Not much is known about the rake. This particular entity is rarely encountered. There is very little documentation available for describing it. This video is a compilation of what I was capable of gathering. There are a few well-known accounts regarding the rake. Unfortunately, we do not get to hear much other than these accounts and the little information they can offer us. But it is definitely a starting point for learning about the rake. We need to start somewhere, so here it is. Most of the following research was done in collaboration by a group of individuals with vested interests. These interests are largely based on the fact that they themselves were survivors of direct encounters with the rake. Now here's a compilation of various experiences. These survivors found. The first is from a Mariner's log. It is dated 1691. It says, He came to me in my sleep. From the foot of my bed I felt a sensation. He took everything. We must return to England. We shall not return here again at the request of the rake. This implies some sort of communication between the rake and the Mariner. And that the rake somehow convinced maybe even forced the Mariner out of wherever he was and to return to England. The next is a journal entry and it's actually translated from Spanish. It's dated 1880. It says, I have experienced the greatest terror. I have experienced the greatest terror. I have experienced the greatest terror. I see his eyes when I close mine. They are hollow, black. They saw me and pierced me. His wet hand. I will not sleep. His voice. And then the rest of the text was unintelligible. Now another account they found was actually from a suicide note which was dated 1964. This note said, As I prepare to take my life, I feel it necessary to assuage any guilt or pain I have introduced through this act. It is not the fault of anyone other than him for once I awoke and felt his presence. And once I awoke and saw his form and once again I awoke and heard his voice and looked into his eyes. I cannot sleep without fear of what I might next awake to experience. I cannot ever wake. Goodbye. Now this note was found in a wooden box. Found in the same wooden box were two empty envelopes addressed to William and Rose. There was also one loose personal letter with no envelope. This letter said, Dearest Linny, I have prayed for you. He spoke your name. Finally here is the main account from one of the actual survivors one of the actual researchers who compiled the various experiences. This account is from a direct witness. It is from 2006. Three years ago I had just returned from a trip from Niagara Falls with my family for the 4th of July. We were all very exhausted after a long day of driving so my husband and I put the kids right to bed and called it a night. At about 4 a.m. I woke up thinking my husband had gotten up to use the restroom. I used the moment to steal back the sheets only to wake him in the process. I apologized and told him I thought he got out of bed. When he turned to face me he gasped and pulled his feet up from the end of the bed so quickly his knee almost knocked me out of the bed. He then grabbed me and said nothing. After adjusting to the dark for a half second I was able to see what caused the strange reaction.  Its body position was disturbing and unnatural as if it had been hit by a car or something. For some reason I was not instantly frightened by it but more concerned as to its condition. At this point I was somewhat under the assumption that we were supposed to help him. My husband was peering over his arm and knee tucked into the fetal position occasionally glancing at me before returning to the creature. In a flurry of motion the creature scrambled around the side of the bed and then crawled quickly in a flailing sort of motion right along the bed until it was less than a foot from my husband's face. The creature was completely silent for about 30 seconds or probably closer to 5 it just seemed like a while and it was just looking at my husband. The creature then placed its hand on his knee and ran into the hallway leading to the kids rooms. I screamed and ran for the light switch planning to stop him before he hurt my children. When I got to the hallway the light from the bedroom was enough to see it crouching and hunched over about 20 feet away. He turned around and looked directly at me covered in blood. I flipped the switch on the wall and saw my daughter Clara. The creature ran down the stairs while my husband and I rushed to help our daughter. She was very badly injured and spoke only once more in her short life. She said he is the rake. My husband drove his car into a lake that night while rushing our daughters to the hospital. They did not survive. Being a small town news got around pretty quickly. The police were helpful at first and the local newspaper took a lot of interest as well. However this story was never published and the local television news never followed up either. For several months my son Justin and I stayed in a hotel near my parents house. After we decided to return home I began looking for answers myself. I eventually located a man in the next town over who had a similar story. We got in contact and began talking about our experiences. He knew of two other people in New York who had seen this creature we now refer to as the rake. It took the four of us about two solid years of hunting on the internet and writing the letters to come up with a small collection of what we believe to be accounts of the rake. None of them gave any details history or follow up. One journal had an entry involving the creature in its first three pages and never mentioned it again. A ship's log explained nothing of the encounter saying only that they were told to leave by the rake. That was the last entry in the log. There were however many instances where the creature's visit was one of a series of visits with the same person. Multiple people also mentioned being spoken to. My daughter included. This led us to wonder if the rake had visited any of us before our last encounter. I set up a digital recorder near my bed and left it running all night every night for two weeks. I would tediously scan through the sounds of me rolling around in my bed each day when I woke up. By the end of the second week I was quite used to the occasional sound of sleeping while blurring through the recording at eight times the normal speed. Even so, this still took almost an hour every day. On the first day of the third week I thought I heard something different. What I found was a shrill voice. It was the rake. I can't listen to it long enough to even begin to transcribe it. I haven't let anyone listen to it yet. All I know is that I've heard it before and I now believe that it spoke when it was sitting in front of my husband. I don't remember hearing anything at the time but for some reason the voice on the recorder immediately brings me back to that moment.  I have not seen the rake since he ruined my life but I know that he has been in my room while I slept. I know and fear that one night I'll wake up to see him staring at me. Beyond these accounts and the compilation of these experiences there is very little information regarding the rake except for a few other things. The first is a strange will that was left by a woman named Miss Elizabeth Bellow. Now she left behind a video and in her will she had it stated explicitly that her family's inheritance not be released until they saw this video in its entirety and she also declared that this video become a matter of public record so the video was publicized online. The video describes her experience with this entity. He knew the names of my mother and my father he said that he knew what they dreamed and that they knew he was called the rake. I'm just going to go ahead and put the link to it in the description I really suggest watching it because it is pretty off-setting but it has the potential to provide some more information regarding what the rake is and how it behaves. On a disturbing note as of October 28th, 2011 which is the time her entire family first viewed this video five of Miss Bellow's relatives have passed away. There is one more potential connection to consider the rake may have some sort of connection to the Slenderman or the Slenderman may have some sort of connection to the rake. The hypothesis here comes from Sigma Radiation. Sigma Radiation is a strange energy signature that was found in the bloodstream of victims of the rake. This very same energy signature was found in a cloth left behind at the scene of one of Slenderman's victims. This energy signature has never in history been encountered before. In fact, radiation might be a misnomer because it isn't radiation as we know it. The people who labeled it simply needed to give this energy signature a label so they called it Sigma Radiation. Beyond this, there is not much known about this relationship or this connection between the Slenderman and the rake but it is definitely something that needs to be kept in mind and probably will need further research and investigation. So as you can see, we currently have very little to go on. The connections to Slenderman seem to be the most recent data gathered about the rake. Perhaps further investigation into this relationship will yield useful information. However, anyone doing any such investigation should remain cautious. We do not know exactly how or why these beings behave the way that they do but if we seek to prevent further dangers and prevent further victimization then we must push forward in our exploration of this phenomenon.


