Welcome to the sport channel. We're back playing Sims 4. Let's see how it goes. I am on probation, all right? It is unfortunate. I am not happy about those results, but it is what it is. All right? These are things that have happened. I need to be going to class, like now. I don't know why we're watching TV. We're not doing a good job of improving our circumstances. So yeah, I don't know how, but I failed like two classes last time. Well, I do know how. I didn't go to the final exams, but that's because there was no school that day.  And then I basically got screwed. So I'm trying to make it up. Clearly I need to improve my fitness skills as well. And that's kind of all so obvious when you take a look at my fat booty in this game. So we're gonna go ahead and try to do that. Now today I got two classes back to back. Gonna knock those out. Hopefully I wasn't too late for class just now. I don't wanna get kicked out of university. That'd be really sad. I gotta at least make this run for a little while. But I did my homework at least, so that should count for something you would think. Right, you would think. Let's see. All right. Yeah, all right, good job. I did okay. All right, now go to your other class. Yeah, so those two classes are right back to back. Geez, okay. All right, so let's make sure my man's in class. Yep, he does seem to be in class. That's good. Excellent, love to see it. All right, so yeah, we're gonna try to boost up that fitness skill. We're gonna see if we can stay out of trouble here at the university, because man, it's not good failing courses. I didn't, I'm not a celebrity anymore. Aw man.  Sometimes you need to take a break, you know? Yeah, I just lost fame points apparently. So, oops. All right, so we've got, all right, I got that class done. How we doing on nutrition and fun? We're not doing great on fun. We need to get a workout going here. I think we should just go jogging. Where's my boy? Where's my boy at right now? All right, listen, what is he doing here? Look at him being so responsible, trying to do a good job, working on his homework, salvaging for handiness homework. That is great. I'm gonna keep expanding this actually. That was kind of convenient. I didn't realize I could do that before. So yeah, we're working on that homework. That's good. Go ahead and do some homework and be responsible. And then we'll get you to work out because you need to work on a fitness skill. Doing that homework is a good deal. Gotta do that homework. Let's go, let's go, let's go. Boost up them levels. Gotta do good for school.  I don't know if that's like a bug in the game or if that's just like maybe because I missed another class at some point so it didn't give you the option to take the final earlier. I don't know what happened exactly. It was lame. Hopefully such lameness does not reoccur because we can't be having, you know, can't be having probations. All right, we're gonna finish this homework right now like a boss. And we're gonna go for a little run. Beautiful, beautiful, love to see it.   All right, we gotta do things. All right, let's go jogging. All right, I know it's not fun, but that's what you need to do.  Let's go, let's follow him around. He's running around, he's going over here. Oh, he's turning back, he's trying to hide from me. Let's go chasing him around. He needs fun points bad. He's like, I need fun and I need food. But you know what, this is good for you. You need to get your jog on. We need it for class, we need it for life. All right, he stopped, he's like, I'm good, I'm done. I need water. All right, listen, listen, listen. We're gonna take you to Commons. You can go over there, have a little fun, get some food.  Yeah, I only got, so I should have six credits and I only have four because I failed two courses in this last run, which that's what sucks. Like, I'm gonna have to, you know, make up for that. And that costs money. That's another problem. I don't have a lot of money. I can't afford the next cycle of university, for example. So I'm gonna need money just to make it to the next one. And that sent me back, having no, you know, no credits for this, no credit for this. Ubatwewe Josseser. Yeah, that's probably a good joke. I bet that's like really funny to these people. Yeah. Actually, met a guy who's a standard comedian or at least has always wanted to be. I don't really know his full comedic history, but he has told me that he would like to do a stand-up show here in Peru, which sounds really interesting to me.  He's got fish at this place. That's pretty great. All right, let's get you out of here, get some food. Free food at the, you always want to get the free food.  And he was, he moved down here recently and he's like thinking about staying down here. And he was like, hey, can I like do a comedy show here in Peru? And I'm like, be my guest. I mean, I don't run the show here. I don't know where to tell you to go do a show in English. That's kind of insane. You know, if you think about it, dude, this guy's eating smelly food. Nasty. All right, everybody's just like, now we out. This is stinking. So yeah, I think it'd be really cool though. We were joking about me opening like a five minute set. I would be open to that idea. I've always had a little, whoa, what in the heck is this person? This guy is like, Dumbledore just showed up and was like, hey, Father Winter, I could fight him for presents. All right, let's, he's Father Winter. I should probably talk to him nice because there's Winterfest going on today. Yeah, see Winterfest means there shouldn't be class. So maybe I skipped classes when there was like an event and that screwed me up. I don't know. I don't know. Can't quite figure it out. Yeah, let's get to know Father Winter a little bit. Let's talk to this creepy weird old guy who clearly loves Winter. I think this is clearly like a Santa Claus stand-in that they, for political correctness reasons, decided to like keep neutral, you know? Oh, there's a crazy party happening and Marielle wants me to go. Oh man, you know, Marielle is a Wednesday and like I'm on probation. I don't know that I could be going to crazy parties right now. Like I'm sorry. That's just not an option at the moment. Unfortunately for me, I'm sorry as much as I would love to. So now, let's see, what should, all right, let's talk about the cool temperatures because it's winter and he likes cold temperatures like Father Winter, right? Should be enjoying that. Pleasant conversation. We're having a good time. Yeah, cool. So what do you do? What's your favorite like Father Winter? I mean, I'm kind of curious, you know? Dang, everybody's eating stanky food. I don't understand why people would be doing that. She's gonna be throwing up in the dorms later. All right, buddy. Thanks for the talk. Good talk. Random Christmas guy. I like how you just moved seats so we could keep talking and sat in front of the smelly, smelly plate. They sometimes they make decisions here that I never understand. Like, why would you just get up from the seat and go sit in a different seat? If you did that in real life, it'd be weird.  I mean, what's your game plan here? You know, not sure I understand it. All right, so that was pretty good. I think my man wants to take a nap. No, dude. We ain't taking a nap. We're going back to home. All right, I'm gonna take it a nap right now.  Yeah, this is the pad, right? No, wait, which pad is my pad? Go home, there we go. There's two that are like exactly the same. So it's hard to tell sometimes. All right, so yeah, we're trying to get off probation. We're trying to do a good job, you know, be a successful individual in this world.  We'll see how it goes. All right, so there's a whole bunch of food here. Man, I really wish I could get like a mini fridge or something. I also gotta see, let's see if there's any gigs. Let's see if I can get like a drop out of university as an option. Oh, wait, cancel audition. Where's my audition? See, something's broken here because it like thinks I have an audition when I totally don't. Like I had one and then it disappeared. I don't know where it went, but you're telling me that I have an audition when I don't. So I'm gonna try to cancel it right now. Let's see if that works. It's calm. Okay, remember that audition that I totally should have had that I don't now because it just disappeared for some reason? Yeah, can I cancel that? Since you canceled me apparently first. All right, what do we got here? Friday audition, 9 a.m., Saturday 12. Ooh, that's kind of nice. I would have to miss one class. That's the thing. I can't like afford to miss classes right now. Man. Cause like Friday morning is two classes. I can't take that audition. That's the thing that's rough about those auditions. Like they happen in the worst possible time and you're like, man, I just can't. Like it's not an option. All right, let's get our sleep on. We got this tomorrow afternoon class, make the escape. Maybe we can go get like work out at the gym or go swimming or something, boost up some of them fun points. Winterfest was awful.  I've never have been. I was kind of raised without holidays. So I don't really have a lot of interest in them and just that's how I roll, you know? It's nothing personal. I was just like, whatever, it's holidays, man. Great. Looks like all the food stinks. So I think we'll just go ahead and shower up. All right, we'll see. Maybe someone else will bring some fresh food. I feel like if I get rid of that food, it's we're more likely to like, yeah, see this guy's cleaning it up. That usually seems to generate fresh food, you know? All right, let's play a game. Let's get a little bit of fun points in here because my man needs them. And then maybe we'll go get lunch for free. Free lunch is always good. Look at this guy just crushing out push-ups in the bathroom like a boss. That's what I got to start doing. I got to get them points up for the fitness skill. Cause look at that chubbiness from being in college.  Oh, it's his cake, never mind. See, that's the other thing.  Like, it's not gonna work. All right, we haven't started the homework for make the escape, which we might want to do soon. Let's see, where's my man go? What's he up to?  