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So in total 15 candidates will be awarded 100% fee reimbursement and for the benefit of students and aspirants if you subscribe for five monthly current affairs tests Shankar IAS Academy is also offering complimentary additional 13 tests free of cost. These additional 13 tests consist of eight G.S. full mock tests, three CSAT full tests and two more exclusive current affairs tests covering current affairs from the months of June 2019 to March 2020. The registration link for these initiators is given in the description box and also in the comment section. Aspirants can use of this opportunity to assess your preparedness for the upcoming preliminary examination. Now with this let us move on to Hindi news analysis by Shankar IAS Academy for the date 22nd August 2020. These are the list of news articles chosen for today's analysis. The link for the handwritten notes in the PDF format and the time stamping for the displayed articles is given in the description box and also in the comment section. Let's move on to the first discussion. Our first discussion is about a topic in economics which is based on this news article. It mentions that the investments through participatory notes has reached around 63,000 crores by the end of July 2020. So in this context it becomes important for us to know about participatory notes from exam perspective. We'll also see what are their pros and cons from the side of government and also to the overseas investor. The syllabus relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference. See a participatory note is a derivative instrument issued in foreign jurisdictions. It is issued by a SEBI registered foreign portfolio investor against its underlying Indian securities and these participatory notes are formally called as overseas derivative instruments. See as per the Securities and Exchange Board of India foreign portfolio investors regulations 2019, the offshore derivative instrument means any instrument which is issued overseas by a foreign portfolio investor against the securities held by it in India as its underlying. The investor in P-notes does not own the underlying Indian security held by the FBI who issues the participatory notes that is the investors in P-notes derive the economic benefits of investing in the security without actually holding it. Now since they are not direct investors, the investors in P-notes do not have title or voting rights and also know that P-notes allow investors to gain exposure to the local shares without incurring the time and costs that are involved in investing directly. See if the foreign investor has to directly invest in the Indian securities markets as a foreign portfolio investor then there is significant cost and time implications such as seeking FBI registration then establishing domestic broker relationship then a custodian bank relationship then they have to deal with foreign exchange and bearing exchange rate fluctuation risk then there is paying domestic taxes or filing tax return then obtaining or maintaining an investment identity etc but the P-notes help in avoiding all these costs and time implications for the overseas investor. Now here note that the investor is eligible to receive dividends capital gains and any other payouts that are due to stockholders who are holding the shares of the Indian company then the investors in P-notes also benefit from fluctuations in the price of the underlying security because the value of the P-notes is linked with the value of the underlying Indian security. Now here additionally know that apart from being called as overseas derivative instruments P-notes are also called as equity linked notes then capped return notes and participatory return notes also. Now in addition to these the foreign investor who is investing in P-notes have anonymity at varying levels from the surveillance of SEBI and such an anonymity arrangement is reportedly preferred by the investors also and some reports even say that P-notes are popular because of this anonymity only. So these are some of the pros of P-notes for overseas investors. Now let us see the concerns associated with P-notes. See we already saw that P-notes are derivative instruments and they are freely tradable and they can be easily transferred. Now such transfers create multiple layers which hide the real beneficiary. It is in this context there are concerns about the identity of ultimate beneficiary and the source of funds. See here source of funds refers to the question of where from the investment actually comes. Sometimes the fund could come from a terrorist who wishes to topple the economic security of India and as we know P-notes are short-term in nature so they are volatile also that is it is the quick money which is entering Indian market so they may also leave Indian market quickly. So in this context SEBI requires the foreign portfolio investors to provide certain information in a periodical manner to know about the real beneficiary and most of this information is shared after the transactions only. Therefore it is said that there is no real-time surveillance by SEBI on these P-notes and also know that there are concerns that a lot of unaccounted money or black money enters the country through the participatory note route. So these were some of the concerns associated with P-notes. Now let us see the positives of P-notes for the economy. Obviously P-notes is a way to make indirect overseas investment in India. In that sense it allows overseas investors to invest easily in India through a foreign portfolio investor. Now such investments play a role in fueling growth of economy, industries and capital market and today's news is that as on July 2020 around 63,228 crores of money have been invested in India through P-notes. Now since these P-notes act as an investment route India could not totally ban P-notes but rather we can only regulate it. At some time Indian government restricts some activities at some times it relaxes the norms based on the prevailing market circumstances. So these are some of the information with reference to P-notes. In the analysis we saw about P-notes the pros and cons of both government and the overseas investors with respect to P-notes. The displayed practice question will be discussed in the last session. Moving on to the next discussion which is based on this news article it mentions about the first ever Tumbi Mahotsavam or Dragonfly Festival which will be conducted in Kerala. Here the word Tumbi denotes Dragonfly. Now this festival will be conducted to raise awareness about the importance of Dragonfly in the ecosystem. This festival will be conducted by Worldwide Fund for Nature India that is WWF India Kerala unit with participation of the Society for Ordinate Studies and Tumbipuranam. So based on this context let us understand some important facts on Dragonfly and their significance in the nature. Dragonflies and damselflies are collectively called as Odonates. They are mainly seen in forests, fields, meadows, ponds and rivers etc and about 6000 extant species are distributed all over the world and India is highly diverse with more than 500 known species. Now the difference between these dragonflies and damselflies is given here for your reference and today we will concentrate only on dragonflies. I know that there are roughly 3000 species of dragonflies in the world. Now what about their features and characteristics? See they have long bodies with two narrow pairs of wings. These wings are generally transparent and they may have colored markings also. I know that dragonflies can hover and turn 180 degrees while in flight and they can fly backwards and they can reach a speed up to 25 to 30 kilometer per hour. Further like many other organisms they also migrate. Now with respect to their diet the adult dragonflies are aerial predators and they catch insects like mosquitoes, midgets, butterflies, moths or bees and even they eat other Odonates on flight. So now what is the role of dragonflies in our ecosystem? Firstly they have great aesthetic significance. Secondly they are an important part of food chain because fishes and other species rely on them for food such as fishes are important predators during the larval stage of dragonflies and during mass emergence of these species aquatic birds such as sandpipers, turns, gulls etc also feed on dragonflies. So the dragonflies sustain the food chain and they play a significant role in conserving wetland ecosystem. So these are some of the information that you should know with respect to dragonflies. Now this practice question will be discussed in the last session. Now this next discussion is based on the recent decision by Turkish President Eddaan. He has announced that the Kareem museum in Turkey will be converted into a mosque. See as you remember very recently the Hayasofiam museum of Turkey was also converted into a mosque by Eddaan and now this Kareem museum is also going to be converted. So in this context let us focus on this Kareem museum which was formerly also known as Korah Monastery. The syllabus relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference. Now to understand the history of this Kareem museum you should know about Byzantine Empire. This Byzantine Empire is also known as Eastern Roman Empire. See this Byzantine Empire was a vast and powerful civilization that existed from 313 to 453 AD. In 330 AD the Roman Emperor Constantine I dedicated Constantinople that is the Istanbul as the new capital of Roman Empire. He also built a new Rome on the site of the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium. In this map you can see the Roman Empire which depicts both East Roman Empire and the West Roman Empire. Now here note that the Western Roman Empire crumbled in 476 AD and the Eastern half continued for almost a thousand more years and it had a rich tradition of art literature and learning and it even served as a military buffer between Europe and Asia. The Byzantine Empire finally fell in 1453 AD when the Ottoman army stormed Constantinople during the reign of Constantine XI. Now with respect