Hi and welcome to the session. I am Deepika here. Let's discuss the question solve the following equation 10p plus 10 is equal to 100 So let's start the solution our given equation is 10p plus 10 is equal to 100. Now We want to separate the variable p. So First let's subtract 10 from both sides subtract from both the sides of the above equation we get 10p plus 10 minus 10 is equal to 100 minus 10 or 10p is equal to 90 Now divide both sides of the above equation above equation by 10 Why doing so? We will get p on the left hand side So we get 10p upon 10 is equal to 90 upon 10 or P is equal to 9 and this is a required solution Hence the answer for the above question is P is equal to 9. I hope the question is clear to you. Bye and take care


Hello, and welcome to the Grand Valley State University Calculus screencasts. Today we're going to talk about differentiating integral functions. We've seen that we can use the definite integral to define functions by allowing the upper limit to be a variable. And whenever we differentiate an integral function like that, the result is the integrand, and this is what we call the second fundamental theorem of calculus. And the second fundamental theorem of calculus is fundamental in the sense that it shows that any continuous function has an anti-derivative, even if we can't find a nice formula for it. In particular, the definite integral from a to x of f of t dt is an anti-derivative for the integrand f. Put another way, the second fundamental theorem of calculus says that differentiation undoes integration. Now in this screencast, we're going to use the second fundamental theorem of calculus, along with other properties of integrals and properties of the derivative in order to calculate derivatives of three specific functions defined by definite integrals. So for our first example, consider the function capital F defined as the definite integral from 1 to x of cosine t squared plus 1 dt. Now this is an example to which we can directly apply the second fundamental theorem of calculus to find the derivative big f prime. So go ahead and pause the video for a moment and see if you can figure out how the second fundamental theorem of calculus applies here, then resume when you're ready. Recall that the second fundamental theorem of calculus tells us that differentiation undoes integration. In other words, if we integrate and then differentiate, we should just get back the integrand as a function of x. So the derivative of big f of x in this case is just the cosine of x squared plus 1. We take the integrand and evaluate it at x. Now we can use the second fundamental theorem of calculus and some properties of the definite integral to differentiate slightly more complicated functions. For example, let a of x be the definite integral from x to 3 of e to the tangent of t dt. Now note that this function capital A doesn't have the form integral a to x of f of t dt that's in the second fundamental theorem of calculus since the variable limit in a is the lower limit and not the upper limit. So we can't directly apply the second fundamental theorem of calculus to find a prime. However, we can use properties of the definite integral to rewrite a so that it's in a slightly different form to which we can apply the second fundamental theorem of calculus. Pause the video for a moment and see if you can figure out how to do that and then calculate the derivative of big a, and then resume the video when you're ready. Recall that one of the properties of the definite integral is that we can reverse the limits of integration by multiplying the integral by negative 1. This will allow us to rewrite capital A so that the upper limit is the one that has the variable. In other words, capital A of x can be written as the opposite of the definite integral from 3 to x of e to the tangent t dt. And now that the variable limit is the upper limit, we can apply the second fundamental theorem of calculus to find the derivative of capital A. Since we can factor out the constant multiple negative 1 from the derivative, we see that big a prime of x is the opposite of the derivative of the integral from 3 to x of e to the tangent t dt. The second fundamental theorem of calculus tells us that that's just the opposite of the integrand evaluated of x. So a prime of x is the opposite of e to the tangent of x. We can also combine the second fundamental theorem of calculus with some of the differentiation rules we know to differentiate even more complicated functions defined by integrals. For example, suppose we take capital T of x, which is the integral from 1 to the natural log of x, of 1 over 1 plus t to the fourth dt. Note that T of x doesn't have the form integral 8x of f of t dt as we need to use the second fundamental theorem of calculus because the upper variable limit isn't just x, it's a function of x. So we can't directly apply the second fundamental theorem of calculus to determine the derivative of capital T. However, if we're clever, we can view capital T as a composite of functions and then use both the second fundamental theorem of calculus and the chain rule to differentiate t. Pause the video for a moment and think about how we might write capital T of x as a composite big f of g of x and clearly identify what big f of x and what g of x are. You might want to think about how we would relate big t to the integral from 1 to x of 1 over 1 plus t to the fourth dt so that we can use the second fundamental theorem. So resume the video when you're ready. Okay, we want to write big t as a composite. Let big f of x be the definite integral from 1 to x of 1 over 1 plus t to the fourth dt. Then to get big t, we want to replace that x in that upper limit with ln x. So we might just let g of x be ln of x. If we do that, then big t of x is in fact big f of g of x. Now that we have big t written as a composite, we can use the chain rule to differentiate t. Note that the derivative of big t of x is going to be the derivative of big f of g of x so it will be f prime of g of x times g prime of x. Now the second fundamental theorem of calculus tells us how to differentiate big f. Remember big f of x is the integral from 1 to x of 1 over 1 plus t to the fourth dt. So the derivative of big f with respect to x is just the integrand as a function of x, 1 over 1 plus x to the fourth. That means that f prime of g of x, we get by evaluating f prime of x at g of x. So we take g of x and substitute it in for x in the rule for f prime. And f prime of g of x is then 1 over 1 plus the fourth power of ln x, which we can write as 1 over 1 plus ln to the fourth of x. Recall that g of x is the natural log of x, so g prime of x is 1 over x. This makes t prime of x the derivative from 1 to ln x, 1 over 1 plus t to the fourth dt, which we've seen as f prime of g of x times g prime of x. We get 1 over 1 plus the fourth power of the natural log of x times 1 over x. So in conclusion, we can combine the second fundamental theorem of calculus with rules of differentiation and properties of the definite integral to differentiate lots of functions that are defined by definite integrals. That concludes this screencast, and we hope you'll come back soon.


Finding reference information for an image on the internet. The basic format for referencing an electronic image is the same for other referencing. Find as much information as you can about the author, the year the image was created, the title, the type of work and where it was retrieved. You should also make sure you're not breaking any copyright regulations. The only way to ensure this is to use copyright free images. Use your own personal images or write to the owner of the image and ask permission. If you ask for and receive permission, make sure you show permission was granted when you reference the image by writing reproduced with permission from the creator. One place that allows images to be used copyright free is called Wikimedia Commons or you can use the advanced search function in search engines such as Google and choose the correct category for your image search. Once you have your image, it is time to look for the information. Let's look at some examples. You may be writing about the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and you find an image you want to include showing the Hong Kong campus. Click on the image and scroll down to the bottom which will give you all the information you need. In this case, Baycrest uploaded the photo so that name is the author. The title is Hong Kong Polytechnic University. It was created on September the 1st, 2006 which gives you the year. The format is a photograph so your reference will look like this. However, not all images have this information. You may want to use a diagram of a typhoon. You have located it on the Hong Kong Observatory website. The format is a diagram but unlike the previous example, there's no obvious information about the author. Try and find more information by looking on the website and clicking on various headings that have links or look at the menu on the left hand side. In this case, under educational material on tropical cyclones. As you can see, there is no other information to help you find the creator of the image. If no author can be found, then use the title of the image instead of the author. In this case, instead of the author, you will write model vertical profile of a mature typhoon. At the very bottom of the page, you can see when the site was last updated. In this case, you can see it was updated on the 27th of December, 2012. So you can use that for the year. To look for copyright information, search for such links as important notices or copyright information. This is on the left hand side of the page at the bottom. In this case, there is a link to the Hong Kong Observatory about copyright but also a note to an electronic application form to ask permission to use this image. Your reference will look like this. Last of all, if your image has no author, no title and no date, you will describe the image and then put the retrieval information. I hope you found this video useful and for more information on APA referencing, click on the link below.