Yeah, I mean, we see who we eat it. That's just how we roll. So, and cake seems to make my man happy. He's inspired. That's good, that's good. Being inspired is good. We can probably, I think we can learn skills faster when we are inspired. So, after we pound this cake, let's pound some like pushups or something. Let's see what we can do, right? Isn't there an option to just do them like on the floor? More choices, jogging, choices. No, what if I just go here and then I tell myself to do pushups? It's weird that I can't seem to figure out how to do pushups. Oh, I wonder if I need like more space. I mean, that guy did it right there in the bathroom. And I know I did sit-ups once here. Let's throw away, let's clean up a little bit. Let's be a decent human being for crying out loud. This place is a pigsty. I wonder oftentimes how gross dorms are, because when I've gotten to take tours of dorms at universities, they're not usually gross. They're usually pretty clean. And it makes me think that like, maybe they only show me the good ones, you know? Cause I definitely haven't seen all of the dorms at all of the universities that I've been to. Many of them were closed off for security reasons, but then there's also part of me that things like, hmm, maybe they just don't want me to see what's really going on, you know? And I wouldn't blame them. All right, you can stop crying now. You can quit it. We need to be productive and like functional members of society. So knock it off. All right, let's go, let's go outside. Jog, let's go, we're jogging. We're working on your fitness, buddy. We need to, we've got to level up that fitness if we want to get good grades in these courses and also to shave some of the fat off of you.  Where do you think you're going? What are you, what are you planning? Browsing books? No, we're not reading right now. We're working out, dude. We're going jogging. Go jogging, let's go. That's what I'm talking about, man. He's sad jogging, but now he's inspired jogging. I like it. That's what we want. We want to see some inspired jogging. Where'd he go? Oh, he's going over here. He's running all over the place. Getting a good workout. That's what we'd like to see. Morales want me to hang out, maybe we will. We got to be responsible people, Morales. I know you're trying to distract me from my goals, my missions in life. Can't be having this. Okay, I'm sorry. My social bar is full, I'm good. All right, where are you at? Still jogging, still jogging. Good, good, good. I want to see that fitness level get up there. We're at three, so that's good. If we could get to four, I think that would be awesome. And let's see, we got class at 3 p.m. Oh man, he's tired now. He's tired, he says that's enough. All right, okay. He just went in there to get water. Oh, he's going up here to get water. Okay, we're back home. All right, cool. That's fine. Oh, hey, Mariela. What's up?  It's nice to do that. Nice to go be positive to people.  While it gets, you know. Oh, can we pack up into a sack lunch? Maybe that could be good, too. So, yeah, Mariela just hanging out here with her cool shades for winter after it. Oh, Mariela has ever had, well, she spent time in Germany, so she would have known about winter. I assume she spent those times in Germany when winter was a thing. Because it's always one of my dreams is like to take Peruvians who've never been in the cold and just see them in the cold. Like I got to do that with one of my friends once and it's just one of the most delightful experiences that you could possibly ever have. Because it's like, you get to see somebody experience a phenomenon that for me is completely normal. It's just like cold is something you get used to and you deal with. And then for like other people, it's just a revolution. They've never seen anything like it in their lives. And I always find that really entertaining. All right, my man's in class, we're being good. We're doing a good job. I think we're gonna be okay. Yeah, go to class, baby, go to class. Yeah, all right, he's off to class, we're good. Okay, so homework, yeah, homework is a daily thing so I don't necessarily have to keep doing it but it definitely helps the grades. Once we get out of this class, we're gonna wanna check on gigs again because every day of those change. And if I could just score a gig that's like audition in the evenings and like maybe a Saturday or something that would be perfect. Perfect, this is what I'm talking about. This right here, this is exactly what we need. Okay, so Friday night audition, no problem. Sunday gig, perfect. This right here is gonna help pay for college. Let's take it, let's do it. All right, 7 p.m. Friday, that's tomorrow. Beautiful, that's exactly what we're talking about. That's what we need. All right, so my man needs some fun in his life. He's also kind of hungry. Give me a couple of, man, how are you still hungry?   Like, no worries there. All right, well, man, where'd he go? Oh, he's right there. So you're hanging out with this stranger. I haven't even said hi to this person before. How you doing? I'm eating food. What's this like a really, really old guy? Oh, wait, he's a young adult? That's a young adult? Are you kidding me? That's like Japanese guys. Looks like he's 70 years old already. That's really weird. Not sure what to make of that. I kind of don't really know what the deal is there. Like maybe he just has a weird disorder where he ages really, really fast. I don't know. Okay, he wants to dance to the stereo music. Let's do it. Yeah, go dance to the music. He needs some fun in his life. And I think that's, I don't know if that gives you any exercise points, but I would feel like it should. I mean, I feel like you should get something for dancing. My man wants to take a bath. There was no bath taken in this place. Brother, come on, you know this. Become energized is something he wants to do too. What else can we do? Yeah, there's no option to just like do the sit-ups or anything. Like I don't know why that is. I wonder if I have to be in the spot first. I could do it before, that's what I don't get. All right, he's uncomfortable. Go ahead and watch some TV.  He's a little, oh wait, hang on.   Boy, this place gets nasty. It really does. All right, let's just watch some TV for a little bit, you know, relax a little bit. I think that's what my man needs. He needs a little bit of R and R. He's on probation, you know, it's stressful. So then we got the double morning shift and then the audition at night. So yeah, we're gonna do good. I think it's gonna be a good Friday. We're gonna make some good progress towards graduation here. So if this is to be believed, then that would be Friday, Saturday, Sunday. So Monday, Tuesday would be my finals. That makes sense. Like I would have final exams for all my courses and that makes sense. I think I would have passing grades then. All right, your fun meter is maxed out because we have a really nice TV here, that's great. Let's get you to the potty. And then what if we do a little like email professors of some of these courses? Let's see what professors have to say. Let's like check in and be a responsible student. You know, it's a good idea to ask your professors what they think about your work. You know, it's not a bad idea. So I would suggest falling a bit behind, okay, strong final paper. All right, he's saying it's not great, but you know, let's see what the other one has to say. All right, this one says, same deal, same deal, same deal. They're all basically saying I'm a little bit behind the average, which is, man. All right, everybody says you really need to buckle down salvaging for handiness. I did your homework salvaging for handiness and I have a pretty good handiness skill. So I'm not sure what your problem is, but okay. Let's go to bed. Yeah, let's call it a night. All right, all my teachers are hating. None of them, none of them like me. My teacher hates me.  Most of them don't really have strong feelings about you in most cases. So never take it personal, just as what it is. All right, so let's see. Gonna energize up. We gotta be at class by 9.30, so we wanna get moving kinda early today. We'll call it, yeah, right now I think it's good. Let's just move. All right, no fresh food, no problem. All right, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.  Don't eat the bad food, okay?  Don't be like that, all right?  We gotta stay healthy, all right? So other people might eat the dirty food that's stinky and everything. That's fine for them if they wanna do that. But we're not gonna do that. All right, you can go repair that.  Maybe raise that level up one for class. That would be good. Yes, let's go. That's what I'm talking about. All right, so we got until 9.30. Hopefully somebody just makes magic food appear. Again, I don't know where they bring it from. I don't know how it gets here, but when they do bring food, it's like the best thing ever. Somebody just slept on the couch last night. It's one of those days. Give yourself a pep talk, brother.  Yeah, get hype, get hype. Let's go, good day today. All right, good day today. I believe. All right, so he's gonna go do some homework for unsecuring, secure locations. I would actually have said maybe the other one, but that's all right. We'll take it, you know? That's good, that's good. That'll also, there we go, level up. All right, two levels up, I think is a good deal. I like how I'm just in this room while she's sleeping and I'm just like, yeah, let's study in your room. It's not like I have my own place that I could be. This person's just like, hey, hey, how you doing? I see you studying, can I bother you? All right, yeah, we're gonna go to class early. My man's gonna be so hungry. Oh, and then there's the burger cake. Not that burger cake is really a good option for anyone to eat. I don't know, man, my man's so early for class, he's just standing out here in the dark, just doing his homework. You gotta respect it. All right, all right, it's gonna be a good Friday. I believe, I believe we're gonna get good marks in school. All right, New Year's Eve is tomorrow, so that's cool too. Yeah, we'll party, well, maybe we'll party. We'll see how the party goes, because I gotta be in class Sunday, or in my gig Sunday, if all goes well. All right, cool, so good job. Now you gotta go to the other class, dude. Where are you going? Get to class, brother. All right, use that class, good. So, we'll come out of here, we'll go get lunch. Again, somehow I magically replenished my food bar. I still don't know how that's work, and it seems like it just does that during class. Like, and then I come out and I'm like hungry again. So I don't know what the deal is, but okay. All right, let's see where my boy's at. Whoa, whoa, whoa, where are you running off to? Taunt about university superiority, yeah, do that. That sounds funny. Yeah, ha, ha, ha. Like, what's up? Ha, ha, so my university's the best, exactly. All right, jogging, go move your butt. We're chunky, we gotta do something about it. It's just like what happens to me when I'm in the United States for like more than a few days. Start gaining weight like crazy. Just too much good food over there. I think the other thing is like, when you're surrounded by good food, you just wanna eat it all. Like, I don't know, I have a self-control problem where I will just keep eating, and I need to stop doing that, but that's just part of my deal. It's kinda how I roll. Okay, so we gotta be at the gig at seven. I think that means a good time to spend some time in the commons. We'll get some free food, we'll get some bathroom, we'll get some like maybe some comedy or some logic or something. We'll see what we can work on here, and then hopefully we'll get my gig and get, you know, do good with the gig. That would be nice. So, let's see here. Yeah, let's use the pate. Get my man in the banyo. Why didn't you not use the banyo? What is going on? Who is this person that keeps bothering us? Who is she? Luna Virral. Okay, I mean, that's cool and everything, but like, I don't know who you are and why you keep following me. It's kind of weird. Like, not sure I trust, you know, it's a little strange. All right, order food. Let's get a, let's get a ramen. That sounds good, man. Ramen sounds awesome. I miss Shimae.  