Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Juan Matarot, head of the Media Edible Economic Forum. Welcome. And I would actually write directly to introduce Senator McKinnon, which you all know already. He's here at the position Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee. And next to me is Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Would you like to start, please? Senator Menendez, yeah. Well, thank you very much. I'm pleased to be here at the World Economic Forum with my distinguished colleague, Senator McKinnon. We just had a meeting with King Abdullah and had a serious discussion about the current regional situation, and particularly the crisis in Syria. And certainly, we believe that Assad's regime's behavior, it being the use of chemical weapons of the wholesale slaughter of civilians, has crossed a line that forces us to consider all options. There are vital national interests of the United States in Syria. Obviously, large chemical weapons stockpiles could fall into the hands of those who not only have used it appears against the Syrian people, but could use it more broadly and, in fact, could fall into the hands of terrorist organizations. We have a potential for the Syrian state to collapse, which could lead to a safe haven for terrorists constituting a new threat to the region with broader implications for our own security. We have an enormous crisis already with the loss of nearly 80,000 lives and displacement of 1 and 1 half million people. And that is why, among many other reasons, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a strong bipartisan vote this past week of 15 to 3 passed a package of legislation dealing with creating a movement towards arming the vetted, centrist elements of Syrian opposition, of helping to create a transition fund, of helping to provide more humanitarian assistance. Clearly, Jordan has faced an overwhelming burden in this respect. We recognize that. We want to be helpful. We hope that other countries would be helpful as well, particularly our fellow Arab countries here in terms of the humanitarian assistance. We would hope that they would be engaged as well, but we will meet our role in that respect. We look forward to the conference that Secretary Kerry is having with the Russians. But there are those of us who believe that a parallel track is necessary in order to send a very clear message that there needs to be a tipping point and a change in Syria. And I think I'll stop there and turn to Senator McCain. Well, thank you. I'm pleased to be back to this important conference here in Jordan. And I want to thank my colleague, Senator Menendez, who's chairman of our Foreign Relations Committee for his bipartisan leadership. And the example is the broad bipartisan support for his legislation that calls for additional weapons assistance to the Syrian rebels. I'm confident that, thanks to his leadership, the United States Senate will pass that resolution with overwhelming numbers. We come here at a time of a severe humanitarian crisis in Jordan. 10% of the number of refugees is equal to 10% of the Jordanian population. We compare that to the population of the United States of America. It would give, if 10% of our population were refugees, you can imagine the enormous strains that this puts on the Jordanian government and people and economy. We are committed, the United States of America. I know I speak for all Americans when we are committed to providing the humanitarian assistance that we possibly can to ease this burden on the Jordanian government and people. As regards to Geneva II, which is something that I think all of us would support, but we have a large degree, I have a large degree of cynicism about the possibility of success unless Bashar Assad is convinced that the battlefield situation will not be in his favor. In other words, if he believes he can survive, I do not believe that he will seriously negotiate. That's why there must be some teeth in Geneva II that if he fails to agree to an orderly transition, then the consequences will be severe. In my view, that would be the establishment of a no-fly zone, the taking out of his air power and to move the Patriot missile batteries to protect that no-fly zone and increased arms to the rebels. Finally, we are very grateful to the government, His Majesty and the government of Jordan. It's a small country that is born a very, very heavy burden as has Lebanon and as Turkey. And this massacre that's going on in Syria must be brought to a halt. I will finally remind you that a couple of years ago, many American experts, including our chairman and the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense said the fall of Bashar Assad is inevitable. I don't think you could make that statement today unless we change the situation on the ground in Syria to the advantage of those who are struggling for freedom. Questions? Congresswoman Granger, I think, is back here. We have two microphones here. Please, rest your hand and who would like to go first? Can I see the hand, please? Could you say your name and your organization? He has the microphone. Thank you. My name is Khairallah Khairallah. I'm an Arab columnist. I would like to ask a very simple question regarding the no-fly zone. Where is it supposed to be, in which area, the no-fly zone? I'm not technically disposed to articulating exactly where that no-fly zone is. There are several places where it could be. And I want to emphasize, no one that I know, especially me, advocates American boots on the ground. We believe in the kind of support that's necessary. But the American people would not support it, and nor do I think it would be a productive exercise. The Israelis have just proven that you can take out targets anywhere in Syria with relative impunity. So this argument that somehow it would be too great a risk does not hold water. Please. My name is Hani Safi from Sky News Arabia. My question to you, Senator, after the House Committee approved it, do you expect Congress to pass the law on arming Syrian opposition? I'm sorry, I didn't catch you after the House. Yeah, after the House Committee approved it, do you expect Congress to pass the law on arming Syria opposition? The snobbery, I say that was the Senate, not the House. Well, the vote, which is a 15 to 3 vote on a bipartisan basis is, I think, an expression. The Committee represents a pretty good cross-section of the United States Senate. And I think it is a very strong vote to move forward in the Senate. We are on recess right now. And we will have some pending issues before the Senate that are already going to take some of its calendar. But I believe that we will work to build the same type of support that we built in the Committee. And I believe that we will find support in the Senate in a very strong bipartisan way for the very essence of what we did in our bill, which has multiple elements. One is, yes, about arming the vetted Syrian opposition, those that we believe that would share the values that we commonly share and would be leaders of a very pluralistic Syrian society, where all Syrian society would be included. It also has a transition fund of $250 million to assist in those areas that the opposition already controls, that provide civilian assistance, and to prepare for a post-Assad Syria. It also, of course, lists the cap on humanitarian assistance so that the President will have great aware with all in providing humanitarian assistance, particularly here, as been said by Senator McCain to Jordan. And it also has certain sanctions policies of those who provide arms or fuel to the Assad regime. So in its totality, it's pretty comprehensive. And I think that the nature of the vote that we got and the Committee would be reflective of a vote we will get in the Senate. I just add Congresswoman Kate Granger of Texas, who is a member of the House Appropriations Committee and Defense and a well-known expert on national security who joins us. Do you have anything to say? Thank you, Senator. I don't know whether my mic's on or not. I couldn't agree more with the Senators. What's happened in Syria and the escalation is of concern to all of us. The concern what's happening within Syria and certainly the repercussions to Jordan and the refugee problem. And so, as we've said, I think there's a time, not boots on the ground. I think we're pretty clear on that, however, to escalate and to add to what we're doing for the United States and help from the rest of the region is now very timely and imperative. Thank you. Good afternoon, I'm from Bloomberg News. I have a question to both Senators. Do you think that the Geneva Conference can act as a basis for any political solution going forward? And as for the no-fly zones, can this be done without an international consensus which is lacking at the moment for such a solution? Thank you very much. Well, let me deal with the Geneva Report and I'll let Senator McCain as not only a member of our committee with the Armed Services Committee talk about the no-fly zone. With reference to Geneva II, it is our hope it is our aspiration that Geneva II can be an opportunity for a breakthrough in which we would have a political solution, a diplomatic solution with a transition to a future Syria that is all-inclusive and that, obviously, from our perspective, the United States does not include Assad. Now, I think that you have to give peaceful diplomacy its opportunities, and I think that's what Secretary Kerry is doing along with the Russians. However, I get dismayed when I see the Russians sending advance missile weapons to Syria and I don't quite understand how you do that at the same time that you are talking about seeking a peaceful solution. But it is my hope that out of this opportunity some dynamic can move us in a better direction. While hopeful, I'm also pragmatic, which is why I believe that a parallel track needs to be pursued simultaneously, which is what we did in the committee on foreign relations in terms of the legislation we just talked about and the preparations, I think, that need to be had in the case that, in fact, such a political solution cannot be achieved because right now, unless you change the tipping point in Syria, you have a situation which Assad believes somehow that he can sustain himself through a war of attrition. The problem with that is that it's very difficult for a political solution to be achieved. So I think these other elements that we are talking about are very important towards that and I think going into that conference, Assad must know that not only are these parallel tracks being taken by us, but very possibly by all the nations as well. The only way that Geneva II can succeed is if Bashar Assad believes that the penalty for failure would put him in direct jeopardy. That means there must be a stick associated with the carrot of these negotiations. Anything else than Geneva II is doomed to failure. With cruise missiles and other standoff capabilities, we can crater the runways and take Bashar Assad's air assets out of the fight. In this terrain, in this climate, air power is a decisive factor. We found that out in Libya when we intervened when Muammar Gaddafi was at the gates of Benghazi and air power overwhelmed him. There are many situations in the world where air power is not as decisive. In Syria, air power is the decisive factor. You can take out his runways and you can take out his