All right, good morning or good afternoon or good evening wherever you're logging in from welcome It's my pleasure to greet everyone as you come in and to Introduce our guests today talking about register reports and in particular funding research and Religious studies and in consciousness research. Thanks to some generous support from John Templin Foundation and the Templin World Charities Foundation Joining us today is Mikhail Van Elk Associate Professor at Leiden University. They'll be talking about the open science of religion initiative Lara Engelberg PhD candidate at BU Amsterdam who's giving some firsthand experience with what it Took to submit a register report and get it published Olivia Lowry senior project coordinator here at the Center for Open Science talking about the funding mechanism with consciousness research and yours truly David Miller, I'm the director of policy here at the Center for Open Science and it's my pleasure to welcome everyone today Today we'll be going over An overview of what registration is and how register reports facilitate that process Then we'll be going into Lara's personal experience with publishing in the format Olivia will talk about attaching a funding mechanism to the process Um And finally we'll be talking about the open science of religion initiative and the journals associated with that with that initiative And we'll have plenty of time at the end for q&a So please use the chat feature as we are going about if there are clarifying questions or you need something You know clarified right then we'll be monitoring that And we'll politely interrupt if there's something a little bit unclear uh Most of the questions will be used in the q&a feature, please and and we'll Get most of those towards the end But again, don't hesitate to put those in and we'll make sure to either Answer them live during the webinar or if you unfortunately run out of time We'll copy those down and send them out in written form afterwards So I want to give a brief overview a little bit of the definition of Some of the mechanisms associated with register reports I'll be starting that off I like to define what precisely a pre-registration is and then how that relates to the register report publishing format A pre-registration is a time stamp research plan created before the study And its main purpose is to make a clear distinction between the planned hypothesis Testing research the confirmatory tests and any unplanned serendipitous findings Um, it's the purpose is to make the distinction between those two modes of research a little bit more clear These two modes of research research complement each other very well Uh, but they're quite different. So when we're in the context of confirmation This is traditional hypothesis testing that um, a lot of the formal statistics that we're trained in are relevant for And the goal here is to minimize false positives We don't want to assert that there is some sort of effect or trend unless we're relatively certain of it The context of the discovery is equally important. We we don't want to miss something that serendipitous or unexpected We want to minimize false negatives um, but the purpose of this is not to Uh, make inferences to wider populations The purpose of this is to generate hypotheses and the pre-registration process is a way to make the distinction Between these two modes a bit more clear Um, unfortunately we're quite oftenly faced with the tension Um, and the fact that presenting exploratory results as if they had been confirmatory makes them look more Publishable and exciting but it comes at the expense of their credibility So register reports is a publishing format that takes advantage of uh, the system and incentivizes specifically the the creation and publication of Purely confirmatory or distinctly separated exploratory research So publishing format in which peer review occurs where four results are known And it pushes peer review into two stages So the first stage of peer review takes place right as the study design process is occurring And that stage of the peer review process Authors submit the introduction Repose methods if there's any pilot data to demonstrate feasibility. That's appropriate for the first submission of a registered report And the editorial and reviewer evaluation at that point Uh Asks if the hypotheses are well-founded all the methods proposed feasible Um, and importantly other quality control checks to make sure that the study will provide an appropriate test If those are yes To all those questions the The proposed study can be offered in principle acceptance a promise to publish regardless of outcome The final stage of peer review occurs and of course after the study is conducted and those include Virtually unchanged methods or an introduction that was already submitted the results from the confirmatory hypothesis tests and any serendipitous findings are encouraged at that point As long as they're purely labeled as such and of course the interpretation and discussion The evaluation at that point Is asking whether or not the positive control succeeded if any quality control tests were required ahead of time Are the conclusions justified by the data? But very importantly Whether or not the main hypotheses were supported or significant or or novel those are specifically excluded from that second stage of peer review evaluation We know of about uh over 300 journals that offer the registry report format across many many different disciplines today, of course, we're talking about uh conducting registry reports in consciousness and religious studies And there's a comprehensive set of materials both for authors for reviewers and for editors On the website c os.io slash r r So with that it is my happy pleasure to pass the baton Lara Angbert to talk about her personal experience with publishing in the format So I will stop sharing my screen and laura will start hers Yes Okay, um, can you can you hear me well? I can hear you. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Perfect. All right, then I share my slides Um, yeah, I hope you can see them Okay, so uh, yeah, yeah Can you see looks good. Okay. Perfect. Um, yeah, hello everyone. My name is Lara I'm a PhD student in organizational cognitive neuroscience at the view in amsterdam And I'm very excited to be here today and tell you a bit about my open science journey a journey that has pretty much be Yeah, pretty much started with the salmon Um So in my phd project, um, I work on information processing mechanisms and charismatic leadership I look at how people process information from charismatic leaders and what the outcomes of people's processing paths are So I'm working in the field of organizational psychology in which charismatic leadership has a long research history And combine this with cognitive neuroscience methods So in my studies, I apply cognitive tasks such as memory or air detection tests eye tracking to examine attentional mechanisms Or e g to investigate the underlying neurophysiological responses to messages from charismatic leaders So in all of my projects, I aim to shed light on how charismatic leaders affect followers cognitive information processes And for one of my projects, I chose the registered report format So why registered reports? This fish here plays a crucial role in my motivation to start writing a registered report How did the fish motivate me to choose this format? Well, during my research master, I was very invested in learning about neuroimaging I wanted to learn how to design and conduct functional MRI studies How to analyze brain activation and draw meaningful conclusions from this data At some point, one of my teachers introduced us to a paper by Craig Bennett and his colleagues The researchers let a dead salmon view a series of photographs showing humans in different social situations And they asked the salmon To indicate what emotions the people in these photos were experiencing or why scanning the fish The researchers found significant brain activation in the brain of the fish So was the salmon engaged in the task? I think we all know the answer to that Yet why did Bennett and his colleagues find brain activation in the dead fish? The researchers aim was by no means to devalue functional neuroimaging They rather aimed at illustrating the incredible importance of choosing rigorous analysis techniques And in this particular case to point to the importance of correcting for multiple comparisons in neuroimaging data They wanted to point out the relevance of choosing appropriate methods and of reporting results in a transparent way Because otherwise you might end up with suspicious findings And this is not a problem that is unique to the field of neuroimaging These issues apply to any scientific field Publication bias, replication crisis and methodological pitfalls in cognitive neuroscience have really shaped my thinking ever since And open science, especially the register report format are one of the most effective tools to solve these problems in my view My supervisors and one of them being Michiel van Elk, who is here with us today Are strong advocates of open science and have always supported my efforts to conduct open transparent research They also introduced me to the concept of registered reports And soon after I started my phd We agreed on choosing this path for my first project So to me registered reports really have been the scientific holy grail Way of conducting research that prioritizes transparency, reproducibility, thoughtfulness And also eliminates publication bias towards only publishing positive results The submission process of our registered report requires a lot of back and forth communication a lot of emails a lot of meetings A lot of revisions before even submitting We had to think about everything Every potential obstacle that we could encounter along the way We had to think about it beforehand and made sure that we would take it into account when writing our stage one report So after a long way, we finally submitted our first manuscript the stage one manuscript containing our hypotheses a theoretical foundation and our proposed methods So I have two major associations with the outcome of that submission process constructive and time consuming In total it took us more than two years to get from stage one So submitting the introduction and method which went under review before we collected data To stage two in which we submitted our full paper containing the data Two major revision rounds adjustments due to the pandemic length review stages But also very constructive and helpful reviewers accompanied us Once we got to stage two after two revisions We finally collected the data and wrote the full manuscript and the whole process became a bit less stressful to me And I think this is mainly because I was so relieved of finally submitting the whole paper containing much of the work of my last years Our hypotheses were only partially supported and some results were inconclusive Of course, this was somewhat disappointing and I was wondering whether I made any mistakes in designing or conducting the studies But soon I realized that no fundings matter They are part of the leader follow-up phenomenon. We investigated as much as our supported positive findings are They also offer us opportunities to develop our research further and take new perspectives Throughout the process the communication with the editor and reviewers of our paper has been very clear, helpful and straightforward And at the moment we are actually waiting for the final method review. So fingers crossed But for me, it's really a two-folder process It has been an incredibly