Have you watched the Netflix show You? Two characters, one with a crush that very quickly becomes an obsession. In this story, the other partner is completely unaware they're being obsessed over. Sometimes these obsessive scenarios can seem like they'd never happen to us, but only in movies. But obsessive partners are a very real thing. Some people may even suffer from a disorder called obsessive love disorder, in which the person may feel an overwhelming sense that they must be around someone and protect them, despite rejection. So what if you feel someone is obsessed with you? How can you tell? Here are six signs someone is secretly obsessed with you. Number one, they know things about you, things you've never told them. So, a random classmate of yours decides to sit next to you in class. No problem, always up for making new friends. But then, when you start talking, you notice they seem to know a lot about you. Like, too much.  No. Whether you're just an acquaintance or someone, or whether you're in a relationship, you should know a pretty equal amount about each other. Yes, there is a time in a relationship where you get to know each other, and different traits and hobbies may be revealed. But if you notice they seem to know everything about you and you know hardly anything, then that could be a red flag. Number two, you feel they're in love with the idea of you rather than your true self. You're in a relationship, and things appear to be going fine on the outside. But you can't shake this feeling that they're in love with the idea of you and not the real you. For one, you may hardly know each other on a personal level, yet they're already saying they love you. While every circumstance is different, you notice when it comes to yours, they talk about their idea of you, and it's not really who you are. They may start correcting little things about you to fit the narrative of who they want you to be in their mind. If they've given you presence, they have nothing to do with your interests or personality. If you notice they also associate you with certain qualities you obviously don't have, then they may just be in love with the idea of you. Number three, they're often jealous. Is your partner jealous? What about that classmate that always feels the need to interrupt any conversations you have with someone else? Extreme jealousy can be a sign someone may be obsessed with you. It's normal for some people to get jealous from time to time, but if they're jealous by nearly any interaction you have with someone else, that's a red flag to be aware of. Number four, they won't stop repeatedly texting you despite you saying you're not interested or that you're busy. Do you receive frequent unwanted texts from that person you rejected eight months ago? What about unannounced phone calls in the late hours of the night? If someone is not respecting your boundaries and can't take no for an answer, this is not only a sign they may be obsessed with you, but this is a serious concern. It may be best to distance yourself from this person. If they really won't give up after your rejections and are violating your privacy, you should report them to the authorities. If you feel you are in danger, you should not hesitate to call the police right away. Number five, they give you no time alone. They're always around you and you rarely have any alone time. Got an invite to a party with your friends? They invite themselves or randomly show up when you've told them not to. When someone is obsessed with someone, they can't stand to be apart from them. They'll always inquire where you are, demanding to know your exact location.  Number six, they invade your privacy and cross boundaries. Does your partner cross personal boundaries? Do they demand to know your phone password? Do they browse through your private pictures or texts? As mentioned before, obsessive partners may become jealous very easily. They may be suspicious about where you've been and who you've seen, so they invade your personal texts to investigate. Healthy relationships have boundaries and respect. Just because you have boundaries does not mean you're being secretive. So next time they try to make you feel guilty insisting you're hiding something when you're not, remind yourself that trust is one of the most important things to have in a relationship. And if the trust isn't there and they have several of these signs, it may be time to say goodbye to your obsessive partner. So, did you recognize any of these signs? Sometimes we cannot be aware of these red flags when we think we're in a loving relationship. If you think you're in an abusive relationship, there are resources available and help is out there. 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Welcome to the Jewish Roots Project on WikiTree for WikiTree Day 2023. The Jewish Roots Project is over 100 members strong. It includes both Jewish and non-Jewish members alike who enjoy the added genealogical challenges of working on Jewish profiles. So what is the mission of this project? Our mission is to improve all profiles of ancestors with Jewish roots, which may include biography building, sourcing, and making connections. To collect in one place information and resources to assist in building and documenting Jewish genealogies. To bring together WikiTreeers interested in connecting Jewish families to the WikiTree Global Family Tree. To maintain a logical and organized structure to help individuals identify their ancestors and celebrate their history. This last one we're going to touch on a little bit later in the program because we want to make sure that we have full resources to our members so they can find sources and meaningful biographies. If you scroll down to see the box lined in green, this will tell you how you can get in touch with us as well as how you can join the project. So answer our G2G welcome post to join the project. And once you click on that link, it will bring you to G2G. Our only requirement is that you have signed the Honor Code with WikiTree. As you scroll down, you'll notice there's answer this post button in green. Click on this button and tell us that you would like to join the project and we'll get in touch with you. Once you join the project, you'll receive this project badge for Jewish roots. We have a lot of work that we're working on and including our notables, adding more resources to our research resources information. We want to have global resources for our members and anybody in WikiTree or outside WikiTree to come to so they have one place to find the information. Create new location categories in towns where Jews traditionally lived. Create a list of historical programs and other deterrents for Jews, for example, international laws relating to persecution. Make new categories when it's appropriate for the profile. In cemetery work, we'd like to make a record of places of burial for each person who is in our family tree on WikiTree. And if the headstone contains Hebrew writing, we would like it to be translated. And if you do have a photograph of a tombstone and you believe that it is Hebrew writing, keep that in mind. We're going to discuss how we can help translate that. So all are welcome. As you go through the profiles, we do ask that you add the Jewish roots category where it's appropriate by adding the sticker. The sticker always goes just below the biography header. If you have a profile that you believe needs to be managed by the project, then just reach out to us and let us know. And we will look at the profile and determine whether it needs to be managed by us or if it just needs the Jewish roots sticker. Let's talk a little bit about the resources. So for resources, we'd like to collect every resource that you would need to complete a Jewish roots profile. That includes finding the resources for conventional records such as the birth, the death, immigration records, for example, in the United States, census records. And I'm just going to scroll down so you can see some of the different types of resources that we offer. This is a list that we'll always look at to find details, but also we could add more resources to this page as we find them. After we get the conventional records, we can use some of these resources to go a little bit deeper and get oral histories. Maybe local Jewish genealogical societies have information. We could list those here so you can contact them for more details about a family, a location, or a person. And as I scroll down, you'll see that we have links for several different countries. Not everything is online, so we do mention if it's not. There's some reading. There's some books that are not online as well. And also as I scroll down, you'll notice the Holocaust is listed. We do have a Holocaust project on WikiTree that is in companion with this, and we invite you to join the Holocaust project as well. Now, we do have some challenges when it comes to Jewish names and searching for these sources. This is just a really quick reference of given names. I'm going to scroll down so you can see our table. It's not comprehensive, but it does give you a lot of names that are typically found. We can always add more names as we come across them. If you notice the table at the top will give you the columns and what we're looking at. So let's take something like Abraham. So Abraham that we might know in English would have a different name as a Hebrew name translated. Now for Hebrew, it would be spelled this way. You also have Yiddish variants. Now when you come over to the United States, the name might change completely. So what you might