Good evening, aspirants. Welcome to the Hindu news analysis session by Shankara AIS Academy, dated 7th July 2021. The list of news articles for today's discussion is given for your reference along with the page numbers in various editions of the newspaper. With this, now let us move on to the article's discussion. Now, let us take up this news article. Bengal passes a resolution to setup council. See, this news article mentions that the West Bengal Assembly has passed a resolution to setup a legislative council in its state. So, in this context, let us learn certain information about the legislative council from exam perspective. See, the legislative council is also known as the Vidhan Parishad. This legislative council is the upper house of the state assembly, like how the Rajasabha is the upper house of the parliament. And know that the legislative council is presided by the chairman and deputy chairman elected by its members. But there is no uniformity in the organization of state legislatures. So, some are unicameral, meaning that they have only the legislative assembly. Whereas some states are bicameral, meaning that they have both the legislative assembly as well as the legislative council. Therefore, in the states that have a bicameral system, the state legislature consists of governor, legislative council and legislative assembly. This non-uniformity exists because some states believe that existence of legislative council delay the legislative process and it is seen as an expensive institution. Also, the non-uniformity means that a legislative council can be created as well as abolished. See, it can be created where it doesn't exist and it can be abolished where it already exists. Based on this only, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is trying to create legislative council. But remember, West Bengal already had a legislative council and it was abolished in the year 1969. But what is the procedure for establishing legislative council? See, basically the constitution provides for the abolition or creation of legislative councils in states under article 169. As you can see here, parliament has the power to abolish or create a legislative council by enacting a law. But this will happen only if the legislative assembly of the concerned state passes a resolution to that effect. This is why West Bengal Assembly has passed a resolution. See, this resolution must be passed by the state assembly by a special majority. Special majority means a majority of total membership of the assembly and the majority of not less than two-third of the members of assembly present and voting. Here means that the parliament will pass a law to amend the constitution and as per the article 169, subsection 3, this act of the parliament is not to be deemed as a amendment to the constitution. That is, the law passed by the parliament for the creation or abolition of legislative council will not be recognized as an amendment of the constitution under article 368. Rather, it is passed like an ordinary piece of legislation with simple majority. Remember, it is the only such instance where the procedure to amend the constitution is initiated in the state legislature. As we saw, it is initiated by passing a resolution in state assembly but it is up to the parliament to either approve or disapprove such a resolution or to not take any actions on it. Now, let us see some of the features of legislative council. Legislative council is a continuing chamber or is a permanent body which is not subjected to dissolution like the legislative assembly. Also, this legislative council checks the defective, careless and ill-considered legislations made by the assembly. This is done by making provisions for revision and thought. Also, facilitates representation of eminent professionals and experts who cannot face direct elections. See, the governor nominates one-sixth member of the council to provide representation to such people. In this regard, now let us see its composition. See, as per the article 171, subsection 1, the maximum strength of the council is fixed at one-third of the total strength of assembly and with a minimum strength fixed at 40. So, the size of the council depends on the size of the assembly of a concerned state. But remember, even though constitution has fixed a maximum and a minimum limit, the actual strength of a council is fixed by the parliament. Next, the members of the legislative council are indirectly elected. The members are elected in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. Also, note that the tenure of members of legislative council is different to that of the MLAs because a member of legislative council continues for a period of six years, whereas the term of MLAs are five years only. Also, note that one-third of legislative council's members, that is, MLCs, retire on expiration of every second year and the vacant seats are filled by fresh elections and nominations by the governor at the beginning of every third year. That is why we call it as a permanent assembly. Also, the retiring members are eligible for re-election and re-nomination any number of times. That is all about the legislative councils till now we saw about the features, the powers and the constitutional provisions related to the legislative council. With this, now let us move on to the next topic. Coming to the second news article discussion, fresh stirring on federalism as a new politics. Recently, we have seen the political tug of war between the centre and several states. Issues such as GST compensation, the recent farm bills and some states withdrawing cooperation to CBI have put pressures on India's federalism. There were also issues regarding the availability of COVID vaccines and opposition to the proposed reforms in Lakshadip as well. The most evident fight was between the centre and the West Bengal government which we are seeing in news recently. In this context, let us discuss the editorial which speaks about creating a principled politics of federalism. The syllabus covered under this topic discussion is given for your reference. See, the constitution of India is federal in form, but is allegedly more unitary in character. See, strengthening the federal system is necessary for meeting the aspirations of people who are governed through state governments. Therefore, centre state relations, that is the arrangement between the union government as well as the state government in regard to their power, function and responsibilities have always been a crucial issue. Also, the history of federal relationship between the states and the centre is full of indifferences at its best and tension and conflict at its worst. It is needless to say that the opposing political ideologies provide grounds for the ruling regime at the centre and the government at the states to fight from time to time. As the history of conflicting rather than cooperative federalism shows that both the centre and states have been intolerant to each other. In many cases, the centre was dismissive of the autonomous existence of states with different and radical ideologies. There are cases when the centre had been discriminatory in its attitude towards the state with oppositional political background. But many regional parties are emboldened by the victories in the recent state assembly elections. For example, the DMK that came to power in Tamil Nadu and the Tirunamal Congress that came to power in West Bengal. The DMK-led government in Tamil Nadu has stopped referring to the BJP-led government as centre and started referring to it as the union government. Does all these indicate a new political mobilization based on federalism? The answer is no at present. As we know, the regional parties had more say during the coalition government era at the centre. But the shift towards a single party that is BJP-led system, the rift over power sharing is clearer. Some of the policies of the centre such as the One Nation, One Nation Card and One Nation, One Grid is considered as part of increasing centralization. This editorial says that, in the name of nationalism and development, the centre has clearly avoided the concept of federalism. Even regionalism and regional parties are equated with anti-development and anti-nationalists. So, the need of the R is to overcome the nationalist rhetoric that pits federalism against nationalism and development. But this would be difficult as most regional parties have failed to uphold principles of decentralization in their own states. It is striking that strong chief ministers of states did very little amount to strengthen the institutions of federalism. For example, by making the council of chief ministers a more robust forum. As Pratapabhanu Mehta and Indian academicians says, we have a political culture of flexible federalism. That is, federalism for me but not for thee. It means the claimants of greater federalism often maintain silence on unilateral decisions taken by the central government that affect other states. The evidence is the bifurcation of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh which was done against the resolution of the state legislature. And even in present Kashmir bifurcation is another example. When a states' rights are undermined by the center through policies such as national capital territory of Delhi amendment act 2021, we hardly witnessed protests by parties that were not directly affected. So, the way forward is that politics of regional identity shall come out of its isolationist nature. For example, the richest states must find a way of sharing the burden with the poorer states and an interstate platform that brings state together in a routine dialogue could be the starting point for building a common agenda. With this, we have come to the end of this topic discussion. Now, let us move to the next topic. Moving to the third news article, cabinet reshuffle bus eight states get new governance. This article says that the union cabinet reshuffle is likely to be held later this week. It also says that a separate ministry of cooperation might be created with the aim of providing prosperity through cooperatives. Also, it would act as a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the country. The said ministry would work to streamline ease of doing business for cooperatives and enable development of multistate cooperative societies. In this context, let us discuss in brief about the cabinet system in India. As we know, the article 74 of the constitution deals with council of ministers to aid and advise president. Know that there is a council of ministers headed by the prime minister to aid and advise the president in exercise of this or a function. The prime minister is appointed by the president who also appoints other ministers on the advice of the prime minister. See, the council is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha where the duty of the prime minister is to communicate to the president all the decisions of the council of ministers. The decisions of council of ministers relates to the administration of affairs of the union and proposals for legislation and information relating to them. Also, know that the council of ministers comprises ministers who are members of cabinet, ministers of state with independent charge, ministers