constructive and progressing But also time-consuming path And time is not exactly what you have a lot as a PhD student So would I do it again? Honestly, I'm not sure As I find myself staring at the status of my registered report on the journal submission platform I often ask myself that question From a scientific perspective, our project without any doubt has incredibly improved by choosing this path And I learned a lot about conducting open science I'm also still convinced that registered reports play a crucial role in moving science forward They are effective tools to battle underpowered or poor design and method choices as illustrated by the Salman experiment They prevent the bias of publishing only positive results and increase transparency and reproducibility Yet, I cannot easily say that I wouldn't do it again as a PhD student The length review process and the time it takes is a big minus point But I'm 100% sure that I will do it again once someday, I obtain my PhD And time, at least I hope so, will be a less pressuring factor I think it's also important to note that the length of the review process is probably very dependent on the journal and field you're working in And probably a pandemic isn't helping either One thing is for sure My urge to conduct open science has ever been growing From learning about the salmon in the scanner to getting familiar with registered reports and gaining my very own experience in writing So, what's your motivation to consider the registered report format? If you value a transparent way of working and want to contribute to reducing publication bias, I think it's one of the best paths to choose So thanks a lot for listening to my experience And I will stop sharing Thank you so much for that Lara Olivia, we could pass the Stage to you Absolutely, let me share my screen Okay, well, thank you so much Lara for sharing your experience with registered reports If you're interested in conducting a registered report, a really important question is Can you get the registered report funded and what are some funding mechanisms for doing so? Luckily for consciousness researchers and religion researchers, we have a couple of initiatives that are specifically designed For supporting researchers who are interested in using the registered reports format I'm going to be discussing the consciousness research initiative which is sponsored by the Templeton World Charity Foundation And ministered at the Center for Open Science and supported by our friends at the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness So the process begins with a pre-submission form, which you can find on our website, submitted directly to Center for Open Science The form will ask you for a variety of information, including the title of your project Timeline for its completion, which journal you would like to submit your article to and a structured abstract, which will include the background Objective and methods of the study It will also ask you to upload a separate file, which will contain the budget This form goes directly to the TNCUS where we evaluate the budget and, if necessary, send the abstract to a review panel made up of consciousness experts to determine subject matter appropriateness If approved to continue, you can then submit your Stage 1 article for peer review at participating journals, follow the registered reports process, and receive partial funding after in-principle acceptance Full funding is administered at the end of the process once the article has been reviewed Following Stage 2 peer review and all materials are shared to the maximum extent possible We will be administering 30 to 75 awards through this initiative in the range of $15,000 to $20,000 With some awards in the $50,000 range if exceptional proposals are submitted that require greater funding We encourage the budget to be heavier on participant support and to support the funding We encourage the budget to be heavier on participant support and research materials as opposed to other forms You can find a copy of the budget template linked in the application form and on our website We have a number of participating journals including Neuroscience of Consciousness, Collabra, Royal Society, Open Science, Advances in Cognitive Psychology and a range of peer community and registered reports journals Which you can see here and they're also listed on our website But if there is another journal that offers registered reports that you would like to submit to one that you don't see on this list You can go ahead and shoot us an inquiry email and we can see if submission to that journal would be possible for this initiative So just to cover a few questions we get asked a lot who is eligible to apply To be eligible for this grant an applicant must use the award fund to fund an empirical study researching consciousness Residing in an eligible country awards can't be sent to countries where us law prevents such Transactions, but you can find that list on our website as well You may have to engage in open science practices to the greatest extent possible including pre-registration study materials and analytical code sharing data sharing and posting of preprints And conduct the study and partisan at the paper for publication by the end of 2024 When our grant applications do Oh, this is a great question grant applications are accepted on a rolling basis. So grant applications Started being accepted in april of 2022 and will be closed either when funds have been exhausted or a summer of 2023 So due to the rolling nature of the application acceptance submitting application as early as possible will maximize your chances of being funded And finally, can you apply for the grant multiple times? A researcher group of researchers can apply for funds multiple times if the funds will be used in distinct studies That is a single researcher or group of researchers can apply for funding multiple times, but a study can only receive funding once Um, there's quite a bit more information on this initiative Which you can find on our website including a range of frequently asked questions So if you have any questions about the initiative, please check out our website And if you still have questions following this feel free to reach out to me my contact details can also be found on the website Okay, that's it for me. Thank you so much for your time I look forward to seeing your applications and I will turn it over to you. Okay. Thanks Good day everyone. Let me share my screen as well right so In this age of open science Replication registered reports. It's easy to lose sight of the fact that concerns about replicability date back already to decades ago So to get started I will tell you something today about the open science of religion project and many of you might know This classic study that is a textbook study in many psychology textbooks From Jerusalem to Jericho a study of situational and dispositional variables in helping behavior by dali and batson They asked theology students to prepare a speech A speech about the good Samaritan or a speech about the job prospects on the market And then they had to cross the road to another side of the university And on the road they came across a victim And there were multiple conditions people were either stressed to hurry up Or they were emphasized that they would have sufficient time and then the question was If theology students had prepared a speech about a good Samaritan Would they be more willing to help the victim compared to when they Prepare the speech about something else The conclusion about the original paper was it did not have any effect at all religious priming Did not make people more likely to help the victim The only effect that was significant was an effect of the time pressure manipulation Only if people were not rushed they were more likely to help the victim However This conclusion as it has ended up in the textbook was contested already at the time In a comment by Anthony Greenwald He argues does the good Samaritan parable Increase helping a comment on dali and batson He actually contests this conclusion He says if you closely look at the data and if you do a Bayesian reanalysis of the data It is actually not that clear if there was no effect of religious priming on helping behavior He basically concludes it makes it clear that more data must be collected to allow Reasonably firm conclusions about the effects of these treatments. There is a trend But the study the original study was underpowered to detect an effect And in that case he is already calling for replication with a more high powered study So I think that is clearly illustrating the relevance of registered reports If you want to show there's an effect you need to do a high powered replication study And then we moved three decades later When I was doing research myself on religious priming I used religious primes like devil angel demon god etc to see if it would make people more pro-social And I could not find effects At the same time this meta-analysis came out actually arguing that there was very strong evidence for religious priming On a wide variety of different dependent measures including pro-social behavior So I was puzzled. How can this be that I cannot replicate these findings, but in the meta-analysis there appears very convincing evidence So what we did at the time is we did a reanalysis of the data that was part of this meta-analysis And what we showed is that depending on which meta-analytic Analytic technique you choose you can either get very strong evidence for religious priming Or you can either get evidence for complete absence of religious priming It really depends on the choices you make in your meta-analysis And in that way we call for the importance of registered replications The only way forward to establish if there is an effect or if there's not an effect Is to do a registered report study or a registered replication So over the past years I've gained some experience with conducting multiple registered report studies Including a variety of different topics A variety of different journals more cognitive journals more social psychology journals And it has been an interesting learning process as Lara already illustrated Actually in many cases we obtained null results So the hypothesis were not confirmed which can happen and which is also valuable But at the same time a bit disappointing because of course you hope to have made a new scientific discovery After on a more positive side in the case of a well established paradigm We were well able to replicate and basically extend previous results And in the case of Lara we actually got mixed results and also some exploratory results that provided input for new analysis So my experience with registered reports are clear advantages that have already been listed by David as well You benefit from peer review and expert input at an early stage You get in principle acceptance and this can also be a benefit for early career researchers who care about Having a publication a guaranteed publication You can still do exploratory research, but as David nicely illustrated you can clearly Demarcate between confirmatory and exploratory analysis However be prepared for null results in many cases it turns out that reality is more complicated than you expected it to be And of course you can reduce experimental and publication bias Some perceived disadvantages. It is time consuming. It might take a lot of time I have a positive experiences that it only took a couple of months In Lara's case it took more than two years But at the same time and this is especially important to communicate to more senior researchers There's