air and you can take out his air with patriot missile batteries and pilots don't fly into certain death. So if we are going to succeed, we will have to negate his air power capabilities. Dr. Falah Al-Khayyat, Plots. Everybody now, the whole international community is very busy with Syria. But because Senator McCain is a very influential senator who been involved with Iraq, I want to remind them that Iraq is on the brink of civil war and the situation could worsen and it could become even worse than Syria. The problem is that there is no power which is separating the conflicting parties. There is no power which is acting as a fair referee between them. And since the United States troops left at the end of 211, actually what is left in Iraq is two opposing sides. What Senator McCain think the USA could do? After all, as a wise American said, it broke the jar, but it left it broken. Thank you. Well, first of all, I would argue maybe there's three opposing sides, Sunni, Shia, and Kurd. As the Kurdish part of Iraq becomes more and more autonomous in many respects. I think history will judge the United States very harshly for not seriously negotiating a residual force of some 20,000 that would have been and should have been left behind in order to provide a stable force that would have had an impact on the conduct of the Maliki government, including the conduct of the Sunnis. And with that force being absent, our influence over events in Iraq is minimal. And I think the best example of that is the continued overflights of Iraq, of aircraft loaded with arms for Bashar Assad, and the increasing Iranian influence in the domestic politics of Iraq. I share your concern. I am not confident that this administration will take any meaningful steps. Tom Fenton of Global Post. Senators, how confident are you that you can somehow distinguish between the good guys and the bad guys and shape the outcome or help shape the outcome of this civil war in Syria? I'd like to say that the way you do that is you have a no-fly zone and a safe zone where they can organize, train, and equip and make sure that the assistant goes to the right people. Every day that goes by, the jihadists and extremists flow in from all over the Arab world and have more and more influence on the battlefield. A year ago, there was a handful of these jihadists. Now there are estimates as many as 7,000. If you have a place where they can organize, train, and equip and govern, then you can have a chance for us to identify the good guys, support the good guys, and to have an influence over who is running the show there. You wanted to follow up. What you didn't answer is how confident are you that you can sort out the good guys or the bad guys? I'm sorry that you didn't understand my answer. I am totally confident that we can. If we have a safe zone with a stable organization there so that they can govern, organize, and sort out who the weapons and assistance goes to, they can do that. Let me say I believe, after two years, of engaging with the opposition and listening to our own American sources, as well as the participation of our allies here within the region, that we can identify and have identified who is an opposition that we believe is moderate in its position, would be inclusive of a Syrian society that is all-inclusive, that would respect human rights, that would have the essential elements we want to see. Now, for some, the question is to arm or not to arm. That question is gone. There are arms in Syria. The question is, do the right people have the right arms to change the dynamics so that we can end this bloodshed and move to a future Syria? And so I think we're past the question to arm or not to arm. The question is, do we help those vetted entities that would share the values that we and those within the region would share about what we want to see in a future Syria? And I think the answer to that question is yes, that we have confidence in that respect. And if I may just join on very briefly to the previous question. I just want to say, look, we tried to agree with Iraq on a status of forces agreement. Unfortunately, the Iraqis would not enter into an agreement with us, and we cannot have our forces in another country without a status of forces agreement. So that was part of our challenge there. As well, I think this issue of Syria continues to play a very significant destabilizing force in Iraq as well. So as we are focused on Syria, this is important, of course, to end the bloodshed and change the dynamics in Syria. But it's also important to Jordan. It's also important to Iraq. It's also important to Lebanon. It has regional contexts of significant orders. And finally, I would just also say that the Iraqi government must work to meet some of the challenges of its Sunni population so that there can be greater stability, so that you don't end up at the end of the day having a disaffected population be ultimately proselytized by extremist views. One last question. Yes. Dale Gablak, Associated Press and BBC. Yeah, I'm just curious. When we're talking about patriot missiles and establishing no fly zones, I mean, don't you think that Iran is also going to respond in some way to that kind of action? And how will we deal with that? Well, the Iranians have admitted that they have Iranian Revolutionary Guard on the ground. They are supplying weapons. They are training people in Iran and sending them back to Syria. And I would imagine that they could do more. But for all intents and purposes, they are all in. On behalf of Bashar Assad, if we have the present status quo continue, the massacre will continue. Bashar Assad will remain in power. The weapons will continue to flow in. Jordan and Lebanon are clearly being destabilized. And the conflict can become regional. So to worry about what Iran will do is not the determining factor. The determining factor is can we change the equation on the battlefield that right now favors Bashar Assad and the view of most experts? And if we can't counter Iranian activity, then obviously that underestimates the capabilities of the United States and our allies. And again, Senator Menendez and I are in agreement that American boots on the ground would not only called for but would not be a productive exercise because we think that there are ways that we can assist the people of Syria without that being a consideration. Let me just add one note. Well, I have personally not come to a conclusion on the no-fly zone, although I think it is an option to be considered. The reality is such an effort would obviously be beyond the United States. It would be a multilateral effort. And if there's a multilateral effort, the Iranians would have to consider the nature of that multilateral response. Thank you very much. Thank you.


Asalaamu Alaikum guys thank you so much for being part of the show today this is the open minded thinker show well I am extending this invitation to meal Gibson for two particular reason one of those reasons is that meal Gibson has distinguished himself as someone who has the fear of God he might be a conservative christian a traditional catholic but he also reflect that you know rare attribute of understanding and acknowledging the presence and the existence of God among his folks because if you go to Hollywood today you would see that atheistic creativity running deep in the veins of those who create most of the movies that we watch today but unlike others this guy called meal Gibson has produced videos that went as far as motivating or telling the story of the bible telling the story from the christian perspective anyway but he believed in God and that has thoroughly influenced the way he approached issues the way he makes stories and the way he approaches issues in Hollywood just recently he went viral again where he apparently revealed certain secrets in Hollywood in a 1998 interview mel Gibson made a number of cryptic references to a dark and evil side of Hollywood that he personally encountered when I came over here I was oh god I was in my my mid 20s right the first time I really came over here you know I had a whole bunch of weird paranoid suspicions about what the hell was going on because there was a lot of stuff I couldn't understand right um and nobody was really bothering to explain it to me they don't and it and I formed a bunch of opinions about the town and about the people in it that were like surely that couldn't be because a whole place can't be like you know weird town you know where the stranger wanders in and and all the people are in the bar and they all shut up when he looks at him and and they tell you don't go to the house on the hill and it's like that and then you go away and you think no that's I was wrong I mean that's insane thinking I'm paranoid I imagined that stuff that couldn't be the reason for why so-and-so was acting like could it and then you find out later on the track that you are exactly on track with a lot of this stuff not specifically on track but that you could uh that some of your worst nightmares were real at the time and you think a place like this can humiliate you and it can be it can either it can humiliate you it can be humbling I mean it does rip your life to pieces if you'll let it out apparently he's like reliving his first time in Hollywood I know that an industry as big as Hollywood would apparently have some secret in it and some weird stuff about it because it's just everywhere just like the Catholic Church the Vatican you know as big as an institution with all the finances with all the big histories with all the big guys you know in the Vatican there are a myriad of secret that the ordinary mind cannot be actually exposed to so I mean there are a bunch of things you can just say I want to know about the Vatican because there are really really mysterious so there's the same thing with Hollywood and I think I am really understanding where he's driving at and it's always pounding at the walls these little guys these little heathens with no soul downstairs with horns on their head with a battering ram trying to like beat your walls in now Gibson of course since that interview has met with shall we say some unfortunate circumstances his reputation was soiled after 2006 drunk driving arrests when he made widely publicized anti-semitic remarks which have tarnished his reputation among Hollywood insiders ever since and yet Gibson appears to have come out from that reputational slander rather undaunted he was seen of late standing up and saluting President Trump at a recent UFC championship fight and he's been pictured posing with Kerry Lake in Arizona but now we're getting reports that Gibson is preparing to release a groundbreaking four-part documentary series that are shed light on the hidden world of a global child sex trafficking ring according to Newsweek the shocking revelation is expected to expose the industry staggering annual revenue of 34 billion dollars if you can believe that's an amount that surpasses the yearly earnings of the airline industry here's Tim Ballard of Operation Underground and one of the leading figures in the global fight against child trafficking Ukraine got a phone call from Mel Gibson he actually did the final edit of the Sound of Freedom that's how we know each other but not well not well enough that I'd be getting phone calls they told me that he was in Budapest at the time this was right hours after the invasion