't have to worry about Taking notes and all of that we will get slides to you. We'll get the resource list to you Fred another of the question and one is For a child or children who are who look at the information on the coronavirus and are afraid of dying How do you deal with that? And how do you deal with when you've got so many children? Children who are exceptionally anxious or who are having some Some issues when there's so many So absolutely so kids that's a difficult question to address with young children, especially if there's Your pet dies or grandma passes away or things like that happen But it's important not to run away from that question to address it and acknowledge All of us are going to die someday. That's part of of earth the world human beings That's some it's a natural experience and then answer the questions and have that discussion as as as as much as you can but then also Talk about the good things that are happening before we die Before we get to that point the good things that are happening us around The people that love us the people that are around us So concentrate and focus on the good things in our lives that are going on And and again not to take away or to distract from from the fact that we're all going to die someday But emphasize the good things are going on tomorrow We're going to go to the park or tomorrow We're going to do this activity or tomorrow. So there's a sense of hope that you want to project for young children okay Well, I think we're at the end so Before we go I want to thank So many people that made this happen our political leaders and we're so grateful for their support and their understanding of what we're all concerned about Our marvelous presenters who do this continuously with us On their own time no charge and are always always willing to help and to To educate so we're very grateful to all of them to now cast s.a charlottan and susan and to Miranda kushman on our voices staff they made this happen because I certainly Cannot and have no idea how it all happens And then to all of you who sat through this and listened and who care enough to continuously Try to learn more to take care of the children that you are so important to So we will be doing this again We hope before the end of may And we will let you all know when that happens. So Thank you very much. And I think that's I think I just say goodbye Thank you. 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This research proposes an optimization machine learning pipeline and a set of models trained for the prediction of the design variables of an eco-friendly concrete column. The harmony search algorithm was used as the optimization algorithm and different regression models were used as predictive models. The multi-output regression model achieved the highest accuracy in predicting the design variables such as section width, height, and reinforcement area. This article was authored by Yarn Aiden, G. Braille-Bectis, Sinon Melanigdoli, and others.


We're here at ITU Telecom World 2015 in Budapest in Hungary, and I'm very pleased to be joined by Nadim Sheikh, who is founder and CEO of Anthemist. Nadim, thank you very much for being with us in the studio today. Thank you so much for having me. Now the theme here at ITU Telecom World is accelerating innovation for social impact. Perhaps I can start off by asking you, how do you see ITT innovation directly impacting on social economic development? Sure. I think there is a major transformation going on in industry, and it started with the consumer and what we call a digit-native consumer. And this digit-native consumer is no longer just the young ones, they're everyone, every age, every creed, every culture and nationality around the world. And what is happening there is a really fundamental shift going on in the business model and the organizational model that goes with it. So the hierarchies we have from the 20th century are disappearing, which also means that the impact of social along with the technology and along with the business environment allows us to really reconfigure solutions that we never thought possible before, even five years ago. And so we're seeing startups coming in, which are really formulating a very different way of doing economics. So stuff that was considered out of reach, out of price for consumers is becoming a reasonable and making very profitable propositions. And then combine that with the scale, then you have a whole different ballgame. Tell me a little bit about Anthemist. What are you mainly focusing on? So we are a financial services space. We invest in disruptive startups around the world, where we invest in new banks, new type of insurance companies, payment wealth management, mobile plays. Then we also have an advisory business to really help the industry figure out how does new innovation going to impact them. So we take the ideas from zero to one in terms of from really early stage and seed them to really then helping them scale them up from one to N. So it's a combination of really how do you reconfigure financial services for the 20th century from both angles, both from the industry as well as the innovators. And what do you think is the key of encouraging entrepreneurship and fostering the growth of