be looking for in a census would be Abraham. It could be Albert, for example. I'm just going to scroll down the list to give you an idea of some of the different variations of names that you might not be familiar with. And one of the ones that I really want to point out is down towards the bottom of the list. So for Judah, you might look in a census or you might look in any type of source repository for this name. So it could be spelled in these three different ways. And that's okay. You might be able to find that information in the source, but it could also be spelled a completely different way than you expect. So it could be Louis, Leo, Leon or Julius. And if you were just looking for Judah in a census, you might miss this person and think, well, there's Julius, but that can't be the same person or there's Leo or Leon. And this table just kind of lets you see the different variations of names that you can find. A good example would be Mark Cuban. So shorting the name and anglicizing it. And Cuban was a name that was originally Kibitzky. Another good example of a Jewish notable is Scott Turo. And the original family name was Turovesky. So we do have a little bit of challenges. We're looking through the names to see how they were spelled previously and then now how some families have shortened their names. And this is a really good example of his dad. And how we make sure that we put both variations so they can be found in search and no duplicates are created. As we move along talking about resources, this particular page just lists resources that you can access, databases and different types of groups. I wanted to point out that the meaning of tombstones is also a really good resource that we have. Once you click on that link, it'll take you to another page outside of WikiTree. But it's a really good blog entry that kind of explains what you might be seeing with photos on tombstones. If you're somebody who goes to a cemetery and documents the cemetery, photographs, surveys it, you might see symbols like this and you're thinking, I don't know what this is. If you're seeing this type of symbol, chances are you're looking at someone who is of the Jewish faith and look into detail that you see. So if you take a photograph at a distance to get the entire tombstone, try and make sure that you also get a little bit closer so you can get all this wonderful detail and the next photos really show the detail. So for this particular one, it also has Hebrew writing. And look at the detail of the bookshelf, the book. If you do not know Hebrew and cannot translate this, the Jewish Roots project can help you out with that. So as we come over to the categories and the maintenance categories, these are very similar to what other projects have on WikiTree. For example, if you see the unsourced Jewish Roots unsourced, it means there's no sources. We need to add sources to this particular profile. If you see needs more records, that means there might be a source, for example, of birth but we need more records and more sources to complete the entire profile. If you see needs profiles created, that means that we need to add more family members. We already know there's more family members to add, but for some reason the person who created the profile did not have the time to add those family members. And then here's this, these gravestone transcriptions. So if you do come up and find a tombstone that has in Hebrew and you need it transcribed, feel free to put this category on it. You do not need to be a member of the Jewish Roots project to use this category. I know that a lot of our members do survey and photograph large cemeteries at a time and they might not be part of this particular project, but they can still use this category as they create the profile and add the tombstone picture to it. This just lets us know that there are some gravestones that we need to come in and transcribe and when we see them, we'll go in, transcribe them and put that information on the profile. So these are just a few ways that you can help our project out. Again, you do not need to be Jewish or have Jewish roots to join us. You just need to want to help the project out. And like the work of a little bit more challenge, we do also have a THON team. So if you have done a Connect-a-THON or Source-a-THON, we have a new THON team that you can also help out with. Team Locayim, you do not need to be a member of the Jewish Roots project to be on our THON team. So next time that you see the Connect-a-THON or Source-a-THON, think about joining us. We're a brand new team and we are still building as we go and adding more profiles with the Connect-a-THON and sourcing more profiles with the Source-a-THON. And Locayim means to life. So it can be said during a toast or heard when watching, Fiddler on the Roof. So I invite you to join our project. Just come down to our main page, click on the G2G post and we will be in contact with you. Thanks for watching our program on our project and enjoy the rest of WikiTree Day 2023.


A magical nanny, enthusiastic chimney sweep, and a mischievous group of children are preparing to make their debut in Bemidji as the cast of Mary Poppins practices their lines before opening night. Mel Mayard gets a sneak peek behind the stage curtains for this week's In Focus. Sweeping the city off of its feet is a Bemidji community theater group. Mary Knox Johnson says she's been involved in numerous productions for the company. I think Mary Poppins is one of my favorites just because of the storyline and all the technical requirements that go with it. The company itself has been putting on performances since 1981, most recently making a home at the historic chief theater. The separate Paul Bunyan Playhouse group also performed in various venues until transforming the space in 1992 with the help of community members. Robert Saxon says this type of theater brings a special flavor and atmosphere to the city. I don't think people realize quite how lucky we are to have the great performers and the great artists on stage that we do. Knox Johnson says Bemidji has been very supportive of community theater and the unique opportunity it provides to area actors. It doesn't matter your experience or your ability that we can find a place for everyone to shine and to be successful in the show. Mary Anderson was a theater and opera major in college. While not working as a flight attendant, she fills her time by acting for the nonprofit. Everybody is doing it for purely altruistic reasons. It's because they love to be a part of an ensemble, to be up on the stage, to be making people feel good. She says she always takes away something meaningful from her parts and the younger actors learn valuable life lessons as well. And it just teaches them to be involved, it teaches them discipline, it teaches them music. Their passion and enthusiasm takes center stage through the classic story accompanied by beautiful music. It's an absolutely brilliant show and I hope that people come out and take a look. This production of Mary Poppins is also an interactive one with the second round of the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious spelling bee happening on November 8th. In Bemidji, I'm Mal Meyer, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


Celiac disease is a chronic autoimmune disorder caused by an immune reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and other grains. It is characterized by damage to the small intestine resulting in malabsorption of nutrients and a wide range of symptoms. Genetic factors play a role in determining who will develop the disease, but environmental triggers are also believed to be involved. Diagnosis is typically confirmed through a combination of blood tests and biopsy of the small intestine. Treatment involves a lifelong gluten-free diet which has been shown to improve quality of life and reduce symptoms. However, some individuals may not respond to the diet and further research is needed to identify alternative treatments. This article was authored by Giacomo Cairo, Mbato Volta, Anna Sapwan and others.


What do you do when an access token is expired? You could have user login again or you could use a refresh token. When a user is successfully authenticated using token-based authentication and access token and an ID token are issued to the application. The ID token contains user information and the access token is used to make authenticated calls to an API. For security purposes, the access token should have a short lifespan. Once the access token is expired, the user will no longer have access and would need to login again. That's not a good experience. The application can use a refresh token to make a request to get a new access token. And as long as the refresh token is valid and unexpired, it can keep making calls to get a new access token without ever involving the user. If you wanna learn more about refresh tokens and how to use them, check out the video in the comments. This has been Identity in a Minute.


This study found that five self-regulation behavior change techniques, BCSTs, were effective in reducing sugar-sweetened beverage, SSB, intake among socio-economically disadvantaged ethnic minority adolescents. These BCSTs include feedback, goal-setting, action-planning, self-monitoring, and problem-solving slash barrier identification. The authors concluded that these techniques could be used as part of a comprehensive intervention program to help reduce SSB consumption among this population. This article was authored by SS Shadwell, E. Gronstein, a shop at Mann, and others.


