Hi, I'm Christian Molikov and I'm going to talk to you about CUBE. For those who don't know me, I started contributing to KDE about nine years ago and for the last four years I've been responsible for the desktop client for Collab Systems who develops the Collab Groupware Server. So what is CUBE? CUBE is a modern communication and collaboration client. It's email, it's clandering, it's task management, but it's also instant messaging, note-taking. That doesn't mean that we do all that right now already, but that's sort of the scope that we want to work within. So it's built using Qt Quick on top of a high-performance core called Sync and it's developed within the KDE community. We have other members of the KDE community that are part of the development team, especially the visual design group, the KDE VDG, that helps with a lot of the usability issues. So for some of its goals, we aim to be pretty and useful. So we don't want to make a toy that just looks pretty, but we also believe that in order for people to like to use the application, having a clean user interface helps a lot. We want to have a maintainable co-base, so that means we have a focus on testing it well and having it automatically tested so we can move fast without breaking stuff. We also have a focus on deployability. What I mean by that is not only portability, so we want to target MechOS X, we want to target Windows, but we also want to go on mobile platforms eventually, so we try to keep our dependency chain in control and only depend on things that we really require. But by deployable, we also mean that we want to support automated setups, so if you have large deployments, which we, for instance, do with collapse systems, then you want to be able to script most of the setup process and have the necessary tools for that as well. Cube should be a high performance tool when you require it, so it gets the job done quickly. We think that is important, that you don't have to wait for the tool, but it also shouldn't get in your way if you're not actively using it. So if you don't use it, it should get out of your way, and if you're using it, it should be there. Another target that we have is to make secure communication easier and more effortless, more about that later. But where are we right now? Cube is in a fairly early state of development. We've worked on it for the last year, but it was a lot of framework building, figuring out the architecture, preparing, so that we can scale up the development as well. So initially, we're focusing on email only, so we're building a simple email client as our MVP of sorts, because that's just the hardest use case, data-wise. So if we can deal with a million emails or, say, folders that contain like 60,000 mails or so, a-to-do list is not going to be a problem. That's why we're focusing on email first. So that's pretty much the current state of Cube. It's very fairly basic so far. We can get to the mail, we can show the mail, we can render plain text mail, we can render HTML mail. We have the encryption or the whole GPG stack, I'm already included thanks to code that we share with the rest of KDPim, so with contact. We have support from multiple accounts, but that's pretty much where it is right now, so it's still quite a bit away from being useful for end users. If we have time, I'm also going to do a quick live demo at the end, but we'll see. So in order for you to understand whether this application could also be useful to you or whether you would be interested in something like that, and ideally, of course, whether you'd be interested in actively working on it, I'm going to highlight some of the focus areas that we have to hopefully show you where we eventually want to go. For users, I think one important aspect is that we want to focus more on workflows. So traditionally we have like email application, we have a calendar application, we have a note-taking application, but they're all sort of separate. They perhaps integrate a little bit, but not a lot. However, the tasks that users actually have to do often involve a variety of these different applications. So if you think of a workflow like organizing a meeting, you have some communication initially, perhaps, then you have some scheduling, which could be done over the calendar. Then at some point you have the meeting, for the meeting you probably have an agenda, which is sort of a task list that you maybe want to run through. During the meeting you're taking notes, so out of that come meeting minutes that you perhaps have to approve again, depending on the nature of the meeting. So there is quite a variety of different tasks in there where we think we can support the user better if we model that and not just give him an email application and the calendar application and then leave him up to figuring it out himself. Another focus is certainly usability. We work closely together with usability experts and designers from the ground up. We try to build that into the development process that we do that regularly and not as an afterthought. We don't want to solve all possible use cases with CUBE. We believe that for a good user experience we have to figure out which problems we have to solve and then focus on them and try to solve them cleanly and just do what we do right instead of just adding features because we could. Another focus point in regards to usability is certain the whole security aspect because currently this is just fairly complex leading to users not using encryption for instance because you have to set it all up yourself and we believe there are a lot of opportunities to improve upon that by integrating for instance the key management into the address book by using things like trust and first use by having a simple visualization integrated with like the color scheme green yellow red. So you recognize immediately whether a communication channel is secure or you don't know or actually insecure because the key was revoked for instance. CUBE is first and foremost a network application because if we're building a communication and collaboration solution we're going to want to communicate with someone and what that means is we focus only on content that you have typically stored on a remote server. We don't want to rely too much on local data because if we do that then we for instance break the multi device use case so if you have a web interface you have a laptop you have perhaps a mobile device if you rely on the local data of one of these devices then you're not going to have that same data available on another device so therefore we believe we should take this as a as a focus point and say okay that if the data is not available on the server then we're not going to use it that doesn't mean you can't use it with local data like a mail here we for instance have right now a mail here back end for CUBE which then just treats the mail here as the remote content but that's just not really the focus point. Of course we are doing all the network access over open protocols as far as possible that's currently just IMAP for for accessing the email and the DAF protocols for address book and calendaring. From the development perspective I think one of the most important aspects is that we are trying to build reusable components so that's sort of in preparation for what I was talking about earlier that we want to start mixing up different application types if you will. So for instance if you have an address book you render the contact in some way so that could be a component that is then can then be reused for instance in the email view if you click on on the sender or or some other sort of contact. So that way we enable consistency but we also enable use cases by allowing to for those components to be used outside of CUBE. So these components can be installed as K packages which is just a folder structure essentially bundling a QML file with the plugins necessary to access the data so the component itself knows how to get to the data. So if you have a calendar component you could for instance show that in your desktop clock applet and then you get the full power of your regular calendar that you're used to inside that clock applet. One of the major problems that I want address with CUBE that I think quickly becomes a problem in a project of that size because if we're going to work on that for a couple of years it's going to be a fairly large project. The problem there is complexity. Complexity can very quickly become so big that you can't really move anymore and that it feels a bit like a Ruben Goldberg machine where you touch one part and then something else moves and that triggers another process and that just becomes very difficult to reason about after some time. So in the CUBE architecture on a very high level it looks like this. So you have these are processes. You have the CUBE process and you have here two backends that are called resources. So that could be for instance an IMAP back end and that could be a called F back end or it could be two different IMAP servers and then you have a library so that would be the API that CUBE is built against and that provides a unified access layer. So from the application perspective it just queries for instance for emails or it queries for calendars or it queries for events. It doesn't really know that there are multiple resources respectively doesn't really care. If we zoom in on that then the green box is the resource. You have declined generating commands so if you modify an email or mark it as read or delete it it sends the commands to the resource. The resource stores it in a queue. Then all the resource does is essentially processing that queue. It just processes one modification after the other and all these modifications go through a pipeline. The pipeline contains different steps that's an extension point for us to process modifications before they hit the store. So in there we could for instance do things like filtering or so to folders. So and once that pipeline is processed we hit the store. A notification is emitted that the revision of the store has changed that's just never increasing revision and then clients will just update once they get it so they just replay the changes. On the other side we have the source which would for an IMAP resource that would be the IMAP server. So we have a process synchronizer process here so not a system level process but just something that figures out what's the difference between the server and what I have locally. Generates a bunch of changes throws them