of state and deputy ministers. The word council of minister and cabinet are often used interchangeably, but they differ from each other in respect of composition, function and role. For example, the council of minister is a wider body consisting of 60 to 70 ministers, whereas the cabinet is a smaller body consisting of around 15 to 20 ministers. Next, the council of ministers include all three categories of ministers that is the cabinet ministers, minister of state and deputy ministers, but the cabinet includes only ministers who hold important portfolios and are a part of the council of ministers. Know that the council of ministers does not meet as a body to transact government businesses, thus council of ministers has no collective functions, but the cabinet meets as a body frequently to deliberate and take decisions regarding the transaction of government business, thus it has a collective function. Finally, know that the term council of ministers is explicitly mentioned in the article 74 and 75 of the constitution, but the term cabinet was inserted in the article 352 of the constitution only in the year 1978 following the 44th constitutional amendment act. Thus, it can be said that the term cabinet did not find a place in the original text of the constitution. Now, article 352 defines the cabinet as the council consisting of prime ministers and other ministers of cabinet rank appointed under 75. That is all about the cabinet system. Now, let us move on to the next topic. Now, let us take up this news article. Vacancies send a wrong signal. See, this open editorial article focuses on how vacancies in top post of government are affecting the governance. These vacancies arise due to delays in promotion and appointments. And to explain it, author takes the example of National Human Rights Commission and the Election Commission of India. See, the National Human Rights Commission is headed by a chairman and this post was kept vacant for a period of six months ranging from January 2021 to June 2021. Whereas with respect to the Election Commission of India, we know that chief election commissioner is its head. The last chief election commissioner was Sunil Arora who retired in the month of April 2021 in the middle of state elections in five states. Following him, one of the election commissioners of ECI was made the chief election commissioner by the union government. This was due to his seniority in the election commission. But based on this appointment, a private body has filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court. Here the private body demands a committee to be constituted for appointments of election commissioners. So, in this context, let us know about the National Human Rights Commission and Election Commission of India from Prillin's perspective. See, the National Human Rights Commission was established in the year 1993 under the protection of human rights act 1993. So, the NHRC is a statutory body. See, it was established for the protection and promotion of human rights. The functions of commission are stated in the section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993. So, apart from inquiry into complaints of violation of human rights or negligence in the prevention of such violation by the public servant, the commission also studies treaties and international instruments on human rights. In addition to it, it also makes recommendations for effective implementation of such treaties and international instruments on human rights to the government. Most importantly, the act was amended in the year 2019. See, this amended the composition of NHRC. Accordingly, the commission consists of a chairman and members where major change has been made in the appointment of chairperson. Because now, the former Chief Justice of India as well as the former judge of the Supreme Court are eligible to be appointed as chairperson. Whereas previously, that is before the amendment, the Chief Justice of India is alone qualified to be appointed as chairperson. In addition to the chairperson, there are also members of National Human Rights Commission where one member is to be a current or former judge of the Supreme Court and one member is to be a current or former Chief Justice of High Court. Alongside this, three other members are to be appointed from amongst people having knowledge or practical experience in the matters relating to human rights. Of these three members, at least one member should be a woman. In addition to it, the chairpersons of various other commissions are also deemed to be the members of National Human Rights Commission. The list of commissions whose chairperson are eligible to be the members of NHRCs are given for your reference as parents can have a glance of it. Know that the chairperson and members are appointed by the president but only obtaining recommendations from a particular committee. This committee consists of prime minister as a chairperson and members such as the Speaker of Lok Sabha, Minister of Home Affairs, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha. Further, the amendment also reduced the term of office of chairperson and members to three years. Previously, that is before the amendment, the term was five years. Also, the amendment has made the chairperson eligible for reappointment. But remember that after ceasing to hold office as a chairperson or members of NHRC, they are eligible for further employment under the government of India or under the government of any state. Next comes the election commission of India. See, the ECI is a permanent constitutional body. It is an independent autonomous authority responsible for administering union and state election process in India. So, it administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, state legislative assembly and elections to the office of president and vice president. Further, the superintendent's direction and control of the entire process for conduct of election vest with the election commission of India. So, as a part of this power, it prepares, maintains and periodically updates the electoral rules which shows who is entitled to vote. In addition to it, ECI supervises the nomination of candidates, registering of political parties, monitoring the election campaign, including the funding by candidates and many more. See, it also facilitates the coverage of election process by the media and also organizes the polling booths where voting takes place. All this is done to ensure that elections can take place in an orderly and fair manner. Now, as per the constitution, election commission of India consists of chief election commissioner and two election commissioners. They are appointed by the president and they have a tenure of six years or up to the age of 65, whichever is earlier. They enjoy the same status and receive salary and perks as available to the judges of the Supreme Court of India. And note that the chief election commissioner can be removed from office only through the impeachment by the parliament. See, as per the article 324, subsection 5 of the constitution, chief election commissioner shall be removed from office in manner and grounds similar to the removal of judges of the Supreme Court. But we know that as per the article 124, subsection 4, a judge of the Supreme Court is impeached. In other words, he or she shall be removed from her office by an order of the president. Here, the president can issue the removal order only after an address by the parliament has been presented to the president in the same session for such removal. The address must be supported by the special majority of each house of the parliament. The special majority means that the majority of total membership of that house and a majority of not less than two-third of the members of that house present an voting. So, with this, we have come to the end of this topic discussion. Now, let us move to the next topic. Moving to the next news article, Tely Law Services Empowering Voiceless. This news article reports about a statement made by the law minister on the role played by the Tely Law scheme in giving the voice of justice to the voiceless. He stated that the facility has been a source of gender justice and empowerment. And he also remarked that the Tely Law service has got the potential to strengthen inclusive justice delivery and also to strengthen the rule of law. So, in this light, let us see about the Tely Law scheme. See, the Tely Law refers to the use of communication and information technology for the delivery of legal information and advice. Based on this, the Tely Law program was launched in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Law and Justice in collaboration with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Know that the concept of Tely Law is to facilitate the delivery of legal advice through a panel of lawyers who are stationed at the State Legal Services Authority and Common Services Center. This project is initiated to connect the citizens with these lawyers through video conferencing facilities by the paralegal volunteers who are stationed at the identified Common Services Center. Especially, the main objective of this scheme is to reach out to the needy, especially the people belonging to the marginalized and disadvantaged sections. Note that at present, the service is operational in 633 districts. Under this program, the smart technology of video conferencing, telephone, or instant calling facilities are made available in the Common Services Center at the Panchayat level. Using these facilities, people belonging to the downtrodden, vulnerable, unreached groups and communities can contact the panel lawyers for seeking timely and valuable legal advice. Remember, these Common Services Centers are shops that deliver various government services online like public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial education, and agriculture services to the citizens in rural and remote areas of the country. In addition, under the Legal Services Act 1987, the legal advice is made available to everyone and the advice is given free of cost to those who are eligible for free legal aid under the Section 12 of Legal Services Act. It includes persons like women, children, victims of trafficking, under trials, and many more. And apart from them, for all others, a nominal fee of Rs. 30 is charged for each consultation and the details of the persons and their cases are kept confidential. These are some of the takeaway points from this article. Now, let us move on to the next news discussion. Now, look at this news article. Oil source to multiple-year highs after OPEC stocks collapsed. See, this news article reports about the surge in oil prices. Also, the news is that the oil prices have reached a multi-year high since the OPEC Plus producers have clashed over the plans to raise supply in order to meet rising global demand. So, in this light, let us see some important points about the OPEC and OPEC Plus. First, let us see about the organization of petroleum exporting countries, that is OPEC, which is a permanent and an intergovernmental organization. See, this organization was founded in Baghdad in Iraq with the signing of an agreement in the year September 1960. And the agreement was signed by five countries, namely