So about that party about that party dinners from seven to nine, but the party stays open after that They'll be dancing dancing. I don't know if that's up to you. They'll be dancing until midnight We have an open bar. So maybe there will be dancing After that I think people are playing karaoke. I don't know that's between you and your flight home so Bring your badges to the party. That's the only thing bring your badges so you can get into the party Which will be at seven at Windsor station around the corner Couple other things if you presented at this conference put your slides on commons Please and put your slides on commons and link them to your session abstract because then we will be able to find them in the future Same with videos and any other links you want to add there. Don't forget to put your photos on commons If this conference inspired you and And you too want to be on stage If it inspired you and your community and you're interested in running a future wickamania look for a call for expressions of interest coming from the wickamania committee which Several of us here are a part of Knew this year if you think somebody else should run the conference And you want to nominate them to run the conference you can nominate another community as well and we'll look at that We're gonna try that out But look for that coming soon and then putting your proposals this fall. I Think that's it and I will not keep you any longer between you and The party but before we do that before we do that It's my honor of course to introduce someone who needs no introduction Jimmy. Thank you Okay Okay, very good, so I've got my clicker here and I've got my presenter notes there and I have to click them separately so it's like a balancing act I Have to say this is the first wiki mania where my podium looks like a shrine to some I Sort of untimely demise of a pop star or something. I'm not sure Okay Nothing Okay, so this is a long time tradition and I want everyone to stand up Who has been to at least one wiki mania which as of today? You can all say you have Now a few of you will sit down How many of you have been to at least two wiki manias? and three wiki manias four We're gonna go a little fastest have been enough years now that this takes well five. Oh, sorry five Six And now we're starting to see some old timers How many have been to seven wiki manias? eight nine And here's a big round number. How many people have been to at least ten wiki manias? Wow 11 Kristoff had to sit down, but it's great Someone so new to the movement can achieve a prominent role Only ten wiki manias so 11 How many have been to 12 and how many have been? To 13 wiki manias There's only So I some day I'm going to have the record of being at the most wiki manias But the problem is these guys are all younger than me, so I've got to kind of do some exercise so So a year in review. So we have a lot to review. I'm just gonna go through a few of the highlights things for us to reflect on That have been amazing positive achievements for this year And I have several here, of course Right because this doesn't click this as you know the the the ultimate goal of the wiki media movement of wikipedia is Free knowledge for every single person And goat on the planet I actually have no idea how this started But it's the Germans I know I'm sure you didn't have to tell me that But you know we're We're still having an amazing and growing impact around the world and this number I just found out this number in the board meeting when I arrived 1.4 billion unique devices now It's really hard to get from that number to number of unique visitors And I wish there were unique visitors but 1.4 billion unique devices is a really interesting measure of our impact and You know, I just think it's it's phenomenal And what else can you say other than that? How has this come about it's come about of course through Hundreds of thousands millions of people editing a little bit But it's really come about from the leadership of the people who helped to grow our communities So I've got a few Events and things just to call out that We're Sorry, I've got to change the way this is So this is a picture from the Central and Eastern Europe conference anybody here from there yay So this is conference in Armenia they built this amazing sort of logo globe thing We had the conference a wiki conference India Hundreds of people participated More than 100 wiki medians from India Pakistan Nepal Bangladesh and Sri Lanka received scholarships to attend Focusing on gender bias. So that's an important concept We have one of my favorite things wiki loves monuments 2016 competition. This is a stunning photo the 7th annual Wiki loves monuments. Here's what I loved about the note about this this photo This this photo one first place It was a lawyer who works in this building and he said he's not always liking the place I thought it was very amusing. It's like I mean he walks into work. He's like no this building again So we've got Wiki and Daba The wiki African community As we all know this is a real area of Excitement for the future. This is an area of the world that we've lagged behind And so the people who are doing work there to grow those communities Are really amazing people and we're really starting to see some amazing and really fun progress wiki women camp in Mexico Of course, I had to also give a shout out to our communities in Turkey and in China, obviously the You know that they they they block of wikipedia in China has been Up and down over many years and that community has stuck with us and really kept up the hard work For many many years, but the block in Turkey is a new thing And I just think we should all stay in touch with them express our support They're working under difficult circumstances and hopefully we'll get somewhere with that in the coming year we have a lot of A lot of milestones and anniversaries. There's actually far too many for me to actually Tell you about all of them, but there's a handful that I did want to go through one of the great things Spanish Wikipedia celebrated its 16th birthday And this is a really cool thing that the wiki media in Mexico Has worked with the Mexico City Metro to do a Ticket for the Metro. So they're going to print 10 million of these tickets So people will be getting on the metro and seeing the logo and hopefully some of them will think Wikipedia I should I should start editing We have this amazing glam work going on all over the world one of the big achievement this year Is that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York released more than? 375,000 images And indeed did so under CC zero license, which is very very free License, so that's very very exciting. We have Richard is Richard. I can't know how to pronounce his name nipple We can meet in residence at the mat and so he's helping to integrate those across all the projects We have The community health. This is a photo from the MoMA editathon in 2015 I would say the big thing here is the Anti-harassment tools initiative. This is something That I think has been a long time coming The community does a very good job of dealing with harassment, but clearly Really appreciate and really need all the tools that we can create to make that easier Another fantastic thing is there's been a three million dollar grant for structured data for wiki media commons We've been looking for this kind of upgrade in the community for a very long time So that wiki media commons can become more functional and more useful for not only for our projects But for all kinds of projects who need access to free Information wiki media commons has reached 40 million uploaded files Hot on the heels wiki data reached 30 million items I Love the barcode cupcake logo Community we don't really always talk that much about wiki voyage German wiki voyage one million page of it Arabic wikipedia has reached five hundred thousand And Serbian witch an airy has reached two hundred thousand entries Very eclectic group of things here and the Ukrainian wikipedia has reached 700,000 articles, which is a really an astonishing and remarkable thing This is just a handful of the milestones that were reached around the world And we could go here we could we could spend hours looking at all the things that have been achieved So let's all let's give one more round of applause for everyone Then we come to unfortunately the the sad bit here a little bit of in memoriam for users who are no longer with us user Koya Koya was a pillar of the francophone wiki media community joined more than a decade ago was an active editor prolific Contributor to commons and wiki data made more than one and a half million edits across wiki media projects This photo is one of his more famous But I think it's really worth your time to go and look on commons to see all of the amazing photos that were contributed Gion said if you've ever had drinks with wiki medians in Paris you may have met him And his sudden death at the age of 38 was really heartbreaking for many of his friends and colleagues Of course, we've all heard about the the sad story of vassal cartabil Executed in in Syria. We've we've talked about that quite a bit at this conference So you all know the story for me. This is just a moment for for us to all really think about Redoubling our efforts to really Share knowledge to help other people share knowledge and also to reach out to colleagues who we know are working in difficult places To help them learn how to stay safe how to use security tools anything you can do to help Could could actually save someone's life So now we're gonna come to wiki media a year. This is one of my favorite things and put a lot of thought and time into into selecting with the help of some of the people at the wiki media foundation And unfortunately this year the winner Felix Felix naughty He unfortunately couldn't be here. Let me read. Let me read the dedication And then I'm gonna show you something really fun So in February 2017 Felix welcomed 50 attendees from 18 countries to Accra Ghana The gathering represented Africa's second ever continental gathering called wiki in Daba Felix has been a leading voice in the wiki media movement for a few years But in 2017 he has sparked an incredible growth and activity both from Ghana and the rest of the continent wiki in Dama 2017 has become a new model for regional community events and the letter Felix Drafted to summarize the events and its future needs have been adopted by wiki meetings in other contexts including Iberio conference 2017 he's been an inspirational member of our community and his work to support the wiki media project for this I'm announcing Felix naughty as wiki median of the year and now if we could just just hold your applause because now if we could run The video please Just think how awesome. It's gonna be when computers don't suck Here we go volume volume Unfortunately couldn't be in Italy with this