in the queue. The resource processes it exactly the same way. If the change didn't come already from the source then the right back will just it also listens to the revision and will just replay any changes that didn't come from here to the source again thus synchronizing the state. So what we get are these nice reactive loops. So the client all it does is listen for changes and it has a bunch of models that are essentially self-updating and that just replay those changes and on the other side you just fire commands at the resource and then you're done. So that becomes it becomes much easier to reason about the system and it allows us to mostly contain the state to the database. So we don't have different parts of the system that maintain their own state and that I believe helps a lot with keeping complexity at bay. Another important aspect is certainly performance. Our approach to performance is not necessarily to try to optimize things as far as possible because that is always costly and might introduce more complexity. So what we try to do is to not do unnecessary work and do the work only once that we have to do. What that means first and foremost is queryable data. So we have to be able to query for exactly the data that we actually need for the task attend. So for instance if we have a large email folder say 60,000 messages or so. If we can't query for the data we're going to have to load all those messages sort them for instance in memory and then throw 90% of them away again or 99% because you actually only have space for like 15 or so. What we're doing instead is we're building the necessary indexes to be able to query for exactly that data. So we can query for instance for the first 100 emails in a folder sorted by date and then we load exactly that and as you scroll down in the view we just fetch more. By not only doing it once I mean we don't do we try to not do the work when we read. So if you click on the folder and it loads the data we don't want to re-sort your whole list every time. We build the index when you store the email. We've done it once and then we we catch the result. Cube or sync is built on top of a high performance key value store. It's called LMDB. I don't know whether you've heard of it. It's a key value store that supports a single writer multi-reader semantics. So we have the resource process as the single writer in the system and all clients as the readers. So one client is certainly cube another could be an applet that listens for new mail sources something. But what that gives us is in-process access to the data. So if you start cube you wouldn't have to you wouldn't have to start any any other processes. The resource processes are not necessary for read-only access. You only need those processes if you actually want to get updates from your server. So if you start cube it just LMDB is just a memory mapped file essentially or the database is just a memory mapped file. So if you start cube it will just memory map the database into the process and then you can get to the data directly in process which makes it very fast and also allows you to do things like recursive queries without the real penalty because you have the data directly available in process and it leaves it delegates the complexity of for instance loading more data and making sure that that is fast to the file system. Yeah so that helps us also to to write more straightforward code. Last but not least is deployment and maintenance. If we want to do large large deployments of cube we have to have proper support for it to make it as easy as possible to do these kinds of setups. One example for for this focus is SyncShell which is a little command line utility that allows you to do things like setting up accounts for a user and modifying them removing them but also synchronizing them for instance synchronizing a certain set of folders and the command line utility will block until the synchronization is complete so you can put it into a script and run it through for for multiple users if you want but it also allows you to do things like carrying the local store and even modifying basically all objects so you can access the the full API that the application also has available. It even allows you to run it as a script interpreter and then it's you can write SyncShell scripts and it has a little ripple as addition but that's nice to have. The other important point is definitely a clean separation between configuration and data what that means that the configuration contains for instance your accounts that you have set up but everything you download from your from the group or server that is data so you should be at should be able at any point in time essentially to delete the data and the only thing that happens is that you have to pull the data again down from the server but that makes sure for instance if you have profile synchronization in a in a corporate setup that you can have the the configuration files under the profile synchronization and you can keep the data on the local machine and if you switch to another machine you may have to download some data again from the server but that's about it. Last but not least we have a configurable logging that you can tune the log levels with SyncShell because we don't want to go the approach that you that people compile out the logging output and then we have to provide custom binaries if there is a problem and so we'd rather have proper logging support that we then can also integrate with for instance journal D or whatever that the system supports. Yeah I think now is a very good time to join this project over the last year we've pretty much figured out the architecture and are quite happy where it's going so we can now start to scale this up a bit more. Sync is a very interesting modern C++ co-pays and so if you're interested in algorithms and performance work and that kind of stuff then Sync is very interesting but it's probably a more advanced co-pays on the cube side it's a lot easier or the whole UI is written in QML so there's a lot of that there's a lot of design work and then there are some models and controllers that are written in C++ but that's very straightforward but we also need help with things like cross-platform builds so we unfortunately didn't get to do build some Mac and Windows and Android so that's all stuff that we should get going but lack the manpower right now we do have weekly online meetings that are open to anyone that would like to join just write an email write an email to the mailing list and otherwise you can find more information on cube.kd.org I've just packaged an early tech preview for Fedora 25 it's mostly right now it's mostly for me to make sure that we actually can package everything and that it works as it should it's not meant at all for end users to do anything useful but you're welcome to try it and see what's what and follow it along that information is also on the home page of course and we'll update this with more up-to-date information as we go along we plan to release a or tag a tech preview within the next couple of weeks but that will still be for for development so for for end users it's going to be more towards end of the year for something actually end user ready we also built a flatback already together with Alish if you've seen his talk it's in the same repository as all other KDE applications it's not automatically updated yet but eventually we'll get like nightly builds for that and you can of course build it from source yourself if you feel like it yeah with that we can do we still have time then we can do a short demo oh no so yeah it's a bit interesting on a small screen like that but yeah on the right we have like a conversation view for emails we can uh that's for instance an encrypted message we can render some HTML spam we can switch accounts like this right now and yeah there's a composer that you can send an email from and you can move some emails and you can mark us right but it's not ready for for consumption really but yeah if I click here on a folder we always issue a query directly to storage we don't cache anything or so which again helps a lot with the complexity that we don't have to do that yeah with that we come to the questions we're not seeking to read the question the question was whether the intention is to replace contact we do not intend to replace contact there are many happy users of contact there's a team supporting continuing to support contact for call up systems this will be the successor for our use of contact so contact is our current desktop client you will be the successor for it and we believe we believe it's more more suitable for for our use case but I think it's it's really a different target audience contact has an incredible amount of great features that that work for a lot of people and we believe we want to build a simpler product that has a bit more more focus I'd say essentially the same system but it looks quite similar to a canadi so why do you write different how is different from a canadi I'm well so the quest the question was whether well the same question for a canadi whether I'm seeking to replace a canadi the answer is pretty much the same I have or I'm maintaining contact professionally for a call up systems so I I'm quite familiar with the whole system and I was obviously heavily inspired by by our canadi and and contact as well but I I believe that our canadi as it is is too complex and I believe this system improves upon a some some pain points if you will that that I've seen with a canadi so that's that's my my try for an improvement upon that so so why not improve a canadi why writing from scratch essentially because it's easier so the question was whether we would have exchange support the answer is I don't know it's certainly not an initial focus we are perfectly open to any contributions really yeah but I mean the there's there's nothing in principle from keeping us from having exchange support so the question was whether the only viable way is to use active think and that you would need a license for that and I don't know I'm so the answer would be EWS apparently