the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. And know that they were to become the founding members of the organization. Following these five countries, several countries joined OPEC in later days and many of them withdrew their membership from it as well. For instance, consider Ecuador. This country suspended its membership in the year 1992 and it rejoined the OPEC once again in the year 2007. But again, Ecuador decided to withdraw its membership of OPEC in January 2020. The mission of this organization is to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its member countries. Also, it is to ensure the stabilization of oil markets. See, the OPEC secretariat that is located in Vienna is the executive organ of the OPEC. Also, this OPEC secretariat functions as the headquarters of the organization in accordance with the provision of OPEC statute. Now, coming on to the OPEC Plus. Note that the non-OPEC countries which export crude oil are termed as OPEC Plus countries. And it includes countries like Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Russia, South Sudan and Sudan. Remember, the OPEC block is nominally led by Saudi Arabia, which is the group's largest oil producer. But Russia is the biggest player among the non-OPEC countries. Note that OPEC accounts for around one-third of the world's oil supply. Whereas, with the inclusion of non-OPEC countries, the total share of global oil covered by it is nearly half of the world's oil supply. With these facts in mind, now let us move on to the next news article. Next, our news discussion will be based on this news article, SAT to hear PNBHF Carlisle deal next week. See, this news article talks about an appeal filed by the firm PNB housing before the security appellate tribunal against a letter issued by SEBI last month, according to which it requested the firm to not go ahead with its proposal until due diligence was done. So, in this slide, let us see some important facts about the securities appellate tribunal. The securities appellate tribunal is a statutory body that was established under the provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India at 1992. The main function of the tribunal is to hear and dispose the appeals against the orders passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India. In addition, it also hears and disposes of appeals against the orders passed by pension, fund, regulatory and development authorities under PFRDA Act 2013. This is in addition to the orders passed by the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India under the Insurance Act 1938. Note, the securities appellate tribunal has only one bench which sits at Mumbai. On talking about its composition, it consists of a presiding officer and two other members. This presiding officer will be appointed by the central government in consultation with the CJI or his nominee. Coming to the qualification, he or she should be a sitting or a retired judge of the Supreme Court or a sitting or a retired Chief Justice of High Court. In addition, the eligibility also includes sitting or a retired judge of High Court with not less than 7 years of service as a High Court Judge. Note that the tenure of the members is 5 years and they are also eligible for reappointment. But however, the maximum age for the presiding officer is 68 whereas in case of the members it is 62. And as the image displayed, the tribunal is vested with the same power as that of the civil court under the Code of Civil Procedures 1908. See, this code deals with the suit relating to the following matters that are mentioned in the side which the aspirants can have a glance of it. Importantly, in case a person who is not satisfied with the decision or orders of the tribunal, they can file their second appeal directly to the Supreme Court within 60 days from receiving the order. With this, we have come to the end of the article's discussion. Now, let us move to the Prillim's practice question session. Moving to the Prillim's practice question session, consider the following states. One, West Bengal, two, Andhra Pradesh, three, Meghalaya, four, Tamil Nadu, five, Karnataka, which of the above states have constituted legislative council in their state legislatures. The options given are option A, one, four and five only, option B, two, three and four only, option C, two and five only, option D, one, two, three, four and five. Pay close attention to the question. It asks which states have constituted legislative council and not to which states constitution provides for the existence of legislative council, because answer to both these questions is different. See, there are certain states to which legislative councils have been provided by the constitution under article 168, section 1, subsection A. As you can see here, many amendments were made to this clause to include or remove the names of states, in other words, the creation or abolition of legislative councils. So, as of now, these states where the constitution has provided for the establishment of legislative councils or Andhra Pradesh, Pihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh, but not all of them have constituted legislative council. This includes Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and none of the north eastern states have legislative council. So, if you remove Tamil Nadu, the left over options will be option B and C. Here, none of the north eastern states have legislative council. So, by removing the statement 3, we can arrive at the answer, which is the option C, 2 and 5 only. So, the states which have constituted legislative councils are Andhra Pradesh, Pihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. So, the correct answer is option C, 2 and 5 only. Moving to the second question, which of the following amendments to the constitution of India added the term union cabinet under article 352? The options given are option A, 44th amendment act, option B, 9th amendment act, option C, 36th amendment act, option D, 61st amendment act. See, this is direct factual based question. As we have discussed earlier, the answer for this question is option A, 44th constitutional amendment act, whereas the 9th amendment act gave effect to the transfer of certain territories to Pakistan. While, if you consider the 36th amendment act, it deals with the state of Sikkim, which was given statehood under the constitutional amendment act, while the 61st amendment act deals with lowering the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the legislative assembly of states. So, the answer for this question is option A, 44th amendment act. Question number three, which is or are common to the two bodies known as National Human Rights Commission and Election Commission of India? Statement one, both are constitutional bodies. Statement two, both the chairperson of NHRC and the chief election commissioner are appointed by the president of India. Statement three, the tenure of both the chairperson of NHRC and chief election commissioner is five years. Select the correct answer using the code given below. The options given are option A, one only, option B, one and two only, option C, two only, option D, one, two and three. See, consider their first statement. It says NHRC and ECI are constitutional bodies. This is incorrect. See, we saw that NHRC is a statutory body under the protection of human rights act 1993. You can arrive at the answer. The answer for this question is option C, two only. Also, we saw that the recent amendments to the protection of human rights act has changed the tenure of the national of the chairperson of NHRC to three years. So, this third statement is incorrect. Whereas, the second statement which says that the chairperson of NHRC and the CEC are appointed by the president of India is correct. So, the answer is option C, two only. Moving to the fourth question, consider the following statements about the daily law scheme. Statement one, it facilitates the delivery of legal advice through a panel of lawyers. Statement two, the legal advice under the scheme is available only to those eligible under section 12 of Legal Services Act 1987. Statement three, under the scheme legal advice is given free of cost for everyone. Select the correct answer using the code given below. Options given are option A, one only, option B, one and two only, option C, two only, option D, one, two and three. As we saw earlier, tele-law refers to the use of communication and information technology for the delivery of legal information and advice. See, the concept of tele-law is to facilitate the delivery of legal advice through a panel of lawyers who are stationed at the state legal service authority and the common services center. So, the first statement is correct. If you see the second and third statement, they are interchanged, that is, the legal advice is made to everyone, whereas the advice is given free of cost to those eligible, those who are eligible for free legal advice under section 12 of Legal Services Act 1987. Since the question asks for correct statement, the right answer is option A, one only. Question number five, consider the following countries. One, Angola, two, Equatorial Guinea, three, Republic of Congo, four, Algeria, five, Venezuela, which of the above mentioned countries or members of organization of petroleum exporting The options given are option A, one, two and four only, option B, one, three and four only, option C, two and five only, option D, one, two, three, four and five. See, the current members of OPEC are Algeria, Angola, UAE, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Republic of Congo, Libya, Nigeria, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. So, since this is a direct fact based question, you have to be aware of the countries that comes under various organizations, agencies. The answer for this question is option D, one, two, three, four and five, which is all the countries listed here comes under the OPEC. Coming to the last question, the security appellate tribunal does not hear and dispose the appeals against orders passed by which among the following authorities, option A, Security and Exchange Board of India, option B, Insurance Regulatory Development Authority, option C, Derogated Authorities of the Companies Act, option D, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority. As we have discussed earlier, the securities appellate tribunal hears and disposes the appeals against orders passed by SEBI, that is, Security and Exchange Board of India, PFRDA, that is, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority and the IRDA, which is the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India. Therefore, the right answer for this question is option C, Delegated Authorities of the Companies Act, which the SAT does not hear and dispose the appeals against orders the passed by delegated authorities of the Companies Act. So with this, we have come to the end of the prelims practice question discussion. These are few main questions that are given for your practice and you may write and post them in the comment section for peer review. That's it for today's discussion. If you liked the video, kindly press the like button, comment, share and subscribe to Shankaray's Academy for further updates. Thank you.