think of workplaces just as you would think of any other relationship, not the romantic kind. You might get a few taps on the shoulder from HR if we start treating our work relationships as romantic relationships, but when you think about it we spend just as much time with our work colleagues as we do with our life partners, with our families. And when we're with our partners we only have to agree with one other person. In the workplace we have to agree with 3, 10, 40, a lot of people, right? And at least before you choose your husband or wife or life partner you get to date them first to see if they're a good match, not in the workplace. Conflict is inevitable and it's actually useful if we know how to deal with it appropriately. So what are some of the strategies? Well I'm going to share with you six strategies for resolving conflict. The first one is, first and foremost, start with you. Manage yourself within that conflict. It's very important to recognise that you could make it worse by making assumptions. It might actually have nothing to do with you. Show genuine respect even if there is conflict with somebody else. It doesn't mean just because you have a difference of agreement, it doesn't mean that you stop respecting that individual as a human being. Build close respectful relationships with people before conflict begins. When you meet someone in the workplace, find a way to build a relationship with them, a mutually satisfying relationship. That will help to prevent some of the conflict and resolve that conflict respectfully when it does occur. Second strategy is to learn people's love language or their praise language. Now we don't use the word love language but it comes from Gary Chapman's love languages book, five love languages. You might like to call them praise language in the workplace. It could be saying great job. It could be physical touch in the workplace. You've got to be careful of that but it could be like a handshake, a pat on the back, something physical. Maybe that's how they feel appreciated. A gift. Maybe you bring them a cup of coffee the next time you're going past the kitchen. Acts of service. You help them achieve the new PC that they're after. You help them write a report. You give them some kind of service. Or you might spend some quality time coaching your team member or somebody in the workplace. You might also want to understand the sorry languages. They include expressing regret, accepting responsibility, making restitution, being genuinely repentive, saying I will not do this again and asking for forgiveness. Now a thorough apology involves all of those. Step number three is create transparency. The only way to make covert conflict easier to deal with is to get it out into the open. So covert conflict only happens in the shadows and we like to use the saying nothing about me without me. So if we are discussing a team member we have that team member as part of the discussion with us. And then of course the earlier this is dealt with, getting it into the open the better. It avoids our confirmation bias because as humans we tend to take all of this information and then we begin to filter it with selective data, selective meanings and assumptions, beliefs and conclusions before we take actions. Now with all of that data and narrowing it down through our own filters what we get is a perception that's based on us not necessarily the individual or the situation that we observe conflict in. Number four use chunking and values to resolve conflict. So chunking is a level of abstraction of the way that we think. For example we are in Townsville. Let's chunk down on that. We're in Townsville are we? The casino, the Ville? Yep we're in the Ville are we? We're in the pavilion and we're in the pavilion are you? Your specific seat that's chunking down you're getting more detailed. If we chunk up from Townsville, Townsville is in Queensland. Queensland is in, Australia's in, the world, Australia, the continent, the universe. We just keep chunking up. When we do the same thing with values we can actually get to the most important thing in a conflict.  Okay now I want you both to think car, new or secondhand, make, model, year, colour. Now thinking without talking to each other I want you each to think of a car and then tell me either new or secondhand, make, model, year, colour. You go first. Okay new white dual cab Toyota Hilux. 2020 model? Current model. Okay and you? I don't believe it. I think we've got some strict guidelines on cars for your company. The chances of you both picturing the same car are pretty thin because we've come we've come down in detail but if we chunk up when you think about what's important in buying a car what are your big values? It could be safety, it could be budget, it could be reliability, it could be how many people does it carry? It could be can it carry people with special needs? When you've chunked up to those higher values you can then as a team work out which of these values is the most important. Chunk it up to three important values. So if I can buy a car that has a five star and cap rating, good resale value and is within our budget will you be happy to approve that? Now we have a lot greater scope to find agreement don't we because we've chunked up to what's important. Number five once you've made that agreement once you've worked out what it is that you've agreed upon stick to it. Write it down and make sure it is followed through on. The final step is to get an external coach or a facilitator or a mediator when the conflict cannot be resolved in-house. Sometimes it just doesn't matter how well you apply these principles. There may just be the need for a third party who is seen to be objective to come in and assist with that process. So that concludes my presentation. Before I get you to ask any questions I'd like you to think about what is one thing you're going to share from today with others in your workforce or other people that you know and if you want any further information on this topic or anything else take a photo of that screen that's the email for the Workplace Mental Health Institute. We have a lot of information available online as resources as well including our YouTube channel. Thank you. Hi I'm Emmie Golding director of psychology for the Workplace Mental Health Institute. We hope you liked the video if you did make sure to give it a thumbs up. We have more and more videos being released each week so when you subscribe you'll get a notification letting you know when a new one's just been published. 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Our next speaker in this first session is Mr. Ersin Akius, who is the CEO of Deutsche Bank in Turkey. Mr. Akius nicely combines the three pillars of this conference. He works for Deutsche Bank, he's a graduate of LSE, and he lives and works in Istanbul. His topic this morning will follow from the earlier two presentations. Mr. Akius will speak on the financing of the urban areas. Professor Davis, Professor Pamuk, ladies and gentlemen. Urbanization is one of the few major global trends besides demographic, technological and climate-related trends. This urbanization process has far-reaching consequences. First, for the way we organize our economy. Second, for the way political decisions are made. And third, for the way we organize our economy. All three areas are of course interlinked. Still, for analytical clarity, I would like to focus on the economic implications because in this field, bankers and economists can both add value. I have divided my presentation into two parts. First, I will briefly sketch the current economic environment and the specific crisis-related financial challenges concerning cities. Second, I will indicate in what ways the private sector can help in financing cities. The world economy is set to shrink by roughly 2% in 2009. It is only thanks to a historically unparalleled global effort to coordinate expansionary monetary and fiscal policies and several rescue packages for the banking sector that we have been able to avoid an even severe recession. Though we at Deutsche Bank are confident that world economy is slowly regaining strength, we are nevertheless convinced that there are still risks ahead. Capacity utilization at many manufacturing companies around the world is still low and the scope for further fiscal and monetary stimulus is extremely limited