to Byzantine Empire what you should focus is the Byzantine art. This Byzantine art is almost entirely concerned with religious expression specifically the church theology. For example if you look at this picture it depicts the painting of Virgin Mary holding Jesus Christ as a child and the other two people are Byzantine rulers. So during Byzantine Empire's reign you can find these kinds of art and one such example of marvelous architectures are Hagia Sophia and also the former Korah Monastery which is also known as the Karie Museum. So now let us focus on this Karie Museum. See it is one of the famous historical buildings in Istanbul which was built during the late Byzantine era and this name Karie has came into being due to the Turkish word Korah. It means outside the city in the ancient Greek because the old church and monastery were outside the walls of Istanbul. Now this Karie Museum or Korah Monastery was first built in the 6th century then in 14th century Theodoros Metohittis who was a Byzantine statement he funded the repairing and maintenance of the church and as we have already discussed that in 1453 the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottoman Turks then later in the Ottoman Empire during 1511 several additional features were added like during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II of Ottoman Empire features like pulpit, a mirab and a minaret were added. See in this pulpit means a raised enclosed platform in a church or a chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon as you can see in this picture. Then mirab is a nation in the wall of a mosque and a minaret is a slender tower which is a part of a mosque and also has a balcony. So these features were added to the Karie Monastery and thus after this the church was converted into a mosque. Then later in 1948 Karie was opened as a museum associated with Haya Sofia Museum. So as a whole what you should remember is Karie Museum is a world famous monument and it has greater importance in terms of art history due to its stunning frescoes and mosaics. It features some of the most beautiful examples of the 14th century late Byzantine art and here just remember that the museum owes its admirable frescoes and mosaics which were made in the 14th century to the Byzantine statement Theodorus Metohetis. And in this Karie Museum there are several paintings and frescoes depicting the lives of Jesus and Mary and it also depict important scenes from Christian theology. So Karie is colorful and high quality marble ornaments on the floor as well as on wall surfaces also deserve attention. It also has a superior artistic value that indicates the Renaissance period in the Middle Ages. So it is very clear that Karie Museum represents the confluence of several religions and it includes elements of multiple cultures. See already the decision to convert Haya Sofia into a museum was criticized by the international community. So this current decision to convert Karie Museum is also bound to create issues in the region especially with Greece. Even already the Greek foreign minister has said that this move is a provocation against religious persons everywhere. So we can conclude by saying that converting religious structures representing multicultural identity and multi-religious history is not a progressive step and it may lead to further tensions in the region. So that is all about this discussion. The displayed practice question will be discussed in the last session. Our next discussion is based on this editorial in which the authors talk about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on different sections of society. For this authors focus on the impact of pandemic considering different factors like exposure of disease, employment, education, access to technology etc. And they also say how everything is interlinked. The syllabus relevant for this discussion is given here for your reference. Initially authors talk about a common thought which persists around COVID-19 pandemic which is that COVID-19 has played as a leveler in the society. That means it has impacted all the sections of society and it has reduced or narrowed the inequalities in the society. And this is because of the perceived thought that COVID-19 can affect anyone in the society regardless of one's socioeconomic condition. But authors do not support this theory. They are of the opinion that this pandemic has different levels of impact for different sections of the society. And that is why authors call that this disease is not class neutral. So who is more likely to acquire this illness? According to the authors the socially marginalized populations are the most vulnerable to the pandemic. It is because in our society the economic hardships usually overlap with social identities like caste, ethnicity and race. So these sections are most likely to contract the disease and also die due to it because of the economic distress also. The next if we discuss about the impact of pandemic on employment here also authors observe that the low wage earners, the less educated workers and racial ethnic minorities are the most severely affected by this lockdown. That is they are the sections which are most likely to lose jobs and these situations are not only true for our country but they are applicable globally. Now in India's case we have witnessed a sharp rise in unemployment during the lockdown. So who are the most affected in India? Now to answer this question authors use the data from the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey of Center for Monitoring India's Economy. Now this Center for Indian Economy is a business information company that is established as an independent think tank. I know that this CMIE measures the well-being of households using this Consumer Pyramids Household Survey. Now based on this study authors found that the fall in employment was greater in the socially disadvantaged group of schedule cast and schedule tribes compared to the casts other than schedule cast schedule types and other backward classes and among them also people belonging to schedule cast are mostly affected followed by people belonging to schedule tribes and then other backward classes etc. So this is the scenario. Now what is the reason for this scenario? Authors link this unemployment with education to show how it becomes a reason for unemployment. According to the authors the loss of employment is much more concentrated among the individuals with low levels of education and also among those who do not have any security of job. In this regard individuals with less than 12 years of education and individuals with daily wage jobs are more likely to lose jobs. So due to this education can be seen as a protective factor that means those with higher levels of education are less likely to lose jobs. But here also cast remains a big factor according to the authors and to substantiate this fact authors take the help of Indian Human Development Survey for 2011 to 12 data. Now as you know IHDS is a nationally representative survey and it is conducted by the scholars from University of Maryland National Council for Applied Economics Research, Indiana University and the University of Michigan. Now according to this IHDS 2 data adult women among the 51 percentage of schedule cast households are illiterate and 27 percentage of schedule cast households have an illiterate adult male member and this proportion is very huge compared to the households belonging to the cast other than from the schedule cast schedule tribes or OBC. So this was the scenario normally. Now if we see during lockdown we can say that this situation will be aggravated because already we are hearing news that the parents of the schedule cast households and schedule tribe households are not in a position to look after the education of their children or to monitor the education of their children and hence the children belonging to these households are going to suffer the most. In this regard if you remember recently we discussed about UNESCO's report on impact of COVID-19 with respect to education and we said that the pandemic has widened the educational divide in the world. We discussed about this in our 25th June analysis and the same applies for India as well. Now when we talk about education immediately we also talk about access to technology in this pandemic scenario because now everyone is advocating online education but here also caste disparity plays an important role because the schedule cast and schedule tribe families have less access to online education compared to other casts and this is also due to the low education of the parents their lower economic stability and also low access to such resources. They say that differential access to information technology and the lack of ability to invest in such technology will definitely hamper the education of many children in the lower strata of our society. So based on these observations authors conclude that it is essential to close the gaps between social groups first in order to successfully mitigate the effects of the pandemic in our society in a post-pandemic world. For this we should make sure that the education and health services reach the most vulnerable sections of the society otherwise the already socially backward sections will remain backward and they will be further pushed into economic backwardness also. So that is all about this discussion. In this discussion you have to take what is the socio-economic implications of the pandemic on the most vulnerable sections of our society. With this we come to the end of this discussion. The specific practice question will be discussed in the last session. Now this next discussion is based on this article which talks about the ongoing issues in Mali. The news article mentions that the Mali's military junta has released two senior government officials who were detained during the coup against the president of Mali Ibrahim Bubakar Keita. See as you know a military coup is the illegal seizure of power by military. So recently this happened in Mali which forced Mali's president to resign and now the military junta