As a performance-based code, the NCC provides various ways that a building design can meet minimum energy efficiency standards. A deemed-to-satisfy approach is one option. This video outlines the use of the façade calculator to test a building design using deemed-to-satisfy standards and the provisions contained in J1.5 of NCC Volume 1. Challenges to the NCC glazing performance requirements have broadened your ability to prove overall compliance for a building's façade. This allows the use of more uniform glazing types on all aspects of a façade, using the deemed-to-satisfy provisions. While this provides greater design flexibility, correct calculations require you to enter a more detailed level of information to verify compliance. The façade calculator applies to classes 3 to 9 buildings, as well as the common areas of class 2 buildings. It can also accommodate mixed-use buildings. The calculator is available from the ABCB website. This video will guide you through the process. Use of this calculator is not mandatory. You can use any method to support your calculations as long as they meet the requirements for evidence of suitability, described in Clause A 5.2 of the NCC. The calculator should be used in conjunction with the NCC, which contains the defined meaning of a number of terms used by the tool. One significant change in NCC 2019 is that you must now calculate the thermal resistance of the façade as a whole, rather than having separate requirements for walls and windows, although opaque wall elements still need to meet backstop minimum total R value requirements. Another change is that it is now possible to trade performance between north, south, east and west aspects using a deemed-to-satisfy compliance pathway. Even if one aspect does not meet the minimum requirements, the façade can comply as a whole. The façade calculator, which is an Excel-based tool, helps you with all these calculations. Use the navigation ribbon at the top of the page or the tabs at the bottom to move around the calculator. Drop-down fields are grey, as opposed to the white fields which require data to be input. The ABCB wants this calculator to be a useful and effective tool. As we become aware of any issues, we will list them on the known issues tab until they are rectified. So please check here or in the help guide if you have any difficulties. Context-sensitive tips will appear from time to time to help you complete the calculator. These pop-ups can be dragged to the side if required. We'll now step through the calculator, showing by way of example its use in the design of a theoretical student accommodation building in Melbourne. There are seven steps. Step one, enter general information about the building. The calculator should open on the general information page. If not, it is accessible from the first coloured square on the ribbon. On this page, enter details about yourself and the building, including classification, climate and stories above ground. Information on climate zones and related resources are available by clicking on the map on this screen or by visiting the ABCB website. Step two, enter the glazing system information. Click on the glazing system information square on the ribbon. Enter data creating a unique reference for each glazing system. And select system, glass and frame types from the pull-down menus. When you select a glass type, the calculator will automatically fill in the glass U value and solar heat gain coefficient from a built-in user library. Finally, enter the total system U and SHGC values. These values will vary depending on the window size and framing features, including sub-framing. This information may be available from the Windows supplier, from the WERS database, or you may calculate it yourself. One important aspect of the calculator is the inclusion of a customisable user library. While some generic values are pre-entered, the calculator is designed to be expanded upon over time. You can build your own library of values as you use the calculator. These values may be for individual facade elements or entire wall systems. Some data will be known to you and some will need to be sourced from suppliers. All user-defined items in the library will automatically be added to the relevant drop-down menu in the calculator. Step three, enter the wall information. This is done on the next tab, Wall Systems. Here, you'll enter the opaque wall information to calculate its thermal resistance and the impact of thermal bridging. There are two calculation methods available here. The first is to enter information from the user library. In this example, we'll use a preset wall profile with a known total system r-value of 0.9 metres squared Kelvin per watt. To this, we add the wall thickness and solar absorbance. If you don't already know the total system r-value of the wall, the second method allows you to calculate it instead by building up information from the external layer plus up to an additional six layers. Again, individual materials and certain data can be accessed from the user library with additional information to be entered such as layer thickness, framing thickness, width and area and details of the thermal break. In this example, we'll use a solid concrete external layer. With a 20 millimetre airspace, glass wall insulation and cladding in gypsum plasterboard. Select the level of ventilation in layer two. This will affect the thermal resistance of the air gap and all layers to the exterior. Once the ventilation level is selected, the tool will calculate its effect and combine layers two and three with the total value of the two layers shown in layer three. Layer two shows as zero. Based on all this information, the calculator will work out system r and u values. Once completed, this non-generic wall can now be added as a user defined system in the user library for future use in the wall systems section on this tab. Step four, enter the shading information. There is also a tab for entering shading systems where you enter the shading type, whether horizontal or provided by some other type of device and dimensions. There is no shading information to enter in this worked example. Step five, assess if the design meets minimum deemed to satisfy requirements. Next, move to the wall glazing area plus results tab. This page is in three sections. The first and third of these panels can be switched on and off to save screen space. In the second panel, enter the areas of both the glazed and opaque elements of the facade. Automatically using the unique references you entered on earlier sheets, the calculator will show total facade u and facade solar admittance values, glazing values and average wall r values. These results will appear as units in the wall glazing area panel, with compliant results appearing in green fields and non-compliant results in red fields. Please remember when entering data on this page, you can only use a given glazing, shading or wall reference once on each aspect. If you enter the same reference more than once, the calculator will not produce correct results for the facade. If the wall and or glazing is internal, check the internal wall box. This will mean that only the u-value requirements are tested for that construction. Overall compliance based on method one, u-value and solar admittance. And method two, u-value and ac energy value is shown graphically in the results panel. In this example, the envelope does not comply with the u-value or solar admittance requirements via either method one or method two. The opaque wall components also don't meet the backstop minimum total r-value requirements set out in table J1.5a of the code. So the proposed design does not meet minimum deemed to satisfy requirements. The third panel on this tab shows the values for a reference building that would be required by JV3, based on data you've entered elsewhere. If overall compliance has been achieved, go straight to step seven. If not, Step six, make changes to the design or materials selected so that the building achieves compliance. You can use the calculator to test the impact of various design changes. These might include reducing thermal bridging, upgrading insulation, reviewing the window and shading design or other design amendments. When the calculator input reflects the final design settings, step seven, report the results. The calculator can generate a report summarizing the results. You'll need to accept a legal disclaimer to enter this tab. Remember, all information needs to be checked and verified against the design documentation for compliance assessment. Further details about the façade calculator, including additional examples, are provided in the Energy Efficiency Vol 1 Handbook and other resources from the ABCB website. Thank you.


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we discuss the isocost method of solving linear programming problems. Isocost method is the method of minimizing the iso profit method. We are given an objective function z equal to a x plus b y, s i and arbitrary chosen fixed value k to this objective function z. This represents some straight line, straight line is called the isocost and for different values of the objective function z we obtain different lines. That is we obtain a family of isocost lines. Let us consider a linear programming problem minus the objective function z equal to 4 x plus 6 y to the constraints given as plus 2 y greater than equal to 18 plus y greater than equal to 75 and the non-negative constraints x greater than equal to 0 and y greater than equal to 0. So our first step involved in the isocost method to solve this problem is to find the feasible region which is written by graphing these constraints. So when we graph all these constraints we would obtain a common region to all these constraints that common region would be the feasible region for this problem. This shaded region is the common region written by the constraints feasible region. As you can see this feasible region is unbounded and we have also found the point of intersection of these two lines as the point f that coordinates 14 and 33. So we have DFE as the feasible region. This feasible region is unbounded. Now in the next step you have the objective function z equal to 4 x plus 6 y assign a convenient value to the objective function z let z be equal to minus 4 x plus 6 y be equal to say 16 which is the common multiple of 4 and 6. We take 4 x plus 6 y equal to 60 or you can say 2 x plus 3 y equal to 30 as equation 1. Now let's graph this equation to get a straight line. So we obtain this line p1 q1 that is p1 q1 represents this equation 1 which is 2 x plus 3 y equal to 30. Now since we have that the objective function is of minimization type so we will draw lines parallel to the line p1 q1 a thing such a line which is nearest to the origin and has at least one point common to the feasible region. So to draw another line parallel to p1 q1 we take let the objective function 4 x plus 6 y be equal to a constant say 120 or this equation could be written as 2 x plus 3 y is equal to 60. Now we will graph this equation and let this equation be equation number 2 change a line p2 q2 we obtain a line p2 q2 parallel to p1 q1 and the line p2 q2 represents equation 2 and p2 q2 is drawn parallel to the line p1 q1. So on drawing lines parallel to p1 q1 we obtain a line p3 q3 parallel to p1 q1 such that it has one point that is the point f the feasible region p2 q3 is a line parallel to p1 q1 is nearest to the origin. It also has a point f with coordinates 14 33 common to the feasible region thus the optimal solution is given by x equal to 14 and y equal to 33 the value z is equal to 10 to 14 plus 6 into 33. That is we substitute x as 14 and y as 33 in the objective function z this is equal to 56 plus 98 which comes out to be equal to 254 that is the optimal value of the objective function z is 254 which is the minimum value in this case. So this is how we solve a linear programming problem using isocost method and isocost method is used to minimize the cost to discuss the advantages of linear programming problems. As we have already seen linear programming finds its application in almost all areas of human life it helps in achieving output maximum profit maximum return and investments in evolving exploitation routes. Next we discuss the limitations of the linear programming problems. Linear programming can only be applied when the given information in terms of linear equations in equations and there are several situations in real life when it is not always possible to express the information in the form of linear equations or linear in equations. So in that case linear programming cannot be applied and the linear programming techniques applicable only when related to a problem can be quantified. The qualitative factors like the human relations, behaviors, credibility etc are now taken into account when linear programming techniques are being applied and sometimes fractional values which are irrelevant. Like for example if we say that one fourth of a car and this information is obviously irrelevant so that is not acceptable. So these are the limitations of linear programming. In this session we have understood the method of isocost of solving linear programming problems and also the advantages and limitations of linear programming.


