Hi friends, this is Sathya Paul Deepak. I am a faculty in Shankar IAS Academy. I teach Indian polity. Today we are going to see how to prepare for the prelims examination and what are the techniques that should be followed during the examination. Our academy plans to upload series of videos on various subjects to help you effectively take up the prelims examination 2020. In this discussion, I am going to deal with four important topics. The first topic is what are the mistakes that students will make during the preparation and how to avoid it. Second is the books that you should concentrate for Indian polity. Third I would like to discuss about what is the nature of questions that is asked in the examinations especially preliminary examination and the fourth topic would be the techniques that you should apply while taking up the questions to increase your mark because what happens is when you just like that take the question there is a lot of chances that you will make silly mistakes to reduce the silly mistakes and to increase or maximize the correct number of questions and reduce the negative markings. I would be sharing certain techniques at the end and there is another topic that which we have already covered last year. The topic is about what are the problems you will face when you take up polity questions in the prelims examination. So, to know about that you can browse through the same channel Shankar IAS Academy where we have uploaded the video on the title Indian polity previous year question analysis part one and part two. So, with this video along with that video your preparation will be more effective and productive. Dear friends first let us see what are the mistakes that a candidate will do during the last leg of preparation. We have about 90 days so in a hariburi most of the time we will end up doing mistakes that will affect our preparation. So, first such mistake a candidate will do is coverage of syllabus. As friends have a big problem that they end up preparing only for two or three subjects which they like. Those subjects which they do not like they never touch but prelims examination is all about questions from various subjects. So, if you are studying only few subjects then you will caught up with the problem you will not be able to attend more number of questions naturally you will not clear the examination. So, keep this keyword in your mind cover the entire syllabus. Now here one more problem is there with the candidates where you stagnate on a particular topic. If a topic is very difficult for example if you take Indian polity there will be article 21 procedure established by law due process of law many of my students stagnate in that topic because preliminary reading of it they may not understand it requires the reading of entire constitution after that only you will understand certain difficult concepts. So, wherever you find a particular concept is very difficult do not stagnate just make a mark on that area that you will revisit that area and try to cover the syllabus as fast as possible.  So, what I suggest is that keep in mind if you are overspending the time on a particular topic immediately stop and just move on ok move on very important one has to move on meaning should not stick yourself with the same area keep on going for the preparation. So, you will be able to complete the syllabus. Then second important mistake that you will make during the UPSC preparation is you will not consolidate the UPSC preparation. So, I am want to differentiate between consolidation and revision when you plan you will plan like this first reading then revision and you would revise the entire topics and you will be doing this till the last date of the examination preparation just before the day of the examination you will do it. But you must at least have 10 to 15 days for consolidation what is consolidation revisiting all that you have read. Now, whenever you are preparing for UPSC whatever books that I have read whether it is NCRT's a core book and material ok just list down all those materials then and there just in the last 10 days you know without making much pressure on you a casual re-looking on whatever you have studied. So, if there are some areas where facts are there which has to be once again memorized or those areas where you did not have enough clarity that areas could be addressed in the last 10 days. So, consolidation is another important point please ensure when you are planning keep the last 10 days for consolidating everything quick glance of everything that you have studied till the examination date. Then another mistake that candidates will do is not looking into the previous year question. If you are not looking into the previous year questions you will never get orientation of UPSC preparation you will read everything which is there in the newspaper everything that is coming to your hand. If you want to orient yourself to the preparation you have to see the previous year question paper. If you ask how many years of previous year question paper minimum five years as much as the previous year questions you are doing it is better for you. But keep in mind when you are analyzing the previous year question paper sometimes there may be a question which is asked because of a current of air event at that time. So, do not get worried or do not get stagnated in that difficult question here also coverage is very important not getting stagnated is also important cover as much as previous year question papers as possible. If some question looks odd some question looks difficult or too factual oriented just get information about that question alone and just move on to other questions cover as many questions as possible in your analysis of previous year question paper do not get stagnated. Next is linear reading candidates also make this major mistake while revising revision. When they revision they usually go for linear reading just as they studied the subject first time once again they will be doing it. Instead of linear reading if you revise the subjects using question bank that would be more interesting and also prepare you for taking up questions in the examination because without testing linear reading will not be proper. So, that is why taking tests is very important as many tests as possible when you give as much as information you will be getting at the same time you will also know what are the mistakes that you are making. When I talk about taking tests I find candidates are not learning from their mistakes. You take tests not for knowledge purposes only but for clearing this examination so you should know the techniques also. So, instead of information orientation you have to review your test taking after every test whenever discussion is taking place or you discuss with your friends you just note down the areas where you make mistakes especially in techniques where you made a silly mistake where your interpretation was wrong how you could have you know interpreted in a alternative way. So, all these things you should note it in the first page of the question paper whenever you take a test you know note it down. The last 10 days 2 days allocate for reviewing all the question papers in which you have to reread whatever you have written about yourself the comments on yourself in the first page because many a time we do lot of mistakes in the test batches or whenever we take tests from question banks at home but what we do is we just look on the additional information but do not record what are the mistakes that we do. So, year after while you are taking questions if you are making a biggest blunder take that question paper first page you just or stick a sheet and note down what are the mistakes that you have done and review it just 2 days before the examination. So, your mind will be having the memory of those mistakes freshly so you will completely avoid the mistakes you can reduce the silly mistakes. In in preparation time we have to prioritize that subject when I say prioritize the subject you have to concentrate more on the major subjects first then on go on the less important topics when I say core subjects the core subjects are quality, economy, geography with environment orientation then modern India ok. So, there are going to be questions you know from these 4 core subjects and an average 15 questions from each so totally 60 questions. Here sometimes you may say sometimes quality they are asking only 2 questions or economy they are reducing the number of questions in a given year but the prevailing pattern is that if they are reducing the question in one area they will be increasing the questions in other areas. So, in 4 of the subjects one subject if they are going to ask only 2 or 3 questions in any of the other subjects they are going to increase so an average 60 questions will come from these areas. So, in these areas out of 60 ok for 15 questions from each topic if you are able to answer 10 to 12 questions ok you are already answered 40 to 48 questions and that too it will be correct also if you have already covered this. Now, what is the average cut-off say let us assume 110 higher figure it is actually average around 100 let us take 110. So, for 110 you need 55 questions to be correct see you are very near ok. Now, I have not mentioned current affairs so apart from this if you are you know covering the current affairs part you will be able to cover this area also. So, current affairs out of on an average they ask around 35 questions 20 questions solidly you can directly answer. So, 40 to 48 plus 20 you have well crossed the 55 mark. So, these 4 core subjects plus current affairs you have to cover when I say small subjects topics like rights issue governance and other small small it will be science and technology also it will be covered in the current affairs itself. If you are thorough with current affairs no need to worry about the smaller topic you can first cover the major topics and then later on move on to the topics. And with respect to other topics like ancient Indian history medieval history concentrated in the cultural part alone no need to go for a linear political history ok. And those least priority areas also my suggestion is it is better to go by question banks. So, more the question banks you take it is easier you cover these areas instead of you know direct reading. Next area I would like to deal with is that many of the aspirants overlook C-SAT do not overlook C-SAT ok. So, most of them you know think that C-SAT is easy part. So, they never work on it, but the examination day they will feel that you know because of want of time they are not answering enough number of question. After making C-SAT as a qualifying paper many are not you know so much concentrating in the subject that is wrong. You have to work out you know at least 20 question papers in C-SAT to make yourself familiar. At the end of this video I will be discussing the major mistakes that you will be making in C-SAT as of now do not overlook C-SAT. Yes friends now we are moving into the second topic that is what are the books that should be read for Indian polity. First is Lachmikan book is enough. Some of them would suggest that sir I would want to like to read B. D. Basu ok it is your choice but my preference is Lachmikanth and remember even if you go for other books stick with one book that is the important message that I want to give it to you because you keep on reading multiple books for the same subject you do not get time for other subjects. So, one book is for a topic not multiple books keep that in mind. Now, Lachmikanth has sixth edition most of you would have started with fifth edition and almost completed the book. Now recently this edition has been published you may have a doubt whether to go for the new edition. I would suggest that you stick with the earlier edition itself the topics that has been added by Lachmikanth in the sixth edition can be read you know for mains examination or it can be answered if questions are coming from that area it can be answered by current affairs knowledge and application. So, you can stick with the same book because our memory works through photo memory which means you know more we see something more is recorded in our