SMEs in the ICT sector? I think it's very important. I think so. On the panel this morning on the industry SME panel, the SMEs must really, really focus on is developing good businesses. That basic premise of a good business has to be there. I am seeing so many SMEs now because it's very easy to start up these days. A lot of half-baked ideas, which are mostly products and features, and there's a lot of noise about saying how we're not getting funding around this. For the folks that are really setting up good businesses in whatever segment of it and understanding how to approach a customer, who the customer is, how to make a profit business, how to scale it, they have no issues with funding. They have no number to ever. In fact, they are the other way around. They are sitting there and saying, why should I take money from you? And the debate as opposed to why should, please give me money. And then also is why should I partner with you? I don't need to partner with you. And so we are seeing, so what I really focus on when we do our investments and stuff, we really focus on the founders, what are passionate about them, because they require tenacity to build these businesses. It's not an easy thing to do, but I would encourage folks to really think about business as opposed to products and features and looking for the nearest exit to get some money in. It doesn't work that way. And how easy is it to sort out the weed from the chaff? How are you making your decisions? Yeah, it's not easy unless you have a thematic focus around this. We have been looking at this industry for nine, ten years. So we started investing in what we call fintech really eight, nine years ago when there wasn't such a thing, right? There were maybe 50 companies worldwide and now there are thousands of companies. And you have to have really a thematic focus and a good understanding of the fundamentals of this stuff and really absolutely look at this as a business and saying what are the right businesses and all the metrics that go for a business. This is not the internet age of the 2000s where people just investing really nearly in good technology. This is really about focus on that basic fundamental stuff. A lot of people are turning to crowdsourcing. Is that the answer? I think it's one of the answers for certain things, you know, but it's not necessarily the answer for all businesses. There are some lending models which are turning into from crowdsourcing models. There are also some insurance model, which is crowdsourcing data information. So there's applications of that. But we shouldn't get carried away as being that being the solution to everything, right? Now, you're based in the UK. I mean, what about in a worldwide perspective? So we are based in, you know, UK and Geneva as our fundamental officers, but we invest globally. So we invest a lot of investments in the US and Europe. We have investments in Asia and Africa. We also do advisory businesses with clients around the world. Really, really exception of Latin America. We're present pretty much. I think what's changed is that this idea of innovation only happening in a couple of places in the world like Palo Alto is changed. Now we're seeing really a cross-aboard from Lahore to Kenya to, you know, to Thailand and Estonia to Bali and Indonesia. Lots of places where people are, you know, communities are forming, the ecosystem being reconfigured. The social part of our world allows us to do it very differently. So the accessibility to good ideas and good execution, good teams doesn't have to be in a physical space anymore. So that connectivity is changing the way we operate and where the innovation is happening. So we see it happening globally and there's disruption going on everywhere. And what about the gender question? What about gender balance? I mean, we at ITU heavily promote girls in ICTs and their involvement and how they should be enthusiastic and involved in ICTs. I'm just wondering if you've seen the growth of female entrepreneurs in this field? We've certainly seen that. You know, one of my colleagues runs a foundation out of Pratislava, which is focused on women entrepreneurs. But really, I think it's we are seeing good ideas come from everywhere and women entrepreneurs are suddenly becoming that. I think the traditional hierarchy of the networks is changing. And again, in our world of digital and social connectivity, those networks no longer apply. So which means that people were not traditionally focused on network and now work, right? So we're seeing really ideas from all kinds of places and some new women entrepreneurs are some of the leading license in our industry. And what's the value for you attending events such as ITU, Telecom World? I think it's about sharing, it's about network, it's about getting ideas. I met someone who's apparently following one of our portfolio companies as their partners with them. I didn't know. Just randomly ran into them. So it's a great forum to really connect, make some new connections, and share some ideas and thoughts and kind of hopefully go back a little bit enriched. Nadim, thank you very much. Dave being with us in the studio today. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. That's great. Thank you. Thank you.