has released two senior government officials. So in this context let us discuss about Mali and also about the ongoing dispute. First know that Mali is a landlocked country of western Africa. It is bounded on the north by Algeria and on the east it is bound by Niger and Burkina Faso and on the west it is bound by Senegal and Mauritania and on the south it is bound by Kutdeva and Guinea. Now although Mali is one of the largest countries in Africa it has relatively small population and know that Niger river flows through its interior and it functions as the main trading and transport artery of Mali. So Mali's population is largely centered along the Niger river only and know that the national capital of Mali is Bamako which is also located along the Niger river and approximately 65 percentage of the country is covered by desert or it is semi-desert and Mali was a colony of France and it gained independence in 1960 only. Now the dominant ethnic group in Mali are the Bambara, then Fulani, Dogon and Thoreg etc and agriculture is the dominant economic sector of Mali and the major activities in this are cotton production, cattle and camel herding and fishing etc. Now coming to the political stability of Mali for past few years Mali has been witnessing political turmoil. Like many other nations Mali was also suffering from Islamic extremists who were having allegiance to Islamic state and Al-Qaeda and now the political instability has reached a level that a military coup has happened which has forced its president to resign and after that several government officials including the president were detained also and according to the coup leaders they acted because the country was sinking into chaos and insecurity and they want to rebuild stability in the country and they have promised to oversee a transition to elections within a reasonable amount of time according to this news article. Now with respect to Mali's situation the newspaper mentions about the UN peacekeeping mission MINASMA. It stands for United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. It was established by the Security Council Resolution in 2013. It aims to support political processes in Mali and it carries out a number of security related tasks. Now this mission also supports the transitional authorities of Mali in the stabilization of the country and also in implementation of the transitional roadmap. Then another resolution was adopted by the Security Council in 2014. It decided that the mission should focus on duties such as ensuring security stabilization and protection of civilians and according to the 2014 resolution it shall also support national political dialogue and reconciliation and also assist in the re-establishment of state authority and MINASMA also focuses on rebuilding the security sector and the promotion and protection of human rights in that country. Now even though such a peacekeeping mission is already established in Mali now a military coup has happened. So a team from MINASMA has visited the president and other detainees to discuss about this situation. So this is the news today. Now in this you should focus about the geography of Mali and the political scenario of Mali. The display practice question will be discussed in the last session. Now we have come to the last session for the day the practice questions discussion session. Now this first question is a previous year question which was asked in 2019 prelims examination. The question asks which of the following is issued by registered foreign portfolio investors to overseas investors who want to be a part of Indian stock market without registering themselves directly. Now here without registering themselves directly is very important because all these are features of participatory note. So the correct answer is option D only. Now let us take one practice question based on participatory notes. This is a two statement question. The first statement is offshore derivative instrument means any instrument which is issued overseas by a foreign portfolio investor against securities held by it in India as it's underlying. Now this statement is correct because this is the definition of offshore derivative instrument according to the Securities Exchange Board of India foreign portfolios investors regulations of 2019 that is SEBI FPI regulations of 2019. Now the second statement is the investors of ODIs directly register themselves with securities and exchange board of India. Now this statement is incorrect because here first you should realize that offshore derivative instrument is nothing but participatory notes that is P notes and we discussed that P notes is a way to make indirect overseas investment in India. They invest through foreign portfolio investors only. So they are not directly registered with SEBI. This is what is called as anonymous participation by overseas investors in participatory notes. If you know that ODI is nothing but participatory note then you can easily arrive at the correct answer which is option A one only because statement two is incorrect. Now this next question is based on global education monitoring report 2020. It was in news recently we have discussed it. The first statement is it is an annual report which assesses progress towards sustainable development goal four on education and its 10 targets. Now here you have to focus on two things one whether this report focuses on SDG4 and whether the SDG4 is on education. Yes it is correct this report is based on SDG4 and SDG4 is on education and its 10 targets. Also know that the report addresses inclusion in education drawing attention to all those who are excluded from education because of background or ability. So statement one is correct. Now statement two states it is released by UNESCO. Now this statement is also correct. This report is funded by a group of governments multilateral agencies and foundations and it is hosted and published by UNESCO only and here the question asks for the correct statements and both the statements are correct. So the correct answer is option C. Now this next question is based on Indian Human Development Survey. The first statement is it collects data on different dimensions of human development like education, caste, gender relations and infrastructure. This statement is correct. Now the second statement is it was conducted by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Now the statement is incorrect because this research was conducted and released by the scholars from the University of Maryland the National Council on Applied Economics Research. Then scholars from Indiana University and the University of Michigan. This ministry was not involved and here the question asks for the incorrect statements. So the correct answer is option B. Two only. Now this next question is a map based question. Six African countries are given and the question asks which of the above countries shares border with Atlantic Ocean. Mali, Mauritania, Ghana, Senegal, Gabon, Niger. Now during discussion we saw that Mali is a landlocked country that means it does not share borders with seas or oceans. So one should not be in answer. So you can eliminate option A and C. Now if you know that Niger is also a landlocked country you can easily arrive at the correct answer which is option B. You can see in this map that Niger is a landlocked country but Mauritania, Ghana, Senegal, Gabon they share border with Atlantic Ocean. Now this is another map based question but it is a previously asked question. It was asked in 2014. The question asks Turkey is located between option A Black Sea and Caspian Sea, option B Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea, option C Gulf of Suez and Mediterranean Sea, option D Gulf of Acaba and Dead Sea. Now if you look at this picture you can see that Turkey shares border with Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Sea of Marmara and from this map you should take note of what are the countries with which Turkey shares its border. See for this year's prelims examination Turkey is an important topic because from 2019 to 2020 Turkey was in news in many instances. So you make sure that you know all geographical details about Turkey such as what are the countries it shares border with whether it is a landlocked country or not. As you can see it is not a landlocked country then where it is located etc etc. So now the correct answer to this question is option B Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Now this next question asks the Hagia Sophia and Carrier museums often seen in news are located in. Now we discussed about Hagia Sophia in July, let us revise that. The first building of Hagia Sophia Church was established during the reign of Constantius I. Hagia Sophia has interesting forms of Byzantine architecture. It has mosaics of the Christian period and structures which were added during the Ottoman era. The Ottoman Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror converted the church into a mosque and later in their 1935 Hagia Sophia museum was opened. And remember Hagia Sophia is part of historic areas of Istanbul and it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and both of these museums are in news because they were converted into mosques by the president of Turkey Mr. Erdogan. So obviously the correct answer is Option C Turkey. Now this next question is based on dragonflies. Two statements are given. The first statement is adult dragonflies are herbivorous insects which mainly feed on nectar.  So that means they are not herbivores. So first statement is incorrect. Now the second statement is they act as bio indicators which measures the quality of ecosystem. Now this statement is correct. We discussed this during the discussion. And here the question asks for the correct statement. So the correct answer is Option B 2 only. Whether we come to the end of today's Hindi news analysis and practice question discussion session. If you like the video, don't forget to like, comment and also share among your friends and do subscribe to Shankar Ayes academy for receiving more updates related to civil service examination preparation.