Sucks. I mean, I probably could ask them like nicely to just send it in a rapi or something, but man, I miss my ramen. I used to get those all the time. It's big. That's a pretty legit looking ramen actually right there. You know, it's like, I think that might be a show you. Brown broth, I always forget which ones are which. I'm not good at Japanese. So, you know, you got to deal with me. Speaking of Japanese, we got a video coming out soon about how to study in Japan. That's going to be cool. I put in a few clips of my trip to Japan and like a few little pictures and stuff, some funny moments that I saw over there that I wanted to put into the video. And it got me thinking about how it would be fun to like make some more videos where I go to the country too and not just, you know, like not just talk about it, but actually live it. That would be pretty sweet. So that's an option too. I'm thinking about doing that for some countries. Maybe, maybe Qatar, you know? I mean, there's going to be some big event happening down there. It might be kind of cool to go see that. I don't know. We'll find out. I've heard that they're not going to let people in during the World Cup unless they have tickets to a game because they want to make sure that just like other tourists are not flooding the area. So that's an issue, but I might go earlier and then it wouldn't be sure. I don't know. I'll just see. Okay. So we'll be able to go there in about an hour. That's good. Oh man, he's doing good here. He's feeling all right. Send a happy text. You know what, send a happy text. So send a happy text to Pili. Say hi to Pili. Hold on, Pili's doing right now. Gonna give her a happy, happy text. All right. Me, me, me, me, me, sending happy texts now. I'm bored. I didn't mean like, hey, that was a clue to hang out. I was just saying like, you know, happy texts. You know what I mean? Oh yo, you get the homework questions? Yo, you know, you know what's up? I guess not, never mind. Yeah. You want to go to the talent showcase? I got work, I got a job. All right. I got to go to my audition. Let's see here. Drinking my water, chatting with Caleb. I can tell this guy an unbelievable story. Although, let's see. Whoa, whoa, whoa, where did that guy, did he just like jet pack out of here? That dude just disappeared. That's weird. I have never seen that before. I remember I wanted to do some homework, I respect. But we got to make sure that we get to this. And I think, yeah, I think it was like right at seven with these gigs that they would just say like, hey, go. Yeah. Okay, go to audition. There we go. So we'll go to the audition. Hopefully get the gig. Whoa, am I going with this guy to the audition? What's going on? I don't remember doing this before. This is weird. Ask it to do this. What is going on? What is happening? Okay. Apparently, apparently I just had to, okay, that was interesting. It just warped me immediately to Friday night. I haven't seen it do that before. All right, so for the gig, I guess like the median pay is this, this particular gig was like not the best paying gig. But I think if I develop these skills and work on my playful emotion, I'm not sure how to do that, then I'll probably get, you know, some gig points here. So let's see what we can do that would be playful. And let's see, what can I do to kind of like research the playful emotion? How do we do that? Let's see. Maybe there's an option in here. Maybe there's like some, you know, things I can look up on the internet. I don't know. There's all these other things I can research, but none of them are like the playful emotion. Kind of makes you wonder, I'm very sad. Why am I so sad from whispering? Oh, a shared secret. I heard something, I heard some gossip. I heard some like shady stuff. And it must have been bad to really bum me out. Cause like, I don't know, if I heard a really sad secret that somebody else told me, I wouldn't be like all bummed out about it. Just be like, well, whatever. I mean, that's kind of like your problem is not mine, dude. So, is there anything else I can do that like, let's see. I'm just curious if there's anything else I can do with this playful emotion. This just seems kind of weird. Like, I don't know how to do research on an emotion, that's just kind of a weird thought to me. So tomorrow we don't have anything to do, the gig is on Sunday and we're doing good. There's three days left. So that means we should be going to the weekend. Is there like a bookshelf in here with like more information? It's probably not, no. Doesn't seem to be. No bookshelf in the entire dorm, that's unfortunate. What else we got? Let's see. Again, maybe there's something else I can like search up here or look for here. I don't know. University, I can do, oh wait, term paper. Okay, hang on a second. I don't think I realized this. The term paper is something I got to work on. So maybe before I didn't do that and that's part of the reason why I'm in trouble here. So maybe that's the issue. Maybe I need to work on that term paper before that class is over. So let's see how that goes. Let's see, oh hey, what's up? The, oh wait, Dijie, okay, wait, the mystery is solved. So this old dude that is actually a young adult that is now sitting in the same, there is all sorts of craziness going on here, but two people are sitting in the exact same location. One of them is the mascot person who's actually a new Japanese man. Even though he's not old, he says he's a young adult. Marielle's blowing me up all day. It's like, I gotta do my term paper. You know, you gotta understand. I got things to do, Marielle. I gotta finish this term paper this weekend. I'm trying to be a responsible individual. Nobody wants to help me be responsible. You know, it's a lot of bad influences out there. A lot of people just trying to kind of like, you know, make life difficult for you. No thanks, Marielle. Just like, my man's so sad. His term paper's gonna be so depressing. Make the escape. It'll just be like how you don't escape and how everything's miserable. Okay, so they do recommend I practice a little bit. I think it's a good idea to go to sleep though and we'll boost everything up for Saturday. Let's, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. All right, let's stop right in the term paper while man can get some rest. All right, so if I can finish that term paper maybe, I'm thinking that might've been the problem because now that I'm looking at this, the term paper courses wouldn't have had a final exam day. And I think I had two of those. And so maybe that's how I screwed up and failed two courses. Now that we know this, now that we've learned this, I think we'll be able to be in better shape. All right, it's New Year's Eve. Man, what time tomorrow do I gotta be at my thing? 9 a.m. on a Sunday after New Year's Eve? Who calls for an addition on a Sunday? Like, who in their right mind would do that? But it's gonna be a party night, that's for sure. Yeah, I think we're gonna just, you know, keep sleeping. Let's go, keep the clock rolling, baby. Let's do a save too. It's been a while. I don't trust this game after that crash. All right, there is stanky roast chicken and stanky something else. None of those are gonna help us out here. All right, so let's go in here and practice your acting. Let's practice a little bit for this gig that we got. All right, and then let's do, yeah, a little bit of practice, never hurt nobody. The playful emotion. I wonder what else I can do for that. So I know this one once, comedy skill, and my comedy skill's pretty freaking solid. Am I funny, dude? I'm not too worried about that. Let's see. So let's go for bathroom. Get cleaned up a little bit here. You can just, people doing push-ups right here. All right, shower time. There's a broken faucet and we'll go fix it because we're cool like that. As soon as some good food gets in the house, we'll eat it. All right, we need to, let's see. He wants to travel to the museum. I don't know that that's gonna help us right now because we got a term paper to write. Let's see, is there anything I can do that would be playful, that would be like funny without being a total douche? Let's see, what are my other choices? I wanna do funny things, like playful things, right? That seems like a, no, I don't wanna complain about the professor. He might hear about that, you know? We don't wanna be like messing up. Let's see, tell a funny story. Knock, knock, joke. Let's do a knock, knock, joke. Let's see how that goes. Let's try a knock, knock, joke. Yeah, she liked our joke, good. All right, repair that. You're smart, you can do it. I like that taking a shower can lead you to be inspired. I mean, there's a whole section I'm ready called shower thoughts. That's an accurate thing. There's also, oh, here we go. Here we go. My Rico, bring in the food, let's go. Telling you, my Rico's always making sure we're all well-fed around here. Broken shower, I'ma fix it because I'm a boss, I can do it. Oh, she's in there already. She's got this, she's got this under control. Good stuff. All right, what else can we do here? What else we got? Let's just take a peek here. I wanna maximize my time here today. Socialize, troll the forums, that's fun. Comedy, short routine, write jokes. Actually, that's not a bad idea. I could write some jokes a little bit. Let's see how that goes. Cause I do wanna, it says it's good for me to develop my skill, perform interactions. Okay, get into a playful emotion, perform interactions that increase your comedy skill. Okay, so interactions, not necessarily this. Okay, I think I see where this could be like, oh well, no, okay, nevermind, it did develop my comedy skill. So, this says, perform funny actions in a playful emotion. So, how do I get playful emotion in the first place? That's kind of the big question. What do I gotta do to become playful? I think I gotta just be kind of silly and goofy and do things that, you know. But at least I leveled up one of those things, so that's good. Oh, okay, research playful emotion by myself. Ah, there we go.   That's good, that's good. I think we're doing good, I think we're doing good. Eva Capricciosa, clever name. I see what you did there. Okay, he wants to play in a puddle. Yeah, go play in the garbage, go ahead baby, go play in it. Have fun, I like it. Watch comedy on TV, let's do it. Watch the, watch comedy, let's go.  