to you. We're so glad you're joining us on hope today on this Memorial Day weekend. We're on the heels of Pentecost is coming on Sunday, and we just love to spend this time with you to uplift and encourage your spirit. I'm here with Matt and Anna and Anna. Tell us about who we have joining us today. Yes. Well, first of all, it's so good to be back with you. I think it's been a whole week since I was with you last and yay for Friday. And today we're going to focus in on how to be wise to the motives of a person who might not have good motives towards you. We've all experienced heartbreaking situations of betrayal that hopefully pushed us to grow and become more discerning. And as Christians, we know God's word is the source of wisdom. Our guest today, Wendy Patrick is a career prosecutor and an ordained minister. She's here to talk about why bad looks good and how we can gain biblical wisdom to make smart choices in life, love and friendship that man. This is going to be interesting and good. I think a much needed conversation. I think in the day and age, we live in a lot of bad things do look good. But I will say this one thing that is looking good is the weather today. I'm so thankful for like 70 degree weather, especially on Memorial Day weekend. Sid, what are the plans for the weekend? So my plans I have like no there's no plans just to relax and bask in God's glory and creation. And if you're like watching us from Florida, you're probably experiencing good weather all the time or Alabama, whatever you're watching from. But we are just so glad that you are joining us for hope today. And I'm like looking forward to this conversation because I think when it comes to the relationships and different things, we might need a little wisdom if you're meeting family and friends and how to navigate certain things. So this will be very helpful. Yeah, absolutely. And also just a note on Memorial Day weekend. We know that while we're having our hot dogs and our potato chips and having all that fun that we do remember those who have served our country who have fought for our country and have lost their lives to gain freedom for us. So as you're having fun with family and friends know that that freedom and that fun came at a great price. And so for those of you who have lost loved ones in the military, we just want to say that we think of you. We remember those who have served over the weekend.  You know, think about even just when Jesus was doing communion, he said, do this in remembrance of me, right?  Hey, maybe do this as well. Maybe you know somebody who has served or is currently serving while you take this moment today, shoot him a text or you can tag him on social media since today is such a day in age with social media. Just honor those. The Bible says to give honor where honor is due and we honor all those who serve and sacrifice for this country. And speaking of honor to we definitely want to just say like on Sunday, Pentecost Sunday is honoring the Holy Spirit. I mean, what a day that we get to celebrate when the Holy Spirit like goes filled in the upper room and tongues of fire. Just really excited. I think we don't want to take for granted a Holy Spirit. You know, sometimes I feel like we hear about he is the most like misunderstood member of the Trinity, but he shouldn't have to be that there's nothing like having a relationship with the Holy Spirit when he leads you, when he guides you, he speaks to you. And sometimes, you know, Tom, I'm sorry, so Tom, thank you. That's a compliment. I'm so sorry.  I take you as the biggest compliment in the world. I'm sorry. Thank you. Sometimes I do think about when we think of, I think sometimes as Christians, we don't really understand fully what it would be like not to have the Holy Spirit like in our daily lives. I mean, that was such a momentum, momentumous thing that happened with our faith. And so I just think like, wow, the Holy Spirit changes everything. Celebrate it because the Holy Spirit is a gift in that really like plays well into our conversation today because the Holy Spirit is our counselor. He is the one who Jesus gave to us to live inside of us, to speak God's word, to speak God's wisdom, to us to give us that discernment so that we can live a life of joy and peace and freedom. And so speaking of all of that, have you ever misjudged a situation that appeared desirable but ended in disaster or been betrayed by a friend, co-worker or love interest? Well, Wendy Patrick, a career prosecutor has decades of experience working with victims involved with manipulators and offenders who didn't seem dangerous. She joins us now to help us master the art of discernment that will help protect us in life, love and friendship. So Wendy, welcome to Hope Today. Oh, thank you so much. I love this edifying conversation that three of you are having. And it's just a blessing to be able to join in. Well, it's so good to be able to talk about wisdom and discernment. Your book is Why Bad Looks Good, Biblical Wisdom to Make Smart Choices in Life, Love and Friendship. And it's so fascinating that you are a career prosecutor. You've had decades of experience working with victims who have been betrayed. And so tell us what finally prompted you to write this book? You know, it really has been my 30 years of experience in almost that entire time. I saw people just falling into the same pattern over and over again. Bad people, manipulators, they look good. They sound good. They've got that seduction of a silver tongue. They look good both on and offline. They look good on paper. Their resumes are wonderful. They're charitable. They're credible. They charm and disarm, but they are wolves in sheep clothing. Sometimes I say they're wolves in sharp clothing, because we tend to judge a book by its cover sometimes, or maybe I should say misjudge. So after having really lived it for 30 years, and I would say both personally and professionally, I don't know that there's anybody listening or watching that hasn't misjudged somebody that really impressed them. I thought, you know, there is so much biblical wisdom that can keep us out of these problems. And you know, I wrote this book, both for Christians and for non Christians, because so many of my secular colleagues say, I don't have time to read the Bible. Well, guess what? I've indexed it by topic area into 26 easy to manage chapters that are full of what you need to know to avoid making mistakes. That's pretty alluring. I would hope to anybody that might want to pick it up. Alluring for sure. The Bible truly is our our self help our handbook for life that gives us all the wisdom that we need to have our eyes open. And so, you know, it's interesting through your experience. Have you found that Christians can be easily deceived just as much as those who are not? Well, I don't know just as much and part of that has to do with the prompting of the Holy Spirit that if we go there first to help us make decisions, he's able to provide us that godly wisdom, that guidance. But it doesn't mean it's full proof in terms of our daily experience. You know, the the lore of the world is why we need security of the word. There are so many ways in which things and ideas and people just go viral today and social media influencers make it sound like everybody's doing it. I always tell the kids it's not true that everybody's doing it, but you need to be able to stop and turn to the word, especially before making important decisions on whether somebody you want to date or a job opportunity or a social event. If you get that unsettled feeling inside, guess what? That's often the prompting of the Holy Spirit telling you I've got some scripture on this and whether or not this is a good idea. As Christian, what really makes the difference for us as to whether or not we make good decisions is whether we stop and and heed the prompting of the Holy Spirit. After all, as you mentioned, he lives on the side of us for exactly that reason. And we use each other as objective and scriptural sounding boards to talk through ideas, whatever it has to do with relationships, jobs, opportunities. That's why we live in community to be able to have iron sharpening iron. So together we have the tools we need to make good decisions in life. So let's take one of those areas of love, love interest. You have a section in your book that talks about lust versus love and how sometimes lust can look like love. It feels like love too, especially at the beginning. And that's one of the ways that we really need to be reminded how easy it might be to fall for somebody that makes us feel a certain way. Let me give you a perfect example. You know, manipulators often look for areas of vulnerability and there are none of us, no matter what we've attained in life, however many degrees or be after our name on our business card that haven't retained some area of vulnerability. Manipulators take the time to get to know you to know what it is and exploit it. However, how do they do it? Bittersweet nothings. It's that seduction of the silver tongue mentality. We're sometimes even unable to recognize why somebody makes us feel so good, desirable, validated, smart, all the ways in which we are taught over the course of the years to feel good. If somebody is making us feel this way, regardless of what their intentions truly are, lust might feel like love. It couldn't be love because we don't know the other person well enough to have established that kind of an emotion. That sure is what it feels like, which is why I always say, keep going back to the word, the fruit of somebody's life, not just what they explain or what they allege. You know, as a prosecutor I say, show me the evidence. I say that as a Christian too. And so according to the Bible, what does true love look like in a romantic relationship? Oh well true love for each other is Christ's love for the church. So many scriptures on the selfless nature of true love, the caring, the respect, all of the all of what naturally common sense would tell you makes a good relationship but is validated through scripture, through the words of Jesus, through the red letter portion of the gospels where he talks about what love should really look like. That's selfless, other focused love. Even if you're talking about not necessarily a arrows or a copy but just sort of the concept of what love looks like, everybody understands that, whether they've read the Bible or not. And many relationships just aren't focused on the other person. They're more focused on somebody's giving me what I need to feel validated and desirable and pretty and smart instead of really experiencing that love really means that selfless looking out considering others more important than you, as Paul writes in his letters. I mean those are the kinds of things that distinguish true love from lust, from infatuation that might feel great but is not edifying in the long