last year, so I brought her to help me with something really fun This year's winner also has not been able to make it to wiki mania due to a Visa issue, so we're gonna call Felix up. Yes. No idea We're calling up on a video chat, and I'm gonna let him know that he said we keep eating in the air Hi Felix Hi, it's Jimmy and Emily As you probably know Emily won The wiki meeting of the year award last year But she wasn't able to be at the conference, so I've asked her to help me announce the wiki meeting of the year this year which is Felix naughty of Ghana Wow Oh my god I really love the work you've been doing The wiki conferences and really building up the community there locally. You're amazing. It's really fantastic Congratulations Yeah, so next year you'll be in Cape Town, I hope and then you and I will call the next one Thank you so much for this You'll have a Wikipedia article about you by the end of the night, I'm sure And So Emily is Emily is here if you want to stand up Emily as you know was one of the winners last year And help me make this presentation. Oh and Rosie of course. Yes right Fantastic, so now I've just got one one honorable mention and This one is is quite interesting I think so Diego Gomez I've actually been surprised at how Little attention this case has gotten and I wanted to let you know about it So Diego is a graduate student in Columbia And and what he did is he? He on a closed Facebook group. He said shared a single academic paper with his colleagues Which was unfortunately under copyright and Columbia under pressure from the US a few years back really ramped up the criminal penalties for copyright violations and he was prosecuted for this and You know you see the group of organizations there who've been supporting him I've supported him a bit But this is a really alarming type of case and it's the kind of thing that we should really be making a lot of noise about The good news is that he was acquitted in in court of the crime, but the bad news is The other side has appealed and so now it's going to go to the Bogota criminal high court so the process continues and There is a fundraising campaign to help him if you go to the website Sharing is not a crime.org And Neil Shockey who is here somewhere here from Spark open has pledged $500 matching gift of his own money to If people will will donate to help him he needs help for his legal Expenses and I'm going to match the 500 as well So please go and read about the case Help him raise awareness of the case advocate for him And if you've got any you know spare change to send to help with the legal defense that would be very much appreciated as well So finally wiki media 2030 I just want to close with a few thoughts on this The movement strategy Process is one of the most important things that we've been engaging in If you you know it's beginning from in January 2017, I'm just reading from the meta page We the decision of wiki media movement started an ambitious discussion about our collective future We've just released the strategy Direction this is different from a plan and Analysis and so it's a process that many have described as exhaustive messy and fascinating And so we we now have the draft direction And so we considered at the board meeting and you've heard all this before but I just wanted to say this myself at the board Meeting there was a consideration What we want to do is to get all of the movement groups all of the various disparate entities to endorse the direction And so the question was posed to us did the board want to endorse first and I'm I'm often stupid, but sometimes I'm quite clever and I said actually shouldn't we go last Because the board Deciding things top down and trying to convince the community has a very very bad track record of success On the other hand bottom-up processes, which is exactly what the movement strategy process has been where all of the groups and all the organizations in a long and tedious and exhausting and exhilarating process Come around to a perspective that we can all sign on to And then as the final thing for the board to say thank you community We agree with you and we support you that is a much better way of thinking about a much better way of doing it I think the most important thing as you as you look at the The direction of the strategic process is that it is not necessary to agree with every single detail It is not that kind of thing. This is not a prescriptive 700 bullet point document that you have to agree with everything and it's just an endorsement that hey We're moving in generally the right direction And so we hope that lots more people will get involved lots of organizations will get involved Giving feedback participating in that process Because I think the only way that we can really have An action in a particular direction is that we have a general consensus. It doesn't have to be perfect It's just like a wiki But as long as people are in general agreement that this is the direction we want to go Then we can be successful So now that's all I've got. So thank you I'm bringing up the Chris soft There's been to 10 wiki mania's Said to conclude not much Thank you everyone I'm gonna do that in English not in French. Sorry and wish I could have I Can try to do the two of us at the same time then it's gonna last 20 minutes. So I'm not gonna It's been five days for most of us that we've been around for three days. I know you I'm exhausted. Are you tired? Yeah So I have to make the job. How is it go team? Thank you So what wait for you turn So I'm here to make this thank you I'm gonna thank every of course everyone that is in the room right now. Thank you for being there. Thank you for participating this cutting Engaging It has been one amazing wiki mania. I mean, it's been my 10th but this one is perhaps a little particular because he has a An energy and a feeling that it felt really really good every time we had discussions was really positive discussions I'm gonna have to say that but it's been a long time since we had a week. We had we thought no drama No surprises. No thing that hey, did you hear what happened? Oh, hey, did you see that email? Nothing just good discussion with good people and having fun and thinking of the future Also, we'd like to thank everyone that did not was not able to attend whether they couldn't whether they didn't get the visa and that Watched us online or what at least the plenary is online Even though they're not in the room. They're part of the communities and the coming in the discussion. So we have to think about them I was so like too much last thing. I'm not lasting. There's many to come And is that this has been perhaps one of the most open wiki mania we have had We've had a lot of people that are coming from the outside way more than usual. We've had sessions that are way more than usual We're done by people from the outside would be I'm not gonna start saying them But ACL you move CC and modular and so on there have been many many and feels really good because at the same time that the program was made the strategy direction was being done and The two came together and it was not by design, but they still came together Which is kind of a cool thing because it means that From every single part of the movement. We are all moving the same direction We're all have we all have an eagerness to be more open and to talk with more people and to engage with more people So And nothing that I've been asked by someone to say About the strategy direction so a lot of you have attended sessions of feedback discussions about the strategy directions And we have been talking about strategy directions. The fact is it's a draft strategy direction So it's not finalized document So what has been happening all across the three days when you attended strategy discussion is you provided feedback opinions Advices on what was the content what you didn't understand what you didn't make any sense culturally for you because it's an English And you know, it's not making language and all of that feedback is being put together by the strategy team And they're gonna get back to that draft strategy direction and work on it make it better Improve it based on every single feedback you have given on the result of the work that has been done by everyone for the last year So if you have Add feedbacks and you don't think you don't know what's gonna happen to the feedbacks. They are being processed listen to and then it's gonna be adapted and So now I'm gonna move to the part where I have to think a long list of person I'm trying to make that not too much boring, but doing my best. So first of all Do I have to click myself? Yes Do you have to pass? Yeah, so I'm gonna thank the sponsors of this week mania. So we can be a foundation. Thanks to ourselves. We're awesome Thank you to Wikimedia Canada for For having the crazy idea that organizing a week mania is a good thing for your health and their Sleep. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. So to be in queue. I see that in English Which is weird to we can how my box Google the Lofi de Tourisme de Montréal, which I can say in French gamepedia I'm gonna go to things people now to the people that make that conference happen I hope you had a really good conference. I had And there was a lot of people you haven't seen so you've seen Phoebe on stage But there have been many many many many more people that engaged for months So that we could have a good time in Montreal. So oh Yeah, so I'm gonna Ask the week the Canadian team to come on stage, please in order. Yeah, you can applaud them. You can even send up So So Thank you. So as it is customary. I have a gift to give to Benoit so Yeah so So it is not wine, but still it's something that gets to be drinking to be drunk drunk Yeah So if you don't know what it is, it is a It is a it is a liquor and the pier inside the bottle is bigger than the hole to put it in here So there's a mystery on how you get there. It's very good. If you want to have some you ask Benoit. Thank you So, thank you very much for everything you've done So many more person to Keep on thinking so this one I will not ask to come on the stage just because there are many and then it would take 40 minutes again There's a party to attend so I will ask to you the W I mean the Wikimedia Foundation team to stand up. So a young Luiz.  