This is Think Tech Hawaii's broadcast of the show, The State of the State of Hawaii. I'm your host, Stephanie Stoll Dalton. Our topic today is the trials of COVID-19 and what they have imposed on the professional small business practices. We are focusing on the law practices and the new trials that they face. Our guests are two attorneys at law who practice in Honolulu and they are coping with the effects imposed on their small businesses by COVID-19. I want to welcome counselor at law Scott McCullochani, welcome Scott. To see you here, thank you for taking the time and attorney at law James Hochberg. So welcome Jim, if that's okay. Jim, okay. Thank you. Thanks for asking. Good. Well, welcome. Well, we know that you all are both very experienced attorneys and know Honolulu business practice as well, particularly for providing the legal services and presumably before COVID-19 business was going well. In the way most of us understand professional services perform and manage and deliver their services to their clientele. So my first question is, I'd like to hear about and the audience I think would like to know what is your business situation like now under COVID-19? As we've experienced it for the last couple of months, I suppose the start is in March. We call it March 2020 is the starting line. So how are things going now in your business? I'll go first. Are really busy and exploring new ways of doing business where we don't have to actually meet face to face with clients to some extent. And just figuring out ways to get documents filed without actually having to send a person down to the Bureau of Conveyances and those kinds of things.  We haven't had any issues with communicating with clients because we can still do that over the phone. We can still do that over email. So that hasn't been an issue for us at all. It's just it's been an odd experience because especially when we come to work downtown, the place is really pretty empty. It's a little eerie. Same with our building. The building is fairly empty. Most people are working at home, but we being essential have been maintaining pretty regular office hours. So all in all, it's been actually a really good learning experience for us. And like I said, we've gotten a little bit leaner and meaner in the process. Well, well, Jim, maybe you could help us by giving us kind of a baseline, maybe a little more specific about what business was like before and what business is like now for law practices. Well, one thing that people need to understand though is lawyers are probably more like physicians than people realize. And we don't specialize the way they get residencies and all that stuff, but we tend to gravitate to a certain kind of area of practice and sort of stick in there. So what might be true for Scott as an estate planner may not be true for people that do personal injury or other kinds of things. And for me, I basically have a practice that's kind of split down the middle. I do sort of contract related dispute resolution or transactional work half of the time. And about the other half of my work is constitutional litigation, where I team up with organizations on the mainland and we don't charge for our services, which is why I like to team up with them because it's a lot easier on my firm if I'm not charging for my time to have another group doing most of the heavy lifting work. And so during the pre March 4th order by the governor, the first emergency order, I had several different kinds of cases going, which all of a sudden the judges put everything on hold. They didn't want to see anybody. And then they decided that they would do things with telephone hearings. But the ones that I had pending are what are called dispositive motion. So they're either the case is going to end if the judge agrees with whoever's asking for the relief. It's almost like a trial itself without the trial. And so on those hearings, for me, I asked the judge and the judges said, sure, I preferred to wait until we can have in courtroom argument because it's just better. I'm doing an argument with zoom in federal court on July 2nd. I would rather not, but on that case, you know, also, it's always up to the judge because they own their courtroom. And that particular judge said that she wanted that we could come if we wanted my co-counsel in the mainland obviously can't really come July 2nd. So we're doing it with zoom. But since the first emergency order on March 4th, my practice is also mostly with the same clients that I've represented for decades. I do get new cases as well. And I have gotten not one single new case since March with paying customers. I have gotten free ones, but those are easy. I think people maybe don't want to really spend money on lawyers right now because they're not sure if they're going to need it to eat. That's chilling. So if I'm hearing you correctly, you haven't obtained more clientele that are new or paying for your services right now. I've been doing stuff for existing clients with existing cases. And on Monday of this week, I did file a new case in federal court, which has taken a lot of my time during June. And in fact, that case is asking the federal court to tell Governor Ege that he is unlawfully exercising emergency powers since May the 3rd. OK, so how's he taking that, Governor Ege? Well, he was outside my yard protesting, though he wasn't really. Well, he's represented by the Department of the Attorney General. And it's just part of life. When the government does things that violate people's rights, the government deserves to be taken to task for it. And because I'm an attorney that litigates constitutional issues, my avenue is to sue and ask a judge to get involved.  But that's never been my way of doing business. Well, then how does the governor do that? Is this what we hear are executive actions of somewhat like what the president does? How does he impact or affect your life, the governor? That's a great question. So the law that we are using now is relatively new. It was passed for the first time in 2014. And it is an act by the legislature. And maybe just so people remember civics, the way the government in America on the federal level and in the states and Hawaii on the state level is divided up. The lawmaking is done by the legislature. And the execution of the laws that the legislature passes is done by the governor and his executive branch. And then you've got the judiciary to resolve disputes about it. So the lawmaking power of the legislature includes passing laws, making us either do things or refrain from doing things. But it also encompasses deciding what tax money is going to be spent on. And the governor takes the money the legislature gives them in the normal course of life and has to deal with implementing what the legislature decides. Enter chapter 127A, which is the emergency chapter. And what the legislature did in 2014 is they said, OK, you know what, if we have an emergency, we're going to give the governor power to do all of the legislating, including deciding how to spend money. We're not going to be involved. He can do order people around. He can make laws. He doesn't have to follow the sunshine laws on getting input from the community and regulating and that kind of thing. But they said it automatically terminates on the 60th day after the day of the proclamation of the emergency. So in Hawaii, Governor E. Gay proclaimed the emergency about COVID on March the 4th, 2020. So that means that at the stroke of midnight plus a little smudge more past midnight on the 60th day, his power terminated automatically. And on May 3rd, the legislature, by their own setup, was supposed to come back into work and take over the lawmaking and the spending. And we were supposed to be able to participate in rulemaking to give our input and that kind of stuff. But it didn't happen. And as far as I know, the only legislative action that the Hawaii legislature has taken is to segregate a billion plus, I think maybe $1.3 billion of the federal money into the rainy day fund because the governor actually has authority to spend every penny and they wanted to save it for themselves when they come back to work. So that's the only legislative act I'm aware of in the last 100 and something days that the legislature did. So because the law that the governor's using says, without it, there's no supplemental proclamations that extend the 60 days, none of that's in the lot. Just says it automatically terminates on the 60th day. That was May 3rd. And as you know, the community's been beaten down bad by the closed down and the quarantine and all this stuff. And so when the governor started pushing deadlines out, past May 3rd is when I decided that it was time to bring a lawsuit and let the court straighten it out. So are you, you are speaking of the community. So when you mentioned the community, these are other advocates for pursuing this issue and are they out of the legal profession too? Are they other legal, Kauai legal people that are doing this? Or is it a more general community? Yeah, by community, I meant every one of us that lives here. All of us are suffering. We're all suffering. I mean, nobody that I know of has been free of the burdens. So it's not anything specific to the legal profession or something in particular. So it's a general question that's on behalf of all residents, isn't it? Well, and in particular, the lawsuit that I filed focuses on our constitutional right to interstate travel. Like if you noticed, if you live in California for the last hundred and something days, you've been without anybody even blinking, able to drive all the way to New York or Florida if you want. And that's because we have the right to interstate travel under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution and the 14th Amendment. So nobody's quarantining people between states anywhere but the far reaching state of Alaska and Hawaii. And the reason the governor could pull it off, whatever his motivation was, the reason he could pull it off is every person walking down the gangplank getting out of an airplane is a single file person that they can quarantine. They can make them do what they want. But the statute itself that is this chapter 127A only empowers the governor during this emergency to quarantine people that he actually thinks have a communicable disease or that they're infectious. And they're just quarantining every single human if they don't even ask you if you've been tested. And it's kind of interesting, today's newspaper, the governor is now coming out saying, maybe they will do testing and let people come over and stuff like that. Okay, so it is only with regard to the infectiousness of a person. I mean, so is that what's in the 127A emergency law that the 60 days is about? It's disasters like tsunamis and hurricanes which we're not dealing with. Or emergencies like COVID which we are dealing with. So I'm focusing on the infectiousness emergency, not the disaster part, because obviously we're not having a natural disaster. Oh, oh, what kind of a disaster is it? If it's anyway, it's not there. Like a tsunami that actually showed up like in Hilo in the fifties or sixties.  