term. And so your key advice is to give the relationship time to see the true colors come out and see that evidence of love. And so let's move into the business realm. We have plenty of people, we're wanting to be able to make smart business choices, have partners who are wise and that will work with us not against us. And so what are some of the red flags in making a business partner decision? You know a lot of them are the same and that somebody might look great on paper, they might have a great resume, but what is the fruit of their life? You know, to use a lens, a camera analogy because they grew up in the age of actually the insta, insta-matic cameras if anybody remembers those, you gotta use a wide-angle lens. You have to see somebody in a variety of circumstances. You have to have time-lapse photography. Look at them over time. What do they do? What do they say? How do they interact with people who can do nothing for them? In business specifically, you may be in a circumstance where somebody doesn't give back extra change or doesn't say anything when they're under-charged when the bill comes in a restaurant. I always say people that are so easily able to cheat others are going to cheat you. And in business, just like in love, there has to be this appreciation that what you see is not necessarily what you get unless you've taken the time to get to know somebody on a deeper level where you can see the fruit of their life, of their business. There shouldn't be a disconnect between their work life and their home life. I call this red flags after five. It's one thing to know somebody while they're at work and they're on their best behavior. It's quite another to know where do they go after work. What do they do? Who do they surround themselves with? My parents used to say, show me your friends and I'll show you your future. Well, the fruit of somebody's life also includes the company they keep. So this is the kind of holistic view we have to have towards other people, even if we're looking not to enter into a relationship romantically, but a business relationship, many of the same factors. So tell me what is the difference between worldly wisdom and biblical wisdom? Worldly wisdom, believe it or not, in some areas, and I know that I'm preaching to the choir with such a savvy biblical wisdom group here, but a lot of it has to do with the same kinds of concepts regarding trustworthiness, reliability, but let me take it a little deeper on the biblical wisdom side of it. Oftentimes there's an honesty, an honesty and a level of selflessness, even in the business world, that scripture promotes friends stick closer than anyone. They lay their lives down for each other. I mean they're, you know, three-fold cord is not broken. There are so many different biblical analogies that apply to the business world that are very different than the what's in it for me mentality of the world. I mean I grew up with magazines as we checked out of the grocery store, us, people, me, self, that's not biblical wisdom. That's worldly wisdom and that's one of the, I wouldn't even call it wisdom, that's worldly promotion of, you talk about me too, of a me first mentality that often is part of what people think is good for them, you know, love yourself first. Well, that's not what the Bible teaches and these are some of the ways that we can make that distinction. It's that love for others and part of the biblical wisdom, I would say, challenge, even for Christians, is if you don't take the time to internalize what those scriptures say, it's virtually impossible for the Holy Spirit to bring them to mind when you're in a situation that you need them. So as many times as you read the Bible, as many times as you read certain scriptures that are your favorites, you'll always find something new and it's never time lost to start the day reading the Word. I always say it's a time saver because guess what? Just like Joshua's Extra Day, God can help you work faster. As a lawyer, I can accomplish more, more quickly and better if I take the time to read the Word in the morning because he's able to work all things for our good. Winnie, I'm just thinking about, you know, a couple people, they might not be able to kind of differentiate like wisdom and worldly wisdom. How would one begin to recognize if they're being driven by worldly wisdom rather than the wisdom and word of God? Well, the way to figure out that question now, which I think is excellent, is whether or not worldly wisdom is consistent with the Word, just like anything else that's not explicitly answered in the Bible, because we have many issues today in areas today that aren't explicitly addressed in the Bible. I mean, the Bible doesn't talk about things like abortion. It doesn't talk about the pandemic restrictions. There's so many things that go on today that are a little bit different. Yet, are the answers or potential answers today consistent with the greater themes in the Bible? That's one of the ways in which the Holy Spirit helps us interpret new and novel circumstances that we don't, we can't quote a passage on point, but we can quote an area that would have us answer it in a way, in a fashion that's consistent with what the Bible teaches, whether it is sanctity of life, whether it has to do with following the law, the rulers, the authorities, the ways in which the Bible addresses more broad topics, respect for government, respect and praying for your leaders, versus does it actually talk about whether or not you should follow rules post-pandemic? There are just lots of ways that you can find areas of greater consistency. And remember, you know, we all know that if you pray about these novel scenarios, Holy Spirit can help you answer those questions, even if they're not explicitly addressed. So, Wendy, in the last couple minutes that we have for somebody who has been betrayed, who is maybe putting lots of walls and guards up and doesn't trust as easily, can you just speak into their situation right now and give them some words of hope, words of encouragement on how they can move forward, be more wise and more trusting?  So, to anybody that's watching or listening that is betrayed, that feels like they put their trust in the wrong person. I know what it feels like we all do. It's like being kicked in the stomach. There's no worse feeling than that feeling of betrayal when you trusted somebody. There is one person that will never let you down. That's Jesus Christ. And not only is he trustworthy, but he can help you move forward, move past and dull that awful feeling of betrayal. I know what it feels like. It feels like it's never going to end. It is so strong, it's all encompassing, but he can help dull that pain and not only that, more than that, turn that into hope, bright, confident, optimistic hope for a wonderfully bright future because that's what Jesus has for you, regardless of what you've been through. What he'll do is turn you into a survivor that can use your betrayal as a learning experience to empower, encourage and inspire others who are also hurting. Take comfort in the fact that we all been there. We understand and we can help each other move forward as a body of Christ. Yes, our God truly does work all things for the good of those who love him and who are called according to his purpose. And so Wendy, thank you so much for your heart and for bringing all this biblical wisdom to us today. Thank you all. Thank you for having me.  And hey, we're going to take a quick break, but trust me, you're going to want to stay tuned. I've got an important question that I need to ask you right after this break. 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You know, what an important conversation about how bad things can look good, but it's reminding me of a conversation I just had with someone that's near and dear to me that I've known my entire life just the other day, and he started to share with me about an experience I had when he was at an all-time low. I mean, maybe you've experienced this to yourself, to where he lost everything from his family, his marriage, his career, his job. He struggled with alcohol and a drug addiction, and so he was telling me that in that very week, he didn't know what to do, so he did the only thing that he knew to do, and he went to church, and I believe God sets certain things up on purpose to reach people, and so this is kind of funny in a sense. He gets to church, and all the seats were filled, except for one, and that one seat happened to be center, front, row. So he was like, you know what? I've got nothing else to lose in my life at this moment.  Sits down, well by the end of the service, and he's not an emotional guy, very tough, very rugged. I don't even think I've ever seen this man cry. He said his face was in his hands, and he couldn't stop weeping, and he's in the presence of God, and he's asking God, God, how did I get here? Why is it that all these bad things are happening? I'm a good guy. I do good things, and he said that it was in that very moment that he realized he may be doing all these good things, but he's doing these good things without God. Can I tell you that I've been down that road to where I think that all these good things are going to lead me into heaven, but the Bible is very clear that it's only a relationship with Jesus Christ that gets us into heaven. You know, the Bible doesn't promise us that once we have a relationship with him that everything is going to be perfect, everything is going to be great and smooth. No, he doesn't say that, but he does say that he'll never forsake us, and he'll never leave us.   