So oh You're in tape Blanca Perez and and Riggs and Dorin Duncan Yeah So I just said a few names. I'm pretty sure that most of you don't know any of them. That is bad Do that people that make it happen along with the team the local team. They are Take care of a lot a lot a lot of issues along the week so that you don't see it So you have big things to give them and if you see them at the party Buy them a drink. It's paid They appreciate that and of course Thanking the Sheraton auto and AV staffs that make these are possible And now we have to thank the pre-conference team So I'm gonna ask the people to stand when I call the name. So the brand in Russia Rachel for the action part So as you've seen there have been many jokes about goats like a lot like a lot a lot There's even fabricator tasks with goats and everyone is wondering where does it come from what the story behind goats and I could do things I could either tell you the story which would be really cool Or I could kind of embarrass them or not embarrass them, but make them tell the story So not now, but they're gonna be at the party. You see them standing. They are having fun and they are delighted Everybody is talking about goats for three days Now you're gonna get to be able to go to the party have drinks and ask them why goats still on the pre-conference Team so and really came in by RV and the team of the Wikimedia conference, North America. That's happened two days ago Stand up Yeah, so also to stand up Jamie and Steve Maria Cruz for anything the learning day is one more year I And James high on them for the week you project man. No, we don't think the Q-ness station. We love them Same thing if you don't know what the Q-ness station is ask around tonight the party It is part of the meme we have now get to learn about it by asking to your fellow weak medians They're there. They're the one that controls the movement, but nobody knows And so now I'm going to ask some people to come back on stairs Mainly when namely the program committee that took care of organizing all the session you attended and how doc you attended So and you can upload them widely Phoebe the whole and Guillermo's co-chairs of the program So you have you would have to thank them for the awesome wiki data Session that happened really wide rooms where you had space to attend surprise it wasn't Big success and so a gift flowers. You didn't expect that and again during the party go to them Thank them give them love and hugs they've spent a few months working in the program and they deserve that too and Finally Now I get to make nerdy jokes. That's cool So you've seen around there have been people facilitating and they're playing you all all week long Unlike the ones from the Star Trek's original series they survived it. So please all the red shirts stand up So again, thanks to all of them you will be able to have a decent conference Where everything went pretty smoothly and we've really told problems. So you have to thank them too And what's next? And I'm done. Oh, no, and then so This is ending. I mean we have a few hours to enjoy wiki mania Perhaps tomorrow morning at breakfast. We will see each other a little tired And it's a good thing and as every year we're gonna spend the next two weeks Wondering why we ever left wiki mania because it's such a good thing to be here But the good thing it comes back. So I will ask the team for the wiki mania 2018 to come on stage So I'm gonna leave the stage for them because it's about them now and about next year So, thank you everyone. I hope you will have a hand a good hand of wiki mania We will enjoy tonight. You will talk of memories and see you next year. Bye. Bye I'm gonna ask if we can play the video first and I'll speak second video. Yes, please Bungaban do a person is a person through other people This is the core concept of the African philosophy of Ubuntu. I am Because you are Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge That's our commitment Welcome to Cape Town South Africa's mother city the location for wiki mania 2018 a vibrant inclusive modern city our venue the University of Cape Town Which lies on the foothills of Table Mountain? The highest ranked university in Africa and the oldest in South Africa Will ensure you have a great stay in Cape Town and enjoy your time at the conference Africa needs wiki media just as much as wiki media needs Africa Cape Town home to the students and alumni of Sinai jungle high school Who successfully petitions South Africa cellular providers to supply Wikipedia free of charge?  They have four majors and statistics I have never valued education is I value it right now where I'm at Once you do actual science you notice that it's not about what you have But it's about how you use what you have and the how comes from being educated And so that we can have a lot of resources, but a population is not really educated So we don't know how to use our resources effectively. I don't think it would have gotten where I am right now Without the help of Wikipedia. I don't Once you educate you can think originally and if you have a heart and you educated There's nothing that's impossible to you I want to become a medical practitioner because I want to give back to the society I want to change people's lives Wikipedia I can say it happens a lot because I learned there and I found my career there Electrical engineering that's my future career now When I'm older, I think I'll become a surgeon or a neurologist. Yeah, I think of myself being big There are very few female geologists and I want to change that and show that we are also capable of something best in life And then this other day Pete told us guys, do you know that you could write up your own articles on Wikipedia and we're like really Our class went out together to take pictures of Joe's level We could take them and we can put them on Wikipedia I myself am proud. I just want the world to see the places that we are coming from There was so much that was not there on Wikipedia that we could add, especially in the course of Wikipedia Wikipedia on our own language I'm trying to write an article about omnosha. It's going to be a new article It will travel me more females in my den. There are something wrong. It's supposed to be Dalibu Your host, Wikimedia South Africa and the African Wikimedia community Welcome you to come home to Africa Bringing back Wikimania to Africa has been a long time dream of ours Especially us in sub-Saharan Africa We really look forward to making next year's event a truly African event I'm going to let the cat out the bag now with a little spoiler Next year we plan to have a theme. It's going to be a themed event Which really fits in with the African context of next year's event That theme will be bridging knowledge gaps, the Ubuntu way forward And by Ubuntu I don't mean the operating system I mean the original meaning of Ubuntu Which is the African philosophy of I am because you are By that I mean like I am who I am because of you So if I harm you, I am harming myself If I help you, I am helping myself I'm making myself better as I make you better In that respect I would like to introduce the team for next year's wikimania Because organizing a wikimania is truly a team event Just like organizing a wiki, just like writing a wiki is truly a group process I mean it requires all of us Truly in the spirit of Ubuntu Our team is the South African team for organizing wikimania Cape Town Here we are Now unfortunately not all of us team members could be here today Not all of us from Africa could be here today In fact very very very few of us could be here today Next year we really hope, we really intend to change that And have a really significant African presence at next year's event For example, Dumasani Ndebena, Bobby Sabangu Who is a fantastic voice you heard in the video Infosella, Kunarad Lubsha, none of these folks could be here today We intend to help change that Partly through, as Catherine announced a couple days ago Re-awarding the scholarships to people who already received a scholarship to this year's event And were unable to attend for visa reasons So thank you very much Catherine Additionally we do not expect visas to be a significant hurdle for next year's event We're already putting in place processes to streamline that process We talked about the scholarships Yes thank you This will be the first Sub-Saharan of Wikimania in history Certainly the first one since Alexandria almost 10 years ago And we really look forward to welcoming you all to Cape Town next year in July 2018 Thank you I'm back because with that I think it is truly the end of Wikimania Except, except, except for the party So, I'm getting there So the party, that's the address of the party It is very nearby It's the thing that comes up when you search for Windsor station on the map One block away There is a map on the program schedule Or you can follow everyone Again dinner from 7 to 9 And drinks after that until midnight I believe We get kicked out And the photo How do you want to do this Victor? So Victor has a ladder Victor has a ladder And what I would suggest is that we attempt to huddle So if there's, nope Do it Victor is going to direct to you Thank you, thanks everyone Hi everybody, so this is take two If you can, come towards the center in front of here But stay in your seats Find a new seat, come towards the center But we're not going to be standing for the photo


Hello, my stippers! My name is Marlene McQuinn and this is Leo. You all know Leo, right? Well, today's a really exciting day for Leo and I, and for you guys, because we are going to do an unboxing. An unboxing. Yeah, we're gonna unbox something exciting today. Now, before I tell you about it, do you remember Favorites Friday? I've done that a few times. Well, I think it's about time that I get on top of Favorites Friday. Maybe not every Friday, but as much as I possibly can, and it may not be bird product, but it may. Here's why I'm so excited though.  It's like 85% set up. So I'm really excited to have you guys here because as you'll notice, I have my backdrops up. So today we're going with blue. Now, guess what I have to show you guys today? I'm really excited about it because I'm a bird person and you guys are bird people. And even if you don't have a bird and you just like my channel, here's a great way to start with birds without the commitment. So look at what I have today. I have this Window Bird Feeder by Camalio's Garden. Oh, Camalio. Leo likes that. Isn't he so chill guys? He's like the chillest bird. He's going to be like my unboxing bird. So before we even open this and take a look, check this out. You see all these birds? These guys could be hanging at your window.  