Get all the ducks in the row because I don't want to ruin somebody else's run and I'm gonna get that ammo in here, too It's not in there right now, I don't think Yeah Okay, so I get rid of my cluster bomb two. She don't need cluster bomb twos You just need ones to craft threes. Okay? and then sticky I'll take out the spread ammo one and And put in the sticky ammo three Yeah, I'm definitely gonna need the mats Well, so I do normal three Pierce ammo three so I'll take out the pierce one and put three in These guys are like where's the third guy? I'm coming dudes. I'm just getting the right ammo.   I barely dodged wait. No come on pixels. Don't do this to me I made a difference One shield and two recoil. Okay My this did I use all my stickies? I think I did man. They go fast. I should have known the thing was red I'm dodge rolling for positioning. That's why I dodge roll you can't sprint so You can't sprint with your weapon out. So I try to get in right positions all the time and The best the quickest way to do that is to roll See right there was in the wrong position. What did that go and plus? I don't know his moveset So I'm trying to just get out of his way. I shot the towed. I didn't even see a towed I didn't even see the towed. Oh My goodness.  Like seriously, what's up, Tonya? How that? How does a towed seriously guys for the love of serious? I don't know how how how how Are we going down here? Where's my team? I Should probably go that way See that's not where I want to be chat. I mentioned I hate tornadoes Running running running Got poison on me. I didn't refill my poison. Did I I got trinket. I think I got sleep Are you supposed to flash him or something from up there? What what's going on man? Is he I had to fill something like that was gonna happen He was just like stuck up there. I was like Can't fire flare because I'm like offline. I don't know. There's no way I'm soloing this Well retreat reset and now I can't leave now. Can Yeah, I can't Kind of lame. I Worry about the camp later, man. I'd rather just get out here and reset this Let's work from this Okay, power coding. I don't need that all the coatings Close the bomb three Yammo one Can't use this. I have crafting buying set up They're on the separate separate function key. I only got three set up now, but they're there spreading Wyvern slicing Sticky ammo one. I think I'm gonna save this as a separate loadout Your name loadout. This is my crafting. I need to change it now I got slicing or sticky ammo Slicing and cluster So they need to be changed That's my wife guys she was just checking on me Well, you want to restock you craft more sticky three and then you sticky one buying to restock sticky one That cycles in more ammo So I should put a sticky one and then a sticky three right next to each other that we're just in Hey, Craig. How are you doing, man? How goes this version so far? It's going great. I have a Kind of gotten a little bit further than a ps4 But I'm still I'm on elder dragons now I'm on elder dragons now, so we're working through that Apparently I'm getting close to the end of the story Which is what I want to do I think I used all my gunpowder level three It's all gone and the blast stuff Yeah, great bomb wait There's two of them Blaze nuts. I don't have any more blaze nuts I'm out of blaze nuts, so I probably got to farm some more and get that farmed up. Yeah So, yeah, I guess I can go to the other areas and unlock the elder dragons there Might as well go and look for the footprints or something Or I can go to sleep I'm going to 12 hours. I think I need to go to bed. I know it's a lot of people here, but I Got to go to sleep. I think I'm gonna go to sleep. I think the game plan is to Know streamline this bow get the crafting done Know have a lot of materials ready for those those skills and try to help try to go with that But we won't be streaming tomorrow chat. We won't be here tomorrow. We'll be back on On Thursday tomorrow. I'll be producing YouTube videos and my on my youtube channel youtube.com slash Juana All the links are below And I'll be producing my game on podcast game chat with one of we didn't do one last week So we're gonna have to do one this week game chat one. So that's all getting produced tomorrow We'll be back Thursday at 4 p.m. Eastern that's when we start streaming and We're probably gonna we're gonna play this alongside probably either warframe or Or fortnight save the world one of those two leaning towards warframe because There are some promotions going on with warframe so we kind of want to help them promote So thanks so much for watching man Yeah, if I can cultivate blaze nuts, I mean that's something to work towards. I can't do it yet But I guess that's something to work towards you guys have a great night. Thanks so much for watching again We're gonna host somebody So my preferably playing this game Um, who happened we hosted in a while is uh, what's this face live? No, he's not We hosted on the list the other night. So I'm looking for somebody else I don't know man Like the monster hunter list. I don't I don't see people that I watch I know I know some of these streamers, but I don't watch them. I'm trying to send people to somebody that I watch uh Go and And some of these people have been streaming for like 12 hours already. So I don't want to see you guys to somebody that's uh Want to sleep all right we'll send you guys over to the hunter wild See you guys over the hunter wild. I think he's playing how long has he been live He's a member of the uh flagship smashly and dj tech live and bad news baron of those guys So take out mr. Hunter wild. He's been streaming for seven hours. I don't know how long he's gonna go So we're gonna send you guys over there to the hunter wild. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow the stream I'm gonna head out chat See you guys on thursday. We'll be off tomorrow