What's happening in realized nation? I'm coming to you guys with something new something very interesting that you haven't seen on this channel I'm going to interview with a fellow youtuber a fellow comrade of mine that played ferret now. I met this Man this mysterious man on a dark corner of the internet. I won't mention which corner that was but it was very dark and And we definitely gravitated towards each other because we share a lot of the same common goals a lot of the same Our looks on life. I feel like he is gonna be able to give you guys quite a bit of value So without further ado, I'd like to introduce him to play ferret whoo Alright guys first of all Absolutely awesome. It was a dark corner of the internet. I advise you guys not to go there that stuff All right. Yeah, this is this is me. I don't We definitely have Some parallel ideas as far as everything goes. We'll get more into everything, but I do appreciate that kind of shady sketchy side of the of the little introduction there it adds to my My anonymous thing here Nigma yeah Mystery man. All right guys, so um I know many of my subscribers. I'm familiar with your content Many of them wouldn't have seen some of your videos So can you briefly explain to the viewers What your channel is about like what could they expect to see from your channel? And what's the ultimate goal of the played ferret? Right. This is a very good question It's something I've had to give some thought myself. I didn't Really get into this so much with a Very defined goal, but I feel that I do have a more Intriguing idea as to what I want and where I want to go with this I would I would love to say that I'm as composed as you are on your channel and have this grand beautiful scheme that I'm going to lay out and But it's really not that very not very interesting. It's My channel represents a storage of fleeting thoughts. It's a way to Think deep and elaborate upon my thinking primary primarily different I guess you could call them ideas intellectual pursuits different We're gonna probably step into the critical thinking thing but my channel is a lot about critical thinking and hyper hyper self-awareness. It's a way for me to not lose my train of thought and Kind of just elaborate. I really wish to create a community of you know people who can Go deep down in their minds and pull some stuff out And share with everyone what they find Yeah, this reminds me of um zion in the matrix, you know, like there's that select group of people that underground Trying to defeat the robots that that's what your channel reminds me of It's some top secret shit straight from that dark corner of the internet. We were discussing about before yeah, it Yeah, it's funny. You say the matrix. It's one of my favorite movies. All right, sweet um I want to talk a little bit about a discussion we had the other day to the viewers who were talking about meditation and I was Um, trying to describe to you kind of how meditation has benefited me in recent years See, I used to be a person who Would react to things say someone called me ugly or fat or something like that I'll probably jab them in the nose without thinking twice about it I was someone like kind of like a transistor. There will be an input and I'll generate output Kind of like an animal and meditation has given me almost a space to Consciously decide what the appropriate action to Given circumstances should be so I feel like I have more control over my life And as we were discussing how meditation gives you this you mentioned something that was very interesting You mentioned this concept of hyper self-awareness Now I've watched the video on your channel about hyper self-awareness, but can you briefly or describe to The audience here what exactly is hyper self-awareness and did you coin this yourself or did you get this from somewhere else? Yeah hyper self-awareness is It is a concept that I'm sure has been around by skeptics and those who get trapped in their own mind Schizophrenics Anyone who gives themselves a little bit more elaboration upon their own thoughts. So It is not a term that I came up with more say as I It was the concept was there But I did kind of give it my own uh brief description Which I consider hyper hyper self-awareness And what this is is say Were you stem off with your meditation? It parallels meditation Quite evenly However, it's almost in the same exact opposite way as to what meditation is So we have meditation which And I'm not one to really go into detail with these things because I know that people don't tend to like them You know down to a T and describe the meditations different for everyone but I think the general idea of meditation is to clear your mind and That presents a way to Be receptive to new ideas and new ways of thinking as well as You know everything that you talk about with meditation It's it's really a way to kind of get to know yourself and remove yourself from all the stimuli situation To be able to better think of things well with hyper self-awareness what we have is In the exact opposite aspect of it is more Taking something and instead of trying to clear your mind from it. You're gonna obsess about it And so take take for example like a certain emotion you react a certain way and You want to find out, you know Someone brings it to your attention if you have an open enough mind.  Do it like what And you you just keep thinking and tripping over your own thoughts And this is another thing that my channel is primarily about is laying out these thoughts that you get trapped in And to be brief about it, it's Just rethinking over and over the different root causes of what happens in your own mind This can be anything from emotion To just a basic thought of where a derivative of something might be it's it's Probably something Sherlock Holmes would do honestly if I could say Sherlock Holmes of the mind Yeah Over obsessing over your own thoughts is It's if you want to look like you're crazy do exactly what I just said. That's how you Now but it seems like it will be a very valuable tool especially for people That on this journey of personal development that try and become the best version of themselves you you're gonna have to sometimes really Investigate your thoughts and inquire deeper and deeper and see exactly where some of these ideas and beliefs stem from And then attack them at the root Now my next question for you is where do you think People should apply this hyper self awareness self inquiry like what fields maybe Your your emotions that you feel on a regular basis or maybe Your tendencies to self sabotage what areas in someone's life should people Use this tool in I I could see at most And the self improvement and self development field being a very very good tool to use I unfortunately don't have a filter for mine I figure if it's a skill that you learn You could kind of adopt and adapt to the things that you wish to put it into and then leave it out and the others unfortunately for me it is in every subject so I I seem hyper hyper critical of everything as opposed to analytical and self aware it's It helps me in some things and then There's other things like basic human interaction where I fall quite short because I'm thinking like why did I say that? Why am I why would I be nervous about this? social situation why Why do I act this way with one person in one way with another and then you get you know social interaction is probably where I'd say It's least valuable because you have least time to think Or as little time to think and you kind of when you're just talking Someone you just talk to them. You don't have to stop and think through your head I would say when you're in a more receptive area More quiet to yourself. You need to just think for yourself. There's no one around That's the time to use it deconstruct everything that you do about your day Actually, most people do this right before they go into bed Just deconstruct everything and then you can work on your problems that way Hmm, very interesting It reminds me of the conversation we had how we said that for social interactions. Perhaps it's best to Use what you learn from meditation the awareness you get from meditation Where you're more present to the moment and you can really listen to someone and just go off that whereas when you have to deal with Certain aspects of your life situation like big big changes. Perhaps a career change Or something like that. That's when you can sit down grab a coffee and engage in this hyper self-awareness to really get down to what you should do Yeah, most definitely social interaction is one of those things that meditation would be So helpful, I can't even imagine Or I can't even really stress how important meditation is in that aspect Social requires you to be on the same kind of Wavelength, you know the same the same general Feel as other people and you can be more receptive to their facial Facial gestures their tonal voice things to that nature where you you need that meditation right there to be Receptive because you don't have anything else clouding your mind or it's the hyper self-awareness That's all it does is cloud your mind But if you're looking for a solution to something that's where you're going to need that Whereas meditation is going to make you Open to receive information Yeah It's almost the exact opposite with the hyper self-awareness So definitely I think they both play their part Definitely meditation for the social interaction though. I completely with you on that All right, cool. Um Okay, my next question for you is How do you deal with the emotional problems that arise from questioning everything you believe in or once believed to be true? I mean we live in a world in which it seems that most people would rather die than question their beliefs We see this all the time with these religious wars and you know racism and stuff like that How how do you get the courage to? question some of these things This is This is gonna be a bit uh ego to school and the plot or the general plot of things currently it's If you want a complete honest picture I would love to say that it was courage but I Unfortunately can't be that cool. I'm just not that badass It's it's apathy is what it is I grew up and pretty much how most people grew up, especially in north america they they grew up in a like christian household and Don't question what you believe and take everything You know that don't just just have that cookie cutter lifestyle and never fade out never Never try to touch on something on the other side of the fence post, you know, you don't go over there. It's it's bad, you know, so when other people do that or when people have these things they they have almost like a guilt or um I don't they definitely have an emotional response where mine. I'm almost sociopathic and this is where it gets egotistical uh because I don't I don't see myself as a sociopathic asshole Definitely an asshole, but The sociopath kind of turns on and off at will I'm able to introduce a certain bit of apathy so And I want to I want to really say I'm using that in the right context, but If I know something is going to bother me Or something is I'm going to register in an emotional way I This this kind of sounds weird. It's almost like A computer programming itself if you will But I recognize that i'm about to have that emotional stimulus and uh or the emotional report And I pretty much to let know that's not the way that we're going to handle this situation so say Say I come into something like uh, say I was a uh christian. I'm non-religious personally myself, but Say I was a christian and I wanted to get into questioning my beliefs It's Most people feel fear When they don't have that thing there without going into too much detail I pretty much recognize that fear is the only way or any other emotion that you would come through Some emotions are not the way to make personal progress you You just got to take that leap and kind of I don't know by the bullet for me. My defense has always been apathy.  