now. Though confidence among financial markets' participants has slowly returned, securitization markets are still muted. All these factors have two important implications. Default risks for private sector companies will stay high and the public budgets will remain stressed for many years. Of course, financial clusters will be particularly affected by this specific crisis and not all financial centers to the same extent. For example, Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York, recently stated that in New York alone 116,000 jobs have been shed since the outbreak of the crisis and in London development has not been much better. And looking ahead, regulators will certainly impose strict regulations on the financial industry in particular with regard to capital and liquidity requirements and this will put further pressure on the financial industry. What does this all imply for cities and their budgets? Some of the fiscal stimulus packages are directly targeting urban infrastructure such as the renovation of schools in Germany or investment in energy efficiency and public buildings in the United States and China. Those investments are obviously supportive for local communities but these efforts cannot compensate for the sharp decline in cities' tax revenues. This decline will force cities to focus on core competencies in order to increase efficiency in the provision of public services and to look for new financing sources. Ladies and gentlemen, obviously the financing environment has become very difficult but that's just one side of the coin. At the same time the financing needs in future for the cities will continue to rise. Towards the end of this century 75% of the world's population will live in cities. Every day these people consume a multitude of services in a city. They live in an apartment or a house, they travel on roads or local trains. They visit the opera, go shopping, benefit from hospitals in case of need. Their children attend kindergarten or school. Water, electricity and waste disposal services are available and I have not even mentioned the many soft factors such as social integration. Analysts from the consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton have estimated that by the year 2030 40 trillion dollars will have to be invested in urban infrastructure. Almost 40% of this huge amount is expected to be invested in Asia. And according to some estimates by UN Habitat the world will need roughly 1 billion new housing units by 2030. Of course these numbers are broad estimates but the message is crystal clear. There is enormous financing need. This brings me to the second part of my remarks. Who will finance all this? Of course there can hardly be just one single financing strategy for all these different services. One of the most important lessons in economics is one size rarely fits all. Let's start with the relatively easy part which is housing. Housing is typically considered a private good and can therefore be provided by private markets. In most cases the private financing of housing and commercial property in developed countries works well at least over one or two business cycles. The huge mortgage markets in industrial economies reflect this. Establishing a mortgage market is therefore an important prerequisite for capital growth in emerging markets. However there are two limitations. First housing and mortgage markets are not always in equilibrium and can entail severe problems. The second limitation is that there are distributional aspects of housing and these are particularly important in developed countries. But in most cases functioning mortgage markets have helped tremendously to build a productive capital stock. But private financial institutions can also add value in difficult markets by providing know-how and access to capital. Deutsche Bank's community development finance group for example has an 18 year history in originating, structuring and managing social investments. Not only in the United States but also in Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Egypt to name but a few countries. All in all this group has invested over one billion US dollars in housing and urban infrastructure. The money is collected from philanthropic investors, non-profit organizations, governments and institutional investors. The specific value of this group is that it can leverage the entire range of Deutsche Bank's expertise in banking and its enormous international network. The globalization pays if we can make use of the scale effects and available expertise. With regard to tangible infrastructure one is too often tempted to call upon the government to provide water, power and waste disposal services. However we at Deutsche Bank are convinced that in many cases a public-private partnership structure and the next speaker will give a specific example of that where a private partner contributes expertise and finance is a sensible answer and not necessarily only in times of tight budgets. We admit that PPP is not a catch-all solution. Politically it's far from easy but we are gaining expertise. Deutsche Bank for example was a financial advisor for the New Airport in Berlin and for waste water management in Zagreb. The asset management arm, REEF, currently has over $5 billion in infrastructure funds under management. But banking is not only about providing capital, it is also about managing the risks that are associated with financing communal services. I want to point out two kinds of risks. The most important one is of course the risk of interest rate volatility. Banks can offer a broad range of products that help optimize a city's interest payments. This is not at all a simple task. Interest rates differ by maturity and whether a fixed or variable adjustment is agreed. But banks offer hedging products like swaps and options that reduce the risk of variable interest rate movements and banks also offer more complex products that take into account the whole interest rate curve. Sometimes it is also attractive to make use of lower interest rates abroad and then to hedge the exchange rate risk. The other kind of risk I want to point out is liquidity risk. Here banks help cities to reach a larger investor base by organizing road shows. The large investor network of a global bank like Deutsche Bank then translates into a valuable asset for the city. Many of these products make particular sense for cities that have already adopted new communal financial management practices which carries private sector bookkeeping to the public sector. High transparency standards then show the merits of financial optimizing. Of course one important prerequisite for interest rate swaps and particularly for the more complex derivative structure is that the city understands these opportunities. Training is often necessary in order to avoid misinterpretation of these products. We do offer such training programs as the first step to opening a city to the capital markets. One final point I want to add is the work of Elina Ostrom who won this year's Nobel Prize. Her work on how local communities can overcome the tragedy of the commons where most economists would expect strict market failure. In our view her findings on ecological problems can also be useful for urban planning. I do not intend to suggest that private markets can provide for all financing requirements in cities. Traditional public financing will continue to play a key role for many services but we all know that public money is scarce and this whole is particularly true for those cities with the most urgent need namely the rapidly growing cities in developing countries. In sum my key points are number one though the crisis in financing environment for cities and corporations alike has become much more difficult at the same time organization creates significant financing demand going looking forward. Private financing institutions can play a pivotal role in managing risk associated with financing communal services in raising and allocating private and public money for the necessary investments and this not only into the interest in projects with the future cash flow potentials like airport or toll roads. Thank you for your attention and Professor Davis I've stayed well within my time. Well thank you Ersin for a very interesting commentary on the financing side and also for showing extremely good discipline in remaining within your time.