This is basically the story of the DLC Viderland and Viderland projects. There will be more, I mean, today talk about where we are, where we're going, and tomorrow there's a part session, so please, please come if you're interested. And the season is going to be my job, so whatever I might say is just my opinion. So first of all to me, I joined the project as a student 12 years ago. At the time the project was actually still based at the university where I went to be studying, so it was kind of easy. And then when I graduated three years later, then I just carried on, but as a hobby, I'm not free time. I enjoyed Nokia, it didn't pan out very well as most people would know. Nowadays I'm working for NVIDIA, so I'm still doing mobile development there, but nothing to do with videos. So this is where Viderland was started, so a campus at the French University. And the story is such that, well, in 1989 they wanted to bring a network, a computer network to the student dormitories because they didn't have anything there. I mean, the French community at NVIDIA is anyway. And they made a very bad choice, they decided to go for stock and rent. I don't think anybody remembers what that event is. So all those people might even, the name, do you even remember how the stock has looked like? But you still have them there. So in 1996 they found a way to write to ESAnet and to do that had to pitch the idea that they would be streaming video over the network. And that's how they got the record to give away the infrastructure. Obviously the rest of the students didn't have any money to actually pay for that. And that didn't really work because fast decision making is fast enough. Oh, I think it was 10 megabits at the time, for streaming video. So in 2002 they were running again, and this time doing a multicast. And again they got it for pretty steep discount, but for 100,000 in the world. So the VLC itself started in 1996. Basically the idea was to stream video, and initially it was to stream video on the network. But we only have the project history going back to 1998. I think because the original project was so badly written that it just started from scratch. It imported the new thing into CVS. Well, 17 years ago, so it still was a lot of time. And it went open source with the university's commission in 2000, before that it was a field source. Well, it presented so far very long. So that's when it started becoming more popular. In 2001 we had Windows support, I think. Basically people started contributing so much to the university from that date onward. In 2008 they were not really a student at the campus. We were interested in the project anymore, so we just created our own foundation. And we've been independent since then. So the foundation is made by the main developers and contributors. Our venues are mainly solely from donations, which means we don't actually have that much money. We don't have advertising revenue, we don't have much subsidies. So it's really just covering our own conference and then traveling infrastructure. They got right once, of course, like domain names, that kind of thing. Hardware for development and testing. Here we have our yearly meeting and these are a few of the work photos. So in 2004 we finally had stuff mostly working and since then we've been open source for three years. And that was reference slides at the time. So this is actually a slide that was made eight years ago. Trying to explain what the project was doing at the time. And it's still more or less what it is doing. So it does, for a year, they are initially only able to receive streaming from the network. But they are able to support for obviously local file playback, which is what most people are using nowadays. I think, I mean, VLC has become de facto the player that you saw anything and he didn't just place it. And I think most people are using, actually, very local files. But originally it was really meant to play a network stream. Live streams. But this is very old. So since then we have actually created a project and we've also discarded old ones. So as you can see this, sorry, this time we have a separate VLS and UD servers. They don't exist. VLC is doing everything nowadays. Both client and servers. We have a bunch of other tools that are mostly less known. Because they are not, mainly because they are not user and user applications. So of course, you probably don't get to use them so often. We have a lot of libraries. Again, this is not so popular so well known because these are not end-user-facing. They are extremely useful. And especially X264 is extremely popular with the same content industry. I mean, a lot of DVDs and Blu-rays are actually... That DVDs and Blu-rays would be included with X264. So TV channels might be included with X264. But of course, this is mostly professional. So you don't get to hear about it from the press so much. And those playbook libraries are actually included in VLC and in a bunch of other media players. But they are under the hood so you don't really see them. So the player is what we are most famous for. And that's focused... The VLC story itself is just a player. As I was saying earlier, we got the source code. And started in 1998. We had the first system working. A new version that could play a live video in 1999. And since we got the first source in 2000, people joined. And that's how we got the support, which is when the project started becoming more famous. Especially outside the university. And even outside France. Support for streaming outputs of actually sending stuff out of VLC, rather than just receiving and playing locally, came in 2003. And we reached our... We are kind of full-featured goal of version 1.0 in 2009, after we become already a separate foundation. And other two key milestones we've ever seen then. So we switched from our original GPL license to the lesser GPL license in 2011. That's because we realized that the market was such that we probably would get more interest from companies if we switched to slightly more liberal licenses. So the idea here is that we can now embed our medieval engine in your own application, even if it's not a GPL application. So it could be another open source license, so it could be proprietary. In 2012, we got version 2.0, and also the first release of the Android mobile UI, which is actually a separate code base with the same engine. So VLC is known for playing a lot of different files. We're running a highly versatile and portable, and we support weird OSes that nobody's using anymore. OS 2, I think it probably has one developer and two users. Originally, we only looked for the most of our users on Windows and iOS, desktop-side and iPhone and Android on the mobile side. And our motor is a two-musically-paying thing, except encrypted stuff. And I installed the codex, because I think there's about 200 codex and 100 file formats. I don't even know other than myself. And when we say VLC, I think VLC itself is only 300 lines of code, I think. So all of the logic is actually in our medieval engine library. VLC is a high-level play, pause, next-volume controller, it's only 6,000 lines. And then most of the logic is it's more dirty little details in the core library, which is about 6,000 lines of code. But all of the specific format, codex, source, like local files, disk, HTTP, all the protocols, all the video output, all the OS-specific outputs, all the audio and video features are in modules, which are then plugged in. It's kind of similar to GSTRIVER, if you're familiar with that one. We have a lot of different inputs and outputs. Obviously, we can play files, CDs, DVDs, more rates. We can play digital TV, if you have a TV stick. We can play the camera and the microphone, so that's not so useful for a media player. And at first, nowadays, a lot of streams are streamed via HTTP or they're right there with HTTP, like HLS. Or Adobe, or there's a lot of Dash. Quite a few different protocols that are HTTP-based. Five formats, I can look at and go through all of them if there's any specific question about how you can raise it. And that the flow is pretty typical of a media player, so we have the input, we've got access for some media secrets. Then we pass the file with an immersion, then we have the decoder's features and output. And I think that's pretty much what I have.