a shift of the workload So normally PhD students spend the final year of the project mostly on writing papers and writing their thesis But in this case that workload is shifted to the early stage of the process and people Actually benefit from this later on because they already have written their theoretical introduction on all their method section for all the studies And another disadvantage is feasibility specifically for high powered studies And this is where another funding scheme comes in that I would like to highlight today Which is the open science of religion project Also funded by Templeton, but in this case a John Templeton foundation The open science of religion project offers funding for conducting registered report studies in the field of the psychology of religion and spirituality And we are bound by For publications that are submitted to these three scientific journals the archive for the psychology of religion The international journal for the psychology of religion and psychology of religion and spirituality So the funding scheme is really only if you intend to submit to one of these journals and there's no there's no exception possible In this case And this is also a joint initiative from the editors of all three respective journals So this is the editorial team who is in charge of running the open science of religion project There's where davis from witton college was also joining his webinar Jordan Labouf from university of Maine was also present with us Kevin let from indiana university saw bent and then there's me and together we handle all incoming submissions on a rolling basis By the way, if you're interested to find out more information Here's the link to the project and the slides are also available on the open science framework if you want to look them up later on So the call for proposals runs from 2022 to 2024 and in total there will be funding available for Conducting 18 registered report studies on a general topic related to the psychology of religion and spirituality the awards are 20 000 us dollars and can be spent in any way you like on conferences on paying participants on Hiring research assistants or on a teaching buyout The requirements can be found on the website But basically the core of the application is stage one manuscript including the introduction and the method section of your proposal including a detailed analysis plan And on top of that a cover letter a timeline a budget estimate and a statement of institutional support But really the core is the manuscript itself The process runs as follows So first off you submit the documents to the osr website then we do an initial review for eligibility then if the proposal is Deemed of sufficient fit with the call for this project Then you can submit via the journal website and you're you're given a suggestion to submit to either of these three journals Then officially it's sent out for peer review Once you've received the in principle acceptance states then funding will be made available You can complete the project write the manuscript submit again And then all publications result resulting from this call will be published called open access Evaluation criteria for the initial stage of the manuscript are importance of the research questions logic rational employability of the hypothesis Soundness of timeline methods power budgets and applicants capacity A sufficiently detailed methodology and specific specification of outcome neutral check So we will evaluate all these five different criteria criteria and provide feedback in and also offer you the opportunity to revise your proposal if one of these criteria is yet insufficient So we also came across a couple of Frequently asked questions and based on that I've collected a couple of do's and don'ts of study designs of ideas that lend themselves really well For this call and for study as these that might Not be that suitable So I think what is really suited for this funding scheme are experimental designs experimental research We have an experimental manipulation independent variable and dependent variables Cross-sectional designs correlation of studies replication proposals like if you want to replicate the Good Samaritan effect that would be a very interesting and Idea and good fit with this call Well-powered studies obviously and cross-cultural studies So say you want to replicate a finding that has been conducted in the US in a cross-cultural context That could also be a good fit Less suitable for this call appear to be clinical populations due to time constraints difficult to get access to many cases Longitudinal designs because the project will only run three years and should be finished before the end complex statistical or theoretical models like if you have a very complex Structural equation model that is probably really difficult to do as a registered report study because many of these Things are very contingent on the data that you collect and it is really difficult to Hypothesize about all the connections between the variables in your model in advance And also important to emphasize This call is really focused on anything related to religion and spirituality So anything that is focused on using religion as a secondary mechanism is of less interest for this call So if your interest say in stereotypes and you Apply this to the topic of religion then it might be less suitable should be Religion and spirituality should be at the core If you want to learn more about potential topics and fit with this project We refer to these textbooks the handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality and the psychology of religion basically any Topic discussed in any of these books would be a good fit for this project. So you can think about Topics like religious coping prayer religion and terror management The cognitive science of religion spiritual struggles God image religious development, etc So religion should be central to the research topic and not be used as a vehicle to study something else like prejudice or help It's really a clear agenda in that sense for what would be a good fit for this call If you're uncertain and would like to have a chat with any of us feel free to reach out to us The primary contact person is the project leader ward davis So you can direct any question to him, but we also will have some time available for answering your questions right now So thanks to the co s for organizing this webinar and looking forward to this discussion Thank you so much everyone for that for the overview of Of all three of those that was really fantastic. We have a couple of questions that have come in so we'll start with those Um, and just to assure everyone My slides will be available for for sharing afterwards and You can all have a link to his slides there as well One question came in it's for Laura, but I think everyone can chime into your office Do you think if reviewers could co-author the paper would accelerate the publishing process? Laura that question is uh directed to you. Do you want to take the first stab at that? Yeah, sure. Yeah. Yeah, thank you for the question I think it's it's a very interesting one because I assume The assumption is that if reviewers have an intrinsic motivation, then they would review the paper faster um I'm not exactly sure whether I think it really depends on the person whether that would accelerate the process or not Um, I don't think it's actually a good idea to do that because then the reviewers wouldn't be Independent of the project and I think there really should be However, I think maybe journals could find a midway To uh acknowledge all the work that reviewers put into providing in our case incredibly valuable feedback So instead of leaving them these anonymous helpers, maybe it would be good to at least Um, uh, yeah Really acknowledge them by name once the paper is published because in our case They really put in a lot of time and effort and provided a lot of extensive feedback So maybe a midway would be good. Um But yeah, I don't think that co-authoring Is a good idea per se because the independence is so important especially with registered report where we try to achieve All these um things like um reproducibility transparency all these kind of things and then having really an independent party involved Is so important to the whole process um, yeah Yeah, yeah, I agree with that. I think it might be difficult to have a reviewer listed as author that that would uh Quickly pointed out some potential conflicts of interest. Um, most of the reviews that um I'm able to conduct these days. Uh, I'm fortunate to be able to sign my name to those and some um You know acknowledgement from the journals always welcome pub lawns is also a really neat platform that sometimes those uh those reviews get Listed or recognition and credit for those. So those are all um nice little bits of acknowledgement Um that that journals have done for for reviewers It might be good to point out that as part of the open science of religion projects reviewers are also offered a small Renumeration for their uh review they provide. I don't know if that's the same for the consciousness goal But uh, uh in order to increase the effort they put in and that they really take it seriously They get a small reward financial reward Yeah, unfortunately, that's not part of the um, uh consciousness study process, but that is uh I think a very Welcome contribution to the effort that's put into my reviewers Another question is here in the chat. I'm just reading out one question We have gotten a lot from prospective applicants is what's the following criteria if your review means Would one um, we don't know must please explain what the outcome neutral tests positive controls quality control checks are Why they're a critical component of registered reports? Um, Mikael do you want to take the first step at that or I'd be happy to Yes, I can uh try to provide a partial answer So indeed, uh, it is a bit vaguely defined. I think or not always clear what what is meant by this But basically, uh, what you mean with uh, uh outcome neutral tests is that you want to have some guarantee that for instance your experimental manipulation was successful So for instance in the case of religious priming you want to make sure that uh, what you were priming was indeed related to Religion versus something neutral So you have a you can have a simple manipulation check simply asking participants What was the story about that you just read or what was the video about that you just saw And there at least you expect that people will indicate. Well, that story was about a religious figure Or that story was about something completely different And that is a check to to ensure that your manipulation basically was effective before before you actually look at your dependent variable of interest So this is something we did for instance in a study on priming control So we wanted to prime people to feeling control or to have a lack of control Uh, and then see if that would increase their belief in controlling god But first off we needed to check if indeed people were feeling less in control So that is in that case a positive outcome or or not positive But a neutral outcome neutral test to just ensure that what you manipulated was indeed successful and then The other positive controls and quality checks are I think mainly related to The checks and balances that you build in In order to ensure that your data is of sufficient quality So in case of an online study for instance, you can have some quality checks about how much time did participants spend on the survey And if you already have an indicator that they only