I want to tell you this, that doing a life without Jesus, without God, is to pretty much not do life or to live, or not live life at all. So, if you're watching whatever it is, I don't know what you're facing. You may be having some difficult times, things may be okay, but if Jesus isn't in your life, you're not living at all. So, could you do this with me and with us here today? All you need to do is pray this simple prayer. Let's make sure that you have a relationship with Jesus, because you know what, that relationship is not only about getting to heaven. God has promises and plans for you while you're still breathing on this earth, but it takes a relationship with him. So, once you say this prayer, wherever you're watching this from with me, dear Jesus, I invite you now into my life. I choose today to believe that you sent your son, Jesus, who died on the cross for me. I'm forgiven. I'm a child of God, and I choose right now to forget the things behind and to follow you the rest of my days. I confess with my mouth that you are my Lord and Savior. In Jesus' name, amen. Well, hey, if you prayed that prayer with me, man, we celebrate you. It is the best yes that you are ever going to say in your life, best decision. And do me a favor, if you want prayer or you love to talk with somebody a little bit more about it, call us. We love to pray with you at<PHONE_NUMBER>. This is a big deal. New things, great things are yet to come, Sid. You know, Matt, I just so appreciated that story and just seeing like the heart. And I could see the tears in your eyes and just like that was a really powerful moment for your friend that was sitting right in the center for a row and just asking God, like, I'm doing all the good things, like, what's going on? And Jesus is like, but you're not doing them with me. And just recently, I was listening to a sermon the other day. I believe, I think, was Robert Henderson and he was just talking about the courtrooms of heaven. And but one thing he said that just really stuck out to me is a lot of times we're always just trying to like find God or look God. But it's like when Jesus is like my father, I've gone, but he's gone before us because there's many rooms, right? Some translations say mansions, but it's like we're called to step in to that place. I think a lot of times we're waiting for him to come down to us, but it's us being able to go and access him and being like, God, where are you? And maybe that's where you are today. God, where are you in this situation? Where are you in my marriage? Where are you in my family? Where are you in my finances? Where are you in my health? And I just really send strongly in my spirit that God is like seeking for us. It's like we're waiting for him to come down, but it's a season where it's just like reach out to him. Be still before him. If it's in the middle of the night or in the morning or whatever you have to do, sometimes you got to clear everything off your plate and you got to get with Jesus. You got to sit still before him. You got to cry out to him. And in those moments that he comes and he speaks and he's right beside you. And so today, if that's you, just take a moment. We hear at Hope Today, this isn't just a show. We don't like to put on a show. This is about you encountering and experiencing God because we know one touch from Jesus, one encounter with God and an experience with the Holy Spirit changes everything. And you'll never be the same. And yes, there's going to be troubles and tribulations that come.  I am for you. I am with you. I am Emmanuel God. He is God with us. He is God with you. So we just want to encourage you with that today. Maybe there's a lot of good things in your life, but the best thing that you need is Jesus and you need him today. Anna, what are your thoughts? Well, it says in Proverbs that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fear doesn't mean this to be afraid of God, to be terrified of him, but it means to have great reverence for God because you belong to him. What he wants us to do is lay ourselves prostrate before him and behold him and humble ourselves before him knowing that his ways are higher than our ways. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. We're not to lean into our own understanding but in always acknowledge him and he will make your path straight. Your life is hidden in him today. We love you. Thanks for being with us. Have a great weekend.


Good evening aspirants, welcome to the Hindu News Analysis by Shankarayesh Academy for the date 29th of August 2022. Before seeing the list of news articles, I have an announcement for you. See pre-storming test series batch 1 is going to start at Shankarayesh Academy's Annanagar branch. The test series consists of a total of 66 tests. It includes both CSAT, GS and Mach test. The batch starts on 12th September 2022. And all the tests will be conducted in offline mode on the scheduled dates from 2pm to 4pm and it will be followed by a live discussion from 4.30pm to 7.30pm. The students who missed the offline test can take the test online after two days. For students who are taking the test online will be provided recorded discussion videos. You can take the test online only until the start of Shankarayesh Academy's Mach test that will be held before Palms 2023. Now with this information, let us see the list of news articles that we will be discussing today. You can go through it. Now let us start our discussion. Look at this news article. It talks about a high tech firm in Kerala which will be promoted as a tourist hotspot. So through this, the Kerala state government is popularizing agro tourism. In this context, we will be discussing about the agro tourism industry in India. First let us see what is agro tourism? Agro tourism is a form of rural tourism. In this, tourist stays with the farmer, then engages with the farming activities and also eats authentic farm food. So it involves staying in a farmhouse or a separate guesthouse. Such farmhouse or guesthouse will provide meals and also includes activities involving observing and participating in farming operation. For instance, such activities include strawberry picking. This activity is already carried out as a part of agro tourism in Mahabaleshwar of Maharashtra. So from this, what we can understand is agro tourism is a kind of leisure activity that is done in an agricultural environment and it also provides opportunity to help farming while staying in a farming area. Also know that this concept has been derived from the western economies. Now let us come to the benefits associated with agro tourism. First it provides opportunity for the farmer to earn extra income because it has the potential to become a allied agricultural activity. Second it helps in redistribution of economic resources from urban part of the country to the rural part. Third it also helps in job creation for rural youth and women. Through this it reduces disguised unemployment. What is disguised unemployment? See disguised unemployment is a case in which people appear to be employed. It occurs when productivity is low and too many workers are filling too few jobs. This could also mean when part of a population is not employed at their full potential. And this type of unemployment is very common in rural India. Now in case of agro tourism the rural people will be actually employed. Other than this from the side of the tourist if you see they get authentic village experience or experience of village culture. We know generally it is hard for a city dweller to experience village life. And it also helps both tourist and farmers to interact with each other. Through this they cultivate relationship and understand each other's need. Also agro tourism benefits the environment and biodiversity because it is ecologically sustainable and environmentally friendly. Above all it helps to diversify India's conventional tourism industry and add new dimension to it. See these are the advantages associated with agro tourism. See there are some challenges associated with agro tourism. Now let us see the challenges. First of all investment needed in this is very high because the cost of land development is quite high and there is also need for huge initial investment. There is the challenge of human resources. This is due to the weak communication skills of the staff in rural part of the country. So this might affect the experience of tourism. Thirdly the experience of agro tourism might turn monotonous. Monotonous in the sense that there is inability to introduce more engaging activity other than farming related activities. And finally at the policy level in India we lack a specific central or state government policy to promote agro tourism. A good policy measure is needed for the proper implementation and regulation of the agro tourism industry. With this basic understanding let us see what the news article says. The news article talks about Kuryottumalla farm located in Kollam district of Kerala. Now this farm is going to be opened as a high tech agro tourist destination for public from August 31st. It is located in a completely rural area near a tribal colony. The facilities include cottages, huts, children's park and life-sized animal structure to attract tourists. A first of a kind domestic animal museum is going to be added in the facility in the near future. Through this Kuryottumalla farm aims to tap tourism potential along with the development of the area and generating employment for residents. So that's all regarding this discussion. See this example of the Kuryottumalla farm can be used in your mains answer when the question asks us about agro tourism. So this is how you have to pick articles from the news and use it as a valid addition in your mains answer. So that's all regarding this discussion. Let us conclude this discussion and take up the next news article. Have a look at this news article. This news article is about rabies. See there is a sudden spurt in human rabies death in the state of Kerala this year. This had included cases where the victims were vaccinated. So this has raised questions about the vaccine potency, possibility of poor vaccine cold chain mechanism and above all the efficacy of the intradermal root of vaccine administration and the fallibility of the intradermal root of vaccine administration. Here intradermal vaccination is the delivery of vaccines into the outer layer of the skin. Most vaccines are delivered via the intramuscular root. The intradermal root is used only for a few number of vaccines like rabies and BCG. This is the crux of the news article given here. In this context let us learn about the rabies disease. See rabies is a fatal but preventable viral disease. The virus that is responsible for causing this disease is the Lysovirus. It is a single standard RNA virus and it comes under the Rabidoviridae family. Rabies can spread to people and pets if they are bitten or scratched by a rabid animal. In the United States rabies is mostly found in wild animals like bats, raccoons, skunks and foxes. However, in many other countries dogs still carry rabies virus and most rabies deaths in the world is caused due to dog bites. Now comes a question. How is this rabies transmitter? This virus is transmitted through direct contact such as through broken skin or mucous membranes in the eyes, nose or mouth with saliva of the infected animal. See people usually get rabies from the bite of a rabid animal. It is also possible but rare for people to get rabies from non-bite exposure also which include scratches, aberration and open wounds that are exposed to saliva or other potential infectious material from a rabid animal. See generally during localized infection the virus is shed from the primary site of infection. Here primary site is nothing but the bite site and it spreads and multiplies itself causing the disease. Just have a look at this image. Here you can see how a dog is getting infected from an already infected animal. The spot where the bite happens is the primary site of infection. From there the virus spreads and multiplies rapidly causing the disease. See the rabies virus infects the central nervous system. How? See the rabies virus attacks the nervous tissue and appears to replicate almost exclusively in the neuronal cells. Once introduced through the skin or mucous membrane the virus begins replicating in the striated muscles at the wound site. The virus can replicate in muscle cells for hours or weeks or it can migrate immediately to the nervous system.  