Welcome to the Hindu News Analysis by Shankar Iyer's Academy for the date 8th of July 2019. Displayed are the list of news articles taken up for today's analysis along with the page numbers of Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram editions. The handwritten notes in PDF format and the time-sumping of all the news articles taken up for today's analysis will be available in the description section and also in the comment section below for the benefit of the smartphone users. Let us see an open editorial that talks about the non-inclusion of crimes against humanity and then Geno said in Indian Laws. Now the analysis of this open editorial will be relevant in your problems preparation under Indian polity and governance. The analysis will also be relevant in your mains preparation, in your general studies paper too under international relations because the article assesses India's commitment to international rules-based order with respect to crimes against humanity and Geno said. Then this analysis will also be relevant under global groupings and agreements involving India and are affecting India's interest and also under important international institutions their structure and mandate. Now the author of this open editorial talks about a case law which is state versus Sajjan Kumar and others. This particular case is concerned with the mass killings of people who are following the Sikh religion during the anti-Sikh riots in the year 1984 in Delhi. So if you see between the 1st and 4th of November in the year 1984, more than 2,500 persons of Sikh community were killed in these anti-Sikh riots and these anti-Sikh riots also took place in several parts of the country. So the author has told that it has taken place in several parts of the country. Now while pronouncing this judgment in this case law, the judge of Delhi High Court has said that these kinds of mass crimes are engineered by the political actors along with the assistance of law enforcement agencies and these crimes fit into the crimes against humanity. Also the judges told that there is a lacuna or a gap in India's criminal law. Now this lacuna is the non-inclusion of crimes against humanity and genocide in the Indian criminal law and the judges told that this lacuna has to be addressed urgently. Also if you see there is a familiar pattern of mass killings like the ones seen in Mumbai in the year 1993, then the Gujarat riots in the year 2002, then the riots in Odisha in the year 2008, then the Musafarnagar riots which happened in Uttar Pradesh in the year 2013. And in all these riots there is a similar pattern, the criminals have enjoyed political patronage and they have managed to evade the prosecution, so they remain safe. Now we know that India claims that it respects a rule-based international order. Internationally if you see there are some international rules-based framework for crimes against humanity and genocide. So first the author talks about the International Criminal Court. This International Criminal Court deals with crimes against humanity and this works under the Rome Statute. So the Rome Statute established the International Criminal Court as a permanent institution. It was established on 1st of July 2002. Now if you see this International Criminal Court does not have retroactive jurisdiction which means it cannot conduct proceedings for crimes which were committed before its institutional date that is its formation date the 1st of July 2002. We also know that the seat of this International Criminal Court is in the Hague in the country of Netherlands. Now we know that there is also an International Court of Justice and this International Court of Justice is one of the 6 principal organs of the United Nations. But this International Court of Justice does not have the jurisdiction to try the individuals who are accused of war crimes or crimes against humanity. But the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern and it is complementary to the National Criminal Jurisdictions. So it is nothing but whatever the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court will be similar to that of the criminal jurisdiction that are in many of the countries. So this Rome Statute governs the functioning and jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. Now there is one article mentioned in this Rome Statute. It is the article number 7. Now this article 7 defines the crime against humanity. Crime against humanity means set of actions committed as part of widespread or systematic attack which is directed against any civilian population with the knowledge of the attack. Now these set of actions are murder, torture, enforced prostitution, enforced disappearance of persons etc. Know that India is not a state party to this Rome Statute. Also there are some other countries which are not a state party to this Rome Statute. They are United States of America, then China, North Korea, Pakistan and Israel. Also know that India is not a signatory to this Statute.  But once you ratify that particular Statute then automatically you become a state party to that Statute. Then after ratification the state parties have to enact separate legislation or law in order to deal with this crimes against humanity under this Rome Statute. But we saw that India is neither a signatory to this Statute nor a state party to this Rome Statute. Now let us see some of the main reasons why India did not become a signatory or why it also did not ratify this Rome Statute. One of the main reasons is with respect to the definition of crimes against humanity. Because India was not in favor of using OR in between the widespread and systematic in the definition. That is the Rome Statute says if a set of actions committed as part of widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population with the knowledge of the attack then it is called as crime against humanity. So here India wanted the definition as a set of actions committed as a part of widespread and systematic attack. Not against any civilian population with knowledge of the attack. The reason is according to Rome Statute if any widespread action takes place it can be called as crimes against humanity. If the definition is according to India then it needs proof to prove that the actions are both widespread and also systematic. Then one need will constitute crimes against humanity. Secondly India wants a distinction or a differentiation between international conflicts and internal armed conflicts. This means India is fine with bringing international conflicts under the ambit of crimes against humanity. But India does not want to include the internal armed conflicts under crimes against humanity. The author says this could be probably because of the India's internal conflicts with noxals and other non-state actors in Kashmir and also in the northeastern region. If there is no distinction then all these internal conflicts could also be called as crimes against humanity. Thirdly India objects to the inclusion of enforced disappearance of persons under the definition of crimes against humanity. Here enforced disappearance means forcing the disappearance of a person by arrest or by detention or by abduction which will be followed by a refusal by the government. The government refuses about the deprivation of freedom or the government will refuse to give information on the fate or whereabouts of those persons. This you can see under article 7 sub clause 2 and subsection I of the Roman Statute. There is another process going on at the international level to bring a separate convention on crime against humanity. India is reluctant to actively participate in the negotiations of this proposed convention. This is because of the same reasons we have seen with respect to why India has not become a signatory and why India has not ratified the Rome Statute. One of the major participants in these negotiations is International Law Commission. If you see the International Law Commission was established by the United Nations General Assembly in the year 1947. This International Law Commission was established to undertake the mandate of the United Nations General Assembly under article 131A of the Charter of United Nations. That is to initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification. If you see it has 9 programs of action, one of these 9 programs is Crimes Against Humanity. That is how it is relevant to this context of crimes against humanity. Then there is an international convention called United Nations International Convention for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearances. The author says that India has not ratified it but India has a signatory to this convention. If India ratifies this convention then India has to criminalize the state actions of enforced disappearances through a law. Another international rules based framework is the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. If you see India has ratified this convention but it has not enacted a domestic law to prevent and punish genocide. Therefore the author advises Indian government to show political will and to constructively engage with the International Law Commission and its ongoing work with respect to bringing an international convention on crimes against humanity. And the government should respond to the mass crimes which are taking place in the country and should bring the perpetrators and culprits to justice. If India does this then it will reflect fairly on India's status as a democracy where people enjoy human rights. In the process of all these India should address the gaps or lack in its domestic criminal justice system which the author tells. The gaps can be filled by enacting a law against crimes against humanity and genocide. But this we come to the end of the analysis of this lead editorial. Now have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This editorial discusses about Ayeshaan's role in Indo-Pacific region. The analysis of this editorial will be relevant in your main preparation in General Studies paper 2 on the bilateral regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and affecting India's interests and next on the effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India's interests. Recently we are seeing many news articles and editorials regarding Indo-Pacific region. Let us see now what is meant by Indo-Pacific region. Now as you can see in this map Indo-Pacific region roughly consists of Indian Ocean region and Western Pacific. There is no exact definition if you see for what is meant by Indo-Pacific region. In this Indo-Pacific region you have the most populous countries of the world like India, China, Bangladesh then Indonesia. This Indo-Pacific region consists of countries from Eastern Africa then South Asia then Southeast Asia and it also includes the countries of Japan and Australia. From