and he said he supports a bunch of orphans in Ukraine and he was worried about them and he asked if I could help get him out so now I got 12 from my wife I got 13 others from Mel Gibson and I'm thinking okay I got this list of kids I gotta get out no I told Mel I said you gotta help me this is gonna be expensive I won't ask you for direct donation but can you help me film this you know let's film what's happening so we can get people to understand and they can support us he said no problem he helped us get set up and started filming four months later what I thought was gonna be maybe a documentary about Ukraine ends up being a four-part docuseries that's almost done it's being produced by DNA films and executive produced by Tony Robbins that's how crazy it got and how prophetic my wife was when I showed up in Ukraine with a list of I think 20 names the Ukrainians countered me and gave me over 10,000 names of orphans that they didn't know where they were because of the chaos caused by war and more importantly and more frightening to me was the fact that I know that human trafficking is a 32 billion dollar a year business it's the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world and I also know how kids get forced into that market and it's through vulnerable situations like in the aftermath of a hurricane mostly in a developed country or an earthquake or in this case apparently this is a very deep revelation you know a lot of things happens around Ukraine ever since the war started people tend to forget the corruption the evil and some of the myths normally that was synonymous with Ukraine as a country and then focused on the Russian invasion which of course it's not good but we have to revisit what was happening even before the war because the symptoms of this revelation are the incentive of really what was happening before the invasion so when the invasion happened it was an opportunity for some people to you know jump into the market and sell some people and you know continue the human trafficking and stuff so they get listening to this guy. 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away again that was Tim Ballard he's absolutely amazing as a former CIA and DHS special agent and now he's dedicated his life to rescuing children from human trafficking which of course is happening in Ukraine as he pointed out and it's happening more than any one of us could imagine our worst nightmares at our southern border thanks to the deliberate incompetence of the Bumbling Biden administration but as you can see from that testimony Mel Gibson behind the scenes is on the forefront of these rescue operations which may indeed involve the release of this documentary that according to Newsweek now you should know Gibson's publicist has denied these rumors obviously he's very worried about the blowback that Mel would inevitably get from a town that doesn't appear to take too kindly to exposing some of their darker tendencies but unfortunately for Hollywood the genie may be out of the bottle on this one I don't know if any of you saw the recent bombshell piece in the Wall Street Journal a front page article exposing the social media site Instagram for being used as a platform for connecting and promoting a vast network of accounts dedicated to the commission and purchase of underage sex content it was an investigation conducted by the Wall Street Journal Stanford University as well as the University of Massachusetts Amherst and it found that Instagram's algorithms actively promote pedophilia related content connecting pedophiles and guiding them to content sellers through various recommended systems the researchers discovered that Instagram allows people to search explicit hashtags related to child sexual abuse and links them to accounts advertising and selling child sex material I mean it was horrific stuff to say the least and indicates that something seems to be going on here there does seem to be a kind of Harvey Weinstein-like rumbling going on here with the dark secrets everyone knew about or about to come to the surface for all to see so regardless of whether Mel Gibson goes through with this or not it does appear that the cat is out of the bag and some pretty seedy behavior among our ruling elite is about to come to much-deserved light all right this is an amazing video to begin with since it has to do with Revolence Secret but you know talking about the secret of America what's really happening there it's not the vocal point of the theme of this video today what really I want to address is the invitation of Mel Gibson to Islam I know many people have not been that vocal about inviting him there might be faring his position on religion everyone knows that he's somewhat a Catholic actually when he was researching the life of Jesus Christ he utilized many ancient Catholic books and stories of Jesus crucifixion and you know all the witnesses to arrive that passion of the Christ so I watched a lot of videos and I've not seen where I mean people invite him to become a Muslim mate so and I decided to do it myself today so I invite Mel Gibson specifically to join the faith and the reason is quite simple Islam is a religion that is the most simplest because God is a God of wisdom he cannot associate us with things that are so difficult for us to obey yeah his yoke and burden to say is very soft so being a Muslim is as simple as you know doing any other thing because being a Muslim is being in agreement with the statement that Allah is single that God is one and deserves all glory and worship Islam in the sense of it means that no order deity no other person first second or third son daughter wife mother that deserve any sort of worship except Allah except God so with that understanding apparently everyone was born a Muslim if Mel Gibson as the case may be believe that we have a single God automatically so you've become a Muslim and that's the reason why we're inviting you to study the Quran we also invite you of course I know there are areas there are you know Muslim majority areas in America as a movie maker can you make videos about you know historical Islamic things like you know that will help you to study more or look into the faith in the more brighter-fashioned Arcada Baku Haram, Shabab, Isis and no representatives of Islam anyone that uses you know violence to spread the message is not a true representative of Islam Islam is represented by the atmosphere of peace the atmosphere of coexistence the atmosphere of freedom respect for God respect for man it is in the Quran that it was recorded that if you kill a single soul that it is to say if you've destroyed the entire humanity some of these are things that people don't reflect or don't say in public and it's wrong but Islam is a religion of peace just take a look at some of these Islamic countries today they are completely peaceful the only place you find you know the deficiency of peace is apparently some of these areas that you know the western world have influence or have interest for example in Libya in Iraq in other countries so if you go to those areas you see that the western nations invaded them and destroyed them you know thus creating an environment where terrorism and fundamentalism grow i've been a Muslim for over seven months now and i can tell you that Islam is most peaceful religion so i invite you so may you go see to you know explore Islam and you know look at the Quran read it for yourself don't allow anyone to tell you what is in it just read it yourself and appreciate the history and the theological debts of the Quran and Allah himself well guys thank you so much please share this video let's get it to Mel Gibson at this critical moment share it like it and if you've not previously please subscribe now to where Nabwas will reach more people until next time salamu alaykum


Good morning everyone. I am Dr. T.V. Jayantheshastri. I am an ENT head and ex surgeon. I am attached to Manipal Hospital, Maleshwaram. Today I would like to speak to you about vertigo. Vertigo means in a common term it is giddiness. But all giddiness need not be, all giddiness need not be vertigo and but vertigo is many a times giddiness. So I would like to briefly tell you what it means, what giddiness means, what vertigo means and how we can tackle it. So parts of the body that actually maintain our balance are brain, vestibular system, eyes and spinal cord. So in the brain there are parts like cerebellum, cerebrum and brainstem which are mainly responsible for maintaining the balance and vestibular system is there in the ear and our eyes helps us to maintain this one to look into where we are, what we are doing and all that and our spinal cord helps us to feel our sitting, standing and other positions. So how does actually this, all these systems work together? There is a sensory input from the atmosphere to us like in which space we are standing and whether we are standing crookedly or whether we are standing straight, whether we are bending a knee, all these things are this spatial and whether there is any rotation in movement or whether there is any linear movement all these things are absorbed and by the vestibular system. And our eyes tells us, since we can see our eyes tells us whether we are at a height or whether we are in the ground or whatever. So we can see it and we can of course the eyes collects all this information and our proprioceptive touch means, proprioceptive touch means whatever is in the spinal cord. Our spinal cord there are two columns which actually helps us to understand whether our feet is touching the ground or whether our hip is touching the ground or where we are standing, whether our shoulder is touching the wall, all this is absorbed by the proprioceptive sensations. This input is then carried to the brain and in the brain the cerebellum is the one where it coordinates and regulates the posture and movement and balance. The cerebrum is actually for the higher functions and that is level of thinking, memory and all those things cerebrum is for the higher functions. And when all this input comes to the brainstem, the brainstem gives out the it integrates the and it gives out the this one to the motor system. That means, what you should do whether you should stand straight, are you crooked if you should stand straight, whether there is a rotatory movement, are you supposed to hold on to something all that is and how your eye moves and all that is the motor system. Vestibular ocular reflex we call it with suppose there is a rotation movement and when the eyes are when the body is turning like that the eyes turn corrects itself back that is a vestibular ocular reflex. So, like it is just like how you see a train passing, you actually you keep looking like that as the train is passing. So, that is called that is the vestibular ocular reflex. So, these help in controlling the eye movements and also the body postures. Finally, the balance is achieved. So, in this picture you can see that there are some three semicircular canals in the year. So, there are three semicircular canals in both the years. So, these are the main apparatus to maintain balance in our body. So, in the semicircular canals in the next picture you can see that at the end there is a swelling, there is a bulging. These ends are called the ampoula and these ampoula help in giving us the sensation of rotation. They actually tell us that you are moving in this