That is in general if the material containing the virus is stray the virus cannot be considered infectious. Ok. Having seen the transmission now let us see what is to be done after transmission. That is what can be done after a person is infected by the virus. See if a person does not receive appropriate medical care after a potential rabies exposure the virus can cause disease in the brain ultimately resulting in death. Ok. You may think how it affects the brain. See as I already said the virus starts moving from the primary site of infection that is the bite site to the brain. In the brain the virus infects the neurons in almost all brain regions and here it continues replication. The viral virus transmission from the periphery of the body that is the bite site to the brain is called centripetal virus spread. This is making the rabies the deadliest disease known to mankind. See in general the incubation period for rabies is 2 to 3 months. But it may vary from one week to one year depending upon the factors such as location of virus entry and viral load. So if a rabid dog bites a person it may take about one year for the virus to reach the brain cells from the bite sites. Ok. Know that the initial symptoms of rabies include fever with pain and unusual or unexplained tingling, pricking or burning sensation at the wound site. But as the virus spread to the central nervous system progressive and fatal inflammation of the brain and spinal cord develops. Once the virus start infecting the central nervous system and the brain this stage is called the acute neurologic stage. This stage has some certain symptoms associated with it. The symptoms include confusion, aggression, partial paralysis, involuntary muscle twitching, rigid neck muscles, convolutions, frothing at the mouth, fear of water hydrophobia, hallucinations, nightmare, insomnia and photophobia. The photophobia is the fear of light. So these are the symptoms associated with rabies. Now moving on. See, though the virus is the deadliest it can be treated. Yes, immediate treatment of a bite victim after rabies exposure can prevent the entry of the virus into the central nervous system. This is called post exposure profile axis. Post exposure profile axis and rabies consist of regimes of rabies immunoglobulin serum and full courses of rabies vaccination at 0, 3, 7, 14 and 28 days. The first dose of vaccination should be given as soon as possible immediately after the animal bite. See firstly there should be extensive washing and local treatment of the bite wound or scratch as soon as possible after the suspected exposure. Secondly, a course of potent and effective rabies vaccine that meets WHO standards has to be given and then administration of rabies immunoglobulin serum should be done if indicated. This is given because the virus in the wound is neutralized through the administration of the rabies immunoglobulin in the wound site. This will give passive protection to the bite victim till the vaccine produces antibodies to fight the virus. So starting the treatment as soon as after the exposure to rabies virus can effectively prevent the onset of symptoms and even should death. Other than this, let me tell you how you can be totally prevented because prevention is always better than cure. See rabies can be prevented by vaccinating the pets and staying away from wildlife and seeking medical care after potential exposure before the symptoms starts. See considering the severity of the disease rabies is included in WHO's new 2021-2030 roadmap. As a zoonotic disease it requires close cross sectoral coordination at the national, regional and global levels. So that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion we discussed various points about the rabies disease. We saw what causes the disease, the symptoms of the disease, the mode of transmission and how the disease can be prevented. So that's all regarding this discussion. With this let us conclude this discussion and take up the next news article. Take a look at this article. See this article talks about ADAR card and its linkage with voter ID card. So in this article discussion let us see about some of the basics of ADAR card and then we shall see some of the important points mentioned in the article. Before getting into the discussion I have highlighted here the syllabus regarding this discussion. Please go through it. Now let's start our discussion. Let us start with ADAR card. As you know ADAR is a 12 digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India on the behalf of Government of India. This number will serve as a proof of identity and address anywhere in India. That is any individual irrespective of age and gender who is a resident in India and satisfies the verification process laid down by the UIDAI can enroll for ADAR. Here you must note two things. Firstly to enroll for ADAR he or she need not be a citizen of India. Being resident in India is alone enough for enrollment. Here a resident is a person who has resided in India for 182 days in one year preceding the date of application for enrollment for ADAR. So at any case ADAR number cannot be a proof of citizenship or domicile. Secondly any individual irrespective of age and gender meaning even children right from their birth can be enrolled for ADAR. But for children below 5 years no biometric will be captured. Later when they turn 5 and 15 the unique identification of the children have to be updated with their biometrics of 10 fingers, iris and facial photograph. So for this alerts will be sent to the registered mobile number of their parents. Ok now coming back each individual needs to enroll only once which is free of cost and each ADAR number will be unique to an individual and will remain valid for life. Also remember ADAR letter received through India post and EADAR downloaded from UIDAI website are equally valid. Now you must know the purpose of ADAR. Why such a document is required? See ADAR was introduced with two primary goals in mind. First is to curb leakages through targeted delivery. See earlier various identity proof like ration card, driver license or vote radio were required for access to government benefits, subsidies and services. But the issue with these proof is that they could be easily duplicated or forged. This led to leakages of benefits and subsidies to ineligible beneficiaries. So government brought in ADAR number. ADAR number is based on biometric information like photograph, 10 finger prints, scans of both irises and demographic information like name, date of birth, gender, residential interest. The thing is we cannot duplicate or forge biometric information. So ultimately ADAR helps in ensuring elimination of duplicates under various schemes and it enables seamless implementation of direct benefit transfer programs to the targeted population. So this is the first intention behind the implementation of ADAR card. Second is to improve efficiency and efficacy of the service delivery mechanism. See the ADAR number, the demographic and biometric information all together are stored in the central identities data repository. And every time a person's identity is authenticated using ADAR, information related to the authentication request is stored as well. This authentication allows the implementing agencies to verify beneficiaries at the time of service or benefit delivery. And it guarantees benefits are delivered to the right people. So this is the second purpose. As the time has passed by ADAR number was made mandatory to access services like banking, mobile phone connection and other government and non-government services. This includes linking ADAR with PAN card. Some of the other places where ADAR is used is highlighted here in the box. Just go through it. Now coming back to the news article. See the news article reports to us some of the instances where block level officers have asked the individuals to link their ADAR with their voter IDs, telling them if they fail their voter IDs could be cancelled. So here comes two questions. First is why does the government want the linking of ADAR with the voter ID? See the answer to this question is very simple. The election commission conducts regular exercises to maintain and update an accurate record of the voter base. A part of this exercise is to weed out duplication of voters like migrant workers who may have been registered more than once on the electoral rolls in different constituencies or persons registered multiple times within the same constituency. As per the government, linkage of ADAR with voter IDs will assist in ensuring that only one voter ID is issued per citizen in India. This is why government and the election commission are insisting to link ADAR with voter ID. The second question is, is the linking of ADAR ID with one's voter ID mandatory? And if we fail to do so, does the election commission have authority to cancel one's voter ID? The answer to this is no. See linking of ADAR with one's voter ID is not mandatory. In citing that as the reasons, the election commission cannot cancel one's voter ID. This is as per election laws amendment act 2021. This amendment act amended the representation of people's act 1950 and inserted section 23 class 4. This section states that ADAR can be used only for the purpose of establishing the identity of any person. And as per Form 6B issued under Rule 26B of the registration of electoral rules 1960, the