spend 20 seconds That would be a good reason a priority to exclude them And this is something you should think about in advance like not afterwards coming up with hey actually People were quite fast, but this is these are things that you can think through in advance and That are related to the quality of the data that you could that you collect outlier exclusion criteria Well, how do you define these when do you leave a participant in etc? So those are the two aspects that uh that I can think of when it comes to these this criterion Yeah, I would encourage you to think about uh at the end of the study if you're confronted with null results How can you demonstrate that the that the study was conducted in a proper manner? So often when we have null results A we can be discouraged thinking that we just didn't know what we're doing or you know a critical reviewer could look at that And say well, of course it failed they they didn't Conduct the experiment properly. So whether some some sort of demonstration that the That the methods were properly administered Is some way to make sure and of course thinking of that ahead of time It's far more powerful than thinking that post talks are making up an explanation After the fact why the null results could be Could be meaningful so Think of a critical reader Reading a study after null results are known. How can you prove to that future unknown person? That the that the work was conducted as as it should have been um The question just came in what is needed from a journal to be included in the rr list I'll answer that in a couple of different ways. So just a reminder that The open science of religion has those three journals and those are kind of set by the criteria of the grant the List that's available on the rickshaw report website COS.io r r r any journal that conducts peer review before results are known And offers an in-principle acceptance a promise to publish regardless of the main outcomes of the study those are the two key criterion for Publishing a rickshaw report. And so if there are journals that you're aware of that offer those that are not available on the website Then we can make sure that those are listed quickly For the consciousness studies that um Olivia was talking about If there's a journal that either you want to publish in or that you're familiar with and you think should be included on That list of journals we can add that just with a quick check to make sure it's okay Um, but for content area appropriateness and double check with the journal as well Question just came in. I'll read it out from Cameron to Mikhail here When you say that religion should be central in the submissions To your project. How stringent is that for example if an applicant is interested in Prejudice against a religious group for example Muslims or even against non-religious groups such as atheists What would we what would need it to be show that religious and not prejudice is the main area of study Yeah, it's a delicate balance and I think there's no definite answer there It will be judged on a case by case basis and if it's really clear that It is Related I mean religion is related to your project proposal Then I think it is of a sufficient fit for this specific call but it will be just on a case by case basis and I mean If you're interested in intergroup processes For instance or just in prejudice as a general phenomenon and only use the example of religion as a tool to gain insight in intergroup processes That is secondary But if you really have a nice integration of say I want to know how for instance world views interact with Stereotypes and prejudice or intergroup conflict Then I think you can make a stronger case that religion is not only a vehicle for Understanding another process, but it's also central a central ingredient of the process you're interested in So I think that is uh Should become clear from the proposal that it could not be the case that you could also focus on Other world views or any other intergroup phenomenon like football players versus tennis players or whatever It should be really clear why it is relevant to study this in a religious context And this is to do with the the funding agenda basically by john tempton They were very clear upfront like okay We are interested in funding this but it should fit with the general donor intent of of our funding foundation And that's one thing that we are double checking to you with the consciousness studies Those that are study that are publishable in neuroscience and consciousness is right in line with the Area of research that is is fundable And when it's going to another journal that that is we do have a Panel made up of board members from the association the scientific study of consciousness To help us verify that as well I don't see any other questions either in the q&a or the chat If additional questions do come on, please shoot us an email and we would be happy to chat more and Both of these initiatives are ongoing to the next uh Actually double correct me if i'm wrong next several months. Mikhail is that correct? At least uh the the next couple of years so the this couple of years until 2024 But it will be done on a rolling basis. So at some point if the funding is uh Is gone then it will no longer be able to apply but at this moment there's still Uh opportunity to apply so plenty of time to apply free to reach out There's one more question came in. I was a little bit premature there Could I could we chat a little bit about what predictions regarding what um religiosity should predict our most in need of extra data? Um That's that's actually an interesting question uh and difficult to answer straight away I think uh recently there have been two or three review papers actually about replication and open science in Psychology of religion and spirituality that actually list Uh a couple of topics and studies that could be uh a good candidate for replication. So i'm happy to look up Uh those papers and share them with you Things I think that that are really obvious is uh are for instance Um, we recently ran a big religious replication project and based on that a couple of other suggestions came up to study for instance, uh Uh, this idea of promiscuous Stilology this idea that everyone has an intentional or this tendency to attribute intentions to a natural phenomena Work with depp caillum and it's been very influential in the psychology of religion And could be expanded in a much more broader cross-cultural context as well Something else justin barrett has conducted research on uh god concepts showing that people have a theological god concept Like god is powerful. He knows everything. He's loving but at the same time people in daily life endorse a very anthropomorphic god concept. That's also based on only a few preliminary studies. So that is also very I think low hanging fruits to uh to replicate and then extend in a cross-cultural context as well to see To what extent those findings hold up But as said, I think there are two or three excellent review papers on this topic that i'm uh, I would be happy to share with you Uh, can we talk about the assessment criteria? Um, is that for registered reports in general? They I can make sure put a link to that and Mikael, did you want to um, I think he's Timothy's asking specifically about for religion Uh, the evaluation criteria uh importance of the research question logic soundness methods and outcome neutral tests. So those were the five criteria I think a general comment that I could still add is uh, so based on david's presentation What we often see that goes wrong in practice when people prepare a submission is That's like this this nice distinction where a registered report really helps you to demarcate exploratory from confirmatory research Is really what you should keep in mind and many of the proposals that we've encountered are actually Rather exploratory like they propose a completely new experimental approach or a new study idea or a new structural equation model That would lend themselves perfectly well for a completely exploratory study But then it is not clear why this should be done as a registered report because One asset of the registered report is that you already have some something to build on that you know already Approximately what the relationship is between variable a and variable b So that is that slide basically that I still see in front of me like that the registered report demarcates Exploratory from confirmatory research Is important to keep in mind and to what extent your study would fit with a confirmatory approach Well, then it's a good fit with the registered reports. If it's a completely new out of the box id Well, maybe it might be better to just do the study As an exploratory study and once you have a better sense of exactly how the results bear out then You can do a preregistration or consider doing it as a registered report I just put a link into the chat for A checklist that chris chambers has created He's the chair of the registered reports committee and has reviewed more registered reports than I can uh ever account to So he knows what makes a good submission and what what doesn't and and those items on that checklist are available on the registered report website And those kind of help provide Reminder of some important criteria to include in that stage one submission Ward provided the criteria there Thank you and with that, I think I would like to thank again the panel for your your time and your input and for working on all these initiatives and Sometimes I like to End meaning a little bit of a cheesy way. We here at the center of urban science We sometimes shout go science when it's time to uh to log out. So I will um conclude this Webinar with the shout of go science And hope everyone has a great day


Okay, so half a year ago we got 300,000 euro for this award and we got a big empty building so We started working on price plastic version 4 and this video is halfway So we're now six months in with a lot of people from around the world And this is just to give you guys an overview of where we are at right now Be warned it's gonna be quite a lengthy video. There's so much stuff going on so many people. It's all interesting We tried to narrow down, but it's just gonna be long so get yourself some Popcorn start up in the workspace where a lot of stuff is being developed new tools machines Basically the the core of precious plastic. My name is Tim What I've been working on in the few words Developing mold techniques. I've been making beams finding new ways of making beams and we've also been looking at much bigger molds to use and One test we did for that was making a big skateboard or it's a normal size skateboard, but the mold is very big Hi, my name is Mark. I just have good tools I'm here to further develop the sheet press that I've designed before and make sure it fits into the Precious plastic v4 so the main thing I'm improving here is Making sure we can make bigger sheets. We want bigger sheets to make bigger products So we need a bigger machine. My name is Friedrich. I'm here to build a better improved version of the shredder and make it Be more productive Came up to a solution that it might be useful to have an automatic pusher for Moving the material so the operator is more safe in the end and doesn't need to interact with the shredder with his hands and It's more more safe in this way and the pusher also makes it more efficient in the end My name is Luis and I started to work on washing plastic the whole topic of how to get clean plastic and how to work With plastic in the context of water. So the last monthly news we already covered