What do you think, Leo? Leo likes looking outside the window. So let's unbox it. I hope I'm as graceful at unboxing as I am at wrapping presents. Okay. This is really cool because look at how transparent it is. This is sticking up, but it's just a simple piece. Oh, you put it together. Actually, it's removable. That's nice. This way you can clean it. I like this. It's so transparent. You could totally see everything that the birds are doing through your window. You could even see my ring light. That just proves how nice and clean it arrives. Okay. Let me show you a few things about this. The first thing that I think is important to know is that it's not glass. It looks like glass, but it's not. It's basically acrylic. So it's 100% safe. It's not going to fall, crack, break or anything like that. You don't have to worry about it around your children or in earthquakes or any other dramatic situations that I can think of living in California. You know, that's pretty exciting. The best thing about it is that you can see all the birds and what they're doing and all the fine details of their little busy lives. Something that I love doing. And Leo could be on his stand looking outside and checking the birds out. Right, Leo? Oh, yes. Here's what else. Okay. So this tray is removable. I love this. If you're a clean freak like me, you're going to be excited to not have to take a whole thing and empty it out and be awkward. You could just pull this piece out and fill it up with water and food. There's a few holes in these two. So I'm going to say you put the water in the middle and you put the seeds in here, which is cool because you get a choice of two different kinds of seeds if you'd like, or you could just stick with the same side and not have the birds fighting over it or you could attract different birds, depending on what you put in your feeder. These holes are actually important. They're drain holes. They help keep your seed nice and fresh, which is always a really good thing to prevent it from growing mold and build up. So the birdies always have something nice and fresh to eat.  They're going to be like, why is this restaurant closed? You got to keep the restaurant open. You know what I mean? So you fill it up with your seeds. You put the tray in very simple, not for me, but simple. And then they have this nice little rubber perch that they could just sit on all nice and comfortably so that we could get double action. Some action up here, some action down here. I'm really excited about this action that's about to happen by the way. And another really good thing about the acrylic is that it's weather durable. So I was worried about earthquakes because I don't even think about rain here. But yeah, if you live where it rains, this is extremely durable and weatherproof.  And I'm like, I have no idea.  I'm like, I'm going to and then I go to uncover the mystery and I open my back door and there it is rain. Yeah, that's how much it doesn't rain here. I forgot. I forgot. Like literally if it thunders, I'm expecting the apocalypse. So apocalypse or not, or if you live in sunny California, this is just perfect. Oh, now we have these little pieces here. These are the suction cups. Oh, that's probably another good reason that it's acrylic is because it's lightweight. So you want it to attach to the window. Let's see how easy this is even with my skills. Good news. There's four of these in three holes.  That's perfect. And once it's stuck to the window with the weight, it's going to stay there. And in case your parrot eats things, you know, you have an extra one. Let's see what it says. Oh, soften the suction cups before attaching them to the feeder holes. You moisturize them with one drop of water. I was like, I don't want to soften them.  Now, if you guys are confused about what kind of food, I have that all prepared to any Finch food will do. Of course, depends on what kind of birds you want to attract. I got this Finch food here because I have Finches. Actually, my Finches kind of have different food, but I did get this one at the store just for this. You know why I got this one actually? I got this one because it didn't have a whole bunch of fake ingredients. So basically what I would do is open the bag like so. Oh, I need a little scooper. Well, for the purpose of this video, let's put some seeds in here. Grab a few. Put them in here. Maybe that wasn't the best thing to do right here. Okay. Well, we just learned something. Better to keep this in here when you're putting the seeds in if you're doing it in your house. Oh, they still come out. Okay. That's okay. That leaves word for the birds where to go. So you put the seeds in there. You put more than that in. I just got a little like, hmm, got to clean up right now. And then we'll try putting it on the window. Let's do that together. Okay. Here we go. I'm half-sensitive to put it on this side. These guys are walking their dog. Hey guys, do you want to be in my vlog? Oh, the moon is full. I'd like to put it here in my YouTube room. See if I could catch any birds. Um, moisten the suction cups. I've never been good at suction cups. I got to pull this down so that it's hanging on it. Ooh, what do you guys think? Do you think I'm going to catch some birds here? I think it looks nice and clean. It feels really sturdy. That was very simple. Let's put some food in it now. Now I can pull this out. How about I do that? Perfect. That should be good.  And then I'll get a cup and put water in here. Now of course, we got to put that back. We put it in here just like that. Looking good. Now let's see if we can catch some birds. See what it looks like from the glass. My dog thinks someone came in. This is what it looks like pretty clean. I'm expecting a hawk to arrive any moment. Just kidding. And the good news is that Leo is going to be 100% entertained by any birds that he should find. Right, Leo? That was really cool. I'm excited to see what happens there. I have even better news for you guys. Our friends at Camileo's garden have decided to give you snippers. Yes, you guys, 70% off if you want to buy this. So if you love birds, this is going to be really fun for you. If you don't have a bird yet and you kind of want to not commit to a bird outside who can kind of take care of himself, not naming names, doesn't need kisses like this guy, then I think you'll really enjoy this. So read my description. I love those of you that read. Reading is everything. Read my description. Yeah, he says yeah. And check out the code below and enter that code into the link that I provide. What is your deal? No, you see wouldn't be so much better to have little finches outside than a big Amazon trying to get into your mouth. What happened? I have advertised you as the chillest bird in the world. I'm not going to lie. I love it. Okay, stop. So check out the link below, read the description, find the code, enter it, and you are on your way to bird watching. And on a different note, if you guys want more favorites Friday, let me know in the comments. Please subscribe. We love new subscribers. I don't know what Leo is doing, but he has decided to act out for you guys today. Oh no, Leo is becoming a Cody. Remember Cody on my head? Remember when Cody was like the chillest bird and then like now he's not? I don't know what's going to happen here. Guys, I still can't believe that I have Leo. This is crazy. 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Evaluation and testing in EFL and ESL classrooms. Most of us grew up being constantly evaluated, by taking a wide variety of tests for all kinds of subjects, all with the goal to show how much you know, and how capable are you. Throughout school years teachers evaluate your performance, and your knowledge they based on of on the results from several quizzes, exams, and tests, and commonly based on results, they know how to approach each student's needs, or so they assume that the standardized score is accurate. Growing up, you learn whether or not you are a test taker, you will find those who do amazing on tests, but do not really pay attention in class, you will also find those who get really nervous and struggle, but still do well, and you also find the ones who know all the material and cannot test well. Sadly, when the results come teachers rely on them to its fullest, they use the numbers to make sure students are placed at the levels they belong. The controversy of the testing system. There have been many debates and regards to testing, because it has been noted that test results are not being evaluated correctly. Now, when it comes to English learners, the process of evaluating tests becomes a bit more tricky because of you may learn the language, but that does not mean you will be able to test well. Nevertheless, the feedback the teacher receives from the score, does not necessarily help to understand where the student stands, but it is still used across the border. For our unit in evaluating, it was exposed in detail the different tests that there are out there for language learners, which I found slightly useless since you can pass a test, but does not mean that you are now very fluent. It merely means that you tested well and received the passing score. Despite the fact that is needed, I think that for TEFL students, there should be an option of how to take the test. Some people are better with filling the blank or multiple choice or others are way better with open-ended questions. So sticking to simply standardized testing should not define whether or not someone is qualified to speak English. Basing it all to percentages doesn't seem fully fair to me, and according to the unit those exams tend to be more general ones, and our setup is very straightforward. Therefore, it leaves doubt whether the students are being tested on their knowledge of their English. How are you supposed to differentiate what exactly was the issue? Psychological difficulties. I believe that for some people knowing that an assessment will be required in order to move on forward, it might cut off the intentions of even learning English. If requirements are two sticks and evaluators are very inflexible, this too will cause a bit of concern whether or not one should continue. Furthermore, along with some students feeling discouraged to take up English as a second language, age also plays a role in the testing area because studies have shown that brain plasticity in children allows them to learn quicker than adults. Therefore, when taking standardized tests does not seem to be very reliable either. System improvement. For the good of the new English learner, I think it is imperative that the evaluating and testing system improve. I understand that as teachers, there are certain things that have to be taught throughout courses, but it shouldn't be limited to just simply giving out information. I believe it should also be about working on creating a better system that encourages people of all languages to participate and not feel limited when it comes to the assessment aspects of it. It is very possible that after completing certain stages, people leave the course just because of the way the testing was, so by creating or inputting different ways to evaluate, students will also create more chances for people want to learn and move on forward. Do you want to teach English as a foreign language abroad? Take a TEFL course now. As I mentioned, I am fully aware of how the system works when it comes to testing and placement and comprehend that teacher is set to evaluate in certain ways, but I would be one to encourage different ways of methods of doing so. It might take up several trials using methods, but it would be extremely beneficial.