mind. So, when you have read in the same book keep reading on the same book instead of changing the book that would be an additional work. So, for those who have already started with the fifth edition remind with that and some of them may have this doubt I have started preparation now only I need a smaller book where to find it Shankarai's academy polity material is the best choice for that ok. So, the polity material is very concise in our academy which can be read for those people who have started the preparation now only for a shorter period of time. As I said already if 15 questions are asked in Indian polity if you read one time Lachmikanth you will be able to answer around 10 if you revise well do questions and all 12 to 13 questions you can answer ok. So, 12 questions 3 questions will be difficult for all of them and it could be applied only through application. Remember it cannot be answered by reading extra extra books ok. So, even if you are reading 2-3 books additionally you may able to score another one instead of reading multiple books for the same subject you can go for reading more subjects more area coverage. So, that you will be able to maximize your score fine friends. Now, we will move to the third part of this video then this part we are going to discuss about the techniques a candidate an aspirant has to follow during the examination process. So, the first thing you have to do after receiving the question paper is read the instructions. You may think that you know the instructions may be the same as the previous year, but there are some problems examination in which they have changed the rules and just because people have overlooked the instructions they were not able to be effective. For example, one time CSAT paper they were 80 questions and 8 questions were a simple one at the same time no negative marking for that, but that questions were asked in the last 8 questions was no negative marking. So, you have to take that questions because even if you are marking wrongly you are not going to be penalized that is going to be full advantage for you, but what happened many of them did not read the instruction they took the question from first initial questions are very difficult. So, most of the people read only 60 questions 60 or 62 questions. So, last 8 questions they left, but those who have read the instruction first answered that 8 questions first then they went on to other areas. So, their scores were maximized. So, you have to read the instruction that is very important point one. Second is when you read the question you have to think that time management is very important. So, here what is time management once again I am giving the same principle coverage of all the questions do not stagnate two principles usually what the candidates that is in the eagerness of correcting giving correct answers for all the questions. If they are finding some question no very difficult or interpretative nature they still stagnate on that question worrying too much on one question. Whenever you are taking the questions you know you have to take multiple rounds at least three rounds first second and third round. The first round you should try to complete the question paper within 1 hour okay 45 minutes to 55 minutes within that first round of reading should be over. In the first round of reading if you find a question you are having a dilemma you are not knowing the correct answer okay just move on to other questions. In a given paper okay there will be 25 to 30 easy questions. It will be scattered across the question paper. It may be in the first 10 in the last 10 in the middle okay so what you do is cover the entire paper to find out for this 25 to 30 questions. It will be easy for you to answer if a well prepared person know even 40 questions will be like that. So, when you cover all those questions definitely it is going to be correct already of 45 40 marks. Then you can go for the dilemma questions remember do not waste time in the questions which are very difficult or interpretative in nature or you find it difficult to find the options. So, that is first round. In the first round you must remember that you will have to categorize the question meaning what is the type of question whether you want to have a real look on the question or not like that you have to categorize. First is okay easy question the question or I would call it as sure shot question. If the question is easy and sure shot if you know the answer immediately you can mark it on the OMR. But remember in easy questions only we make maximum silly mistakes because overconfident okay. So, to avoid silly mistakes what you have to do first go for elimination method meaning eliminate all other options okay make sure it is wrong okay it is not correct then arrive at the correct answer then you mark in the OMR. Even you can slightly mark like this okay across a statement if you think that the statement is wrong okay in order to be sure then eliminate the options and then finally arrive at the answer. And another thing I will tell you is visualize and verbalize. Supposing you are finding the question question number 43 and A B C D options are there in these four options you know you are eliminating D eliminating A eliminating B C is the answer. Now without making noise okay verbalize it 43 C 43 C like that your mind should keep thinking move on to the OMR okay in the OMR also look at the question number 43 ensure 43 and then linearly just go and shade okay this cross checking is very important in order to ensure that you are not marking in the wrong way because every question is precious you have to secure it so be cautious while answering in the first round you tend to make a lot of silly mistakes likewise you know the last 15 minutes also you will make maximum number of mistakes because in a hurry to complete the examination you will be maybe marking the wrong answer or wrongly interpreting the question you will not fully read the question. So, to avoid all these problems you know you have to categorize go by these methods okay now as I told you you are going to go for easy and sure shot questions okay you are not going to make any marking on that question paper on that question now there is another type of question which is called as 50-50 type meaning you will be able to eliminate two options say for example A B C D is there you may be able to eliminate B and C you will be having doubt between A and D in those cases what you do is okay just keep a mark maybe put a round against the question number for example question number 2 you are having a trouble 50-50 type just mark it meaning this particular circle symbol whenever you put it on a question you are going to look it in the second round then there is third type of questions that is okay you have eliminated one option you are confused with three options say for A B C D is there okay you have eliminated all cut this is wrong if A B C D is there eliminated only A but you are having confusion between B C and D in that case it is called as eliminated one option question so such type of question you know you give some other maybe this sign means that you know then there is another type of question instinct based question you are not able to eliminate the options but your instinct is saying that it may be a correct answer so in those cases you are going to look it in the fourth round and finally you have a question is unknown questions another type of question that you may find is unknown meaning the question itself is completely unknown area you are not able to even think on that subject then you just put into mark which means you are not going to read this question again see this categorization is very important to save time because every round you cannot read all hundred questions so those questions easy and short short questions you are not going to give any mark so second time when you're going for second round no need to see any of the perfectly answered questions you can just check on the circle marks okay in order to go for second round questions and you need not read the questions that has to be dealt with third round eliminated one option question no no need to read that question no need to read instinct based question no need to read unknown questions the second round you just read those questions which has made a circle symbol okay so that you are able to cover all these questions and the chances of getting correct in these questions is higher compared to other questions and here also remember coverage is very important in second round don't stagnate okay meaning once again in the second round if you still find that 50-50 dilemma is not able to be resolved by any logic you just leave the question and go for the other question because among the second round questions some questions will be easily arrived at the answer because you have got the confidence see in the end of first round you have to go for a count okay just count how many questions that you have already answered so if you count and if there and finally it is 40 questions or 45 questions you will be very much satisfied that almost 80 percent you are inside the main examination because few more questions if you put right you will be able to clear the examination so the first rounds will give you confidence that confidence will help you to answer very well in the second round if you are worried about the interpretation based questions in the first round itself you will end up making mistakes in consequent questions so after the first round make a count whatever you know correct answers are marked if it is coming around 35 to 40 or some you just be happy that you have already fortified your seat in mains only some more work has to be done this confidence will ensure the 50-50 questions are answered in a correct manner when you are in stress anxiety and then go for a 50-50 questions all that choice you go will be negative but when you are confident when you are satisfied and then you take up the question your mind will work in a right direction and you can arrive at the correct answer and remember apply some logic in the 50-50 questions in the second round you are going to go for 50-50 questions okay so apply some logic and eliminate one option then arrive at the correct answer now the end of the second round once again go for a count definitely you should crossed around 80 to 85 if you have arrived at 80 to 85 questions the next thing you have to do is to go for third round calculated risk okay so when you have come to 80 to 85 questions almost you are in so you can put another five to eight questions okay try to cross 90 okay in order to ensure that you know you for sure clearing the prelims examination with a bigger margin and also to ensure a place for Indian forest service okay cross 90 those who are right for forest service go for more than 95 okay take the calculated risk okay when you take risk sometimes it will be positive even if this 56 questions is going to be wrong it will not much affect your mark because only two marks are going to be reduced okay so in third round once again one third of the third round marked questions has to be answered at least now after the third round still you find 80 is not touched a person is going for first round second round third round still 80 questions have not been completed wavering around 72 72 in that case you know go for the fourth round that is instinct questions going for instinct question is high risk but anyway when you have put only fewer number of questions the chances of clearing is less because negative marking is also there so only when you go for a higher number of questions you will be able to clear this examination so when the count 80 to 85 is not arrived at it is better to take the high risk okay anyway it is almost 80% you may not clear the examination so at that time taking high risk is called for but if you are solidly 80 to 85 you have scored in the second round itself in the third round itself this count is coming then don't go for this instinct question because supposing some 45 instinct questions are there okay if it is all negative there is a problem that you know further two marks is reduced so there is a big problem so don't go for it so this