quite a bit about how the process works Washing is very important because plastic can be really dirty Everything is packed in plastic and we want to work with post-consumer plastic So we somehow need to be able to get a plastic which is clean because if it's not clean It won't melt properly together. It will be not really handable for us So my name is Jan. So my main task is to develop System for recycling PET bottles. So I say the PET is quite well recycled plastic in an industrial way But still there is no basic tools or low-tech system that allow people to recycle it in a local scale And so that's that's why for me it's important So the system I developed yet is a small cutter that allows to cut the bottles into stripes And with these stripes you can then work on for making Weave ropes using to sew My name is Carolina Well, my task here is to find solution for a styrofoam. It's only 90% air and only 10% polystyrene So it's very expensive for the companies to recycle this type of waste to transport and move the material from one place to another Basically this month I start like trying How the machine work with styrofoam the precious plastic machines The extrusion machine the injection machine. I decided to build a whole new shredder That's especially for this type of waste because obviously the the precious plastic shredder don't work with that and I start prototyping with a very rough and cheap way first shredder Only with some PVC and some screws and then I started like making the new The new shredder that was going to be more reliable in time My name is Janus. We are trying to make Objects and materials to reduce the use of single use plastics So in the beginning we did a lot of research into different waste streams and different materials that are already out there then we developed those into two materials that we tried out so far which are wheat bran and potato peels and We chose to make plates from those because we think in the food industry. There are a lot of single use plastic Objects that we really want to get rid of so we want to build alternatives for those I want to do the toilet Don't know how it moves My name is Bradford so I was tasked with building a system to Sort plastic using robotics. I went home after my visa ran out and then I was able to come back once it Renewed so I was also able to find another robotics guy This guy So we doubled so one of the most expensive parts of plastic recycling these days is separating the plastic Now you can manually sort with lots of time and energy or you can buy a big fancy machine to To automatically sort plastic, but we're looking at in-between solutions or ways to assist the manual sorting methods So far we went and found a robot Purchased it brought it in and we started communicating with the robot using open source frameworks so we can send the robot a position and And the robot will go to it and pick up a piece of plastic there So now we need to start doing image analysis and recognition So the robot gets more knowledge on the the environment and can actually go pick something out Without us telling the robot where it is. Okay, so on the one hand. We're developing all these machines and tools But we also want to make sure that once you build these machines yourself that you can actually sustain yourself financially in the long run that Plastic recycling actually becomes your job So we're looking into this whole pressure plastic network and the business models behind it. My name is Joseph Klatt I'm the business guy money money money money money money So we are putting a lot of focus into the business components of version four We're doing that because we think it's kind of a missing link from precious plastic in the past So how do you really make us financially sustainable small business using the precious plastic methods money so far? I've worked on the precious plastic bizarre. I've also been working on creating our starter kits, which are going to be a big version a part of version four so the starter kits are kind of Formatted like a business in a box so you can fulfill different roles within the precious plastic network and with each role comes a Detailed set of instructions videos resources for helping getting started and making a small business with this Role so we're really diving into okay, so I'm going to become a sheet press Workspace what are the numbers behind that so how many sheets do I need to sell per month? What's the investment costs look like and then how do I plan my business model more generally? Who are my customers? What are my sales channels who are the people that I'm collaborating to help me be successful and These all these different tools are what we hope that will help kickstart people to really make a financially sustainable small business from version four Business is good numbers are looking up just up the top of my head So we have over 350 workspaces around the world. We have over 250 machine builders We have 10,000 people who want to say who say they want to get started with precious plastic We have 70,000 users on the forums We have over 20,000 euros in transaction volume per month on the bazaar and we are growing every day So tile tile plastic plastic recycled Plastic waste no money 1595 okay 1450 okay 1250 1250 nice shiny perfect tile. Thank you Yo, you have to come back No I'm a Thomas so I tried to help a bit in general management and I like to do product design also I'm actually Trying to make this product happen as also a future project Which would be really interesting for a lot of people around the world maybe to start producing this as well Hello, my name is Simon Bringsman I am working on the business part of precious plastic We can see on the map that a lot of people want to get started with precious plastic but we also realize Getting started with precious plastic is a lot. It's very overwhelming and We believe that if we can give people the tools to really brainstorm through that whole process then People will come up with a much much more well thought-through plan and they will also be able to get started more easily In the last few months We've been working on creating tools that people can use if they want to get started to really think through their plan to make Sure that they can they've considered everything and that when they will go to for example someone that would invest in their Their plans that they show that they really figured it out. Hi. I am Sam. I'm working on a collection system Collecting plastic is really important because that's the first step when setting up a workspace Making the machines and designing products is really cool, but eventually there needs to be plastic as well So the 6th of April we have this collection event bring your plastic. We give you food and drinks and a tour as well So if you're out there, please come by on the 6th of April So on the one end we have this whole physical world with machines and business models people recycling plastic But a big part of the project is also our online world where people actually meet each other start collaborating Where they download everything where they can share knowledge about the things they learned and that is also a crucial element of the project So we're also sort of reinventing That whole area. My name is Benjamin and I'm One of the maintainer of the open source project called one army So we are building a platform that will contain Different functionalities and sections the first one will be the discussion section, which is more a forum Another section would be the how-to where you can share a technique you master There also will be the map where you can put a pin on your where your workspace is and Where you are doing your your activity There was also will be an event page where you can create an event to not only meet Online but also meet offline. So we build the platform using react tile component fire base And I don't remember what else My name is Nico So yeah, I'm working on the user interface for the platform For one army, which we already talked a lot last month and Also on build.onearmy.world But I'm also working on branding and graphic stuff for one army For stuff, we're gonna be way bigger than just the platform, but I can't really talk about that right now My name is Mariska. I work here as an illustrator for everything that's web-based and hand-drawn What precious plastic works a lot with pictures, but sometimes we don't have everything yet because it's constantly work in progress and the project is constantly evolving and then it's great to have illustrative medium to Share what we are doing with the people and it also makes it way more human and way more personal so that The people actually feel that there are people working for precious plastic and it's not just another company that we're actually real human beings Now besides developing these online and offline tools We also need to make sure everyone in this building can actually Work and develop this project So we have quite a few facilitating roles as well people that make sure others can do their work Making sure we have food on the table We have the materials in house that we have a place to sleep So these are sort of the backbone of the project. My name is Kathy and I'm cooking here everything I'm super excited because we're not we're not just Yeah recreating recipes. We try to Create recipes from what we have and we don't have like a lot of variety to choose from because yeah We try to keep the kitchen very sustainable and like we don't have access to every food we would like to but it's great to cook and to Like to get a final result result very good with what we have So every day is is very exciting to me. Well, today was a special day because we have a food processor and Yeah, we were looking for using that machine So we start cooking burgers out of monk beans when we start dancing and singing in the kitchen Like it's like an explosion of good energy Towards the food and yeah, it's very special moment Let me go, please You're torturing me Hey, I'm Taylor I am in charge of all of the food ordering and purchasing for precious plastic kitchen as well as dealing with all of our waste in house My favorite part of the routine is going to all the local markets and Farms in the area and being able to connect with all of those people that are supplying us our food. I Brought my dog Stanley from Canada As of right now, we are eating 80% organic and 20% non-certified organic 60% fresh diet 40% dry goods diet and within those dry goods and fresh goods collectively 25% of all of our produce is actually from Holland We have the power to make a better choice so we can choose to have food. That's not wrapped in plastic We can have food. That's from a closer distance from a local farm That creates less greenhouse gas emissions and a smaller footprint 25% of our food comes from Holland And then our second leading country is from China, which is with 10% and then our third country where we get Most of our food is turkey So with all of the data that I've been slowly collecting as a community We have decided to make a few changes with our future ordering one of those being Black quinoa seen as how it's traveled 10,000 kilometers to be here. We're not no longer going to order that My name is Jason. Yeah, so well. I'm here. I'm developing a sheep pressing system I'm taking responsibility for the development of the oven which will be used to heat the modes which go into the Sheep Press The reason we're developing an oven is because you can't You can't buy a commercial oven big enough to heat the modes of the sheets For the size that we're we're aiming for Also during the week while