Eastern Africa you can see countries like Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia. Then from South Asia you have countries like India, Sri Lanka etc. Then from Southeast Asia you have the entire Asian members. So all these countries form a part of Indo-Pacific. So we can tell that Indo-Pacific is home to world's most populous countries then it is also home to a lot of natural resources and production hubs. We saw that Indo-Pacific includes the Indian Ocean region and Western Pacific region nothing but the maritime region. Hence this Indo-Pacific region connects European continent and American continent with Asia. So this maritime region means nothing which involves the seas or the sea route. And if you see most of the oil trade of the world happens to this maritime region. The oil from the Gulf countries especially from the Hormones trade has to pass through this region to reach its destination. Not just oil but also every other trade that is done through ships has to pass these regions. So we can see that this Indo-Pacific region has a geostatic importance. Now all the countries which are stakeholders of this region are focusing on this Indo-Pacific region as a part of their foreign policy. If you see the United States has released free and open Indo-Pacific strategy report in the month of June 2019. This report focuses on preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States has brought this report because it sees China as a threat and that China is trying to dominate this region. Then Japan has also released its free and open Indo-Pacific strategy in the year 2016. Then Australia has released its foreign policy wild paper in the year 2017. Now in one of the chapters in this wild paper released by Australia it discusses in detail about Australia's Indo-Pacific vision. If you see Australia also wishes for a free and open Indo-Pacific then it has also discussed about the security and prosperity of Indo-Pacific region. Then even our country India also has an Indo-Pacific vision. The vision was expressed by a Prime Minister at the Shangri-La Dialogue in June 2018 if you see. In this you have shared some 7 points as a part of this Indo-Pacific vision of India. The first vision is for an open and free Indo-Pacific region. Additionally, if you see India has also set up an Indo-Pacific division in the Ministry of External Affairs in the year 2019. So we can see that India is also having aim at Indo-Pacific region. Now, this editorial speaks about ASEAN's collective vision for the Indo-Pacific region which was shared by ASEAN members during the ASEAN-submitted Bangkok Thailand. The vision document is titled as the ASEAN outlook on the Indo-Pacific. The author tells that ASEAN must involve largely in Indo-Pacific since the southeast Asian countries are located centrally in this Indo-Pacific region from geographical point of view. So it is like where the Indian Ocean region and the Western Pacific Ocean region meet. Now this vision document is a non-bending document meaning it is not compulsory for the member nations of ASEAN to follow. If you see ASEAN is also supported for an free and open Indo-Pacific region in this document. Then in this vision document ASEAN is called for an inclusive vision that is to include all the stakeholders who are involved in this region. And it is also called for a rules-based framework so that both these will help to build trust and cooperation of the stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific region. The vision document has also highlighted the trade and other tensions between U.S. and China and about how such issues need to be balanced by having an open and free Indo-Pacific region. See, foreign policy is always a complex arrangement for any country. One country might have very bad relations with a particular country. Say like how India's very low relations with respect to Pakistan. If both the countries are part of any regional grouping then there has to be some common understanding. This understanding has to be there mutually among the two countries or some other third party like country or regional grouping will help to have a common understanding between these two countries. If you see the author tells that ASEAN will play this helping role for all the countries of ASEAN to have a common approach or a common understanding on Indo-Pacific. The author tells that the Prime Minister of Thailand is stressed on this point. Next the author has explained about the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea. To know about this let us see about the outline of South China Sea dispute. As you can see in this map this red shaded portion is the South China Sea. Now China is claiming the entire South China Sea but it is opposed by other countries that shares borders with South China Sea such as Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. China has also built some artificial islands in the South China Sea and it has also deployed huge military in this South China Sea in some of its islands which it has occupied. Always you can see some news related to this South China Sea dispute. So we shall be discussing about this dispute in our later sessions as and when the news occurs. So to put an end to this South China Sea dispute the members of ASEAN have been engaged in discussions with China to have a Code of Conduct. See this Code of Conduct is to manage the maritime and territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The author tells that ASEAN is pushing to complete the negotiations on the Code of Conduct and the first draft of this Code of Conduct will be ready by the end of this year that is 2019. So we can see that ASEAN wishes to be the central point or a key driver in solving the regional geopolitical issues. As a part of this we can see that ASEAN has released the vision document of Indo-Pacific. There is one more concern why ASEAN has published this document. We saw that countries such as USA, Japan, Australia and India have shared their vision on Indo-Pacific but the ASEAN remains silent because it feared that such a move would make China angry. Slowly ASEAN has realized that it would be left out or marginalized if it is not involved in this Indo-Pacific region even now. So ASEAN has come up with this policy document on Indo-Pacific. In the policy framework ASEAN does not see the Indo-Pacific as one continuous territorial space rather it stresses for development and connectivity in this region. To achieve this development and connectivity ASEAN stresses for maritime cooperation, infrastructure connectivity and broader economic cooperation which is needed among the stakeholders of Indo-Pacific in its report. The author tells that ASEAN is giving a signal to world powers that Indo-Pacific is not the place to show their competition. Instead they should have economic cooperation and dialogue to solve their issues. Then the author tells that till date China has not accepted this free and open Indo-Pacific concept and now with the release of the policy document ASEAN is trying to play a balancing role by not aligning with both China and USA in this matter. If you see China will oppose this policy document of ASEAN which ASEAN has released and this particular policy document which the ASEAN has released does not reflect the vision of the US on Indo-Pacific. So both are nonsynchronous. So the author tells that ASEAN is playing a balancing role in this regard. Next the author tells that India's welcome the ASEAN's policy document on the Indo-Pacific since most of ASEAN's approaches are aligning with India's vision on Indo-Pacific or we can tell that they are more or less the same vision. If you see even India has test for peace, security, stability, prosperity and rules in Indo-Pacific so we can see that India is also trying to play a balancing role with USA and China in this Indo-Pacific region. Very recently on the sidelines of G20 summit which was held at Osaka, Japan our Indian Prime Minister had discussions on the Indo-Pacific region with the United States President and the Prime Minister of Japan on improving the regional connectivity and infrastructure development in Indo-Pacific. So to summarize the editorial we can see that ASEAN is trying to show its importance in the Indo-Pacific region. So the author tells that the other regional stakeholders should also work closely with ASEAN to have a balance of power in Indo-Pacific region and all the stakeholders should work for inclusivity, stability and economic prosperity in Indo-Pacific region. Now have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This news article analyzes the allocation for the children welfare in the budget for the financial year 2019-20. The analysis of this news article will be relevant in your prelims preparation under current events of national importance and also in social development. Then in your main preparation it will be relevant in your general cities paper too under welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the center and also under issues relating to development and management of social sector services relating to health and education. The national plan of action for children 2016 as recommended that at least five percentage of the union budget must be spent on schemes and programs directly related to children. But if you see in the recent budget it has decided or the government has decided to spend only 3.29 percentage of the union budget for the current financial year that has started from 1st April 2019 till 31st March 2020. We are talking about the allocations made for the nation's supremely important asset according to the national policy of children 1974 and national policy of children 2013 children are the nations or India's supremely important assets. If we compare the amount allocated with the allocation given by the budget of last year there is only an increase of 0.05 percentage from 3.24 percentage. Now there is a non-governmental and non-profit organization which is called as child rights or in short it is called as CRY cry. Now this non-profit organization has carried out a detailed analysis of the amount allocated for children in the union budget. They have classified the grant into four thematic areas. The four areas are education, health, development and protection of children. If you see the share for education for children has marginally increased comparing to last year's allocation but it has decreased if we compare with the allocation made for the financial year 2015-16. The allocation that is made for education to the children is very important as this funding will determine the success of government's programs like Samagra Seeksha, the national program of midday meal in schools and then also the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. Now let us see what is the Samagra Seeksha. It is a program for the school education sector extending