examination is about management of time and how we manage the question supposing the question paper is lengthy and you feel it is difficult it will be difficult for all so at that time the number of questions you can reduce to 75 to 80 okay that must be attended if you have covered the syllabus remember 50-50 question and the third type of question that is only one option you have eliminated no those questions maximum will be correct I will demonstrate that for you for example 10 questions you are taking in 50-50 and the probability of getting correct answers is 5 so out of 5 okay you get 10 marks then remaining 5 will be negatives okay so negative marking 0.66 marks they will reduce so 5 into 5 into 0.66 that is around 3.3 or 3.4 okay so 6.7 so what happens when you take 50-50 questions in the second round and you have prepared well for the examination it is going to be an additional value for you negative marking will not affect you negatively definitely you end up you know gaining more marks so what I suggest is second round questions do attend never leave the second round questions if you are leaving you should be leaving the third type of question instinct question and unknown question but never ever leave the 50-50 questions you will end up positively only you gain 6.7 marks okay for a 10 question if you there is more number of questions you just imagine some of you may ask sir when 50-50 we put what if more number of questions is coming wrong those people would not have covered the entire syllabus they would have stagnated in a single subject once again okay the entire theme of this video is cover as much as possible don't stagnate okay in any one particular area topic of the subject or in any one of the subject if you cover the 50-50 type of questions maximum you will get it correct only you will be able to clear this examination then throughout the process you must never get stressed you should always remain calm okay it is very important to remain calm when you are dealing with this 50-50 type of question there is a big chance that you may end up marking the wrong answer if you overthink so next important point I would like to talk about is don't overthink but it is the same you should think think but don't overthink so I'll tell you the psychological reason behind this human mind and that too the modern generation is trained in such a way whatever we see in a printed form we believe it to be true recently this fake news issue and all know whatever comes in social media what so you believe like that printed material when we see there is a more chance in the human mind agrees that it is a true fact so now when the 50-50 question you are overthinking on that the wrong statement slowly you will start to conceive that as a correct statement because you are looking at the statement for a longer period of time mind records that statement and your mind starts to believe that it is a fact so in the first instinct you would have marked that statement as wrong but after looking on the question again and again for a longer period of time when you overthink you start to agree that it is a fact and you will mark the answer wrongly so that is why deciding quickly is very important this examination okay you should not overthink and an average you know you should take only 30 seconds maximum for a question if you find you are taking more than 30 seconds for a question always keep a watch in the visible area so that you are able to estimate what is the time you are taking for each question okay if it is crossing one minute then leave the question and go for other question okay as I said you know you can find the easiest question later even in the second round 50-50 questions some questions will be more difficult some question is easily crackable so first finish the easily crackable questions then come to the difficult ones so don't overthink that is the biggest problem and when I say don't overthink and I also should say don't worry be calm in the examination if you don't know the answer if you find a question difficult don't show that anxiety in the next question okay deal questions one by one if a question if you have answered satisfactorily be happy use that to motivate to answer the other questions in a positive way but if you find a question is very difficult okay don't worry you think that you know with the other questions you will be able to clear the examination if one question is worrying you definitely it will have a ramification on other questions so deal questions one by one until the end of the examination trust that you will answer maximum number of questions other than maximum number of questions compared to other candidates so that you will clear the examination a positive outlook is necessary and as I said you know I should also talk about certain mistakes that you will be making in the seaside paper the first mistake that all of them do in seaside paper in reading comprehension now the title itself comprehension what you understand from the paragraph that is given so while choosing the options for the question while answering the question you stick to the paragraph just cross check the paragraph whether that particular option is relevant for the paragraph you should not answer based on your own assumption for that matter you should not answer from your knowledge okay your answer should be well within the paragraph according to the paragraph whether the statement is correct or not whether the answer will be relevant to the question that you have to choose so that is the one mistake that you do second is some problems will be very difficult in seaside paper okay people you know used to dwell on that particular question and leave on once again not covering the entire paper now whenever difficult question is coming don't stagnate leave it go on to the easy questions out of 80 questions they are going to ask in the seaside okay definitely okay 40 is going to be easy and you know that it is a qualifying paper okay so if you are comfortably you know so 26 to 27 questions so even if 30 questions if you are answering correctly RMS you will be able to clear the examination so don't worry about that one question you know which creates a headache to your mind so decision making skill is tested here okay a person who is able to first complete the easy questions then next level difficulty and finally deal with them more difficult questions those have more chances of clearing this examination than others as a conclusion I would like to reiterate this you have to cover the syllabus don't stagnate while preparing apply the same technique in the GS films paper as well as seaside paper and keep calm throughout the examination so two key words that you should take away from this video is coverage and don't stagnate and don't overthink okay if these three things if you keep in mind you have almost crossed the well half I'll repeat coverage don't stagnate and don't overthink there is a policy that will help students well in throughout their preparation till the interview that is kiss policy what is it kiss policy k i s s keep it simple and stupid meaning if you think something as a overburden if you are you know viewing something as a complex thing it'll remain complex forever when you start to see things simply and do things simply clearing the examination or making any achievements and success in any sector will be easier so remember this policy and prepare well deep wishes from my heart that you do well in the preliminary examination and write the mains 2020


What's up everybody, JC over at jacobyscasebrakes.com. Just sold out, 2020 Tops Diamond Icons Baseball. It is a one box break, random hit number nine from a fresh case. So everybody's guaranteed a hit here guys. 10 total spots. We will first open up the box and then showcase the hits. We'll randomize the customer names and all the 10 hits in the box and whatever hit you match up with is what hit you will get in this break. So good luck, let's open up the case. So breaks number nine, 10, 11, and 12. We'll be from this same case here. Let's use a little dice roll here. I roll a five or a six. We'll re-roll it into anything else, one or four rolls. Four, so we're gonna go with the bottom box here, so box four. And I'm sure Nick will post up another one. I'm gonna do a little Diamond Icons break as well. There you go, good luck. Fit, T-H-I-C-C. First one we got is a one of one Nolan Ryan signature. There you go, one of one Nolan Ryan autograph. That's a strong way to start off. Back to back one of ones. This time it's Alex Rodriguez. It looks like a piece of his glove and it's autographed, wow. That's awesome. Back to back one of ones to start off. That's Seattle Mariners edition. I think this is gonna be too big for the top loader, so. Let's put it in a magnetic here. Maybe a hot box, maybe. Two of one of ones to start off. I mean, that's not bad, right? We got Red Ink Ryan Sandberg, one out of 10 for the Cubs. Barry Larkin to 25. We got a Don Maddenly autograph to 18, or sorry, to 10, one out of 10, a little piece of the lumber and the auto. Very nice, baseball. And we got a cut autograph, three out of four of Lefty Grove. Man, this box is loaded before every hit looks awesome. We got Rob Caru, Red Ink autograph to 25, Twins edition. See, you know the yellows, I don't know the one of one. We got Robin Yell to 25 and it is a one of one, wow. And actually, I believe he just passed away. One of one, Mr. Tiger Al Kaline, Red Ink as well. That's beautiful. Three one of ones in this box with a cut autograph. That's a sweet hit right there. And the last one here is a Relic. Could be a shoe, could be a glove, it might be a glove. Looks like it says MVP also in the glove. Max Scherzer, three out of five. And again, not a bad Relic to get either. I kind of like that it says MVP on there though, right? It's kind of cool. How are we supposed to top this? There you go guys. So let's go over these hits really quick. Right, three out of five. One of one Al Kaline. Robin Yell to 25 autograph. Red Ink autograph, Rob Caru to 25. Cut autograph, Lefty Grove three out of four. Don Maddenley, piece of the bat and Otto, one out of 10. You got a Barry Larkin eight out of 25. You got a Ryan Sandberg Red Ink autograph, one out of 10. You got a one of one piece of the glove and autograph of Alex Rodriguez and a one of one Nolan Ryan autograph. Very, very solid box. So I'm gonna quickly pause the video, I'm gonna type in these names and then we'll unpause, we'll randomize the customer names and the hits and we'll see who gets what. Appreciate it guys. Alrighty guys, so there you go, welcome back. So there's all the hits right there. Nolan Ryan autograph, one of one and Alex Rodriguez glove, Otto, one of one. Ryan Sandberg, sorry, Red Ink, Otto, one out of 10. Barry Larkin, Otto, Red Ink, eight out of 25. Don Maddenley, Bat Relic, Otto, one out of 10. Lefty Grove cut, Otto, three out of four. Rob Caru, Red Ink, Otto, nine out of 25. Robin Yell, 17 out of 25. Al Kalein autograph, one of one and a Max Scherzer Relic, three out of six. So there you go, customer names here. Let's roll it. We got a one and a three, four times, good luck. What you match up with is what you get. One, two, three, and four times. And four times. Boom, four times. Chris, down to Adam. Boom, four times. Scherzer Relic, three out of six, down to the Rob Caru autograph, Red Ink, nine out of 25. So let's see how I matched up with. So Chris, you got the Max Scherzer Relic, three out of six. Greg with the mini-spot, get the Nolan Ryan, Otto, one of one. There you go. Chris with the Barry Larkin autograph, Red Ink, eight out of 25. Jeff with the Ryan Sandberg, Red Ink, Otto, one out of 10. Nancy with the Raven Yelp, 17 out of 25. Otto, Johnny with the Lefty Grove, cut Otto, three out of four. We got Jeff with the Don Madeline, Bat Relic, Otto, one out of 10. Sean, last spot, Mojo, getting the Al Kalein, Mr. Tiger, Otto, one of one. Chris, getting the Alex Rodriguez, Love, Otto, one of one. And Adam, getting the Rob, a Rob Caru, Otto, Red Ink, nine out of 25. So there you go guys, congratulations. There's the hits. And again, appreciate you guys. We'll have another one of these up soon. JasperysKaceBricks.com.