میں سنجی بنیرہ ہے ، میں جانتا ہوں ، یہ ہوسپیلو کے لئے about 15年 ago with some unary difficulties I couldn't pass. میں جانتا ہوں ، at that time Dr. Rajiv Kuhil who gave me medication and it continued like that till little later it was discovered that I had cancer and the cancer had broken out into my bones but treatment was going on for quite some time for about eight nine years and then one day while I was walking I couldn't stand anymore and I felt up and I could not get out of the car so I was rushed to the cancer millenium hospital where I was asked to have radiation I had some 15-17 rounds of radiation which of course eased my pain and then I had several rounds of chemo which partly helped but partly did not help in between all this I one day got a terrible pain in my chest that was 6 months ago and I had a terrible pain in my chest and I was rushed back to the hospital here and Dr. Mehta who is a cardiologist here happened to be here in the evening at five o'clock and he rushed me upstairs and planted two stents which probably saved my life and then later I came back and had two more stents but so here I am I'm walking about I'm fine I have cancer which is under treatment so doing a normal good life thank you


Solar power is great, but the problem is it's an uncontrollable power source. It just creates a lot more variability and makes maintaining an efficient grid much more problematic. So I'm trying to develop methods to predict how much solar power is going to be on the grid. I've built a sky imaging system that is specifically designed to forecast solar power. It is off the shelf, 360 camera, an irradiance sensor, temperature sensors, humidity sensors, an onboard computer, a microcontroller to control the system and take data. It has onboard comms. We have a version that has PV power and batteries so it can be fully wireless. That's basically designed to be able to deploy it anywhere, flexible and robust and inexpensive.


Felly, yna'r drweud y 3-2 ymgylch yn gyfraedd pan o'r boi gilydd y bansleyd. SNF pertaininga'n ddegwyd y gandd i'r bod yn anghyddiaeth i ddingo'i diddyn nhw? The last played, buying large played really well. I thought first half were a little bit off it. We defended a little bit too deep. We didn't get up the pitch enough. After the first half I thought second half I thought we were camping there half of times. Pought put me under pressure scored two great goals, you know, and in 90 minutes finished two apiece. Great effort from the boys. I can't question their effort and their endeavour, we've played some good stuff amongst that as well, and I don't think they did themselves any harm at all tonight. You mentioned the improved second half, what was the nicest you still had at half time? Just get closer to them, we've given them too much respect, get higher up the pitch, put them under pressure, compete, make them feel like they're in the game, make them feel threatened, we look like we're going to score goals and create, and we looked a lot better for it, we started controlling the game, all large parts of the game for it as well. Obviously coming back from a goal behind twice, does that show the character in this group? Absolutely, I think they've got more in them sometimes than what they feel, and I think once we drive them on and we get it out of them, they look good players, and tonight I think they've done themselves a part of good, particularly second half and extra time, with a side that looked like we were going to create and score. Obviously Zach had him saving a penalty tonight, and he's also been travelling with the first team, how does that help his development? It's great, it's brilliant for him, because all that experience working with the first team, gives him great experience to go on in the career. I'm super pleased with the way they've been playing, we're a cap three academy against the cap two academy, and there's a bit of a gulf, there's always is, so we've bridged the gap, there's nothing in the game, could have gone either way, so we've got to take a lot of credit from it. You mentioned that difference in the two levels of the academy, how well did the lads adapt to maybe against a higher opposition? I thought we did, because we underachieved a little bit first half, we sort of gave them too much respect, and they got on top of us, and they got one and perhaps they could have had another, but one nil was still in it, and we said to them at half time, if you push this game on 10, 15 yards in and get closer to them, put them under pressure and let them know they're in the game, and it's exactly what happened, and when we started playing as football ire up, we started creating chances and looking dangerous, so as an exercise brilliant, a little bit disappointed because we've gone out, because we thought we could travel a bit further, but bands are a decent size to be fair, give them credit, but I thought it was a cracking game of football. And you've been in the job a couple of weeks now, what do the next weeks and months entail for you? Build, we're building, we're building and creating players, I've seen character tonight, I think we could be a bit fitter if I'm honest, and we've got to work on that, that's something we've got to look at, but we're not that far off, obviously I've been in the game a long time and I've seen kids make first team football, and these lads have got to realise how close they are, it's just that next bit, and hopefully we'll bridge that gap with some of them and we'll drive them on and make them enjoy the experience, because they're genuinely gutted tonight in their dressing room, and I feel for them a little bit, but they've given absolutely everything, and that's all we can ask for, brilliant.