Now we have member statements and the first member statement goes to the member from Kingston and the islands Thank you so much speaker I'd like to stand and take a moment today to congratulate the Kingston front and athletics and Addington United Way I'm delighted to stand and tell the house that the United Way of KFL and a Blue pass is three point six million dollar goal raising three point eight million dollars in the 2021 campaign This incredible milestone and testament to the critical and is a testament to the critical work that the KFL and a United Way does under the steadfast leadership of President CEO Bhavna Varma in 2020 when things shut down the community needs didn't disappear and for many they actually increased and the United Way moved Nimbly to support agencies and meet emerging needs They made sure kids who relied on school lunch programs got those same lunches at home They supported low-income seniors facing an increased cost of living during the pandemic They increased support because of demand for counseling and supports for sexual assault and domestic violence as the months past the KFL And a united way has spearheaded collaboration amongst agencies Experts and all levels of government helping the community Navigate the concurrent crises of the pandemic and an opioid epidemic facing Kingston's most vulnerable populations They've been instrumental in Kingston's situational response team and spearheaded the homelessness collective impact committee at a time when frontline Staff were working flat out to make sure Kingston's donians were okay during the pandemic to Bhavna and the United Way team Thank you for everything that you do The next member statement the member from Scarborough Asian court Good morning, mr. Speaker It is my great honor to stand up here today at this August house To pay tribute to an outstanding resident of the Scarborough a gentleman who is a statement Mentor community leader a beloved father grandfather and devoted Husband mr. Speaker. I am speaking about none other than the minister of seniors and accessibility Who celebrated his 30 years of public service on December 1st? He was first elected to the Metro Toronto Council in 1991 Since then he continues to serve his constituency diligently with passion and vigor People love the Scarborough North member because they know they can trust him and they can count on him to defend their interest His devotion to his community and the people of the Scarborough is legendary He will not leave a stone unturned to help the most vulnerable in our society It is a distinct privilege for me to know Minister Joe and work with him as a campaign volunteer and as a colleague in this Legislator, I have learned so much from his humble soul His dedication and commitment for the betterment of our province and country is inspiring and trendsetting Congratulations to the minister on this milestone. I wish him health Happiness and many more years of service to the people of the Scarborough and Ontario. Thank you Thank you. The next member statement the member for Windsor West Thank you, Speaker I rise today to wish my constituents in Windsor West as well as all Ontarians a happy holiday season as many of us Will gather with family and friends over the next few weeks. I want to remind everyone to celebrate safely We must ensure that we continue to social distance and keep our gatherings small this year as we all get through this pandemic together All of us must follow the public health directives to ensure a great holiday season I want to recognize the many individuals in this province that will be unable to have a joyous holiday celebration as they face Financial hardship well with this government's refusal to provide livable social assistance rates or wages Many people are struggling to afford housing or food let alone holiday gifts and celebrations I want to thank the folks at the Windsor youth center the downtown mission the salvation army of Windsor the hiatus house The welcome center shelter the unemployed health center and many other local community organizations That have stepped up to help the residents in Windsor during the holidays and beyond this year Food banks shelters and outreach groups will see a rise in need as more families seek assistance this year If you have the availability and means I ask that you consider donating to local organizations and sharing your holiday chair with Those that need it the most this year. I had the pleasure of participating in the annual Windsor Santa Claus parade this past Saturday It was wonderful to connect with the residents of Windsor Essex and celebrate alongside my community I wish everyone a safe and healthy holiday season and a prosperous new year The next member statement the member for Markham Thornhill Thank You mr. Speaker in October our government launched the official COVID-19 QR code and the made in Ontario verification app verified Ontario these tools are an easier more secure and Convenient way for individuals to provide proof of vaccination and for businesses and organizations to verify vaccine certificates Were required to do so on October 27th and 28th My office organized a help desk at Moffill Mall to help Markham Union will Constituents download their QR code directly to their phones My team and I had a great time assisting our constituents and responding to their inquiries regarding the QR code As of December 3rd the QR code has reached over 1.53 million downloads Mr. Speaker our province is making steady progress with COVID-19 vaccine rolled out with over 87% of Ontarians 12 plus fully vaccinated and the eligibility for the booster shot expand for individuals 850 and over For additional high-risk individuals with confirmed cases of Omicron variants in Ontario I urge all Ontarians to remain vigilant Let's continue to follow public health and workplace safety measures together. We will get through the pandemic. Thank you, mr. Speaker Thank you very much speaker I rise to a congratulated group of students speaker from Sinclair College, but also the University of Windsor who recently competed in a business development competition That was the brainchild of local resident Richard Petty Richard as many know as the former President of Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment and is now a resident of Amesburg of the cherished resident who's done so much in economic development growth and vitalization of Of our community so Richard put up a $10,000 prize $5,000 and also working with the the berry and Stephanie Zuckerman Foundation to create a $10,000 prize for business students at Sinclair College and the University of Windsor to come up with real-world solutions to support the downtown Expressel cafe and their revitalization that is owned by Rimo and Renee de more so a group of students From Sinclair College won the $10,000. I want to give them a shout out Trevor Romeri Bethany Del Monte Samantha Hulinsky Shen Chen and nor Al Cara Gully They are the grand prize winners, but we all win when we Harness the power of local students talent innovation Initiative and incentivize them to be problem-solvers in our community speaker The all this to say that we've got great local economic development in our small communities I urge everyone over the holidays to visit and support these businesses Shop local get to downtown Amesburg and all the wonderful hamlets in Essex County And ever to ever each and every one in the house and all across Ontario Merry Christmas. Happy New Year's. We wish you well. Thank you The next member statement, I believe the member for Guelph. Good morning speaker This morning in response to request. I made the financial accountability officer Released an alarming report on the financial risks and costs that the climate crisis will have on public Infrastructure the cost of increased rainfall and heat on our schools our recreation centers and other public buildings I called for this report because we need to be honest with the people of Ontario About the cost of the climate crisis We need to be honest with people about the cost to adapt and we need to be clear About the importance of crushing climate pollution to reduce these costs the report was very clear The cost of inaction far exceeds the cost of climate action the impact of extreme Rainfall and heat will cost public buildings alone an additional six billion dollars this decade and on top of that an additional 116 billion dollars this century if we don't crush climate pollution and speaker this was only for public buildings and Only for a limited number of risks, which didn't include things like flooding So speaker we have a moral and fiscal Responsibility to act on the climate crisis now We simply cannot waste billions on infrastructure that will supercharge sprawl Pollution climate risk and climate costs we need to act now Thank you next member statement the member for Brampton West Thank you, Mr. Speaker Mr. Speaker December 6th mark the national day of remembrance and action on violence against women It's it has been over 30 years since the truly heartbreaking echo polytechnic massacre has taken place The national day of remembrance and action on violence against women is about remembering those who have experienced gender-based violence And those who we have lost to it on December 6 1989 a shooter entered an entering class at polytechnic Montreal and Opened fire killing 14 young women this attack was led by vicious sexist and Missing misogyny intent and no women should ever feel threatened or being fear of their safety at any public institution Such as school or the workplace because they're women as We mourn the lives of those lost We must reaffirm our commitment to fight the misogynistic and sexist fueled hatred that led to this tragic event in Canada and around the world women are still victims of unacceptable gender-based violence It is our duty to address this gender-based violence as it is absolutely has no place in our society I encourage everyone to educate themselves and their loved ones on violence against women and to speak up and take action Against potentially harmful behavior We must do everything in our capabilities to empower women and and the negative social constructs that belittle our sisters Mothers and daughters. Thank you, Mr. Speaker member statements the member of St. Catherine's Protecting our loved ones and ensuring our seniors receive the care They deserve is that the center of everything that I have been motivated by these past few years? You see each Christmas holiday I traveled to about 35 senior centers and long-term care homes across St. Catherine's bringing a poissette to mark the holidays but also just to check in this month I was pleased to have Attended so many homes already Tabor Manor Garden City Manor hide-a-hoff and many many more It is a pleasure to make these visits and talk to the PSWs the RPNs the RNs and all of the health care staff that have stood strong through this pandemic We too often hear the words from this conservative government about getting the shovels in the ground and yet report after report Like the one last week shows that the government is not doing what it can to fix long-term care They're fast enough money unspent promises that show little commitment today outside of press conferences and news releases After decades of inaction by the previous governments Speaker it is not enough to fix long-term care and ensure our seniors get the quality of care They need for 2025 or 2028 they need it now and we can do that So I am reporting back from my visits to these homes from this our seniors that built our province from the staff That are still working so hard to make this system work today They deserve actions with equal urgency not promises that may never deliver real actions The next member statement The member for Ren Free Nipissing Pembert. Thank you speaker Last Friday I had a fascinating visit to the Algonquin radio observatory my hosts Caroline Roberts and Brendan Queen Quine of Toth Technology gave me an absolutely amazing tour of the facility as well as explaining in layman's terms Some of the unique and specialized services they are providing to clients while most people probably aren't aware of its existence