And welcome to Don't Just Age, Engage. Think That Kawaii's program about aging with creativity and exciting program. And it gives me great pleasure to us. Have you come join me today as we explore what it is to have an extraordinary elderhood. You probably don't know what's available within Honolulu, especially I'm talking about today. The kind of resources that are available and the extensive resources available to really make your elderhood extraordinary. And I'd like to take you quickly to the elderlyaffairs.com website, Michael. This is the elderlyaffairs.com website. Now, you don't see much here except that I can tell you that this is an extensive website that will give you and put together the city and county of Honolulu that will bring us together all the available resources that you could possibly need and want to explore. I was looking at the housing one the other day and there was a great video describing two different kinds of housing available to those of us who are in our elderhood. Tremendous information orientation and then access to the specific resources that are there and available to us. Now, like I said, I bet you don't have a clue of all of that and what all is available.  And now it's your fingertips with the wonderful technology that we have. And so I'm welcoming to thinkDekawaiis don't just age and gauge. A man who I just recently came in contact with as I affiliated with the Epiphany Episcopal Church. I am a Presbyterian minister, but I am and I'm doing my coaching with elders into their elderhood, but I'm recently affiliated with this wonderful congregation, Kaimuki. And one of the members is Lot Lao. And I'd like to introduce you to Lot Lao and ask him to contextualize for us this elderly affairs division of the city and county Honolulu. Lot, welcome. And thank you. Thank you very much, Larry. Thank you so much for joining with us. So Lot, I'm just really curious. Tell me where you were born and raised and what aspects of your early life really kind of got you involved and influenced you in wanting to be connected with elder resources and elder needs? Okay, thanks. I was born and raised on Maui. So I'm a Maui boy from way back pre-World War II.  On Maui, I didn't grow up with any influence on my Chinese side because my father's family was here in Honolulu and he'd moved to Maui to do teaching. That's where he spent most of his days as an educator. So I grew up in the Japanese culture. And I want to point out as far as influences that I learned from my parents both and my grandparents, my aunties and uncles because I was the eldest grandchild, they took turns taking care of me. I respect for authority, respect for authority, obedience toward authority. I listened and obeyed to authority and it carried over into what I read in scientific ways or medical ways and what I heard from my teachers and especially my principals because I found a way to visit my principal in those days quite often. And I learned about authority at his or her desk. I never considered that I would be defined or disobedient but I could have been more skeptical. So that's how I answer the question. And I emphasize authority because it has to do with other things that I will say later on. Well, so when did you first become so interested in the general elder population of the islands? Okay, I am trained and have a master's in hospital administration. My early days in hospital administration, I was a planner and I was a manager. I didn't have patient contact and that didn't happen until I changed jobs and I started to work with what you already know a little bit about the elderly affairs division for the city and county of Honolulu. It is the area agency on aging for the city and county of Honolulu. There are agencies like that throughout our land and I'm sure that's an aspect that the audience is not familiar with but we are everywhere or in that sense. The principal purpose of an area agency on aging is to administer the provisions of the Older Americans Act. It was passed in 1965 in tandem with Medicare but it's like a sister or cousin that is not well known because most of the money is in Medicare. Most of the attention is paid to Medicare and its provisions. But I understand though that money came from the federal coffers to both state and local entities. Yes, to support the provisions of the Older Americans Act. Let me take a little bit more time with the Older Americans Act. Okay, sure. Frail elders services are designed to support frail elders. Those who are 60 and over. You know, back in the old days in the mid sixties people were frailer sooner. We've been blessed by longevity since then that I'm gonna have to say a little bit more about but the act of law covered those who are 60 and over and they covered services for persons who were in need of support with activities of daily living. Activities of daily living. And I'm gonna say more about that. And how I try to remember activities of daily living is with A, B, C, D and E, which we all know. I think we all know. And this is how I use it. A stands for ambulation. And that not only means how you walk about but also how you transfer. I have a difficulty getting into bed and you need assistance out of bed and you need assistance in the toilet and in bathroom, need assistance that has to do with ambulation, being ambulatory and that's the A. B stands for bathing. Now that's a term that does refer to a specific service. If elders are in need of bathing per se, people are available to be engaged to help them with that, male and female. But it also refers to personal hygiene for me. It covers aspects of grooming, cleanliness, your aspects like that. Continence is what C stands for for me. So you actually think about that as a keyword but it does refer to incontinence, does it? Right. You need help with those activities. D stands for dressing. And dressing can mean being able to dress yourself. If you need assistance with getting into your clothes, if it's evident that you need assistance with choosing what you wear. If you're inappropriate, inappropriately clothed, then that is a sign that you might need assistance. Dressing. And the final E stands for eating. So obviously you can picture someone who has to be fed. But also it does cover those aspects that have to do with preparation of meals, have to do with the difficulty of cooking. For example, if someone is in firm and doesn't remember to turn off the stove, that's a sign. It's not the only thing that might qualify for help with food like meals on wheels, but that's one of the aspects. So, ambulation, bathing, continence, dressing and eating. Yes? Yeah, one more point. These services have costs but under the Older Americans Act, they're not cost to the client. They're not. Under the Older Americans Act. Wonderful. They could be if you seek help from outside the system, the aging network system, and there are lots of private for free for service agencies in this town organizations that provide that, but at your cost or at your cost plus what you might be able to have covered under long-term care insurance. Lot, that is so helpful. As a chaplain with Bristol Hospice, Hawaii, I worked with the interdisciplinary team that every patient had. And we talked often about the ADLs, the activities of daily living. And I never heard such a comprehensive and easily accessible description of those activities of daily living. So those first five, the five letters of the alphabet are great mnemonic tool to remember. And if I may say to those of you who are caregivers for mothers or fathers or uncles and aunts, if you notice anything in these five areas, it's good to take note of that and be considerate about that. And to recognize that your loved one may be moving towards needing assistance. And some of the assistance that as Lot has described is available on the elderlyaffairs.com website. So please take, be aware of that. And it also becomes a criteria for assisted living facilities, whether or not a loved one would benefit from an assisted living facility. So that is fantastic a lot. That just really capsilizes the whole process so well. How has your work history? You said you were trained in hospital administration. And if I may give an aside, I spent 25 years in, 26 years in Lakewood, Colorado. And in our discussion together, Lot and I have found that we were in the, within reach of each other and we're in reach of the same hospital there in Lakewood, Colorado, the Lutheran Medical Center. Let me say one more thing before I leave the Older Americans Act perspective. I want to call attention of the audience to the senior helpline. It's 768-7700. And if you remember nothing else about, what we've been talking about, you can think of that number as the portal, as the doorway to all of the services that the Older Americans Act covers, 768-7700. Easily remembered. Thank you very much for that. That's the portal, the entry to everything that you need. That's great. That's fantastic. Under the Older Americans Act, 1965. Now, is money still coming from that act? Well, yes. It has to be every so often, I'm long retired from them. But so I don't know the frequency of anymore, but it has to be reauthorized by Congress. Because Congress needs an opportunity to balance the budget needs of the Older Americans Act and its services against the other needs of the country. And yes, sometimes it's been favored and yes, sometimes it has not been. Yeah, sure. So Lon, how has your work history, which we've touched on here just briefly, influenced your thoughts about elders and their lives? Thank you, Larry, for that question. The first thing I talk about would be lack of awareness. You see, when we go along with our lives, we handle one challenge after another for your family people. We are dealing with young children and older children and so forth and so forth. So it's very easy to understand how projecting forward to our older years, we may not prepare ourselves with an awareness of what might be available to help us as we age. So I find that lack of awareness among the majority of folks who are reaching the age that the Older Americans Act is talking about. So they make mistakes. So they often when they are asked about needing help in something or other, one of the activities of daily living, we encounter denials. Oh, I don't need that help. They think it might cost money, you see, and they don't know that it is authorized by the federal government. So that's one lack of awareness. There is insurance. And sure, you know there is long-term care insurance to cover many of the services that we are talking about. And of course, there's not an awareness of that. I mentioned denial of mortality. So denial occurs in the elder as well as the children of the elder. Absolutely. And I know from my work and observations that arguments occur among family members about what to do about grandma. And this may occur in long-term care. It may occur in hospital corridors or over the bed of grandma. And it may happen between siblings who have been very involved with grandma. They know what needs to be done. But there's a sibling who lives on the mainland. It's not been involved. Prompted by some awareness of what's available. And they want everything to be done for grandma. Yes, Lot, that's so true. And you've described, you've described a situation that occurs so often in hospice care.  