Maybe I'll find something better on the other end And if I actually venture out that far, you know Okay, yeah Yeah, I think that that's definitely gonna be a big roadblock for many people dealing with those emotions that do come up It seems that you have a way of dealing with it where you can suppress it or ignore it for the meantime While you entertain the ideas on the other side So that's something Viewers can try and do and can work on I do believe Anyway, yep You're completely I wish I would have just had this written up and given it to you because you're so much better at summarizing this stuff And this is This is why I write scripts from my videos everyone. Um, I can promise you I don't speak like this on my other videos. They're they're monotone.  I'm glad you guys have enjoyed this this far Anyway, I got another question for you here. Um, yeah At what point is it reasonable to stop with this self inquiry? It seems that some things are much more difficult to narrow down than others For instance, a fear of heights can be easily derived from maybe a traumatic experience as a child However, finding out the cause of your constant self sabotage might be more tedious Do you find roadblocks? Do you try and push through them? in one session or do you Give up on some of these, um sessions of hyper self-awareness What is your process? Oh, yeah, it's that's I feel it was one of the most important things I had done a video A few weeks ago about this with this I don't know if I want to call it a skill, but with this Perception is uh over analytical thinking that I do You you really asked a good question because When do you exactly stop what when do you? Know when you've had the right answer when you've actually come to a stop point or a conclusion um I Don't know sometimes. I worry myself sick thinking about stuff I will just think and think and think and I'll stay awake sometimes at night just thinking because I can't get to a a end point or a conclusion that I'm satisfied with um I've spent weeks I haven't got to the month part on any particular thing But I've spent weeks thinking especially on my journey as a man who's going their own way I Sometimes have to ask others uh for their input, you know What what exactly? Okay, if I have time I would like to actually make a quick example gone okay, so I'd get to this thing It was like I I was reading some theory over uh behavioral Things and with uh, I think it was with women and how they How they are hypergamous and I don't know I got to thinking about something And it worried me sick. I was like why can I not come to a conclusion? Nothing makes sense about this. It's Because it was an emotional thing and I'm a very logical oriented being I Logic is proof emotion is is just kind of fleeting, you know, so I got to this thing. I was like, um God, I can't think of the subject right now But I had reached out to the community. I was like guys, what do you think like and I got some really good answers but then I got a couple of things that It's what I was looking for because I was on this for like two or three weeks and I was I didn't know of a stopping point and I wish I could answer your question better, but I honestly I don't know of like You just come to the perfect like A epiphany is the word I'm going to use right now And so once you get to your epiphany, you kind of just don't think about it anymore And sometimes you just think about something so much that you do get a bit of apathy I've heard from many people before you Try so much on something and you It's not that you give up. You just lose the care about it anymore Hmm very interesting Seems like there's a very thin line between coming to peace with the problem and going insane I had stated in my video that um, I parallel both the psychotic as well as the intelligent I am not a doctor to diagnosed psychosis or uh A very smart person to be able to say, you know, hey, I'm smart I'm neither of those but I do feel a parallel between the two because I can see how one idea can make either one A very irritated Yeah, yeah, definitely um, anyway, I would like to thank you for coming onto this interview and To my viewers out there if you guys want to learn more about hyper self-awareness And other interesting topics Go check out his channel, man. I'm telling you right now.  Go check out the played virus channel I'm gonna put a little link up on the video here Um, probably a link in the description as well.  Anyway, thanks for coming on the show Yeah, absolutely. I appreciate you having me and hopefully everyone will give me uh a chance after hearing me ramble here the They'll realize that it's a lot better over there. I can promise you It's a lot better on that dark side of the internet.  That's all I'm saying Anyway, cheers buddy. Thanks. Cheers, man


So we've spent the last 24 hours since Bob left on the couch or in bed because I've been tired because I'm not feeling well.  I'm still coughing a bit but the cough seems productive if you get my drift. I am running a low-grade fever or no fever it's not over a hundred but I'm taking some Tylenol cold and getting plenty of rest and drinking my soup and all of those things.  Anyway Bob and I went to urgent care this morning because we wanted to make sure that we didn't have a sinus infection bronchitis COVID or something right we did two rapid tests at home that were negative and we did a PCR test this morning at the urgent care and it also was negative also negative for the flu. What we have is a cold another one likely a different kind than the first time that's just fun and I know this is just like this morning anyway so anyway Bob is again more sick than I am so I'm going to go back to the store pick up some medication for him and some preventative things for both of us so it doesn't get any worse and yeah hopefully we start feeling better because I'm sick and tired of being sick and I'll be back hey guys I don't think I vlog today at all it's Tuesday January 10th I think it's 2 o 4 p.m. I spent the morning working on some party decorations for my daughter's upcoming baby shower gave myself to hot pretty decent hot glue gun burns while I was at it neighbors cars just waiting close okay anyway I got that done and then I started at a editing the many videos I have it started with the vlog which is what has to be done for tomorrow then and I'm gonna start on that who videos who marker videos anyway feeling a little bit better I finally got some sleep last night and woke up without a sore throat yay but now I'm so I have been so congested and so just clogged up that now one of my eyes is red so it's not itchy or anything it's just like bloodshot so I don't get some dyes it's not itchy it's not pussy it is technically considered conjunctivitis but yeah anyway day late but not a dollar short we did get all the video edited showed on yesterday but it wasn't feeling well anyway they're edited they're loading I was able to get two pretty good-sized videos out of the oh whoo filming spree that I did I went and got some visine for my eye it's a little bit less red but yeah I mean how cute is that I have to ask to be painted it's for as I said the daughter's baby shower but yeah anyway I'm gonna turn the lights off in here let the computer do its thing it's got it says 37 minutes but I think it's probably gonna be longer than that left to download all the videos so yeah I'll be back it is Wednesday January 11th 948 a.m. looking at the tablet started off the morning with as you can hear I'm still feeling sick although slightly better than I have been feeling my eyes less red so yay but I'm but I was still sick and still really wasn't feeling human until I rinsed out my sinuses and took some medication and that all those sort of things but then I thought my counseling appointment was at 10 it's at noon yeah I'm gonna just sit here and watch some YouTube and drink some tea and yeah because I think I probably need it I have a list of chores downstairs and some things I need to do up here but I think a cup of tea and some YouTube first would be a good thing I'll be back so you know we're still working on Bob's office my house up here is a disaster we've got stuff in the hallway this is one guest room and then here's the other one which is too creepy because he's eating lunch but yeah well he's just got his office stuff spread out everywhere but we're making progress in the office aren't we he's like what I've got my mouth full yeah so little guest room this one empty by Sunday because my dad's coming to spend the night so we can take him to the airport Monday morning so that's the goal at the moment anyway all right I'm gonna go make myself some lunch hopefully we'll get the office done soon but it's already looking great it is Thursday January 12 I think I don't know exactly put my earbud down day is it computer wake up yes January 12th 103 p.m. I'm gonna go make some lunch the little ones were over this morning for a visit their mom and I aren't worried about them coming over when Bob and I are sick because at least the first time around we got this coughing cold flu thing from them so anyway they've already had it twice just like us anyway they came over and played and visited and they discovered my box of fidget toys up a stairs on my desk so that was fun and lively the little one who's only three figured out how to open the camera app on my phone so making sure not to share their faces in the photos because we don't do that with any children on this channel I will share some of the funny photos here and blurry blurry photos here that they took it's I was amazed she's only three she figured out how to get the camera app open I didn't even know you could do that when the phone was locked so yeah kind of amazing I'll be back lunch is all fixed I'm gonna go upstairs needed an art room I painted one coat of paint on the cardboard letters I made for my daughter's upcoming baby shower and that's a drying once that dry is dry I want to set up the art table to do some abstract watercolor painting and of course I have filming to do I don't really want to do it today I think I'm gonna try to put it off till next week yeah I'll be back much done today and I don't remember now at this time if I vlog yet or not but it's Friday January 13th yes Friday the 13th anyway I am getting better I sound better but I'm still sick and right now I'm just tired but I did get an abstract watercolor painting done if you're watching this clip you saw that clip from like the side lots of non-conventional tools it's a lot of fun very freeing you don't have to draw anything perfect because it's not about that and yeah what do you see there I know what I see anyway I'm watching KP over art foamy's and getting some stuff out because I do need to get some filming done next week and I'm hoping I'm feeling better and can actually do that so yeah alright that's it for the minute I'll be back you missed it I didn't have the camera on what did you just do yeah so it is 1141 a.m. Saturday December 14th January 14th it is not December you have made