I'm here one at least once a week. We go dumpster diving There's a team of us. We are recycled to speak factory just outside of the city Which we find food waste which is still perfectly edible and then we bring it back So that people have food to eat while they work What I find dumpster diving important is because it's it's waste if we don't eat this food It's either gonna go to landfill or it's gonna be bad So we're basically getting free energy to fuel our work from something that just comes out of the system It's such a shame because the stuff gets produced co2 goes into making this food. It gets wrapped in plastic Just to end up in a bin or in a landfill. So we think why not use that it's still perfectly edible We're all healthy. So like we found smoothies fruits and vegetables Cheese, which isn't vegan. Oh, but it's better that we we get it from the waste instead of paying money Supermarket because that encourages it to be produced. Hello. My name is Dersa and I'm a coordinator Okay, so when when we arrived there was only a clear Empty workspace and we figured well, this is a nice place to sleep It's big enough and then the fire department came and they said nah, not gonna work So there were houses on the list of being demolished so we could save eight houses And we got them from the the municipality of Eindhoven Well, one is very neat with a wooden floor and then fresh flowers on the tables like clean sheets smells like fresh Fresh food and the others a little bit less depends a bit. I think one house it resembles the artistic Mindset of the inhabitants so the walls are all drawn with paint and crayons and Whatever hands you could My name is Sarah I'm taking all the picture about the team taking video helping in the kitchen stay in the kitchen clean the kitchen clean everywhere Organize making people feel comfortable Hugging everybody so they feel like love keep the space organized bossing around jumping around Laughing around. I don't know what I'm doing as well. It's a little bit gray this place and outside is really depressive sometimes So I think if we if we show to everybody that you You feel more happy Like they feel happy as well and they give you back a lot. It's nice. I'm thinking care I'm the mama of everybody. Yeah, they feel love My name is Gisela. I'm the coordinator of precious plastic here in Eindhoven I I'm like I'm the person of reference for the newcomers And I'm kind of trying to solve all the problems that they could have while they are coming to Eindhoven or while they Are they are here and on the other side? I'm trying to fix a new system to control the finances Because we were in a kind of analog system until yeah, a couple of weeks. So now we are trying to digitalize it and be tender I'm a pro designer, but sometimes I'm also helping in the monthly news and behind the camera every month we gather and together we compile what's been done this month and What are the goals ahead? It's always it's always a new challenge every month. It's a new idea We have to do it and that's the way we approach it So besides all this version 4 stuff that is going on We also have a few side projects Projects that are some related to plastic some not but I would say quite crucial for the future development of this whole Community or project. Hello, I'm a Tia and here I am taking care of all the digital side of the project He'd been just recently in the maladies where we set up a pilot there To train local kids how to work with plastic and we also sent a lot of the guys in here to do presentations to share the message of precious plastic to the world and Now in the near future. We're gonna be making this collaboration in Berlin where we're gonna be making recycled caps From plastic bags. There you go. And and many more coming that Can't talk about yet. Well, I think we are now half the way through and and it's kind of a big step it really brings It really shows how time is not Endless and one year seemed to be a lot of time and instead is no Well, it's already half the way through and we have to work harder and harder in the next six months If we want to achieve all that we set out to do in September, so I am both Scared and super excited to and committed to really put in as much time and energy into this so that we can Get to November get to October and and be ready with both precious plastic and one army I'm Alicia and I work on the textile project not on plastics But this is going to be a sister project next to fresh plastic like textiles is also now in this possible product So I think more we need to change this mentality that We need to endure the lifeline of a garment. So how can you give people tools with that? That's more the project. I'm working on now So I have three headlines in the project and so in repair that's repair upgrade and Creating and then in the repairments you have for instance fixing holes in the upgrading part you have to recombining from clothing or Natural dyeing and in the creating part is really from getting starting from scratch with all clothing to a new one I'm Katharina and I am preparing ourselves for project comp. So first we share shared our plan and got in touch with a lot of people and Prepared research on properties and then had a quick look in Portugal How it kind of works to get a feeling for it. Now we are making a proper plan and preparing for the next Visit and in April now we are going to go to Portugal for a month really looking at all the properties visiting communities architects municipalities and other people we can learn from To then get hopefully get a good overview of where we can go and where we want to go Okay, I know that was quite a lot and to be fair not even everyone is in this video We have more people here working every day to Bring version 4 to life. I want to share one thing It's more a bit of numbers and the money we spend so far. So we started off having 300,000 euro We're now halfway and we actually also sort of Burned half of the money You can see where most of it went Workspace by far the biggest one, but also sleeping and food In the end of this whole version, we will show a more in detail graph about where everything went This is just a brief update and for now. I also want to thank again FAMI for Making this possible. They gave us this award in the first place Super grateful for that because we would never be able to do this without that. So thank you very much And for now, we'll just keep on developing for the coming six months Every day here and in the end we'll share everything online for free with you guys in October So you can stay tuned on the Monday news or just come back in October to see what we've been Finalizing what we've been making and now for the last part we have a charter bringing you community news from our members around the world Thank you Yo Charlotte and once again, I'm gonna be bringing you the community news from our wonderful creative community from all around the world And to kick off the feature I'm gonna be talking about a workspace located out in sunny sunny Brighton and They're called Gomi design and it's his two guys who've just started making this a hundred percent recycled plastic portable speaker And a couple features that are really nice about this product is that the plastic is made from plastic bags Which currently aren't being recycled in the UK So there's just no use for them and they're just going straight to landfill And actually the sound insulation is made from recycled denim It's like a fully recycled product inside and out which is super super nice And you can head over to the Instagram page where they are documenting the whole process You can back them on their Kickstarter or just follow them and just see what they're up to and next is a workspace It's a nearby workspace. It's precious plastic than hard They're always a really busy and active workspace and they've just made this super sweet chair Made from recycled plastic beams So no other materials involved. No wood. No, no steel and just it's really wicked one-off piece Which looks awesome super nice product. And yeah, I would love to see more of them They look really cool and moving outside of Europe. We have precious plastic Kenya who have been super busy And they have been collecting plastic waste, which is found on their local beaches And they are recycling it and turning into these really nice Little bat and ball sets and they all look really different for another and they're just really really cool And it's just really nice because it's this process from finding the plastics on the beach Recycling it and then turning it back into a product for the beach So kind of like circular process, which is really cool to see a really really nice idea I'd be interested to see how well they work, but I'm sure I'm sure they're great and moving on from ocean plastic In January myself Dave and Jerry, we visited the Maldives to set up a plastic recycling workspace And Nate and Paul are very lovely version four members are actually there now On a two-month ocean plastic research project So they're testing the potentials of ocean plastic How strong is it? How durable is it? What happens if you extrude it? What happens if you bend it? And right now they're making a lot of plastic beams and they're doing different joinery types And they have plans to make pieces of furniture like this lovely little swinging chair that they've made And yeah, and just kind of setting up a whole area of products And an object so made from recycled plastic They're also documenting this super well in the forums So head to the forum page, which will be in the comments below to see what they're up to And lastly, check out the latest video on the Dave Hackings Community YouTube channel It's all about powering a shredder using a bicycle. It's a really nice video. It's broken up into four parts It shows you how to build the frame How to put in the mechanism and about the cutter and they basically take it from the start to the finish So they take you through the whole process and just amazing to see people using greener source of energy So good work guys. And that is it for me this month. Thank you to everybody for watching And if you're using the machines around the world, use the hashtag pressure plastic post in the forums So we can see what you guys are up to um And thank you to all our patron supporters who contribute to the sort of project each and every month


What is up everybody, Jason here for JaspysCaseBrace.com. We just sold out 2019 Prism Football Hobby Pack Break number 74, which is going to give away at the end of the break six spots in our Macley-Ranham Team Break. So we're going to do the pack filler first, distribute the hits out of here, and at the end we'll re-randomize the original list. Top six, get in. Let's roll. Four and a six, ten times, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Ten times, ten times, John, down to John. Ten times, ten times, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Vikings out of the Panthers. All right. Now of course it is a pack filler, so stick to what you got. I'm going to let you see your tunes really quick. All right. Here we go. Just a pack of this. Sammy Watkins to $199. We got Drey Greenlaw and Marquis Hollywood Brown. Nothing crazy out of there, but let's switch on over and let's give away those six spots guys. Here we go. Top six, get in. One and a six, seven times, one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven, seven times, seven, seven. John, Michael, Chad, John, John, and Lance. Wow. What a randomizer for a couple of you guys. Congratulations. One and a six, seven times, so there you go.  Thank you, guys.