While I have certainly lost track of how many times I've asked people to turn it on off again, not often does the FBI ask you to reboot things. And if you're wondering if it's a good idea to reboot when the FBI says to, it actually is. It shouldn't hurt anything rebooting in general, but this is actually more importantly a good idea. Let's talk about what's going on here, because it's kind of interesting. And it's not something like I don't recall the FBI saying, hey, can you reboot your router? Not a usual thing. So let's talk about what's going on here. So if you didn't see, of course, it's been going around, there's a malware threat referred to as VPN filter.  So let's talk a little bit about what VPN filter is other than a weird name for a botnet. At least I think it's weird, I don't know. So it's a router malware with destructive capabilities. Let's talk about what's affected by this links us e 2100 e 2500 and a lot of other ones netgears. There's a pretty interesting that the QNAPs are affected as well, a few other QNAP devices, TP links, and what other ones Oh, some of the mirror tick ones. Now these are the known devices that are affected, there's probably even more of them. These are ones that they tell us research, which is the security company that Cisco owns security researchers. This is the ones that they've identified that are affected by VPN filter, but they do realize there could be others or could be more on there. Now, let's break down this little complicated thing right here. And this is part of the telos blogs. If you type in TLOS VPN filter, you'll come to their blog about it. And this is a very large botnet because there's 500,000 devices. And what it has and why you have to reboot is the command and control server was seized by the FBI. Hence, why the FBI is the one asking you to reboot it. And what the command and control server is kind of interesting. So you have stage one, which stage one means your router gets infected. If you have one of the effective routers, it installs stage one, stage two says talk to server. It was TOK n o w a l dot com and photo bucket. If you don't recall photo bucket from the days of my space, I guess it's still around. I didn't realize that but it was a place where you could share photos and things like that. But it in a very clever twist, it's able to take a photo that looks like an image and essentially it's using like a second biography to pull details out of that photo to get some of this stage one information and what it should be doing for the attack server. So as the FBI has seized control of the command and control systems, rebooting it fixes it because stage one simply says, okay, I'm infected, but I'm awaiting instructions. Stage two is deploy the instructions. Now, when you reboot it, stage one starts over again, looking for the command and control server to try to do this. But stage two is actually go ahead and make this more permanent installs in there. Now, this is not something we've seen as much of, which is routers that get infected and it survives a reboot most of the time when the routers get hacked or infected, either a changes settings in the router or creates what they refer to as a non persistent threat that is only in memory. So because it's in memory and not written to the systems itself inside these routers, a reboot simply clears the exploitation and your router becomes back to normal. Now, part of the reason this is so hard and why this got so big is because it doesn't really affect if you have one of these routers you're not dramatically affected with your internet. Now, this also makes it really hard to defend against one of these botnet attacks. And what a botnet attack is, is most of the time related to denial of service. In denial of service, you can simply sum up as what if everyone tries to call your phone number at once, what if you're a large company and you're going, we have a call center that can handle up to 100 calls a minute. Well, what if they make that 10,000 calls or 100,000 calls or in the case of this 500,000 hits at once. So the scale and scope of it makes it really difficult to deal with and the fact that it's a bunch of consumer routers that are attached all over the world globally, I can't pick and choose what to block. So that's what makes this attack very, very effective, because it's spread out across the world. And these all these routers come together in one place based on the attack factors that are chosen. So they've been choosing targets in the UK, they think it's a Russian hacking group, attribution, I will say this and I've said this many times, anytime I talk about hacking, super hard to figure out who wrote it. It's not like they signed your name to it. So it's not, it seems like based on things that they have, and you can read into the details on the tales blog of why they think it's them. But the short answer is whoever's doing it doesn't matter reboot to get rid of it. Now, other things you're going to have to do to get rid of it first, if you have any of these on the list, just replace them. They're not that great. So replace them or potentially if you load new versions of firmware on each of these or the same firmware. And I say that because in theory, and I don't have enough of these to test, and there's not a ton of information, but it should if you have one of these, and you have to reload the same firmware over the top of it, it should overwrite the stage one on there. But honestly, if you have these devices, I'm probably going to suggest that you just replace them. And that way you don't have to worry about them being infected or some other piece that may have been missed because there was a vulnerability in these. In short, anytime you get someone inside of one of these devices, that's a time to really think about, you know, completely wiping it and loading it clean, which would be the new firmware. But if the device already has some trust issues, you may want to consider routers are not super expensive. They protect your network from problems like this or from your network being turned into an attack vector, which was the case here. So do consider I mean, they're not that expensive for routers that are equivalent to these are generally less than $100 for some of them. But that being said, do reboot your router, even though it's an odd thing for the FBI to say it is a good idea. It is a good idea to consider a higher quality router. This is one of the reasons I'm a big fan of software based routers like PF sense for to protect your business because much more dynamic control and easier to push updates because you're running on different types of hardware that makes a little bit better. That being said, you may notice that a lot of these are generally your consumer ones like this Linksys e 2500. So they're not really your commercial high end routers or things like that. Anyways, they're not something. Yeah, not something all that great. So definitely just in general, starting with a higher end router will protect you better and make your life that much easier. Now the good news is none of these are the ones that your cable provider generally provides. None of these are ones that I see provided from cable writers. So I'm happy to say that I don't see those. So sometimes this actually you trying to replace your cable modem provided by Comcast or wide open Western, whoever your internet provider is Cox internet, these actually downgraded your level of security from them. So something to think about something to consider short term, reboot your router long term. If you have one of these, just probably time for an upgrade and get a new one. Thanks for watching. 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The final item of business today is the member's business debate on motion number 11082, in the name of Paul Martin, on creating jobs in Glasgow's East End. This debate will be concluded without any questions being put, and I would be grateful if those members who wish to participate could press the request to speak buttons now, please. I call on Paul Martin to open the debate to seven minutes, please, Mr Martin. Thank you, Presiding Officer, and can I? First, I will take this opportunity to thank colleagues from across the parties for supporting the business motion in my name. I am also aware that many of the members here this evening will be familiar with the Glasgow Fort. I advise members that it is seven days till Christmas, seven days left, and I know that there are many bargains to be had at the Glasgow Fort junction 10 of the M8, so take advantage of that this evening in your way home. By way of background, the Fort Shopping Centre provides over 2,500 jobs. It is located in the Easterhouse of my area, and the constituents say that I represent Glasgow province. Members may be aware of some of the background and the challenges that face the East End of Glasgow, and in particular the Easterhouse in respect of the various levels of high concentration of unemployment. Recently, it has been announced that Mark Suspensers will build an extension to the existing facility at the Glasgow Fort, which will see another 500 jobs to the existing 2,500 jobs that currently exist. I also like the whole community, and I am sure that every member in this chamber will agree with me that the extension is welcomed in an area of high unemployment. At the same time, I need to say that we have to ensure that this investment benefits those who live in the locality of the Glasgow Fort. I was compelled to submit this motion today after I had a conversation with a young man who lives directly across from the Glasgow Fort, and he welcomed the expansion of this new facility, but advised me that he has been facing a number of difficulties in respect of securing permanent employment since leaving college. Most importantly, he advised me that he wanted to work. When I had a discussion with him concerning the new jobs that were