Professor of Delhi University and Chancellor of Nehru and Osoka University is here with us in this university. We take the advantage of having a discussion with him and along with us, Professor Tabaram Tai, former professor of English at the college also with us. So we want to just discuss something regarding this growing intolerance of this society. There will be various reasons for it, there will be some religious intolerance, there will be other social intolerance. So we just have some idea about from Professor Emre Batting, that nationally he is the only nationally renowned personality in the sociology. I just want to have your views regarding this basic problem. Well, I think that there is a lot of intolerance, there is a lot of disorder, there is a lot of violence. But I think it would be a mistake to think that this was all absent in the past and it has suddenly grown up today. It has grown over a period of time and if we take a proper historical perspective, then we will not feel that everything is falling apart. I don't think everything is falling apart in India. Religious intolerance, I have experienced it myself as a boy in Calcutta. I went through the great Calcutta killings of 1946. What better example can you have of religious intolerance? So this is there, I don't think that we should brush it under the carpet, it's there. But I don't think that we should exaggerate its impact. Actually, at the same time, in Assam we have seen intolerances, there are a lot of places between the tribals and non-tribals, a lot of people in this opposition to religious organizations are also involved in this activity. Since Professor Taburam Bhai is a very well-known personality in this state, I think I can request you sir to close some light on this type of intolerance, intolerance is caste problems in this state. Professor Bhai, you have already referred to the phenomenon of growing intolerance in the country. And so it is not a big way in India, it's a line of great adversity. We as a nation are divided by races, religions, languages, cultures, pasts, classes and what have you. And any of these elements of diversity has the potential of returning volcanic and erupting somewhere at some time in India. So in such a situation probably we need to grow more tolerant, more we should learn to live together. But instead of doing so probably we have been growing more and more intolerant. So someone writes a book expressing his or her opinions about it, beliefs about a certain religion, you don't like the idea to spread there. So attack him and destroy his work.  You don't like the idea there, so attacking and destroy his work. We remember that lawyer, probably as they go from this, expressing an opinion about his, I believe, about the status of Kashmir. You don't like his idea and go and kick him. Recently, recently, probably last March or so, a group of Kashmir students, they support the Pakistani team when the Pakistani team wins the Asia cricket competition. They were in a college. They are suspended for three days from the college because they support the Pakistani team. What's happening actually, what's happening, this kind of growing intolerance. And there are, you know, the so many faces. Yes, I do not wish to underrate the presence of intolerance in this country. There is a lot of intolerance in this country. And from time to time, it erupts into violence. But I don't think that we should have the most interview of what prevailed in the past. There were divisions in the past, divisions on the basis of language, divisions on the basis of religion. And these led to a fair amount of violence and a fair amount of disorder even in the past. What has happened now is that it is much easier for intolerant groups to organise themselves politically. So you have the social groups of disharmony, discord, intolerance. But it is now becoming easier to organise all this politically. That's the downside of it. The upside of it is that along with this, there is a growing Indian middle class which is interested in individual effort, individual initiative and in creating a better economy. We must keep these two things together in our mind and not focus only on one. There are those who welcome the rise of the new middle class, the new technology, the new occupational structure, and lose sight of the negative side. As a sociologist, I feel that we must take into account both the negative and the positive side and not exaggerate one at least once a year. This is my view of it. And I think that we should worry about disorder, we should worry about intolerance, we should worry about violence, but we should not get into a panic and say, this is happening now, what will happen next? Because this is what people have been saying in India. I remember I was a boy in 1946 in Canada. People say, this is the end, but it wasn't. There have been other rights in Muslim rights in Canada, elsewhere in West Bengal, in the 70s and 80s. But again, we should, I always say, we should neither be complacent about it, nor put ourselves into a state of panic. So another idea that I want to have from you, is it also a region for intolerance because of the growing inequality in the society? That might be one of the reasons. And also some jealousness. That could be. But you take for granted that inequalities are growing. What is the evidence for that? We talked about Suresh Tendulkar. Suresh Tendulkar devoted a lifetime to the study of economic inequality. And his argument was that there is no evidence that economic inequality is growing. So what do you think? Economic inequality is as strong or as weak as it was in the past. I don't think that it's very easy to prove that economic inequality is growing. So what happens is you have a problem and then you look to one side of the picture. And inequality grows particularly in a country in which the economy is growing. It's developing. A new middle class is growing. A new class likes to move upwards, leaving other people behind. And if you are to have a new middle class, you must be prepared for having a class which wants to move upwards without caring very much for those whom they leave behind. This happened in the West. This happened in England. This happened in America. So there is an upside and a downside. And one of the things which I think is on the whole a positive development in our society is the slow but steady change in the position of women in this society. And that's a very positive side. That I think is very, very important and we mustn't lose sight of that fact. And I think women will play an increasingly important role in our society, in public life and not just in private life. And I think that on the call they will have a beneficial benefit in our society. Now you see women are in higher education they are very well represented in employment, in professional employment, in medicine, law, entertainment, banking. This is something new in the society. Look at the number of bankers who are women in fact. Look at the number of doctors, people in the mass media who are women. All of this is new. You can't expect a large and complex society like ours to change itself without any pains. So it's a way where we see also in the colleges and universities now the present day students they become more intolerance compared to the work in different years. So is it because of the growing unemployment and uncertainty of the effusive? No, first of all I question your statement as a statement of fact that they are growing more intolerant than they were before. I don't think that there is evidence to show that they are more intolerant than before. Why should we assume yes there is inequality and perhaps inequality is increasing but as I said I mean Suresh I used to discuss this with Suresh Tendulkar and there is a man called K. Sundaram who works together. And their view is that there is very little evidence to show that economic inequality, inequality in the distribution of income has grown in the last 50 years and certainly I think there is evidence to show that what is more important than economic inequality poverty has not gone either absolutely or absolutely. I don't think it has gone. And side by side but we see that the middle class is rising the middle class is precious, the middle class doesn't want to be restrained in its urge for upward mobility and so we tend to think then that this must be at the post of someone. We think of these things in terms of zero some day if the middle class is expensive this must be at the expense of the court. This is not necessary. Can I, can I please come to a very specific issue between Sir Horan which is the problem of economic worries in India. We say that Mary Counter has told a middle friend of mine at the University of Delhi in 1964-66 when he was already teaching there. This middle friend of mine complains almost every day that some Delhi youngsters put us from behind him and said, tini hindi by by by. So obviously echoing you know that so it's our lives music to India the kind of the slow one that made currency. Because the racial background. Yeah, because I refer to that racial diversity. So that's question of racial diversity but that was, you see, the individuals and youngsters not much hung down done but although my middle friend felt very bad about it so am I not an Indian? So that was his question. So why should they, why should they consider me a Chinese with tini hindi by by. Now, recently say this Oroonachari's young men escaped the Manipuri youth is also killed and there is this, there was this news about the Gujarat hotel where the Chinese President was staying recently where the Manipuri youths working in the hotel they were separated. Now this, I mean, Northeasterners have it and there are stories of women being harassed and... No, that is all very true. That's all very true. Well, what's all that? We must put it in the proper perspective. I've been asked by many people, Agrae Bede, what kind of a name is it? Are you an Indian? Are you an Indian? No, one must take it in the proper perspective. One must think that this is an example of growing intolerance.  