The arrow continues to perform critical scientific work And it's happening right here in our backyard on Lake Travair in Algonquin Park in addition to being informed of its scientific Capabilities, I also had the really special experience of examining the guest book from May 1970 and Finding it in it the signatures of Morris Hamilton MPP rent-for-north and my father Paul Jakobusky who was then the MPP for rent-for-self It certainly would have been the latest cutting-edge technology at that time What's significant is that it remains vital today over 50 years later on another note My wife and I attended the Santa Claus Parade in Petawawa where there were literally thousands of people Lining the streets the parade was great The floats were amazing But was the most exciting for Vic and I was the number of young children waiting anxiously for St. Nicholas himself Petawawa being home to the largest army base in the country brings with it the wonder of all those young families In keeping with that spirit I want to wish everyone here in the chamber and all across this great country a blessed and merry Christmas and the very best in 2022 That concludes our member statements for this morning I'm very pleased to inform the house that Paige Isabella Sermon from the riding of beaches East York is to is one of today's page captains And we have with us today at Queen's Park her mother Sarah Cahill welcome to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario And I would like to ask for the attention of the house at this time One of our table clerks in Parliamentary Council is going to be retiring at the end of this month Peter Sipinek has worked at the Legislative Assembly for over 32 years Peter began his career as a procedural clerk in 1989 and went on to the position of a procedural research clerk After a brief succumb in at the office of the integrity commissioner as a research consultant Peter returned to the Legislative Assembly and has resumed his post as procedural research clerk and then as table research clerk He has been in the role of Parliamentary Council since 2014 and was appointed to the table in 2020 on a personal note I have always valued and appreciated Peter's professionalism and his knowledge of parliamentary practice and procedure Relying often on his sage advice and understanding of Parliament as I attempt to preside over this assembly His family is here with us today in the Speaker's Gallery his wife Jillian Lynn Davies and his sons Jasper and Josh Peter thank you for your exemplary service to Ontario's Parliament and enjoy your well-deserved retirement Thank you Understand the government host leader has a point of order Thank You mr. Speaker mr. Speaker if you seek it you'll find unanimous consent to allow members to make statements and remembrance for the late Dr. Betty M. Stevenson with five minutes allotted to Her Majesty's loyal opposition Five minutes allotted to the independent members as a group and five minutes allotted to Her Majesty's government German host leader is seeking the unanimous consent of the house to allow members to make statements in remembrance of the late Dr. Betty Stevenson with five minutes allotted to Her Majesty's loyal opposition Five minutes allotted to the independent members as a group and five minutes allotted to Her Majesty's government agreed? Agreed. I recognize the member for Davenport. Thank you, Speaker. First of all, I want to say how truly honored I am to have the opportunity and the privilege of speaking here in the legislature as we mark the passing of Dr. Betty Stevenson. There are certainly few others who have blazed more trails than Dr. Stevenson. She opened so many doors for women in politics, in medicine. Her story is extraordinary and her achievements are many. First female minister of labor in Ontario history. First female minister of education in Ontario history. First female minister of colleges and universities in Ontario history. First female minister of finance in Ontario history. First female president of the Ontario Medical Association. First female president of the Canadian Medical Association. And on top of that, she delivered about 5,000 babies. As Steve Pakin has written, she was a force of nature. That forceful personality dated back to her childhood. When she was five, she wanted to start school, but school didn't start till six. So she hectered her parents until they caved in and gave up. It was also at five that Dr. Betty decided that she was going to be a doctor. At that time, people were telling her women don't become doctors. They become nurses because there were no women doctors, but she wasn't going to put up with that. Yes, there are. She would respond. I don't know any, but I think they're there. By 1941, Dr. Betty became the only girl in her high school graduating class at Earl Hague Secondary to go on to university. She wanted to go straight into school for her chosen profession. Again, she decided already on medicine, but the rules at the University of Toronto were that you had to be 18 to enroll at med schools, and she didn't have the $680 tuition. So what did she do? She camped outside the Dean's office of the University of Toronto Medical School, insisting on being admitted one year early at 17. She impressed the Dean so much that not only did he let her in, he helped arrange coverage of her tuition. It's pretty clear that nobody was going to succeed in opposing Dr. Betty from even those earliest days, and when she married another med student, Alan, she told him she intended to have six children, and indeed, they did. Four boys, two girls. In 1962, Dr. Betty was now also the first female board member of the OMA, and by 1970, it's first female president. She famously crossed swords with Pierre Trudeau as part of the Canadian Medical Association Special Committee when she tried to have abortion removed from the criminal code. Trudeau confirmed he'd do so, but then at some point changed his mind, and when new legislation was introduced, abortion remained illegal. Dr. Stevenson was furious. She later talked about how she confronted Trudeau at an event about his broken promises. She said he would just deny that he'd ever made the commitment, but from her story of those interactions, it made it pretty clear that she wasn't backing down. Sadly, it wasn't until 1988 when the Supreme Court ruled abortion law unconstitutional that she got her way. When she was elected as a conservative to the Ontario Legislature in 1975, Bill Davis didn't waste much time making her the Minister of Labor. He thought her background as a doctor would help in some of the health and safety law reforms that were underway. Later juggling the education and colleges and universities roles, her workload increased, and so did the opposition to some of her positions. One day at a speech at the University of Waterloo defending tuition increases, a student protester shoved a lemon meringue pie in her face. She cleaned herself up, carried on, but when she went to York University for her next address, she came prepared. You'll see that at this time I have come with my own pie, she said, placing it on the lectern, and I'm pretty good aim. Betty's cutting edge leadership as Minister influenced many educators' work hugely. Dave Cook, former Minister of Education reminds me that as Minister of Education Colleges and Universities from 1978 to 1985, she established the secondary education review project and introduced a new blueprint for Ontario's secondary schools. She was also responsible for establishing the Bovee Commission on post-secondary funding in Ontario and introduced legislation establishing a program for funding for special education to serve vulnerable students better. Dave also shared how she used to love sitting in the legislative dining room talking with the interns, inspiring so many of them. Dave even appointed her to the board that oversaw the setup and design of EQAO when he was Minister and he talks with great admiration about her control of the files as Minister, her great interjections in the legislature, and her contribution to public education. She made it clear to Dave that she wouldn't be messing around if she joined that board. Indeed, her only question to him when he asked her to sit on the board was, is this a political maneuver or is this about real public policy? And only when Dave assured her it was the latter, did she agree to serve. He says to me, Betty was a warm and caring person, tough as nails in question period, but a really caring person who loved kids and public education. Richard Johnston, an MPP with Betty and the first chair of EQAO, has set his first and favourite memory of many was when she was so ticked off with a line of questioning from Dave Cook in Social Development Committee discussion of the education budget that she actually poured water from a water jug on him. Needless to say, the three of them remained fast friends. I'm going to wrap up by sharing something that Joan Green, who for many in this province is really a titan in education and she gave the eulogy at Betty's funeral and was kind enough to share some memories with me as well. She told me that once she left office, Betty continued to forge new paths in public service and focus on education in one form or another whether in the service of the province's children or in support of medical research and the continuous learning of those in healthcare. Joan also shared that Dr. Betty's father's advice was as follows, always leave the place you are in better than you found it. How many, many places and how many, many people have benefited because Betty took that advice to heart. Thank you, Dr. Stevenson, to her family and friends and may she rest in peace. Thank you. Member for Scarborough Gilding. Thank you, Speaker. Well, my friend Joan Green would tell many stories about Dr. Betty Stevens and she even wrote about her in a chapter in her book, Northern Lights Outstanding Canadian Women. So I'm absolutely thrilled to rise in this house and speak about Dr. Betty Stevens, trailblazer, founder and leader in medicine and politics. Born in July, on July 31st, 1924, she was the daughter of Carl and Mildred, wife of Dr. G. Allen Pengali, mother of six, a grandmother and great-grandmother to numerous children. Her story is one that reminds us that we as women can do anything that we want to, and we do have the power to make fundamental change and make our province better than we found it. She is known for breaking doors and shattering ceilings throughout her life and her career. Dr. Stevenson fought to get where she was at a very early age. Her pathway to education began with badgering her father to go to school until he enrolled her at an early age of five. She began kindergarten one year ahead of the recommended age at the time. In her words, it was clear to me that persistence paid off when the cause was worthy. After she finished high school, she went on to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a doctor at the University of Toronto, once again breaking those doors that were challenging her. She did not know any women who were doctors, but she believed that they were out there. She went on to be a pioneer in medicine, including as a founding member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, holding various roles there, including president of the medical staff. She also served as president of the Ontario Medical Association and president of the Canadian Medical Association. She held Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau to his word as a staunch advocate for removing abortion from the criminal code. Dr. Stevenson never planned to run for office. Her predecessor called her three times to seek the nomination in her writing, and each time she refused. When Premier Bill Davis asked her to run, it was her family who finally persuaded her to seek the nomination for the person that she was, someone who was loyal to her word, full of integrity and generosity, and someone they knew would make a remarkable difference in public life. And indeed, she did. As the first female Minister of Labor Education, Colleges and Universities Finance, Chair of Management Board of Cabinet, and Deputy Premier. She also