You know, I like this idea where we're researching the playful emotion, doing fun things, play a social prank. Who can we prank right now? She's just sleeping, that'd be funny. Um, let's see. We could do Mischief, what's the prank options? Impishly Pester. Yeah, I think that's funny. Let's do that. And then we'll work on the term paper and then we'll be good to go. All right, cool. I've done all the things that I need to do. Somebody's using my freaking computer right now.  So, yeah, what can we do? Okay, that computer's free now. Let's go. All right, so university coursework, term paper. Continue writing term paper, let's go. Yeah, we gotta stop talking to people and get our term paper on, let's go. We're gonna work on this paper, we're gonna get it done so that we don't fail this course again. I think that's the detail that I was missing, because then if the dates are right, there will be a final exam for two of these courses and I will have good grades in those. Okay, I finished a draft of the paper, that's good. That's exactly what we needed. Perfect, love it. Gail Badora. All right, let's social prank, pick a prank from the mischief category. Okay, that's what it wants me to do. I realize there's a lot more instruction if I, you know, pay attention. I like this person, she's cool. Actually, let's toast to New Year's Eve for this one because I like this one. Who's this person? Paloma, yeah. She was in the outfit mascot outfit a while ago. She's a cool person, you know?  I don't know what this drink is, but I'm drinking it. New Year's Eve toast in, let's go. Yeah, we seem like we could be pretty good bros, you know me and Paloma. So, not to be confused with the Paloma of score. She's really cool too. I'm gonna see her on Friday. Got work to do, got business to conduct. So, all right, we got a draft of a term paper. That's gonna be good enough, I think. Now, let's see what else we could be doing here that would be smart. So, let's scroll some web forums, watch TV, just chat with somebody. Chat with somebody, yeah, there you go. Just get that, that's easy money. Okay, so I've got the gig in the morning. I've got the final exams, homework. I think we're good on these, I really do. I think we're good on these. This one, as long as I got this term paper, let me see, do I need to submit that term paper? Um, okay, let's edit the term paper, you know. One kiss at the romance festival. Whoa, that sounds a little too steamy. I don't know about this Mortimer.  I'm gonna edit that term paper a little bit, just a little bit. We'll see if we can't get that term paper in a better condition before we, so we do have to also submit the term papers up. Now I'm learning, I'm learning how college works. Apparently, sometimes you just have assignments that you gotta do and you don't get the luxury of like, you know, wow, look at all these actions that I gotta do. All right, so, where that drink is already rotten? Oh no, wait, that's the food that was sitting there. Okay, yeah, our man is just focused. He's locked in. He's getting his term paper to people partying. I like it. All right, we'll see. How much more do I have to do with this term paper? It'd be nice if it was like a little bit more of a progress bar on the term paper. I like how it's like working a dream progress bar. I don't really understand what's going on here. Okay, I think that we can still wait for to work on this. Let's uh, let's take a break. All right, all right, all right. Paper's looking good. Perfect, that's all we wanna see. All right, banjo, good stuff. All right, let's submit that term paper. Yeah, karaoke right now? Yeah, you know what? I like it, let's go. Let's go to the karaoke bar. It's been a while since I've done karaoke. I will say it's one of the things that I probably should have done in Japan that I didn't do, but to be honest, it was like one of those weird things where I had no social guidance and chose to sort of just sit that one out because for me karaoke is very group activity. Like I wanna do karaoke when I'm around some other fun people, you know, and I wanna have a good time. So that's kind of like my approach to karaoke. I don't see myself as like a wanna just go randomly by myself to do karaoke with a random key. Like that's not really my style. So you said seeing at the karaoke bar is what we're doing here. Okay, that's what this place is. I got you. Yeah, okay. I see what it is. Cool, well then let's go to one of these rooms and like sing a solo. Now you know what, let's sing a duet, a country song with Mariale. Let's go. Well, I was playing Sims 4 on my PC. And this song just occurred to me. Let's talk about pickup trucks and fields of wheat.  Evening, at the country, no land's land. Do what I want. No government can tell me what to do or take my guns away, this country song.  I did a song at the karaoke bar. It doesn't seem to have registered that as a task for one hour. All right, fine. Let's pick like a, yeah this is my New Year's Eve right here. This is how we're spending it baby. I don't know if that duet or what. It should be New Year's Eve already by the way. I don't really see a whole lot of New Year's Eve celebration there. Yeah. Oh, it's like, ah, okay. Let's order beverages. Let's see, four. Actually, you know what? We could just, well, I don't have a ton of money. I can't be, I almost ordered drinks for the whole group because that's the thing I will do from time to time in my life. Just realized that's not a smart idea when I'm broke. So I like how water's free, that's very nice. A sparkling water though. Let's be a little bit fancy, you know? Okay, we're gonna have to, I like how I'm giving myself a pep talk in this giant wall length mirror. I am gonna have to get out of here soon because I gotta get up early in the morning, man. I can't be like completely, yeah, my sparkling water. I'm trying to stay clean. All right. Shoot, my Zardash shoot me quick. Shoot. All right, let's go, yeah, we're gonna get out of here because I gots to get some sleep and I gots to be ready to go for my audition. Well, my actual acting gig, because I got the gig. You don't have to come out of here, I'm just going. Thanks for inviting me to carry a good bar for New Year's Eve. I appreciate it. Very friendly of you. Let's see. All right, that's food that I can eat now. So let's eat that food before it's gone because in the morning, there probably won't be food. So, Lila is like, I guess, I don't know. We're not getting along very well. Wonder if she's from another university. All right, bro, you need to get to bed. Let's go. You're wasting precious time here, let's go. All right. So what time do we gotta be at the thing here at 9 a.m.? All right, that's good. We're gonna be fine. We're gonna just get up, go to the bathroom and be good to go, I believe. Let's go. Anytime now, game, you wanna move a little faster? I feel like sometimes the game is thinking about what it wants to do and it's not sure how to speed things up. It does when everybody's sleeping, but like, you know, there's that, like right now, it's like four in the morning. I know it's New Year's, so I get that like people be up and at it and busy, but like, yep, come on, yep, wait. There we go. That's what I'm talking about. All right, okay.  Bathroom, straight away. And then we'll go to our gig when the time is right, I believe. I think we got this today. I wanna take a good shower, you know, steamy. Let's make it a steamy shower. You know, that's a, actually no, I take that back. All right, it's too late now. Four, three, two, one. We're gonna try to be really good and on time for all this. All right, now you just go do your thing, brother. I got you. All right, I believe.  Since we checked off all the boxes, I believe we're gonna get some actual money that we can use to pay for university this time around. That would be awesome. Let's hope our system flagged you as a starving actor. Two gigs so that you don't starve. That is basically where we're at here. Boy, this is an all day affair, huh? All right, well we get 150, I got the minimum, how? Bro, like, how is this happening to me? I feel like this is ridiculous. Like, I did great work and I prepared and I did all the things they wanted me to do. And like, nothing, unbelievable. All right, let's submit that term paper. We gotta do that. We gotta submit it so that we don't have to think about that no more. Okay, so that's done. Cool, homework on that one is complete too. Tomorrow we're gonna go in and take care of business. I feel pretty good about it. I think we're gonna be okay. Let's clean up a little bit because this place is gross. I said, go clean up. What are you waiting for? Oh, she's on it?  Can I help you fix your bad relationship with this person? Whoa, that sounds like the kind of thing I definitely don't wanna do. I do not wanna get into like, you know, bad stuff. No thanks. So, let's do a little fashion joke. She's just like, is she trying to serenade me right now? Like, I mean, cause like hearts are coming out of this guitar. Like she's blasting me with the energy of positivity and love. It's a little weird. I'm gonna lie. It's a little weird. So, I'm listening though. All right, thanks, I guess. It's kind of strange what you did there. All right, let's throw that away. And let's throw that away. Let's clean this place up a little bit. It's kind of bugging me. And I think that's about where we're gonna call it cause I've got places to be in a little bit. So, I think that's okay. You know, we've done, we've had a pretty good day. Yeah, let's do a proper shower cause we really haven't had one in a while. Yeah, I'm not coming over my daily. I got a crash soon. I've been up all day to make 150 bucks. I got completely screwed by these gigs. These gigs are like, just not, not good enough. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You don't, you don't get to do that. You gotta go do what I tell you to do, brother. We got things to take care of.  Go to the bathroom. And we're gonna go to sleep. All right, okay. Yeah, I think we're ready. So, I think that's where we're gonna call it for tonight cause I got to get to a meeting in a little bit and it's been a pleasure. But my guy, I think we're gonna pass this semester. I think we're gonna do okay on this term and survive and not be like in a horrible state like we have been, I believe now. So, we'll find out hopefully next week. So thank you guys for hanging out and enjoying the stream. And I will see you next week.


Hey, it's Clay Shurkey. I teach theory and practice of social media at NYU and I've written a couple of books on the subject. Here comes everybody in Cognitive Surplus. At EDUCAUSE, I'm going to be talking about the way that the internet transforms the academic conversation. It's not just that digital data changes the way we store and retrieve data. Having a medium that's global, social, ubiquitous, and cheap actually changes the way academics can propose questions, recruit collaborators, make progress, publish the results, get arguments going, and out of all of that, propose new questions. At EDUCAUSE, I'll be talking about several of these radical experiments in academic conversation about what makes them work and about how they might be made to work at your institution. See you there.