Christmas yet? Oh God decoration is already put away I know yes we're still sick ie we're getting a late start this morning but we're better but we're yeah we're still sick especially Mr. Bob's literally sick in the head is still his ears are completely plucked up anyway but we're getting there slowly but I missed the days when you had a cold or some kind of respiratory thing and it just lasted like three days why does this new one last like two weeks or more and we've had it twice this is our second time anyway we're gonna go run some errands some much-needed errands yes the kids have all volunteered to run them for us but I like to impose I know it's not an asset that's a fault but it is what it is so we're gonna go get done what we need to get done and then go home and take care of a few chores we've been neglecting because we haven't felt well and Mr. Bob's gonna sit back and watch football all right what are you guys up to today anyway leave it down in the comments below I'll be back don't do this yeah no don't do that yeah all right I'll be back hey guys it is 9 59 p.m. on Saturday we're exhausted but we're feeling better and we got a lot done today we ran a bunch of errands this morning went had to go to three different grocery stores to get everything we needed still forgot a couple things because you know I'm still coughing a little bit still slightly congested Bob's still a little bit congested but we are past the majority of it and doing much much better we also got most of his office put back together he's got some fine-tuning to do he's got to work on the spaghetti cable situation under his desk and Monday he has the day off we're gonna go run a couple more errands that we forgot today and get him I think some shelving for the closet so he could put some things in the closet and get him off the floor in his office declutter a little bit anyway but it's been great we got a lot done I even was able to declutter the refrigerator in the kitchen where is it right and I cleaned out a bunch of cabinets in the garage we have another load of donation stuff now out in the front room so something else we got to do Monday I made a list so I don't forget anything I'm sure I'll still forget something anyway it's been not always a great week but we got past it I miss the days when colds were only like three days and not two weeks but you know I guess that comes with being 60 maybe I don't know anyway it's I know right I'm not 60 yet but I got cremation mail on the mail anyway it's been weird but it's been okay I'm still here I'm still breathing I hope you are too don't forget to like share and subscribe leave questions comments or concerns down below if you want to support the free content here on YouTube and other social media I'd appreciate you joining my patreon the link is down in the video description so check it out go out and have a great day have a great week do something nice for yourself because you deserve it see you later bye guys


Welcome everybody and thank you for being here. We are going to start this web session war in Europe here, too It is great to have you all here in the room and also everybody who is following this Session online now in the Davos opening address the president of the European Commission Ursula van der Leyen said Europe's reaction to the war is the latest example of how a union has pulled together when it matters the most now This was a strong message For opening speech. She also said we are in it for as long as it takes and it's almost one year since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the war is absolutely having huge impact not only on Ukraine But also across Europe and across the whole world What are the policy pathways to tackle and the points of vulnerability to address in Europe as Russia's unprovoked war? Rages on and this is what we're going to discuss now at this session It is a great honor for me to introduce you the speakers of the session and we have son Amar and Prime Minister of Finland Gregory Meeks congressman for New York ranking member of the House for an affairs committee Maya Sando president of the Republic of Moldova and Jean-Pierre Clamadiou chairman of the board NG Group my name is Sasha Vakulina. I'm with Uranus and I'm going to be moderating this session Now if you want to join the conversation, please use the hashtag 23 they're going to also be a possibility for those of you in the audience to ask a question a little bit later to any Speaker here without further ado The first question is going to be to a son of a marine Let's start this to what extent has the war resulted in broad shifts when it comes to all these aspects economic political and also military links and connections across Europe and in what ways can we expect These links and connections to continue to rule this year as we're going into year two of the war in Europe Well, thank you for having us in this panel I fully agree with the Commission's president the result of underlying That the war is not only affecting Ukraine. It affects the whole Europe the whole world actually We are seeing this geopolitical change in the world war World and there is war of values going on in the world the rules based order is being challenged And this affects everyone not only Ukraine, but everyone in in the world and The war affects Europe in very concrete ways as well We are also not only in the war in Ukraine, but also in energy war in in Europe Russia is using energy as a tool as a weapon against Europe and it tries to diminish our support to your crane Putin tries us to be afraid of Russia. What might happen? He wants us and our citizens to think what are the prices of the war and we are already seeing People frustrated with the high energy prices everywhere in Europe But the answer is not the weekend our support towards Ukraine The answer needs to be actually the opposite We need to send more support to Ukraine more weapons more humanitarian aid more financial aid To make sure that the world will will end as soon as possible and for Ukrainian win and this is crucial so our aspect of Putin's Screw drive that he is using now with the energy against Europe should be that we are sending more support for Ukraine Let's go about this support with the To Gregory makes the next question. Let's pick up on that line and go with with what for the long-term support Can be provided from all the allies and Any possible support when it comes to NATO European states and allies further abroad Including the United States like extent to Ukraine beyond what has already been done So first let me thank you and it's a pleasure to be here and let me thank of course the prime minister All right, and the president So do for their commitment and what you're doing in your countries have gone beyond the call of duty staying together Have the opportunity to visit both and to see how you've taken in Ukrainian people who have ran and it's that kind of unity That's tremendously important as indicated because what? Putin did not count on was the unity of NATO and EU and other allies all over and you have exhibited Just the closeness and the determination to stand to make sure that's happening and we can see The strength and determination of the Ukrainian people I visited Ukraine. I was the first One to get into Ukraine after the invasion and the last and the first You know I was there the last codel to go to Ukraine before the invasion and to see and feel the Determination of the Ukrainian people is important. So what can what else can we do? I think that you saw that the United States just passed the tremendous aid package to go to Ukraine But also now talking about more advanced weapons So that they have to protect the Protect themselves from the tax and the air looking at them You see some talking about additional tanks, etc so we can do more by giving more advanced weapons and Training them to utilize those weapons so that they can protect themselves and to make sure that the heinous acts of the of Russia and Putin is is halted that's tremendously important Also, you know trying to make sure and I think here's where coordination can happen with other allies that Putin is targeting the infrastructure and the energy of the Ukrainian people and so we can't forget that also We know that we have a big responsibility So some don't need to help the infrastructure because it's cold now in the middle of the winter and he's counting on us to separate He's counting on us or not not to not to stand together, and I think that by us Making sure that voices From the extremes in any of our countries that they don't went out and they don't hear and we stick together That is going to be what I think will help them to victory. Thank you so much Presidents under alongside socioeconomic disruptions. What are the other key points of vulnerability vulnerabilities with the effects of the war? Exposed in Europe and what is being done to mitigate those vulnerabilities because your country has a Very specific position when it comes to this war in Europe and Russia's aggression on Ukraine Well, some of the vulnerabilities have been already mentioned and this is the energy and the fact that we all relied on Reliable sources to put it this way Of course, Moldova was more vulnerable because it Dependent 100% on the gas purchases before the war started now We get only 40% of our gas needs in from gas problem And we managed quickly to diversify into to find our other sources To supply energy to the country The propaganda which is a very big issue this information and this is of course a big issue for my country But I think this is a big issue for many countries and we need to learn how to be more efficient To tackle this issue is the cyber security the frozen conflict Which became a bigger risk During the the war. So there are lots of vulnerabilities and the energy prices I think I agree to totally agree with the issue that Russia counted on this black mailing us With the energy crisis and Europe managed to find a solution and this was not easy And I just remember the discussions in April and May when you know, there were all kind of Proposals, but no one believed probably were Most of the people would not believe that you will manage to find a solution so quickly And yes We have to buy to pay a price and we feel bad that our people have to pay a high price But I can tell you that in Moldova the gas tariff increased seven times In the last 18 months and this is not a country where people have high revenues so You can understand what are the costs, but we believe in democracy. We value Democracy we want to be part of the free world and the only solution is to stay together And yes, it is difficult, but we have to help Ukraine all of us. We have to Stop pressure. We have to help Ukraine win this war because otherwise all of us will be in danger Mr. Klamatia, which underlying factors of the current economic downturn and potential recession facing Europe? You think are most exacerbated by the war and to what degree will Europe's economic recovery hinge on the outcomes of This war because that's another front there No, that's kind of a front But in fact what I can say echo very much What the president was just saying because I think it applies also to Europe. I think we've discovered and It might sound a bit naive, but I guess we've discovered in February of this year How dependent we were on Russian gas? And we've seen a situation during the first few months of the war where we were really wondering at what point and by whom The the gas flows would