coming to the Glasgow Fort, he advised me that, due to the gaps in the CV and some of the challenges that he faced in the creation of a CV, for example, and the gaps in some of the other elements of his employment history, he did not feel that he would be given the opportunity for those jobs that existed in the expansion of the Glasgow Fort. I find that unacceptable. This young man and other young people in East House and other people who want to take up on those opportunities should be given the opportunity to take up employment opportunities that exist in the local area. Simply put, in my terms, I would say that it is not a lack of aspiration to work, but a lack of opportunity. We, in this Parliament, have a responsibility and we have the powers that are available to us to take action in that respect. There are many others, unfortunately, within my constituency and other parts of Glasgow and beyond, to find themselves in such a similar position. We have a responsibility to reverse this trend. It is important, as I have said, as a local member to recognise and welcome this investment, but we need to take action and look at how we can reverse this trend, as I have already said. I have already written to the chief executive of Mark Spencers and I have been called on him to employ local jobseekers and to work with the council's local authority Glasgow jobs and business organisation to look at how we can support those who wish to gain employment in the Glasgow Fort. I welcome the positive reply that I have already received from the chief executive of Mark Spencers and I look forward to meeting him in the new year to discuss how we can take forward various initiatives to ensure that local people are given the opportunities that they deserve. I would also like Mark Spencers to follow the lead of Tesco, one of their rivals whom I worked with when I represented Springburn, where we formed the St Rock's initiative, where we ensured that 450 people who lived locally in Springburn were employed in the new St Rock's initiative in Tesco and Springburn. Many of those people still work in that St Rock's initiative, that St Rock's store in Springburn. Many of them, I can cite one example of one gentleman who had not worked for 25 years, who was able to secure employment in the St Rock's initiative in the St Rock's store in Springburn because of the initiative that was put in place to ensure that he was given the support that he deserved to be able to take up on that employment. My main ask of the Scottish Government this evening is to look at how they can encourage employers to take to ensure that we employ locally and also to put in place the necessary resources to ensure that that can be taken forward. As I have already set out, there are a number of very complex reasons why individuals are not able to gain that employment. I think that it is our responsibility to take that forward. On the conclusion, I would say that unemployment is unacceptable. I think that everyone in this chamber is united in dealing with that, that its costs and the challenges that we face in the economy are unacceptable. It is something that all of us in this chamber want to take action on. However, here is a specific example that I would put in place of the best practice of example for the St Rock's initiative, where we ensure that people are prepared to apply for those posts that would become available. I welcome the £45 million investment in the local area in respect of the expansion and the kind of investment that we have seen in that area. I look forward to working with the Scottish Government and with the local employers to ensure that we make a difference and that people can be given a genuine opportunity to be employed in the locality. Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. Thank you very much. I now call John Mason to be followed by Patricia Ferguson's speeches of around four minutes or so. Thank you, Presiding Officer, and thank you also to Paul Martin for bringing this motion today. As he obviously realises, the fort is not currently in my constituency, but once upon a time it was when I represented Glasgow East at Westminster. In fact, I have to say that the fort holds a very special place in my memory from the summer of 2008, when both the main parties did quite a lot of campaigning there around the by-election. I especially remember the morning of Friday 25 July 2008, when we met there with the media to celebrate the SNP winning that particular by-election. I have seen the fort develop over the years from the early days when I remember that even some local people did not like the name because they felt that it was overly war-like and was not good for the Easter house area, but we seem to have got over that problem. I think that being on the motorway into and out of Glasgow has been an advantage for Easter house, certainly in having this development in its location. I think that Easter house, to some extent, has benefited from the location in comparison with some of Glasgow's other post-war peripheral housing schemes, Lightroom Chapel or Castle Milk. Easter house is now very much at the centre of things. From the beginning, there were delays in attracting some kind of leisure facility to the fort, although that had been a commitment right at the beginning from both the developers and the city council. However, I have to say that I am glad now that we have the view cinema and a whole range of eating places there, as well as purely the shopping experience. I think that from the early days, there was a realisation that many of the shoppers would come from a distance, would use their cars and would use the motorway. However, I think that there has also been a commitment that there should be as many local jobs as possible for local people. To be fair to the fort as a whole, it probably varies slightly from employer to employer, but there has been a serious effort made to do this. I understand that that is the case, as Paul Martin has eloquently said, for the present expansion. I have to say that one of the reasons I enjoyed using the fort at first was that it had a really good bookshop in the shape of Borders, which is no longer there. The story of Borders is something of a picture of the retail sector and, frankly, of the jobs that can go with it. When I was younger in Glasgow, the place to buy your books was John Smith's in St Vincent Street, and I suspect that other members may remember it as well. However, Borders and the other big chains came into Glasgow, both in the city centre and out-of-town shopping centres like the fort, and John Smith got squeezed out, as did many smaller shops. Over time, Borders has been squeezed out by the likes of Amazon. My memory of Borders is that it had a name, as well as being a good bookshop, of being somewhat poor employer and very much anti-trade union, all of which raises the questions of some jobs being better than other jobs and of some employers being better than others. I do very much welcome the expansion of the fort and the new jobs that come alongside, but are they really new jobs or are they effectively a transfer of jobs from smaller shops that have been squeezed out by the big chains that inhabit retail parks? I guess that, frankly, it is a mixture of both. People do not have a lot of extra money these days to spend, so they can only spend each pound once in one shop. However, on the other hand, hopefully people are being attracted to Glasgow from other parts of Scotland and beyond, and the actual number of retail sales is increasing. The motion mentions the wider east end, and I think that there is a lot to welcome in the east end this year, not least with the Commonwealth Games, which brought both temporary and permanent jobs. Clyde Gateway is doing a great work with regeneration and the new police building down at Dunlarnock, which will increase football fall, even though many of the jobs are transferring, and that will have an icon effect. To finish with the fort, I hope to be there actually tomorrow evening, Mr Martin, rather than this evening, because I hope to take part in Carol singing at Morrison's, and I am sure that Mr Martin and I would be very welcome to take part in that as well, if they would like to do so. I congratulate my colleague Paul Martin for securing this very worthwhile and important debate this evening. The motion is about creating jobs in Glasgow's east end, but I appreciate that a constituency such as mine stretches from the north-west of the city to the east. At several points, Mr Martin's constituency and mine run along opposite sides of the same road. In any case, a job located in the east end of the city may, on occasion at least, be an opportunity for someone in the neighbouring constituencies. Paul Martin rightly identifies the good practice that Tesco demonstrated when it opened its superstore at St Rolox, which is now in my constituency following the boundary changes in 2011. Working with local partners, including the much-missed Glasgow North regeneration agency, under the guidance of its excellent chief executive, Kathy Lang, Tesco at that time went out of their way to prepare and recruit local people for their new store. Even those who were not fortunate enough to be employed by Tesco had the opportunity to learn the basic skills needed in the world at work. Over the years, I have spoken to a number of people who used that experience and successfully found employment elsewhere. Learning from the experience that Paul Martin described to me from his knowledge of what happened at St Rolox, I was particularly keen to make sure that a similar programme was operated by Tesco when they enlarged their store in Mary Hill. I am pleased that they decided to operate a similar scheme there, providing pre-interview training and assistance with issues such as CV preparation, for example. Local jobs for local people is what we are really talking about, because the