voter may submit either their ADAR number to the electoral registration officer or any other listed document. But the option to submit other listed documents is exerciseable only if the voter is not able to furnish their ADAR number because they do not have an ADAR number. So this might have been misinterpreted and have caused confusion among the people and the block level officers. Having understood this, now let us see what are all the operational difficulties in linking ADAR to the voter ID. Firstly, the preference of ADAR for the purpose of determining voters is misleading. This is because ADAR is only a proof of residence and not a proof of citizenship. So verifying voter identity against this will only help in tackling duplication. But it will not remove voters who are not citizens of India from the electoral rules. Secondly, the estimate of error rates in biometric based authentication differs widely. As per the unique identification authority of India in 2018, ADAR based biometric authentication had a 12% error rate. Just because ADAR based authentication could not take place, a person should not be denied of their benefit like voting. Lastly, civil society has highlighted that linking of two data base of electoral roles and ADAR could lead to the linkage of ADAR's demographic information with voter ID information. Further, that might lead to the creation of a surveillance state. So here we lack proper enforceable data protection principle and how the authenticated data will be used is a big question mark. So these are the operational difficulties in linking ADAR card to the voter ID. So to conclude, the government should make corrections in Form 6B and you should clarify that linking of ADAR and voter ID is not mandatory. Along with that, the government should also expedite the enactment of the data protection legislation that addresses concerns of unauthorized processing of personal data stored by the government and all that India needs is an enforceable data protection principle that regulates how authenticated data will be used. So that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion, we saw the basics about ADAR and we saw why the government mandated the linking of ADAR and the voter ID and we also saw the difficulties in linking ADAR with voter ID. So I hope this discussion was helpful with this. Let us conclude this discussion and take up the last article for our discussion. Have a look at this article. This article talks about a Subramanian biology versus Tamil Nadu judgment. See this is a judgment regarding promises made during elections which are termed free beast at times. See in this judgment, a Supreme Court division bench held that making promises in election manifesto do not amount to corrupt practices. This is under section 123 of the representation of People's Act, okay? See regarding free beast, we have already covered exclusively. If you could remember, we discussed the ins and outs of free beast on our August 20, 2022 Hindu News Analysis session and while discussing, we saw about Supreme Court recommendations too. What did the Supreme Court recommend? The Supreme Court recommended creating an apex authority. This is to provide recommendations on how to regulate gifts given out by political parties. And now, the Supreme Court referred to a three-judge bench to revisit its earlier judgment which is the Yes Subramanian Biology versus Tamil Nadu judgment. It is unique as the court is exploring whether judicial parameters can be set on a purely political act of promising free beast, okay? In this context, let us discuss about this Yes Subramanian Biology versus Tamil Nadu judgment and then let us see what is the significance of this judgment in the context of the current debate surrounding free beast by political parties. First let us see what triggered this Balaji case. The whole event started in the year 2006. This is during the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The Dravidam Munnetra Kalagam released its election manifesto announcing a scheme for free distribution of color televisions to every Tamil Nadu household. The party justified that the TV would provide recreation and general knowledge to household women. And particularly those living in the rural areas. The party swept to power in the polls and decided to implement this scheme. While doing so, they spent 750 crores from the budget for the project. Then in the year 2011, All India Anna Dravidam Munnetra Kalagam that is AIADMK with its alliance also announced its election manifesto with free gifts to equalize the gifts offered by the DMK government. AIADMK promised grinders, mixies, electric fans, laptops, computers, 4g gold thali, thali in Tamil means Mangal Sutra, a check of 50,000 for women marriages, greenhouses, 20kg of rice to ration cold holders and free cattle and sheep. Note that here the 20kg rice was promised even to those above the power tea line. Then after that a petition was filed by Mr. Balaji who is a resident of Tamil Nadu. He challenged the schemes introduced by the parties in the Madras High Court. He said the expenditure to be incurred by the state from the exchequer was unauthorized, impermissible and against the constitutional mandates. But the High Court dismissed his case so he moved to the Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court he argued that the promise of free distribution of non-essential commodities in the election manifesto amounts to electoral bribe under section 123 of the Representation of People Act. Then he also mentioned that the distribution of goods to certain sections of the people was violative of the Article 14 of the Constitution. In response to this argument the state of Tamil Nadu said the promises of the political parties during the election do not constitute corrupt practices. Then the Tamil Nadu government claimed that the promises implemented by the party after forming the government is an obligation under the Directive Principles of State Policy. So the Tamil Nadu government claimed that the promise of freebies cannot be construed as a waste of public money or it cannot be prohibited by any statute or scheme. Now coming to the judgement, the Supreme Court said that the manifesto of the political party is a statement of its policy. So it said that making promises in election manifesto do not amount to a corrupt practice under section 123 of the Representation of People Act. However the court agreed that the freebies create an uneven playing field. So it had asked the Election Commission of India to consult political parties and issue guidelines on the election manifesto. And it asked the Election Commission to make it a part of the model code of conduct. Now why is the Supreme Court's move to review the Balaji judgement significant? See the Supreme Court thinks that because of freebies the state governments cannot provide basic amenities. This is because they will lack funds and the state will be pushed towards imminent bankruptcy. So the Supreme Court wants to analyze whether an enforceable judicial order can stop political parties from promising and distributing irrational freebies. So that's all regarding this discussion. See this judgement that is the Subramanian Balaji, the state of Tamil Nadu judgement can be used in your main sanser in arguments favoring freebies. So that's all regarding this discussion. With this we have come to the end of the news and less session. Now let us take up the practice prelims questions. We have four prelims questions, let us see them one by one. Let us take up the first question. This is a previous year question and it appeared on the 2018 prelims paper. Two statements are given, we have to find the correct statement. Let us take up the first statement. Aadhar card can be used as a proof of citizenship or domicile. See this statement is wrong. We saw in our discussion that Aadhar card cannot be used as a proof of citizenship. So statement one is wrong. Now let us take up the second statement. Since issued, Aadhar number cannot be deactivated or omitted by the issuing authority. This statement is also wrong because the Aadhar number can be deactivated or omitted by the issuing authority. Since both the statements are wrong, the correct answer here is option D neither one nor two. Now moving on to the second question, this is also a two statement question. Two statements regarding model code of conduct is given, we have to find the correct answers. Let us take up the first statement. It is framed by the supreme code. See this statement is incorrect. The model code of conduct is a set of guidelines issued by the election commission of India for the conduct of the political parties and candidates during elections. Now moving on to the second statement, it is binding on all political parties. See this statement is correct. The norm of the model code of conduct have been evolved with the consensus of the political parties who have consented to abide by the principles embodied in the model code of conduct. So the model code of conduct is binding on all political parties. So here statement one is incorrect and statement two is correct. So the correct answer here is option B two only. Moving on to the third question, this question is regarding rabies. Two statements are given, we have to find the correct statement. Let us take up the first statement, rabies has 100% fatality when untreated. See this statement is correct because when rabies is untreated and the Liza virus reaches the central nervous system, the fatality is 100%. Okay so statement one is correct. Now let us take up the second statement, rabies virus causes encephalitis. See this statement is also correct. We saw that once the Liza virus enters the central nervous system, it will cause swelling of the spinal cord and the brain. This condition that is the swelling of spinal cord and brain is called encephalitis. So here also statement one and statement two is correct. So the correct answer here is option C both one and two. Now let us take up the last question. See this question is a two-streaming question regarding agrotourism. This is a quiz question for you. Read the question and post the answers in the comment section. The main question based on today's discussion is displayed here, write the answer and post it in the comment section. If you like today's discussion, like, comment and share the video with your friends. For more updates regarding UPSC preparation, subscribe to Shankara AS Academy YouTube channel. Thank you for listening.