direction. So, and there are there is a thing called eutrical and saccule, you can see it is mentioned there eutrical and saccule. These are the ones that help us understand the linear movement like you are moving in the train in a linear way. So, that is these are the ones that help us understand the linear movement. So, it is actually a complex, the whole thing is a very complex procedure, but it happens just in seconds when actually you can you are in the you are in this position, you can immediately understand that you are in this position. See how quickly the brain works, how the how our body reflexes work. So, and the balance is maintained so quickly actually. So, what happens when there is derangement in these things? So, at that time there is a thing called vestibular spinal reflex where you will start the sensation of the body is being whether the sensation being is hurled or pulled that kind of sensation is felt when there is a derangement in this. And what happens our eye starts moving wherever it is hurled and pulled eye starts moving a little to correct that this one. At that time what happens there will be something called eye movement called as nystagmus. And then it goes on to the limbic system in the brain the whole thing there is a derangement there is a there will be a news to the limbic system that there is a derangement somewhere. And the limbic system will start developing some vomiting sensation due to the sympathetic stimulation. So, when a person comes to us so the diagnosis is mainly based on history, history history history that is a very important thing in these cases. And what are we but first when the patient comes what are we first ruling out? We have to rule out all the important things like any problem with the cardiovascular system or any problem with the nervous system all this we have to rule out. So, what we are going to ask them is there any shortness of breath is there any chest pain is there any symptoms of panic attacks because sometimes even panic attacks can cause a kind of giddiness. The patient feels giddy and is there any new medications that the patient has started or if already the patient is on medication has there been any alterations in the medications that that the patient was taking. So, all this actually is a very important thing to rule out all other problems to come to a conclusion that it is nothing but spinal vestibular spinal problem. So, we have to check all the vital signs like whether there is any hypertension that is high BP or hypotension is there any low BP or bradycardia. Bradycardia means is there any reduction in the heart rate. So, all these things point out a different thing like a cardiac problem. So, we have to check all this also we have to do ECG and blood glucose and serum electrolytes as a basic test because sometimes serum electrolytes like sodium for example, sodium if it reduces in the body then also there can be a feeling of giddiness and tiredness and so even minute reduction normally is 136 if it reduces to 130, 129 then the patient starts feeling little this one. So, that is very important thing which can also be corrected very easily. So, all these things we have to rule out before we say yes it is due to the ear. So, what is the history we take due to the ear and what do we say? So, first of all we ask the patient to describe the symptoms. What is it? Whether it is a rotatory vertigo or whether it is just an unsteadiness or what happens when he does it happen when it gets up from the bed or when he lies down in the night or when he lies down and turns to one side we have to ask all this history and whether it is persistent whether it is there throughout the day or is it there in between or at any particular intervals or is it in between intervals is it completely gone is the patient symptom free in between intervals all this is very important to us and is there any associated symptoms like nausea, anxiety or any neurological problems headache. Headache is very important a history for to rule out because migraine is one of the causes for giddiness also. So, initially the patient might have only headaches then he may develop headache with my with giddiness then later on it headache may completely disappear and there may be only headache only giddiness. So, what this particular entity we call as vestibular migraine which is actually very common because it is introduced induced due to stress and things like that which is very common. So, that we have to rule out. So, we ask a very important history is asking about headache. So, any other ear symptoms like ear discharge or decreased hearing or a ringing sensation in the ear is all very important to us after asking about the ear then turn to the eyes whether there is any blurring of the vision whether in double vision all that if there is double vision and things like that directly it points to the brain there is a problem with the brain probably. So, any other neurological symptoms like for example, in Parkinson's disease what happens as a patient is walking towards the target he suddenly starts walking too fast or when he is trying to he or she is trying to drink something there will be a spillage of water all this all this history we have to take. And any other risk factors like for example, if the has the patient has had a head injury or are there any or there are or there are any ototoxic drugs. Ototoxic drugs means drugs which are actually toxic to the ear. So, what happens in sometimes these drugs cannot be avoided due to various other important reasons and these drugs actually start cause a making the ear nerves weaker. So, there can be a hearing loss there can be some giddiness and things like that. So, we have to take a history of the drugs and then whereas, there is any spondylosis even the neck spondylosis also can cause kinking of the blood supply to the brain and leads on to giddiness. And is there any viplash injury? Viplash injury is when a person for example, is travelling in a car very fast and there is sudden breaks are applied that times what happens the body comes to an inertia, but the brain inside moves to to and fro inside the skull and gets injured. So, any such episodes are there. So, all this is important to arrive at a diagnosis. And as the patient is walking into our clinic we see how the patient is walking in. It is important to notice observe how he is walking in. Some patients with as I said positional vertigo they look at the floor and walk. So, that they do not trip and fall. So, this is observation is very important and bedside examinations we do in all the patients with vertigo careful blood side examination is important. As I said we have to look at the eyes, ears, cardiovascular system, neurological system as well as the ear, nevestibular system. There are certain tests for the vestibular system which should be done I will tell you later. And importantly we have to differentiate between the central vertigo and the peripheral vertigo. Central vertigo means it that which is arising from the brain and peripheral vertigo means that which is arising from the ears or sometimes from the vestibular spinal cord. So, central vertigo actually it is very important. There are certain differentiating points between the two, but many a times it can be overlapping. And once we know it is a central vertigo we have to do other examinations like MRI and things like that. So, that we do not miss any tumors what white central vertigo occurs. There are certain tumors in the brain that can cause. There can be a tuberculosis of the tubercular this one of the brain that can cause. And cystic circuses means there are certain worms that make their way into the this one that lay eggs and the eggs make their way into the brain and can lay and station themselves in certain areas which leads to this kind of a giddiness or something central vertigo whatever. So, all these things have to be ruled out. Hence it is very important for us to rule out whether it is a central vertigo or a peripheral vertigo. So, then how the patient presents to us either with a rotational vertigo means either the whole building is spinning or he himself is spinning. So, this we call as an acute vestibular disorder. This can happen even with a simple viral infection. Any common cold or even the recently what we had a coronavirus with all these viral infections a simple acute vertigo can occur. So, the other vertigo the type of vertigo is a positional vertigo that is when the patient gets up from the bed or lies down on the bed when he sits up or sits down or stands up or sometimes lying on the bed when they turn their head to the right or the left this is called a positional vertigo. And there can be vertigo unsteadyness without actual proper vertigo that means as the patient will have an unsteady gait. This can happen in when both the vestibular systems means from both the years the signals have become very weak then there can just be an unsteadyness there need not be a regular vertigo ok. So, and this can this kind of unsteadyness can happen in some cerebellar problems also as well as some neuromuscular problems also. And there can be some non-specific gaitness like precincope for example, person sees blood and he cannot take it. So, he is feeling giddy and if he falls down that is called something the precincope type that is called syncope actually falling is called syncope the precincope time he can have a gaitness that is also possible that is called non-specific gaitness and some times in psychogenic patients because of the this one the anxiety the panic attack and other things there can be some amount of the giddiness sometimes they can feel giddiness also in order to gain attention or something like that. So, what is actually so this is about the giddiness and what are the complications or consequences of this giddiness the patient has fear to move around by themselves. And they lose that confidence in the daily activities suddenly the patient can fall and there can be fractures or dislocations and things like that. And there can be road traffic accident also suppose a person is driving and he turns left or right to look at something then suddenly he can have giddiness and we cannot have the judging capacity and he can have a traffic accident. Also a person who is crossing the road also looking that side and this side and carefully crossing also can develop sudden giddiness and have some road traffic accidents. And there can be fire accidents in the kitchen because the lady who is lady or male who is working in the kitchen will have to bend get up and things like that during those times if they develop sudden giddiness they can fall on the stove or they can there can be some accidents like that.  So, it is very important that a patient with vertigo talks to us as early as possible and so that we can solve this problem at the bud itself instead of it allowing it to becoming become more and more. So, what this is all about vertigo when you come to us what we can do for this that I am going to explain to you in the next video. So, please stay with us for the next video. Thank you for joining me in this FB live session. If you like this video kindly share it with your family members and friends so that they can be also benefited by this. And if anybody has such kind of symptoms they can contact us so that we will be able to help them. So, meet you all in my next session. Thank you.