facilitated the passage of Bill 82, the Special Education Act, to assist the needs of vulnerable children, and she chaired Ontario's Innovation Trust and Ontario Cancer Institute. Dr. Stevenson was also a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario, and in 2013, she was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. In 2002, I got to meet Dr. Betty Stevenson at a luncheon for her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Sheridan College in Oakville. It was there that I sat beside Dr. Stevenson, enraptured by her many stories and the passion that she had for education. Thank you, Dr. Stevenson, for inspiring so many as you broke and shattered those glass ceilings. You were a woman who was always ahead of her time. Our province is indeed a better place than you found it in innumerable ways because you chose to serve the public here in Ontario. Thank you. The Member for Guelph. Thank you, Speaker. I'm honored today to rise and pay tribute to Dr. Betty Stevenson, a true trailblazer, and by all accounts, a force of nature. I'm not going to repeat the many accomplishments that my colleagues have outlined, but I will have to say that Premier Davis, when he appointed Dr. Stevenson as Minister of Labor, the first woman to hold that position, he gave her many reasons why, but one of them was that my staff recommended against it and how right the Premier was and how wrong his staff was because Dr. Stevenson was an extraordinary cabinet minister known for her sharp wit and her ability to answer questions quickly. In response to one question about a pulp and paper strike in Northern Ontario, she said, the answer to your questions are yes, no, and perhaps, and in that order. That was it. Not the kind of response you oftentimes hear today in question, period. Dr. Stevenson was a trailblazing doctor, a model MPP, and Ontario is a better province because of her service. And I want to thank Dr. Stevenson's family for sharing us, sharing her with us. Thank you, Speaker. Next, we have the member for Eglinton Lawrence. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is great pleasure and an honor to pay tribute on behalf of the government to Dr. Betty Stevenson, who lived from 1924 to August 2019 and was, among other things, the member of Provincial Parliament for York Mills. For many, being elected as a member of Parliament is the highlight of their career. For Betty Stevenson, her 1975 election under Premier Bill Davis was merely another step in an amazing journey of accomplishment and firsts. Her accomplishments did not begin nor end through elected office and through her contributions to Ontario. As we have heard at the age of five, yes, five, Betty Stevenson knew that she wanted to be a doctor, but was disappointed when she was told she could only start school at six. It took me, frankly, until I was eight to decide I wanted to be a lawyer, and I thought that was pretty precocious, but she was there at five. So an amazing lady. People told her that women at this time become nurses, not doctors. But since her parents had told her that she could do anything that she wanted, a doctor it was. Starting in grade nine, she won awards for Elocution. In 1939, when she was in grade 12, when Hitler invaded Poland and started World War II, having read mine comf, she won her school's public speaking award, warning against the evils of Adolf Hitler. She was the only Fiamma graduate of her high school to go on to university. She wanted to go to U of T medical school, but was only 17, not 18 as required, and she did not have the tuition. So she waited outside of the Dean's office for hours. And not only did she get to go to medical school at 17, but she got the tuition waived. Clearly, no obstacle was going to stop Dr. Betty Stevenson. And this is the thing that I most admire about her and what I most want to say about her. She was feisty. She had an indomitable, invincible spirit, and her many accomplishments simply attest to that spirit. She graduated from medical school and was one of only 10 women in her class of 142. She became a doctor in 1946 and excelled as a leader in that field during her 40-year medical career. And we've heard some of those accomplishments, founding the College of Physicians and Surgeons, sorry, the College of Family Physicians of Canada, first chief of the family medicine department at Women's College Hospital, first woman to be elected to the board of the Ontario Medical Association. She served as the first president to the OMA, the first female president to the Canadian Medical Association, where she was also the first to go on a medical delegation to the People's Republic of China. Betty Stevenson's accomplishments in medicine alone make her life remarkable. However, she was not just a doctor. As I said, she became an MPP in 1975. And as in medicine, she broke barriers in politics, continuing to add to a long list of firsts in our province's history. In the government to Bill Davis, Dr. Stevenson served as the first female minister of labour, where she brought her skills in medicine to bear, helping to establish the division of health and safety. Later as the first female minister of education, colleges and universities, she took on some challenges. At one university, speaking about a tuition increase, as we have heard, a student protester put a pie in her face. The audience was aghast. But an undaunted Dr. Stevenson finished and at the next university she spoke at, as we have heard, she went to the podium killing her own pie. And she indicated to the audience that she was quite prepared to deploy it if needed, which thankfully it was not. In education, she established the first funding program for special education in the province of Ontario, way ahead of her time. Before ending her long and accomplished career in government, Betty Stevenson would serve as the first female treasurer of Ontario, as well as the first female deputy premier of Ontario under Premier Frank Miller. With such a long and illustrious career in two highly demanding fields, it's no surprise that she received many honours in her lifetime. And these included the highest honours a Canadian and Ontarian can receive with the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario. She was also honoured as Woman of the Year by Bene Breath. In addition to all of this, she had six children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren, too many to name today. And when asked if she was a feminist, she replied, I am a humanist and if that happens to leave a few men behind, well, so be it. Dr. Betty Stevenson was a force to be reckoned with and Ontario was blessed to have her. As the only other Ontario Female Finance Minister, Janet Eckers said, quote, she could be tough without being nasty, firm without being stubborn, direct but always professional and you always knew where you stood with her. It was clear hers was a life well lived and well worth remembering. It was a life of duty, accomplishment and service to her community and her family. Her life is an inspiration to all Ontarians. Thanks to her family and to Dr. Betty Stevenson for having served us all so well. Thank you. I want to thank the members for those tributes. We all of us give thanks for the life and public service of Dr. Betty Stevenson.


Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to Top 5 Friday. This is a third in a series of my top 20 books of all time. And today, let's see if I can get it right. We are working on numbers 10 through 6. So 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, Top 5 Friday. Like I said in the last video, I always have a problem with that. There are 5, but it seems like there's only 4, because there's a difference of 4 between 10 and 6. But I'm repeating myself. We're going to jump right into it with the number 10 spot, which is The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury with the caveat. This book is written in a poetic nature, but it is, I feel, it is a perfect thematic experience where Halloween is concerned. I feel that this book is to Halloween what Charles Dickens a Christmas Carol is to Christmas. That's how much I love this. And it is on this list, as I've said in the other two videos, there's a reason for each and every book on here. And there's never a repetition of theme. And this time, it's Halloween. I'm a horror fan. I was an outsider growing up. Of course, I love Halloween. I love darkness. I love those things. I don't know, it's not a gothic mentality. It's just one of those things. I love Halloween. And this is the perfect example of why everything that I love about Halloween is in this book. The history, the culture, the idea, the candy, the selling, the corporation, all that stuff. Well, it's very, very small. He does focus heavily on all of the cultural aspects and the different spectrum of beliefs that you go from Egypt to Ireland, to Mexico, all over the place. And I appreciate that. But there's also that feeling of, you know, there's just the trick or treating and just the candy aspect also. I appreciated that. It's the whole thing. It's the whole package and I loved it. Now, I know my friend and fellow author Chad Lutzky does not like this book. I think because the language is too plain for him, it's more of a children's book, and it is. It's published by Yearling. I also have fond memories of the cartoon that was, I think, Leonard Nimoy played Mound Shroud. I can't, or voiced Mound Shroud. I can't remember. Maybe he was just a narrator.  It is not tied for me. It is a close second on the Halloween list. If the Halloween tree was not on this list, this story would be. There is, I don't think there's bias, but there is. I do have a connection to the author. Gregor Zane. His story, The Riggle Twins, in the first Bad Apples anthology. I have a story in that anthology also. I don't want you to pay any attention to that. I don't even care if you pay any attention to the other three stories in there. Gregor Zane's The Riggle Twins is a perfect adult take on Halloween. He captures the essence of Halloween perfectly if you're looking for a more adult experience. I'm not talking adult insects. I'm talking the violence and the disturbing nature of the content. Whereas this one, while it can be at times disturbing, I tried reading it to my son last year. We had to quit because it was too scary for him. But he's a little more sensitive to the, he was six at the time. He's a little more sensitive to the horror aspects of it. And when you get to the point with the Grim Reaper and the scythe and all that stuff, he was terrified for the boys and we had to stop, unfortunately. But that's my number ten spot. My number nine spot, we have The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Layman. The reason this is on the list is because it is an accomplishment for me. And this is going to sound, it's going to sound like a hunk of braggadocio, a hunk of bragging. And it is. I think that this is a book that I set out to write my own version of. My novel, Bay's End, was written with several books as inspiration. The Voice of the Night by Dean Coons. That was on this list at one point in time. When I had repetition, I had that and twilight eyes. I've since matured quite a bit and I've grown away from Richard Layman and Dean Coons. And well, not Jack Ketchum. Jack Ketchum will be a favorite of mine for all time. But Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door is another one that inspired that book. But this one, it's the relationship between the trio. It's those three kids that inspired me to write the trio of friends that is in Bay's End. There is a fourth one. There's Sanders. But the main trio of Trey, Eddie, and Candy are basically the trio that are in here. Replaced with me, my best friend, and my first, I guess you want to call her girlfriend, my first kiss kind of thing. So that's where this comes in. It's a matter of me finally overcoming. I think, I know this sounds terrible, I think my book is better than this book. But it's on this list because if this book did not exist, I never would have written my book. Now, Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door is not on this list at all. I don't have a place for it because there's only, there's one more book that I like more than that one that fits that theme. But we'll get to that because it's in my top five. But if that book wasn't in my top five, The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum would be on this list. In fact, it hurts me just to think that Ketchum's book is not on this list. But I feel that a repetition of theme would defeat the purpose of this list. I hope that makes sense. Let me down there in the comments below if you disagree. So, next up, and also, I have not beaten The Girl Next Door. I think Jack Ketchum's book is far superior but I think mine is better than that one.  