I don't think that, you know, we must have a proper sense of proportion in these matters. Of course, people are puzzled. But in India, I would say that in India we are used to living with a diversity of religion and diversity of languages and diversity of communities to a much greater extent than in most other parts of the world. But if we are to think that we can continue with this great diversity of languages, religions, castes, communities, without any pain, then it's a mistake. So I would like to ask you both of you. Sir, what we've seen recently, suppose there's some accident of a car, immediately a car is burned down. So there is something happening in a house. So the legal activity happening in a house, the house is burned down. The owner is beaten up. So this intolerance... This is bad. It's very bad. But it happened in the past also. You've forgotten about it. I haven't. It happened in the past also. One of the things that is happening and it is true is that perhaps there is growing violence against women. But you must take it in the proper perspective. There is growing violence against women, particularly because women are doing so well and right. They're coming out. They're going to universities. They're going to work. They're joining the profession. And many men don't like it. So what are we going to do? Put the women back into parva, keep them at home or take the risk. That's what certain religious groups are basically detecting. That this should be the proper guidelines that the women should follow. So it again becomes a matter of intolerance towards women. It is intolerance but we should go with this thought. No religious group has a right to declare how much freedom women should enjoy. But there are people who use religion for putting forward these views which are unacceptable in terms of political order. We are at the basic profit is the following. We have adopted a democratic political order and we have to deal with it. And we have not done all that badly. So we want a democratic political order. The basic premise of democracy is equality. But we have inherited the most hierarchical society in the world. So how do you harmonize? How do you move forward with a society which is hierarchical and a political order which wants to be democratic? This is one of the basic roots of the tension that we find in the Indian system. And it's not going to go away. There's no magic solution to this. But I don't think that we should turn our backs on it and pretend that it was wonderful. Where was there violence against women 50 years ago on the streets? Where was the EFT 50 years ago? Where was it? Because women stayed at home. They didn't go to college. So they haven't faced it. I'm not justifying violence against women or EFTs. But they have to face it. They have to face it and they have to cope with it. And we cannot put them back. So the mentality has not changed? It has changed. No, it has changed. But it has not changed fast enough. Or it has not changed sufficiently. It has changed. I do believe that it has changed. But it has not changed fast enough. The mentality among students in universities and colleges has changed radically. I don't want to notice this. Calcutta University, when I was a student in Calcutta University in the 1950s in the postgraduate department, Ashutosh building, I had some friends in the English department so I would go and visit it. You know what the procedure was? The procedure was that the women would stand outside. The boys would go and occupy the bank coaches. The women would enter the clubs along with the professors. And the first two rows were reserved for them. They would enter along with the professors. Today this is unthinkable. So they failed to institute. No, no. So you think is it better today or was it better today? Better today. But this has not come without any price for women. There has been a price that women have to pay. But you must count the costs but you must also count the metrics. That is the problem. When we look back on the past, we look back only on the metrics. When we look at the present, we look only at the costs. Of course. How can you have a democratic social order without any problems? Where do you have it in the world? Professor, what is your rating of casteism in India today? Is it waning? That is a very difficult question to answer because I will say yes and no. It is waning but it is a... In some respects, the rigors of caste are declining. Let me give you three examples. The caste system, particularly the Hindu caste system, was based on the ritual opposition of purity and pollution in the dynamic taking water from this person, the kaccha food from that person. That is certainly declining. There is no doubt about that. Everywhere it is declining. It is not declining at the same rate. I am not saying that everywhere it is disappearing. It is not disappearing. It is still there but it is declining. You look at the trend, it is declining from both rural and other areas. But it is not declining at the same rate. It is not declining at the same rate in all religions in all parts of the country. Then... So the rigors of purity and pollution, women were not allowed to enter the kitchen when they were in their periods. How can you keep women away from the office when they are in the periods? These things we tend to forget. Women now work and sit with men. Can you imagine in a community, in a village, or anywhere the woman giving orders to a man of a superior caste who has to take those orders? This happens when the woman is an IAS officer and she has a stenographer who is a man. The woman may be a Corita or an IAS doctor. She has to take orders. She has to take orders from them. So this is also a system of change. And I think the status of the women as an IAS officer that becomes dominant rather than her caste status. Except that her caste and her gender status does not disappear. That still remains. That remains but it is superseded by her status, by her status. By her status. But in the South India, as I understand, there is a lot of caste segregation is there. So for example, suppose the Sindhu caste people are there in the other line of these roles. The Brahmins are not allowing them to look to the side or Brahmins are not to the other side. So this is still... No, no, no. The boot is on the other foot. It's the Brahmins who are at the receiving end. No, that's that. And again, this has been said. The backward classes movement has been very important in transforming the social order. So it's no longer what it was in the past. This idea that I've seen this... I'll give you a dramatic example of a change which I saw in 1962 and it has proceeded. In 1962, I lived in a very Orthodox Brahmin village in the Tanjum district and I lived on the Brahmin street Agraha. And before I had settled into the place, in the evenings I would hear somebody shouting from the back lane Swami, Swami Swami is what? The lower caste or any Brahmin. And then he became curious. What is happening? So my friend, the Brahmin explained to me, he said, you know, he's come to deliver the grain to the house of his Brahmin, he can't enter the street. He has to shout from outside so that somebody goes out and opens the door and you will put him there and go away. He's not a Brahmin. I remember that when the school which was located at the head of the Agraha, the Brahmin street, when the school was over all the children ran through the Agraha and some of them were Harijan children. Together, they go together. I don't know whether they go together but they are all there. Please don't exaggerate. I'm not saying that all differences disappear. I'm not saying that all Brahmin and Harijans boys go hand in hand. So the segregation of the Harijans in their borders, which is the question to ask, has declined substantially. And again, let me tell you a story which will give you a good idea of how this is happening. When I lived in that village I lived on the Brahmin street and that village has a tradition of Indian classical music. And there were three children whom I used to know, they were all Brahmin children and one of them was called Kausalya. She was then 12 or 13 Kausalya. Kausalya never married but afterwards she learned classical music. She got a degree in music from Bataño University and after retirement she stays in the same village in the same house with her mother. So I asked her younger sister who is now a lady in her 50s I said, what is Kausalya coming she said, you know she is very much interested in music so she teaches music in the home, I said in the home, yes and I said, who are her pupils she said, where are the children coming she doesn't charge any money but she teaches. And I said, but what kind of children are they coming do the Harijans children come she laughed, she said only the Harijans children come the other children have no time for classical music, they are learning computers it's not easy to change Sir, thank you very much so for being with us and every fruitful discussion regarding this interview if you don't mind I have a final question from my side so we have our diversity and we have already got to take quality to foster the causes of this diversity and I wonder whether you think that we have a strong mechanism to manage our diversity we have a mechanism, it's not a strong mechanism I want to ask you in which country do they have a strong mechanism which always works without any failing our education everything is indeed different I think law and order the law and order situation is not very satisfactory this does not mean that there is total energy and in the past the law and order situation was wonderful Thank you very much sir for being with us Thank you Thank you for being with us in this morning