Hearing is the last sense to leave. So it can put your loved one in a terrible predicament as far as her emotional experience or his emotional experience in the dying process of siblings are arguing over how to best take care. I'm sorry, that just triggered my remembrance, Lot. What else did you want to say about this? Well, so it follows. It follows from what we've just been talking about in our experience, that families need to get over denials and need to talk about this aging process and what could happen long, preferably long before there's any sign of aging, of infirmity. Or of dementia. Long before, everybody's hailing, hearty and focused. And I know that's difficult in the pressures of daily living, but that's my observation and that's been my advice to people. That is excellent, Lot. And the fact is that you and I are in the same elderhood stage, although I think you're younger than I am, you sure look way younger than I. We won't go into that. We can settle that on a bet later. Let me have one more comment about long-term care insurance. This is one of those insurances that if you delay and you get older, for sure your premiums are going to be higher, regardless of whether or not you have pre-existing condition. And that might disqualify you, even pre-existing condition, depending upon what it is. But I know for sure, if you wait beyond, let's say, your mid-50s or your late-50s and you try to get into the market then, especially since there are more elders now who are surviving to those ages and needing assistance. And we were talking about limited budgets. There will be higher costs for those premiums. Well, if I may comment on that. Percy Ihara of generations encouraged me to consider long-term care insurance in my 70s and that it's not too late. So there are adjustments going on, I think all along as more people get into that age group. And so long-term care insurance is not outside of consideration. He said before 79 years old. So it can be worth it. And the reason that when you think about, the reason I'm thinking about that as a possibility is that we have sources in Medicaid which handle room and board. Medicare does not do room and board until the last week of life. But, and if you don't have access to your own personal treasury to support your aging, place you're going to age and in fact, the place where you eventually will die, then there is Medicaid resource. And then there is this long-term care insurance which can be purchased out of the low-rate premium really and can be a great asset. So it's worth looking into at least as part of the constellation of your support system as you go through this elderhood time. So how have your own personal activities influenced how you are aging? Let me start with a bias. Okay. Because Americans live maybe 20 years, maybe a quarter of a century longer than they used to in the beginning of the 20th century. And they're living long, not any longer but healthier because they benefited from all the information that has come forward. This is my bias. I believe much of those years, many of these years could be used in more community service, giving back. I believe people should try to accept and embrace aging. You know, you and I are smarter than the people who are much younger. You don't brag about it. Yes. So when you accept and embrace aging, they have a better opportunity to realize their value as elders with a value that we all need with our lives, right? So start with the bias and personalize it. I am trying to prepare for my passing while I have time and awareness. My motivation is not to compel any of my children to do what I should or could have done. So I try to anticipate it. I know better than they what needs to be done. So why shouldn't I do it? Well, I have the capability. Yes. So 20 years ago, I started talking with them about this. And 20 years ago, there was no sign of infirmity. Oh, yeah. So they were willing to listen to what I say. They weren't in denial for themselves or about me. Because when you start to talk to somebody who may be in their late 70s or early 80s about what your preferences might be, a person who's already has that in mind because they have seen changes in you will be in denial. Oh, grandma, don't talk about that. Oh, dad, we've got lots of time to talk about that. And if you're straight, it's the elder who wants to talk about it. So that's what I believe and that's what I'm acting upon. I know from my experience that elders are valuable people and I want folks to have the opportunity to realize that same thing. Yeah. So what do I do to try to encourage that? I keep that. You keep that. I exercise down at the Y. I walk up and down this rise. You're gonna be involved with music sometime soon when we start having ukulele and Hawaiian music at the church. I have been doing that in long-term care facilities until we were stopped by the pandemic. I play golf, I work in the yard. That's the kind of thing that I do. And I encourage folks to make religion and the growth of their spirituality a part of their lives too. I'm not gonna say much more about that, but churches do the same kinds of things because they're tuned into the needs of the elders also. Yeah, I would say the spiritual practice, whatever your spiritual practice may be, meditation, contemplation, active engagement in society for change and social justice, continuing to pursue that as best you can. And as you're inclined to, it's very important for inner life. Sometimes I have noticed people just get tired of trying to make it happen in the external world. And so they turn internally at this stage of life. Part of the spirituality of aging is a shift from the externals of our adulthood where we have contributed to society we've made families, we've made businesses, we've achieved and accomplished many great things. And then in elderhood, we start looking more profoundly than before internally as we move through that final stage of life. And it may be questions like, what does it mean to me? What is, how have I made this past life real? How do I integrate the various parts of my past life into a whole seamless theme and story of my life? I think that's a wonderful experience to be had in elderhood. And it happens, like you've said, in a congregation, in a community of people where we're all going through some of the same experience. Well, you have made a wonderful impression on me and I'm sure on our viewers as well a lot. Are there any thoughts or principles that guide you now? I'm gonna move quickly to summarize some main points. And the first main point about the Older Americans Act is to remember 7687700. And just learn about what they cover. If you believe in the value of long-term care insurance, consider it buying earlier rather than later. And it's good for me to hear, Larry, that the market is opening up along with the opening up of that cohort, age cohort. That's the thing I'll say. Just to give back from the gifts you have given, the long life you have given, give back to society. It's good for your health, by the way. Embrace your age. Very true. It's the only life you have. Keep active and engaged with society. As we define quality of life, going to Las Vegas doesn't count. Perfect lot. Perfect lot. Don't just age, engage. And Laos, my friend, you have embodied that yourself and have addressed that perfectly here today and turned us to ways in which we can certainly do that with the help of the division of the elderly affairs from City and County of Honolulu. Thank you so much, everybody, for joining with us and tune in in two weeks. We'll take a look at some work that's going on and some opportunities at the Waikiki Community Center with the presence of Merle O'Neill on my show here. And in the meantime, don't just age, engage. Aloha. Thank you so much for watching Think Tech Hawaii. If you like what we do, please like us and click the subscribe button on YouTube and the follow button on Vimeo. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn and donate to us at thinktechhawaii.com. Mahalo.


We are starting to offer low-cost spated air clinics to the residents of Pike County in an effort to help control the pet population in our community. Our clinics will be based at the Pike County Animal Shelter. Prior to that, we will be requiring pre-registration and pre-sign ups like the one that we are starting on this Saturday, July the 20th. We will be at the Pikeville Tractor Supply location located on Lee Street here in Pikeville. Our participants will be receiving their appointment for the clinic date that we have available. But also part of that will be a $25 pre-registration fee that will help us offset these clinics and allow us to continue doing them. We are offering two spaces per household for Pike County residents at $25 each so that we can continue our mission of spaying and neutering and helping these animals of our community. We anticipate offering these clinics monthly. That is dependent on our veterinarian schedule, holiday schedule, and as well as if the weather will cooperate.


It's great to have our rookies here for the Titans Foundation and raise the money that we can give back to the community to help, you know, a lot of different areas. Just excited to be here with a lot of our fans. This is going to be one of about three events that we do that we think are going to be signature events that are going to really elevate and help people understand what the Titans are all about. I'm not even being biased. This is defense fan base in the world. Just engaging with the fans, seeing the excitement in their face and you can hear it in their voice. You know, they're ready for the 2022 season as we are.