constituencies that Paul Martin and I have the privilege to represent contain, I would argue, the best people and the most vibrant communities, but they also have some of the highest levels of deprivation in the country, something that disturbs me greatly and is what motivated me to become involved in politics in the first place. Paul Martin is absolutely right when he says that large developments in the east end of the city must also be opportunities for local people and that all agencies and organisations must come together to create more jobs and apprenticeships. In my constituency, we hope to see soon a major retail facility built on the site of the former North British local motive works at Carlyaw Street in Springburn. The site was cleared in the 1960s and has stood deserted ever since, and the proposals put forward by Forge properties could spur further regeneration in the area and, crucially, provide food shopping or food shopping hub, in fact, in an area that is sadly lacking in that kind of possibility. New roads and other infrastructure would, of course, follow and some 611 jobs are likely to be created. I and the local councillors for the area, Chris Kelly and Helen Steven, want to work with the developer to ensure the jobs go to the people in our community and those in the neighbouring areas, both during the construction phase and when the centre opens. We will do everything in our power to make that happen, but we need to ensure that all other agencies are also partners in that work. I would particularly mention jobs and business Glasgow in that regard. My congratulations to Paul Martin and I sincerely hope that his hard work pays off for his constituents in relation to Glasgow Fort, as well as his previous efforts at St Rolox and Springburn did for his constituents then. Many thanks. I now invite Annabelle Ewing to respond to the debate. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I congratulate Paul Martin on securing this member's debate tonight. Indeed, his entreaty for some last minute Christmas shopping will be noted in the record of the debate this evening and, hopefully, will be poured over avidly tomorrow by our fellow colleagues, who might be tempted to proceed directly to the fort to get their last minute Christmas presents. I welcome the expansion of the Fort shopping centre in the east end of Glasgow and, in particular, the opportunities for job seekers that the expansion will create. I also thank the member for Glasgow Provin for highlighting the hugely important issue of job creation and, therefore, of apprenticeship opportunities, points that were indeed taken up by John Mason and Patricia Ferguson. I would like to focus, Presiding Officer, on a number of issues here of relevance. As far as skills training and access to the jobs market is concerned, it is worth noting that the most recent UK Commission for Employment and Skills survey outlines a number of key strengths for skills and training in Scotland, including positive feedback on the readiness of our young people. The survey found that young people in Scotland are the best prepared for work in the UK, and that there is also an improving situation on skills gaps. However, we want more firms to play a part in supporting our people towards fair and sustainable employment, and our efforts to achieve that will be stepped up further in the coming year in the context of our refreshed youth employment strategy. I do appreciate all efforts to encourage young people and to support young people into employment, but the kind of people that have particularly benefited from the initiatives that Tesco has so far taken forward are those people who have perhaps been out of the job market for a long time and who struggle with issues of confidence and skills, and those are the people who are probably hardest to reach to use a clichéd phrase, but most genuinely in need of that kind of support. I thank Patricia Ferguson for her comment, which is a fair comment to make. Indeed, there is a recognition that there are a number of people further away from the jobs market, and those people need support. Our refreshed youth employment strategy is absolutely intended to provide the support needed to ensure that all young people have an opportunity to get into the workplace. As far as Skills Development Scotland is concerned, it has been working with the Scottish Funding Council, local authorities and others to develop regional skills assessments, and this work will help to improve the understanding of the skills and labour market demands across Scotland. Last month, SDS published a series of 11 regional skills assessments covering the length and breadth of Scotland, including Glasgow region and Glasgow and Clyde valley. The collaborative approach that is employed in the development of those assessments reiterates the Scottish Government's commitment to work with our employers to ensure that our skills and education system are closely aligned with economic opportunities. The Commonwealth Games was mentioned, and I believe that that is also of relevance, Presiding Officer. Members will be aware, of course, that the Scottish Government and its key partners began planning a legacy fit for the Commonwealth Games back in 2008. Central to those plans were our ambitions, and those of our partners to increase movement for Scottish people into employment, training and volunteering, increasing the growth rate of Scottish businesses and helping Scotland to attract new business investments. As part of those ambitions, the Scottish Government has provided £125 million to Clyde Gateway since 2007, helping to remediate land, create office and industrial space, attract inward investment and generate job opportunities in the east end of Glasgow. In addition to that, the £500 million spent on the construction and refurbishment of games venues and the athlete's village in the east end of Glasgow over the six years leading to 2014 has on average supported 1,000 jobs and contributed £52 million to Scotland's GVA in each year. Furthermore, 500 jobs were provided for the long-term unemployed and education leavers on Commonwealth Games infrastructure-related contracts, including 168 apprenticeships, as well as providing opportunities for investment from local businesses and social enterprises. On the issue of community benefit clauses, Clyde Gateway also seeks to support local people to access the opportunities that regeneration of the area is in fact bringing, and community benefit clauses form a mandatory part in contracts being delivered by Clyde Gateway providing jobs and training for local people. Where jobs cannot be provided due to the specialist nature of the work, alternative community benefits are indeed agreed with the contractor. In addition, it is worth noting that Clyde Gateway is delivering a range of employment and training projects to support people into work many for the first time, and they have agreed a joint action plan with Skills Development Scotland to support the specific employability and training needs in the area, perhaps covering the concern that Ms Ferguson had. The youth employment strategy that I referred to earlier, which we published on Monday, does indeed respond to the report by Sir Ian Wood and his commission for developing Scotland's young workforce. We have set out in the debate that we have just had this afternoon a very radical plan to offer young people the skills and knowledge that they need to move from education to the world of work. I agree with Paul Martin that we indeed have each of us a responsibility as parliamentarians to do what we can with the powers that we have in the Parliament to ensure that every young person has a chance to make their way in life. That is certainly a duty that I take very seriously indeed. The milestones over the next six years are very clear and they are also very ambitious and we have committed to taking action that is needed to secure our very ambitious target of reducing youth unemployment by 40 per cent by 2021. The Government has already committed £12 million this year and £16.6 million is planned for the year of 2015-16 to support and develop the plans outlined in the implementation plan. That funding demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that the resources are in place to make real our vision of a world-class vocational education system. We will improve the options for young people to help them to get into sustainable jobs that will drive economic growth and so reduce youth unemployment to levels of the best-performing countries in Europe. The programme aims to achieve systemic change across schools, colleges, training provision and employers, underpinned by consistent and sustained support from this Government. Those actions will sit alongside our existing successful actions to tackle youth unemployment, which include the opportunities for all programme, a commitment to offer a place in education or training to 16 to 19-year-olds who need it and, of course, our modern apprenticeship programme, where we are continuing to deliver 25,000 modern apprenticeship starts a year. Indeed, we plan to go further by increasing that target to 30,000 by 2020. I am very pleased indeed to have had the opportunity tonight to respond to Mr Martin's debate. I would wish to stress that, although much has been achieved and developments like the one highlighted at the fort are important to driving recovery, there is still a great deal to do, and the member can be assured that we will use every possible opportunity for government, for local government, businesses, employers, social enterprises, the third sector and the people of Scotland to work together to ensure that we maximise job creation and apprenticeship opportunity in Glasgow's east end and, indeed, across Scotland. Thank you very much, and that concludes Paul Martin's debate on creating jobs in Glasgow's east end. I now close this meeting of Parliament.