Hi friends and welcome back to another episode of our VGC 2020 battle series. My name is Leigh Alton and I hope you're all well Looking forward to some VGC today And but we are in series 3 not season 3 series 3 of the the sword and shield VGC season And the rules have just updated on the 1st of March now I will link the rules docked down in the description below It'll tell you all of the new G max Pokemon that are allowed in the format now that you're That are accessible as well as all the Pokemon that are now Obtainable from Pokemon home that you're allowed to use in the format. So like I said, that will be linked down below You've got things like Incinero, Venusaur, Blast Toys, you've got Primarina, Lola and Persian There's a bunch of Pokemon that are now allowed as well as the new Gigantamax Pokemon like Hadarine, Lackriss It will be featuring today Orbeetle does so many and it's really exciting to actually get into this new series to actually start playing with these new Pokemon because the team concepts are going to be crazy. There's lots of things to test out But today like I said, we're going to be concentrating on Gigantamax Lappers It is now Available and in the rules we can use it So we're going to be playing around that it is going to be the centerpiece of this team The team concept is made up of Exgeril, Rotomahite, Togekiss, Whimzakot, Hitmontop and the Gigantamax Lappers So we'll just jump straight into a game and we'll get underway And we'll explain the team as we go along So it's pretty nice, Gigantamax Lappers has a G-Max resonance as its G-Max move and as it's kind of G-Max effect It summons the Aurora veil to the field for five turns. Now Aurora veil for those that you are new to VGC or don't know what it is It's basically like a light screen and a reflect all in one move where it cuts the damage of a special and Physical attack by half for five turns. So it's really really powerful and it's as a side effect for Lappers It's incredibly strong. We've went with a weakness policy Lappers in this team paired it up with a Primarily going to be pairing it up with the Solfess Hitmontop. So let's see if we can get that going in our first match We've got Fox up first playing a team of Durant, Tyranitar, Togekiss, Incineroar, Conklder, and Whimzakot So we've got plenty of speed control on my opponent's side of the field You've got the Whimzakot for that prankster tailwind and things to kind of counteract Tailwind if a trick room goes up with with things like Conklder, Incineroar, and Tyranitar there And imagine that the main max Pokemon on this team are going to be Durant Probably the primary one then T-Tar possibly got the weakness policy there and then Conklder are going to be a Third option for my opponent I'm not really going to worry about what my opponent is going to be doing because I'm just going to lock in And go for our strategy here, which is the Hitmontop Lapras. Try and get through as many things as possible early on Get that G-Max Resonance Roraville set up and then kind of have stuff in the back that we can kind of clean up afterwards The Conklder like initially I would like to go Rotom Heat and Excadrill But the Conklder makes me feel like I need to bring Togekiss. So I'm probably going to go Togekiss and Excadrill in the back And we'll lock in The one thing that I found in testing as well And it's it's a bit weird because I've got the Whimsicot on our side of the field as well But I very rarely bring Whimsicot to the to the battles and it's definitely a slot I feel that could be Change for something else that gives us a little I do feel like we struggle a little bit against Conklder and Tyranitar particularly like weakness policy Tyranitar, but And maybe that's a slot where the Whimsicot could be changed for something else That's just initially testing but as always we'll do the two battles today We'll do another episode later in a week and I will share the ransom team with you in that later episode this week So do keep an eye out for that so you can test this team out yourself and have a go with G-Max Lapras Yeah, I think we need to get rid of the Durand. We'll try and stop I Mean do you do you do you do we just mark punch ourselves or do we stop the tailwind because we can stop at this turn But we can't stop at the next turn unless we double into the Whimsicot There is a chance that the Whimsicot could potentially have protect as well because more Whimsicots are carrying protect so um kind of tempted to go mark punch into Just for the fact that I want to get more damage onto the Durand, but the thing is I feel like max resonance is probably enough to get the Durand It's so weak and yeah, so the whimmy is just switching out We would have been better better off going for the mark punch I think or at least mark punch into maybe the Durand just to get some damage off onto it, but You could say It's just making those decisions and trying to get them right Durand in the heavy ball there nice ball All about the special balls these pokemon are in and definitely one of those trainers Is it shiny durand? I'm pretty sure it is Was it shiny? I didn't really pay too much attention. Anyway, we do see the Durand um go for its Dynamax The Incineroar switching and just get the Intimidate off onto as other field not really going to affect Alapras primarily a special attacker. I'm going to be kicking myself a little bit if we do miss out on the The Durand here, which we do, you know, uh, it's not going to be ideal But we'll see how this turn plays out because the mark punch would have definitely probably guaranteed The KO into the Durand and it would have been maybe the better option to go with here It's going to be minus one. So Alapras taking that a little bit A little bit more comfortably and the the next turn the big thing is that we're going to be able to have a Aurora build up so it does mean that we will be able to take and Another one but actually as it turns out the Rockfall going to proc our weakness policy anyway So we don't really get punished too Badly for not going for that mark punch turn one and this should like I say pick up. Wow, it doesn't wow Wow Hmm, I would have thought that would have gone it but it seems like it does it Okay Well, I think We can definitely guarantee the Durant the next turn for sure It's whether or not we want to go for the the Incineroar Or not, we want to go for the max It might be worth like What's my point got because they got the Taranatar. I don't know if it's worth going for a guys that just yet Because they can overwrite the weather if they've got the Taranatar in the back pretty easily um Only thing it could do is weaken potentially a flablet from the Incineroar They do decide to go down that route. Um What are they going to go for steel spike probably if anything I don't think they're going to go for a Rockfall So we could have switched over kissing there, but it's risky because the steel spike could come out from my opponent The only other thing is it's likely that they may go Max quick into Into top because of the defense special defense boost if they don't Attack into the lapis, but they are going to go for the max knuckle We do see that pretty comfortably though uh x-square drill Sticks around and you can Live another day, um We do see the fake up from the Incineroar as well. So there's no risk of it going for a Flablet yeah, we are going to be able to get rid of the Durant now though, which is nice Um kind of sets us up nicely for the next turn as well, especially if the t-tail's not in the back. We potentially have max vortex Into the the Incineroar to take that down the next turn Especially with a weakness policy up But the nice thing as well is getting the him on top out. We do have the potential to switch it back in this next turn Um wind deco coming in Got to imagine that they're going to go tailwind I'm going to go for the max guys are into Incineroar and They're just iron head the wings a cup I think we're just going to yeah iron head the way mean just to get some damage off onto it. Really There's a tailwind What we're going to see the Incineroar go for here. I don't think anything takes down the lapis from the Incineroar Leblets, I think we take this with x-square drill even Yeah The rain and the aurora veil, of course, but I remember that The aurora veil up as well So we do get the wimmy down to its sash and and the max guys that should take down the Incineroar X-square drill is not in the best place right now So it's probably worth us switching it out the next turn because the women's going to be it's got the tailwind up It's going to be in a position where it is going to be able to Just pick off the x-square drill So it might be worth bringing in him on top of the next turn depending on what my opponent's last Pokemon is It's going to be that Tyranitar One of the things we