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What's up everybody? Jason here for jazby's case race calm We just sold out of 2019 panini Chronicles baseball This is a four box break two random teams each number one and again 15 total spots everybody. It's a random team Are two random teams in the MLB and all carts ship So you go here's a dice roller It's a one and a three four times. Good luck. So we doubled up names from Franklin down to a Nicholas one two Three and four Barry down to Alex four times one two Three and fourth and final time those down to the Boston Red Sox All right, so Barry you have the Royals mark nation with the rays Ryan with the white socks Kevin with the pirates Chris of the Giants Roy with the Mariners Dante with the Cardinals Ryan Redman with the Indians Kenny with the Rockies David Baker with the Marlins Jonathan with the Cardinal or sorry Cubs Patrick with the D-vax Roy with the A's Patrick Sullivan with the Brewers Barry with the Yankees Nicholas yet the twins last Balmogio Kenny with the Nationals Franklin with the Braves Jonathan with the Mets David with the Dodgers Dante with the Orioles Calvin with the Rangers Mark with the Reds Franklin with the Tigers Chris with the Angels Alex with the Blue Jays Nicholas with Astros John there with the Padres Phillies and Alex with the Boston Red Sox All right, if anybody wants to trade, I'll give you guys a quick minute. Just quickly copy and paste this on the list here All right in the meantime, I'll open up the case guys I remember guys. This is a 2019. So this is Fernando Tatis Jr. Rookie Year Blue Jays I mean a lot of a lot of different teams of course from 2020 just remember that You know Peter Lonzo's a rookie in this Eloy Hemines is a rookie for this. I mean Remember that. Oh, yeah, they haven't even made Chronicles for 2021 That wouldn't come out to way later in the year Yeah, man, no problem All right, if you're not willing to trade Philadelphia Hollywood, I'm just gonna close it. All right, man. Let me know All right guys. So there's four boxes here four boxes there. So there's four stacks of four boxes This is a four box break I roll a five or a six. We're just gonna re-roll it until I roll a one two three or four Six not available Two is available. So one two. All right guys, let's rip open all four boxes Steven Gosling's autograph America's pastimes in 1999 with Merrifield to 75 Christian Yellich Obsidian You got Rhino Hearn What a patch order to 25 Fernando Tatis Jr. Shoahio Tani Christian Yellich Mitch Barner Or Mitch Keller. Sorry not Mitch Barner the hockey player Clint Kershaw Mike Tro Fernando Tatis Jr Kyle Schwarberg, Luis Uraes You got Scherzer Eloy Hemenes Bryce Harper Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Threads Kyle Tucker And Mike Trout You got John Duplantier You got Jake Cave to 199 rookie Jersey autographs Justin Verlender Rowdy Tiles Thick Patch Patch Otto To 49 Tarana Nick Sensel, Nick Sensel Juan Soto Pitalonzo and Mitch Keller Autograph to 50 Miguel Andujar Tatis Jr. Triple Relic Juan Soto Season ticket Pitalonzo rookie Eloy Hemenes There you go. Chronicles has a lot of different hits guys. I mean it's all these different products that Panini may have not released that year And they decide to release it all in chronicles. So they'll have this again this year in 2021 And obviously there were certain products that they did release this year that they had in the years past So it'll be new ones right there Well, I mean That's fine. I can say more team names, but I mean for some of the bigger names We know Fernando Tatis Jr. Where he plays Juan Soto The bigger rookies I don't I don't really say every single player every single team Just go for the main hits man Tommy Pham, TB Tampa Bay Diago Vera Chicago King Felix Felix Hernandez out of 75 Sir Ramirez Rhino Hearn to 99 rookie jersey autographs KC Vladdy Tatis Jr Brandon Lau Cole Tucker Sean Anderson SF right there Vladdy Austin wins Baltimore Oh, that's a cracked ice Baltimore ours Bonadonte Pete polar bear Ichiro cracked ice That is Seattle edition. It says Seattle right there Alonzo rookie Michael Chavis Reese Hoshkins Eli Hamenez Tatis Jr Here's another touch. He's this is a relic. That's our second touch. He's relic Looking for the auto Ichiro refractor All right, the last box. I should love these scorecards. Look at this mic trout PD Back-to-back PDs. It's time of 50 for the Mets Ronald Guzman You know, thinking about that Hollywood. That's you, right, Jonathan? You had a great randomizer You had the Mets. You had the the Padres Phillies Guzman for Texas Abir Baez the 75 John Duplantier and Cal Lewis I remember this is he's not a rookie yet in this one. He's a prospect still about that for Seattle Ben Arroy KC Y'all have Ladi. We got Manny Machado Lake Snail TB Which one was that man? Oh, this Titan one. You know, the Titan looks a nice one Aaron Judge And for Seattle Seth uh Setsek Absolute Ooh, Nick Sensel color match red. It's $1.99 Oh nice, man Tatis rookie Kevin Newman for Pittsburgh Andrew Ben attendee That one girl junior Ronald Cooner Jr. Refractor All righty guys and there you go A lot of stuff to be top-loaded in penny sleep A lot of stuff right here guys You got Chronicles is a great product to definitely collect a tons of rookie cards So of course like a lot of lads a lot of pito longsos Eloi Jimenez Even some nice prospect autographs as well But there you go guys I remember I believe everything does ship since a lot of them is pretty much rookie cards So I'm gonna get some really nice stuff here guys And that 2019 class just seems to be pretty strong Looking back up breaking some back 2019 stuff So yeah guys, this is break number one. Remember number two is in the store Jaspscasebreaks.com. You can always get that one rolling back tomorrow. Appreciate you guys


We're here at ITU Telecom World 2012 in Dubai, and I'm very pleased to be joined by Jean-Phil Baill Saint-Gimane, who is a Minister for the Ministry of Youth and ICT in Rwanda. Minister, thank you very much for being with us today. Thank you for having me. I'd like to start off by asking you about the great transformation that has been in the ICT sector and what it's meant for Rwanda. For us, I think the biggest opportunity facing Rwanda today is the possibility of leapfrogging the key stage of industrialisation and go straight to the information economy and be able to become an active player and competitor in a level playing field with the rest of the world. What are the major challenges facing you at the moment? The major challenge I think remains the digital divide. There are still differences in terms of accessibility and affordability of ICTs and especially broadband and devices, and we need to close that gap for us to move fast where we want to go. What about the major opportunities? How are you going to be taking advantage of these? One of the biggest opportunities today is the possibility to transform our educational system with the inputs of ICT. I believe that kids in a primary school in the rural area of Rwanda can have the same type and quality of education that the kids in New York or Geneva have access to. So what we have to do is to continue investing in infrastructure, connecting schools, but also training our teachers, digitising our curricula and so on and so forth. Major investments are going into our building broadband for all, increasing penetration of ICT everywhere in the country, solving the electricity and energy challenge, and the future is smart Rwanda. A place where ICT meets education, meets health, meets business, meets government and government service delivery and the sky is the limit. I wish you the very best with that. Can you tell us a little bit about your presence here as well at ITU Telecom World 2012 and why you think this event is important? This is important for us to be here. This place allows us to meet key decision makers, policy makers in government, international organisations, but most importantly the private sector. So we are here to talk with the private sector, to see who is interested in coming to Rwanda and to interest people to come to Rwanda. My message today is that there is a market at the bottom of the pyramid and Rwanda has the best environment in terms of doing business in Africa. So I'm inviting everyone to come and partner with us. Let's work the talk. Minister Sekumano, thank you much indeed for being with us today. Thank you.


These items are being sorted into self-care packages destined for those most in need. They were donated to the Division of Youth by private and public partners for distribution in workshops like this one. Whatever you want that person to be, it is not a class so you don't be judge on your drawings. A series on sexual health and planned parenthood conducted by youth workers advocating for positive change in the lives of young people like themselves. At these workshops, topics such as self-care, self-love, personal hygiene, teenage pregnancy, gender-based violence and healthy relationships will be covered. These topics were chosen because we see a dire need for them within our communities and among our young people. So at the end of every workshop, we give them a self-care package which consists of toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, soap and personal items that will help them take care of themselves on a day-to-day basis. Keshia and Venej, who are members of the youth power group YPG, see the information gained during the session is vital for learning and the personal development. We were able to learn about the GBV which is gender-based violence that has been happening in different countries as well as our country here in St. Lucia. It was a very, very amazing presentation because I was able to learn enough about things that are going on in that country much more and even the laws that are there. The youth division is ensuring their adequate programs in the communities to benefit young persons. Director of Youth Mary Wilfred stressed the importance of reaching the youth at the grassroots level. And so with the implementation of the youth workers program, we have about 22 young people in communities who are serving as field workers. And so they report the needs of young people because communities are different. Some communities are more into culture, some are more into music. Different communities have different needs. They would pass that on to us and we would respond through the appropriate programs. Matters ranging from youth unemployment, psychosocial challenges and homelessness are just some of the issues faced by a division hoping to transform the lives of youth by better equipping them with the knowledge and coping skills. Marvin St. Louis reporting from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports.