C'est pour moi un grand honneur de vous accueillir aujourd'hui au Parlement européen et de vous souhaiter la bienvenue au nom des représentants directement élus de 10 nations démocratiques d'Europe. En choisissant notre assemblée pour vous adresser aux peuples européens, vous marquez votre confiance dans le succès de la construction communautaire ou nos efforts, témoigne de la volonté de surmonter les rivalités du passé et en lui donnant les moyens de tenir sa place dans le monde. Le président de la grande démocratie américaine qui a contribué de façon décisive, qui a contribué contre les nations. 40 ans auparavant aujourd'hui, les armes étaient restées et la paix a commencé, une paix qui a devenu la plus longue de ce siècle. En ce jour, 40 ans auparavant, ils se sont emmenés dans les boulevards de Paris, ralentés dans les arctes de Triomphe et les sangues des Marseillais. Ils se sont emmenés dans l'air ouvert et libre. Et maintenant, ce jour, 40 ans auparavant, Winston Churchill a emmené dans une baleconnaie en Whitehall et a dit aux peuples du Britain, « C'est votre victoire. » Et la paix a emmené dans un moment unforgettable de l'amour et de l'ingratitude. Non, c'est votre. Les Londoners ont tourné les cartons de la Blackout de leurs windows, ont mis les lignes sur les belles symboles de l'histoire anglais et pour la première fois en près de six ans, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace et St. Paul's Cathedral étaient illuminés contre le ciel. Across the ocean, a half a million New Yorkers flooded Times Square and laughed and posed for the cameras. In Washington, our new president, Harry Truman, called reporters into his office and said, « The flags of freedom fly all over Europe. » On that day 40 years ago, I was at my post at an Army Air Corps installation in Culver City, California. Passing a radio, I heard the words, « Ladies and gentlemen, the war in Europe is over. » I felt a chill as if a gust of cold wind had just swept past and even though for America there was still a war on the Pacific front, I realized I would never forget that moment. Ce jour n'a pas l'air d'être émotionnel. Pour cela, nous ressentons la longue bouche d'alimentation. Nous sommes rappelés d'une paix de joie et d'une paix de paix. Il y a quelques semaines, en Californie, un ancien soldat, avec des oeuvres dans ses yeux, a dit qu'il était un monde différent. C'est presque impossible de le décrire à quelqu'un qui n'est pas là. Mais quand ils finissent les lignes sur les villes, c'était comme être réborné. Si c'est difficile de communiquer le bonheur de ces jours-là, c'est même plus difficile de communiquer à ceux qui n'auraient pas regardé le depth de l'agony de l'Europe. Il y a tellement de lignes et de ruines. Les villes ont été détruites, les enfants ont joué dans le ruban et ont été portés pour la nourriture. Et par ce jour, 40 ans plus tard, il y a eu 40 millions de lignes et les survivants ont composé des victimes continentales. Et à ce jour-là, nous nous inquièterons comment ça s'est passé, comment la civilisation a-t-elle fait un tour terrible? Après toutes les livres et les documentaires, après toutes les histoires et les études, nous nous inquièterons encore. Comment? Hannah Arendt a parlé de la banalité de l'église. La banalité des petits hommes qui ont fait les erreurs terrible. Nous savons qu'ils étaient totalitariens qui ont utilisé le pays qui s'est élevé au niveau de Dieu pour confier la guerre sur les nations et la genocide sur les peuples innocents. Nous savons l'existence de l'église dans l'esprit humain. Et nous savons que dans la Germany cette église a été institutionnalisée par la puissance et la direction pour le pays et ceux qui ont fait leur bide. Nous savons aussi que les taux d'église qui ont utilisé les totalitariens n'ont pas été élevé par la guerre. En fait, ils n'ont pas été élevé par la guerre. En fait, ils l'ont garantie. La guerre. Il y a des lessons pour être appréciées et ne pas être oubliées. Mais il y a des lessons, d'une autre chose que nous avons vu c'est peut-être que nous pouvons le dire le communisme de la vie le commun des hommes et des femmes qui n'ont pas été élevé par les taux d'église les personnes qui ont été élevé par les taux d'église qui ont été élevé par la résistance et qui n'ont pas été élevé par les taux d'église les personnes qui ont eu l'héritage qui ont eu l'héritage et qui ont sauvé les Jews un homme The people who became for a moment the repositories of all the courage of the west from a child named Anne Frank to a hero named Raoul Wallenberg these names shine they give a heart forever the glow of their memories lit Europe in her darkest days qui peut oublier les difficultés après la guerre ? On ne peut pas l'aider et penser, la vie était tellement vive. Il y avait le sens de cause, la joie de l'effort de partage, et après, l'impossible joie de notre triomphe. Ce sont les jours où l'ouest s'est arrêté à ses couches et a réparé les défis qui ont été faits, les jours où l'Europe s'est arrêtée en glorie des ruines. Les anciens ennemis étaient reconcilés avec la famille européenne, ensemble, l'Amérique et l'Europe européenne ont créé, et ont mis en place le plan margeant pour rébuilder les rubriques. Et ensemble, nous avons créé une alliance de l'Atlantique qui a procédé, pas par l'intérêt de l'Etat, mais par les ideals qui ont été réparés. Nous avons créé l'Atlantique du Nord, l'organisation du traité, un partenariat qui a pu voir que la sorte d'attirance de l'Europe européenne n'aurait jamais été tournée à nouveau. NATO était un triomphe d'organisation et d'effort, mais c'était aussi quelque chose de très nouveau, très différent. Mais NATO a dérivé sa force directement de la valeur morale des gens que l'on représente, de leurs propres ideals, de leur âme de liberté et de leur commitment à la paix. Mais peut-être que le grand triomphe de tout n'est pas dans le règle d'une défense d'un son ou d'un achievement matériel. Mais le grand triomphe après la guerre est que, en spite de tout le chaos, la pauvreté, la malheur et la misfortune qui a plongé à ce continent, les gens de l'Europe européenne résistent de l'inquiétude et de la lourde de leurs idéologies séductives. Les nations n'ont pas été les sondages pour de nouvelles philosophies extrêmes. Vous résistez à la tentation totalitaire. Les gens vous ont embrassé la démocratie, le rêve que les fascistes ne pourraient pas tuer. Ils ont choisi la liberté. Et aujourd'hui, nous déceivons les leaders qui l'ont fait, les churches et les monnaies, Ednauer et Schumann, Degasbury et Spock, Trumann et Marshall. Et nous déceivons aussi les partis politiques qui ont contribué à leur part de la grandeur, les libéraux et les démocrates chrétiens, les démocrates sociaux, les libéraux et les conservatifs. En ensemble, ils ont étudier la même or et la grande et la moitié de l'Europe. Si il n'y a aucun doute de leur succès, laissez-les regarder à vous. Dans cet endroit, ce sont ceux qui l'ont fait sur les autres côtés 40 ans auparavant et leurs enfants et filles. Maintenant, vous travaillez ensemble pour l'aide d'Europe démocratiquement. Vous avez arrêté l'animosity et l'hatrede dans le ruban. Il n'y a pas de plus grand testament à la réconciliation et à l'unité paixante de l'Europe que les hommes et les femmes dans cette chambre. Dans les décennies après la guerre, l'Europe connaissait la grande grossesse et la puissance, l'aménage et la vitalité de toute l'arrière de la vie, d'une fin de l'art, de la fashion, d'une manufacturing, de la science, de l'art de l'idée, l'Europe était robuste et élive et n'importe ce n'était pas un accident. C'était le résultat naturel de la liberté, le fruit naturel de l'idea démocratique. Nous, en Amérique, nous avons regardé l'Europe et nous avons appelé à elle ce qu'elle était, un miracle économique. Et nous pouvons quasiment être surpris. Quand nous Américains pensent sur notre héritage européen, nous tendons à penser de vos influences culturelles et de la riche héritage ethnique que nous avons donné. Mais la révolution industrielle qui a transformé l'économie américaine est venu de l'Europe. Les lignes intellectuelles de notre système démocratique, Locque, Montesquieu, et Adam Smith sont venus de l'Europe. Et les geniuses qui s'assurent dans l'âge technologique moderne de l'industrie sont venus de, je pense que vous le savez, mais deux exemples seront suffisants. Alexander Graham Bell, qui a des grandes inventions, ou une invention qui mérite chaque parent américain qui est un enfant qui s'insiste sur son téléphone européen plutôt que l'économie. Et il était un Scotsman. Et Guglielmo Marconi, qui a inventé le radio. Il s'agit d'apporter une vie pour un jeune homme de Dixon, Illinois, qui a ensuite went into politics. Je pense que je dois expliquer que c'est moi qui mérite Marconi. Et Marconi, comme vous le savez, était born in Italy. tomorrow, we'll mark the 35th anniversary of the Schumann plan which led to the European coal and steel community, the first block in the creation of a united Europe. The purpose was to tie French and German and European industrial productions so tightly together that war between them becomes not merely unthinkable but materially impossible. Those are the words of Robert Schumann. The coal and steel community was the child of his genius. And if we here today were today, I believe he would see if he were here today, I believe that he would say we have only just begun. I am here to, I'm here to tell you that America remains as she was 40 years ago dedicated to the unity of Europe. We continue to see a strong and unified Europe not as a rival but as an even stronger partner. Indeed, John F. Kennedy in his ringing declaration of interdependence in the freedom bell city of Philadelphia 23 years ago explicitly made this objective a key tenet of post-war American policy. That policy saw the new world and the old as twin pillars of a larger democratic community. We Americans we Americans still see European unity as a vital force in that historic process. We favor the expansion of the European community. We welcome the entrance of Spain and Portugal into that community for their presence makes for a stronger Europe and a stronger Europe is a stronger West. Yet despite Europe's economic miracle which brought so much prosperity to so many despite the visionary ideas of the European leaders despite the enlargement of democracy's frontiers within the European community itself I'm told that a more doubting mood is upon Europe today. I hear words like Euro pessimism and Euro paralysis. I'm told that Europe seems to have lost that sense of confidence that dominated that post-war era. Well, if there is something of a lost quality these days is it connected to the fact that some in the past few years have begun to question the ideals and philosophies that have guided the West for centuries that some have even come to question the moral and intellectual worth of the West. I wish to speak in part to that questioning today and there is no better place to do it than Strasbourg where Goethe has studied where Pasteur taught where Hugo knew inspiration. This has been a lucky city for questioning and finding valid answers. It is also a city for which some of us feel a very sweet affection. You know that our Statue of Liberty was a gift from France and its sculptor, Auguste Batholdi was a son of France. I don't know if you've ever studied the