can potentially do is go for A parish song with our lacrosse because it's our last turn of our G max so we'll revert now And with an Intimidate with the aurora veil up You've got to hope I don't know if we're going to be able to get the parish up, but we'll try we'll try I am going to regardless switch X-square drill out for hitman top I think the one thing that we're going to want to kind of hope for is that the whimsicott doesn't just have Moonblast which it probably does and that's going to be its Its option to go into the x-square drill So hitman top not really going to enjoy that But it's not going to go down to it because we do have the assault vest there on the hitman top and Because one of the options that I've gotten the hitman top for this team just to get around opposing I'm going to see okay Unfortunately, don't get the We do see energy ball come out It was brick break to get around opposing aurora veil set up from opposing g max lapras So that was one of the reasons I ended up with four attacking moves on hitman top and to get the the brick break off Consistently I felt like it made more sense um To have a little bit more staying power on the field The assault vest made a lot more sense in that situation. We've got iron head and we've got fake out You might end up rocking a weakness policy here. I wouldn't be surprised if we did, but I don't think we're in any danger of Of going down to be honest. I will just swap out x-square drill here And just go for a close combat. I don't think we're gonna see I mean, I could just protect x-square drill Be an option because we've got one more one more turn tailwind, right? as our aurora veil wearing off We're gonna proc the weakness policy anyway after the taranatoss attack thoughts It's fine. I think you want to prioritize pro at hard I think you probably do go rock slide for the flinch chance here Yeah, you want to flinch both targets if you can gives you a little bit more hope because then if you get rid of the x-square drill If we don't have protect It makes sense. Then you can uh, you can probably have a chance at closing the game out although I'll hit my top With brick break and mac punch doesn't really care what the the taranatoss doing It's a bit of a sacrifice not playing close combat, but I think the the support that break break gives you It's not only good against lapras. It's also good against Grim snarls and things like that They try to set up dual screens and you know meow stickers and new pokemon that's on the scene as well that learns Lightscreen reflect that can can play that so it works quite nicely Um, and there we go. So we do clean that one up and pick up a win pity We didn't get the perish song off with a lapras that would really just put the icing on the cake But good game to fox and uh, we'll move on To our next game and hopefully it doesn't take too long to find our next opponent But um, one thing I would love to hear from you guys though Going into series three is how you've been finding The new pokemon what ones you've been playing around with the mouse going into the new format And what texts and things are you looking forward to trying out? And what do you expect to be really good going forward? We've got francesco up next Looks like he's playing mr. Wolfe's team Um, so this is a team that we've got Number one rank at the very end of season two. So when season two is at its It's hardest you put this team together and got rank number one right before the uh the season finished So massive props there really interesting team as well If you haven't checked it out do go and check out his channel. He's got some amazing vg content I got the toga kiss the gmax chorizard Um tokel the riperia disclops and then the leafeon which has got chlorophyll as well Uh, we'll go with our laprids and I hit my top again. I feel comfortable with those two Uh, the disclops riparian mods going to be very difficult for us to deal with but it's not going to be impossible um, hmm Rotium heat is very good here. I feel uh, I don't know what you've got for rotium heat actually must have some Well apart from the riperia, of course Got the riperia. That's probably one of the better answers out there. Uh, and we'll go with x good drill. I guess Do you want x good drill? I mean the sash gives us a little bit more security here and I don't really see what I mean toga kiss Does help us out for follow me But a lot of the opponent's attacks are kind of double attacks anyway So the only thing it's really helping out with more than anything is probably the leafeon which I'm not massively concerned about um But it's not going to this isn't this isn't going to be the easiest game in the world I think the toll kiss might have been nice for the situation when we get the lapras Set up I mean we got the tow kiss to bring in for the follow me support just to give the Lapras a little bit of a cushion going going forward, but you do see the toll kiss coming in and the dust clocks as well I mean here We could just go fake out into the kiss And g max resonance Oh, we could go mac punch Mac punch and g max resonance. I feel like that might be the play Yeah, I'm going to go for it. I just want to get rid of the total kiss to be honest And get out of our villa So that's what we will do Is the dust clock is going to do probably go for a trick I would imagine But what we want to try and maneuver ourselves into a position to do is probably get the the hit on top out So we can get it back in and intimidate by period because if we can get And We'll be hitting after the right period Depends if the the dust clock has got bulldozed obviously then Self-prox it's very so that's why getting the him on top out to get back in to get the intimidate So right period is only on plus one gives lapras away. Oh, no, no This is the worst the worst thing that could happen the yawn I always forget about literally always forget about yawn Okay, well, we've got one turn left with lapras. What can we do? Can we make it count? I don't know if we can That's why the fake out would have been better Fake out do that next turn We'd have to beat the uh toga kiss so we just get rid of it. Ah the fake out would have been the better player. We've got greedy Greedy Okay Well, I still think we'll take whatever attack from right period if it comes in Yeah I do I think if it maxes we see the bulldoze Will be fine And they think my best bet to get something and it's not going to take massive damage It's going to be the bottom And then we got the switch back into top the next turn But if my opponent's smart about them they probably just protect right period here maybe Problem is protecting here. You're still going to take a big deal of chunk of damage Um, even though you get this policy activated Because we are plus two that's the only thing unless the dust globs has haze and that could be a nice tech You haze protect you're going to take that much damage from the the max the hydra or whatever it is Or you do that Or you do that That's definitely one way to get around it. Are we avoid? We double avoid.  Nice damage, but we are going to be asleep now. Lapras is taking a good old nap Hmm, okay. Well Now the right period definitely maxes Um, I think he chased down the Rotem to be honest We could potentially go allies, which just give ourselves a little bit of a chance He chased on the rock. Do you chase on the Rotem? I think you probably do so He's probably not my point It's probably better off getting the him on top and just to get the intimidate And then maybe switching out into ex-gaville the next turn so we can get him on top back in the next turn After that to kind of nullify the intimidate. It's a lot of turns and switching around But we've got to try and do something We know that lapras has got a guaranteed turn of sleep here The other option that we could have had turned one with maybe going It depends if you want our raw reveal up But the best option for us obviously in hindsight would have been the fake out and then the gmax resonant, but um We could have went Max aligning as well because that would have prevented the yawn from actually being able to take effect There's the bulldoze Hey, what are we gonna see? There's the weakness posting We just need lapras to stick around As long as possible these lapras stick around Yeah, there's max rock ball as much as this dude It's into top. That's way better. Okay. They are chasing. They are chasing the hitman top Okay Right. Well What are we gonna need like let's weigh up that Like what we need what we're gonna need lead game Um Problem is now we're not gmax so we've got as much Defense on our side, but we could wake up this next turn We get a high pump off but we need to make sure that we are targeting the right slot here. Um, hmm Do you think that the dust globs attacks because we could potentially Sucker punch the dust globs I don't really want to do that. I'd rather Think let's see my poor My opponent's got right potentially have The bottom's probably gonna be the better pokemon. So I think because we've got the Sasha next good drill We'll go for that. I'd imagine here anyway that my opponent probably goes max rock ball into the lapras I think our only hope is here that we wake up Uh, we survive this and we wake up And we get the hydro pump off and we are able to get rid of Wow. Yeah, there's no wow Wow. Wow. Wow Okay, there's the nightshade that breaks our sash, which is not ideal. Uh, we've got one more turn of Dynamax left It could bring Rotom and engulf the allies, which we haven't revealed that yet and we could or we can't earthquake