I mean, this is what, so what is the outcome that you're seeking then through this lawsuit? So what will be your desirable outcome if you get one? There's two different parts to most lawsuits. One is a declaration by the court that the person who did wrong did wrong. And then the second one is a remedy for the wrong done. In our case, we're asking the court to make a declaration that the governor's exceeding his lawful authority and that it has to immediately stop. Which will simply turn the issue back to the legislators that we elected. We elected these people to do their work for us and they're not showing up. So we're not in the case that I currently have asking for money damages or anything like that. That is a possibility. And I'd like to talk a little bit about that because the 127A law, it does have provisions for being compensated when the government requisitions your property. Exactly, okay. So all right, now on the, before going on to what you wanna talk more about, which would be very helpful. Then what about the fact that this condition we're in was unimaginable when this law came about in 2014. Is there any, what you call that remediation, but you call that some kind of mitigation for the governor and the people that were responsible for it now are keeping us without governance, technically, I guess. Is what about the fact that it was unimaginable that, or is it that it is imaginable and I'm just making a statement that's unsupportable. It's kind of interesting, but I don't wanna monopolize the conversation. So I wanna let Scott, he's a smart guy known for a long time. We gotta get him in here too. All right, Scott, would you please give us some more information about what Jim's talking about? I know very little about Jim's lawsuit. I've done no researching of the statutes or anything like that, but it sounds like the statute that was passed was passed in order to provide sort of emergency leadership in certain circumstances. And an emergency is an emergency, whether it's COVID or a natural disaster or whatever it is. So it seems to me that the statute was designed to deal with situations like we're in now. It's just that nobody's really paying attention other than people like Jim as to how long the governor should be able to keep making these rules and how long the legislature should be sitting on its hands. The duration variable just wasn't considered at all. So I think that was... There's a deadline. The statute apparently says you got 60 days to deal with your emergency. All right, so what would be then the remedy? And Scott, can you speak to that before Jim, before we go back to Jim? Good question. I'm curious as to what Jim's asking for. Certainly that the rulemaking, the unlawful rulemaking stop, but I mean, I'm not sure how that all plays out. Well, the unlawful rulemaking or regulations that those then actually have no, no, they can't be enforced technically, right? I mean, that what you're saying is they're not really enforceable. They shouldn't be. Well, they are enforceable. They're being enforced. People that left quarantine are being arrested. Really? Okay. So what should have happened? I think is on the 4th of March when the governor announced the emergency proclamation. And if you actually read it, he says in there that Hawaii doesn't have any COVID cases yet and we didn't. But he recites the things going on in New York and Italy and China and wanting to protect Hawaii. He's exercising the emergency powers. The quarantine was not part of the original setup. And it was the stay at home and that kind of stuff. So the legislature should have continued to work on how they were gonna help us get over the closing of the economy so that on the 59th day, they already figured it out and they didn't bother. And the reason they quit working, apparently, one of the senators tested positive for COVID, which today's newspaper, he says he doesn't think he really was, but because of that, they all went home. Oh, that was why they went. Okay. So on the 3rd of May, they should have been at work. They should have said, this is how we figured out to solve the problem. Hawaii only has, I think at that time, 10 deaths and 400 cases. So maybe we can open up because we don't really have the same problem. We could have gone back to work ourselves. Maybe we didn't even need to close us down except for interstate travel at the very beginning. It turned out, I think, most everywhere in the United States to be less of a problem than they thought because the densely populated East Coast cities that made old folks home take COVID positive patients is why the death rate was so huge. And across the country, there may be increases today in the number of positive cases. And that's always what the news is saying, but it's a completely unhelpful measure. What exactly is a positive case? Does that mean that they tested somebody and it was like, oh, did you know that you have COVID? And they're like, no, I felt completely fine. Or, well, you know, I did have the flu and but it only took three days and then I got over it. Or does it mean they had to get hospitalization because they had other underlying issues or does it mean that they were in intensive care? There's a whole spectrum of what a positive result is and nobody's telling us and you can't find it on the health department website when they give us all their statistics. How bad is another case? Is it just a guy that didn't know he was sick? Right, I mean, we're building the plane, right? As we fly it and I see your point, but I think that the context is of course that hopefully their predictions would be larger than actual because then that would mean we're making progress as we go building the plane around our flying activity because we're learning more about it and we're beating the odds and the odds are made as the worst case scenario, presumably. So just to kind of put that in a perspective, I understand, yeah, we need to know a lot more about all the degrees of thickness that we're dealing with because that makes it big. And just like now it's starting to invade the younger generations. Previously it looked like it was only the oldsters that were getting hit that bad, but there seems to be more news all the time as this virus continues to mutate. But no, that's a really good point. So that does seem somewhat standoffishness on the part of our leader to dealing with what's here in front of us. I mean, so it's amazing. So there was nobody paying attention to, I'm not trying to accuse anybody, but that when that May 3rd date came, are you the only one on the island that was raising the red flag? Or does anybody else paying attention to this? Who's watching the clock up there? Well, so I actually spent from that first week of May until last Monday, and then back it off a couple of weeks. So most of the month of May, I spent talking to potential clients who I wasn't gonna charge. So it's not like they didn't wanna do the case because they couldn't afford it. They were all interested in doing the case until they clicked in their mind that I meant their name publicly suing the government. And it was like, oh no, keep me out of this.  So I would have filed it a lot earlier, except I couldn't find local people that were willing to be that guy. Because you needed a contributor. I mean, you needed some backing for that, right? I mean, more than moral support. So really, yeah, but because people were not withholding because they were not wanting to stand up. I mean, they were standing up for the whole principle of it and the need to do it. It was really a matter of funding. Which there wasn't- No, it wasn't a matter of funding. I am not charging my clients for this case. So it was not funding. It was they did not want to be the nail that was gonna get hammered down. That's sad.  Well, and you know what? That's why we have the government that we have. Well, when reading about the economist projections, they're saying that probably we've got three to five years of recovery and maybe more after this financial disaster, which it is a financial disaster and the kinds of things that are happening that I'm reading about, which I don't, are huge billions and billions of five, six billions of dollars of more debt for the state. And of course, we're reamed out as far as resources to take on all the repairs and the support of people. So is this a part of it too that how has the state been able to support people as it's obligated to do? I mean, has it matched what, and not that it can match what the feds have done or if that's even enough or not enough or whatever, but what has the state been able to do under these circumstances for small businesses other than take care of the federal income? Is that so? I don't know, Scott. Do you have any idea? I think it all came from the federal government. Yeah, what is our state doing for us? What is our state doing to restore the economy? And I think that the worst is ahead of us. We were just seeing the beginning of probably the effects of unemployment and just businesses being shut down beyond simple unemployment, just a lot of small businesses have gone away because they haven't been able to weather the storm. So I- 77% of the local economy is what is supporting who is the gross domestic products, 77% of it and lots and of course legal practices are not tourist dependent, I guess unless maybe some are, I was wondering if that's a factor too because that's a huge portion of the economy that's going down. But the legal practices would be more independent of that downside. Well, as Jim was pointing out earlier, is people don't have income. They're not gonna be able to hire professionals to do anything. They're not gonna be able to hire doctors. They're not gonna be able to hire anybody. So I think we were just beginning to see what our governor heth wrought upon the state by shutting us down the way he did. And by really decimating the tourism industry. And like it or not, one way or another, all of us are dependent to some extent on the tourism industry, whether it's just infusing cash into our economy or on whatever level. But the worst is yet to come, I am pretty sure.  So we are trying to bring news. It's not always guaranteed to be happy or good, but we're bringing news to the community and raising awareness about, especially voter participation and making good choices. So that's a whole nother topic, but this has been enormously informative. And thank you, Jim, for all the information on your ongoing suit. Certainly do wish you luck with that and funding that you may need. So, and Scott, thank you so much for putting this together with Jim. And this is state of the state of Hawaii on Think Tech Hawaii's broadcast. And we'll see you again in two weeks. Thank you so much Aloha.