This is Witchspace news for Friday the 23rd of February 2024, I'm CMDR Buur. In Elite Dangerous News this week, there's an article to take your exploration game to the next level, Lave Radio is celebrating 11 glorious years, update 18 and the next FDev livestream arrived next week and more. You know how this bit goes, please like and subscribe and ding that little bell so that YouTube shows you all our content and if you'd like to directly help our work here at the Burpit you can also support us through Patreon, links to that and everything else are in the description below. CMDR Spatula 007 is back with a bang this week with the next installment of their James Bond-esque Elite Dangerous Machinima comedy. The latest outing of the hapless hero is entitled Thunderdangus and sees the secret agent Spatula 007 going on a forced vacation to a waterworld holiday planet. If you've seen Spatula's handy work before then you'll already know that things don't go to plan. There's a huge amount of work already in the Thunderdangus video including the usual hilarious voice talents and a genius full musical score from CMDR Takoso which includes a James Bond style theme song with accompanying title sequence but that wasn't the only thing that Spatula released this week. Before the video was released there was not only a full trailer but also a red carpet style premiere event video featuring the same production style and quality of Thunderdangus that is just as funny. There's a huge shed ton of work gone into the project by Spatula and it's clearly a labour of love for them. You'll find links to the half hour movie, the trailer and the Thunderdangus premiere event linked in the description below. CMDR Phoenix Defyre announced in a post to the official forums that the weekly Elite Dangerous podcast Lave Radio celebrated its 11th birthday this week. Since its inception the podcast has recorded a staggering 477 episodes which equates to nearly 1000 hours of audio content as well as playing host to the LaveCon yearly convention in the UK. Over the years the venerable podcast has passed through many pairs of hosting hands but these days you can hear the current crew of the Orange Sidewinder recording live on Tuesday evenings from 8.30pm UK time with the edited download podcast becoming available shortly To catch up with Lave Radio or listen live check out the Lave Radio website and Discord server linked in the description below. While we're talking Lave Radio my thanks go to the crew there for highlighting this next piece on the show this week. CMDR Homburger maintains a blog about their Elite Dangerous travels and adventures and this week the good commander published an article about exploration and specifically the methodology and tools that they use. It often surprises even the most seasoned explorers in the game that there is actually a method that can be used when searching systems in the galactic map to help narrow down the more interesting systems to view before you travel to them using the naming conventions that the game uses to generate system names. CMDR Homburger details this method in the blog alongside a few of their own methods for searching the galaxy for interesting systems to explore. In the piece you'll also find links to the third party applications that Homburger uses as the commander talks about their personal journey with the exploration process that has made them the explorer they are today. All in all it's a very entertaining and informative read as well as being a very useful reference piece. You'll find CMDR Homburger's article The Next Level of Exploration linked in the description below this video. The next update to Elite Dangerous update 18 arrives this Monday the 26th of February just as we were going to press in fact fdev let go the release schedule which you can see on screen now. The servers are going offline at 8am UTC and aren't expected to return before 1500 UTC following a whopping 30 gigabyte patch. With its arrival Frontier have promised what they're calling the culmination of the Thargoid war. A war that started over a year and a half ago with the battle of HIP 22460 and the detonation of the Proteus wave device. Following that conflict 8 fast moving anomalies were detected on the fringes of known space anomalies that became known in the community as the Stargoids. Upon their arrival in the bubble the Stargoids deployed protective caustic maelstroms around themselves and once the interior of those maelstroms was accessed we were presented finally with the true nature of the Stargoids Thargoid Titan Motherships. These Titan Motherships have been the source of a war that has decimated every system it has touched. As we reported last week there is an Aegis sponsored community goal running right now in the game to build what are being called Guardian Nanite Torpedoes. These torpedoes are specifically designed to target the heat regulation systems present within Thargoid Titan vessels. The hope is that on deployment the Motherships will be severely damaged or even destroyed. Once the nature of the anti-Titan weapon was revealed the anti-Xeno strike force a subset of the AXI led by Commander Mechon began developing highly engineered ships together with the tactics they believe will be necessary to deploy the new torpedoes against the Titans. The nature and behaviour of the thermal regulation systems used by the Titans can be seen already in game and using this intel Commander Mechon and the team have designed purpose built stealth mambas that can not only survive in the environment around the Titans but if used correctly can remain largely undetected and hopefully deploy the new weapon system. Whilst there are absolutely still many unknowns until we actually get our hands on the torpedoes Mechon has already produced a couple of videos that detail the proposed stealth mamba build and demonstrate the tactics the Xeno strike force team are hoping to be able to use. You'll find those videos linked in the description below. If you want to see what happens to the AXI and their pilots when they first attempt a full-on assault of an active Titan Mothership then Mechon will be live streaming on Monday afternoon as soon as the servers go live. Again you'll find that live stream linked below. We don't really know yet what it will take to destroy a Titan and if we do destroy one we don't know what the Thargoids might do in retaliation. Could we perhaps see more Stargoids being launched at the bubble for example? If we only manage to damage a Titan it's always possible it will leave the fight entirely rather than be destroyed and if that happens where it lands next will be a concern. Whatever happens next week should prove to be fascinating either way. Following the patch we have a couple of days of whatever comes next and then the next installment of FDev's new monthly live stream series Frontier Unlocked arrives and we do know that perhaps unsurprisingly Elite Dangerous will again be featured on the show. The Frontier Unlocked live stream kicks off on Wednesday the 28th of February at 6pm UK time on Twitch and on YouTube. Have you been listening to the Lave Radio podcast for the last 11 years? Are you following the adventures of Spatula 007 in Thunderdangus and will you be packing torpedoes and taking the fight to the Titans next week? Let us know in the comments below. That's it for now. Thanks very much for watching. We'll be back later this week with more videos. Until then, 07 Commanders follow the Greens on the way out and do keep clear of the toast rack. We very much look forward to seeing you next time.


What I do want to talk about today is the importance of the people around you in your life. I didn't know it sounds cliche. Oh yeah, I'm here, of course, to support and have people, in all honesty, it's probably the most important thing in your life to have the right support group around you. And I'll tell you a story. Obviously, you guys know me, my past, I've had an interesting, colorful past. Many, many different hats I've worn in my life. I've had really, you know what, if I had to summarize, I've had fun experiences. Yeah, they've been fucked up, but they've been fun and I've learned a lot from them. And one experience in general, a long, long time ago, I was young. I'm 35 right now. I think this happened when I was 18, 19, so fairly young. And I got stabbed in my arm right here, right bicep, I still have a scar right here.  Beer bottles are flying everywhere, batons are out there, baseball bats, that gang called this gang.  If you take a script from a movie or random groups of guys get together, it's like, you know, in a movie like News Anchor or Will Ferrell, where all those people show up on the street, the different gangs. They kick you out exactly like that. Random motherfuckers appearing from left, right in the center and everybody fighting.  So, you know, it required just a little bit of stitches, nothing special.   Like my knuckles are still broken, I had two broken knuckles and hurt bricks. But I smashed in the head numerous times, all the fuck, man, I shoot, I'll make videos for each of my crazy stories eventually.   And that recurring theme always came up, always came up.