That's the only problem Which we want to be doing Um To bring in Rotom and then switch to top and just protect the extra drill It's just we're not gonna be able maybe we'll get if top can come in here and take an attack Then we've got fake out into right here the next turn We can just get rid of the dust box to get rid of the trick room element for my opponent And then we'll take it from there It's not that easy But it's not over just yet Uh, I wish I just faked out the total of his turn one I think this would have been a lot easier if we just done that that's quick into the extra drill Still a lot of damage still a lot of damage Right shade We've just gotten just about enough health to take that the dust club is going to go down regardless this next turn um One of the things you could potentially do is just earthquake The only problem trouble is I feel like the right period probably protects. That's that's my only that's my only worry um I think we've got iron head uh Splots If we can get a double attack off into the right period that would help Doesn't protect Oh Oh Ah, we get a free iron head in so we're getting free damage off So this is like we doubled the right period anyway, so that pretty much wins us the game. I think um because now The mac punch and earthquake Oh, that depends what my opponent's got is their last pokemon of course this this this This is big if it's tolko then I don't think the right period has protect either Oh It's charizard no Uh, all right. Well, we're gonna see a heat wave regardless of what happens here um And I don't think we've got quite enough to um Could a mac punch.  I hate we've heat wave can miss heat wave can miss so the sandstorm does subside That helps our rotum out a bunch um Because it does mean that we can potentially over heat the right period and then we've got nasty plots So we can nasty plot Uh, we just need the overheat to actually get the right period and then we can nasty plot and potentially take down the charizard Uh, I'll go for a rock slide just in case heat wave misses. It's not the most accurate move in the world It does hit unfortunately xc drill gonna go down It's all about taking this right period down though. That's a big thing Come on rotum. Let's do this And we hit is it enough Okay, well we've got We probably need two nasty plots. I don't know if we've got room for it. We have got a citrus berry that will proc Um, maybe maybe let's see one nasty plot. Anyway, we can still win this We just need a heat wave miss. That's what we need heat wave miss We might be able to get two nasty plots actually. I think we can because I think that affords us This probably affords us What do we just go? No, I don't think you risk it. I think just two thunderbolts will be enough We don't need to risk it. We don't need to risk another nasty plot just to get the one shot Not worth it. Let's just go two thunderbolts and that should be game And this has been a slog, but we've managed to maybe maybe it's not over yet. It's not over I don't know if we're going to take the next one. You know, I really don't have this take down the charizard It's going to be so close. It's really going to be so close I think it comes down to a damage roll Maybe not even that though. I think the heat wave probably takes us down Ha Hasn't missed once either Nah, okay, well very good game to my opponent Uh, I think we did well to kind of get as far as we did after making a few errors in that match That we definitely highlighted as we went through. Um, it came down probably as close as it could have got Yeah, and even then we couldn't have afforded ourselves an extra nasty plot Could we because it would have been the same situation. We had to go for the thunderbolt So I think the end game we made the the the right decisions. Um So, yeah, but big props to my opponent shown off that team Anyway, hope you've enjoyed today's episode my friends a couple of really good games We'll be back later in the week like I said earlier on in the episode to feature this team once again with the gmax lapras It's a lot of fun and in that episode I will have the rental team for you Also, do keep an eye out for that one. Make sure you do subscribe to the channel So you know when that goes up Do hit the bell button so you get the notification when we go up with the video Do hit the like button as well. 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We humans, being social creatures, are always trying to understand each other, how we behave or why we behave the way we do. This makes sense. Being able to get along with each other is beneficial, helping make life easier and more sustainable. One of the ways we've tried to acquire this understanding is through research. Due to our complexities, many different experiments have been held to see if things we think or assume are correct. I hope we generally try to be good people. Most of these experiments were ethically conducted and within accepted official guidelines. Alas, to err is human and occasionally the verb for science has resulted in experiments that pushed ethical limits and created controversy. Even so, these moral missteps still opened researchers to new knowledge. As per usual, it's the unusual that fascinates us. Here are some of the standout, maybe notorious psychological experiments that occurred for real. 1. The Beneficial Brainwashing Experiment Already, you're likely thinking, brainwashing? That's not good. How could it be beneficial? We can understand the confusion with the seemingly oxymoronic label, but it was real and Dr. Donald E. Cameron decided to execute it sometime in the 1950s to 60s era. With the goal in mind of rewiring us to think healthy. The subjects were forced to listen to looped audio messages for long stretches. The theory being that this would enable the psyche to receive the message directly and create new thinking patterns. This was called psychic driving. If you've seen those old-timey ads to learn while you sleep, this experiment is likely where they stemmed from. So why would they think this would work? The accepted belief at the time was that the brain was programmable, like a computer. So could thus be recoded to think healthier? As ridiculous as it might sound now, conditioning is a confirmed psychological phenomenon, leaving open the possibility that the mind can be guided to think a certain way, even if it can't be totally reprogrammed. 2. The Stanford Prison Study Ever have a friend surprise you with uncharacteristically poor treatment? What could have happened? Surely only the diarist of circumstances could make your friend or any of us change our principles, ethics, or fundamental behaviors, right? Philip Zimbardo challenged this with his 1971 study at Stanford Prison. He questioned if specific roles were assigned would that affect our treatment of people. He set the scene with roles of prisoners and guards due to the complex interaction required. The subjects who weren't actually prisoners or guards were assigned the role of one or the other to play act and run a realistic prison scenario for two weeks. Think of it like very intense method training. Surely you think it would take a long period of indoctrination to lose yourself enough for behavior to change, right? 6 days. Yeah, it took all of 6 days for the pseudo guards to start verbally abusing the pseudo prisoners, who in turn started to submit to the pseudo authority. Participants reported the feeling of being psychologically tortured. The situation became so bad the whole thing had to be abandoned. So what did it all mean? It meant that if the conditions were contrived just right, people tend to conform to whatever role is given. This implies our behavior is somewhat situational, instead of deeply irrevocably ingrained, as was previously thought. 3, the blue-eyed, brown-eyed experiment. Ever been discriminated against? Wonder how deep it goes? Well, looks like teacher Jane Elliott was also curious about discrimination and tested it out on her students. In this 1968 experiment, she divvied up the children into two groups, the blue-eyed and the brown-eyed. And this is starting off sounding disturbingly like something a toothbrush mustachioed man did in the 40s, although I'm sure it's just because the two most common eye colors are blue and brown. The first day was to create a division between the groups by assigning a status of superiority to the blue group, and basically playing favorites while treating the brown group the opposite way. The blue group in response started behaving superior in attitude and doing better schoolwork while the brown group started behaving inferior, becoming more timid with increased difficulty with schoolwork. The second day, one week later, the roles were reversed, playing favorites to the brown group. Although the resulting behavior did change, the effect was not nearly as intense as the first time, demonstrating the presence of residual damage. Consider this, the entire experiment only took a few hours and involved a single classroom of children. The better treatment was fairly minor, like five extra minutes at recess or access to the new jungle gym. Imagine the exponential impact when you lengthen that time to decades, the population to several million, and the issues being things like wages or healthcare. The fact that the role reversal didn't result in an equal but opposite result means no simple quick switch was going to undo the initial damage. Not only can discrimination be instilled at an early age, but also gives notice to how long lasting and entrenched the effects can be. Four, the