from preschool to class 12 and the Samagra Seeksha subsumes three schemes which are Sarva Seeksha Abhyan, then Rashtriya Madhyamik Seeksha Abhyan and next teacher education. The national program of midday meal in schools was initially started as a national program of nutritional support to primary education. This particular program was launched as a centrally sponsored scheme on the Independence Day in 1995. Initially it was for every child in every government and government-aided primary schools. In the year 2002 the program was extended to children studying in education guarantee scheme and in alternative and innovative education centers. Then in 2007 the scheme was extended to cover children of upper primary classes that is that is from sixth to eighth for children studying in more than 3400 educationally backward blocks. Therefore in 2007 the name of the scheme was changed from national program of nutritional support to primary education to the national program of midday meal in schools. Then the scheme was extended to all areas across the country from 1st of April 2008. Next, let us see the Navodaya Vidhyalia scheme. The Navodaya Vidhyalia scheme provides for opening of one Navodaya Vidhyalia in each district of the country. Under this residential schools which are called as Javaghur Navodaya Vidhyalayas are set up to bring the best of rural talent. So the setting up of these schools was envisaged as per the national policy of education 1986. Next if you see the health related financial allocation for children has decreased by 0.39 percentage when compared to the allocation that was made in the previous year. Now this will have an implication on the Anganwadi services to children and also the national nutrition mission. So this news article tells that the allocation made for the development and protection of children are inadequate and insufficient. Next there is a decrease of 16 percentage allocation to the national child labour project scheme. Many experts who are working in this area are unhappy with this type of allocation for the project. The national child labour project was initiated in the year 1988 and as per this project it aims to rehabilitate the working children in the child labour endemic districts of the country. The project is implemented through a registered society under the chairmanship of administrative head of the district that is the district collector. Now if you see this national child labour project is a central sector scheme where the entire funding is done by the central government and this funding is made through the union ministry of labour and employment. So this particular project comes under this particular ministry the ministry of labour and employment. Now have a look at the practice question. Let us move on to the next news article. This news article talks about the financial decision of India with reference to the Chabahar Port in Iran. The analysis of this news article will be helpful in your prelims preparation under current events of national and international importance and then it will be relevant in your main preparation in your general series paper too under bilateral agreements involving India and affecting India's interests and next under effects of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India's interests. Then the analysis can also be linked to your general series paper three Indian economy. Now know that the Chabahar Port is located in the southern part of Iran just close to the Gwadar Port of Pakistan. This Chabahar Port is a major access route for India to reach Iran then to reach Afghanistan by bypassing Pakistan and also for India to reach the Central Asian countries. Now during our analysis on 1st of May 2019 we have analyzed an editorial article which was titled as a Washington pipe dream. During the analysis we have seen why US is not objected to Indian investments at that point of time in Iran's Chabahar Port. This is because the foreign policy of the United States supports Afghan reconstruction and Indian investments in Chabahar Port is also an important feature for Afghan reconstruction because this will help Afghanistan economically. Also India and Iran have shared interests in opposing the Pakistan supported Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan so they do not like Taliban to come to power in Afghanistan. So these are some of the strategic concerns why the United States is not objected to the investments that are made by India in this Chabahar Port of Iran. This strategy of United States is called as South Asia strategy in the news article. In February this year we have come across various news reports that for the first time goods from Afghanistan has come to India through the Chabahar Port and India has been the top export destination of Afghanistan followed by Pakistan. This shows the importance of trade relations between India and Afghanistan. The news article states that the recent budget announcement with respect to the Chabahar Port is a blow to the trade between the India and Afghanistan. Usually the government allocates rupees 150 crore every year for the development of Chabahar Port but for this year the government has allocated just rupees 45 crore so you can see that it is less than one-third of the actual 150 crore. The India-Afghanistan trade has already been hit by the Pakistan's decision to ban airspace rights through its eastern border with India. Because of this ban India is not able to use the Pakistan airspace and the commercial flights between Kabul and New Delhi are also not possible to go via Pakistan's airspace. Pakistan banned this airspace after the Balakot Asterix and because of this it has led to the decrease of exports of Afghanistan to India by around 30%. If you see the Afghan fruit and agricultural products which are part of this air cargo from Afghanistan to India are now being shipped to other international markets because of the banning of this airspace. Thus the India-Afghanistan trade was already hit because of this Pakistan's decision to ban the Pakistan's airspace for Indian flights. If you see in the month of February, terrorists from Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist organization have killed more than 40 CRP of security personnel in Pulwama in India. Therefore India conducted an airstrike on the terrorist camps of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Balakot which we call as Balakot Asterix. After this Balakot Asterix Pakistan has banned the airspace rights through the Indian border. The news article also says that India-Afghanistan trade has been hit by the United States sanctions on Iran. This is because Afghanistan and India were unable to transfer money through the Chabahar port. As a result this has become an impediment or a hurdle you can call it in carrying out the trade via Chabahar port. Though the United States has given India a waiver to develop this Chabahar port, the economic sanctions on Iran affects almost all trade related activities in this particular port. So this has caused lack of interest and lack of confidence among Afghanistan and also among the shippers and cargo handlers from using and servicing the Chabahar port. Now this issue is serious because India's possibility of trade with Afghanistan in three ways. One is via the Chabahar port, the second is via a land route in Pakistan and third is through the air cargo. Now we know that Pakistan airspace is banned and it is still in force and Pakistan has also refused to use its land route for Afghan trucks. So the only option that we have is this Chabahar port and now the lack of feasibility through this Chabahar port may bring the trade between India and Afghanistan to a standstill because this is the third option and even if the third option is closed we do not have any other options. So we can see that the trade relation may be stopped as a result of all of these. Let us move on to the next news article. Next let us see the data point which discusses about the income inequality among farmers. You can use these statistics in any of your income related main questions in agricultural sector. So it will be relevant in your general studies paper 3 under Indian economy and issues relating to employment especially in the agricultural sector and also under inclusive growth. Now know that the source for this data point is from a 2017 Nabhat survey which is mentioned in the news article. The actual name of the survey is the Nabhat All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey 2016-17. Now we know that the present government is committed during its first tenure in the year 2016 that it would double the farmers income by the year 2022. But today's statistics in the data point show that the income of the farmers is not the same in all the states. We call this condition as income inequality. If you see this map the average monthly incomes of farmers vary from 5842 rupees to 16,020 rupees. The farmers of Andhra Pradesh earn an average monthly income of 5842 rupees which is the lowest in India. And the farmers from Punjab earn the highest in the country if you see they earn an average of 16,020 rupees per month. Even the farmers from Kerala earn as high as 15,130 rupees on an average per month. Next let us see the statistics on how much money remains in the hands of farmers after they spend for their work needs and also for their day to day needs. We call this as the consumption expenditure. So they spend some money for consuming certain things so it is called as consumption expenditure. Now why this consumption expenditure needs to be measured? Measuring the consumption expenditure would give an idea of the average expenses that the farmers make in a particular month and will be able to get a statewide data of the prices that are present in each state. If you see this consumption expenditure will be more or less the same every time it means that it will be less volatile over time. So we can measure the consumption expenditure. Now let us see this graph in the x-axis you have the monthly average income of agricultural households where one unit is equal to 1000 rupees and in y-axis you have the monthly surplus. Here surplus is nothing but the money that is left behind after spending the income that one has earned. So we can call surplus as income minus the expenditure which is nothing but the spending. Now we know that farmers of Andhra Pradesh have the lowest income where they earn just 5842 rupees. Out of this the average expenditure that these farmers make per month is 5747 rupees. So only 95 rupees remain a surplus on an average every month for these farmers. Similarly we saw that the farmers from Punjab earn the highest which is 16,020 rupees. Out of this the Punjab farmers spend 11,706 rupees on an average per month. So the monthly surplus of Punjab farmers is 4,314 rupees. You can see that the expenditures