Hello people of the internet, my name is Johnny and welcome back to FNAF Help Wanted Non VR Edition. I don't think I really properly introduced this game in the last episode. Sorry about that, but this is the game in case you weren't aware, in case you couldn't tell, in case you couldn't tell. Uh, oh wait. Could as well as the VR is stuck up there, that's kind of funny. Anyways, we, last round, last episode, we did all of these, all of the normal ones.  We are going to look at all of the Nightmare mode minigames. There's not as many, um, but again, we're going to be taking a look at one from each section. So first up, FNAF 1, Night 5, this, this is the one that took me like three or four hours to beat, um, and it still sucks, don't get me wrong, I still, still hate it a lot. Um, so yeah, does that. I should not have picked that up because now my ear's gonna bleed for the next 10 minutes. Great. Um, ooh, wait, let's look at Foxy. I actually entirely forget how to play this game. I probably haven't played this mode since I last beat it, which is a long time ago. Oh god, there's Foxy. You do get a little bit of a heads up when Foxy is going to run at you. Where is Freddy? You see? Okay, he's only in stage two. Oh, is Foxy about to get ready? I think he is. I really shouldn't use the lights. What am I doing?  It's a good mode. It's got a unique mechanic. The door's randomly closing and opening, but that's really the main problem with this mode, the door is randomly closing and opening. It's so annoying and it killed me so many times. Okay, where is Freddy actually? Still in stage two? Still in stage two. Okay, because here's the thing, Foxy's going to run at me, he's going to get to my door, hey, he's going to get to my door and it's going to open the door just randomly. Oh, you can't really use the feet technique. There goes Bonnie. Foxy's going to run any second. Okay, Freddy was still safe from Freddy. Okay, so Freddy is now in stage three. You can kind of see him back there. I think they made this easier. Oh right, they did because I was mad because they made it easier before I, or after I played it. Okay, yeah, so there goes Foxy. Boom. Thanks on the door. Give it a little bit for to stop. It seemed to be good and we are good. Okay, there's Cheetah. Now we're going to close the door because now that she knows I'm there. Okay, so Freddy is now active, which is freaking fantastic. So now I have to, what do I do again? I have to leave this closed, don't I? And then I just have to look at Foxy. Is that how it goes? Oh god, because I've been playing the normal FNAF one a lot for a video that hopefully I'll be coming out soon, but based on my laziness it'll probably be a while. But I haven't played Help Wandered's version in a while. So I'm not, oh, not entirely sure what I have to do. See, this is why I hate it because you've got both doors closed. I also can't look to see if Bonnie's gone. Oh god, you just kind of have to hope. And I did not get lucky. Awesome. Honestly, I don't really have to worry about Cheetah. That was one of the straps, right? How do I know when Bonnie's gone? Yes, okay. You're still a problem. 31% at four? That's actually not that bad. Gee, it's definitely up there. We're not doing too bad, Freddy. How's it going? I don't think we're gonna make it based off of my power. And that's simply because I used the lights when I shouldn't have. Actually, 17-5? We might. Oh no, because Foxy's gonna, Foxy's gonna ruin everything. And then we just have to hope that Freddy takes his long jingle, don't we? God dang it. Bonnie's right outside as well.  Dang it. I can't open it. There we go. So now we just wait. We sit and we wait. Hope. Let's hope. Let's hope for sex. I can't even see Freddy. That's great. That's awesome. I don't want to see him anyways. We must have been close. We were close. Oh, you're still scaring me, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Dad indeed you do. Oh my God, why is it all weird? Okay, not gonna question.  But I have two. Definitely one of the more easier ones. Let's do the wizards, why not? This is not a good idea. Oh, I forgot about this. Oh, that's cool. You know what? Let's go all out. Why not? I'm gonna die, but let's do it. We know that strategy now of holding E for the music box, which by the way, I'm recording this right after the first one. So if you guys had any tips, sorry, I did not see them. Oh, I don't know. No, I did not. Oh, wow, really? Did they now? Oh, really? Let's see if we can make them. Is it...? Can you imagine if the first four games were like created like this originally? Very generous of you, Phony. Trust me, you don't want this job.  That's fine. You can just leave this on. Oh, hey. I wonder if they fixed the issue where you and Toy Freddy merged together. Look at that. It's very arcotarko, actually. It's not okay. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. I really don't like this. I really don't like this. Oh, okay. He's gone. Hey, Phony. What's up, man? How is it going? Okay, that's nice. Real nice. So anyone still trying to process that? That doesn't make any sense. Give it one more shot, just because I feel like I was cheated.  Hey, baby. Okay, he's not here. Oh my god. You have to be so fast. This is pretty difficult.  Luckily, you're not here to beat it, we're just here to play it. See what it's like. Flashlight anymore. Oh my god, really you couldn't have come in when I had it on already, Bonnie. I like just putting it on randomly just to double check that no one's in my vents. See it like right there? Bonnie was in the vent. I didn't see him because why would I look? Why would I look? Why would I? Why should I look? Would I can just keep doing that? The thing is with this game is that, and that goes for most games, that you can find a lot of shortcuts. Find a lot of easy, reliable, safe shortcuts. Hey, are we gonna see YouTube merge again? I want to see YouTube merge. Oh no, you went away. I don't know if that... Oh no, there we go. Oh, hey, still warm. Please fix that. It's hilarious, yes, but it's also, you know, not realistic. I don't understand. Am I just leaving her in the vent long? Oh, actually that's probably it. I'm leaving her in the vent too long, so you have to check the vents. Okay, well whatever, again, we're not here to beat it, we're just here to see what they're like. So, for now, this is the one that I had the most trouble with last episode. Besides parts and surface, I don't know why I wouldn't let me put the eyeball in up in Foxy. Jesus, this is terrifying. So, first off, let's seal that man. I do with you, I have an audio error, I probably do, but no I don't. Let's see how many are in the vent. Hi, this is crazy. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? This is insane. Bloomboy, he doesn't go away. He just, he stays there. Bloomboy does what B.B. wants, you know. Oh my god, try again or not.  Even if it's a little bit troubling. Oh my god, really? It's still fun. Hi, they got rid of the coffee machine, did they? I think they did. That makes me mad. Wait, go away.  He does not go away. He doesn't go away? You have to change cameras. You have to change cameras. Is he in the vents? He's in the vents. More vent, more vent, more vent. Oh my god, really? Really, Spectre? Oh my god, this is, this is, this is insane. Oh my, I have nothing to do. Luckily I'm already, that is insane. That's like 50-20 mode right there, that is, I'm not doing that. I don't know why that seems so much more difficult than the VR. I don't know why it seems more difficult. It's moving on. I said we would do a BV last time and I still stand by that. I'm just doing the ones that seem the most interesting. Okay, start balloon boi on the X, yes. This is bringing back some mad vibes from FNAF forward.  It's literally FNAF forward.  He's, he's too creepy. He has too many teeth and I can't even count them all. I can't help you count the teeth, because there's, there's too many. Down to 60 seconds. I hate this so much. I want to see his jumpscare, but at the same time I don't. Hi, oh he was there. I remember when I saw you there the first time I freaked out. I even used that for a thumbnail. Hey, we did it. Nice. Another prize counter prize. Hey, and we can eat it. Yay, awesome. I do kind of want to check out Funtime Foxy, even though I'm pretty sure you're just going to move around with the WASD. Yeah, that's what I thought. Oh boy, wait, how do I use the beacon? Oh god. This is like the first proper freeway. Oh, I was like, why isn't space walking? It's because it's not space. It's the left mouse button. So I'm pretty sure there's a Freddy there, yeah. Okay, there's an endo. Were the endos always in this room? I didn't think they were. Okay, so, just there. I remember this game. This one was kind of creepy. This is the one that Scott was talking about in his Steam post. Go over there so we can keep going this way. I'm pretty sure there's someone around this area to my left. I keep wanting to press space. This is not system location. It's how wanted. Hi. I don't know where they are, honestly, which is kind of freaky. I also don't know what the red and black means. Hi. So we're fine. Just keep on moving. I always back up just like a little bit. Just to make sure you're safe. If there's one thing I need, it's safety. It's all that coming and I still decided to do what I did. That is, that's nice. Definitely less creepy. This game is a lot less creepy in the desktop mode, but honestly, I kind of like it a bit more. I don't know. It just feels more, I don't know how to describe it. It just, I like it. I feel like the graphics are better, the animations are better. That's probably just because it's, you know, doesn't have to handle being in VR. Who do we want? Let's do Freddy. We already encountered him earlier in this video. Might as well encounter him again. Okay. This is the freaky one, right? Welcome back to parts and service. Thanks. It looks like one of our guests left a personal item on our star. Right. I have to, I have to boop your nose, don't I? Oh, that was my fault. I just forgot how the minigame went. I should probably listen. Welcome back to parts and service. Yeah. It looks like one of our guests left a personal item on our star attraction. Let's return it to the lost and found. How do I do that? Oh, oh wait. No, I have to. Good job. Now place the hat in the lost and found. I should probably just drop it in there and stuff, chucking it in there.  