monster study. If you heard someone was experimenting on orphans, what would you call them? A monster? Well, you're in good company, because that's exactly what Wendell Johnson was called by his peers for his 1939 experiment. Yes, he did use orphans, some of whom were stutterers. He used 22 in fact. His hypothesis was that he might be able to train out stuttering and wanted to see what effects positive or negative reinforcement gave. He proceeded to divide them up into groups with half of them being treated well, given praise for fluency and hopeful assurance. The other half were belittled for every imperfection, and if they didn't have a stutter before, they were told they were getting one, then criticized. To note, this made no difference to the status of stuttering. It can't just be trained out. The biggest impact was what happened to the negative feedback group. Results ranged from loss of self-esteem to becoming a recluse, among other psychological issues. These psychological scars persisted and affected them for their entire lives. Five, the Milgram experiment. When was the last time you stood up to someone? Okay, now how about the last time you stood up to someone in a position of authority, like a professor or your manager? A little scarier, right? Stanley Milgram decided to see how far that could be pushed in his 1961 experiment. The general setup was that the subject, who was being assured payment, even if they stopped part way through, would be told by an authority figure, called the experimenter, to give electric shock punishment to a student when a wrong answer is given. The subject is aware that each wrong answer would have a progressively increased voltage. Personally, this already sounds bad, but I suppose things were different in 1961. What the subject doesn't know is that there is no electric shock. The student is an actor and the administrator is following a script. It was found that despite the voltage getting to fatal levels with some simple prodding from the administrator, around two-thirds of the subjects continued pressing that button, even when the student would scream and beg for mercy. So if you look at those around you, this means there's a possibility that many of them have the capacity to become party to monstrous acts. With the imperative of obeying authority, overriding a personal sense of ethic. Six, the ash conformity test. Fitting in is important to many of us, whether that be at school, at work, or even just being able to fit in with a small group you hang out with frequently. It means you're not alone, giving a sense of safety. How far would you go for that comfort of fitting in? How far would you conform? The ash conformity test conducted in 1951 showed that we might go as far as to deny our own minds for this token of safety. To see how the need to fit in is manifested, a group of people are shown a set of lines and ask to answer a simple and obvious question. Something like, which line is the longest? This being an experiment, it's rigged, so only one of them in the group is the subject while the rest of them are actors. The actors all pick the same wrong answer. Essentially putting unspoken pressure on the subject. Although the results were somewhat varied depending on circumstance, it was overall demonstrated that picking the wrong answer, meaning conforming or fitting in, significantly increased when in a group. This means that many people place higher value on fitting in than standing their ground, even if they're right. This doesn't apply to the overwhelming majority. However, the percentage it does apply to is still significant. Seven, the Marshmallow experiment. Who doesn't want to be a success? Even more, who doesn't want to be able to predict that they'll be successful? The Marshmallow experiment by Michelle tried to prove a predictor. It posits that good things come to those who wait, more officially known as delayed gratification. The test subjects were children, which raised some eyebrows. The children were presented with a marshmallow and given the choices to eat it immediately or to wait and be rewarded for their patients with a double marshmallow reward. The initial results showed that the ones who waited for the double reward did better in school relative to the immediate eaters. This appeared to support the hypothesis that delaying gratification is associated with success. The study was referred to as proof of the benefits of delayed gratification for years. However, recent follow-up studies and investigations found that other factors that were previously ignored played very important rules in the choice of delayed or immediate gratification, such as socioeconomic conditions, which could also affect behavior and neurocognition. So the initial findings are now questionable, and this needs further evaluating and study. Eight, the Carlsberg social experiment. Beer, being social, they popularly go together. So why not have a little fun with it? The Carlsberg group thought so and ran an ad campaign that ended up being analyzed as a social experiment. The scenario is sweet and simple.  There are only, however, two seats available, and they're right next to each other. They're also situated smack dab in the middle of the sea of leather, beards, and gruffness. The unspoken challenge is thusly given to the unsuspecting couple. Do you forgo your discomfort of what you see, throw your prejudice aside, sit down and enjoy that movie, or do you take one look, then quietly but quickly turn around in the name of self-preservation? This experiment, aside from being very entertaining, drew interest into investigating how and why we react to stereotypes or prejudices. Although back in the hunter-gatherer days, it was pretty much always the right choice to run from the unfamiliar. In today's society, different no longer automatically means danger. How able or willing are we to overcome these base impulses? If this experiment's results were to speak, the answer would be that we're improving, but have a long way to go, with approximately 64% of the couples running for the hills. The remaining few bucked their primitive instincts, took a seat, and were promptly rewarded with a free beer and applause. Here's to progress. 9. The Robbers Cave Experiment If someone is your enemy, are they always going to be so, or does it depend on context? Social psychologists, Muzaffar and Carolyn Shariff wanted to prove that competition for limited resources would result in conflict, hostility, and negative behavior between the competing groups. This gave rise to the follow-up question. What would happen if resources had to be gained, not by competition, but by cooperation? Would the previous conflict override their ability to get the prize, or can conflict be overcome by the simple change in context? Thus ensued a Lord of the Flies Ask Experiment. But Lord of the Flies hadn't even been published yet at this time. A summer camp at Robbers Cave Park in Oklahoma, USA, was set up in 1954, where in 22 boys were split into two groups and set up in different areas. Each group thinking they were the only group at the camp. The two groups were then introduced, and the stage set, wherein the resources were limited and had to be won through competition, like tug-of-war. The next phase then had the boys move to a new location, and the context changed to the resources being won only through cooperation, towards a common goal, like fixing a water supply they all depended on. The result was that even though there was previous conflict, hostility, prejudice, and shunning in competition, which was expected, this could be overcome. Even surpassing to bonding and friendship should the situation call for it. And 10. The Experiment of the Ape and the Child. The planet of the apes and all its iterations has maintained its popularity through the decades, partly because of our fascination with our closest animal relatives, the apes. How close are chimpanzees to us, really? Could they be close enough to us that if raised in a human environment, they could act and believe that they were human? Looks like this idea isn't a new one, as Winthrop Kellogg decided in 1931 to raise a female chimpanzee named Gua as a sibling to his baby son Donald. He was interested in the opposite effects too, where human children had been raised by wild animals. Since he figured abandoning his baby to be raised by wild animals would be wrong, he decided that bringing one wild animal into his home would be perfectly a-okay. What was observed was that the one-year-old Gua showed a higher intelligence but did not adopt human speech. Unfortunately, it seemed to work the other way around, with little Donald's speech cognition being disrupted, because he was copying Gua's chimpanzee vocals instead. Gua was moved out shortly thereafter. Looks like Kellogg had his answer. No matter how close we may be, nor how diligently the environment was tailored, there are fundamental differences in development between apes and humans that simply cannot be overwritten by nurture alone. Regardless of why these experiments became so well known, whether through ethical questionability or unexpected results, they're all still valuable. They furthered the understanding of human behavior and thought, helping the study of psychology and in turn, the rest of us. What do you think of these studies? What would you do to change or adjust the experiments to figure out something similar? If you're interested in more psychology content, feel free to visit us at psych2go.net. Please like, share, and subscribe. See you in the next video.