My name is Guy Thewates. I'm a director of Oxford University clinical research unit. I work here in Vietnam, in Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam. Tebumenangitis is a disease caused by a very common and very important bacteria called mycobacterium tuberculosis. In fact, it's a bacteria that kills more people than any other single infectious disease in the world. There are more than 100,000 cases each year and there are somewhere around 18,000 to 19,000 deaths. Most of the disease affects the lung, but about one to five percent affects the brain. And when it affects the brain, it causes something called tuberculosis meningitis. That simply means an inflammation of the meningis, which is the surrounding of the brain caused by the bacteria. And it's a severe disease. It kills around 20, 30 percent of people and leaves another 20, 30 percent severely disabled. The earlier you treat tebumenangitis, the more likely you won't die from it. So, for a doctor, the greatest thing that you can do to save someone's life when you're confronted with someone with this disease is to give early treatment. But the big problem is that it's actually really difficult to detect this disease or diagnose it. And so doctors often are delayed and with every day, with every passing hour, really, the risk of death or disability increases. The problem with tebumenangitis is that it involves the brain and the brain is encapsulated within the body, if you like, by something that divides it from the rest of the body called the blood-brain barrier. And this is a good thing because it stops toxins, for example, that you might ingest getting to the brain and causing the brain to dysfunction. But the bad thing is that it also stops some drugs from getting into the brain and killing the bacteria. So, we've been doing quite a lot of research trying to work out how we can improve the concentrations of these drugs, antibiotics, into the brain. Most recently, however, we've flipped the other way of looking at trying to improve outcomes, and that's by using other anti-inflammatories. And we've had a really interesting trial result using aspirin. So aspirin is a drug that has been available since Hippocrates discovered that extracts of the plants that contain salicylic acid actually control fever. It's an anti-inflammatory agent.  And we figured that we know that aspirin in other strokes prevents other strokes, and it does that by preventing the clots forming. But it also has this anti-inflammatory effect as well. So we did a small trial that was published actually just a couple of weeks ago that showed that the addition of aspirin could also have a major impact on outcome. It could prevent strokes and might prevent death. We need to do a larger trial because it was quite small. We just wanted to test to make sure that it was going to be, well, could be effective and it was going to be safe. But it looks to be both, and so we're going to go ahead and do bigger trials. But that's one of the really exciting findings of the last year or so. We have direct impact, I think, on clinical care and by that outcome, lives. I think it's difficult to quantify how many lives have been saved, but you could look at the first trials, for example, that were done in Vietnam on the new, what were then new in the 1990s, the new Artemisian and derivative drugs. They have saved countless of thousands of lives. Those initial trials were instrumental in changing the way malaria were treated, and we try and do that with every infectious disease that we approach. We try and do work that changes the way people think, that doctors treat and diagnose patients. And I think that is worthy of funding. There's not very many centres around the world that take that approach. Everything we do in Oak Ridge is pretty translational. We place the patient at the centre of almost all of our research, actually, and we ask the question, what can we do to improve the outcome of people with severe infectious disease? The TB meningitis work is absolutely no exception. We say, what are the techniques that we can use to develop to diagnose the disease better? How can we improve treatment? So it's all translational. It's all aimed at improving the outcome of patients directly. And I think if we're not doing that within a reasonable timeframe and you could say, well, five years, for example, then I don't think we should be working here. We've got to be doing things that impact on health, I think, almost directly, and that's what we do.


Yo yo what's up and fellas welcome back to the channel so as you guys know things have been crazy lately gyms are no longer a thing we cannot be going out anymore so that is going to have an effect in our daily lives and so because of this situation my morning routine has shifted a little bit I'll admit I have been getting a little bit lazier I'm not really proud of it but you know we're all humans but with the situation going on because of that I think you should try and do your best to try and keep things as normal as possible just so that you stay mentally healthy and I feel like you guys might find this video helpful and so that is why today we are going to talk about my current morning routine during quarantine some of you guys might find it useful also this video is sponsored by curology we'll talk about them later in the video also fair warning to you guys I look like a caveman just be aware of that um in this video you'll see me cut my hair and I did make that video so you guys are going to see a hair cutting tutorial very soon oh crazy video I'm talking about morning routine it's 5 14 currently as I'm filming as I woke up at 5 and I had to set up the stupid camera so I'm running a little late all right so at this point in time I'm really just chilling there waiting for the water to boil sometimes I fall asleep for like 10 minutes or so and I wish my mornings were very smooth and perfect but you know I'm human you're human it's gonna happen don't even trip yeah pro tip guys get a french press you wait two minutes then press it down you got instant coffee right there and so I usually just stand here if you're like two minutes waiting for this because there's nothing better to do until I drink my coffee all right so this is what I normally do is I come outside drink my coffee I know there's like a stigma of people who who get up early that's like the most generic advice for people to improve their lives but I'm just a morning person you don't have to get up early there are times where I wake up at seven or eight and there's nothing wrong with that but if you want to challenge yourself I say hey why not try and wake up early for once and I usually come back upstairs to work out after the coffee kicks in and so I have so yachting you guys hear that I'm telling this thing is going off on the day I start filming son of a please stop I think it stopped hey cool right now we're gonna get a workout in all right so my workouts are full-body workouts still at home I only do full body workouts currently I have a pull-up bar with gymnastic rings you guys don't really need this but I'd say a pull-up bar is necessary because it's kind of hard to do pull-ups in your house without one you guys have a right angle in your current top that's where you can be doing your dips if you can't afford gymnastic rings like I got this is when I drink a lot of water at least like a liter and a half so that's why I like working on the morning it's just super dehydrated drink a lot of water it's a good start to your day get your fluids in get your workout out of the way and more often than not this is what I look like after doing a few sets it's kind of weird but I like laying there that's how I rest up if you guys don't have any form of resistance get a backpack use your old college textbook so they actually get some use at least for me I didn't find any use in in college for them so now they're getting their use and depending on the day I'm either listening to some music or a podcast for whenever I do cardio and then in between sets I am just like you I will browse through memes but I try not to rest for like five minutes in between sets that's ridiculous I finished my cardio I usually walk out and there's usually a sunrise that's not here right now fortunately for me here in New Mexico it is pretty warm out so I'm usually just outside browsing through emails again more memes and then I try and think about the rest of my day because there's typically a lot on my plate and I just need that peace man yeah I think you guys might actually find you know waking up early beneficial just because everyone else is asleep and it's hard nowadays to avoid the the freaking media it's quiet out your phone's not blowing up you don't have to watch the news and to me having good start to your day is like a good stepping stone to having a better day I don't know not many people wake up early and do this feels good although it's fucking sucks waking up early and I miss my five o'clock alarm a lot it feels good so you guys try it out some of you guys might be asking me Johnny why don't you eat breakfast I don't eat breakfast I usually don't eat for a while until like 12 or one I'm never hungry that's my problem that's why it's really hard for me to bulk up the only thing I consume is coffee and cream but the cream doesn't have calories because that's sugar-free this is perfect if you guys are trying to cut or anything like that trying to lean down you know summer is coming you know we can't really do anything can't go to the beach or do anything fun but you know it's always good to try keeping good shape all right so now is the time I usually consume a lot of media I watch a lot of youtube videos but right now I like to keep track of what's going on with COVID-19 um and then I I actually I've actually been keeping track of um all the cases in my state just to see uh what the next step is this when I watch a lot of youtube videos it's either going to be you know mighty car mods it might be the nightly news broadcast I watch a lot of stuff on youtube I even watch some of case night stats old vlogs don't be so hard on yourself because you're watching you know stuff I find it helps me you know relax a little bit and I can be more aware of what's going on to finish watching the news and all that good stuff and now I have to set up the bathroom to film