So, next up at number eight, at number eight we have Invisible Monsters by Chuck Pollanek. I hear loads of stuff about Fight Club and Fight Club and Fight Club. I don't care much for the Fight Club, I prefer the book at all. I prefer the movie, don't at me. I prefer the movie over the book. It's just a simpler consumption of that piece. I also don't think it's anywhere near his best work. It's something that he will forever be remembered for that I don't think he needs to be remembered for. If he's going to be remembered for anything, I think it would be either Chuck or Invisible Monsters. Invisible Monsters more so than Satire. It is the peak of him writing in using style. His peak experimentation with style that he actually succeeded with. You have experiments with style like Pygmy that is a complete nut or clusterfuck. You have a style in Snuff that has an alternating first person perspective that is super confusing because it's only like a 200 page book.  At least I didn't. I think his top three Poinic books, in fact, I'm going to leave that for a top five Poinic books when I do my re-read. So I won't tell you here. But this one, he tried to mimic the verbiage of like a Cosmopolitan magazine. A Glamour magazine is what he did. It was his first time.  I brought them home and I read them and I was fascinated by how well he was able to write a book of fiction based on that style. There's more to be said if this book wasn't on this list. Ameena Akhtar's hashtag fashion victim would be in this spot because it is a parody, a work of fiction.   I don't care too much for the holy shit moment in Fight Club at all, but I think it's funny that that has gotten as much success as it has whereas Choke or Invisible Monsters has not. There's a bit and all I want to say about this is it with the color blue at the end that is absolutely brilliant and I think it's the best thing he's ever written. But as far as why it's on this list, it is an experimentation with style that goes outside of your typical narrative, stylistic choices that he absolutely nailed. And that's why it's my number 8 spot. Now, going into the number 7 spot, we have One Flu over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kessie. I've read this book multiple times throughout my life. I think three times so far and each and every time it has met something different to me. But there is a constant thing throughout. It is the best portrayal I've found of mental illness as both objectified individuals and human beings. You have both sides here. You have the chief character, the Murphy character, the entire cast of patients at this insane asylum, care facility, whatever you want to call it. You have every single aspect of how the mentally ill are treated in our society. Especially back then.  You have these mentally ill individuals who are all broken in some drastic way. Even Murphy. Murphy doesn't think he is. I think that's the beauty of the narrative is that Murphy thinks he's perfectly fine where he is.  Then you come to the ending which is one of the most powerful endings I have ever read aside from of Mice and Men. And the only reason, once again, if we were going for a comparison if you didn't like this book, I would say try of Mice and Men. Because oddly enough even at 270 pages some people think it goes on too long and the setting and the themes get tiresome. If you want the same themes go check out of Mice and Men but for the bang for my book I go with One Flew with a Cuckoo's Nest but I love both books equally. It's not a matter of love on this list. It is a matter of theme and what these books mean to me. There's probably a thousand books I love that mean something to me, but they're all in the same classification. And I'm wondering if maybe I should do a series like that. Maybe I do my top Carnival novels or whatever. I think I've been doing that anyways with things because people keep requesting great ideas like Top 5 Villains and whatever. And you'll see these books but you won't see all of these books on those lists. Sometimes you will see books on those lists that aren't on this list at all, whatsoever. And that's because I think that those aspects like the best villain, you have a Nurse Ratchet. I put Nurse Ratchet in there because I fully believe that One Flew with a Cuckoo's Nest is a horror novel. I get a lot of flack for that but I believe that One Flew with a Cuckoo's Nest is a horror novel because of Nurse Ratchet. She is a terrifying monster of an individual. And then you have, there's such a balance there with Chief and Murphy and Ratchet. It's that triangle there that just you have the neutral, chaotic, you have neutral chaotic good because the good that he brings to the group as a whole and then you have the evil. You have evil, neutral, good. So, and I know saying Murphy is good is a controversial statement, but here we are. And here we go on to the number 6 spot. I gotta get this right. It's the number 6 spot on the list. The last one for today. And that is Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmin War. This is a newer addition to this list. I would say newer because I just read it I think within the past two years. Where the line bleeds by her is equally fantastic. In fact, I might like that one more. Again, I know it's confusing, but I might like that one a bit more. But as far as race relations go, this is the book I point out when people bring up writing race properly. And that's why that's on my list. And that's why it's so far up on my list. If you remember in the last video I was saying these are the things to me. And at number 6 is race relations. Now where the line bleeds there is not there are white people in that book there's not too much going on. But the importance of this book is how the black family, you have the white family you have the mixed couple. It's almost not really, but it's almost a Romeo and Juliet type thing because the white parents are of course far more disliking of the relationship between the black woman and the white man than the black family although there is that animosity on the other side also that distaste. But I think the way Jasmine Ward tackled race relations in this book, I've never felt it more powerfully than I did in this book because if you're a fan of the channel you know my wife's black. It's one of those things that what made me look at this closer and inspected and really get down with the microscope after I had my kids. You know what are my kids, you know how are people going to treat and react to my children. Is it even something I can control? Is it something that I have to ignore or what is it? And I've been fighting with that since then because we do get a lot of flak living where we live. We live in the southern United States. We do get a lot of flak here and this book covers those aspects as well. I just really loved the way she tackled it without being I guess not subjective, without harping on one side or the other. She didn't show favoritism I don't feel and I feel like if I were to write a book like this I would probably show favoritism to one side or the other. Which side that would be I'm going to leave that for you to think and form your own opinion. But with this book it's definitely here for the race relations, but also the writing is fantastic. Let's throw that out there. This book wouldn't be on this list if it wasn't so damn well written. Part of the reason I love this but that's part of the race relations is it is so well written to make all these characters believable and true and then you get to the ending and there's a fantastic magic feel to the ending that just blew me away. It is a complete experience and it has the amazing race relations. I really cannot recommend this book high enough and I don't talk about enough. That's why I'm kind of just going on and on. I want everybody to go out and grab it or anything that Jasmine Ward has written. I've only read two of her books so far but I have perused her nonfiction Men We Reap. The Men We Reap salvage the bones and where the line bleeds I do not. I have not read salvage the salvage the bones or Men We Reap but I have glanced through them and the writing is just as terrific in there as it is this one. So let me know if you have a top 20 list or a top 5 or whatever share that stuff down there if you have a top 20 and you want to split it up with these videos like I'm doing that would be cool too if you just want to talk about some of your favorite books or any of the books that I discussed in this video please do so down there in the doobly-doo and I'll see you there until next time I have any you and you this has been another top 5 Friday I'll talk to you guys later bye bye


Aaron, just how special was that out of Garrett tonight? Probably one of the great ones I've ever seen, certainly in a regular season setting.  And honestly, two days ago, I didn't know if he was gonna be able to make this start. He was under the weather and getting the IVs in Seattle.  Not only does he go out there, he does that. It was, that's about as special as it gets. He was very animated with you on the mound after that second out. What was that conversation like? I think he was just, you know, wanted it, you know? It was, let's go, let's go. And I wasn't going out there for sure to take him out. I just wanted to take his temperature a little bit, see where he's at, give him a breather and kind of just, you know, weigh it a little bit. And there's no question he wanted it. So we just kind of settled on. He got one more hitter and leave it all out here. And how big was this another series win before the break? You got one in Seattle and you get one here, a big one in Houston. Yeah, I mean, look, that's great, but we got a big one tomorrow now, you know? We got a chance to have a really good trip. And, you know, like you've been hearing from these guys a lot, it's one game at a time and tomorrow's game is now really important for us. And that's kind of our focus. Thanks. Yeah. We go next to Marley Rivera. Hey, Aaron, obviously with the one nothing lead in the ninth and when you have such a slim lead and you're thinking of bringing in, I mean, I assume because he was warming our oldest Chapman and with Jose Altuve leading the inning, did all those thoughts come back? And, you know, at any point that it's again, Altuve, could be Altuve against Chapman at Minutemay Park or that was not even a consideration because Gary called. Yeah, not so much that. It's more where we are in our season and wanting to get Chappy, you know, going like Chappy. And that's about as tough a situation to, you know, put him back in. Garrett, I felt like was still in command and certainly wanted it. So it's more where we are in the season, frankly. We go next to Brian Hope. Hey, Aaron, when you're walking to the mound, there are two outs in the ninth. Are you thinking Chapman's coming in? Is that in your mind? No. I'm walking out there to take the temperature of everyone, you know, kind of look at Higgy, see where Garrett's at. So I was going out there prepared to do either way. I mean, I knew for sure it was his last batter, but I wanted to just give it a breather and see where I felt like those guys were. What did Garrett say to you in that meeting? Essentially, let's go, let's go punch a ticket and let's go. He was fired up, but I also thought very much under control, very much. And I thought he did a great job of that, especially at the later the game got and obviously the bigger the situation continues to be towards the end there. While I thought he was intense.