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Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Joshua Leo and I'm Liz Wade. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. A woman sits on a high green mountain side in Peru. She watches her animals, a group of sheep and alpacas. She keeps these animals for their hairy wool. The woman is careful to watch the alpaca, but she is also busy in another way. She is weaving wool from the animals to make a colorful cloth. It can be used for clothes or in a home. She learned this traditional skill from her mother and she continues to teach her daughters and other women in her village. She hopes that weaving cloth will create a better future for her community. The woman is working with the organization Awamaki. Awamaki supports native Quechua communities in Peru. These traditional communities are very poor, but they have a deep cultural history to share with the world. Today's spotlight is on Awamaki and their work with the Quechua weavers of Peru. The Quechua people live in the high Andes Mountains in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina and Chile.  It is centered on farming and family. They raise sheep, but they also raise many kinds of camelid animals, llamas, alpacas, vicuña, and guanacos. They use these animals for food, but they also use their hairy wool to make clothing and art. Each kind of camelid animal has a different kind of wool. Llama wool is very rough. They use it mostly for making rope or bags. Vicuña wool is very soft, but can only be harvested every few years. However, people can harvest alpaca wool often. This fine wool is softer and warmer than sheep wool. Baby alpaca wool is the softest and most valued alpaca wool. It is used for fine clothes and scarves for warm. The Quechua people also use the wool from these animals to make weavings. Then they use these weavings to make warm clothes, pieces of art, blankets, and more. The images in Quechua weavings are shared through generations.  Weavers choose images for their meaning and history. These images include animals, plants, gods, people from history, water, and the stars. The image may not be clear immediately. For example, the whole animal may not appear. The weaver may only show the marks from its feet. A talented weaver combines many different images. Awamaki is based in the town of Oyente Tambo. Oyente Tambo is in what is called the Sacred Valley of Peru. This area is high in the Andes between Machu Picchu and Cusco. More than 500 years ago, it was part of the Incan Empire. This people group ruled a large area stretching through many countries in South America. Oyente Tambo is a beautiful example of a traditional Incan town. People still use the original Incan walls, farming terraces, and irrigation channels used to bring water to farms and villages. Hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists come through this area each year. They want to see these Incan places and the Quechua people. Many women in this area weave traditional cloth and they sell the clothes and other products to tourists. But in the past, they did not get fair prices for their work. They did not know the best things to sell to tourists. And this is how Awamaki helps. Awamaki has four main goals. First, they want to make sure the tradition of Quechua weaving continues. They are helping the Quechua women bring their work to the market and get a fair price. Second, Awamaki wants to help the women sell their work around the world. They sell the traditional weaving and clothes over the internet. But Awamaki also connects the women with clothing designers in other countries. They work together to make new and interesting designs. Third, Awamaki also wants to improve the lives of the weavers, their families, and their communities. The women of Awamaki have a regular income. They can depend on earning money each month. The money earned also goes back to their communities. Some of the money is saved in a medical fund for the women and their children. If a medical emergency comes up, the women can use this money to help their families. Finally, Awamaki is helping to save traditional weaving methods. To weave their cloth, Quechua weavers use a backstrap loom. This kind of weaving is special to Quechua weavers. A weaver working with this loom will sit on the ground. One end of the loom attaches to a pole or stick in the ground. The other end of the loom attaches to the weaver by a strap around her back. The backstrap loom is very easy to carry. A weaver can roll it up and take it with her. If she is watching her sheep or llamas in the field, she can bring her loom. If she is visiting friends, she can bring her loom. Awamaki wants to protect this way of weaving. Through Awamaki, the women also learn new weaving skills. They go on field trips to meet other weavers. By meeting other weavers, they have a chance to learn and improve their skills. Awamaki is also teaching the Quechua women how to use natural dyes. These dyes color the cloth. In the past, Quechua people dyed all cloth naturally. They would use things like plants, insects, roots, fruits, and seeds. More recently, traders have been bringing new chemical dyes to the weavers. These dyes are cheap. They are also easier. The women do not have to take time to gather and prepare natural dyes. As a result, many Quechua women forgot or never learned how to use natural dyes. This tradition was about to be lost. But Awamaki trains their weavers to use the natural dyes again. The women are relearning the old ways of dyeing wool. The natural colors are much softer and more beautiful. These Quechua women are changing their lives. Their work is valued. They earn a fair payment for their weavings, and they can depend on this money each month. They are learning new dyeing, spinning, and weaving skills. They are able to take care of their families. Through Awamaki, they are building their community. The writer of this program was Johanna Poole. The producer was Joshua Leo. The voices you heard were from the United States. You can find our programs on the Internet at www.radioenglish.net. This program is called Making Cloth to Build Community. If you have a comment or question about any spotlight program, you can email us at radio at radioenglish.net, or you can leave a comment on the script page of the program on our website radioenglish.net. You can also find Spotlight on Facebook and Twitter. Just search for Spotlight Radio. We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye!


Hello, thank you for calling Dial a Story presented by the Office of Children's Services San Francisco Public Library. Valentine's Day is coming soon, so our adapted story about two good friends is called One Zillion Valentine's by Frank Modell. One of Marvin's favorite days was Valentine's Day. If I had a lot of money, I'd buy lots of Valentine's, said Marvin, to his friend Milton. That's silly, said Milton. You don't even have a girlfriend. Valentine's aren't just for girls, said Marvin. Valentine's are for everybody. If I were a pilot, I'd draw a great big Valentine in the sky. No one ever sent me a Valentine, said Milton. That's because you never send any, said Marvin. If you don't send any Valentine's, you don't get any. I never have any money, said Milton. Valentine's cost money. Marvin said, you don't have to buy Valentine's, you can make them. All you do is get a lot of paper and draw a big heart on it. Milton said, I can do that. Anyone can do it, said Marvin. I bet we could make a zillion Valentine's, one for everybody in the neighborhood. Milton said, a zillion is a lot of Valentine's, we'd better start right away. Milton went to his house, got out his paint set, his scissors, and colored paper. Marvin went to his house and got out his crayons, colored pencils, and a lot of paper.  The next morning, everybody in the neighborhood was surprised to find a Valentine under their door. Milton said, we have lots of Valentine's left over, I guess we made too many. So we didn't, said Marvin. People like to send Valentine's, too. They don't just like to get them. So Marvin let her to sign, which said, Valentine's, handmade, five cents. Many people came to buy them, and the two boys made quite a bit of money. Afterward, Milton said, they are all gone. Great, said Marvin. Maybe, said Milton, but I bet we don't get a Valentine from anyone. Sure we will, said Marvin. Follow me. They ran to a candy and card store. Marvin came out with a big, red, heart-shaped box. He said, a happy Valentine's Day to you, Milton. Milton opened the box. Inside were many delicious chocolate candies. Milton said, a happy Valentine's Day to you, too, Marvin. Pretty soon, the big, red, heart-shaped box was almost empty. Perhaps you'd like to make one zillion Valentine's for your special friends and family, too. Happy Valentine's Day to you. Goodbye.


Hey y'all, welcome to What Chelsea Eats. Thank you so much for joining me in this video. I'm going to share with you how I make this wild berry green smoothie. This smoothie has ingredients that you don't typically see. That's why I wanted to share it with you. But if you want to see how I make it, stay tuned. Also if you haven't downloaded the free foods to avoid list, go down in the description box and get that ebook so you know which foods to avoid to help you shrink vibrates naturally. Let's get into the recipe. We've got wild blueberries, bananas, fennel, dates, chia seeds, water, and arugula. This smoothie is so potent y'all. Like as soon as I started drinking it, I could feel the healing properties go to work immediately. But let me go ahead and get this blended and I will put the exact ingredients down in the description box below this video. So we're going to add the arugula salad greens to the blender. Arugula is a cruciferous vegetable which means that it helps you metabolize the bad estrogen that might be in your system and in your cells. So that's why it's so healing. Next we're going to add the wild blueberries. I prefer to use the wild blueberries because they're more potent. They are detoxifiers and specifically heavy metal detoxifiers. And heavy metal is one of big culprit to reproductive health problems. So add those blueberries if you can find wild blueberries. Great if not use regular blueberries. We are going to add some medjool dates, two of them. You can use one or you can leave them out for some extra sweetness for this smoothie. The arugula is quite bitter so the dates help take that bitterness off. And then we're going to use some fennel because fennel is fantastic. It helps with your skin. It helps with your heart. It's an anti-inflammatory. It curves your appetite if you need that. It's helpful for anemia symptoms and if you are a breastfeeding mother it helps with milk production. Just fantastic herb. We're going to use some bananas. I love bananas. This is two bananas here. I keep bananas frozen in my refrigerator or in my freezer I should say. Just four smoothies. Next we're going to add our chia seeds. Great for our omega-3 fatty acids. Also improves the heart health reduces cholesterol and it helps the intestines. It's good for the gut. That is the main reason that I'm putting it in here. We need our guts to be firing on all cylinders and then we're going to add some water. And once we've added the water we're going to blend, blend, blend. So once we've blended we're going to serve it. This made about six cups of smoothie. I drank this smoothie right away. It was delicious. It was very nourishing. I felt like I was full for pretty much a good portion of the day without feeling hungry. If you drink smoothies like this on a regular basis your body cannot help but to heal. You got to take all the other junk out so don't forget to get the foods to avoid list. But if you drink this your body cannot help but heal. Thank you so much for watching. If no one told you that they love you today Chelsea in North Carolina loves you very much and I'll talk to you all soon. Take care.