Freddy's got a good job. And then now place the hat in the lost and found. There we go. We're at it. Let's make sure there isn't anything else stuck inside. Yes. To access Freddy's chest cap, well done. Nice. Freddy's chest cavity. How do I do this again? Remove the child's watch and place it in the lost and found bin. Be careful. Good job. It appears there is a child's shoe wedged behind Freddy's music box. I have to think of the music box, though. The music box must carefully place the music box on the work table to your left. Okay. So it highlights like the trash can and the desk. Press the button located on Freddy's. Now remove the child's shoe and place it in the lost and found bin. Just wait for that to get fully. There we go. See it's highlighted. That's nice. Return the music box to Freddy's chest cavity and we'll call it a day. God, which one was it? Was it this one? No. You seem to have mishandled Freddy's music box. Wasn't me, Freddy. Crisis averted. To close Freddy's chest cavity. That concludes your time in portion service. I kind of remember how to do this game. Oh god, there's another hat on. There's loads of FNAF 4 stuff. I wonder if it's symbolic. Okay, okay. Eat it. Eat it. Okay, so what's next? It's vent repair, right? Vent repair. This time we're going to do entered. Last time we did make or now we'll do entered. Mainly because this is the best entered minigame. Out of two, this is the best one. Because this is the, uh, all the, what? Yeah, it's this one. I feel like you, you were on this side, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've heard it before. That's so creepy though that endoskeleton. Okay, what is this one again? Motion trigger. Breaker room. Breaker room. Like, look at that foxy model. Look at the, that's so good. It's so good. Okay, let's actually do the game now. This one, uh, this one, that one. Well done. Look at that endoskeleton. I have this connection relationship with the endoskeleton now because I forgot about you, uh, because I felt like, wasn't this like upside down? Oh god, okay, that was wrong. Oopsies, uh, so it's that one. And then it's this one.  Hey, dog swing trap. I actually completely forgot your character, um, until I wanted to came out. Yeah, why is it, it's no longer, uh, oh my, it's no longer upside down. Uh, oh Jesus, I don't, is it? This one? Hey, wow.  This is too freaking much. Okay, so it's, it's, it's, okay, it's this one, this one, that one. Yes. Oh, I wish you could look out when he does this. I'm pretty sure that section was upside down in the VR version. Am I going crazy? No, I swear in what? Oh my god, was it? I feel like it was because spring trap was like on the ceiling, right? I'm probably going crazy, but I swear. Oh, hold on, hold on. Okay, there is like a secret coin and a secret tape in this out. Hey, wait, we were going, were we going up last time? I'm so confused. I'm confusing myself. No, we were going down. Hi. Wait, yeah, you were over, you were over there and you were over here. Motion trigger, secondary service elevator ventilation shaft. Just amber, right? Pretty sure it's amber. I'm giving that voice, yeah. I like how you can throw it. Come on, give it to me. Okay, that goes there. Luckily, I still remember how to do these mini games or else we would have a situation on our hand. Okay, thank you game. And then you go there. We take you, right?  Nice. See Toy Freddy and BB back there. This is nice. All right, see you later. There's a baby's leg. There's still so many new things that I don't know are in the shaft yet. Pretty sure there's a coin with bonnet somewhere on this. I don't know, it's probably on this side now because they switched it for some reason. I don't know why. Hi. All right, this is the boiler room. I remember this because this is where we burn him, right? Hi, geez. I honestly don't remember baby's face ever being there. This is upside down. I remember that. Motion trigger, boiler room. God, don't I have this turned down? Yeah, I have it turned down but it's still super loud. I say I remember how to do these mini games. I don't want to, especially this one. Game. Oh, what the heck? It's like I couldn't press them anymore. Okay, so this one I'm pretty sure you have to get like three times and then you turn, turn number two. Two. Maybe you turn it four times. Oh, I got this wrong. There we go. Nice. Shush, Moxie. And now Mason's barking as well. This is where he burns. I still don't know who's in there. Looks like just some random endo. A perfect 72 degrees. See you next time. You've been quiet down. It was upside down last time, right? I don't know. I keep thinking things were upside down when they probably weren't. Oh, another cake. Awesome. All right, so now all I have left to do is night terrors. Hopefully I remember the way to go. Okay, flashlight teleport, yes. Don't be late. I can't remember what way to go. I definitely know the beginning portion. This way. Then this way. Oh, God, this is really testing my memory. It doesn't matter. Let's go vanilla just because I'm boring. Oh, jeez. This way. And then this way. Yes. And then here. And then that should bring us back to, oh, I know. Here you go. Cheese because again, I'm freaking playing. I'm sorry. And this one. Yes. Okay. I honestly cannot believe that I remember it. I thought that was actually Bonnie standing right there. That kind of legitimately freaked me out. Okay. And then it's nice. And then we're here. Awesome. Hey, boys. A balloon literally just fell onto my candle cakes. The candle's on my cake and it did not do anything. Hey, you know what? Oh, wait, no. I want to give it to Bonnie. Bonnie, take it. It actually landed in his mouth. Uh, here, anyone want some pizza? Chica, damn it. Pick it back up. Chica, pizza. Nice. No, no, no, no. Hey, you want some pizza? Nice. You want some? Wait a freaking second.  That was not open. And the buy to get half off. What? Coming soon. So it's a big building. This has got to be the, um, the next game. I mean, obviously. It's a big building. It's being constructed. Let's see. This happening during FNAF VR. The thing is, like, is this real? Is this real? Or is it just part of the game? That's the thing that makes me mad about Hope Wanted is that we don't know what's real and what's just part of the game. You know? Delight tour family. It's footsteps. So there's obviously a lot of traffic going on here. Literally, and figure, Timmy, because this is a, actually, this seems like a pretty, just random place. Besides the, um, telephone poles over there and the, uh, street lights. This seems like a pretty desodid place. Maybe Hurricane. Honestly, if I had to take a bet, I bet this is Hurricane. Hurricane Utah. Coming soon. Now hiring. Fast payer entertainment. Doesn't even say what it is. This has got to be the mall, right? Because from the teaser, that mall was huge. It looked absolutely huge. There were so many stores in it.  It's, an entire world has been closed off just for the construction of this building. This has got to be it. Do we get anything else? No, it just kicks, it kicks us back here. That's got to be the mall. It's got to be the mall. It's a huge building. That's got to be the mall. Coming soon. It's got to be the mall. It's got to be that FNAF 9 teaser with, um, with Vanny. It just, it has to be Vanny, Vanessa, Ness, whatever you want to call it. That it has to be. It just straight up has to be, you know? That's all I got to say on it. So, next episode, Curse of Dreadban. That will probably be the final one. Because then we would have explored everything, right? Pretty sure. Sure it is. Sure it does not. So, yeah, next episode we'll do, uh, Afraid of the Dark, Spooky Mansion, and then Danger, Keep Out. That'll all be next episode. And like I said, that'll probably be it for Help Wanted Non-VR Edition. Because we're not trying to complete every single minigame. We've already done that with the original Help Wanted series. So we're just kind of exploring, seeing what's new, finding secrets like this one in today's episode, which is just, oh, it makes me so hyped for the next game. So thanks for watching. Stay on the lookout for the next episode, and I'll see you all on the flipside. Goodbye.