Hello viewers, it's K.E. Felix here and I will come you to my YouTube channel K.E. Felix Inspire. I'd like to say a very big thank you to all of you for the support and the contribution you are giving to this channel. If you are new to this channel, please do not forget to subscribe and hit the bell icon so that you get notified whenever I post new videos. Stay tuned for more details in this report. As UPND, we have taken note that there is wide circulation, particularly on social media, of videos and captions depicting persons wearing UPND regalia, committing acts of political caderism and or political violence. We are deeply concerned about this because it is at variance with what the president of the Republic, President Haga Indigilema, stands, namely no caderism, no political violence. Presently, there is a video circulating where these people purporting to be UPND caders in UPND regalia are harassing and attacking a police officer. We as UPND would like to disassociate ourselves from those kinds of maneuvers. Any one of the genuine UPND supporters, those who walk the long walk of struggle to form government, have headed to the presidential directive to end caderism and political violence. Therefore, those who are committing such acts of political indiscipline and misconduct surely do not have the UPND DNA in their blood. We are now beginning to suspect that our colleagues in the opposition are getting their youth to wear UPND regalia and ask them to misconduct themselves so that the UPND new donor administration can look bad. We would like to indicate that as a part we have since asked the ministry of home affairs that Zambia Police and other relevant investigative agencies should take action on those people. Be it that they are genuine UPND members or not, the law knows no political alignment. Those people who are doing that, what they are doing, committing acts of caderism and political violence, they should know that they are on their own. And indeed, to be foretold is to be forewound. We want to age our genuine members never ever to find themselves at crossroads with the law. The law will surely reach out for them because the president has given clear guidelines. So no one should say this government is arresting its people. All those who are doing things that are different from what the president has said definitely cannot be genuine members of the UPND. So we want also on this call as a part that I formed government to indicate that we are concerned about some actions, isolated actions of some officers in Zambia Police, particularly and in reference to the action which we saw on the Kopa Bewa to wear My brother Mr. Harikalaba, leader of citizens first political party was seemingly harassed that he needed to have had police notified for him either to go to church or to go to the market. That is not what UPND stands for. Those are the things that we had done against our president then HH leader of the UPND in the opposition and we condemned them. There is no way today that we end government the things we condemn can become lucrative and attractive to us. So we ask those police officers who are still nesting a political hangover from political interference of the past and previous administration of the PF not to export that kind of behavior into the new administration. We do not need any public service worker later on the police to begin to harass opposition in defense of ourselves. We as a party in government will defend ourselves through our actions what we do that which the people elected us to do. And then the people who have a final say when the time for elections come we don't need police to continue to be an extension of partisan politics. When the opposition get to the field we as a party will meet them in the field in a marketplace of exchange of ideas and not an arm of government coming in to limit the freedoms that the new Donald administration has guaranteed to the people of this country. We are a vice to that and as a party we take this very very seriously that the things we condemned in the past cannot be condoned in the present. We want the new Donald government to be the government that the people wanted and create a Zambia that all people wanted.


Interdomain routing systems are critical components of the Internet and have been subject to numerous disruptions in recent years. Researchers have focused on understanding the attacker's behavior when targeting these systems and have identified the importance of selecting the most effective attack node group. However, existing research does not consider the cost of the attack, which can be significant. This paper proposes a new algorithm called partition multi-objective transformation, PMT, to optimize the selection of attack nodes by considering both the cost of the attack and the degree of non-linearity. PMT uses a network partition and node replacement strategy to initialize the algorithm and then uses a partition search method to find the best solution. Experimental results show that PMT outperforms other algorithms in terms of both objective function values and computational time. This article was authored by Wendian Zhao, Yu Wang, Liang Liang, and others.


You know, or I just need to stay present and keep holding that energy. Because when we hold the patterns of energy inside ourselves, it starts to reflect very powerful changes inside of us. It starts to consolidate. And then as a result, because we give ourselves permission with that energy inside of us, then we can go out and create the things in our lives. We can't create anything in the outside world that we don't already have the pattern for inside of ourselves. If we don't have a pattern for wealth, then how can we create wealth? We don't have a pattern for attraction. How can we create attraction? If you don't have a pattern for charisma, how can you be charismatic? And I'm sure you guys have noticed, have you ever noticed that, like, if you've really found something that you really loved and you've done it for a continual basis, like you've thought about it and felt it and it was something that maybe it was like fitness or maybe it was business stuff or maybe it was some passion of some kind. And very quickly, probably within a few weeks, people started to really see you as that person or relate to you as if you were that person.  Well, I've only been to the gym like a couple of dozen times, but the energy and the state and the pattern of who you are and what you're doing starts to become ingrained in who you are and the world sees it and recognizes it. And this goes for negative stuff as well.  I'm not enough. I don't have, you know, I'm feeling those doubts and fears and then that's the same energies. People see that and pick that up and the world's going to reflect that back to you as well. So you've got to own what you're creating and build the patterns on a continual basis for asking these questions. So after you've done that, the last one is check in. Check in. Where are you at with it?  Where are you at with your goal? What's the next step? You know, do you need to make some adjustments? What's the feedback you're getting? Are you making successful steps forward? Does something need to be adjusted? Do you need to look at your mindset? Do you need to look at a strategy? Do you need to look at skill building? You know, where can you do that? Can you find a mentor? Can you find information? Can you do something that can help you increase your capacity to make that goal real? And it works. That's why I'm teaching you guys this stuff. You know, so if you follow those seven steps, you should go through again. So know your outcome. Who does your creation serve? How does it feel to have it? What are the thoughts, the feelings and the energies? What are the positives and negatives? What's the duality you're going to have to deal with when you make that goal a reality? When you go towards and move it and start to create it, when you go towards creating it in your life. Where are you at now? And what's your next immediate step? And finally, accommodate feedback and change and being aware of what's the next thing you need to do? How can you be evolving? How can you be growing and making sure you're staying on track? So it's fundamental stuff. This is really important fundamental intergame stuff to get. Get present. Start to create, which brings me to creative imagination. So the next thing is like imagination, such a powerful gift. Imagination is the key, the key thing that we use every single day of our lives to predict and create the next steps for our lives. I mean, whether it's like thinking of what we're going to have for lunch today or visualizing how you're going to get home or it's thinking about your ideal partner or how you're going to live in a mansion someday or whatever it is you have, you can create little things and big things that we do with our imaginations all the time. And we use it to explore our desires. We use our imaginations to explore possible futures. We use our imaginations to explore maybe things we want to own or different things. We can try it on before. We can try before we buy. It's a really powerful thing. The imagination can be a funny thing though because it has two sides to it. The imagination has the dark side as well. If we feed our imaginations fears and doubts, images of how we could get rejected or how we could get blown out or fail at the thing we want to do, then we start basically cursing ourselves. We start taking our energy away from ourselves with our imagination. We're using our very creative abilities to become victims of our realities. And the same thing in terms of obviously if we're feeding images of what we want to be, what's the next step, how we want to create our lives. And this is training. This is where you're going to learn how to control your mind. This presence is really good too.  And encourage your mind to kind of create the kinds of directions and things that you really want to have in your life. And it doesn't matter whether we're coming from the positives or the negatives in our imaginations, that's going to tone our realities. Our reality is going to be a direct reflection of that. And it's about choosing what do we want to experience. Which do you want to believe in?  If you've got a quantum supercomputer that's manifesting your reality all the time, why would you put bad programming into it? Why would you tell it, I'm stupid? I'm not attractive, I'm not good enough. Women don't like me, I can't have my dreams. I don't deserve wealth. I don't like my body, those kinds of thoughts. So if you notice yourself doing that stuff, stop it. Don't give it energy. Don't get into conflict about those thoughts, just don't give them energy. Just see it as like a whiny friend you're like, not interested. I don't want to talk about that conversation. Thanks for the input, but I'm going to redirect, we're going to create something different now. You're going to invite things into yourself, into the part of you that creates your self-fulfilling prophecies, then invite blessings. Invite understanding. Invite growth. Invite meaningfulness. Why don't start to tell yourself stories of becoming an exponentially powerful being? And that's what, if you look at the esoteric sciences, if you look at what meditational people really do, they start to create these feedback loops in their being of becoming ever more evolved and higher level beings.  Because they're just complete in themselves and they just keep feeding that completeness back into themselves. And they can just get deeper and deeper into that powerful state. So why would you need anything outside yourself when you're like that? Everything's a bonus from there. And you can go out and you can have what you want in the world and also be complete. And I think you can be out of the world and be in the world. It's a tough path that you can be that. And I think it's a really good balance to start to create inside yourself.  As basically just a character, something you're creating. Cuz it's changing all the time.   Different values, different goals, different body, different mind, different everything. You're probably not even the same person you were half an hour ago. Subtle changes, always happening. So it starts to realize that and it's like the thoughts you had yesterday become the reality today. Thoughts you have today, and I would say thoughts and feelings you have today, become the reality of tomorrow. So be kind to yourself.  Nudge yourself towards passion, happiness, integrity. So juice yourself first, so juice yourself into your own free, open possibilities and potentials. Pay ultimate respect to yourself. Cuz you are like an amazing creative being, an amazing creative being. You take it for granted and it's one of those things of acknowledging. When you acknowledge your creative potential, when you acknowledge your power, not from a selfish place or from the egotistical place, you just acknowledge the truth of what you are. The truth of what you are gets stronger. The truth of who you're being becomes more real. The presence becomes more evident. So let go of images and fantasies. Let go of identities and expectations and things that aren't in harmony with the highest expectations of yourself, with your highest heart, with your highest way of being, your highest potentials and goals. And create and cultivate ideas and possibilities that are gonna take you towards what you really wanna create. Get in alignment.  Which brings me to focus dictates reality. At the end of the day, this is all about where you're putting your mind. How are you choosing to use your mind? How are you choosing to focus your emotions? How are you choosing to focus your thoughts?  Something that you were unhappy about.