Big news for the Yankees on Thursday. Entertaining free agent lefty Patrick Corbin in the Bronx and trying to woo him to make that his home stadium. Rep Bob, I happened to be out at the stadium today because I had a scheduled interview with general manager Brian Cashman. I didn't see Patrick Corbin, but you could tell that the Yankees were trying to convince him to come to that stadium, to come to New York, be a left-hander that they can add to their rotation. As the Yankees have talked about this off-season, they have said they want to add two starting pitchers. Paxton is already in the fold. They really want to make Corbin the next target. And that's why they were showing him everything that they were about today at the stadium. They are having dinner with him tonight, presumably in Manhattan, and trying to convince Corbin, a Yankee fan, that he should be wearing the Yankee pinstripes. All right, want to let our viewers know that that interview that Jack did with Brian Cashman will air in its entirety on our Monday program. But right now, here's a taste as Cashman talks about Corbin. As you sit here right now, you and other members of the organization are actually in the process of wooing a free agent, Patrick Corbin, today at Yankee Stadium. You wouldn't let us bring the cameras and follow you around, but how is that process going so far? Well, we're in the middle of certainly a very active winter, whether it's trade or free agents. And in some cases, free agents want to come visit. So Patrick Corbin is here at Yankee Stadium and in New York today. And so I wouldn't call it a recruiting effort as much as an educational effort. We're getting a chance to see the facilities from the home side, because clearly, he's played here as a visitor. And he certainly has traveled to New York as a visitor, but he'll get access to all aspects of what we're about, the brand, our efforts, the people, with Aaron Boone and our coaches and myself. And hopefully, he'll walk away getting a better feel for who we are. And he's obviously on a journey of decisions with his family that eventually will conclude a new landing spot. Probably, I can't rule out who knows if Aaron is going to still in on this situation or not, but we'll see. Again, as part of the process, in some cases, you actually go through an effort of showing people around. And so we feel like we're a fully operational baseball ops. We'll do what's necessary as we go through the process too. And we're very fluid with various agents and various teams as we try to fix the areas of need. Jack, I think he speaks volumes about what the Yankees focus is, the fact that they're meeting Corbin on this date. Absolutely. Cashman has been insistent that starting pitching is the priority. In that interview that you'll hear on Monday, he talks about that, about wanting to make sure that the Yankee rotation is as strong as possible. And I think Corbin is the final piece to that right now. They'd love to be able to add Corbin as a free agent. And that's why today you invite him to the stadium and you show him everything that you are about. So he meets with Brian Cashman. He meets with Aaron Boone. He talks to members of the Yankees' analytical staff. He gets a tour of Yankee Stadium. He goes through the clubhouse. And obviously, he's got a big decision to make, as Brian Cashman said. But the Yankees wanted to remind him of what they have to offer. This is a team that won 100 games last year and believes that it should be better in 2019. Cashman talked about doing whatever the Yankees need to do to be able to be a team that is the last team standing next year.


Creative arts are a viable option for literature students. Obviously I think for literature students, creative arts can do something which no other field can do. Suppose I take an example of a play, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Now if you get into the dramatic society or you take up dramatist and you try to enact the character Vladimir on stage, you think that any other student can understand Vladimir the way you will understand. Because when you get into the character, you will understand the emotions. If you read Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, I am sure master students, first year students would have read it. You will find out that the play makes no sense. But when you enact it, when you research why the characters are acting in the way they are acting, you will find so much sympathy with those characters. So it's a beautiful option. It is going to give you a totally different genre to explore. Also at the same time, just like that Inox cinema's tagline goes, live the movie, you actually start living the character. You start living the book when you act, when you work on that. So definitely if you get opportunities, you should grab it. That would be the best thing. That's great. I'd like to ask you how do people react to your choice of literature now, now that you have cracked net? And how did they react earlier? Okay, so that's my favourite. I know. See, in life, you'll meet two kinds of people. One is those who belong to this particular professional category, CA's, engineers, doctors.  I'm telling you. They used to say, what literature? Who reads this? Literature? Do you read novels? Do you give exams on novels? They don't know what is the depth. They have read Twilight, right? So they judge us on that basis. Okay, Twilight, they're reading. Their life is fun. You don't need to do anything. Just pick up a book and read it. That's it. Give the exam. And on the other hand, you have people who are going to appreciate your career choice as well. I have a few relatives who literatures are both inspired here. So when they saw that I'm studying literature, they congratulated me and they asked me that, why don't you go abroad study in Cambridge, study in Oxford? It's a beautiful field. You love so much. So you'll find both kinds of people. But then now the situation has changed. It has altered after I've cleared the net. Why? Because now I have established myself. I have reached a particular milestone. So now people know that okay, it's not that only engineers and doctors can create a career of their own. They can earn money. Even professors, dignified professors, they have an option to make it very big in life. So once you establish yourself, once you come to a stand in your life, people will change their mindset and people are going to definitely appreciate your career choice. So in spite of the career you are choosing, if you are the best in that, there's no one who can stop you. So I think that, yes, people and their views are going to change with time but then you have to prove your worth for that. Amazing. What does being a Xavierite mean in the real world? Does it have any ramifications to the brand name? Totally. I think Xavier is one such institution which is internationally known. So you always know that you feel confident when you go for a job interview and you have Xavierite written on your CV. Because that definitely is going to create a very different kind of impact. And it's not just on paper. Even your personality is affected. For example, if you are graduating from Chhadjumal college, so can you feel that you can approach people with that confidence, an interview where people have come from big colleges, where even you have knowledge, you might feel you are lacking somewhere. So Xavierite being a very good I would say a redefining moment for your career because this is where you have a different aspect of your personality coming out. It is going to transform you all together. When you interact with people it matters a lot.  So think about it. If you are spending time with someone who doesn't want to do anything in life, then how will you suddenly think that you will do something big in life? I never had friends. I am telling you very frankly, I never had friends. Xavierite came for the first time, I met people. I am proud today to call my friends because they share my wavelength, they share my thinking pattern and that is how you develop as a person. These people whom today I address as my friends, they have helped me to achieve my goals because they were there with me. If there were people with me who don't want to do much in life, then maybe even today I would be somewhere in that circle. I would not have been here. So it matters a lot.   Xavierite develops you as a whole so be proud to be a Xavierite. It can be argued that literature is universal. But what do you think of English literature specifically the language? Okay, see English as a language is beautiful, definitely. Because if you look at the origin of English language, there are a lot of inflections in the entire language system. French, German, all these languages, they have given their words to English. For example we all literature students are very familiar with the word Carpatium. Now it's not actually English word but then they have adopted it from different languages. So English is beautiful in its own way but then at the same time I would never say that any other language be it Bengali, be it Hindi is inferior. Because see all languages are beautiful. My father used to give a very beautiful analogy that all these words of different languages they are like pearls. They play pearls in your hands. You should know how to make those pearls a string and a necklace. So all languages are going to play in your hands but then only if you play with these languages, if you take out time to write or draft an essay and you write or draft that essay thrice or five times you will find out that your first draft and your fifth draft were totally different. If someone else will read it, they might say that this is not written by one person. That is how you grow. Because you keep on looking at different words, different phrases that you can use in order to make that article better every time you write. So English is no doubt a beautiful language. Totally true. Since you've been a Zebraite, you're pretty much aware of the curriculum we have. Seeing the vastness of curriculum, you think that it is sufficient? Not at all. Literature is a field which is like ocean. You can never get enough of it. I'm telling you I am currently doing my PhD and when I meet other fellow scholars who are doing PhD, there are scholars who are working on Hamlet for five years and still if you ask them how much have you understood this character, they're going to say we've failed to understand what Hamlet is. Literature is a field like that. You can work on one play for five years and still you can feel that you've not yet done justice to that particular work. And for exams you can read the summary of that play for three hours and you can write a fantastic answer and get the marks. So literature is that kind of thing. It totally depends on what you want to do. You want to take a shortcut, that is also possible. There will be marks but you will never become a good teacher. Because if I have so much knowledge, I will be able to say so much in front of you because of the language barrier, because of the time barrier. If I have so much knowledge then I will be able to say so much. You can understand the difference. A teacher should have a lot of knowledge from their students. Only then will he be able to play a good teacher. Only then he will be able to do justice with his profession. So make sure Karikulam is all fine. We all want to change the world but then we want to change the world by telling other people what is their fault. Where we are getting wrong. We want to see that there is a problem in Karikulam. It's fine. Let's not blame the system. Let us do what we can do at our end. Everyone has internet access. It may take two minutes to download the Karikulam. After downloading it, you can start studying on your own. We have all these brilliant teachers who will help you out. But then the person will help when the other person asks for help. So that is important. A teacher cannot force you to study something not a part of your Karikulam. But then you have the option to study it on your own and you have the option to take your knowledge to a next level. Since you mentioned, Diu would like to ask you one. Fortunately, Rajasthan University is not up to date with the present Andhra Vajit. What can our students do to be toe to toe with their peers from Diu or say M8? See, the most important thing that Rajasthan University is missing in their curriculum of English literature is contemporary literary theories. Because if you look at Delhi University, Mumbai University or all the good colleges across India, they are teaching eco-feminism. They are teaching theories. They are teaching structuralism and deconstructionism in an entirely different manner. Now as a student, you can start with some really popular websites. That is how I learn literary theories because in net national eligibility tests, this time more than 30 questions were asked from literary theories. It is very important because you cannot understand the text unless and until you apply a theory and look at what comes out. So as a student, it is very important for you to get acquainted with these literary theories. You can get some good Indian writers books. I would never prefer you go for foreign journals because at this level you will not understand. I started with a book called David Deci's History of English Literature and when for the first time I was reading it for net, I read 100 pages and I was only able to understand one. That was my level. I am telling you very frankly. Why? Because that writer, he is a brilliant scholar and he has talked about different works of Shakespeare but he has not introduced the characters, neither the plot. Now if you don't know the story of Merchant of Venice and I am giving you a paper on the analysis of the character Portia, you will not understand anything. So if you want to get ahead of the students who are studying in Delhi University or Mumbai University, the first thing that you need to do is to go to internet and research about the latest theories. There are a lot of websites like Shmoop, Lit charts, e-notes, Great Saver, Cliff Notes, all these websites, they are giving articles in a very understandable and a very conversational manner. Once you read it, you will exactly know what the theory is talking about. What they have tried to do, they have kept all the technical jargon away and they have tried to simply tell you what structuralism actually means. It's as simple as that. What feminism it is. What are the different waves of feminism and what is the difference between all these waves. So you need to do a bit of research out of the classroom. If you want to stay ahead or at least stay in touch with the syllabus that has been taught across different universities in India.