What's up? How are you guys today? A lot of you have been asking me to talk about Hench herbivore as the poor guy ended up in the hospital from his Diet or his performance enhancing drug usage aka steroids, whatever you want to call it So we've done videos on him before personal trainer and nutritionist I Mean if you're gonna argue which is worse for your health taking steroids or following a vegan diet I think both are pretty bad, but the vegan diet is surprisingly worse and The one thing to point out is that any vegans that actually look Muscular in any capacity and this guy, you know, he doesn't have that much muscle mass He's just kind of shredded They are all using performance enhancing drugs because you guys know like most vegans look like pale zombie ghouls that fall over in the wind so We'll see what he has to say. So this is the video he put on his channel addressing the hospital stay I mean the irony of that is it's a carnivore That's shitting on him, but all these carnivores are gonna have liver damage whether it takes two three four five ten years As a vegan I recently achieved a fat free mass index of 25 the absolute pinnacle of what's bro Just looking at how lean he is knowing he's following a vegan crappola diet God knows how many drugs he's using all I'm thinking is how fried his kidneys and liver are from the drug uses trying to maintain The lean this considered achievable naturally, but more recently I became extremely ill had to undergo surgery and currently look in about the worst shape of my life I did a post on Instagram recently saying that I've been extremely ill but leaving out exactly what was wrong with me as Expected despite there being no context anti-vegans and carnivores immediately started blaming my vegan diet Were they right to do so though?  I developed codices to my gallstone being stuck in the bile duct of my gallbladder Man was I suffering it's reckoned to be a worse pain than childbirth immediately. I got admitted to hospital so we did a whole video on gallbladder and gallstones and it's basically from not having enough saturated fat and cholesterol in the diet and Bad gut motility So if you guys want the the full like one-on-one and explanation on that But yeah, high carbohydrate low saturated fat diets tend to cause gallstones. That's why so many people get them now After a few days waiting to have my gallbladder removed I suffered peritonitis when my gallbladder suddenly perforated Bile leaked into my body and I went into stage 4 kidney failure Soon I was under the knife the bile drained and my gallbladder removed How surgery is quickly as I went down hill that sounds really crazy But it goes to show you how toxic the bile is to the body Because it's actually where the liver excretes its toxins into the digestive system Which is then taken out of the body, but you obviously don't want that stuff in the blood My vitals recovered similarly initially they said I'd be recovering in hospital for 10 days I got out in only five not bad for that smunch of hate It was a shock being in hospital for a little under two weeks to see how quickly my muscles atrophied Particularly my legs soon looked really tiny to me I also didn't recognize my midsection Well this guy almost dies and he's worried about his muscle mass Surgery my gut looked like a beach ball to me This is because the surgeon fills the body up with gas to make his job easier and safer Happily, I'm starting to see those abs come back through. I'm pleased to say and now the big question Well, he's worried about his abs. He's about to drop dead gallstones a vegan thing By far the most common reason I mean if you're suffering from similar problems that people on a stands in American diet get It's it's not much better. I'm curious if he's gonna explain Scientifically why his gallbladder exploded How does that he's saying Gallstones are from eating too much cholesterol, but he hasn't eaten cholesterol so clearly. That's not correct Well, because mainstream medicinal science is lying to you, buddy What's probably for my recent cup where I lost 77 pounds, of course You can lose weight on any eating modality on average vegans are the only Greek with a healthy So if you're eating a carnus diet, particularly a so-called carnival diet where you eat nothing They always use these arbitrary measures like BMI and things that don't really matter as a status of overall health but when your face looks like this like Like who cares what you're saying doc that guy dr. Gregor is the worst the ghoul dr. Gregor We might have to look at him later But flesh you're a massive risk for developing coli cystitis That is the worst thing that I've ever been through and I wouldn't wish that Stasis you had to say carnivores all you're doing anyway is swapping your long-term health for a short-term feeling of health This isn't vegan rhetoric. This is medicinal fact as proven by the overwhelming preponderance of scientific data I get why people are seduced by this strategy like all animals. We have three prime directors, bro What's wrong with this guy is completely delusional? He's trying to sell his nutritional course after he just explained that his Diet put him in the hospital and cost his gallbladder to explode Seek pleasure avoid pain expend the least energy. Yeah, bro. I'm right on that I'll buy that right now think about it If you've been in carnival for a while and then put in some whole plant foods Which again are clinically proven to be the healthiest foods in the world and your gut forced to pieces Then you're not healing are you?  Anyways, run over. I'd like to finish with some final thoughts and insights about my terrible ordeal This might sound like complete bulls**t But if I'm with you is true Given the chance Don't think I've changed anything. I came away with a lot to be grateful for Well, I was laying there in pain bored and just plain uncomfortable start thinking about my physique This is this is the funniest. This is hilarious. Oh my god He only cares about is how he looks and so on is nonsense I would look like a hot mess and would need to be out of the gym for another six weeks still I was about to start feeling depressed when I asked the nurse what was wrong with the guy Diagonally opposite to me. It was needing constant care Turns out that this keen cyclist had gone headlong into a ditch and was now paralyzed from the neck down Immediately, I thought to myself. What is he on about if I got to complain about? I'm constantly bemoaning mainstream medicine. I liken it to a block sync with the tap left running They will sell you paper towel after paper towel to clean the mess up with while preventative medicine says Why not just turn off the tap? Anyways as bad as mainstream medicine is for chronic issues I've got to feel the benefit of how it's like the world gonna invert itself when one of these Vegans brains actually turn on I think the lack of omega-3 and B vitamins in their diet actually prevents them from You know actually figuring it out.  Oh, maybe it's the vegan diet And well it deals with acute issues as a bonus. They fix the hernia that I'd had for years I hadn't got it fixed yet as I'd like to be out of the gym recovering Many any vegans were fond of saying that my hernia was my pro-inflammatory vegan diet Well, number one the short chain fatty acids produced from eating fiber are the most anti-inflammatory Do we really where do we really need to listen to the rest of this nonsense? He hasn't Given us anything reasonable. He's completely wrong on his hypothesis.   And also I developed my hernia years before going vegan back when I was eating tons of meat and Finally and most importantly, of course Hernias are not caused by diet They're caused from straining But hey when you want to say that veganism is wrong you gotta make up Also the love that I felt from the hospital stuff look it's a combination of a lot of things You know you're taking the the performance enhancing drugs the steroids Which is inhibiting your liver and gallbladder function and you're following a vegan diet But you know most vegans don't necessarily get the gallstones and a lot of issues It's if you combine enough negative lifestyle factors That's where you get these severe issues where you end up in the hospital Was immense. I saw how much many of them were struggling and under pressure But they always dealt with me with such warmth and compassion making me feel totally comfortable in situations Where I may have felt a lot. Yeah, bro Those those vegans will make you feel good until you literally starve to death eating Cardboard and lettuce dignity. I could see that those people like me were living their lives purpose I admire them deeply of watching in their pants six times a day in their own house Speaking of love I've got a big up my partner Gemma My beautiful angel of a fiance was by my side holding my hand the whole time one night when things were particularly bad She stayed behind four plus hours after visiting time Despite the fact that she's not a fan of being in trouble as she puts it stuff literally had to kick it out She has seen to my every whim provided me with the best food being someone to confide in and a shoulder to cry on when needed I mean Not to be insensitive, but isn't isn't the best food what got you in the hospital in the first place I've been completely in love with this deeply caring selfless lady for many years now Did my vegan diet do this we still haven't answered the question. We're just rambling and selling stuff Now I see how deeply she loves me right back This all deal is pulled sharply to focus how important Gemma is to me I don't know what I would have done slash would do without her Gemma you are my world Thank you for being you my beautiful angel Being unable to work. I've been able to indulge myself in loads of my favorite things Been devouring lots of whole foods plant-based scientific knowledge from podcast videos, etc. Oh, yeah Come to think of it. I was even pushing Sucking down more propaganda Maybe maybe he did maybe he did think for a second. He had to quit the vegan diet So we just had to reinforce it with more nonsense vegan healthy nutrition while I was in hospital Guy opposite me got we got chatting about the whole nutrition thing and then he ordered the vegan breakfast Which caused a lot of kerfuffle for the stuff All right, I mean, what do we expect like he basically denied that the vegan diet Was to blame in any capacity? whatsoever despite using a false hypothesis of cholesterol cause and gallstones then proceeded to try to sell his nutritional and personal training courses while explaining how happy he is to be a vegan and How good the diet is and how loving the vegan community is it's it's hilarious. It's honestly hilarious No oil sunflower seed spread in parentheses very healthy. Ooh, will this cause me? gallbladder failure or kidney failure which one I Mean I Who knows who knows? Makes it. You know, it is interesting how much How much the body can take on these crazy diets with the drug usage and all that stuff I mean if they had to remove this guy's gallbladder and he almost had kidney failure I think he's gonna have a Very difficult time moving forward. So we'll see what happens Hopefully he starts feeling better and maybe his brain turns on and he's sneaking some fish in here and they're like to tell me But who knows? Anyway, thank you guys for joining me today. Hopefully you had a little fun today and enjoyed this video But definitely keeping out on the channel over the next few days. 