Welcome, viewers, to ThinkTechHawaii.com. The show is the will of the people, and I am your host, Martha E. Randolph. Today's show is called Scream, Run, Tell. It's based on an illustrated children's book by the same name.  My guest today is Elizabeth Lim, the author of the book, and the founder and CEO of SRTEL.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the lives of children and adult victims of sexual abuse. She is herself a survivor of abuse. She's also a trained emergency medical technician, and she has dedicated herself to providing a voice to the victims of sexual abuse through education and training. She is in partnership with the Florida Crime Prevention Association, and she gives workshops on the method that is described in the book. She trains law enforcement, counselors, and advocates on the most advanced cutting-edge techniques and strategies for preventing child abuse. Welcome, Elizabeth. It is an honor to have you as my guest today. Thank you for having us. Okay. I have a copy of your book, which those of you watching can see sitting here, and it really is very simple and understandable. Can you tell me how you came to write it? Why did you feel it was needed? What was missing from the techniques that we already have? Right. Well, as a survivor myself and having that experience and then experiencing something as an adult having five children of my own, I knew that it was important to do something. So I wanted it to be simple and to really start making changes at the very, very beginning of a child's life, which would be, you know, before even one years old. So I started doing a lot of research and working through understanding programs that are out there. So we have like Stop, Drop, and Roll, Click, or Take, and I want to have been successful. Okay. You just said that very quickly, and I don't really know what they mean. So can you say that again more slowly and tell us what you're talking about? Okay. So the methods that scream, run, and tell use is the same as Stop, Drop, and Roll. Okay. Click it or Take it, 9-1-1. So it's a catch phrase that you can remember all the time. Yes. It's a catch phrase, but each one of them have action behind it. Okay. Excellent. Yes. So a catch phrase that actually tells you what to do. Yes. Okay. Excellent. Without robbing the innocence of the child though. Yeah. Which is important. You give workshops, and you have all these trainings that you do in conjunction with that Florida organization. So what does that consist of? And why is it different from what maybe professionals who've been dealing with sexual abuse or trying to prevent it have had up until now? Is it the catch phrase by itself, or is there something else to it? Well, you know, we all engage in trying to prevent children, right? And prevent them from being abused. Yes. And so when I started doing the research, I realized one thing, and that was that prevention is for something to never happen. Right. Everything else is the first stages of recovery. Of recovery. Yes. And so as I started to look at all the programs, I realized that giving a child an area or good or bad is the first stages of them having to recover something. Where if you're giving them an opportunity to express themselves when they just feel uncomfortable, not nothing has happened, nothing at all. The child feels uncomfortable, they're able to share it. That right there is true prevention. Okay. So basically, and I did see this in your book, I don't want to take the time now, but if you open the book, it is very simple. They're just sort of like what you see on the front page there. A picture and one or two words. And it is about empowering the child, encouraging them to know that this is what you can do even if all that it is is you feel uncomfortable. So you're saying to them, if you don't like what's happening, even if it doesn't make sense to you, you have the right to tell someone. But it seems to me the other aspect of that is the person they are telling has to know they have a right to tell you and you need to act for them. Otherwise, it defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Yes, exactly. And so that's why it's important for not only to teach the child, but also educate the parent of the importance of a child having a voice. Right, which is important. Now, there are some pretty shocking statistics concerning who is most likely to be an abuser. I have them, but why don't you tell us about that and how your method really helps prevent that, which I think would basically be, as we said, empowering the child to stop it before anything has a chance to get going. But what are some of those statistics? Well, first I want to say that the Stranger Danger program that's out there, it's a really good program. And I feel that it's a strong program that should still continue to be implemented because the Stranger Danger does work, it's been proven it works. On the other hand, that's 10% of the children. 10% of the abuse situations are with people who are strangers, which means by logic that 90% are people that the child is acquainted with in some form. Yes, exactly. How many of those might be family members or, you know, as opposed to say a teacher or even a coach or something like that, which we've heard of fairly recently. Exactly. So the statistics that came out in 2016 are pretty much is one out of six girls will be sexually abused before the age of 18. I'm sorry, I take that back. One out of four girls will be sexually abused before the age of 18. And one out of six boys will be sexually abused before the age of 18. And the statistics are that 80% are what, 80 to 90% are known to the child. Now, within that, it is circumposed everybody. So it could be family members, it could be within their school, their whole environment. Okay, so I have a figure here that says 30% of those known people could be family members, which does not necessarily mean mom and dad. It could be a brother or sister. It probably not. It could be a cousin or another relative. And you also have a figure of 68% of assaults are not reported, which means that 68% of the children are either too afraid or don't even know that something that's happening to them is bad, unless of course it's extremely painful. Right. As well as frightening. Yes, that is true. And how does your program, besides empowering the child, since you offer training to adults and to professionals, how does that training assist them in making it easier for a child to understand this? Because certainly there must be situations where a misunderstanding can occur. Yes. Where a simple gesture of affection, of real, honest, open affection could be interpreted by one person or another as being inappropriate. So who makes the decision? Right, right. And that's a really good question. So one of the things that we teach is, first of all, we're not accusing anybody. What we're trying to accomplish here is give the child the voice, the opportunity to start speaking up for themselves, and transferring the responsibility to the adult. And it's not anything, not anything that we're trying to say what they are. Unfortunately, the same tools that we use as loving parents, as loving aunts and friends are the same tools that a groomer would use to violate a child. It's very difficult for a child to distinguish. The only thing is that sometimes the child feels uncomfortable. It's like, I feel uncomfortable with that. And that is the point where the child should be able to say, hey, I don't like that. Right. And then it be addressed. And that person probably didn't mean any harm by it. Right, right. But because the child does not know, we want them to exercise their voice. So it's important that the person they go to, which in most cases, unless there's a family situation, it would be apparent. Honors the child's feeling, regardless of whether it makes sense. And instead of saying, oh, don't worry about it. They didn't mean anything by it. You say, okay, well, I will speak to them about this. And basically sets themselves up as a defender of the child's right to have a feeling. That's interesting. It brings up my memory of the fact that when I was a little girl, my dad, whom I adore, or I adored before he passed away, used to give me wet kisses. And I hated it. And as a result, whenever he came towards me to kiss me, I would go, ah! And he got very hurt. And I remember my mother saying, John, she just doesn't like wet kisses. So it's not personal. She just doesn't like that. Now, there was no question of abuse. In my house, it was just open-ended affection. But any child can feel uncomfortable with something that an adult has no idea they're doing. And because of that, I can also say personally that in a situation where an adult male who had me, I think I was at the age of around 11 or 12, I don't remember. And he was the son of a housekeeper.  And I kept my mouth tightly closed. And as soon as we got into the house, I took my mother's side and I told her what happened. And because of that, she just spoke to the woman and said, look, just don't do this again. Everything very polite, everything courteous. And I know that it was inappropriate. But at the time, I didn't know it was inappropriate. It was just oaky. And since I'd already reported my dad for wet sloppy kisses, I knew that my mom would back me up. So here's a perfect example, which I hadn't thought about before. Yeah, that's amazing. And so we, as parents, are probably using the screamerantel. It's just never been put in words. But it's a good thing to put it down, yeah? Yes, to put it down and to allow the child to speak up when they feel uncomfortable, right? Right. In your own personal experience, you say you were a survivor. Yes. Would this SRTEL method have helped you prevent what happened to you? Had it been around at the time? Oh, yes. I completely, completely believe that. And also, one of the things that we teach is about our language to our children, because our children hear us through the expressions on our face to our body. And so when we're doing the training for the parents, we educate them how important it is that when you speak to a child that whatever you say to them, it's already making that facial expression. And so it's really important to address the child knowing what to, how to address them so that they feel safe. So with that said, I remember in my own experiences, had I had the screamerantel method and felt courageous that I was going to be supported, I might have spoke up a lot earlier, right? Without going into more detail, may I ask if this was a family member or was it just someone you knew? Yes. Both were family members. Both. There were two different situations. So one of the statistics that's out there that I do share is that when a child has been sexually abused and they haven't gotten the treatment that they need, the chances are 50% of those will be sexually abused or violated as young adults. Wow. And one last question about a statistic. What is the age group that is most vulnerable or most likely to be abused? I think I saw something, a chart on your website, but it's not really the tiniest of children, is it? Isn't there a middle area where you have that? It's about ages between, well, nine and 12? Nine and 12. So pre-puberty or just at the edge where a young person is going into puberty but their head may not be there. Okay. All right. We're going to stop there for the moment and go to our break and then we will return with Elizabeth Lim and Scream Run Tell, which is both a book and a methodology for empowering children to prevent sexual abuse before it even happens. Thank you very much. Hi, this is Martha Randolph and the show is The Will of the People. My guest today is Elizabeth Lim, who is the author of the book Scream Run Tell and also the CEO and creator of srtell.org, where she discusses the methods and ways in which you can best help your children be prepared to recognize a potential child abuse situation and to basically speak up to keep it from happening to them. So Elizabeth, thank you for our second part. We're