this haircut tutorial so I'm not getting two birds one stone filming this video filming the haircut video so all right guys so I just finished cutting my hair I don't look like a caveman anymore oh I look decent all right so I'm gonna take a shower now and then I'm brush my teeth do all my grooming and all that all right fellas we just got done showering we're about to style the hair but first um I'll do my skincare routine and what you want to do first since I already touched a towel and all that after I showered I touched a doorknob you want to wash your hand skin and then you want to wash your face with warm water that way opens up the pores so that the skincare products can absorb and fix your skin the worst thing you can do to your skin is apply products with a dirty hand that's how you get acne um I have acne right now because of stress that's okay all right rinse your face now I'm going to be using the skincare products from my sponsor today curology so cut to the ad all right guys this video is sponsored by curology I'm sure you guys have heard 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all that that added like another hour because normally I cut my hair in 30 minutes but I have to set up shots and all that so normally my morning routine doesn't consist of a haircut every morning right it doesn't grow that long every day so normally I'd be done by eight o'clock dressed and ready to work and I'd work on scripts but for now since this is a different morning a unique morning kill two birds with one stone I filmed two videos already this one in a haircut cutting tutorial now we're gonna get dressed I got an outfit all right fellas this is the fit nothing too crazy car heart shirts these are some essentials cargo pants and then house slippers I do not understand how you guys wear shoes in the house makes no sense to me anyways yeah we got a Casio watch rings bracelets you guys saw um just simple color blocking the reason why you want to get dressed especially if you work from home is because you know it gets you put you in that mood if I'm wearing sweats and a hoodie you 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Don't say that now. We're recording. Okay. So, first step. What's the first step? Acetyl formation. First step. Pro-mation. Pro-mation. Always. Why? Because it's fast, right? Acid base reactions are what? Fast. Fast. Okay. Draw the product. And I don't think we have much recording time, so I'm just going to get going through it. So, try to keep up with me while I'm drawing. You draw, okay? And if you can, it's not bad for you to do it. Okay, so what's the next step, Renee? I want to say the bond goes into the oxygen. These electrons bounce down there. Remember? That was the step that you're having trouble with. Okay, that's always that second step, okay? What did we do here? What did we do? We got that one. We broke that bond, right? So, that thing's flipped off, right? So, if you want to even, you can draw it like in a weird way so it doesn't make you think that it's still there. So, one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. And we still have water there. What is this thing here? This portion? What have we been calling that? The super, what? Electrophile. Very good, guys. Like that. Hybridization to SB3, right? SB2 to SB3. And now this is that same kind of double deprotonation. So, we're going to have another water out here because this isn't going to deprotonate that. Got to deprotonate like that. And I'm going to erase that so I don't have to draw everything again. And then, so now that's got the proton. And now this thing's going to deprotonate. What's the next step? Well, let's draw the problem. Can I erase this step too? So, remember, this, I don't know if you guys have noticed, but this is essentially the opposite reaction of the last one. Right? Yeah, it's the exact same thing with opposite. Oh, crime. I should have told you all in equilibrium. All in equilibrium. Yeah, well, the acid based things, right? So, this step is not going to be in equilibrium. That's why I remembered. Or the next step, I guess I should say. The next step that we're going to draw. Okay? So, what is that next step? So, this step would still be in equilibrium. Or what is this step? René? What is it? It's the same one. Electron and the oxygen knock out that good leaving group. The thing's got a positive charge. It's a good leaving group. The way to get rid of it. It knocks it out. This thing's very close to it. It's just going to knock it out. Okay? So, what do we get there? One of our products already, right? That's one of our products, right? And then we got almost to the other product, right? That's like that. Then we have to regenerate the catalyst with two products. Okay? Any questions on that stuff? Remember, you're probably going to have to do one of these mechanisms on the test. So, make sure you know how to do an acetal formation and break down. The cool thing about this chapter is it's the same reaction over and over and over. You know, same thing. Well, it's protonation, kicking out the leaving group, nucleophile attacking the electrifying. Same three steps over and over and over.


I'm Christina Rootprecht and I'm a project manager. I joined the Parliament in June 2020, so the height of lockdown. Prior to that I worked within financial services, so this is my first public sector job. As a project manager I work more on the kind of digital change type project, so it's whether it's working with a change within kind of the Parliament's systems or their processes. I have lots of opportunity to develop professionally and whether that's through training or also the kind of types of projects that I've worked on. Now the fact that it is the Scottish Parliament is about kind of democracy and supporting kind of Scotland as well and working for that kind of organisation I think is a real sort of positive thing for me.


Look, homelessness is a crisis that we've been dealing with in Columbia for quite a long time. And listening to the folks in our community and looking at what's going on across the country, we realize, you know, we've got an addressing issue. And right now we have close to about 250 unsheltered folks in our community that have a wide variety of issues that's caused homelessness for them, mental health being one of the top ones, addiction being another one and then other circumstances that range in various directions. But we need to find a place to help them not only have a place to hang their hat, but to be able for us to help make sure they get the wraparound services that they need, which is part of a comprehensive plan. This is only a step, folks, moving forward. This is going to be a multi-step issue that we're going to deal with over a period of time. It's not going to be something that solves all our problems and certainly won't provide all a resource for all our needs at one time. But it is going to be something that's ongoing that we're invested in to make sure that we have an opportunity to not only take care of the folks that are unsheltered and make sure they get the round the wraparound services, but at the same time restore some of the quality of life issues. Because the one thing we have is one of the most compassionate communities in the southeast and I think we've seen that for years, but with things that are continuing to bubble up and some of the issues that we're dealing with from crime to defecation in public spaces and exposure and things like that that really make it very uncomfortable and push people back who want to be there to help and be part of that. So we'll have to deal with that. As you know, homelessness is one of the top issues that has been discussed throughout the city over the last six to eight months. Probably more than I've seen ever before and that's why we have a task force. That's why we're getting input and this like we said this is step one in a multi-step, but I have great faith in our task force members, our council members have worked with that. With that I'd like to introduce Dr. Auditi Bussells, our capable chairwoman of this task force and thank you for what you've done so far. Thank you. Well thank you so much mayor for your support as we embark on this endeavor to address the needs of our most vulnerable citizens, the unsheltered homeless population. Before I begin I'd like to take a moment to recognize our task force members that are in the audience. Members will you please raise your hand. Thank you all so much. The discussions that we've had, the brainstorming that we've done, that is what's led to the changes and initiatives we are announcing today and it absolutely would not be possible without the task force. Again as mayor said this is just the beginning of our journey to address and prevent homelessness and while we may not have all of the answers today in the spirit of transparency and the urgency of this issue it was especially important for us to update the public on what we've been working on. One of the first things we embarked upon as the task force was to really understand and examine the landscape of homeless services in the Greater Columbia area and we've learned that although there are over a hundred services dedicated to addressing different facets of homelessness in the Greater Columbia area until today there has been no specific option for the chronically unsheltered and so today I'm pleased to announce that the Inclement Weather Center will now be known as Rapid Shelter Columbia and will be open 24-7, seven days a week, 365 days a year, year-round, however you want to say it. It will serve as a Rapid Shelter and a Resource Center for our chronically unsheltered homeless and in addition to this change as you see depicted in the easels behind me the city will be investing in 50 pallet homes or Rapid Single Occupancy Shelter homes that will be available by November 1st in a village style format. These pallet homes will serve as a short-term approach to housing until individuals are triaged into permanent solutions. Pallet shelters are trauma informed, they're effective, they're rapid in implementation and they provide housing for those experiencing homelessness with dignity and compassion. The Rapid Shelter Housing Campus where we are all standing here today will have security 24-7 and will be a safe and secure facility. We will be leaning on our partners