Alright guys, what is up? Welcome back to another video. Now today's video, we're going to be talking about what you do Once you've come up with a name for your business. Okay, we're talking about a clothing business. This is my clothing brand major key physics. I Talked about in the previous video how I came up with the name how I came up the logo But what I actually missed was the website that I used to find the designer to Make this logo up and that was fiverr.com F-I-V-E-R-R dot com now I've been using fiverr.com for years now I started using them when I needed a YouTube intro done up my first YouTube intro I was like fuck what do I do? How do I do this? How do I actually make an animation and the fact is is that? You don't do it yourself. You get someone to do it for you and it's cheap So go on fiverr.com have a scroll through people basically list themselves It's basically like freelance work. You will see them. They might have reviews. They've got you know previous work examples You choose them to do your work You'll pay it might be $5 $10 $20 50 depending on what you need done anything you can get anything done You can get your tech packs designed For the clothing you can get a website designed. You can get animations done. You can get logos done like literally anything You've just got to pick the right person You know if you've got ideas in your head if you've got like a you can either even take a picture of a Drawing that you've done you've sketched and send it through like literally be confident that These guys know what they're doing. They've done it plenty of times in the past And if you give them enough information, they will produce something stellar And if they don't you've always got the opportunity to take your money back and say no and give them a bad review And that's it. So it's all in your hands as the purchaser But you've got to give them a bit of trust at first because you have to pay up front and then wait for them to return the work So I had this designed. It wasn't easy. I went through stages It wasn't looking like this at first. In fact, this was inside something else I decided to take everything else around it off and just have a classic, you know clean logo MKP major key physiques. That's it So today I'm going to continue with what I talked about last time I talked about setting up a business setting up a website major key physiques.com and having some sort of landing page before you've got any Products before you've designed anything you need somewhere to direct people to your website and get there get their contact information You need email addresses because at the end of the day before social media It was email marketing that worked and it still works You know if you can get someone to go to your website literally sign up because they really want to know about that business and what it's about Then that email address is gold.  That is gold That is going to be your little nest egg of people that are really interested in your brand when you've got anything to tell them any Product launches anything like that. You can send them a bulk email and update them on what's going on They're going to appreciate it. It's going to be great for you. So that's the first step With that being said How are you going to get the traffic to your website? We're going to be talking about social media today. I Feel as though every business You know and this is going to be on you know what the name is okay This is this is important when you choose a name and a logo you're going to go on Instagram You know I'm going to go on Facebook. You're going to go on YouTube. You're going to type in that name You're going to see what comes up if your business name is already taken on like all of the platforms Twitter included Then it's like well fuck Okay, we know I am I going to be able to you know put a little hyphen in there and still make it Easily findable, you know if you've got major key physics, let's say I needed to put major dot key Physiques or major key physics underscore, you know, it just wouldn't be right and I wouldn't be happy So the first thing I did when I thought of major key physics. I went to Instagram. I went to Instagram Set up major key physics. Okay. I claimed it. It's mine. I've got the Instagram page went to Facebook Associated a Facebook business page with that Instagram account called major key physics That is got those two platforms Not only are you going to be able to post product pictures on there start to build Your your brand and start to build the hype around it, but it's going to allow you to receive messages Instagram DM Facebook Messenger. I receive messages about the brand all the time Okay, so you need those channels. You need those channels for people to be able to contact you That's it on your Instagram business page You're going to be able to link an email address if they really want to contact you They will click that email and they'll send you an email directly. So you've got your website Gaining email addresses through your landing page. You've got Instagram. Obviously product pictures We're going to talk about paid advertising in a future video. I've done that. I've had varying results There's certain countries that you get shitloads of likes but no engagement There's certain countries that you get no likes, but every like that you do get you sort of get some engagement But at the moment You've got no products no designs. You might have a logo a few pictures Maybe behind the scenes that you can start posting. You've got your Instagram page start posting on there receiving messages Facebook page start posting on there receiving messages. In fact, Instagram is linked with Facebook So when you post something on Instagram, you can actually go share And click your Facebook and it's automatically shared.  You can only you know You've only got so many hours in the day so so much, you know time And I feel like too many social media platforms is is going to be negative towards your efforts that you're putting in so Facebook Instagram Twitter and a website. That's it As far as the content that you start putting up well, that's going to be up to you But I will talk about that in a future video today's video was all about starting to build your social media Starting to build the hype and that's what you're gonna have to do.  Go and listen to Gary V And tell me it's not all right So that's it for today's video in the next one We're gonna talk about actually starting to design the products as far as clothing My business major key physics is a clothing brand to clothing brand I've been building for the last year this series is about me bringing my experience what I've learned my mistakes I've made as far as getting it from nothing To where we are today, which is still not not a lot But can you imagine if in another year?  He actually did that So I want to inspire people that's what this is about if you want to support me and this channel Please hit the like button if you want to subscribe, please do and I'll see you in the next one Peace out


South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has released a report he commissioned to an expert as regards the July 2021 civil unrest, which killed over 300 people and left hundreds bankrupt. The 154-page report found there had been a failure of state institutions in disrupting and anticipating the troubles. More in this report. South Africa's police and intelligence services failed to anticipate, prevent and disrupt days of arson and looting last year in which more than 300 people died. That conclusion came from a report commissioned by President Cyril Ramaphosa and released on Monday. The violence had been triggered by the javing of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court and was fanned by anger over persistent poverty and inequality nearly three decades after the end of apartheid. Soldiers were deployed to restore calm as shops were ransacked and key infrastructure targeted. Around 50 billion rand or 32 billion dollars of damage was caused by one estimate. The report analyzed the government's preparedness and response. It described how a combination of inadequate training and poorly equipped stations resulted in police being overwhelmed. The experts also said the executive branch of government comprising the president and his cabinet of ministers carries some of the blame and must take responsibility for its lapse of leadership. The report's authors said they had been told several times that fractional battles within the African National Congress had become a serious source of instability for the country. Ramaphosa and Zuma are from opposing factions in the ANC. The president is expected to say on Thursday what action the government will take in response to the report. Subscribe to the channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


Leftist rush to claim Capitol police attacker was a white Trump supporter Suspect is actually young black man. Yes, that's right folks here again We have an attack where the media leftist Democrats all jump to the assumption that this was a white Trump supporter or a Republican or this is the Republicans fall or this is Trump's fall because all of these people think that there are white supremacists Behind every corner and attacking every day when it's really a total delusion It seems over and over again any time there's an attack they try to attach white people to it Just like they used to try to attach the Tea Party to everything that happened during the Obama years But now suddenly it's just this ghostly presence of white supremacy. It's just like those anti-Asian attacks They try to claim that that's white supremacy when in fact it's mostly black men attacking these people So as you probably know by now two officers were killed at the Capitol DC police officers When they were rammed by a car by a black Muslim man who jumped out and stabbed them as well and both have Unfortunately passed away, but of course before we knew anything all these virtue signaling leftists on Twitter blue checkmarks went out to basically expose themselves as total racist by just Baselessly assuming that this was a white guy, so we got this guy He's responding to a tweet saying it's ridiculous to state that you don't have a motive then followed it up with this and This guy says translation it was a white guy. Nope We got Ethan Embry here does not appear to be terror related So he was white and I don't get that anyway Terror terrorism has a very specific definition If you are committing violence against a civilian population in order to push your political views In order, you know to terrorize people so they'll accept your political agenda. That's terrorism It's not when somebody just goes out and randomly kills people whether it's a white guy or a brown person or a black person It doesn't matter.  