going to go here. I'd like to just discuss one of the percentages we noticed is that 30% of the people, the young people who are abused, and this would be between the ages of nine and 12, which is that weird time when young people, especially women, can start to get into puberty earlier than their minds are ready for, their bodies change. And ironically, historically, there are certain cultures and religions which have promoted child marriages, marriages to children of that age as soon as the women start to menstruate, which can be in that interesting time frame, but where a child is completely unprepared for the actions of sexual intercourse. So if a child is feeling that way about a family member, depending on the closeness of the family member, who can they go to if they feel no matter what you tell them, scream, run, tell that they cannot go to a parent or guardian? Who else could they turn to? And would you, do you encourage them to do that? Do you give them that other information of who else you can go to? Right, right. Well, if they're not feeling safe within their own home, because like we said, 90% is people that they do know, right? The second person they seem to go to is a teacher. Now, teachers, counselors, everybody else is mandated to report it. So it is the teacher's responsibility to report something like that. So they can go to a teacher, a counselor, whoever they feel safe to go ahead and go talk to them. Okay. So I guess it's important when you do your training that people in these professions are reminded that you are the only alternative. Yes. And that, so the scream, run, tell method is if a child comes to you, be open to that, right, speak at least neutrally so that you do not make them feel that you are dismissing their challenge. I know many adults who automatically assume that a child, especially one that maybe acts up a little bit is telling a story. Now, we know that children who act up a bit may have reasons for that acting out. Yes. So two parents or teachers who might have noticed that, again, how do you reinforce in them not to pass a judgment but to make sure that the child knows at least you can come tell me? Right. And that's so difficult, right?  Our job, though, is to just be loving and caring and understanding and fostering them. You know, when a teacher gets information and she's had a couple of histories, that's what the counselor is there for, right? And she knows this child maybe needs a little more attention. She can't pinpoint it, but that's what the counselors are there for to help out in that situation if the teacher feels that she can't go to the actual caregiver, right? Because you want to protect them. So your book and your method and your training is based on some research that I believe you told me you had gotten from Harvard University. So I wonder if you can tell people a little bit about when you decided to do this, the kind of research you did, and how it figures into this. And at some point during this discussion, can I ask you guys to bring up the slide we were talking about? So let's hear about that. So Harvard is really about nurturing the child at a very, very young age. So from the time that baby is born, even before that, they've done so much study. And so what they're trying to do is help people develop programs for prevention at a very young age. And so I shared with you some of the programs that they gave when I went about two years ago and took their programs so that I could understand what would be the best way to give this information to the community so that in return that they can do it quickly for the child that they're caring for. So they have done all the studies for us on how to do it. We just have to get that information. Also, like I said in the beginning, I did the studies on why the other programs that they are teaching that have been around for 30 years, as those programs also have that same method, keep it very simple, protect the innocence of the child, train the parents and the caretakers, and then repeat it over and over again, the repetition. And why would you want to start at a very young age? Because that's when the brain is developing. And so those things will be automatically accepted. I believe you actually say in your book for parents to read the book to their children when they're even before reading age and then to have the child read the book to you. Now, there is a point where a child can get really bored and begin to resent the material.  Because I'm not sure prior to one years old, I would go that far until the child has some concept of language and what words mean. Even scream, run, tell might be words they don't know yet, but once they do know them, how do you really do it that often? Or you just make it a regular pattern, like maybe once a week, every week for a certain length of time and then a break and then start again? Right. And the thing is to kind of create that habit, right? Or that repetition in the child's brain. So that is really up to the caretaker. That becomes the responsibility of the caretaker, right? If they want to do it every week or every day. I think maybe at the beginning they're going to enjoy it, especially when they're little. And as they get older, they're going to go, not that again, right? Exactly. But then the book is actually designed in a way that it creates like, well, okay, where is there? Right. So that is just opening a window to allow the child to know when and it's when you feel uncomfortable. I need to point out something that just occurred to me, which is your phrase is scream, run, tell. Now your emphasis in the book is actually tell. Yes. And then if nothing's done, scream and run because the first thing you do is tell. Yeah.  Right. And start running as if something happened. Right, right. So I don't mean to put you on the spot, but why is it scream, run, tell instead of tell, scream, run? Yeah, that's a really good question. Well, if you look at the book, it's for children. Yeah. And in every little scenario, the child, they're playing and something happens. And so the child says, you know, don't touch me there, right? Right. It's always don't touch me there. So in the sequence of the book, the child themselves tells the other person to stop. Right. So that's why we do scream. Yeah. Or basically, right?  Right. And, you know, and then the adult. Okay. So the scream is also tell them to stop. Yes. Exactly. You know. Yeah. So you tell the other person to stop. And that's why in the story, the little scenarios, every single scenario, the child is like, stop. I don't like that. Or don't touch me there. Besides, if a parent feels it's more rhythmically appropriate, they can always add one word in to another phrase and turn it around. Yeah. Yeah. That's true. I do want, there's only two other things I really want to cover. One is a very difficult question, which is most people who commit abuse were also the victims of abuse. We have seen this pattern. This has been known now for many, many years. They tend patterns run in families, whether it was abuse, they were abused as a child, or whether a victim of violence and physical abuse that one of the reactions a child will have, if they are experiencing something horribly painful or frightening. And if it happens continually, they will switch in their minds for survival purposes. What is an unpleasant, bad thing and turn it into this must be right. This is therefore an expression of love. Such a person is more likely to become an abuser because they will have changed the action in their minds to something that's okay and acceptable. Is there anything we can do about that? Or can you encourage people who might come to your seminar to recognize that fact and take the appropriate action? Because sometimes an aggressive reaction, as long as you're protecting your child, is not necessarily as helpful as an informed reaction. Right. Right. And when I was doing the studies about how to develop the program, I did a lot about how to understand a perpetrator or an offender. Because in order to understand them, I was able to extract things from what they were doing. And yes, a lot of times the perpetrator themselves have been sexually abused. And I have had in certain circumstances where I have met perpetrators that they themselves tell me they're horrible experiences. And then after learning about these perpetrators and learning, they pick certain age groups that they violate. So it's just a whole new subject. But the main thing is that their adults and they have had a horrible experience themselves and they can stop. Right. And that's what we want to do, is to really help for me because sex abuse is so much. There's so much about it. There's so many levels of it. That's true. Just as many levels of abuse of any kind. You can have mental abuse. You can have physical abuse. There's emotional abuse where kids or adults are put down so much that they become accustomed to it. And so I'm only taking such a small fraction of prevention. And then there's professionals. Because when it comes to that, I'm not a professional, but I know that there is help out there. And that they themselves, just because you were abused, you don't have to continue that cycle. You can break that cycle. That's true. Sometimes they may have to be reminded of how horrible the situation was. And that can require professional counseling. And it can be very traumatic, but you're right. An adult has the ability to choose what they are doing. And it's just a question of saying sometimes recognize that an abuser may not, may not know fully what they are doing and should be treated, not necessarily with respect, but with the understanding that they need help.  They're only going to hit on someone else. Well, they'll just continue that. Continue that behavior. Right. Right. Just before we end, there might be people who are interested in buying your book or in attending a workshop or organizing a workshop. I know you have srtel.org, which ladies and gentlemen, I encourage you to go there. Perhaps they would like to get a copy of that wonderful slide you gave me, what you call the timeline. Yes. How would they go about that? How can they reach you? They can go to the website. And I think you guys also have my phone number and my email address. And the Contact Us is also on the website. Yes. And so they can go ahead and do that. And I can forward it to them and then also let them know when I'm having workshops. And as far as the book, you can actually find it on Amazon. Okay. So under the title? Yes. Under the title. All right. That's very good. So basically, they will just contact you directly and ask. And if you are having a regular workshop, they can attend it even if they were not part of the organizing group in many cases. Yes. We will be having two in April, which is Awareness Month. And one will be at the YWCA because they do help out a lot with helping me with this project. So the YWCA will be having one there. And we don't know the exact date, but it will be in April. Is that information online if they do a search? They probably won't. If we get that information, I'll try to send it here to the website and we can maybe put it up where people can find it. But do keep that in mind, ladies and gentlemen. You can look for a workshop or contact Elizabeth directly. So I think we are close to the end of our time. I want to thank you very much, Elizabeth, for coming. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very serious problem in our country and in the state of Hawaii. And this is a great method for stopping the problem before it starts.  All right. You don't have to be mean about it. You don't have to be angry. You just support your child and make sure they know they can always come to you if they're in trouble or if they just think they're in trouble. Okay. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. This was a wonderful talk. Thank you, Elizabeth. I look forward to seeing you in two weeks, I hope. And we will take up then. I'm not sure what topic, but I'm sure it's going to be interesting.