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Hello, and welcome to the session in which we will solve this CPA exam simulation that deals with debt investments In this simulation, we have a portfolio of debt investments for Adam company and under debt investments We could have three categories health to maturities bonds Trading securities bonds and available for sale bonds. We have three categories We are giving the fair value of Of year x1 the fair value of year x2 amortized cost for x1 and amortized cost for x2 For this simulation, I can ask you 10 to different 15 multiple choice questions Easily or I can give you a simulation and ask you to answer a few questions about the data giving and this in this simulation That's what I will do I'm gonna make it a simulation and I'm gonna ask you three specific questions and those are What balance sheet amount with Adam report for the total investments for the bonds for year x1? What would the balance sheet and Adams accumulated other comprehensive income would be in year x2? And I'm gonna ask you the third question. What total unrealized holding gain with Adam report and x2 income statement notice those questions are considered basically a Simulations for example on the simulation I would ask you to input the number the answer in a box also I can ask you the same questions and give you four multiple choice Simply put any simulation can be turned into a multiple choice or a multiple choice can be turned into a simulation What should you do now? See if you can answer those three questions before I go ahead and start Solving this simulation before we proceed any further. I have a public announcement about my company far hat Lectures comm For hat accounting lectures is a supplemental educational tool That's gonna help you with your CPA exam preparation as well as your accounting courses My CPA material is aligned with your CPA review course such as Becker Roger Wiley Gleam miles my accounting courses are aligned with your accounting courses broken down by chapter and topics My resources consist of lectures multiple choice questions through false questions as well as exercises Go ahead start your free trial today. Let's go ahead and start to answer the first question What balance sheet amount with Adam report for its investment in 20? X and at the end of the 20x1 which is December 31st 20x1 So what we need what do we need to know here? We need to know What is the how are the investments reported on the balance sheet? Well, we have three categories of investments again help to maturities Trading and available for sale. What do we need to know about those three? Well, we need to know that for available for sale and for trading securities We need to report the securities at fair market value now. We have to be very careful. We're looking at x1 so the fair value of x1 is Those figures bond 1 bond 2 bond 3 and available for sale bond we report them at fair value How about help to maturities for help to maturities? We report the value at amortized cost So simply put we don't use fair value for the help to maturities We report them at amortized cost and specifically year one or x1 amortized cost What does that mean? It means what's reported on the balance sheet is the fair value of trading securities and fair value of available for sale Plus the amortized cost of help to maturities all in all if we add up these figures 62,000 plus 64 plus 61 plus 160 plus 386 the investment as of December 31st our investment account should show 733,000 assuming my math is right as of 1231 year x1 So you have to be very careful what common what common mistakes a Student can make well rather than x1 you will do for x2, which is incorrect. They're asking for x1 That's the first common mistake Rather than for example rather than using the fair value for the trading some students might use the cost Or they might use the fair value for help to maturity So you have to be careful that that help to maturities are reported at amortized cost Trading securities and available for sale are reported at fair value. So let's answer the second question What would be in the balance of Adams? Accumulated other comprehensive income with respect to these investments as of x2 balance sheet date so we're looking at a OCI accumulated other comprehensive income which account or which securities Affect a OCI with help to maturities and the answer is no help to maturities are reported at amortized cost Therefore, they don't affect a OCI other comprehensive income or comprehensive income How about trading securities trading securities are reported at fair value, but fair value is the corresponding Account is an income statement. So we adjust the income statement. Therefore, they don't affect Comprehensive income or other comprehensive income. How about available for sale and the answer is yes Available for sale securities are reported at fair value But the fair value go to comprehensive income goes to the balance sheet The adjustment is through the balance sheet and from the balance sheet that end up in comprehensive income So we have one bond and with the amortized cost of 15158 the prior year and now the value of that Security is 172,500. How much we should have well if you really think about it the accumulated adjustment So the adjustment that we need to prepare from year x1 to year x2 is how much? Well, if we look at the difference in value, we went we went from 158 to 172 500. We notice That there's an increase in value an increase in value of 14,500 well what entry do we make well the entry that we make the cumulative entry is we have to Make a fair value adjustment. So we're gonna have an account called fair value and in that account. We should have 14,500 debit and the fair value for the fair value the corresponding credit is an account called unrealized gain unrealized gain and Specifically, it's an equity account. It's an unrealized gain or loss, but it's unrealized gain So if the fair value is 14,500 okay, if the fair value should be that much, but how we came up with that fair value I'm you know in other words the fair value should be that much, but you have to understand between year one and year two You know that's the total Okay, so the unrealized gain should be in total also 14,500 so what happened to the unrealized gain equity this account here is closed to to Accumulated other comprehensive income therefore the balance and accumulated other comprehensive income would be 14,500 14,500 now to get there we might have to make two adjustments, which is we're not gonna discuss this because again We can ask so many questions about this entry. Okay, for example, I could have asked you what is a OCI for year one AOC I for year one Was only 2,000 so the adjustment was 2,000 so the adjustment between year one and year two is 12,500 plus the previous 2,000 will give us 14,500 so you have to understand the adjustment for year two would have been 12,500 but that's not what we are asking we are being asked. What's the balance? What's the balance means the ending figure the ending figure is 14,500 Let's take a look at the third question What total unrealized holding gain with Adam report an x2 income statement relative to its investment in bonds now They're asking us. What should be report in income from these investments? Well, let's start from the beginning Health to maturities Well, those are reported at amortized cost and none of it goes on the income statement Fair value securities well fair value secure trading securities trading securities are reported at fair value and fair value goes to the income statement Yes, I would have to say that fair value Because it goes the change goes through the income statement. It has to be reported on the income statement What a beta? What about available for sale? I just told you it's fair value goes to comprehensive income Which is a balance sheet, which is we don't have to worry about this. Oh, what does that mean? It means all in all all what we have to do is figure out how much was how much was the trading securities effect on the income statement Well for year x2, we have to look at our fair value on x1 Compare the fair value of x1 to the fair value of x2 That's the increase and that increase will or decrease will goes under the income statement. Well, let's see For the first security it went up by 12,000 the first bond the second security if we'll get 64 versus 95 it went up by 31,000 Okay, 31,000 and the third security it went up by 4500 let's add them up and when we add up all the change for bond one bond two and bond three We notice that 47 500 will have to be adjusted to the income statement thus reporting this change on the income statement So what did you have to know here? We had to know that we have three types of securities health or maturities trading securities available for sale one two We have to know where do we report the changes in the value of these securities health or maturities? We don't report it anywhere. It's reported at amortized cost Whatever it's here one or year two. We don't report that fair value Trading securities are reported at fair value, but that change in fair value goes to the income statement available for sale They are also reported at fair value, but they go to comprehensive income first to unrealized gain then to comprehensive income Which is a balance sheet account now also what we did not cover is the journal entries that lead to the 14,500 the change from year to year again I don't want to confuse you more than then I'm so then I should in the simulation But the point is you need to know how to compute those adjusting entries And this is what Farhat lectures will that will do for you. That's what that's why we need to know What you need to do not know what you need to do is go and work MCQs look at additional Simulations exercises on Farhat lectures comm including true false. That's gonna help you understand this concept Once again invest in yourself whether you are a CPA exam candidate or an accounting student. 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