be cut at the end of the day it happened in June-July where we've lost not all but a very significant part of The energy which was coming from from Russia We have reacted very very quickly a few key decisions made by the Commission But a lot of action taken by companies utilities energy companies across Europe I would say we've seen the situation degrading probably until August with a very significant Risk premium put on energy prices mean we've seen gas prices Reaching 300 euro per megawatt hour compared to an average of the last 10 years below 20 so the 10 times increase And at this point of time we started to see launch industries Stopping some of our operations in Europe Fertilizers still industries people who are very dependent on energy very worrying and frankly speaking I think at the end of August beginning of September There was this feeling that there would be a major impact on the European economy at the same time we were Starting to think that they might be disruption in the supply of energy during the winter the situation was exacerbated by some specific issues like the the French nuclear fleet being Being under maintenance for for part of it since that the situation frankly speaking has improved very significantly we've been able to Bring very significant quantities of GNL into Europe We've been able to fill up our storage at the highest possible level before the Before the winter period we've been helped by external conditions and weather was pretty marked at the beginning of the winter and But we are in a situation today where I'm pretty confident to say that there won't be disruption in In the supply of energy neither gas nor electricity in Europe during the last few months of winter Prices are starting to go down. We are not back where we were Two years ago, but we are back at a level which is a bit more sustainable And I don't want to downplay the impact of this of this conflict now Obviously this creates a big competitiveness issues for industries in Europe versus Versus the US. I think it will probably take another couple of years before the flow of natural of GNL LNG story is again offering visibility for European consumers, but frankly speaking thanks to the alignment of political decision makers and industries We've been able to go through this this year of 2022 Probably much better than we expected when this conflict started you know, it's obviously the 24th of February in just about a month's gonna mark one year and This is the second time the WAF annual meeting after the spring meeting the second time We are talking about the war in Ukraine and the war in Europe. And when it comes to so many aspects, you know I hear from the speakers here that we didn't think we could do that much We didn't think it could be that much unity. We didn't think it could be that much alignment and the reaction would be that good so let's try to Everybody wants it's a one billion dollar or even more question about how long we're in this and how It's gonna how it's gonna go. What what do you think of it? Well, of course, we don't know how long the world war we will continue, but I think we can Effect the situation also and the key elements right now and It's to do with the how united we have been the key elements are that we have to say very Frankly and out loud that we will support Ukraine as long as needed there isn't that kind of scenario or possibility that that the support from Europe or With the Western world or democracies will diminish That's not a possibility. We will support as long as needed Five years ten years fifteen years whatever it takes we will support Ukraine and this will not stop And it's for Ukrainians to decide when they are ready to negotiate when they are ready to make Some peace agreement that they would agree on and we will support our job is to support them And this is a message that needs to be sent very clearly That our our mission is to support and we will support as long as needed and another way that we could influence the Situation we are already sending arms. We are sending weapons and we need to send more and more advanced weapons We need to continue sending financial support and Humanitarian support taking refugees from Ukraine putting heavier sanctions against Russia But one thing that I really think that might affect the situation is the frozen assets There are a lot of frozen assets from the Russian Central Bank a lot of frozen assets from oligarchs and We need to find solutions. How do you use these assets? I know it's legally And and from legal point of view, it's very difficult matter and very difficult issue But I think we need to find solutions How do you use these funds to support Ukraine to rebuild the crane? I think this could affect the war more than we think because there are many interests behind these assets and these These money. So so I think that might really affect the situation It doesn't solve everything But I think that's the one thing that we haven't yet used and I think we need to find the legal framework To do this to use those assets to support Ukraine and this process of rebuilding and reconstruction It's not being postponed. It's not like when the war is over. That's gonna happen No, you have all known you visited the country, you know exactly that it has already started step by step It's from the regions is from the suburbs the places that have been liberated. They're already being reconstructed So this is of course something that is already on and it's gonna be in focus this year as well Gregor mix, what's your assessment of the possible trajectories of what the war in Ukraine might take going into 2023 and what Possible trajectories could not need to take as well. Well, first I think that What's unshakable and unbreakable is the Ukrainian people's resolve They you know when I visited prior to the invasion What I wanted to know was whether or not the Ukrainian people would fight Truth of the matter is I went Whether I talked to the person that was driving the taxes or that was in the hotel or that was waiting in the restaurants I've asked them if Russia attacked What would they do and? They said we would fight and they referred back to 2014 and said They will never ever allow what happened in Crimea to happen in their native land They will never yield To Putin and Russia they were absolute about that and we see them continuing to fight and so I think that you will continue to see Ukraine winning this war and Fighting when we give them the ammunition and what they need to fight because that determination that that's not going to change that's unshakable and What is as the Prime Minister just indicated that is absolutely Devastating to Putin is our solid unity He's hoping and looking for ways to shake it So we've got to make sure that and I think that the Russia propaganda is Going to be defeated moving forward Some individuals you know when I moved around before and I talked to some people even some in the United States at one point Listening to the propaganda thinking that you know as Russia was talking about that it was Ukraine that was being the aggressors Obviously not true so I see that us coming closer together and Bringing in other allies From other areas of the world also Because as this intensifies and they see the humanitarian humanitarian crises that has taken place when they see that people are forced That that are being utilized civilians are being utilized killed Freezing to death and in cold weather when they see the human dangers that have been taking place and how it is a humanitarian Criminal act that Putin is committing that will bring us even closer together So as I look at where we're going down, we're not going to get weak I know you know people have talked about certain things because of the Congress has changed in the United States of America that now in the house For example, it's it's a split Overwhelmingly the American people Overwhelmingly the people for example Democrats and Republicans are focused and standing strongly behind Ukraine and that's only going to intensify as we move forward Which makes me believe that that will lead to success in the long run as we get through the winter and into the summertime And it's really similar when it comes to the support in Europe according to the latest ball It was over 70% of the Europeans fully supporting the EU response and the EU support and help to Ukraine So this is also one of those things the other aspect I want to go now is that the war in Ukraine as a consequence had a we all have a greater appreciation of Alliances as well and working together and of course NATO being one of them. So I'm going to ask you about that You know when Finland and Sweden obviously announced NATO aspiration. There was this There was this tweet that said I can't remember the author and I apologize if you were the author that what Putin tried to do He wanted to finlandization of Ukraine But instead what he did was your creanization of Finland and Sweden. So you are now on the way there. So what to what extent? And Well, how is the process going because this was Sweden and Finland NATO aspiration happened in response to the war in Ukraine and How is it going? How is the cooperation happening in the solidarity as well because you are doing it? Not just yourself, but you said it you're going to be doing it only hand-in-hand with Sweden because that's another alliance That's another appreciation of alliances well the Finnish atmosphere and The mindset of people changed at the same time when Russia attacked Ukraine in that mode Before that moment if you ask Finnish people, do they think that Finland should join NATO? Maturity would have said no we have that possibility to apply. That's very important that we have that Possibility but we didn't have that kind of discussion Active discussion before and if you asked the majority of Finnish people or the parliament they would have said No, we don't see that that we should right now apply to NATO membership But when Russia attacked Ukraine everything changed the world changed our neighbor was no longer the same neighbor It was aggressive Aggressive neighbor that went across that border and and Finnish people asked themselves What is the border that Russia wouldn't across and that's the NATO border and that's why Finnish people Wanted us to go to NATO 188 parliamentarians out of 200 voted in favor of NATO membership So we we're not we don't have hundred percent, but we are very close In in our parliament as well, and we have this this unity in Finland. We have this Cohesion and consensus about the NATO application And I'm also very happy that we made this decision at the same time that that our sweetest neighbors Did because we are also sharing of course the same geopolitical Atmosphere the same geopolitical security environment, so I think from NATO's perspective also It's very important that Finland and Sweden is applying and and entering NATO together Of course, there's still two countries that hasn't ratified Hungary and Turkey and I have talked for example with with Prime Minister Orban Every time that we meet in in European Council and and he has said that they will ratify as soon as the parliament will starts It's term this spring. Hopefully very soon Turkey we don't have that timetable yet. Of course, we hope that that will happen sooner than later We are fulfilling all the criteria of your ticking all the boxes That is needed to become a NATO member and actually for example Finland is already using over two percent of our GDP to defence and