Hello and welcome to a little garden on the prairies so we are at mid-September now and Most of the things in the garden are pretty much done for the year So it's time to do some cleanup and a little bit of harvesting of what's left in the garden So we don't grow a very big garden here in our yard, but We usually just grow things for fresh eating, but there still is quite a few things to get done We have carrots and potatoes in the ground still. We have a lot of tomatoes to pick So in today's video, I'm just going to show you some of the projects that we have been working on here on the garden in September So I'm going to be planting up some garlic here today I'm taking a couple of the cloves from my harvest this year and taking them apart and I will Replanting them into my space. I really liked in growing garlic and want to try to Increase my harvest for next year. So I'm going to be putting in quite a few more this fall and hopefully next year I get a get a really good crop garlic going So this space here is where I'm going to be planting my garlic this fall So I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to do this with this little doggy because he He seems to want to get into whatever I'm touching right now. We'll see how this goes You always gets a hold of my glove as soon as I lay down So I have about I think about eight or so close of garlic from last year's harvest or this Summer's harvest. So I'm gonna try and replant them see if we can Multiply into even more garlic for next year Yeah, so I'm just going to spread them out in this whole area try to get several Dozen planted this year and see how it goes next year So I'm gonna mulch this up with some more straw and probably some compost Before the winter This is really nice soil here. It's got lots of organic material. That's been breaking down I've composted this and put lots of mulch in the last two years so Should be nice for these garlics So this is where my raspberry patch has been for the last 10 15 years and it has been a constant battle with quack grass and weeds We've tried mulching it multiple times and just always seemed to struggle with with the quack grass So I'm going to try something different this fall and see if I can transplant some of these raspberries to these Mineral tub containers that we have So to get these all prepared and ready for the raspberries. I first have to put some drainage holes into the bottoms Which I'm doing here. We also have a good supply of straw and recently acquired a nice big pile of wood mulch from The some trees that we had to cut down in our yard So I'm going to use these two materials to fill up the containers about halfway so I started off with the peace draw and Then put it, you know, a few shovelfuls of the wood chip mulch into each of the tubs So my husband and I decided that we could take these to our local Compost depot which is only about 20 minutes away where we can get access to free piles of compost and In less than 10 minutes Preston had these containers filled to the brim some Wonderful compost and got these all ready for me to do my transplant So from there I started to dig up some of these smaller sized raspberries from from the old patch Trying to take as much root as I could with When I dug them up So the best time for transplanting raspberries is in the late fall or early spring And it should be from what I've read when the plants are dormant So I'm thinking I probably have moved these a little bit too early because they are still having had a lot of green leaves on them But I am going to just check them out in the spring. We'll see how many of these come back and If I need to move more over I will do that in the spring for my old raspberry patch and Just move some of the suckers that will be coming up early spring into the containers here So once I had about three or four plants in each of them. I just mulched them up with some more straw and Give them a really thorough watering And we'll continue giving them a lot of water between now and freeze up So I have these raspberries out in this area where I have six dwarf cherry trees growing and You can see I've already we've already done caging around these because the deer are likely to come along and Brows on these nice green leaves or even the branches in the late fall or winter time and can really do a lot of damage So it may be that I need to do some kind of caging even around these raspberry plants So we're gonna have to decide how we can protect them throughout the winter from the deer So here I have two Portugal pepper plants and as you can see they have got a lot a lot of peppers going on them These are pretty hot peppers for for me. Anyways, I have taken in a few and Chopped them up into some chili and different stir-fries and they add a lot of heat to the dishes So I think what I want to do before these freeze if they haven't ripened yet, I'm gonna harvest all these green peppers String them on some fishing line and hang them up to dry. So I will show you how I'm gonna do that So I found a fairly large needle that I am just threading some fishing line through and then from there I just take one of my peppers and Put it through the stem part of the pepper and Just continue to string them all on the fishing line so what I plan to do with these is just dry them out and I will jar them up in a jar and Whenever I need some hot flavor in my cooking just take out one or two grind them up in my Spice grinder and add them to my cooking So after I was done stringing all of my peppers on to the fishing line. I hung it up in my garden shed Just to let them dry for the next couple weeks After about a week or so. I ended up taking it inside to the house because actually quite a pretty decoration to have hanging as you can see The green peppers are starting to turn red and some of the purple Aurora peppers are turning color as well So we still have some lettuces coming here and some spinach that I'm harvesting and enjoying still in our salads The arugula here I'm waiting for it to go to seed so I can collect the seeds and start some indoor arugula in My hydroponic setup And I did do a second round of beets which looks like I should be able to Pick they might not be very big, but I should get a nice little harvest of Beets again this fall and Still lots of potatoes in the ground to harvest so I'm gonna leave them in there for another week or two see if they get a little bit bigger And then we'll start harvesting them


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I'm Deborah Borchart, and this is your Marijuana Money Minute. The big news this week was the announcement that Cureleaf was buying grassroots in a deal valued at $875 million. Grassroots was one of the few remaining multi-state operators that was still private. This deal will give Cureleaf the Midwest footprint that it lacked because of grassroots operations in Illinois and Pennsylvania. In May, if you'll recall, Cureleaf acquired Select, which will give the company its West Coast Market. Now with all three pieces of the puzzle filled, Cureleaf is on course to challenge acreage holdings as the largest cannabis company in the country. We have a few earnings to go over this week. Organa Graham reported its third quarter net revenue of $24.8 million, but it fell sequentially by $2 million from the second quarter's net revenue of $26.9 million. The company blamed it on fewer reorders from British Columbia. They also delivered a net loss of $10.2 million, and the cost of cultivation increased sequentially as well. That sent their gross margins down. Organa Graham said that it has gone back to its previous method of growing, and they are preparing for the edible and vape markets to launch in Canada later this year. Valens GrowWorks reported that its revenue increased to $8.8 million. That is 296 percent over the first quarter. However, they still had a net loss of a whopping $10.5 million. Canopy Rivers also reported its fourth quarter and year-end results for physical 2019. The operating income was $6 million Canadian dollars. That was down from $19 million Canadian dollars. Now their operating losses did decline a great deal, but they still had to report a total comprehensive loss of $30 million for the year. Tilt Holdings said that it has signed a binding term sheet for private placement of $125 million. They said they will use a part of this money to retire a $20 million credit facility that had a pretty large interest rate of over 18 percent. The ArtView Group announced that they closed a $7.7 million series A financing round. Leading that fundraise was Trivirgins Investments in partnership with Cresco Capital Partners. And finally, a decision by Israel's Securities Authority last week is opening the door for cannabis companies from around the world to explore a public listing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Keep in mind, though, adult use cannabis is not legal in Israel. And that's it for this week.  I'm Deborah Borchart reporting for the Green Market Report from our studios in New York.