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I'm going to turn to an area that Senator Lee and I, we both shared the subcommittee on antitrust, and so it's near and dear to my heart, so I thought it would spend a little time. It usually gets relegated to the second round, but I'm putting it up on the docket here. U.S. antitrust law has been described as a comprehensive charter of economic liberty, and I agree. And effective antitrust enforcement plays a critical role, as you know, in protecting consumers and workers, promoting innovation, ensuring new businesses have an opportunity to compete. It actually, from really early on in our country's history, has been a very important part of assuring that capitalism works. And in January, for the first time, since the dawn of the Internet, the Senate passed a tech competition bill out of the Judiciary Committee. It's a bill that Senator Grassley and I lead, many of the members of this committee supported the bill, 16-to-6 vote. It's called the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. It's now headed to the Senate floor. I'm not going to ask you about that bill, obviously, but I want to put this in some context. While tech monopolies have seized from 50 to 90 percent market share in major parts of their business lines, it is clear to me, when you look at the plain language of the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, laws that are in place, that these monopolies are not okay. However, court rulings for decades in antitrust have created some major obstacles to taking on these cases. And it's not just court rulings. It is on us with, as I said, the dawn of the Internet, decades having passed. It is on us, the Senate and the House, to update our laws this year to give enforcers the resources to do their jobs, something you, if confirmed, would not have a role in. But the role of the courts is also very critical. You have been nominated to replace Justice Breyer, who came to the court with a strong background in antitrust law. I know you handled a case, you and I discussed it in my office. I think it got decided the merger was abandoned, so you didn't have to rule on the merits of it. It was back in 2017, a FTC challenge. But I'll just quote something that Justice Breyer once said. He told this committee, if you're going to have a free enterprise economy, then you must have a strong and effective antitrust law. Do you agree with Justice Breyer's statement, and how would you characterize the goals of our antitrust laws? Well, thank you, Senator. The antitrust laws protect competition and, as you said, therefore protect consumers and competitors and the economy as a whole. And the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act are broad in their statements and their protections, and there's a lot of precedent in this area. If I were confirmed, I would use my methodology to look at the precedents in these areas to ensure that any legislation that I was considering is interpreted according to the text, consistent with Congress' intent, and in the area of antitrust that is ensuring that there is consumer protections. Very good. And just to play it out a little bit, since the 1980s, the court in cases like Trinco and Credit Suisse, Ohio v. American Express, has really made it increasingly difficult to enforce the antitrust laws and protect competition. And during that same time, and I know many of my colleagues know this, we have seen a rise in industry consolidation, market power, not only in tech with companies like Google and Amazon and Facebook and Apple, but also across our economy, really in everything from pharma to cat food to caskets. Do you, what role do you think that congressional intent should play in the court's interpretation of the antitrust laws? And I say that because I think that we're dealing with some cases where justices have actually substituted their own ideologies for the intent of Congress in originally passing the laws. And I think it was Justice Souter who once said before this committee, when we are dealing with antitrust laws, we are dealing with one of the most spectacular examples of delegation to the judiciary that our legal system knows. But he added this, certainly a respect for legislative intent has got to be our anchor for interpretation. So what role do you think congressional intent should play in the court's interpretation of the antitrust laws? Thank you, Senator. So I've interpreted a number of statutes in my near decade on the bench. And in every case, the text of a statute is what the court looks at in order to ascertain what the legislature intended. And that is important because, as I've said, courts are not policymakers and judges should not be importing their own policy preferences. Judges are restrained in our constitutional scheme in order to affect the will of Congress in terms of their interpretation of the laws. Okay. Thank you.


I can't believe Sally thinks she can come to our party. Yes, she isn't nearly as rich as we are.  How can you stand to watch this? Huh? Sorry, I don't really have a personality outside of preaching about economics. I just do whatever you guys are doing. Shush, I'm trying to watch. Oh, buddy. No, this is everything wrong with this country. The 1% flaunting its wealth in front of us just begging for class warfare. We must overthrow the bourgeoisie. Actually, the popular conception of the 1% and the 99% as non-overlapping classes is mostly inaccurate. What? How could that even be possible? Yeah, how could that be possible, you fool?  The king of fools. Because people are constantly moving in and out of their income brackets. According to an article in the New York Times by professor of social welfare, Mark R. Rank, 12% of Americans will find themselves in the top 1% for at least one year, and 39% of Americans will spend a year in the top 5%, and more than half of all Americans will at some point be in the top 10%. These facts conflict heavily with the popular conception that the U.S. has made of distinct economic classes rather than fluid income brackets. Another important detail that's often overlooked is work experience. Inequality arguments almost always ignore the natural increase in wages over a career. But a large contributor to what we call income inequality is the fact that older people work many more years than younger people, and therefore earn more money. But I thought the middle class is shrinking. It is, because the upper class is growing. Ah, they get everything. No, Bob, that's a good thing. It means that steadily over time, more people are leaving the middle class and becoming rich. Adjusted for inflation, the number of people earning less than $75,000 per year has steadily shrunk since 1970, whereas the number of people earning six figures or more has steadily grown. It's not to say that things are always fair, or that every rich person came by their money ethically, but one thing's for sure, the common conception of social class in America being an unchanging plutocracy is sorely mistaken. Hey folks, thanks so much for watching. If you enjoyed this, please check out fee.org for more educational content. Thank you.


Alright guys, how are we welcome back to another reaction video today? We look at number 65 on the list of the top 100 NFL players in 2022 his name's Derek car He's a QB for the Raiders And when I think about the Raiders at least this year, I think You know better fucking execution is one and I secondly I think I think The Devontae Adams which is a really really really interesting and nice pickup especially for Derek K He's gonna enjoy that or he better enjoy that he better make use of it. I'm sure he will anyways guys This is not about this year. It's about the previous year and he comes in at number 65 on the list as voted by his peers He's up there. He's um, he's not the top quarterbacks probably not even in the top ten quarterbacks But he's up there and with that in mind. Let's get into it if I can Derek car I feel like Derek are a little underrated They don't give them enough credit because if you look every year Passing wise and yours and just being able to get it. It's his guys the ball on film You know, we play them twice a year I feel like you know, he's a lot better than what people give him and I feel like he does a great great job Leading the guys he has over there Look, I'd have to agree Derek Carr is nothing if not competitive. He really only wants to well, you know Just win and when he gets that look in his eye He's a serious fellow. I must admit. I haven't seen him laugh too much, but then again, I haven't watched the Raiders too much He's the leader bro, it's getting them out to battle That almost gave me goosebumps if I saw Tom Brady doing that It's an instant rush of adrenaline and an instant rush of goosebumps Derek are not so much Touchdown I've watched Derek play for a long time and you know, I think he's a guy that definitely cares Alright, so when we talk about the Raiders, we're talking all right running back. I'll be one is Jacobs wide receiver one Would be Adams and tight end one would be Darren Waller. He's got targets keep it We go home with the wind. He's just incredibly consistent and smart Derek Carr made some critical throws when he had to actually I have to say one thing when he lets his hair get that little bit longer He starts looking Identical to one of those bad guys on home alone, you know the one through guys open today His accuracy made a difference when he played us I think he had like three or four incompletions the whole game 31 of 34 323 yards of two touchdowns He really seems like he's getting better as he's getting older Car through for a career high 4804 yards ah still breaking records still bowling out This best in the NFL That's my quarterback. I got like all of the most of respect confidence Everything for that guy. He's a true pro like for a friend to quarterback truly I feel like he's the top one in the player. He's a clutch player I remember Derek all know we played in the college. She played fresh. No sale in Nebraska. He came up there We ended up winning but they gave us a tough time Since 2015 Car leads all NFL quarterbacks with 23 fourth quarter comebacks and 20 game winning drives When they play you are kidding.  He goes an arching pass down the side. It's pass To go to the playoff. I would not have guessed that he'd have the most fourth quarter comebacks in the league Since 2015 but in saying that Tom Brady's been in the league since bloody 2001 It's just totally two totally different levels, isn't it? They played the charges. He pulled up a big game stepped up in a big moment sudden death third down and eight car Looks goes over to the left-hand side and say Jones for the first down. I'm seeing a lot of this Jones guy Is going to start taking note of Derek Carr Thanks guys. Thanks for watching Derek. I've actually got his jersey not here at That at my dad's place Look if I had it in the cupboard, I would have put it on It's a nice looking jersey I don't mind the raiders and I don't mind their home stadium. I'd love to get there one day Will it be this year only time will tell If you want to support me in getting there head down into the description box below and check out different ways You can support the channel What that's gonna do is allow me to invest my money in certain ventures certain things to bring more content To this channel. Cheers guys and I'll see you in the next one