Uh, none of them We got shabuti here saying so it was a white trump supporter. Uh, no, no, it wasn't Now how about david in without having the slightest clue about the security incident at the capital I'm gonna go ahead and call white nationalist terrorism on this one. Well, you're wrong. It's a black nationalist So we'll take a look here abc news breaking. So you scroll down here and you're gonna start seeing this I just can't with white supremacy When will you guys just give it up and love this country more than you hate a color gender and outfit and accent My god, may the capital police officer memory be a blessing to family colleagues in our hurting world Well, those two officers were white by the way or at least one of them was i'm not sure about the other one And then this one my question is how many of our people have to die before senate passed this gun control law Man's inhumane and the guy rammed up the police with the car and then got out and stabbed them with a knife What is this person talking about And this is just the kind of person that the media and the democrats create with their very selective reporting Their deception and their subterfuge to cover up any time a shooting or anything like this happens And it's not a white person if it's a white person, man, the skin color of the offender will be front and center they'll Immediately attach a racism narrative to it. But when it's the other way around it's just like kind of hush hush They're very general about the tweets There's nothing about the guy's skin color or their ideology And that's why you get these kind of responses from people This shit has to stop all of this all of this started because of donald trump And then this guy we are three months in this year And we've had 103 mass shootings and two capital attacks that have left led to several police deaths Like what are they I have yet to see an outlet cover white crime and violence in america. Are you kidding? That's literally all they cover they act like nothing else exists It's just horrible white people causing all the problems in america and what capital attacks again What happened on the sixth was not an attack. It was a bunch of people Thousands of people out of thousands of people a handful got rowdy with variet cops and an even smaller amount Walked into the capital when they were let it and then walked out. It's literally what happened. Some people walked around took pictures Uh, it wasn't an attack and the officer who died did not die there And as far as we know didn't die because of anything that happened at the capital Let's look at all the posts on ted lose twitter. I'm sure that they're very Level-headed. Please tell your colleagues across the aisle to stop radicalizing their constituents Amazing heartbreaking. We still need a commission to investigate the capital riots with this attack included Unbelievable can't you guys do anything about the gop? Oh, he put gqp in there like q.  We got amy klobuchar. Let's look at her Oh, of course, we're talking about domestic terrorism law Did you find a stranger suspicious that some of the gop members wanted to tear down the protective barriers at the capital building No idiot those barriers that the the fencing around dc had nothing to do with this It was barriers put in there after 9 11 and there's more and more blame of the gop here I'm reminded that 12 gop congressmen voted no to give the capital police congressional medal how shameful This has nothing to do with republicans has nothing to do with trump has nothing to do with white people Or conservatives folks This has got to stop because It's gonna spiral out of control. Uh, these people are getting whipped up into such a frenzy at some point They're gonna want blood. All right, folks. That's about all I can take of that for one night. Just want to let you all know about it Thanks for watching and I'll see you all next video


Um team keep it clean. This is why I seriously seriously. This is why I really appreciate y'all so much Because if there's ever anything that I'm wrong about if there's ever anything that I may have missed Then y'all respectfully let me know and there there's some people they ain't part of team keep it clean There's those people too, they ain't they want to take even but team keep it clean Thank y'all for always being respectful with it because yesterday in a video About should Raven's fans be concerned about Marcus Peters and my answer was yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes, and yes Reason being because I said we had literally not heard anything at all about Marcus Peters So that was like very concerning for me like man cuz I'm wondering like waiting like what wouldn't somebody gonna say something about Marcus Peters But this is why I love y'all shout out special shout out to my god David D because he hit me up on Twitter and He sent me The tweet straight from Jeff's Rebek that talked about Marcus Peters update and I was Teller, thank you so much man. Yeah, cuz I just did not I did I missed this I missed it. He didn't send the DM and he was like in great.  You dummy. You missed No, he just sent me to the tweet straight from Jeff's Rebek that was it So I appreciate you David. Anyway, the tweet said everything. Oh somebody asked Any word on Marcus Peters recovery and Jeff's Rebek replied everything I've heard has been positive and Then he said feels like mid-August return is the hope after the team returns from Arizona So hey, babe, that was such like a big relief because you know I had I saw some people think in the comment section and maybe on Twitter something say something like that Oh, yeah, he's expected to return a lot like in mid-August We all get that from I ain't anything done about that. But Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I really appreciate that a lot and then Shout out to my guy cow Cow hit me up in the comment section of the video He said that he from Oakland just like Marcus Peters and he said that he done seen Marcus Peters Running up a full flight of steps with the eight pack of abs and going full speed and I was thinking That's what I like to hear And I was just reminded of like man I got my one pack and I got I got some work to do but anyway This is nice to know this is nice to hear about this is nice because This is positive news and positive reinforcements for the Baltimore Ravens With Marcus Peters We all know what he brings to the team and it's not just about his on the field play It's about his attitude.  He will talk that talk, but he'll certainly back it up as well He is one person that is always Getting into his opponent's heads He's all always doing that and it's funny because leading up into the draft And sorry to get a little sidetracked But this is one of the reasons why I really wanted the Ravens to draft George Pickens because I Continuously called him the Marcus Peters on offense though The Marcus Peters on offense because he'll catch you don't he'll talk his trash.  So hey, what what can people say? What can people say when you back it up? And then that leads to the bingles too because what they were talking about remember in the pivot interview And but anyway, what can people say when you back it up? So with Marcus Peters This is such a beautiful thing I Like super super happy about that because they missed them so bad last year They missed him so bad last year. It was like oh it was so sad And I tell you I never forget the day he went down The day he went him and Gus at the same time him and Gus on the same day So just doing routine stuff doing normal stuff don't regular stuff Then boom that seasons come crashing down And it's crazy that um, it's a great thing obviously for Marcus Peters But it's crazy a lot of people that have been injured both before and after Gus Edwards They they coming back before him So Gus he family just really stuff is just not so positive with him But hopefully with Gus whenever he does come back And I doubt they obviously gonna be patient with them They're gonna be super patient with them Because they got a lot of running backs that can that'll help carry that workload and see the thing about this year as opposed to last year Which I really really love when it comes to the running back room is They are they sound Mike Davidson may they sign Corey Clement in July, I believe Obviously drafted Tyler Beatty in the draft still got Justice Hill and obviously JK Dobbins too, but Last year When the injuries happened to the running backs They had to sign Devonte Freeman last second. They had to sign Latavius Murray last second They signed LeVion Bell last second But so they didn't have the time in training camp those guys last year didn't have the time in training camp They didn't had a time to get adjusted to the Ravens the Ravens way of doing things their playbook their schemes the Lamar the mesh point And what they didn't have that time to do that But now Since the Ravens made up stay ready, so you ain't got to get ready. Thank you Ravens Since they made those moves ahead of time Then it's like alright those guys will have had the opportunity in training camp to really get into the flow of things the way the Ravens do it so that that makes such a big difference because Timing is everything Reps are everything The more you do something the better you get at it For most things sometimes it's up that we just be like me. I'm terrible at this but um The more usually the more you do something the better you get at it So that that's how it is in football just repetition and then again That's a lot of stuff in life repetition doing it over and over and over and over again And just seeing different ways that you can improve and get better and That's usually how it works So I'm glad that the Ravens are have been on top of things when it's come to the running back room Especially for those guys that they have coming back from injury and real quick special shout out to Justice Hill Because he got hurt during training camp last year and then we saw him the other night in the preseason game The verses there's the powers that okay justice. Let's go man.  I Love that Mike Davis. Obviously he ain't going nowhere And I feel I feel like baby not going anywhere either But I wonder if and then we'll see what happens with Corey Clement I feel like he right now and it's still at least they got two more games left But I feel like he right now he would be the one on the outside looking in Because I think right early on they they keep this JK Mike Davis Justice Hill and Tyler Beatty, and I think Corey Clement is on the outside looking in they McCrae is on the outside looking in And then of course one of those two Will go to the practice squad maybe to but definitely one of those two will go to the practice squad Now something that I didn't even realize and I was like, oh, we we moving like again This offseason has been moving like crazy Um The Ravens have to they got a cut 15 people. I think it's August 16th. I believe let me see cuz no James and Hensley Just tweeted out yesterday Yeah, August 16th. They got it. They got a cut 15 people by August 16th So I'm like oh already man because I remember before that's how the roster the roster cut downs and stuff They would do it every week after preseason game, but and then they change it for a little while to where you went from 90 minute on a roster and you got down to 53 all in like one weekend But now they they change it back and I forgot that they didn't change it back. So some people gonna start to The opportunity is gonna be over soon for some people which is uh, it's unfortunate man one last update and probably Obviously a really big one I Zach Wilson and I know y'all done all heard about this by now And we'll talk about this more once something becomes official But Zach Wilson in the preseason game yesterday. He was running taking off and then he tried to try to hit a little move on What would the Jets playing? Those are the Eagles? I think those are Eagles but whoever excuse me whoever it was he tried to hit a little move on him and He ended up injuring himself got a blimp and then they said that he's gonna have an MRI today I've been hearing that he's okay. Then the last night I kept hearing that. Oh, it's probably looks like a ACL So we'll see when something becomes official, but that's not good for him And I think it might not be good for the Ravens either cuz Flacco Flacco is the backup. So Flacco may end up being the starter In the week one game against the Ravens and the Jets, but we'll see we'll see Hopefully Zach will say hopefully everything will be alright Not even just for him to play against the Ravens, but just for his career Hopefully everything will be okay. You never want to start off like that. I know this is second year But that's tough man. That's tough. So hopefully everything is good to go with that But it could be it could be the Ravens past Versus the Ravens future So we're gonna see what happens man. I'm um We almost there football season We are one month away from the Ravens first game and yeah, man, it's real now So anyway, I love y'all again special shout out To y'all for for continuously keeping me updated and being respectful about it Special shout out to my guys David and Cal for those Marcus Peters updates I love y'all. I appreciate y'all and just like Marcus Peters won't be for too much longer. I'm out