such as Transitions, United Way, et cetera to help us make this possible. They are key to this new plan to address the unsheltered population's needs and our city staff will be providing details shortly. One of the other things that we've learned through the task force work is the importance of accountability. Accountability is key to making a difference for our chronically unsheltered population and until today the city has not had a single individual or entity responsible and most importantly accountable in terms of the outcomes associated with reducing homelessness. In the next several weeks the city will be hiring a homeless czar to coordinate a line and connect city services that will work with homeless individuals. This homeless czar or coordinator will be responsible for managing all city contracts with homeless providers developing measurable outcomes to hold the city and our partners accountable and creating an infrastructure right here on this campus that allows people to access services seamlessly. The goal is is that this would then become a one stop shop in terms of being able to triage people into the services they need. The homeless czar then of course will also be the point of contact and responsible for overseeing the rapid shelter campus under the guidance of the city manager. This is just the beginning the task force is working hard and addressing many other facets of homelessness. They will be proposing an updated feeding ordinance that will require providers to register in advance of that service and hold them liable for cleanup after providing that service. They're also continuing to look at solutions for how to provide services after 5 p.m. And then the task force is also continuing on working to understand regional needs as Columbia continues to be that compassionate city that's actually one of the only places in the greater midlands that has a low barrier shelter like transitions. And finally we've been working closely with CPD and our existing provider partners to address the criminal activity that's been associated with some individuals experiencing homelessness. In our security contract with transitions which we've had for many years we've explicitly requested that the organization address the security of the periphery of the facility. We're also working with CPD to identify and address hot spots such as the blue store remains best and enforcing our ordinances around criminal activity more consistently. The chief will detail some of these efforts shortly and I'd also like to note that the pathways unit which includes five mental health clinicians embedded in CPD have been implemented and underway and we've already received positive feedback. Our approach to homelessness recognizes that Columbia is known as a city that cares and wants to help its neighbors but also recognizes that we have tough decisions to make to address the root causes of chronic unsheltered homeless. I thank our task force my colleagues the city staff and our homeless community organizations and providers for the open dialogue that we have continued to have around ways in which we can improve how we serve our city. We have much work to do moving forward but I believe that this is the right short-term path to take so that our unsheltered homeless don't have to choose between living on the street or jail and can live with dignity. Thank you and I will now pass it over to city manager Wilson to give you an overview of Rapid Shelter Columbia. Good afternoon everyone. I want to thank Dr. Bussells and Ed McDowell for y'all's leadership on this mayor's homeless task force. I think everybody has noticed the rise in homelessness not only in our city in our region but throughout the country. The issue of homelessness is front and center as an epidemic that is growing daily. It's a difficult issue to respond to with very challenging barriers to overcome. There is the mental health and substance abuse side to the economic hurdles that life throws at you that can lead to a major change in someone's everyday life. But either today there is the caring and compassionate dedication that we as a city, a region, and state must follow through on. Our service providers have been doing the heavy lifting to try and change the lives of all the people facing homelessness in our great city. I understand from listening to our service providers that the work never ends and they are doing the most they can with the limited resources that they're given. Communication, that's the biggest takeaway for me as a member of the homeless task force learning the importance of the provider to provider communication that goes on to help individuals in their biggest time of need. We as a city, region, and state need to help with that communication process identifying needs of individuals and getting them services that they need quickly. The smaller the window of need is the greater our chance to set a person's life back on the right path to a great quality of life. The challenges that the city and region are stepping up to lead on is being the 24 hour facility facilitator for services. Connecting individuals in need with the services they might need from our service providers and state and county departments homelessness doesn't go away after five p.m. So we need to be ready to continue the care at all hours. For far too long we've relied on our CPD to be our frontline service contact. The coordination with CPD and our wonderful service providers is as a strong history a strong relationship that they have built for many years as they have worked to find the best services for people in distress. The city recognizes that we need to have alternative outlets for responding to individuals needing mental health services and access to basic resources. In addition to the recent investment city council made with our pathways units we're working with our state partners to identify infrastructure permanent infrastructure that will allow us to have mental health services available permanently and to include every aspect of services that might be needed to set a person back on their path. I want to thank our Richland County State Delegation and Representative Kirkman Finley who have been very supportive in helping us craft a long-term plan in funding and a funding strategy for continuing to provide the destination for these wraparound services. Many state departments need to be involved from Department of Mental Health to Veterans Affairs to DMV. We're also calling on our surrounding municipal and county governments to be a part of this regional care plan. Casey, Irmo, West Columbia, Blythewood, Lexington, Forest Acres, Richland and Lexington County we can be a strong foundation together to create not only the interim plan but the best permanent outreach that is most effective in helping people in distress. Again I want to thank the Mayor's Homelessness Task Force echo Dr. Bussell's appreciation there for all their work on helping us generate ideas, strategies and solutions and we look forward to continuing the communication to identify long-term solutions that address the need for collaboration. I'd like to invite up my colleague Reverend McDowell. Thank you all so much for being here today. To our Mayor, City Manager, Chief, my fellow council members, all who have gathered here, what are we doing here today? That's the premier question. What are we doing here today? Well I want to answer it for you. We're planting seeds of hope. Seeds of hope. We've read the data. We know what the numbers are. This city is so compassionate and so concerned about members of this community that we wanted to do something that will engender itself in compassion. Dr. Bussells, we want to thank you and of course Will for being a part of this team. But guess what? You just don't plant a seed and leave it to grow by itself. It needs nurturing. It needs resources. It needs the kind of things that will help it, our city, continue to grow. Is there, is there something we can say poetically or something prophetically? You're on that ground today because lives are going to be changed. Instead of hopelessness, it will, we will build bridges of hope and folk will sense a genuine need for resources and for those things that are needed to make lives enriched. So it's good to be here today as hot as it is but it's good to be here today knowing that I'm a seed sore. My colleagues are seed sores and they are able to plot out a path to genuine Christian living. Thank you so very much. Hey good afternoon. I'm Carl Blackstone with the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and there's a common theme here. If Coretta Scott King said the greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members and I'll tell you this, this is a great first step today and I really want to thank the mayor, council, uh, Ms. Wilson for really and the committee itself. Adi, you've done a great job so thank you very much for your leadership there but this is a great first step in really solving one of the biggest problems that we've had in Columbia since I've been at the chamber which is about eight years which that is homelessness and the actions today of building this campus down here is a great opportunity one to give those folks that don't have an opportunity to have a shelter to have a shelter in their own little space and and I think that bringing the service providers here is another example of ways that we can help them the most by not having to traverse around the city that we have folks close by that can help them and give them the resources they need. We have wonderful service providers in this community and they do a lot of heavy lifting and so it's not that they're not doing their job we just have so many folks that don't have the needs and we can help them do that and so this is a regional effort it's going to take a regional effort we have homeless populations all over it's not just downtown but we see it more frequently in downtown and so I think this is a great first step applaud council we're excited I mean there are too many stories to say of how this epidemic has impacted business and it and it's not that businesses don't want to help but they also have to make a living and they need to have a feel like their customers can go into their stores safely especially at night and some just don't have that feeling of safety and so it's important