we have done this for quite some time and we are seeing a lot of Support from Ukrainian people to fight for their country and they are fighting for their freedom for their Independence and their country and if you ask Finnish people how willing they are to defend Finland I think we are ranked number one. Ukraine is number two So so we have been in war with Russia and and we know what that's like And we don't want ever again ever again there to be a war in Finnish soil And that's why we're applying to NATO So that there wouldn't be a war in Finland ever again That's the border that Russia wouldn't cross and that's why we are applying to NATO President center Moldova is applying for the European Union. That's another of course as well alliance and this appreciation of it How important is that how and how also do you want it changed because Moldova has also experienced some of the opinion polls that were not necessarily always Supporting the idea and also just to follow up on what Gregory Meeks said there The propaganda issue of course is something that happened a lot in Moldova over years Well, I actually believe that Moldova's chance to survive as a democracy is only within the EU and Just being realistic about what's going to happen in our region in the next. I don't know 10 15 years of course we all hope for a Victory for a speedy victory of Ukraine and this is going to happen, but We cannot See Russia becoming a democratic country very soon And this means that the challenges for the region are still going to be there Moldova survived. I mean managed to deal with the challenges that you asked me at the beginning in To a big extent thanks to the support we received from the EU and from the Development partners and we are very grateful and it is important to have a stable Moldova. It's important for us It's important for Ukraine. It's important for the EU for the EU It is important to have a peaceful and stable Ukraine It is important to have a peaceful and stable Moldova and that's why the EU enlargement is important I think Ukraine has proved its paying the highest price for the democracy and for the EU values Moldovans have been doing their best and yes, the propaganda is Still strong and we are fighting with the propaganda, but we have more than 70 percent of people Over the years despite the propaganda Despite the poverty and the many problems we've been facing We have this constant support for the EU integration and I think the recent gesture by the the generosity they showed by the Moldovan people when they managed to help Six seven hundred thousand of of Ukrainian refugees shows that we we value the the EU values and We value peace and we value freedom So the EU enlargement will make the EU stronger Because EU needs a peaceful and stable Ukraine Moldova and the rest of the countries which are aspiring for the for the new accession President santo, do you think as a long shot for the bit longer future? Do you think that NATO aspirations is something that Moldova could go into after we do feel how vulnerable we are and actually if you know Ukraine is defending us literally and we are taking steps to improve our Defense sector, but we are very realistic about what we can do We are a democratic country and we have to have the discussion. There should be Popular support, but we are having this serious discussion now on whether we can by ourselves Defend us in a new world where we see that war is a real danger And and this was not the understanding five years ago ten years ago when everybody thought that Wars cannot happen on our continent John Pierre Clemente, let me bring you to one of the factors that has been identified as the one of the biggest Long-term risks according to this year's WAF global risks report This is of course the concerns over Climate and the transition to cleaner energy because this is another massive massive Filled there to discuss and but we have also been seeing as you mentioned before some of the transition already starting and speeding up but How have the impacts of the war in Ukraine reshaped the global energy landscape and what are your Expectations when it comes to speeding up this transition away from fossil fuel Dependency as well on Russian, but also the transition in general Maybe before answering your question just to comment I'm here as a business leader, but I'm also a European citizen and I really want to express my Support and in fact my pride to see how Europe was able to react to the situation and also my admiration to political leaders like Prime Minister sorry, and I think I think we should be proud of the way Europe was able to react as a With a lot of alignment between various stakeholders and by the way if we still see very high level of Public support to to this position in Europe the fact that business was able to manage the situation Mitigating some of the impact making sure that they would not be major disruption in the energy system and Limiting the impact on unemployment. I think all of this is really helping create the support now I think the challenge for Europe is really to make sure that we can strengthen our energy system and this is completely aligned with the need for To speed up the energy transition. We don't have any Fossil fossil resources in Europe a bit of coal, but it's not something we want to to build on so the challenge now Is to make sure that we can speed up the development of renewable the EU as an agenda the fit for 55 agenda We need to make sure that the current situation The mitigation of a crisis does not slow down this agenda on the contrary and what we see today is a number of Decisions which indeed should create the conditions for us to speed up development of renewable to speed up development of storage Speed up the development of hydrogen. This is absolutely what we need and by the way What's currently happening in the u.s. With a now very famous ira is creating challenges for us because the u.s Has developed a very powerful and very simple tool to create this this energy transition in North America EU needs to react and I know that President Macron is putting a number of proposals on the table at the Conceal we need to make sure that Europe develop its own ira Once again with this objective of speeding up energy transition This will help us achieve strategic independence and this is something that we absolutely need Thank you so much. We're gonna be now taking a few questions from the audience So if you have them can you please raise your hand so that we could see and we're gonna get the microphone there Would you just introduce yourself and then ask your question? I know there are lots of Topics and the questions that you would like to ask the speakers. I'm just gonna ask you to stick to the topic of this session Could you stand up? Definitely? I will stand up as well. Hello My name is Sakari Terecos came from the global shaper Stockholm hub And my question was about what you actually started the session with which is the support to Ukraine Would it be realistic to hope that also other democratic nations outside of the Europe outside of NATO would Join in giving support to Ukraine including perhaps weapons. Thank you, please Concerning weapons, of course, those are national decisions, but actually many other countries are already doing a Lot they are supporting for example, I visited New Zealand and Australia and they are also supporting Ukraine and and I think the democratic partners across the world. They are supporting everyone different way But the most important thing is that they are supporting. This is a common challenge And as I mentioned in my opening remarks, it's not only It's the situation is it isn't only the war in Ukraine the global situation is the Challenging of our values challenging the rule-based order There are other authoritarian regimes there that are watching very closely to Ukraine And if Russia would win in Ukraine, I'm I bet there would be other countries in the world that are looking Oh that pays off That pays off you want to another nation you can gain land You can gain natural resources that pays off And that's why we need to make sure that Ukraine will win that the war will stop in Ukraine that this kind of Spears of influence this kind of world where there are no rules that Wouldn't continue because then we will be decades and decades in these kind of situations And that's not a very bright future And that's why everybody needs to support us Europeans the states are doing a lot And I'm very grateful that the states are so heavily involved in Ukraine They are sending a lot of weapons They are sending a lot of financial support and we couldn't cope without the United States support right now And that's why we need European strategic autonomy That's why we need to build our own defense capabilities our okay own capabilities in the future all the critical aspects To make sure that that we can also cope Not only to rely in in our partners even though I'm sure that the states would help also in the future But we need to be more strong as Europe also Let me just answer that because even here in Davos as I've talked to other countries from Asia For example, they are also Locked in to try to make sure there's contributions in regards to Making sure that Ukraine wins this war So yes, I think there's a lot and I think others will join too because here's where when I was talking about Russian proper Propaganda ending because Russia has been trying to utilize the blockage of Grains that's causing others to starve But they are trying they've their propaganda says it's Ukraine that's doing it As that continues to be revealed who's actually blocking the ports and the seas and who's causing the starvation That too will take some who may not be actively right now over the long to switch because they will see how it's affecting their nation That's why as the prime minister and and the president has indicated This is bigger than just Ukraine because other nations are affected by the inflation is Affected by what is taking place because of the aggression of Russia So all of the countries that are talking about and seeing high inflation They too will see as we move on Why is significant and important for all of us to join together to make sure that? Russia is not winning this war President something would you comment on that on the importance of other Countries as well providing this help and providing the support when they can not only from the European Union Well, first of all as I said we need to have a better information about the war and we need and this is not just in our region The propaganda I was surprised to to see the Russian propaganda Working in countries which are very far from Russia. I thought it was just my country because it was so close But I think everybody needs to understand this issue that if Russia is allowed to do what it is doing today in Ukraine then next time this can happen to other countries It it's really it goes beyond Ukraine goes beyond the region and then people should Understand that even though they might feel that they're paying, you know a high price for that Still this price is much much lower than the price that people in Ukraine pay because they pay with their lives Mr. Kromadzio that also if I rephrase that question and if I bring it a little bit more in the narrower When it comes to energy wars and everything this was also something the situation where in many cases The support and the help where we're looking for that outside of the European Union For example outside of