of Punjab farmers is more than double than the average income of what the Andhra Pradesh farmers earn. Next let us see this bar chart. This bar chart shows the income of both the agricultural and non-agricultural households which are received through doing various occupations. First let us see the agricultural households. Agricultural households are those households which get the income primarily from the agricultural based activities. But if you see some of the members in these agricultural households also involvement other activities or other occupation you can tell like they do work in government jobs, then they do work in private professions and they also involve in some other agricultural allied activities like animal rearing. Now in this bar chart we can see that 35% of the total income for the agricultural households is from the cultivation activity that is the farming activity. The second largest income goes to the wage laborers where almost 34% of the total incomes for the agricultural households goes as wages to the laborers. So you can see that the wage laborers constitute a significant proportion of the agricultural households. And more than 10% of the agricultural households receive income by doing government and private professions. Next let us see the non-agricultural households. These are the households that do the activities which are not agricultural activities. So anything other than agriculture and agricultural allied activities can be called as non-agricultural and those households that are doing these non-agricultural activities are called as non-agricultural households. Now if you see more than half of the entire non-agricultural households are wage laborers. Almost 54% of the total non-agricultural households receive income by working as laborers. Next almost 32% of the total non-agricultural households receive income by doing government and private professions. And finally almost 10% of the total non-agricultural households get income from enterprises that is the businesses. Now let us move on to the practice question discussion session. The first question is which of the following schemes programs are subsumed under Samagra Seeksha an overarching program for the school education sector extending from preschool to class 12 and they have given four items and they have asked you to choose the correct code from the options given below. Now during our analysis we have seen that Samagra Seeksha is an umbrella program for school education which subsumes three different schemes which are the service Seeksha Abhiyan, then rastria madhyamik Seeksha Abhiyan and then the teacher education. The scheme Samagra Seeksha was initiated to treat the school children holistically without any segmentation from pre-nursary to class 12 and this was proposed in the union budget for the year 2018-19. So teacher education, service Seeksha Abhiyan and rastria madhyamik Seeksha Abhiyan are correct. 1, 2 and 4 are correct so the correct answer is option C, 1, 2 and 4, 1D. Now let us see about this national child labor project scheme. It is a central sector scheme which aims to rehabilitate the working children in the child labor endemic districts in our country and this program comes under the Ministry of Labor and Employment. The Samagra Seeksha program comes under Department of School Education and Literacy which in turn comes under the Ministry of Human Resources and Development. So both the ministries are different. Moving on to the first main question, the question is what do you understand by crimes against humanity, examine the challenges in the present Indian criminal justice system in dealing with such crimes and such a suitable way forward. For the first part of the question, you can write the definition of crimes against humanity as given in article 7 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Code. In our analysis we saw this as a set of actions committed as a part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population with knowledge of the attack. These set of actions are murder, torture, sexual assault, enforced prostitution, then enforced disappearance of persons, etc. For examining the challenges in the present criminal justice system which is the second part of our question, you may take points from today's editorial such as lack of provisions specifically for crime against humanity in Indian criminal laws such as the Indian Penal Code, then the Code of Criminal Procedure and then under Indian Evidence Act. As a result of absence of these provisions, the police machinery is unable to act effectively against such crimes. Then as a way forward you may suggest addressing the gaps in domestic criminal laws, then the government should respond to the mass killings in the country by bringing the perpetrators and culprits to justice. Then you may add the suggestions such as ratifications of Rome Statute and becoming a state party to International Criminal Code, then the ratification for the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances and then by actively participating the forum for bringing out the convention against crime against humanity. So these are some of the points which you may take from today's analysis for answering this question. The next question is balancing role of Asian will balance the Indo-Pacific region examine. Now the question asks you to examine the role of Asian in Indo-Pacific region. So whenever you get questions such as examine try to bring both the positives and negatives of that particular statement. Now for this particular question try to draw an outline map of Indo-Pacific region first and then try to roughly mark the countries of the Asian grouping which are nothing but the Southeast Asian countries. Then mention the importance of Asian in this Indo-Pacific region. Then you can mention the recently released Asian outlook on the Indo-Pacific which is nothing but the vision document of Asian and explain how Asian tries to play a balancing role because initially Asian was not willing to involve in this Indo-Pacific fearing China but now it has just come out of that and it has come up with this vision document. So try to explain that for this you can also quote the ambitions of certain other countries which are the major powers like USA, Japan, Australia and India. If you see we saw the vision document of all these countries on Indo-Pacific region. So just try to mention that also and tell whether it is contradicting or supporting the Asians visions. And after this also try to add some of the recent initiatives that have been taken by Asian in this regard. So try to mention both the positives and the negatives and finally conclude the statement telling that Asians role is required to balance the Indo-Pacific region. With this we come to the end of the analysis of all the news articles taken up for today's discussion and also the practice questions discussion session. Do like, comment and share the video and do subscribe to Shankar IAS Academy YouTube channel for latest videos and updates. Stay focused and motivated friends. Thank you.


So the Riders Republic is a game many people including myself have been waiting on for a while. Upon those first trailers we originally got ages back, many of us felt if done right this game could be incredible. Today I give you guys my honest thoughts on the game after receiving early access to a pre-release demo thanks to Ubisoft. Now I will state, although I appreciate Ubisoft reaching out to me it won't influence my opinions on this game and what you'll hear from me today. How's it going guys my name is DPJ and if you enjoyed the video leaving a like really helps out and if you like what you see and want to see more be sure to subscribe. So Riders Republic like I said is a game many of us were excited to learn more about. I personally only really watched the original trailers ages back and then if I'm honest didn't keep up with the information dropped on the game after that. And if you were the same you'd probably like me I'm going to be surprised by the type of game this actually is. So Riders Republic combines many forms of racing into one game, downhill mountain biking, road biking, skiing, snowboarding, paragliding, windsuit flying and much more. It combines all of them into a single game. And although you would probably feel that say a lot of mechanics too perfect, and although I'd agree with you when you think like that upon actually playing it, it does well for your kind of perfected. Now I won't blabble on too much about each instance and available racing option you have in the game because I do have videos on my channel dedicated to each kind of a race this game offers. But I will say this it feels great. In fact it feels great to a point it plays better than I thought it would play go enough gameplay trailers. Biking feels rewarding, snowboarding is incredible, skiing is absolutely brilliant probably my best and air racing is challenging but worth the effort in putting in that time.   When I first watched the trailer for this game I did think yeah tricks would be there to use but it's more about that serious racing. When playing I didn't feel this was the case whatsoever. And the trick aspects to this game is a major major part and it's so fun to try and perfect. Also the things you can pull off are incredible. Imagine a combination of SSX tricky, Matt Hoffman's BMX and Tony Hawk's all those great action racing games and trick based games rolled up into one. That's what we have here. I mean yes some races are determined by winning in pole position while others are purely dedicated to points earned based on tricks landed. Now another thing which seriously surprised me was the fact it isn't set up how I thought it would be. I really thought this game was basically going to be a race to race game. Nothing in between. But it isn't. In fact what we have here is basically a massive open area for you to explore and go where you like. Which behold race tracks, stunt tracks, secrets and much much more for you to find while you travel to races or wherever else you want to go. The game's also home to a kind of social space where you can pick up challenges, sponsors, visit shops by gear, by cosmetics, customise your player, gear, racing loader and much more. And this is without mentioning the many many other forms of game modes this game offers. Like mass races that are timed events which is basically 64 players all facing off against each other. We have modes where you face off in a multiplayer team in what can only be described as a trick off where the best tricks landed, win certain points on a map which determines the game. And this is really just a tip of the iceberg in what this game offers guys. Now not many people would be wondering about micro transactions which I feel you here but from what I've seen everything that can be purchased for that real