All the physicians at SCU are super great. They all have their awesome styles and learning from each one of them individually is a really great experience. You get to learn how other people in the field will treat clients and practice. We like learning from physicians like Dr. Carlos because he adds a lot of clinical details and that helps enrich the learning experience as opposed to just learning from a textbook. Even though we're kind of still in the beginning, you know you're gonna use this information later and so you understand why it's important. They have a real-life experience doing the things that we're learning to do. There, Dr. Murphy is like really amazing at like bringing everything together, the full picture. And I think he spends really good time like educating in a way that just makes it digestible. We love you, Carlos. We love you. And shout out to all the SCU acupuncture doctors.


Therefore, it's time for Member of Statements, the Member from Oxford. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last spring our community experienced the tragic loss of five youths to suicide. No one knows the cause, but this tragedy has opened a new conversation with local youth about the challenges they are facing. As I have been meeting with youth, they told me about the significant struggles with bullying. This week is Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week. It's a time to speak about the bullying and talk about how we can stop it in our communities. Bullying is happening in our schools, but it doesn't end when the school is over. Cyberbullying follows the kids home. As many of the youth told me, people may not think words have an impact online, but they do. People in Oxford are working to create a more inclusive community where bullying doesn't have a place through campaigns like Sea of Pink. They know that bullying doesn't show strength and it isn't acceptable in any form. It takes a strong person to reach out to people in need and build them up instead of breaking them down. If you see something, say something and do something to help those who are being bullied. Reach out to those who are being bullied and be an encouragement for them. You never know the struggles they may be facing. I encourage everyone to be someone and take a stand against bullying. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the member statements. The member from Essex. Thank you very much, Speaker. It's my pleasure to use my member statement to recognize this year's winner of the Charlie Brooks Labor Community Service Award. As you know, Speaker, the labor community has been the backbone of Windsor and Essex County for generations. Each year, the United Way of Windsor Essex, along with the Windsor and District Labor Council, honors one local activist with the Charles E. Brooks Labor Service Award. And it gives me great pleasure and pride to also honor this year's recipient, Brian Brown, here today in the legislature. Brian began his career in 1977 at the University of Windsor as a session instructor, and shortly thereafter became involved with the Windsor University Faculty Association. He then played a key role in leading the fight to gain rights and benefits for session instructors under the collective agreement. Over the years, Brian has also served on numerous committees, including the Windsor University Faculty Association, the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, as well as the Canadian Association of University Teachers. Brian has also volunteered his time as a member of the Art Gallery of Windsor Planning Committee, the Windsor Endowment for the Arts Board. He's been a staunch supporter of the United Way by championing the university campaign, but also as a member of the United Way Community Impact Council. Brian exemplifies the spirit of Charlie Brooks through union and social activism, and we want to thank and congratulate Brian. Also, I would be remiss, and I'd like to send a special thanks to Maureen Curtis of the United Way of Windsor Asics. Maureen works hard every year to organize this year's event, and each year is always better than last. Thanks, Maureen, and congratulations to Brian. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. Further members seen as a member from Barrie. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to recognize an important company in my riding of Barrie, Innovative Automation. This manufacturer of robotics and assembly automation technology was formed in 1989, and has since become a success story and a model for other businesses to follow. IA consistently demonstrate their dedication to their employees. This year alone, they have invested over $150,000 in new training initiatives. They also believe in allowing their employees to grow in the company, including through the hiring of high school co-op students who they mentor through their post-secondary training and apprenticeships until they are fully qualified innovators. In recent years, they have partnered with companies like Tesla Motors and Faraday Futures, which has allowed them to grow. In the last two years alone, they have doubled both their production and their workforce, all while being recognized as one of Canada's safest employers. Last Tuesday, I was pleased to join President Steve Loftus and his daughter Stephanie and his other employees at the groundbreaking ceremony of Innovative Automation's new 62,000-square-foot facility, which they plan to expand by a further 24,000 square feet within five years. In an age where even high-tech manufacturing jobs are going overseas and on-the-job training is becoming increasingly rare, I'm proud that my city is the home to this innovative business which continues to thrive and provide good-paying, much-needed jobs for the constituents in Barrie. Thank you. Further member statements? The member from Simkel Gray. Mr. Speaker, it's a real honor for me to rise today to tell the House about Mr. Mervin Denny, a much-loved and respected resident of my riding of Simkel Gray. Sadly, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Denny passed away at Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston on Sunday, October 23rd.  From 1960 to 1961, Mervin was the reave of Essa Township. In a story on Simkel.com, current Essa Mayor Terry Doddell described Mr. Denny this way, and I quote, he was one of the good ones. And Mr. Speaker, I certainly agree with that sentiment. Mr. Doddell also said, Mervin, of Mervin, that he was one of the guys that whenever people moved to town and needed a hand, Mervin was always there. He was probably one of the most respected people in town, end of quote. In many years, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Denny served on Essa's committee of adjustment and planning board, providing sage advice on matters of local importance. He was a lifetime member of the Orange Lodge in Baxter. When I was first running for the nomination for the PC candidacy in Simkel Gray in 1990, Mervin was a great supporter. He was one of those few people at that time who believed in me as a 26-year-old, and for that I am forever grateful. I remember his tenacity, his energy, his great humor, and the tremendous respect that the people had as he took me in Essa Township from farm to farm to farm to farm to farm to farm to farm to farm, Mr. Speaker. Our condolences go out to his wife of 63 years, Rogan, and to his three children, Mr. Speaker. Wonderful. Thank you. Thank you. Member Davis, the member from Windsor to come see. Good afternoon, Speaker. Last night I had the opportunity to attend a private screening of an upcoming television show on life-saving organ transplants. Dr. David Suzuki was the host. The program will be seen on the CBC this Thursday night at 8 o'clock. I recommend it to all members of the House. The bottom line for me, Speaker, is we're just not doing enough when it comes to signing up to be organ donors. One organ donor can save as many as eight lives, and tissue donations can benefit more than 75 people. Surveys show more than 90% of Canadians support organ and tissue donation, but for whatever reason fewer than 20% of us have actually made plans to do so. Every year more than 1,600 people are added to the waiting list for transplants, and the sad facts are too many Canadians are dying every year on that waiting list because not enough people have registered to be donors. Here in Ontario we can register at beadowner.ca. Speaker, the nature of things on Thursday night is a behind-the-scenes look at an organ transplant team at a hospital in Alberta.  So talk to your family, talk to your friends, and register at beadowner.ca. Thank you. Here are your members, the members from Scarborough Agent Court. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This year marks the 175th anniversary of St. Paul Lamarue Anglican Church in my writing of Scarborough Agent Court. St. Paul Anglican Church has been serving their congregation since 1840, where the first Bishop of Toronto consecrated the church. Since then St. Paul Lamarue Church has achieved many milestones. There are leaders in protecting the most vulnerable in our community. This includes the establishment of affordable seniors housing on the church property along with creation of St. Paul Lamarue Center established in 1978. For almost 40 years the center provided affordable diverse care, services, and housing for seniors. Recently St. Paul Lamarue Church has expanded their community outreach to involve youth in a music program. The original core program now also includes a string ensemble, win ensemble, a South Asian dance ensemble, and a children's choir. Mr. Speaker, the achievements and growth of St. Paul Lamarue Church and the continued community service is commendable. I would like to recognize Father Dean Mercer and his entire congregation for the tremendous work and the exceptional vision in service to the community. I look forward to this Sunday's service where I will be joining the 11th Art Bishop, Colin Robert Johnson, in celebrating St. Paul Lamarue Anglican Church's 175th anniversary. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Further member statements? Member from Bramley Gormulton. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I think it's fair to say that many Canadians are deeply troubled by the results of the U.S. election. The fact that someone could campaign on a message that was misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, that was based on fear and division and could win was something that troubles all of us. I think it also points to a deeply flawed electoral system. The reality is that majority of Americans didn't actually vote for Mr. Trump, but Mr. Trump now has won as the president-elect with all power. It shows that we really need to hold our federal government to account to ensure that we have a more just electoral system and that's why we really need to work for having a proportional representational system in our politics. Often we see that the Canada is influenced by the U.S. U.S. is a larger country and it often influences us and it's troubling that that might influence the climate in Canada to make it acceptable to be racist or xenophobic or misogynistic and that's why many people in the States are now looking north to us for guidance. We can provide a vision where you can build a fair society that's not based on blaming other minorities, religious or otherwise. You can actually build a fair society by working together. So we need to show that leadership that a fair and just society is made more powerful and strong when we work together, when we work on inclusivity, that's where we come up with a more powerful and fair society. Thank you. Further member statements? The member from here on board. Thank you very much, Speaker. Today I stand alongside my colleagues as we wear purple to shine the light on the fact that November is Women's Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. In light of this I wish to take this opportunity to commend the Women's House in Concardin, an organization that has been helping women and children in my riding for 30 years. For over the past three decades the Women's House has helped over 15,000 women and 2,000 children escape abuse. Every year they field over 4,000 calls and alarming number. The Women's House is a significant operation that requires support on all levels in order to operate and offer these services. I have toured the Concardin facility and recognized immediately that the safe haven is so much more than accommodation. The vast supports offered to women and children is invaluable and that's why I would like to thank everyone who supports Women's House. This past October the Women's House hosted their annual gala in Concardin. It is their biggest fundraiser and the event helps them help so many in our communities. I want to congratulate the Women's House not only on their 30 years of service but also on their successful gala. This year it raised a whopping $28,000 which will go towards helping the Women's House continue their efforts in making our community a safer place. I want to encourage everyone to wear a purple ribbon or clothing during the month of November to show support in ending violence against women and children to help make our province, country and world a better place to live. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you for the member students and members from Beaches East York. Well, thank you, Speaker. I'm pleased to rise today to talk about a very unfortunate incident that happened in my riding at Beaches East York. Parents going to school yesterday morning came across a whole series of hateful posters posted around Stanwadlow Park and it was very disturbing to so many of them and I don't want to spend any time dignifying the commentary. It was on clearly fueled hate fueled by possibly Trump and Deuce but what I want to do is focus on the incredible community reaction to it. You know, local constituent Kevin Kerr immediately posted on Twitter. Joseph Travers puts it on Facebook group of our Woodbine Danforth Facebook group and immediately all the residents started to rise up and go down. They found the posters. They dispatched the city staff. We went all over the community and they were ripped down and pulled down. I mean, it was so incredibly quick, the reaction of the community to take issue with the messaging that they were seeing on these posters concerned both about what their children would be reading, what their children would be seeing but they took action. I especially want to applaud Jen Lees, who is an artist and a local high school student. She, a teacher, sorry, she has prepared a poster, an alternative poster which has the words welcome and love in many, many different languages. Now, she's going to be posting around all the community's window front so the retail stores in my community and the Danforth East Community Association which is also taking this issue up so they can have a positive message to take back to the community about the inclusiveness of our country of the kinds of values that we share and as well as a local group called East Toronto Young Mothers. They made it their mission to make sure these posters did not last more than a few hours. Thank you, Speaker. I thank all members for their statements.


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Alright you guys, what is going on? Welcome back to another video. It's Jake here. We're still in lockdown here in New Zealand. We've just been told that as of next Monday it's Thursday today so in four days time we'll be going from level four to level three. Then we've got another two weeks of that which basically doesn't change anything and then at the end of that, hopefully all going well. You know, we can go from level three to level two and that means Jim's reopened and that means that this series will be over but for now we're still training at home. I actually found a couple extra weight plates. So with those additional plates we can up the weight slightly for certain exercises, certain sets which is fantastic. It's going to be good moving forward. So, in today's workout we're training arms. Biceps and triceps. We're doing a super set style workout once again. Saves time. There's less rest periods. It's more fun and with lighter weight it really is the way to go. Especially with something like arms. Biceps and triceps, they're small muscles. They are impressive muscles. When I look at a guy's arm, I hardly ever look at a bicep. I look at a tricep. With that being said, this workout is both biceps and triceps. We're doing a super set fashion like I said. First exercise was a barbell bicep curl into a laying overhead skull crusher for triceps. So we did five sets there. Following that we went to our second bicep exercise which was 21s. Using the same barbell but just a different range of motion in a different tempo. So 21s is 7 reps. The bottom half of the rep, 7 reps of the top half of the rep and then 7 full reps. Following that we moved into our tricep portion of the super set which was close grip push ups. So that was our second super set. So for the final exercise, final super set, we started with biceps and we did a dumbbell bicep curl. We used both a normal grip and also a hammer grip. So we decided to mix it up in these last few sets because I realized basically that I hadn't done any hammer kills of any kind. So we hadn't targeted the outside of the bicep there. So I just decided to throw it in there for no real reason. And then following that we did the last tricep exercise which was a dumbbell tricep kickback which is a new exercise. I haven't done it on this series before so I hope you guys enjoy that. I don't know how many of you will actually watch all these workouts all the way through in fact I would say zero. I'd say none of you will watch this entire workout but I guess at the end of the day what I'm doing and what I'm, you know, moving forward with this channel, it doesn't matter how many views I get, it doesn't matter how many likes I get, it's all about documenting. It is about documenting the journey. Who knows where we're going to end up? It's no fun if you know where you're going to end up. You've just got to document the journey step by step and what we'll be, we'll be. So that's what we're doing. Hope you guys enjoy this workout and I hope you guys are training hard out there and I hope you have a fantastic day. Peace out guys.