Hello and welcome back to the craft box. My name is Brent and today we are gonna be opening up a few of the brand new pack Which came out which is the Druidic Lore horde pack, which is somewhere Druids horde pack there we go So yeah, we're just gonna do 10,000 crowns. I don't really need anything But it does give spellments, which is interesting to note You can see that on the bottom bit there There we go has got our first robe, which is death and fire gives a Lot of health a bit of pip chance lots of block some resist and some pierce Which is kind of interesting also bestow which is give one pip for zero pips That seems like a very weird card, but sure thing. Otherwise not much So yeah, we're just gonna go down to 30,000 crowns just because I do want to try and keep as many as possible But these are weird strange orange coral. That's very odd very very odd, but okay Okay, we'll keep going. We got the Ghost Warden, which is quite cool. We got a scarab pet, which is also kind of interesting We also got some boots holy moly these give a lot of things myth and life and balance Lots of health a bit of power pip a bit of correct for balance 29 damage for balance 117 life correct 28 life damage 100 in 22 myth correct 31 myth damage that seems pretty decent plus 3% accuracy. I mean Yeah, make up not make us gives two stun cards as well. So that's actually not like terrible not terrible at all We got a trash pile that's probably the best thing we got the boss as well And a stone block always got love those stone blocks, you know We got a day breaker spell month, which is really cool. That's actually really cool that they give them We got the spell rights druidic Karl, which is the balance life and myth hat, which gives 850 for max health 14 percent power per 145 balance crit 25 balance damage 142 life crit 24 balance life damage 148 myth crit 26 myth damage 4% shadow pip and 5% accuracy not terrible could be better could be worse We got a grizzly boy and we got the new pet, which is the spring sproutling. That's so cool. Oh my It looks really cool, and I definitely gonna be putting that on also hammer or hammer dried Yeah, 800 health plus remove one overtime on all friends for seven pips, which is not terrible We got a death bat and a another grizzly ball. We've got the same one twice. That's funny and a catacombs theme Just in case you needed that and my backpacks full so I'll be back in a sec. Okie dokie. I am back Let's get going again right next pack. We get brass stone blocks pit again winter sproutling So this is the ice one obviously Which gives lord of winter Which is just the same by the look of it We got a goat monk pit and a dandelion, which is not you know interesting at all, but that's fine Scarra begin scarra begin and we got all the combat badges in this Oh, I didn't realize that and we got fire salamander, which is the one that I had on my um fire for a long time Oh, we need to get the perm combat badger. I didn't even I don't actually really know what's in this pack I just decided oh, it's new we should open it We got the tree minders robe, which is the same one as we got already. We got general gray flame Uh-huh seems you get the NPCs from the catacombs in this frog pit Queen margarita ghost warden Not a very good pack at all pretty trash, but that's fine Will carry on Sunyan Okay, here's the balance life and myth robe, which is 1708 max health 12 percent powerpip 148 block 14 percent resist 12 percent balance 2 percent balance pierce 2 percent life pierce and 3 percent myth pierce and 4 percent shadow putt Which is interesting and gives bestow again Otherwise that pack was pretty useless Ghost warden nothing nothing summer scrambling this the fire one So I assume that is all of the all of the pets that we got which is really really cool So yeah daybreaker again, which is good The battle badger seven days. Oh We need to get that perm. We've got like We've actually gone over actually know we haven't quite gone over There's an attack badger for seven days. Come on. Give me the mount. That would be great I would love to have the badger mount. That's so cool Amber orb what the heck is that but we did get a night bringer, which is cool as well Have absolutely not all the amber orbs are the things that we collected the bosses in that's right. I remember now Okay, tree minders shield and sickle Which is this seems to be the universal one which gives 4% pierced 70 block 70 crit 16 damage 225 pip convert and a plus one power put obviously six Ultra shadow strikes and may cast shift tree minder, which is an AOE 250 damage shadow damage, which is kind of cool and the one-day mount, okay We're gonna try that may cost and a bit that seems quite a cool Okay, give me something good here Okay, or don't that's fine as well. That is fine That was absolutely trash as well absolutely trash we did get a radium which I think is a quite a rare reagent But still give me something good, please I mean I got all the pets. I can't really be upsetting. Oh, here's the is that the same one No, it isn't it slightly different. This is all Shift spell right this one, which is a 250 heal to all all friendlies 4% pierced 70% block 70% crit 70 crit rating. Sorry block 16% damage 240 Pip conversion and 1% one one power put geez I can't even speak this morning geez But yeah, we will try that one out as well once we have got we've gone past after a shoulder When we get there and not get anything else before that my backpack is full again. Okay, okay, I am Back let us crack back into opening this pack not the grizzly. I'm low pack as much as I need those spells not today More Nightbringer here is the ice and storm rope, which is 1497 max health 11% power pip 152 block 14% resist 2% ice pierce 3% storm pierce and 4% shuttle pip And bestow as always otherwise pretty trash pack other than Nightbringer, which I'll keep Definitely another Nightbringer King Kasmir deadly Minotaur Not terrible pack could be way worse could be better though. We just need them out We'll do one more pack and then we are basically done Actually, no, we can do one more Nightbringer spell right sickle, which is same one as we've already got one more pack and We got the summer sproutling again and the boss and a fiery gloom shroom. Well, that was fun Right, let's quickly put on the gear. We'll put on the Badger in a second as well. You have already seen it because it was in the The thing that we've already done the I can't even speak today. I literally have no idea what I'm saying the The scroll of fortune I am so bad. This is why I don't record videos early in the morning. This may not Be completely like the right set for everything, but you get the idea We will put on the healing one that looks actually really cool. This set. I love this set. This looks super cool And I would definitely consider stitching it. Let's also put on a pet as well Here's the the frost one So this is basically the set this looks super duper cool. I really love this. I don't like the wand I don't really I'm not really a fan of the The sword and shield wand, but I love the hat. The hat is so cool so cool and The pet. Oh my god. Just look at him He has like wee little flowers as well, which is super cool This pet is probably one of the cutest pets in the game. I really love it. We'll look at the other ones as well Where they are where they at we are they at they're probably here's the flyer one Which is a bit more a bit more orangey up top, which is quite cool I do think I preferred the ice one the ice one looked pretty dope And what was the other one? What was the other one? I don't even know There was one more there was one more the life one and That is I actually I think the life one's probably my favorite. I think the life one's really cool Their run is so weird. Oh my god Their jump is interesting. Let's look at their dance as well Let's quickly look at their dance because that's very important very very very important. We're just gonna go for the the floss and See what his dance is.  That's quite cool. That's quite a cool You know very simple very simple very very simple could do like some spins That would be pretty cool, but um, yeah, not too bad. Let's quickly go and Try and get the may cast real fast. Oh, I got the weapon cast here. We go boys. Here's the weapon cast This is the healing one That was not terrible. Oh, here's one of the may cast. This is the one that I don't have Which is does Moon and I'm here as well And here as well, which is quite cool pincast. Here we go. The last weapon cast that we haven't seen yet, which is the This one that just does all enemies Which is quite cool. There we go. Not too bad. Not too bad at all So, yeah, that is the weapon cast. I'm just gonna quickly Kill these guys real fast. Thank you for watching this video. Let me know down in the comments below What your favorite part of this new hack is whether it's the gear whether it's the may cast whether it's the weapons Whether it's the mount whether it's the pets we do have the combat better as well, which is the Green one I can't speak. I really just can't speak today And the battle on which is red. So yeah, we do have all of them Let me know what your favorite what your favorite part of it is Otherwise, thank you for watching remember to leave a like and subscribe before you subscribe press the little bell So you know exactly when I post another video and remember to craft outside the box