Johnny dollar my name is Bartley mr. Dollar Tom Bartley mid-states industrial insurance company here in Des Moines What can I do for you mr. Bartley? Case paper products company one of our pretty important clients It looks like somebody is trying to blow them off the map blow them off the map Explosions and fires in a couple of their chain of warehouses. Oh, yes But have so far cost us over a hundred and twenty thousand dollars If they have any more of them or if their main plant here in Des Moines gets hit I see what you mean. Okay, mr. Bartley. If I get any kind of break on plane schedules I'll see you sometime late this afternoon The CBS radio network brings you Mandel Kramer in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-backed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense accounts emitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to mid-states industrial insurance company Des Moines office Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the case of trouble matter $2.65 plain fare to New York to Chicago to Des Moines, Iowa and thanks to good connections We circled the transmission tower of KRNT passed over the raccoon river and set down a municipal airport shortly after 4 p.m Item 2 out of force of habit $50 deposit on a rental car. I headed north on Fleur drive That's route 123 a few minutes later walk into Tom Bartley's office on Mulberry Street in town. I Thank you pardon. Yes, mr. Case What oh I'm sorry. I well may I help you sir? Well, I don't know my name is Johnny dollar and Is something wrong miss? No, no, no, no, I'm sorry and mr. Bartley is expecting you mr. Dollar But he isn't here now. Oh he's gone to Indianola. Where's that 18 miles south of here? And he wants you to meet him there mr. Dollar just as quickly as possible. Okay, but where down there? He says you'll know when you get there and that you'll have no trouble finding him Well, I've never met him, you know just the same. He says you'll know when you get there funny and to please see him Right away immediately. Okay, whatever you say Little town about seven thousand and that secretary was right I had no trouble at all finding Tom Bartley much less as reason for being there a thick pile of smoke hung over the place it came from the smoldering remains of a big building just a black-off highway 69 near the edge of the South River a sign at one edge of the property said the building had belonged to case paper products company I pulled up next to a group of firemen who were busy with a hose killing the last Number three what's left of it and this one will cost us fifty sixty thousand more at least you think this and the Others you call the bottom in arson, huh? So does Albert case he and his brother Ed own the business main plant in Des Moines And a lot of warehouses scattered around why scattered around Tom instead of close to the main plant no room up there Also, it saves money because of cheaper property in these small towns. Where are the others? Well, those that are left or in Knoxville or Seola cold facts and Grinnell who knows for how long on the phone You said explosions and fires. That's the way they've all started with an explosion That would indicate arson all right Also a pattern by one man right but paper boons so hard and fast and hot There's never any concrete evidence after fires over about these case brothers Tom now look there's no point in hanging around this mess It's all over and done with but our insurance pay off So why don't you pile into your car and follow me home Johnny? We can talk about it there over a stiff drink that I can well you okay if you like besides It's getting late and I promised Millie. I'd bring you home for dinner leave the way We like it Yes, I guess Johnny does look like a case at that Johnny a Mildred. This is Johnny dollar. Well, hi Johnny and welcome Hi, Millie and now you two can go in there and relax now bring your drink Oh, that'll suit me fine Sit down Johnny make yourself comfortable. Thanks Tom might a attractive little wife you have there Millie used to be a singer and dancer in a sister act. Oh Now about the case brothers Tom well Albert actually runs the business It just shares the profits kind of a black sheep of the family. I've heard I see One for you Johnny One for you darling and one for me. Thank you, ma'am. Well to the gods and goddesses and Drink to that. Oh I'm darling before I forget Albert case promise to drop in good good I want Johnny to meet as a matter of fact you ought to be here right now He only lives a few blocks away He's been up in the town of Madrid Johnny cleaning up after a previous fire so he can sell the property You mean he's planning to just Pocket the insurance money. I guess so Incidentally, he himself discovered that fire. He didn't Time tell me How has business been with the case brothers lately? Well, not so good. I guess but then that's true of a lot Now now wait a minute Johnny possibility isn't it but Albert case burn down is on my list And you don't know I know but maybe you don't either Tom at least as well as you think you don't Know Johnny you're wrong in what you're thinking. Why I don't know now case for years. I've known him well What about his brother Ed the black sheep? Well, no Ed of course is a different Oh, excuse me, man, it's Albert case. It's Al Johnny come listen, right? Tom yes, Al. I told you I told you those fires were set. I know you did well I have proof you have huh, then we'll be right over. No, what? No, no, you mustn't come here and I must stay here. What what do you mean because I Because I I don't get it. You know where he lives Tom. Sure, but why did he hang on come on? Let's go as we pulled up at his house We could see Albert case through a picture window sitting at a desk telephone in hand. Hey, Al. We're here He's on the phone and nobody acts as though he doesn't even hear us wait Tom What's the matter Johnny stand back stand back Johnny What's the matter if you see from out there? Now do you see? No, what's wrong? Oh? No, well Johnny That's where the forehead Tom Looks like it was done by a 38 Business gets like here in the diner. I'm listening to the radio. I think to myself I mean Suppose that new for a day walking right now sit down at the counter and say I mean from now on I want you to smoke new port filter cigarettes You know they have to suiting coolness a mental a hint of mint and wonderful rich tobacco It's that exclusive pleasant smoking combination that makes more refreshing to begin with more refreshing all the way Will you do this for me? I mean? Maybe I'd say take the place ball joint the steam table the coffee maker. It's all yours I'm a new port smoker forever Here and I gave a place a quick run down check the doors and windows a few minutes later a young policeman arrived Oh, well you all here when it happened Mr. Bargley and Mrs. Bargley and yeah, who are you? But he's working for me officer. He's Johnny dollar insurance investigator Your insurance guys work pretty fast. Don't you? Maybe too fast. Are you related to mr. Case? What are you know why?  I did officer when I saw through the window that something was very obviously wrong with mr. Case Oh, just took things in your own hands and bust it in huh? That's right All right, let's see what I can find out here Hey Sure here it is Now bullet hole through this window You know what that means means somebody plug them from outside there. You're sure. Yeah, sure.  Yeah, well who told her she could leave who told her she had a sit here looking at a corpse He wasn't shot by somebody standing outside Johnny. Well, how do you know I saw that bullet hole in the window too? Yeah, but there were no particles of glass on the inside of the cell But there were on the outside That's right So the shot was fired inside by somebody that Albert case let in or who had normal access to the house Remember when Albert's phoning the you was cut off? Yes, because somebody was there and had to stop him from talking about his proof of Arson or from naming the arsonist Was Albert married I know So his death means that his brother Ed would own the business now. Yes, I guess so Where does he live in the town of Brinell the other side of Colfax both those towns have warehouses in them Right, yes, that's right now. Now wait a minute.  I stumbled over a little old man quietly sobbing to himself Sorry, I didn't mean to walk all over you like that I know it would happen. I knew this is gonna happen. You mean this fire. Yes, and I told Mr. Albert was going to happen, too Wait a minute. You mean mr. Albert case. Yes, I've been here night watchman for years I have and I told him it would happen. I did It was since that car started coming around here every night Frowning around I know it wasn't up to any good and I told him so I told mr.  Albert said What? He said he knew then he knew what was it been trying to burn them out. He said he knew Did he tell you who we meant only that now we were sure and he'd give me this this gun this pistol to carry In case it come around again a white perati convertible Yes, sir, and I think I know the man he means to the drives one and if he does come around him Listen, please after what you're done. I'm going to kill him and put down Have this gun and took off He thought that I was someone else Millie Barkley had to Matter of fact even I had noticed a sort of family type resemblance between myself and the dead man Albert case I'd hope to make the rest of the trip in something under legal time But after having the fuel pump of my car cock out on me Then spending literally hours at an all-night service station getting a new one Incidentally, that's item 3 1580 the sun was up by the time I got to Grinnell At police headquarters there I barged into the office of lieutenant cow golden without waiting to be announced I finished up this report, Mr. Case. Well. Oh sure. I don't like to phone you, Mr. Case, but got no answer. You did Hmm. That's very interesting. I'm afraid I have bad news for you about your brother, Albert Seems it last night somebody Wait a minute. Yeah Well, I'll be You look like Ed case don't worry lieutenant You're not the first one to make that mistake, but who are you that my name is Johnny dollar? I'm an insurance investigator.  Yeah, I have good reason to believe Ed cases Not only the fire bug were after But the man who killed his brother to put out an APB on it and he gave me Ed's address Well 17 La Croix place There was no answer to the doorbell there, so I went to the house next door Yes, oh, uh, excuse me ma'am. Oh, it's you Ed case. I beg your pardon. No wait You're not Ed case. That's right, ma'am. My name is dollar. Oh, I'm sorry I should have known because of your car. That's right. He drives a white one, doesn't he? Yes, yes, one of them fancy foreign things with the top down all the time Like the one that he gave you that blonde husband. He comes around to see him all the time a blonde man Comes up from Des Moines all the time in and out of house of his life. She belong there. It's disgusting from Des Moines Did you say anything? I don't like it's a little blonde with green eyes and one of those olive type of complexions They don't deserve thank you very much It was Millie Bartley Tom's wife petite olive complexion green eyes and she lived in Des Moines And I remembered her momentary surprise when she first saw me Item for 90 cents for a phone call. I know Johnny. I don't know where Millie is I heard her talking on the phone to a friend Bernice. They used to be an assister act You know well then Tom, but then she ducked out of the house and left in the car. I see Okay, Tom, thanks, but how are you doing anything new that I don't know about this awesome murder thing No, Tom, nothing you need to worry about Not yet parked block away and walked to 12 17 There was no answer again. So I went around to the back door Slip the lock with a business card and walked in leaving it open for a possible quick exit That was a mistake because a couple of minutes later as I rounded a corner to the living room I felt the barrel of a gun in my back Out of town Well, now I know different wait a minute. Don't move Eddie boy Trying to stall on that five grand. You owe me won't work. I think I met case. What do you mean thing? I'll listen. I don't know what happens when you're trying to stall me Eddie Really done a job on me because when I came to it was dark And I felt a little bit rocky to say the least What roused me was a sound of steps a woman steps wide becoming in the back door There were no lights remember Then briefly silhouetted against a window. I saw the all-too familiar trim petite figure coming toward me Annie oh No, you're hurt. Oh honey. You're hurt. What happened? Oh, you don't know Oh, yeah, we're Louie getting even because you didn't pay him soon enough for that last fire Here Eddie, let me turn on the lights and help you know, no, no, I just let me let me rest a minute I knew that with him. I passed on the highway. Why did you come over here from Des Moines?  I guess you should have waited until I could get up the Money to pay Louie You mean for killing Albert too.  I saw you from the outside in the car. Oh, you'd swear to that, wouldn't you? Eddie what a thing to say. It sounds like you don't trust me. Look. We're in this thing together Whose idea was it to knock off Albert? Well, like I told you you had to because he was getting wise to you about the fires You had it figured out that way right from the beginning, didn't you? Baby, now look. First burn up the warehouses collect the insurance on them Oh, sure. Then get Al out of the way so you and I would have it all Yeah, that's right Eddie, what are you talking this way for? I don't understand you. I wish the heaven I didn't understand you, Millie Millie, come on. Let's turn on the lights in here Eddie, you're you're not Eddie Who are you try to kid me Millie? Wait a minute Who are you?  