face of the statue but immigrants entering New York Harbor used to strain to see it as if it would tell them something about their new world. It's a strong kind face. It is the face of Batholdi's mother, a woman of Alsace and so among the many things we Americans thank you for we thank you for her. The Statue of Liberty made in Europe, erected in America helps remind us not only of past ties but present realities. It is to those realities we must look in order to dispel whatever doubts may exist about the course of history and the place of free men and women within it. We live in a complexe dangerous divided world yet a world which can provide all of the good things we require spiritual and material. If we but have the confidence and courage to face history's challenge. We in the West have much to be thankful for. Peace, prosperity and freedom. If we're to preserve these for our children and for theirs, today's leaders must demonstrate the same resolve and sense of vision which inspired Churchill, Adonauer, DeGasbury and Schumann. Their challenge was to rebuild a democratic Europe under the shadow of Soviet power. Our task, in some ways even more daunting, is to keep the peace with an ever more powerful Soviet Union. To introduce greater stability in our relationship with it and to live together in a world in which our values can prosper. The leaders and people of post-war Europe had learned the lessons of their history from the failures of their predecessors. The leaders and people of post-war Europe had learned from predecessors. They learned that aggression feeds on appeasement and that weakness itself can be provocative. We, for our part, can learn from the success of our predecessors. We know that both conflict and aggression can be deterred. The democratic nations are capable of the resolve, the sacrifices and the consistency of policy needed to sustain such deterrence. De la création de NATO en 1949, au début de l'année 1970, l'agression soviétaire était effectivement détournée. La puissance de l'économie et la vitalité de nos sociétés, la compétition de notre diplôme ont tous contribué à la puissance soviétaire. Mais certainement, le facteur décisif doit être la puissance contrevêlante. Finalement, la puissance militaire et, avant tout, la puissance nucléaire dont le monde était capable d'attendre dans la défense de ses intérêts. C'était dans les années 1970 que les États-Unis ont perdu cette superiority sur la Union soviétaire dans les armes nucléaires stratégiques qui ont caractérisé l'État post-war. Dans l'Europe, l'effet de cette loss n'était pas rapidement perceptible. Mais globalement, le conduct soviétaire a changé marquant et dangereux. En Angola, en 1975, puis, quand les États-Unis ont disparu dans l'Éthiopie, dans le Sainte-Yemine, dans la Campochille, et finalement, dans l'Afghanistan, la Union soviétaire a commencé d'attendre plus de risques et d'expander l'influence, d'expander l'influence dans l'indirect et direct application de la puissance militaire. Aujourd'hui, nous voyons des efforts soviétaires pour profiter et stimuler les conflits régionales dans l'Amérique centrale. Ils n'ont pas été là. Je l'ai. La l'impactuelle responsable de l'aventurisme soviétaire de l'année 1970 a eu beaucoup de risques. Ce n'est pas la crise de la confiance de la politique américaine qui a été frappée par l'expérience vietnamienne. Mais juste comme la décision de la décision soviétaire dans l'époque post-war a pris place contre un background de l'expérience américaine de l'Amérique soviétaire de la décision de l'année 1970 a été pris en Mosco comme en Washington et throughout Europe contre un background de l'expérience soviétaire et de l'expérience supérieure de l'expérience supérieure de l'Amérique soviétaire de l'Amérique One might draw the conclusion from these events that the West should reassert that nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union upon which our security and our strategy rested through the post-war era. That is not my view. We cannot and should not seek to build our peace and freedom perpetually upon the basis of expanding nuclear arsenals. In the short run we have no alternative but to compete with the Soviet Union in this field not in the pursuit of superiority but merely of balance. It is thus essential that the United States maintain a modern and survivable nuclear capability in each leg of the strategic triad sea, land et air base. It is similarly important that France and Britain maintain and modernize their independent strategic capabilities. Now the Soviet Union however does not share our view of what constitutes a stable nuclear balance. It has chosen instead to build nuclear forces clearly designed to strike first and thus disarm their adversary. The Soviet Union is now moving toward deployment of new mobile mirved missiles which have these capabilities plus the potential to avoid detection, monitoring or arms control verification. In doing this the Soviet Union is undermining stability and the basis for mutual deterrence. One can imagine several possible responses to the continued Soviet buildup of nuclear forces. On the one hand we can ask the Soviet Union to reduce its offensive systems through equitable, verifiable arms control measures. We are pressing that case in Geneva. Thus far however we've heard nothing new from the other side. A second possibility would be for the west to step up our current modernization effort to keep up with constantly accelerating Soviet deployments not to regain superiority but merely to keep up with Soviet deployments. But is this really an acceptable alternative? Even if this course could be sustained by the west it would produce a less stable strategic balance than the one we have today. Must we accept an endless process of nuclear arms competition? I don't think so. We need a better guarantee of peace than that. And fortunately there is a third possibility. It is to offset the continued Soviet offensive buildup in destabilizing weapons by developing defenses against these weapons. In 1983 I launched a new research program, the Strategic Defense Initiative. The state of modern technology may soon make possible for the first time the ability to use non nuclear systems to defeat ballistic missiles. The Soviets themselves a long recognized the value of defensive systems and have invested heavily in them. Indeed they have spent as much on defensive systems as they have on offensive systems for more than 20 years. Now this research program will take time. As we proceed with it we will remain within existing treaty constraints. We will also consult in the closest possible fashion with our allies. And when the time for decisions on the possible production and deployment of such systems comes we must and will discuss and negotiate these issues with the Soviet Union. Both for the short and the long term I'm confident the West can maintain effective military deterrence but surely we can aspire to more than maintaining a state of highly armed truce in international politics. During the 1970s we went to great lengths to restrain unilaterally our strategic weapons programs out of the conviction that the Soviet Union would adhere to certain rules in its conduct rules such as neither side seeking to gain unilateral advantage at the expense of the other. Those efforts of the early 1970s resulted in some improvements in Europe the Berlin Quadripartite Agreement being the best example but the hopes for a broader and lasting moderation of the east-west competition founded in Angola Ethiopia Afghanistan and Nicaragua. The question before us today is whether we have learned Soviet Union based upon effective deterrence and the reduction of tensions. I believe we can. I believe we've learned that fruitful cooperation with the Soviet Union must be accompanied by successful competition in areas particularly third world areas where the Soviets are not yet prepared to act with restraint. You know, I've learned something useful. Maybe if I talk long enough in my own Congress some of those will walk out but let me talk about the reflections which have molded our policy toward the Soviet Union. That policy embodies the following basic elements. While we maintain deterrence to preserve the peace the United States will make steady sustained effort to reduce tensions and solve problems in its relations with the Soviet Union. The United States is prepared to conclude fair, equitable, verifiable agreements for arms reduction above all with regard to offensive nuclear weapons. The United States will insist upon compliance with past agreements both for their own sake and to strengthen confidence in the possibility of future accords. The United States seeks no unilateral advantages and, of course, can accept none on the Soviet side. The United States will proceed in full consultation with its allies recognizing that our fates are intertwined and we must act in unity. The United States does not seek to undermine or change the Soviet system nor to impinge upon the security of the Soviet Union. At the same time we will resist attempts by the Soviet Union to use or threaten force against others or to impose its system on others by force. Ultimately, I hope the leaders of the Soviet Union will come to understand that they have nothing to gain from attempts to achieve military superiority or to spread their dominance by force but have much to gain from joining the west in mutual arms reduction and expanding cooperation. I have directed the Secretary of State to engage with the Soviet Union on an extended agenda of problem solving. Yet, even as we embark upon new efforts to sustain a productive dialogue with the Soviet Union, we are reminded of the obstacles posed by our so fundamentally different concepts of humanity, of human rights, of the value of human life. The murder of Major Nicholson by a Soviet soldier in East Germany and the Soviet Union's refusal to accept responsibility for this act is only the latest reminder. If we are to succeed in reducing east-west tensions, we must find means to ensure against the arbitrary use of lethal force in the future, whether against individuals like Major Nicholson or against groups such as the passengers on a jumbo jet. It is for that reason that I would like to outline for you today what I believe would be a useful way to proceed. I propose that the United States and the Soviet Union take four practical steps. First, that our two countries make a regular practice of exchanging military observers at military exercises and locations. We now follow this practice with many other nations to the equal benefit of all parties. Second, as I believe it is desirable for the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union to meet and tackle problems, I am also convinced that the military leaders of our nations could benefit from more contact. I therefore propose that we institute regular, high-level contacts between Soviet and American military leaders to develop better understanding and to prevent potential tragedies from occurring. Third, I urge that the conference on disarmament in Europe act promptly and agree on the concrete confidence-building measures proposed by the NATO countries. The United States is prepared to discuss the Soviet proposal on non-use of force in the context of Soviet agreement to concrete confidence-building measures. Fourth, I believe a permanent military-to-military