that as a collective team as a law enforcement as council as business leaders around town come together and find a solution so this is a great first step really excited so thank y'all for your leadership good afternoon let me say thank you to Mayor Rickam in chairwoman bustles all of city council and of course the task force members as well and really more even on equal ground our service providers in the city of Columbia the council will know what I mean when I say this to them that this thanks is genuine for me on behalf of the staff to you because they're not falling back this issue of homelessness in the city of Columbia has been going on like in many cities many capital cities many college towns for a long time and there have been different efforts along the way all I know with well intentioned I think where we find ourselves today and what the discussions have been with this council in forming the task force and other efforts is what is a tangible a tangible movement to at least start somewhere with a little bit of a different approach and so I am appreciative to the council for being willing to take a leap of faith with us as staff to try something new we're not standing here saying it's going to solve every problem but in an effort and in response to city council's direct focus on the chronic unsheltered homeless population we will be expanding our provision of service to provide a temporary location here for a 24 seven rapid shelter solution that also maintains the overflow capacity for inclement weather nights and so you've heard the theme here dignity compassion but now I'm going to talk a little bit more about the details which include responsibility accountability expectations and rules and so this solution seeks to add some value again in direct response to address a gap and where it's very narrowly tailored a gap in the service provision for this very specific population who may not be candidates for current shelters who may choose to stay who may choose not to stay in a congregate shelter setting they may be adverse or resistant to service delivery or other reasons that they may just choose to still be on the streets of columbia we are specifically targeting and i want to be clear about that those individuals downtown and on the perimeter in our hospitality districts etc that resists the services that are already in place perhaps though in a congregate shelter environment and so that is what makes this solution a bit different this solution offers privacy of space dignity and compassion as it has been mentioned but if you think about it logically and maybe even anecdotally and of course doing the research as a practitioner of management we've had to talk about the experiences in other communities that have deployed these particular units and this is a difficult population at times to address but what we are finding and learning is that they often do better in single room units and not in congregate settings and we hope that to be the case here if we do it right if we have the partnerships if we still focus on dignity and compassion i think hopefully we'll have a return on this uh very worthwhile we believe investment in return for the investment expectations will be set and the adherence to rules and dignity standards will be strictly enforced we will clearly define how long clients can stay we recognize there must be an incentive to move on to move on to permanent housing and we want to put in place those things to encourage that for these reasons we have chosen a vendor palette shelters who is especially suited to deliver a product that is based upon a model of safety and privacy while helping residents transition to permanent housing palette shelters headquartered in ever at washington are built and you'll see the various uh displays and we can take questions about them as well but they're built with purpose as a public benefit company and what that means is they are not existing to maximize on profits but rather they're purpose driven and their model is based on the fact that 80 of their team members have some lived experiences related to homelessness they have expertise on the journey to stability housing and employment we chose this vendor for that reason as an emergency solution the palette shelters again um will help us pursue our goals which are based on a pathway to permanent housing again temporary to permanent housing via family reunification efforts supportive housing and or affordable housing the model provides the dignity of private space in a healing safe community environment which includes durable comfortable shelters bathrooms laundry community rooms and most importantly service providers the wrap around services and programming is fundamental and key and it will be provided with an emphasis on the coordination of client case management via the hms or homeless management information system that the united way of the midlands um manages in our area it will focus as dr bussell on trauma informed care meal provision transportation no walk-ups and 24 7 security many of the service providers and partners that we have always worked with we hope to continue that relationship the comet salvation army transitions usc housing first and the united way as i mentioned the steps in the process where we are now we've identified the vendor as i explained we are currently meeting with our providers and stakeholders so i don't have all the details because we're literally trying to launch this by november the first and so it's a lot of hard work going on but it's so worthwhile to see potentially a product and an approach that's different the construction schedule has been set and the building prep is underway for approximately 50 shelters we'll be finalizing the shelter operations guidelines staffing administrative procedures for that deployment and launch of the shelters by hopefully november one the overflow capacity that i mentioned and what most people have come to understand as our inclement weather center here will still continue the trigger temperature will be 40 degrees or lower starting on uh november first and lasting through march 31st for those who are not in the cycle yet for um an individual pallet shelter having been assigned to them and we do have 188 beds between our buildings a and b that will still be utilized for overflow inclement weather nights over 3000 beds have been deployed across the country by pallet shelters and we're really excited that will be the first in the southeast um to become a part of this journey some case studies we have for you in sonoma county california boston massachusetts and hosay california and other places but columbia south carolina will be the first in the southeast to try this approach i'm gonna stop there because i could keep going on and on but we do have um some additional details that we can share if you have questions and again thank you city council much appreciated from perspective of police chief miss wilson may recommend and council i'm just always amazed by um the courage and innovation that that um our manager and elected officials um follow to address just incredibly difficult issues and this there's there's probably may may not be more complicated or difficult issue than homeless so um i'm i thank you for allowing me to be part of the task force um and allowing law enforcement and me representing the police department to be at the table and i also um have to say that i've been just so impressed how everyone has recognized that law enforcement is not the tip of the spear to solve this problem we are certainly an important part of the problem but you know when i think of of where we are today i you know words that i think of is compassion empathy accountability and then just a measured response there certainly is an accountability piece to to this and not that's where the police department comes in but we also are looking at it from very innovative um angles the pathways unit is is one of those um that was something that council immediately recognized and generously funded they've already had over 325 um individual referrals and contacts with people in need um on the enforcement end we have seen um accountability at an all new level when it comes to again criminal activity we um we have people in place to get folks to the services they need but we know that we've got incredible service providers that um are addressing a large part of our um homeless population and we have a more of a vulnerable population that really is the focus of of this very innovative approach and we hope that we can be a conduit for directing people to those um to this location where very important services will be made available to them so thank you so much for allowing the police department to be be part of the solution this is an exciting time i think for our city to once again lead the way on and a very critical issue thank you


The strength of this country is founded on your respect and your understanding for the importance of family as the most important social unit in any society. Japan thrives because families are strong. My job as a politician is not to try and make sure that I can raise people's families for them. It's not to try and instill my values in other people's children. But I can do this to try and make families strong. I can try and make sure that there are enough jobs created in our promise by getting out of the way of business investment, that families can go to work and that they can have a paycheck to take home every two weeks to put food on the table for their children. And that's why I believe my role as the Premier of British Columbia is to first invite you to British Columbia, give you a reason to invest in our promise, and then second, once you've decided to invest there, to do everything I can to get government out of your way so that you can turn that investment into economic activity as soon as possible. I have been honored to speak to you today. We have so much to offer each other. For 150 years, Japanese immigrants have been building British Columbia, and in return, in trading with Japan, Canadians have been helping build this country too. I look forward to continuing to build our countries together. And remember this, that when you look across the ocean, the very first thing that you will see is British Columbia, because that is where our great country begins. Thank you very much.