Let me out of here All right, honey. I'm gonna stay right here. Millie Barclay's sister Bernice. Oh, well Yes, on account of we looked like we did a sister act once before she married that Bartley guy Will you let me go? Not a chance Bernice. Let me go. I think maybe a better dollar What? Yeah, me Eddie, don't move dollar get his company take his gun away. Yes, you're ready Here here here it is. Okay, that's right I guess maybe we do look like each other don't we and fool Bernice Eddie before I put the lights on She told me everything Eddie Eddie don't believe him. It's a lot Isn't baby. I heard listen. I thought he was you don't you understand I thought he was you drive on over here anyway because Millie told me dollar was coming here I could tell she was getting wise about the fire No, Eddie honest, but she was my friend. She thought maybe she could help me out of this mess. Yeah, you're too late, Bernice Eddie what what are you gonna do?   It won't be after I kill you Right now Well if it is you wait here you wait ah Now you don't You shouldn't have turned toward that door Out of my way No no Millie Don't go in there Bernice she was my friend I'm sorry Millie. I came alone Johnny. Why? 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I welcome members to the 15th meeting in 2015 in the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee and, as usual, remind everyone present to switch off mobile phones as they may affect the broadcasting system. We have today received apologies from Cameron Buchanan. The first item is for the committee to agree to take agenda item 4 in private.  The members agree to take this in private. The second item for the committee today is to take evidence from Dave Thompson on the proposed cross-party group on religious freedom. Dave Thompson is sitting in the witnesses chair and I invite David to make a brief opening statement on the purpose for the group. Thank you very much, convener, and good morning members. Yes, this group came about initially after a meeting on 25 February, which was held in the Parliament, which was sponsored by myself and chaired by the moderator of the Church of Scotland, the Reverend Chalmers, and about 50 people attended from a wide range of different faith groups. I had hoped to move things on more quickly following that meeting, but various different things intervened, including the general election, a change of moderator at the Church of Scotland, the recess and so on. It took me a wee while to get to the point where I could submit this application to the committee. One of the main things that was discussed in February was the general issue of intolerance, mainly towards people of a religious faith but also towards others as well. We had a range of speakers at that meeting, a very wide range, including people from the American and Canadian embassies and various different faith groups, giving us their own particular experiences in relation to intolerance towards faith. The refugee crisis has highlighted the issue of religious intolerance, and we all know what has been happening in places such as Syria. I believe that it is very important that we promote tolerance among people of all faiths and of none at all. Anyone is welcome to join the cross-party group, whether they have faith or not, because what we would hope to do is to foster discussion among everyone to ensure that there is tolerance going into the future. You will see the list of proposed members. That is not finite. We would welcome people of other faiths and none, as I say. You may have noticed that, although there are a couple of organisations linked with the Roman Catholic Church, the Church itself is not down as a member. I have a quote here from the Reverend Thomas Boyle, who is the Assistant General Secretary of the Bishops Conference of Scotland, where he says, "...in addressing the Congress of the United States of America, Pope Francis said, a delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, whilst also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedom and individual freedoms." That is the end of the quote from Pope Francis, but Reverend Boyle went on to say, "...dialogue helps to overcome any form of extremism, and inspired by Pope Francis Wards, we welcome the establishment of the cross-party group on religious freedom. We look forward to co-operating with the group and supporting it in its work." They will now be formal members. As I say, I hope that the group will encompass many more people as it moves forward, if you approve it. As I am a member of the committee, I thought that, on that occasion, I would not take part in the discussion in relation to formal approval of the group, and I will leave it in the hands of my committee colleagues to make that decision. Thank you very much. That is very helpful. There is maybe just a couple of things from the convener's chair that I will say before opening it up for discussion. I think that the Parliament on 9 September 1999 had a very interesting discussion that touches on this, on the subject of how the Parliament would deal with time for reflection. At that time, Tom McCabe made a contribution that suggested that we should reflect those of religious belief and those of none. That is particularly opposite this week because, of course, our time for reflection leader this week was a secularist rather than someone of faith. I think that it is perfectly clear that, while considering whether to approve a cross-party group or not, we neither endorse nor reject the purposes of group, which can be very narrow, and indeed we can have groups that take conflicting views on different sides of important arguments, so that is not a matter that we are likely to give much weight in coming to a conclusion. The other thing that it is worth saying is that the committee has previously expressed some concerns about whether, at this late stage in this session, we should be approving other groups. Without pre-empting in any way what position the committee might take on that, I will invite the committee at the end of our discussion on whether to approve this group or not to put on the record that it would be our plan not to approve any further groups, and that is without prejudice to any groups that are brought forward might be. On that basis, colleagues, let me just open it up for colleagues to ask David any questions they feel they want to ask. I do not think that we are here to judge whether things are good or a bad thing, to be quite honest, but I would like to say that I do believe that anything that fights intolerance is something that is a worthy thing of supporting in itself, but our purpose is to decide whether or not a group should be formed. Another thing I would say is that we have a particular problem of intolerance within religious groups in Scotland, and one of the benefits that might come from this holistic view you are taking, those with religion are not to be involved in it, I think would be a good thing in itself. Having said that, for my part, although it is late, I would find it very difficult to, when we are talking about people's rights, this is a rights issue in my view, it is a religious right, and I would find it difficult, although it is late, I heard what you said convener, although it is late in the day and we are looking at restrictions in terms of just in time rather than on what is going on. I would be minded to say yes, it would seem a bit strange that folk are asking on the basis of getting together and fighting intolerance that we would restrict it because of a time bar. I have similar concerns around the timescales and I wonder if you could give us a bit more information on how many meetings you would intend to have because given how late we are in the session and when we will be rising next year for the election, we do not have a great deal of time for planning meetings and I wondered if you had considered any other ways to raise the profile of this issue? I am very aware, as a committee member, of the issues around registrations being proposed late in the session. We would propose to have a couple of meetings before the Parliament goes into disillusion in March, one probably near the end of November and one in February would be what we would be planning. I think that that would be valuable to allow us to decide exactly the subjects that we will follow through and discuss and deal with and allow us to lay the foundation for hopefully a reconstituted group after the election in May. Can you cover the point on whether you consider any other methods to raise the profile of the issue without setting up a cross-party group? There have been various things held in the Parliament over the past eight years that have been a member that have related to religious issues, some of them straight praise issues such as the Scotland United and Prayer for the Parliament events that take place twice a year in the member's restaurant, which are very well known. There are a number of other things like that. The first formal meeting that we had was last February, and that was a meeting to gauge interest. As I said, there were over 50 people. I have the complete list. I will not read through the whole thing to you just now, but it is available if members wish it. There was a very full discussion from a panel of five people on a variety of different issues. The advantage of having a cross-party group is that it gives it a certain formality. It is associated with the Parliament, although it is not anything to do with Government or anything like that. I think that it would allow us to discuss the issues in a way that an informal ad hoc group just would not be able to operate. I do not think that the issues would get dealt with in such a thorough way that a cross-party group can deal with those issues. As I understand it, rule 6.22 of the code concerning cross-party groups requires 10 days advance notice to be given to the standards clerks of the intention to hold a meeting. I believe that your own group held a meeting on 15 September, but the standards clerks were not. Can you perhaps explain what happened there? I have been made aware of that. I thought that that had been done. That was a mistake. I know the rules and I put the cross-party group in consumer affairs before a couple of meetings ago and it complied fully with that rule with the notification. I am not sure how that happened. It was an error, but I would say that I think that the purpose of that rule is to ensure transparency and to ensure that people know what is happening and what is being proposed. This is maybe in mitigation, apart from anything else. I did ask a question in Parliament on 2 September to the Minister Marco Biagi, who included a question to him on whether he would support the creation of my proposed cross-party group on religious freedom. His answer was to the effect that the Government would support any group such as that. After that, I put out a press release, which was sent out widely. It was not widely covered. It was covered in some areas. If part of the purpose of the rule is to ensure wide knowledge of what is proposed, then, in a sense, I think that we might be complied with it there. I accept that the strict formality of the notification to the clerks in writing did not take place. Although I know that my assistant has spoken to the clerks and did speak to them before the meeting on 15 September, I believe, but it is a mistake for which I apologise. I am not interested, and I do not think that Parliament is interested in whether there were press releases or even matters relating to that on the floor of the chamber. All the effect of that is that we know that we did not know, because we did not know, because it was not in the formal process that relates to cross-party groups. I ask whatever the outcome of today's deliberations that you and your colleagues take very serious account of that. The rules are there for a purpose, and we have all agreed to those rules. It is very important. I do not want to minimise the importance of that right at the outset of consideration of this group. In a sense, convener, you have preempted what I was going to say next, which was that, with no detriment to Mr Biaji, he is not concerned with the application of those rules. We are. Given that you did have that exchange with Mr Biaji and you released information to the press, how was it notified to members? An email was sent round all members, inviting them to show an interest. Every member got the opportunity to do that. I do not have the dates off the top of my head, but it was done more than once. If there are no further matters in taking evidence from Dave Thompson, I will move to agenda item 3. I will ask Dave Thompson to remain at the other end of the table. This continues to be in public for your entitle to be here and hear what has to be said. I note your previous intention to resile yourself from the discussion that we are about to have. Agenda item 3 is for the committee to consider whether to accord recognition across party group on religious freedom. Gil has indicated that he is willing to support that, and I take it nothing that I am getting a nod. Are others wishing to put anything on the record before we formally decide? I propose that we agree to accord the cross-party group on religious freedom recognition. Members agreed to that. We agreed. Before we leave agenda item 3, I return, as I said, to seek the agreement from the committee that we are not minded to accept any further applications in this parliamentary session for new cross-party groups. On the basis purely that there is now insufficient time for these to operate effectively. We would hope that our successors, perhaps in this committee and in the Parliament to be elected next year, take note of that when they are looking at cross-party groups. That is helpful. Thank you very much indeed. We now move into private session. We will return to public session for agenda item 6.