life money can also be purchased for that in-game currency too known as box which from me and my experiences doesn't seem too hard to earn at all. The game also has a massive levelling system which is just staggering. You can earn sponsors, gear, I mean you name it this game does it but to be honest you would kind of expect that. So yes guys I won't lie after watching the initial trailers my hopes were set high. Due to the scale Ubisoft challenged themselves with what they showcased was enough in this game but the reality is after playing just the demo my expectations have been trumped and the game is much bigger and much better than I ever thought it would be and the game I thought was going to be more so in the direction of a simulator but to tell the truth gave me more sort of vibes I used to get when playing old school games like snowball kids and the Nintendo 64 all those years ago. So yes Riders Republic releases on October 28th on all platforms if you've seen the trailers and it's a game you think you may enjoy odds are guys you seriously will and on that note the end of the video has arrived remember to check out my channel for many many more Riders Republic videos in terms of an in-depth look at the customisation the social hub all forms of racing that was available for me within the demo and much more but guys if you enjoyed the video leaving a like really helps out if you're new around here want to see more be sure to subscribe and if you never want to miss a video I upload you can turn notifications on by hitting that bell button my guys thanks as always for stopping by and hopefully I will see you on that next one


Hi, this is Pastor David Rosales of Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley. I've been using social media, especially Facebook, for several years now, and have found it to be a great way of sharing with many people about the goodness and love of the Lord. What a great tool social media has been for keeping in contact with friends, not to mention the making of new connections and also for the dissemination of the gospel worldwide. What a blessing it is to be able to share right now, live with so many who not only attend our fellowship, but also with those who are listening throughout the United States and even in other parts of the world. I'm truly blessed to be able to share with so many through this media. With that said, something has attracted my attention that I thought would be good to address. It's the growing rudeness that I see in some of the comments that people post. While I understand that people have their opinions and believe themselves to have not only the liberty, but also the responsibility to let everyone know how they feel about things. It seems that some have failed to realize that not everything they think is worth telling other people about. I get it. Social media is an outlet for people, all people. And there will always be those who want to show pictures of their cats on a fence, a dog chasing a ball, or their latest breakfast or dessert. That's fine with me because for many, that's something that matters to them Nobody forces me to look at their pictures or to comment on their dinner. Though I'm not a cat person, I do appreciate the love someone can have for their pet and respect that they want to share this with everybody. Those who aren't interested don't need to look at the pictures. That isn't what concerns me. What concerns me is the lack of civility that some people fail to exercise when they disagree with someone. And the way they feel that their opinions are not only correct, but that it's their duty to express them, but they get rude when they're corrected for any error that they have embraced. As a pastor, I've been in ministry for over 45 years and at this point I've studied and read my Bible, commentaries, books, and articles for many thousands of hours. I've taught classes in Bible college, mentored pastors, I've given over 8,000 Bible studies ranging from home studies, church services, retreats, conferences, and hopefully I've earned a bit of respect for the years that I have spent in ministry. I say this to emphasize that this kind of things mean something in the kingdom of God. Of course, I'm not saying that I am not open to correction. I am saying there are those who seem to think that because they believe something, they have a right to correct any with whom they might disagree with, even if they have no experience to present as credentials. I should say at this point that I'm not speaking on behalf of myself. To be honest, I don't get many rude comments on my Facebook live programs. The overwhelming number of comments are kind and positive. I'm not speaking on my own behalf. What I'm really speaking of is about the comments that reveal such mean-spirited and self-righteous attitudes that I see posted on pages of friends of mine who, like me, are simply sharing a quote from a well-known Christian leader or are encouraging people to live for Christ. One friend in particular gets so many odd comments on his posts that I have taken to writing him and asking him, why he keeps posting seeing that so many know better than he? His answer is simply that he just wants to encourage people in their walks with the Lord and such comments seem to come with the territory. I've told him I admire his patience. It seems that we are in the age of instant experts. After all, if we have a question, we can simply ask Siri or Google an answer immediately. We know much more than the average person on that subject, including our pastor. For many today, spiritual maturity is simply a Google-aware, supplied by Siri and not the spirit in the word reality. Spiritual maturity comes through years of steadily, obediently and consistently following the Lord, studying his word, walking with spiritual leaders, serving in our churches, learning to love people. Spiritual maturity comes through prayer, pain, trials, brokenness. It comes through struggling with the Lord over things that we don't understand, and us ending up like the Old Testament patriarch Jacob, who after his encounter with God ended up walking with a limp for the remainder of his life. It was in his wrestling with God that he was broken and it was then that his name was changed from Jacob, which means supplanted to Israel, which means Prince with God. Spiritual maturity is earmarked by love and love is very often revealed with humility and it is with this attitude of love and humility that any question should be posed to one another and should especially be present when we go about correcting one another. In the book of Galatians, chapter 6, verse 1, Paul gave instructions concerning correcting an erring believer. He wrote, He went on to say in verse 3, Of course, there is a place for correction and yes, there is a time to expose sin or error. We're not to simply accept anything that said in the name of Jesus and wisdom and discernment is at an all-time low in the church. This has been manifested recently in the well-known news story of a so-called evangelist who's asking his donors for $54 million to purchase a new jet for his worldwide travels.  This kind of practice is revealed for what it is in both the Old and New Testaments and errors like this are to be openly exposed and completely rejected. Still, how we correct one another and how we go about voicing our beliefs requires humility, accuracy, orthodoxy and love without speaking the truth in love will not be successful in warning and encouraging those in real error. If you have the tendency of correcting others if you desire to correct people on social media that you disagree with then personally speak to them if possible if not perhaps you could privately message them share your concerns ask them to clarify what you seem to be hearing them say no one is above correction but courtesy and love go a long way when approaching error or bringing correction please remember that as Christians we are to be known for our love for God and others this means that we should be kind towards one another when we disagree with one another This is Pastor David Rosales of Calvary Chapel of the Chino Valley


Welcome once again to the breakfast here on Plus TV Africa. Now let's go back in history to a pretty sad event in Nigeria in the year 2018. It was a period of huge rains and flooding that led to the loss of more than a hundred lives here in the country in two different states in the rivers Niger and River Niger sorry and Bainway State which overflowed but it led to the loss of lives in Bainway and the rivers states. Actually in Kogi, Niger, Anambra and Delta States I beg your pardon. The Nema at that time which is an emergency body recorded 51 deaths in Katsina State, two in Kaduna while 30 persons were confirmed missing in Jibia, a border town in Katsina. The Kano State government also confirmed the death of 31 people and destruction of more than 10,000 houses during the flood in the 15 local government areas in the state. It was of course it's not the first time I think a couple of years ago that it extended all the way to Delta State and Anambra where flooding had made the river Niger at that time overflow and wiped off loads of houses and property at that time. So 2018 was once again one experience that Nigeria had. Nema has continued to be the forefront every now and then of some of these disasters and of course rescued people and given assistance to a couple of people who have suffered some of these disasters but it's also a good time to once again mention how much more needs to be done to move people to higher ground and climate change and what really the effects are here in Nigeria. All right so our next up today in history story is taken us back to the year 1983, September the 17th and it's about when a woman by the name Vanessa Williams became the first black American to win Miss America, the Miss America crown. This was a you know what's a shared moment for America because for the first 30 years of this Miss America pageant no black person was allowed to enter and when she eventually entered you know it it really changed the game because people really wondered what a black person was doing for this Miss America beauty crown and in an interview she mentioned that one of the organizers told her that she probably would not even win the contest. So you can imagine the shock when she eventually won this context September the 17th 1983 but the sad thing about the story is that just a few weeks to the end of her reign nude photos of her were leaked and she was forced to basically resign her Miss America title in July 1984 and that's it on today in history for you on the breakfast on Plot Stevie Africa. We'll take a break here and we'll talk more about our next topic and we're talking basically about the IPOB situation in Nigeria and also talking about the issues of the farmers headers clashes.