Dr. Bhattra, ladies and gentlemen, a very good morning and I join Dr. Bhattra in welcoming you to the screen age fifth edition. It's a pleasure and privilege to address here. I also thank Dr. Bhattra for your most generous introduction. I must tell you that on the contrary whenever I meet Dr. Bhattra, I walk away with something new and something precious. I also wish to compliment the exchange for media team led in this particular case by Priyanka and their colleagues. You can go through any of the events that I've attended. It is amazing that Dr. Bhattra and his team are able to get who is who in the industry and the rich combination of speakers on varied subjects I haven't seen in many other events. And also we are talking about building brands Dr. Bhattra himself is an icon how within a short period in front of my own eyes and eyes of many of you have built an amazing brand called exchange for media and several publications in what I call it as the most competitive and the chaotic industry. I will begin by talking about what is in store for us in the country. This particular conference I thought should be I'm you know there is no point in talking about my experience I start my career in 1979 rightly it should be a stage that belongs to youngsters which I'm very happy both men and women but I'm going to be talking about the practicing business leaders point of view on the subject. There is no denial that it is going to be India's decade we are going to be the fastest growing economy of course there will be headwinds but it is widely agreed among the many CEOs of India Inc. and the economists that it will be India's decade going ahead. We are going to witness phenomenal growth in the coming years and we are fortunate to be there and about marketing it is going to be intensely competitive as well and I have seen throughout my career because the market is growing it is not that your brand will be able to get away with it when the market is growing fast the challenges also becomes very high therefore marketing becomes a very important subject and whether the four piece of marketing is going to change I don't think so the price or positioning or the place and the promotion that is not going to get divided but in India's context it is it is a billion consumers and there will be billion bays of marketing to them and it is going to be to distracted customers where most part of my career I saw customers captive to you customers were not distracted and today we have billion consumers and distracted ones and there should be billion bays you you are whichever is the medium we take it whether it is print television digital mobile all you see so much of information being shared and how do you market in this particular environment now dr. Bhattra also talked about the video in a you know we have been evaluating a digital marketing agency invariably all the people who are doing the pitch where 90 percent of their presentation related to how they can create videos so my worry has been and continues to be whether digital marketing is getting reduced to development and posting of video content otherwise why almost all agencies should be claiming about their capabilities and competence to create content in the form of video only thing is a TV commercial which is 30 seconds may cost crore or 80 lakhs from the average whereas in 10 15 lakhs or even lesser cost a digital marketing video content to getting developed and posted now you also have today many categories marketing right from political parties and I think most part of my professional career I didn't come across real estate as an important segment spending so much of money in marketing and brand building and ironically it is the new generation businesses who are who are spending a lot of money the swiggies of the world the we also find even when we grew up when we studied or when we practiced marketing we all felt that building a brand will is a big job it takes five years at least or at least a decade for someone to build a credible brand that theory is also demolished that how will you explain we will oppose these kind of brands getting created in a very short span of time the I will come to one of the researchers that we had undertaken it threw up quite a bit of questions about marketing itself uh I will list them but then I will we will talk about what could be possibly done the very first one is what many call specifically Ajith Ranade talks about it a lot the economics what I call as the what's up university the amount of information misinformation being spread through and the opinions being generated often not regulated and the the credibility it enjoys for people to believe and instantaneous forwarding to someone else and numerous what's up groups the role of what's up university itself it is why do we believe them as authentic and I don't think we even check whether it is authentic or not the second important thing is about the empowerment of consumers as well as the market years the the specifically the mobile platform and the social media and quite a few digital platforms are allowing the consumers as n-powered individuals market years as n-powered ones and I think the growth is related to this because we all like ourselves to be n-powered over the years I have been witnessing the the disability or or the dislike for larger contents small bites are the ones which is very important for building the brands and the study revealed that everyone is looking for or likelihood likability is more when the content is small over the years we also found that the consumer inside the money that is being spent for gathering consumer insights the thumb rule we used to use I am talking about till around 15 years ago whether 20 percent of the total brand spend will be diverted towards or invested for gathering consumer insights it's not being done so the India Inc is not investing that kind of money for consumer insights and I think the growth of mobile marketing and quite a few other when I refer to mobile marketing include the quite a few other platforms that is solving the problem to some extent or a large extent even quite a few cases now equally the important thing is the thumb rule that we all used as youngsters where that 15 percent of the total spend is spent for understanding the impact of the advertising when the advertising marketing cost went up like the consumer insights spent drastically got reduced gathering information about the impact of the advertising also got reduced them the marketers were interested in putting more money into advertising or promotion now the mobile marketing helps in at least getting measurement in a credible way not to not to ignore the fact that we are living in an era where we are questioning the data itself I am not getting into that debate whether it is a television ratings or the viewership circulation so on and so forth but the biggest biggest issue is connected with the myths that are going around number one is the digital marketing is is cheaper I do not subscribe to that view it is it may be effective focus but I don't think it is cheaper but but the view that is building up and wrongly promoted is it is the cheapest way of building the brands where quite a few MSMEs and the startups get misguided but the mother of all problems is is whether brand building is taking place or sales and tactical advertising is taking place unfortunately brands are not getting built and even the people who are realizing it are thinking that I can build the brand through tactical ways that is the belief now the we know very well that marketing focus companies deliver consistent results over a long period of time than the sales oriented ones this can be established but why do the advertising is reduced to tactical or the lead generation sales or it's given a new word performance advertising but the fact of the matter is brands are not getting built equally the thing is connected with the e-commerce as well I am not sure whether e-commerce is helping one to build a brand and we can be lectured about it that it is indeed so and often I come across I suppose my my e-commerce channel partners are not here it will work against the brand is my view quite often that is what is really happening that is it is reduced to price price price that's where it is how do you correct it the this is to that extent the article dr. Bhattra shared with me is a welcome relief that at least I don't believe entirely in the article published by the Wall Street Journal the I don't think it'll end equally we know the western media often hypes it up to the other extreme and it is downfall to this other extreme of that it is the end of it I don't think so somewhere it may slow down but I don't think social media will die it is here to stay the fact of the matter is that whether people will learn to build brands consciously and divide their spends between a tactical advertising and the brand building advertising the in a in a era where we are going to witness a phenomenal amount of growth and therefore I mentioned billion consumers billion ways of marketing to these distracted consumers you also have the challenge of India connecting with the global value chain and right now even a company like blue star has been struggling to get the marketing activity going on for those international markets so it wasn't the case that we were people were exporting in the past so it was easy for companies to be finding consumers it was in the b2b space but if India has to play a very large role you need the international marketing itself and we know very well a brand that is doing well in one country need not to be doing well in some other country how do you end up building brands in global markets so there is a huge talent shortage equally the talent shortage is even in the science of brand building that I am not discouraging any one of you at on the contrary I think you all have a very huge opportunities or your children have huge opportunities when I passed out that the top ranking students as spared to be in marketing or advertising industry I don't think today they are that is the case and I pray that it changes so there are two sectors where we have a problem manufacturing huge talent shortage and marketing huge talent shortage in in manufacturing there is a shortage of a different kind as well as that we don't get women leaders at all because for many years India didn't invest in manufacturing and the manufacturing was taken as a job meant for men so you have one one problem there in marketing advertising the the industry where was not able to attract talent for many years but there is going to be huge opportunity ahead now coming to this particular conference we Dr. Bhattra talked about the power of mobile marketing and the data shows that the smartphone users across the world is around 6.6 billion that is 83% of the world population is using a mobile phone it is only going to grow further and three countries China India and United States we are happy that India is figuring there with the highest number of smartphone users and in India alone it is going to going it is already 0.9 billion it will become 1 billion smartphone users by 2025 or 26 and 75% of the digital media revenue is contributed by the mobile devices and the several innovations which Dr. Bhattra listed in what all it what all it is happening the estimate shows the advertising spends will reach around 77% in the mobile devices that is 77% of the digital advertising expenses are going to be there and it is estimated that it will be closed around rupees 28,000 crore to reach around 78% of the total spends by the end of 2023 and we saw the things such as mobile commerce contextual advertising so on and so forth being talked about now one of the things which also I would like to add to what Dr. Bhattra stated is the mobile wallets itself that is also an important thing to keep in mind when we talk about the subject so I conclude by saying so that it is an it is an it is an exciting time for us now and it is going to be a India decade marketing environment which will be far more challenging than when it was not India's decade because there will be brands there will be many others from across the globe entering Indian market we have a situation where tactical or the performance marketing took the stage it is time to focus on building brands mobile phone will continue to be a very dominant medium it is part and parcel of our life and for brand building it will become an important device that way if marketers are told that you you can't build brand without digital it goes one more step to say that without mobile marketing you can't build the brands and the talent shortage is huge it should get resolved it opens up huge opportunities and in when you keep mobile commerce as an important element I think the marketers are as of now ignoring the power of ONDC I think ONDC is going to be a very powerful arsenal for the park tiers the government of India has done a phenomenal amount of job and I think it is going to be a revolution that is happening that is going to happen in e-commerce through ONDC platform and as you can see from the program list there are experts and I I don't think there is a there there will be a conference of this nature which will be put together covering each aspect of mobile marketing I wish you all the best and I wish also the participants for the awards and congratulate them in advance thank you very much