communications link could serve a useful purpose in this important area of our relationship. It could be the channel for exchanging notifications and other information regarding routine military activities, thereby reducing the chances of misunderstanding and misinterpretation. And over time, it might evolve into a risk-reduction mechanism for rapid communication and exchange of data in times of crisis. These proposals are not cure-alls for our current problems. They will not compensate for the deaths which have occurred. But as terrible as past events have been, it would be more tragic if we were to make no attempt to prevent even larger tragedies from occurring through lack of contact and communication. We in the West have much to do and we must do it together. We must remain unified in the face of attempts to divide us and strong in spite of attempts to weaken us. And we must remember that our unity and strength are not a mere impulse like-minded allies, but the natural result of our shared love for liberty. Surely we have no illusions that convergence of the communist system and the free societies of the West is likely. We're in for an extended period of competition of ideas. It is up to us in the West to answer whether or not we will make available the resources, ideas and assistance necessary to compete with the Soviet Union in the third world. We have much in our favor, not least the experience of those states which have tried Marxism and are looking for an alternative. We do not aspire to impose our system on anyone, nor do we have pat answers for all the world's ills, but our ideals of freedom and democracy is there an echo in here? Our ideals of freedom and democracy and our economic systems have proven their ability to meet the needs of our people. Our adversaries can offer their people only economic stagnation and the corrupt hand of a state and party bureaucracy which ultimately satisfy neither material nor spiritual needs. I want to reaffirm to the people of Europe the constancy of the American purpose. We were at your side through two great wars. We have been at your side through 40 years of a sometimes painful peace. We are at your side today because like you, we have not veered from the ideals of the West, the ideals of freedom, liberty and peace. Let no one, no one doubt our purpose. The United States has committed not only to the security of Europe, we are committed to the recreation of a larger and more genuinely European Europe. The United States has committed not only to a partnership with Europe. The United States has committed to an end to the artificial division of Europe. We do not deny any nation's legitimate interest in security. We share the basic aspirations of all of the peoples of Europe, freedom, prosperity and peace. But when families are divided and people are not allowed to maintain normal human and cultural context this creates international tension. Only in a system in which all feel secure and sovereign can there be a lasting and secure peace. For this reason we will support and will encourage movement toward the social, humanitarian and democratic ideals shared in Europe. The issue is not one of state boundaries but of ensuring the right of all nations to conduct their affairs as their peoples desire. The problem of a divided Europe like others must be solved by peaceful means. Let us rededicate ourselves to the full implementation of the Helsinki Final Act in all its aspects. As we seek to encourage democracy we must remember that each country must struggle for democracy within its own culture. Emerging democracies have special problems and require special help. Those nations whose democratic institutions are newly emerged and whose confidence in the process is not yet deeply rooted need our help. They should have an established community of their peers. Other democratic countries to whom they can turn for support are just advice. In my address to the British parliament in 1982 I spoke of the need for democratic governments to spread the message of democracy throughout the world. I expressed my support for the Council of Europe's effort to bring together delegates from many nations for this purpose. I am encouraged by the product of that conference, the Strasbourg Initiative. We in our country have launched a major effort to strengthen and promote democratic ideals and institutions. Following a pattern first started in the Federal Republic of Germany the United States Congress approved the national endowment for democracy. This organization subsequently established institutes of labor, business and political parties et programmes of cooperation with democratic forces around the world. I hope other democracies will join in this effort and contribute their wisdom and talents to this cause. Here in Western Europe you have created a multinational democratic community in which there is a free flow of people of information, of goods and of culture. West Europeans move frequently and freely in all directions sharing and partaking of each other's ideas and culture. It is my hope that in the 21st century which is only 15 years away all Europeans from Moscow to Lisbon will be able to travel without a passport and the free flow of people and ideas will include the other half of Europe. It is my fervent wish that in the next century there will be one free Europe. I do not believe those who say the people of Europe today are paralyzed and pessimistic and I would say to those who think this Europe, beloved Europe you are greater than you know you are the treasury of centuries of western thought and western culture you are the father of western ideals and the mother of western faith Europe you have been the power and the glory of the west you are a moral success in the horrors after world war 2 you rejected totalitarianism you rejected the lure of the new superman and a new communist man you proved that you were and are a moral triumph you in the west are a Europe without illusions a Europe firmly grounded in the ideals and traditions that made her greatness a Europe unbound and unfettered by a bankrupt ideology you are today a new Europe on the brink of a new century a democratic community with much to be proud of we have much to do the work ahead is not unlike the building of a great cathedral the work is slow, complicated and painstaking it's passed on with pride from generation to generation but of ordinary people the cathedral evolves as it is created with each generation adding its own vision but the initial ideal remains constant and the faith that drives the vision persists the results may be slow to see but our children and their children will trace in the air the emerging arches and spires and know the faith and dedication and love that produced them Europe is the cathedral and it is illuminated still and if you doubt your will and your spirit and your strength to stand for something think of those people 40 years ago who wept in the rutble who laughed in the streets who paraded across Europe who cheered Churchill with love and devotion who sang the Marseillais down the boulevards spirit like that does not disappear it cannot perish it will not go there is too much left unsung within it I would like to just conclude with one line if I could and say we've seen evidence here of your faith in democracy in the ability of some to speak up freely as they prefer to speak and yet I can't help but remind all of us that some who take advantage of that right of democracy seem unaware that if the government that they would advocate became reality no one would have that freedom to speak up thank you thank you all for your graciousness on this great day thank you and God bless you all présentons je vous dis merci monsieur le Président


Thank you Madam Speaker. I was delighted to participate in a number of events, to celebrate Black History Month and pay tribute to the contribution of the black community in Canada, and to applaud their impressive achievements. This year's team was called Black Excellence, a heritage to celebrate a future to build. We are proud of the black community and their essential role in raising Canada's global stature to such high standards. The impact of Canada's black community in education, medicine, art, culture, public service, economic, development, politics, human rights, and so many other fields are too immense to mention it. Their sacrifices made Canada a beacon of democracy and human rights, and paved the way for other persecuted people from all over the world to find refuge in Canada and get a new lease on life. We are grateful for your inspiring vision and influence. In addition to joining my Scarborough colleagues and organizing our own celebration in Scarborough, I attended the Plumbers and Pipe Featers Union and International Union of Painters and Allied Traders celebrations at Queens Park. I also attended events at the Taibu Community Health Centre, Tropicana Community Services, and Afro Global Television. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. Thank you very much, Speaker. Under this Conservative government, Ontario's justice system is in shambles. Everywhere access to justice is denied routinely. Ontario courts rank dead last in case backlogs and wait times nationwide. The Conservatives play politics with justice, appointing unqualified cronies, including a gun lobbyist to select their next round of judges. The lays and denials of justice ruin lives. Criminals walk free and the innocents suffer behind bars. This isn't just about funding, it's about setting priorities. The government's budget ignores the crisis in our courts. This government releases budget two days ago. I scoured the budget. I was looking for funding in our courts, and it was not there. Not once did it mention bail, pre-detention, or court backlogs. It's easy for Ontario survivors to give up when their own government has given up on them. Today in the Chamber sits two extraordinary women, Kate Alexander and Emily Agar, who have individually endured violent crimes against them, only to have their cases tossed out because of court delays. Devastated, they watch their queues walk free and back into the community. Kate and Emily are here to demand tangible solutions, starting with the budget, not hollow assurances from the Premier and the Attorney General. We must thank Kate and Emily for their incredible strength for coming here today and for sharing their painful stories yet once again in hopes that this government will actually come up with the solutions and fix our broken courts. Speaker, the number one issue that I hear from the resident of Mrs. Saga Malton is affordability. With increase in inflation, mortgage interest rate, economic uncertainty, it is resulting in stress to the residents. And then on April 1st, the upcoming 23 percent increase in the carbon tax by the federal Liberals intensifies this burden, creating a vicious cycle of rising costs that affects every aspect of daily life. Increased gas prices lead to higher costs for everything, from groceries to borrowing, resulting in inflation, that further strains household budgets. While Ontario is diligently working towards 20-30 greenhouse gas reduction targets with emissions already above 26.1 percent declining since 2005, initiatives like Green Steel Projects exemplify our commitment to sustainable practices. This project alone will mitigate millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, equivalent to removing almost over 1 million cars from the roads. Therefore, Speaker, it is imperative that all MPPs send a clear message to their MPs, asking them to stand with their residents and less prioritize affordability and sustainability without further burdening hardworking families. Tell federal government to consider its approach and scrap the burdensome carbon tax now. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much. Member Statements. The Member for Glendale Bay, Superior North. Universities and colleges are incredibly important institutions. They are primary sites of research, and they are where the young, and not so young, go to learn critical thinking and specific subject and occupational knowledge. Tragically, post-secondary education in Ontario has been underfunded for the last 20 years at 43 percent less than the national average. Even with the injection of $1.3 billion divided over three years amongst our 60 public post-secondary institutions, Ontario will still be dead last. To be clear, no one wants to see tuition increased. Domestic tuition is far too high and making up the difference by charging international students exorbitant fees has been, frankly, shameful. Far too many students domestic and international have to take on part-time jobs just to survive when they should be able to focus their time and energy on learning. On the faculty side, class sizes keep going up as do the number of faculty on short-term low-wage contracts who do not have the time to support students outside the classroom. Students and faculty are being squeezed on all sides and the effects are showing up in mental health crises. The Ford Conservatives are undermining all our futures. Research cannot flourish and students cannot reach their full potential when our colleges and universities are collapsing. We can and must do better. Understatements, the member for Hastings, Lennox and Addington. Thank you and good morning, Speaker. Speaker, a few weeks ago I had the chance to attend a funding announcement at Bancroft Fitness. This $71,700 capital grant from the Minister of Tourism, Tourism Culture and Sport through the Trillium Fund allowed them to upgrade their HVAC system to ensure a safe exercise environment and allow more comfortable exercise temperatures for their brand new hydrotherapy pool. Bancroft Fitness is a unique environment. It operates as a not-for-profit small-town style gym. Residents of Bancroft and the surrounding area can join the gym for a minimal membership fee, which includes typical group classes like yoga, meditation, high and low impact fitness and more. But, Speaker, what's truly unique about this facility is the connection between health and fitness. Championed by Dr. Carolyn Brown over 20 years ago, she had a patient that was suffering from soft tissue pain after a car accident, and she realized that she couldn't use medicine to help that patient, so she partnered with a kinesiologist, Angela Carrera, to create a new fitness center. Bancroft Fitness promotes healthy fitness habits for individuals of all needs and all activity levels in direct partnership with the Bancroft Community Family Health Team. This is the first fitness facility in Ontario that partners directly with an Ontario Family Health Team. They provide programs like cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, but they provide exercise, education and counseling. This is a health care innovation, so I want to express my congratulations to Bancroft Fitness on the improvements to your facility and my thanks to the Ministry of the Ontario Trillion Fund for their support. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you very much. Member Statements, a member for Parkdale High Park. I rise today with great concern over the inaction and provincial defunding of urgently needed supervised consumption services in Ontario. This will result in increased overdose deaths, undue burden on emergency response services, and will deny the rights of access to essential health care interventions and wraparound supports for people dealing with addiction. In 2018, when this Conservative government came to power, they arbitrarily kept funding to only 21 sites. Six years later, despite overwhelming need and local support, only 17 sites have been approved and funded. Now even these handful of sites are under imminent threat of closure due to lack of funding. Communities across this province are declaring states of emergencies over this crisis. Sites are operating through the sacrifices of burnt out frontline workers, keeping doors open through piecemeal donations. This is for basic life-saving services and estimated 3,644 drug-related deaths just last year in Ontario, and over 20,000 deaths under this government's watch. The Conservative government is literally abandoning the most vulnerable and marginalised people in our province. The overdose crisis is impacting many in my community of Parkdale High Park and people across Toronto. But you know what, Speaker? It's worse in northern Ontario, in southwestern Ontario. It's smaller cities that are hardest hit by this crisis. Many communities that Conservative MPPs represent. These are preventable deaths. The government must stop ignoring this crisis. It's not going to go away unless you do something about it. Thank you. Thank you very much. Members' statements. The member for Bruce Gray onside. Thank you, Speaker. Colleagues, I want to update you this morning on the ongoing exciting developments in the world of medical isotopes. As members know, for over half a century, Canada has been a world leader in the development, production and use of life-saving medical isotopes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer while also tackling some of the greatest health sciences challenges, including equipment and PPE sterilisation, fighting the Zika virus and pharmaceutical advancements. In 2023, the Canadian Nuclear Isotopes Council launched Isotopes for Hope, Canadian leadership now more than ever, with the goal of doubling Canadian production of isotopes by 2030. The world needs more Canada is core to the CNIC's message as they have unique capabilities, people and infrastructure for our Canadian isotope ecosystem. They recently launched the first Isotopes for Hope podcast series to share perspectives from Canadians who are inspiring leaders, turning this vision into a reality and delivering important progress to people around the world who are counting on Canada as a global isotope superpower. Last week, this important message was brought directly to Queen's Park at an excellent medical isotopes reception. Members from Kitchener, South Hezbollah and Miss Saga Centre have been very active in this exciting work and we're there to share their message. This ongoing work is absolutely excellent for Ontario and we look forward to ongoing leadership and collaboration right here in Ontario to promote medical isotopes. Thank you Speaker. Member Statements, the Member for Canada, Carleton. Thank you Speaker. Based on the overwhelming scientific consensus and lived experience, I know that climate change is real and I believe it is our responsibility to act, otherwise it will be our children and our grandchildren who will be dealing with disaster after disaster. Speaker, it is a shame to see another budget that does nothing about the climate. This government loves to point fingers but refuses to lift a finger to do something themselves. The only climate measure they've taken, the cancelling of cap and trade, has been a disaster. It cost the government three billion dollars in penalties and it shifted the cost of carbon from corporate polluters to the people of Ontario and extra three hundred dollars a year. This government doesn't care about the climate and they don't care about affordability. What will it take to have this government take the threat to the health, safety and security of Ontarians seriously? This recent budget has done nothing to help Ontario families with the mounting crises in affordability, health care, housing or the climate. This government does nothing but point fingers, write letters and blame others so they can continue to reward wealthy connected corporate insiders at the expense of everyone else. Thank you very much. Member statements. The member for Oakville. Thank you very much speaker. April 1st as we all know is April Fool's Day but you do know what is not funny? On April 1st the residents of Oakville along with the rest of the province will wake up to life being more expensive and more unaffordable. Shame. My constituents in Oakville have reached out to me concerned with the rising cost of living especially the rising federal carbon tax. Just last week I had residents come up to me at a local grocery store and mention how much the carbon tax hurts them. They are feeling the extra costs for basic activities such as driving their kids to soccer practice. At the Oakville Meals on Wheels grant recognition program event I was at a week ago residents were really appreciative of the funding they received but very upset and worried by the rising tax hike coming on April 1st. For those volunteers the hike for gas makes each delivery to vulnerable people that much more expensive. I am proud that our government under the leadership of our finance minister and Premier Ford are supporting families and businesses by proposing to extend the gas and fuel tax cuts until December 31st 2024. We know every dollar helps and this gas tax is another way to help keep the costs for Ontarians down. But that's not all. Renewal on license plate renewal fees and stickers that save vehicle owners 3.3 billion and we launched the one fair program which will save commuters in Oakville $1,600 per year. As April 1st is around the corner we continue to call on the federal government to scrap the tax. Thank you. Member statements the member for Windsor to come see. Thank you speaker and I was truly proud to see that Windsor and to come see were once again front and center in our government's affordably focused budget. As this house is aware in 2017 the then Liberal government announced planning funding for a new regional acute care hospital would be stopped in its tracks with the 2018 budget so the contrast couldn't be clear. Premier Ford committed to seeing the Windsor Essex regional acute care hospital and this budget sets out the hospital procurement for 2025. This budget also builds a new Banwell ECO interchange right at the boundary of Windsor and to come see a project that's successive governments of all stripes outright ignored for 40 years until this government. This budget also develops the future lows on Parkway 401 interchange supports thousands of new jobs at Nextar and Bobeek invest in local broadband gross access to primary health care and long-term care and says yes to our new local schools including the Beacon Heights public school and Eastview Horizon public school. These investments make our region stronger than ever and I want to say thank you to Premier Ford and the Ontario government for doing the heavy lifting for Windsor Essex that just never happened under any p representation and Liberal governments and I encourage all of my Windsor colleagues to support these great investments in the budget. Thank you very much that concludes our member's statements for this morning.