U.S. Senator. American troops could end up in conflict if $61 billion, Ukraine aid package is not passed. A top Senate Democrat has raised concern that U.S. troops could find themselves in harm's way if Congress doesn't approve an additional $61 billion in support for Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia according to NTD media outlet. Senator Mark Warner, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, reiterated calls for the House of Representatives to pass a new tranche of U.S. funding for Ukraine's war effort during press remarks. This time, the Virginia Democrat warned that America's men and women in uniform could be thrown into a more direct conflict with Russia if the United States doesn't instead spend more money to bolster Ukraine's war effort. I can't think of an issue that is of more historic proportions than supporting the Ukrainians at this moment, Warner told Bloomberg News. The United States has already provided about $113 billion in Ukraine-related aid since the full-scale conflict began in February 2022. This U.S. funding has since run dry. This February, the Senate approved a $95 billion supplemental spending bill that includes about $61 billion in new Ukraine-related aid in addition to several billion more for other global security partnerships and projects. While the bill passed the Senate, it has seen no additional progress in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats have repeatedly demanded House Speaker Mike Johnson advance the bill, as have some Republicans. Warner argued that if Ukraine doesn't get enough support and is eventually defeated, Russian President Vladimir Putin could then set his sights on conquering Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, all of which are formal allies of the United States through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. If Putin wins in Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland will be next. He told Bloomberg News and American soldiers could be in harm's way and in conflict within a couple of years. That would be a disaster and it would be a disaster that would be laid at the feet of this Speaker of the House who hasn't brought this bill up. Russian troops will be deployed on the border with Finland, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Russia One TV channel and Russia's RIA state news agency, the Russian leader said Finland's accession to NATO was meaningless, adding that he does not understand what has prompted the need for the alliance in Helsinki. Our relations used to be very good. But now the situation will change, Putin said. It should be noted that Finland joined NATO in April 2023.Earlier, Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service warned that Moscow is planning to possibly double the number of troops along its western border with the Baltic states in Finland, as it anticipates a potential military conflict with NATO in the coming decade. Russians are planning to increase the military force along the Baltic states border but also the Finnish border. We will highly likely see an increase of manpower, about doubling perhaps. We will see an increase in armed personnel carriers, tanks, artillery systems over the coming years, Kaupo-Rosen, the head of the service said. Recall Russia unilaterally terminated a Finnish-Russian border agreement dating back to 2012. While this move is largely symbolic as the agreement was suspended following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it nonetheless demonstrates Russia's willingness to escalate tensions with its neighbor along its northernmost boundary with the EU and NATO.


It's time for us to know our foe, the Las Vegas Raiders. Raiders are 0 and 2 on the season. They fell in overtime to the Cardinals, 29-23. They have played clean under their new coach, Josh McDaniels. And they certainly have a dynamic duo that knows one another well. Derrick Carr and Devonte Adams played pitch and catch together at Fresno State. The Raiders traded for Devonte Adams, getting him from Green Bay. And so Carr and Adams back together again. Do you already see the connection, John? Yeah, I think you certainly do when you watch the tape. There's a familiarity there that they're just comfortable with each other. Derrick trusts where Devonte is going to be on the routes. Devonte anticipates the ball really well. Derrick throws a good ball. And Devonte is one of the top receivers in the league. So they're off to a pretty quick start here, familiarizing theirself back to their days at Fresno. The dimension of Darren Waller, a big tight end who's incredibly athletic, just inked a new contract. Tell us about the challenges of defending Waller.  I mean, he's got outstanding size. He's got a huge catch radius. He's got soft natural hands. He can go up and get it in traffic. He's a good route runner. For such a taller guy, he can really drop his weight in and out of breaks to create separation while also playing with muscle when he needs to, to get that extra oomph to get away from the guy. A guy, you know, when you couple with him with Renfro, with Adams, I mean, it's a formidable group out there. On defense, they haven't gotten the pressure from the edge yet with Max Crosby and Chandler Jones, but you've got to figure it's coming. Hopefully not this Sunday. Right. But yeah, I mean, Max Crosby, what a great story. You know what he's overcome. But he's long. He's quick. He's fast. He plays with a high motor. Usually rushes on the left side, but they move him around some. He's got a quick first step when he stunts inside. Chandler, I was in New England when we, you know, when we drafted Chandler, another really long football player that was able to come off the edge, bend, impact a set of the tackle with length and with power. You know, when you're talking Crosby and Jones together, it's definitely a formidable duo there on the edges. Lots of work for the offensive line coming up on Sunday against the Las Vegas Raiders.


Hello and welcome back here to the channel. I'm your rabbit We are staring at the back end of an amazing vdc 400 z today for the first vdc driver spotlight here on the channel So make sure you get a small made all social media knowledge found scratch marks below. Let's get into it So before we get into this I want to make a big thank you to Kevin stump for giving me access to his 20 22 vdc 400 z this car is Amazing and I've had my hands on a few 400 z's but this one with that a very loud v8 in there And it just looks right so we're gonna go give credit where credit is due before we get fully into the driving Of course, like I said, this is a 2022 Nissan is the prototype drift spec for Kevin stump It's a Roush Yates v8 the base model was from game mods. Are you modified by Kevin stump? Of course engine interior rear mount was also modified by Kevin stump wheels radiator steering column by Joka designs and then paint was by Kevin stump texture and finishing and fit and finish and everything Kevin stump with the assistance of momentum and physics and data by none other than ita and amity ita and amity been working Really hard on some big things. We're gonna be releasing but we're gonna go full send in this car because it's uh It's definitely loud And I can't wait to give my hands on the wheel his car so uh, let's do it So we gotta get these tires a little bit warmed up So once again a big big thank you to Kevin stump for giving me access to this car this 2022 vdc car So I was told When I was given that when I got this car to drive it in full commitment So so we're gonna do we can be fully committed see what we can do. Hopefully don't wreck his car Your ratio a little bit off to be in fifth Little bit of clutch kick there a little wide a little shallow there So we definitely need to tweak the gear ratio now This is just on the base tune that he gave me on the car So I haven't really changed anything maybe the gearing a little bit But this is just basically out of the box how it goes. We're gonna try it in fifth gear this time It seems like force was a little bit short. So another full run here This car is insane Going a little wide on these clips, but Driving this car in full commit is definitely Some of the best advice I got having to just be fully committed this with this car is definitely Helping it out. So we're gonna go one four run here. Then we're gonna change up tracks but with different track and Have a little fun with the car there gonna hit up two more tracks in this car And we're gonna do two runs at each one of those tracks Do second gear start here Oh, watch that out Measure corrected though And I kind of threw us offline a little bit through here, but we got this I Am definitely getting used to this car. So we're gonna change up tracks We're gonna go hit up one of my new favorite tracks. So let's go. All right, so we are here at OSW Which has quickly become one of my new favorite tracks new home basically track. So we are here at OSW 2020 And of course, you know, it's a VDC track where this car really does belong So once again, I know I said in the beginning out. Sorry. I had a count Big thank you to Kevin stump and everybody that had hand and make this car this car is amazing And we're gonna have a little fun here and see if we can't get two solid runs here on OSW Yeah, I think here's the money gear right now with the gear ratio. We're set at Oh, you know a little bit up on the bank, but not too too terrible. So now that we know fifth gear is the gear to go We're gonna try and do the second fifth and see if we can't get that wall ride down here on OSW See first gear start up this time Little cone tap no big deal Finish the bumps Trying to get into the crease so we kind of miss all the car Was not fully committed there I think we need a third run because I think I need to go down into fourth through that inner bank So like I said this car I have not driven much other than just Making sure my settings were right. So these are all first-run pulls in this car So that's how all these driver spotlights are because remember the ESDA driver spotlights So now we're here with the VD. So first VDC one big Thank you to Kevin Stump and Addie for kind of making this possible. I should have clutched it a little more there Down the fourth. Yeah, of course, this is the money gear right now for this inner bank So we're gonna hit up one more track a track that I always fight with so hopefully we don't fight too bad with it So let's switch it up and for the final track. We are here at wall So wall stadium and I have a Not so friendly past so I've been very good here and also very bad here So we're gonna go full set. Hopefully we can do this car justice. We're gonna get these tires a little warmed up though So like I said the wall and I have had some ups and downs So hopefully we can make this an up one. So we are here on VDC wall and we're gonna see if we can't I'm thinking it's probably gonna be a fourth gear, but we're gonna find out Not too bad so far For a first run out on wall. Ah, I'm excited about that run Actually able to take the bank without fully biffing the car. So now we're gonna go take another run at it Fourth gear did seem to make the correct gear for the bank.  Yep, and that was the first hit. I am so sorry Kevin. We kind of Took the car hard into the wall. I hope it can get fixed before the first VDC round. I do apologize for regular car We're gonna give it one more good old try. Like I said the wall and I definitely have our Differences, but you know, it is definitely a challenging course to drive So one final run what's gonna make thank you do Kevin stop forgive me access to his new Z We're gonna stay a minute mid bank run on that one So not the cleanest run But a run nonetheless. I feel like I want to try one more full commitment on that wall So let's get a big thank you guys for coming back and checking out another episode big thing to Kevin stump and everybody That made this car possible first VDC driver spotlight and hopefully there will be more if you guys like this You guys want to see more tap the subscribe button Let me know down in the comment section down below as always. Thanks for coming back and watching. I'm a rabbit That's hope we don't wreck it this time Almost bound up. Yep. I bound up Now this car definitely in the hands of Kevin it's going to be an aggressive car to compete with so good luck to him in VDC Because you know in the right hands this car is going to be a monster. So I'll see you guys on the track