Good day everybody. This is Dr. Sanjay Sanyal, professor of the department chair. This is going to be a demonstration of certain dissection specimens of the spinal cord. So we have removed the occipital bone from here. This is the prone cadabra. We have done a posterior fuzzacraniactomy and then we continued down and we also removed the paraspinal muscles. We removed the laminate of the cervical vertebrae from the cervical thoracic lumbar sacral coccygeal and thereafter we have split the dura to show the spinal cord. In an earlier dissection, we had mentioned the upper part of the spinal cord and the spinal nerve roots and many other features here. Now we shall focus on and we shall go right up to the bottom of this dissection to show you the lower part of this dissection. We have as I mentioned we have split the dura and the arachnoid and we have reached the lowest part of this dissection and this region that we can see here, this is referred to as the lumbar cistern. What is the meaning of the word lumbar cistern? Lumbar because it's in the lumbar region. It extends from L2 to S2, vertebral levels. Cistern means an enlarged subarachnoid space filled with CSF. What are the contents of this lumbar cistern? The contents of the lumbar cistern as I mentioned one is CSF. The second important content of course are these multiple branches that we can see here. These are the branches of the lumbar sacral and the coccygeal nerves which is referred to as collected with the corda equina. The third content of course will be a small structure which we cannot see which is a non-neural structure called the phylum terminale. This is the T2 sagetta labori of the lumbar vertebrae to show the lumbar cistern and its contents. Let's mention a few quick words about this lumbar cistern itself. This lumbar cistern as I mentioned it's an enlarged CSF filled space. Therefore, this is the ideal location for doing a lumbar puncture and CSF TAP for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes and I shall show you the demonstration of this lumbar puncture procedure in a short video clip a little later in this. We choose this area between L3 and L4 usually between the spinous process of L3 and L4 because here there is no spinal cord. Only the corda equina fibers are there therefore there is no risk of injury to the spinal cord and therefore this is ideally used for lumbar spinal TAP. So, in the next video clip you shall see the procedure of how this lumbar spinal TAP is done. I am going to put the needle. So, skin subcutaneous tissue, supraspinous ligament, intruspinous ligament of flavum. You heard it, you felt it. This is exactly how you feel. I am sure I am in the space. I have not removed the stillet yet. The moment you hear and feel the pop don't go further any more even 1 millimeter because then you will go through. Immediately stop and then you remove the stillet and you see the CSF dripping out. So, once the CSF you can collect the CSF for diagnostic purposes. Obviously, in real life you don't let the CSF drip out so freely because you will produce low pressure headache. Remember I mentioned it yesterday. So, that is why we have to put the patient flat and lift up the foot and all the rest of it. Here we can play around as much as possible. Mandip has got plenty of CSF with him. Okay, so we can collect the CSF for diagnostic purposes and what is not given here to us in this model there is a long burette which is actually the spinal manometer. It has got a three-way stopcock. We can connect it here and we can read the pressure on the burette in millimeters of water. That way we can do the spinal manometer also which I have told you in the class and after the whole procedure after you have done the diagnostic you want to inject drugs that is therapeutic you can inject local anesthetic agent to give regional anesthesia or you can give intraspinal injections of other agents like for example chemotherapeutic agents. We can inject radiopic diet through the lumbar puncture site and taking x-rays and that is called as lumbar myelogram as shown in this picture. After the whole thing is over then we have to reinsert back the stillet. This is an important point to remember many of you will try to remove the needle. You will be so happy that you got the CSF you would immediately try to pull out the needle reinsert back the stillet and after you have done that then the final step will be to put a thumb here give a counter pressure of the skin otherwise the skin will tend up and there may be a subcutaneous achemosis hematoma. Give the counter pressure of the skin here and pull the needle straight back and after that we put a tincture benzoin seal and you put the patient flat for 24 hours if necessary lift up the foot tent. So that's the procedure. That's all for now thank you very much for watching. If you have any questions or comments please put them in the comment section below.


There's a section where James around to the band drops out and there are two measures of Clyde's double field playing this beat and right at that at that section with this breakbeat happens. They have it sounds like they've added some sort of compression and reverb of some some type to it where all of a sudden the drums go from being pretty just raw and dry to it's got this thing. The sound just sort of pops out of nowhere and then it's just James and Clyde grooving for eight measures and then that stops the whole the rest of the band comes in they play to the to the end of nine minutes at the final final last few last few seconds of the song kind of as the song fades out Clyde does another solo that's a little more he gets a little more involved and starts playing some other stuff with it. But I you know nine minute song he I don't think he ever touches the floor Tom I think he hits the rack Tom precisely twice or something like that. Yeah, he barely dinged the ride symbol I think precisely twice in nine minutes or three times or something.  I mean it is I you know I think it was pretty revolutionary for the time I don't know of anyone else from that period who played it was recorded several months before I was born so obviously I wasn't there I don't know. I mean I don't know anything else from that time period that sounds like what Clyde Doublefield did on funky drummer. No so so yeah so the song was. So the song was released as a single it came it went and just sort of disappeared it wasn't on any of James Brown's 12 inch LP is or anything. And in the 80s it got rediscovered by hip hop producers I believe Hank Shockley found it or that's my understanding but it suddenly started showing up everywhere in the 80s. And that's when I first became aware of it in the 80s and and I knew it from my first real exposure to it was was fight the power by by public enemy which was just an amazing track and especially the time that thing just that track just exploded out of every speaker I heard it from and those drums and you know and then he kept hearing those drums everywhere. There was a huge hit called Poison, Bellevue DeVoe and the late 80s early 90s with the real fairness drum beat that it's a totally different rhythm but it's a sample of the snare drum and there's that that weird snare drum sound again. And for decades the song was the the most the most sampled breakbeat in history. I think just recently in the past couple years it's been surpassed by a breakbeat the opening from the song impeached the president by by the honey drippers, which is a really cool breakbeat as well. But as far as I can tell and my source for all of this is the website who sample.com for in terms of these what where these samples showing up in records. And yeah so I mean this beat, I think everybody on the planet heard it in some form or another somewhere on some song. You just may not know it. It's just been a revolutionary sample and I've seen it listed as sort of the sort of the birthplace of hip hop in some ways or you know like one of the founding just founding bedrock samples of hip hop. And of course it's crossed over to pop all sorts of different places you know Sinead O'Connor had a big hit with it back in the 90s and you know a friend of mine was told me the other day you heard it in some commercial on TV maybe Burger King or something. I don't remember exactly what but I mean it's still very much very much around. My thought with that is and correct me if I'm wrong but the reason they would have chosen this is because it was so accessible. It was so easy to chop a naked drum part that was happening for eight measures by itself. I mean that seems pretty obvious. Yeah that's I mean that's kind of the whole genesis of these break beats you know finding and I mean back in the 70s they were doing with turntables and two copies of the same record which I mean that's a skill I will never master. Totally that's rocket science to me I don't understand how will they do that what they do and you know to be able to just continuously cut back and forth between two records with these beats long before sampling. It's an incredible skill absolutely an incredible skill.