Europe with some new countries What mean how important is that and do you see it as a possible prospect? Well, yes, I mean we've seen I think this situation as emphasize the importance of G and LNG sorry the fact that LNG is to the form of energy which Which obviously has a very important role to play in Europe not forever, but probably for the next 15 years and LNG is coming from different countries u.s. Is a very significant producer and exporter of LNG we have a number of Countries in the Gulf region and this Indeed this geography of energy is changing due to this crisis And probably we'll see some future changes In the next in the next few years. We had a situation where Asia was also very dependent on LNG My feeling is that they are starting to build the infrastructure Which will allow Russia to send to ship its gas to Asia and this will free up quantities of LNG which will go into into Europe So very significant changes, but again, we should not forget that strategic Independence is absolutely key for Europe energy is an element of vulnerability just because we don't have any energy on Below our feet or around us We need to produce it and the best way to produce it is to go full speed into low-carbon energy Renewable and nuclear for countries where nuclear is acceptable Thank you. We've got questions here in the first row if we could get the microphone here Michael yonder from a protein Denmark. I would like to ask President santo there were some warnings in December that There was was an imminent Russian offensive coming up in beginning of this year and that you were also in the danger zone Could you put some words on the situation right now and tell us if you need more security guarantees than you have now? Well, I wouldn't say that the risk of The military threat is bigger today than what it was in the spring of last year When we knew that if Ukraine does not resist then in the next few days Russians will get to Kishin So there was no question about that Today the situation depends on what happens in Ukraine and we see Ukraine resisting and we see Ukraine advancing so it's really about the the the Ukrainian situation and and When you help Ukraine you also help us and you help other countries in the region, but otherwise, of course, we are vulnerable and There is not much we can do in a short period of time As I said, we are having a dialogue at home about our military situation about the neutrality But this is a democratic country and any changes any decisions have to be taken with popular support We have another question here if we may The first rule. Thank you Thank you very much for this. This is Iqbal Halival from MIT I have a question we you know how much of this is Putin's war versus Russia's war and Has your assessment changed the of your intelligence agencies about how much support does Putin really have because over and over again The you know the message in the West is oh now the mobilization is going to happen and this is going to be the end of Putin he's going to lose support now so many dead bodies are coming back It's going to be end, but it seems like this is more sticky Is it just Putin's war or is it actually Russia's war and what can you do to make it Putin's war versus Russia's war? It's a great question. Thank you very much It's quite difficult question because Russia isn't a democratic country So when we are seeing polls about the support of This war Can we trust those polls are people? Answering those those polls on questions the way that they think that they need to answer because There isn't actually another choice so so we don't know are those polls or or question polls very trustworthy worthy I Think this is Putin's war and it's also Russia's war. There are Russian people fighting in Ukraine there are many of those who are turning their eye another way and in the end I Don't think the question is the key one I think the only key question is when the war will end how will it end and The only answer that needs to be that Ukraine will win and Ukraine will win with our support We don't know what will happen within Russia. I have of course spoke also with with Russian people also with activists that are against Putin and and their message is that there Isn't that much of support of pussy Putin's policy when it comes to Ukraine, but people are afraid They are afraid of saying their opinion. They are afraid of the regime what it might do and this is This is not a new situation. We have seen this From from many years first you put down the Opposition and the civil society you lock up your opponents You silence the media you take control within your country and then These kind of matters can happen and I really worry that there are also other countries where we can see this same same kind of of Change going on and are we reacting soon enough? Are we supporting those critical voices within? Democratic countries that are still democratic countries or are we just Thinking that that's not important right now. Let's see in the future I really worry about European nations as well There are a few European nations where we are seeing the same kind of logic that first your Opponents opposition human rights rights of women rights of minorities That aren't that important attack them and then in the end there is this very Nasty and an evil spiral of authoritarian So am I thinking In my mind is no question Putin's war No question about it. He's lying to his people That's what you talk about Russian propaganda not only outside of Russia, but especially inside of Russia And he tries and when you have an authoritarian government As is in Russia you try to build up Nationalism to make some of the people feel that they are strong with their country that the country is doing right What he is feeding his people are lies and I believe that as long as this if this continues to long lies are revealed and The people in Russia build up. I was recently in Egypt and Watching the number of Russians, especially those that would be drafted leaving Russia Trying to go to other places because they didn't want to lose their lives, but the propaganda inside of Russia, I've got a friend of mine Who has family still in Russia? They call their family members and Say this is what's going on and They said that would they don't believe it. They believe what they're hearing in Russia So it's not there's some good people in Russia But it is Putin's war because of the lies and the criminal acts that he is committing upon people Utilizing, you know, if you see he's firing generals and Others that don't want he's throwing them out of windows or having you know all of a sudden they you know supposed to be committing suicide It is definitively Putin's war Presidents under what's your take on that because that question is something that you would probably feel strong about I Think we can all agree that this is a word that Putin started and this is a word that Putin can stop We can't say how much support there is for the war in Russia because of the reasons that The previous speakers mentioned, but it's clearly started by him again and if he wants it The account I'm so sorry. I wish and the final words from you. Mr. Klamat, you're the final Comment from you on the No, again, I think a unity and alignment is key within Europe with our closer eyes and I think we've we've been able not to be We've been able to resist to put in this view that energy will create Fracture within within Europe. So I think it's really a very good results Let's make sure that we continue with this type of alignment for 2023 Thank you so much. And if I may just very quickly From my side commenting on your question I myself was in Kiev on my done exactly when the invasion started And I lived through that situation and covered the invasion from the capital of Ukraine There is a debate whether this is Putin's war or Russian's war But this is certainly the war of every single Ukrainian who is there or who is now in any other country and found the refuge there Thank you so much for this session and thank you so much for the questions. I wish we had more time Hopefully next time. Thank you


It's one of the most anticipated finals of the 2016 NCHA Great American Insurance Summer Spectacular and it didn't disappoint. I am of course talking about the Open Classic Challenge which features the 5 and 6 year olds and the man of the moment was Gary Gonzalez who rode Raisin the Cache and marked a 229. Very impressive. Job well done Gary. Thank you. So tell us how you're feeling right now. Outstanding. Real proud. Proud of that horse. Glad that we got him showed. Now, how did it feel coming in when John Wichel had marked a 228 pretty early on in the first bunch? What were you thinking? I thought his run was outstanding and I thought well there's a winner. But we had a good draw and we cut some good cows and obviously that horse was really good and it could have went either way. I just thrilled proud that we were able to do it. So take us through your run and describe how Wichel was. The first cow was a little red burnt haired actually it was a slick red that we picked. It was in a good spot to cut first and then we came back and cut the red baldy we talked about and then a black baldy with a notch head that we cut third and they were all picked so then they were all really good. So a lot of times one will be okay but in this case they were all good. You won the Derby on this horse last year and that was a very special moment for you because it was your first major title in the Will Rogers. How does this compare? It feels really good. So anytime you can win something here it feels pretty awesome. That's what everybody works for and anybody could have won tonight. It's really good horses and good hands and it's just a matter of who is able to cut the best cows and we had a great draw. And I thought Johnny's run, you know there are several people that picked great cows so I'm just happy that we went our way. There was some great cutting tonight. Tell us about what it's like to compete in a classic challenge. Are the older horses, do they make you feel more confident you have more fun than say the three and four year olds? Oh yeah because you pretty much know what they're capable of and what you can ask of them. So you know in this case if you cut a good cow on these horses you can really ask them to expose them, get outside of a cow and it's a lot of fun. Okay and tell us about raising the cash. I mean you've had another gear to work on the horse. How has he developed and changed over that time? He's certainly living up to his name. Yeah he is. I think through this year and the last little bit is I've worked on his angles a little bit more where it's making a little bit easier on him and I think that it sure feels like it's helped. Just make them a little easier and where he feels more comfortable that way and the ID showing them so I think that's helped the most out of all of it. Well I believe he's now won over $200,000. Pretty good effort. That's awesome. Something we've wanted to do. And what are the plans now? Just keep doing what you're doing? Yeah we're going to go to all the fall shows we normally go to and keep showing them he's healthy and let the other people out west get to see him and as long as he's healthy we're going to show him so that's the plan. I'm sure people will be very happy to hear that because he was an obvious crowd favorite tonight. Yeah everybody wants to see that horse be good so he has a lot of fans. Thanks very much and congratulations. Thank you.