Right, okay, so our virtual laboratory, this data enhanced virtual laboratory is about building information infrastructure in support of the National Ocean Modelling System. I'm giving the presentation but two of the guys who are listed below, Angus on the right there and Hugo on the left and other people involved in my group here in Imos are Guillaume Gallibera and Sebastian Mancini and the other members of the project are folk in the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO, NCI, Claire's involved a bit, South Australia Research Development Institute, Tasmanian Partnership for Advanced Computing, University of New South Wales, University of Western Australia and in this case, Met Ocean, New Zealand. So what are we actually trying to do here? So our project aim here is to further develop the Marine Virtual Laboratory to support the long-term goal of the ocean research community, namely developing the Australian National Shell Seas Reanalysis or ANSA as we call it. So what is a real analysis? This is a technical term for a product which combines the optimum combination of model simulation and observations maximizing the value of the observational set through data assimilation. Now this project that we're doing isn't going to do the reanalysis. Here the emphasis is on building on our capabilities to assemble the necessary observational data and to construct services to enable model ingestion of these data into the data assimilation schemes to be used in the analysis. The actual project to do the reanalysis is probably about a three to four year project to actually complete it. So given that we've only got money till December, it's not the realistic goal we can think about doing the reanalysis at this stage. So why do we want to do this? So the growth of the Blue Economy is predicted to be large by 2025 and it's predicted to grow three times faster than the Australian GDP. So there is a burgeoning interest in the marine environment and arguments for this national modeling service system have been around for quite some time and in fact it's a recommendation of the National Marine Science Plan 2015 to 2025. Earlier this year the Bureau of Meteorology commenced a plan for operational coastal modeling service and to enable that to really get going then certain groundwork has to be done to provide for such an operational system and this is really what this project is about. It's doing the groundwork to provide the observations and the service to enable reanalysis program to be done. So reanalysis is quite simple in concept. It combines combining observations in a model state through the simulation process to produce an updated model state which essentially will bring the model, generally speaking, closer to the observations and thereby providing a far more realistic simulation than sometimes do come out of model simulations. So there are various ways you can do data assimilation and there are various methods that you can use. There are ensemble methods such as optimal interpolation and using a Kalman filter. There are variational methods either in three dimensions or in four dimensions, I think three dimensions in time, but each method actually requires a way of reducing the observations that are available in the community down to a number that are manageable and this manageable number of observations are called superobs and you want to do this in such a way that you don't lose the information content of the larger data collection and then when you actually want to do the analysis there are various ways in which you can do it and on the right here you can see four different approaches to doing assimilation combining the observations into an analysis running a model and you can see you get step changes. This is the top version. You can do it sequentially with continuous assimilation and again you've got a continuous solution but there are step changes in this and then there is non-sequential intermittent assimilation when you put information in when you actually have it available or the bottom one which is what we really would like to aim for which is the non-sequential continuous assimilation to end up with a smooth solution from the results of the assimilation process. So in setting up coastal models and this is what the Marine Virtual Laboratory actually does. The Marine Virtual Laboratory as it stands at the moment is a tool for accelerating the development of coastal modeling studies. So in the Marine Virtual Laboratory you can go through a step through a menu which enables you to select different community open-source models. You can choose from a menu of those. Excuse me, I've got a bit of a cold still. And you can choose that. You can define your grid and region of interest from a map. You can then select and you can play around with that to get resolution right and things like this that you can then select from another menu to choose from data sets for atmospheric forcing from initial conditions for ocean boundary conditions. And you can tune some of the parameters and at the end of the process you can either submit your configuration into the cloud to do a simulation with a particular model or you can actually bundle data sets that you've collected, constructed from the particular model of interest and take them away and use them on a computer somewhere else. But in all those processes there are certain things that you need to do and you need some, you need information about the geography about coastlines, you need information about the sea depths, the bathymetry, you need an initial condition, you need boundary condition, boundary forcing for the ocean and you need surface forcing of meteorology to drive the ocean circulation in the process. And you also need some other information particularly in coastal areas. In Marvel at the moment, once you've chosen your region of interest in your time period then a web processing service delivers observations that you can use for validation of the simulation. And what we're moving on to now is thinking about how you use the observations available in data assimilation processes. Sorry? Three minutes. Okay, plenty of time. So what you actually want in a coastal ocean reanalysis is a variable grid. And this example here, which I've chosen as the Syro compass model for Storm Bay, which is just down here in Hobart, shows the kind of resolution that realistically you want to do if you're going to do a sensible reanalysis of coastal processes. So here you've got grid sizes that range between five kilometers down to 100 meters. So our project here intends to acquire and assemble the necessary data to do this reanalysis between 1992 and 2016. A compiling observational atmospheric forcing, ocean forcing. Part of the project is providing a coastal discharge set, which doesn't exist for Australia at the moment to enable us to do this because fresh water inflow into coastal regions is an extremely important forcing function. And we need to assemble the necessary bathymetry and information about tides because tides in coastal areas have to be taken account of when you're doing data assimilation. So the second part of this is to develop the services to prepare these model ready observations, the super ops, for use in the intended schemes and the schemes that we're going to use, assemble stuff for ensemble Kalman filter, ensemble optimal interpolation and 4D bar. And there's remote sensing data, satellite information, the long track data. There's in situ data, combination of profile data, mooring data and glider data. And the intention is to assemble all of this information on NCI and to run a service to process those observations to produce the super ops outputs for the necessary inputs to assimilation guns. So we're in the process of looking at designing a GUI, a user interface, which will take a limited number of parameters. It will take the grid that you want your observations gridded to, take the time period of interest and the data cycle time that you want to adopt. You'll then choose a particular assimilation scheme. You'll choose observation parameters from a list that we have. And then the observations will then be processed and that's our job, that's the Australian Ocean Data Network, using either web feature services or web processing services. We're still in the process of deciding how the best way approach to go. Then all this then runs on NCI using a code that's been developed by Australian data assimilation scientists. One code for ensembles, one code for 4D var. And then your output from the end is these super ops formatted for the chosen scheme that you will then use to run your particular model. We're aiming for this service to be open and this is something we're negotiating with NCI at the moment as to how this can actually work because a lot of these data sets are under different projects in NCI. We want to bring them together and make them available to the community. Some of the key questions we're still to resolve because of the involvement of New Zealand in this space then we're contemplating we have to extend this region of interest over to New Zealand. We're still as I said mentioned we're looking at the best way of delivering the observations in terms of which sort of service would be appropriate and in general looking at how efficient can we make this production service for the users. And then the latter parts of the project say two things really one is about demonstrating the utility of these services through test cases which our modeling teams are in the process of defining at the moment. So it may be they will run different assimilation scheme to the one they currently use in their work to look at the comparison between the results but also look at how efficient it is to construct these super ops compared to the way they do it manually at the moment. And then when we've piled all those data sets for the 25-year simulation then we'll look at how we add these data sets into Marvel as it stands at the moment which will make the utility of this service much more attractive to our users. And I think that's it. Yes. Okay thank you Roger.


The floor may not be in the robot. A report of a sketch called, Tim's Road, was on 4chan's paranormal image board. Okay, before anyone asks why this isn't on slash post slash, it's because I can't really tell what this is, and for the love of God, I cannot find this. There is this one show that airs on Adult Swim at very late hours, 3-2-5 AM I believe, called, Off the Air. To sum it up, it's like the show, Trip Tank on Comedy Central, but it makes half the amount of sense, if any at all. I accidentally stumbled upon this show, because I woke up in the middle of the night, and my television was on. After watching it for a while, about 6 minutes or so, one sketch really didn't sit well. I think it was called, Tim's Road. The animation technique was very strange. It was sorta like that one kid's show, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, but like a puppet show, with cardboard borders. The characters were animated on top of cardboard slabs, stuck onto popsicle sticks. The camera wasn't still, it sorta shook, as if someone was holding it. The plot of this sketch was that there was this kid, Tim, with two Ms, and all he did was walk to the right, on a road. After about a minute, he found this dog. He just stared at the dog, for like 4 minutes.  After he stopped staring at the dog, he picked it up, and held it in one arm, sorta like a suitcase, and just kept walking along the road.  Stupid in the way that it only had about 5 notes maximum. It was played by some type of accordion, and far away from the mic. At the end of the sketch, he puts the dog down on the ground, as the road comes to a cliff, sorta like the cover of where the sidewalk ends by Shell Silverstein, and just walks off the edge and falls. No screaming, no panicking. He just walks off, like he didn't even realize the road ends. Why I posted this on slash x slash, because no matter how hard I try and find this, I can't find anything on this. Please tell me if you find anything. The post was later deleted, with no replies. I was at a loss, if 4chan didn't find anything, I don't think anyone else could. I didn't have any evidence, for all anyone else knows, I'm just some random person that is making up false television shows. I then began to dig up evidence on the Adult Swim website, but to only rumble in disappointment, finding no episode mentioning anything about him, and his road. Turning to my last chance, Wikipedia, I eventually found the episode list. One episode stood out of the rest.