How can I add groups of users to my Moodle site? First of all, let's look at two Moodle terms for groups of users. A cohort is a group of users created by the admin and available throughout the site or a category. You can enroll cohorts into a course. When users are added to or removed from a cohort, they will appear or disappear in the courses where they are enrolled. A group, as Moodle uses the term, only exists within a single course. A course can have several groups and the teacher can create these manually or the admin can upload them with a file. This video looks at cohorts. If you need to create Moodle groups in courses, watch our video about adding groups to courses. Cohorts can be created manually or with a file upload. To create cohorts manually, your users need to already have accounts on your Moodle site. Click Site Administration, Users, Cohorts, and then click Add a new cohort. Give it a name. Choose whether you want this cohort available throughout the site or in a particular category and give it an ID and description if you wish. By default, teachers in courses can see and add cohorts. If you don't want them to see this cohort, remove the tick from Visible. Click Save Changes. On the next screen, click the Assign icon and move the users you want from the right into the left. To create and upload cohorts with a CSV file, your file needs to look like this. You upload it from Site Administration, Users, Cohorts, by clicking the Upload Cohorts tab. And here are the uploaded cohorts, not yet with any users. You can either add users manually from the Assign icon or you can upload them in a CSV file using the cohort ID. See the documentation cohorts for how to do this. And now your cohorts are ready to use. For teachers to be able to add cohorts to their courses, make sure you have the Enrollment Plugin Cohorts Sync enabled from the Manage Enrollment screen of Site Administration. To summarise, Moodle Groups uses in two ways. Site or category-wide cohorts and Course Groups. Cohorts can be created manually. Cohorts can be uploaded. Cohorts Sync must be enabled to add cohorts to courses.


Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. Today's video is an adoption video I just came up with this video idea in my head not too long ago And I'm like maybe my audience would like to enjoy another adoption video So today's video is going to be all about when you should tell your child. They are adopted I am not a licensed person to give advice So take this with a grain of salt But I can give my experience and my story and my perspective on the issue This is kind of like for entertainment purposes, but also just a little bit of insight from an adoptee myself So I guess without further ado, let's just get on into the video Before we get into it though real quick make sure you are subscribed and also turn on your post notifications Also follow me on Instagram because it would mean the absolute world to me So cutting to the chase when should you tell your child? They are adopted I think you should tell them as soon as possible I was talking with a co-worker not too long ago about like, oh, when did you find out you were adopted? And I was like I have always known I was adopted. There was not a Situation where like I was sat down and told like honey, you are adopted, you know like or anything Traumatic so my mom what she did was read this book to me called when you're in China And we touched a little bit more on this and show the book in my adoption story video So if you want to check that out, it's in my adoption playlist But she just always read parts of that book to me At an age-appropriate level, I guess I don't really remember because I was still so young But it was always a conversation. It was always like In the forefront of my mind and it was never put on me like a surprise Which I think is horrible. Don't ever do that to your child I think that's just not really fair to your child and it could cause like issues in the future For them. So I wouldn't do that again It's your choice and if you want to handle the situation like that then that's on you But coming from an adoptee standpoint, I think I would want to be like given the honest truth from the get-go rather than Having to have that conversation because because you don't know how people will react to certain news Like maybe they won't care, but also like maybe they will care a lot You kind of just have to read your child and like know them and you will be the best person to decide that but still I think honesty is always the best policy So if the kid is Older though when you adopt them, obviously they know they're adopted but like have an open conversation like to say you know and be supportive and Just let them know that you're there to talk to them if they you know are curious about their birth parents or want to find their birth parents my parents were very Supportive when it came to like trying to find my birth parents if I wanted to they were all on board for it I Personally don't really care to me my birth parents. I would like to see their picture just to know what they look like I think that would be really cool, but other than that It's like I really don't care because we don't speak the same language or share like any Cultural or like religious beliefs probably so there's not like anything. They just like you know donated They just helped create this human form of me, which is great. Like hey, thanks Like honestly, I don't have any deep-seated need or feeling to meet them but that doesn't go for everyone like some people really do want to meet their biological family and Find out what they're like and everything So I think as a adoptive parent in my opinion You should be supportive of your child of finding their birth parents because it doesn't mean they'll love you any less Well, unless you're like a dickhead, then the they'll probably like not like you But if you are like a loving family and everything they will not love you any less It's just they're curious like come on You can't deprive someone of wanting to know something, you know, like if you had a You know aunt that your mom stopped talking to but you still were curious about that aunt Like she shouldn't deprive you of meeting that person that doesn't mean you love your mother any less So take it with a grain of salt and just know that they're just curious and it's not like they will love them more Well, maybe they might like I don't know again It's all individual but like in the grand scheme of things. They're probably not going to choose the other people They barely know them or maybe they do know them again every situation is different but you just need to keep an open mind to What they might be going through or feeling or just their curiosity So don't like take it so personally as an adoptive parent But just be supportive and be there for them and listen to them I you know always had the conversation like my parents were supportive and Would always share to me like if you would like to meet your birth parents Like we would not be Opposed to that we'd be totally supportive and I couldn't thank them enough for that because that just it lets me know As an adoptive child that my parents aren't insecure with our relationship You know, I feel like some parents aren't supportive because they have this fear of Oh, well, you know the adoptive child meets their biological family like I'm kicked to the curb and I'm You know left to hang out to dry or whatever, but that's not the case at all Again every situation is different, but I promise you that's probably not the case I also want to add my parents would always say it was really obvious that I was adopted too because we don't look Alike obviously so I just thought that was funny and wanted to include it now one thing that I will note To never say to an adopted child at all like don't ever say this because it's horrible and I don't know if this is actually been said to anyone, but like I don't know just like pops into my head So this is one thing that you should never say to your adopted child You know sometimes in life you just need to just not say anything kind of like, you know, don't ask don't tell Maybe if they do ask maybe it be honest I don't know, but I'm just saying in my shoes and if my parents like ever said this to me I don't know like I don't know how I'd feel and I think it would be kind of hurtful So never say this to your adopted child So the saying or what could be said to a child is Well, you know your dad and I tried to have children of our own of course wording it like that So like that's already annoying, but we already tried to have children, but we couldn't so we chose to adopt Like that is the most I don't know if this is the right terminology But patronizing thing you could say to like an adopted child like don't say that that's horrible it makes the Adopt you feel like they're the last choice, you know, like well, we wanted to have kids But we couldn't have you know our biological kids.  I mean obviously science, but like you just don't know everyone's circumstances But I do know that I wouldn't want to be told that as a Adopted child because the adopted child could just sit there and always picture What the biological daughter or son would have looked like of their parents and it's just so sad like why? Traumatize a child even more if they've like come from trauma or started off with trauma it just seems to make the whole situation worse and No, nothing helps that situation. I think it would only hurt unless the family already has biological kids and They wanted to adopt because they wanted to adopt like that's perfectly fine. And you could say yeah, we had you know Sally and Joe and we wanted to add to our family and We decided to adopt because we wanted to you know, of course parents want to adopt But that's only after they couldn't biologically have a child Which I don't know how I feel about that because even though adopting a child is like oh so great It really is like obviously I wouldn't deny that but Adopting and telling the child like oh you are a second choice. That's just not okay to me because I mean if I was told I'm like well like They wanted me but they didn't really really want me because I wasn't like I don't know I know every situation is different But I just highly recommend you do not say that to your adopted child because it just hurts You know and think about how you might feel if you were told that So that is one thing to probably not tell your adopted child. I highly recommend You tell your child they're adopted sooner than later because they're gonna find out eventually And I know that sounds like kind of crazy to say even if you look like them or whatever But I personally believe they will eventually find out So you might as well be the one to tell him so they hear it out of the horse's mouth rather than drunk Joe at a family gathering Accidentally spill the beans because that would not be good So honesty is always the best policy sooner than later depending on the situation, you know, of course but I just think it should be told very very soon and You should show your love and support by being open and Honest with your child. So I hope this video was helpful I know it's kind of short sweet But I just thought I wanted to make this to help any parents out there That have adopted a child or just, you know, people curious about the subject So anyway, I think that's gonna be about it. Make sure to give this video a thumbs up Subscribe to my channel and I'll see you guys in my next video Leave in the comments if you want more adoption videos or what other topics you would like me to talk about I'll see you next time. Bye