Thank you very much Madam Chair. I'm very pleased to be here this afternoon before the task force and appreciate the opportunity to appear before you. I'm deeply grateful to the ABA and to all of the members of the task force for the time and effort you've put in into this very significant subject that will undoubtedly take the concerted effort of both the bench and bar to bring to ensure the rights and freedoms and our system of justice that we enjoy as Americans to ensure that it will continue to flourish. I also appreciate your indulgence in taking me somewhat out of time. It's only a two-and-a-half hour drive from Providence but I had the commitments this morning up here in the morning. I will say I know you're near in the end of a very long day and as Chief Justice I often invite counsel to rest on their briefs. I do have prepared remarks and I will not take offense if you ask me to rest on my brief. I recently gave a commencement address and quoted the following words to the graduating students to no one will we sell to no one will we deny or delay right or justice. Now those words are not from the federal Constitution they're from the Magna Carta of 1215. They are the underpinnings of our judicial system. Today justice may not be for sale but it certainly is delayed in many of our courtrooms and for a growing number of people who lack the resources to access our justice system it is indeed denied. Much of what I say will be undoubtedly repetitious of what you've already heard but I suspect that there are common themes that you will discover as you would travel across the country. I also suspect that you will find that each state has its own unique experience depending on the structure of its government and its history. The Rhode Island experience is shaped largely by its size and by its history. We certainly have an interesting history in Rhode Island. We were the first colony to declare its independence yet the last of the original 13 to ratify the Constitution. In fact we were so fiercely distrustful of a strong central government that we refused to send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention. In large part that was due to the fact that the colonial charter the 1663 Charter of King Charles II granted to Rhode Island an inordinate amount of self-governance and autonomy for that period. Rather than adopt a Constitution as the citizens of Massachusetts and New Hampshire did, Rhode Islanders was so seemingly content with our colonial charter that it defined the structure of government and we continued to operate under the charter until our first Constitution went into effect in 1843. Now one aspect of an enlightened government that the charter did not provide was an independent judiciary. Trial judges were elected by the General Assembly until 1935 when the power of appointment was conferred on the governor and members of the Supreme Court were elected by the House and Senate sitting in grand committee until 1994. Our Constitution also contained a provision that allowed the General Assembly to declare a seat on the Supreme Court vacant on the first day of the session after each election. A power which it exercised in 1935 removing all five members of the Supreme Court in what is known in Rhode Island history as the bloodless revolution. As recently as 1999 our Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion stating that Rhode Island's history is that of a quintessential system of parliamentary supremacy. That opinion added impetus to a growing movement for governmental reform which culminated in the adoption of a separation of powers amendment to our Constitution in 2004. Today we are a unified court system consisting of a supreme superior family district and work is compensation courts as well as a traffic tribunal. Approximately 88 percent of our budget is derived from state general revenue funds with a balance coming from federal funds and restrict restricted receipts. I would like to highlight this afternoon what I believe are three broad challenges to the judicial system. The first is what I would call a direct challenge and that is the attempt to remove a judge for having rendered a controversial decision. The problem is obviously most acute in states where judicial officers are elected or must stand for retention. That is a concept that is far into Rhode Island we are appointed as our federal counterparts for life on good behavior so I will not dwell on the subject. The foundation of our judicial system however is an independent judiciary and our policy should support the independence. Judges may not be immune to public opinion but their responsibility and allegiance must always be to the rule of law and not the popular will. The second challenge I would mention is ignorance or a lack of understanding of how the justice system works and its proper role in a free society. Some of this is certainly attributable to a declining emphasis on citizen education in our schools today. I would suggest that the underlying causes are far broader than the judicial system is capable of solving. I do believe however that the judiciary has an important role to play. We have long considered public outreach to be one of our missions in the Rhode Island judiciary. Our Supreme Court holds court sessions in area high schools twice a year. On Law Day all of our judges and many members of the bar speak at high schools and middle schools and recently we have embraced the iCivics program that is being championed by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. We have tested it in four schools and found that the enthusiasm is great not only among the students but among the teachers. It is a way of providing civics education at a relatively low cost. I do believe that outreach and education are legitimate functions of our courts and are proper elements of a judicial budget. People must understand that the judiciary is a co-equal branch of government and not simply a state agency. I also think it important that our efforts of outreach and education be targeted directly toward those who hold the proverbial purse strings state legislators. It is essential that the judiciary maintain an open continuing dialogue with the legislature. Fortunately because of our size in Rhode Island that's not hard to do. All of the players tend to know each other and we have frequent contact. What we are finding however and I suspect this is a national trend is that after each election there are fewer and fewer lawyers in the legislature. Thus fewer and fewer legislators who understand and appreciate how the judiciary functions. One successful program we initiated several years ago is a legislative orientation day. We do this every two years at the start of each legislative term. We pick the legislators up by bus at the state house and take them to the family and district courts first thing in the morning when the courtrooms and hallways are jammed. Then eventually we bring them to the Supreme Court for lunch. The program is primarily aimed at freshman legislators but we find that some come back year after year probably for the free lunch. With respect to outreach and education it is an area where the local bar associations can be of great importance. In Rhode Island the courts have a very good relationship with our state bar association. We have little trouble finding attorneys willing to visit schools on Law Day or to participate in civics programs. I also think that the bar association should be active in ensuring that our court systems are adequately funded and I was delighted to hear the efforts of the Boston Bar Association and what they are doing in terms of lobbying. The final challenge to our judicial system I would mention and probably of greatest importance to this task force is underfunding. Compared to other states that you may have heard from I suspect that Rhode Island is faring reasonably well. We have not had to shut down our courtrooms and we have not had to lay off employees. I do not consider this to be a cause for any optimism however. Our state is facing unprecedented shortfalls. Unemployment is hovering around 11% and most economic forecasters predict that Rhode Island will be one of the last states to emerge from the economic downturn. Moreover the budgetary cutbacks we have sustained over the past several years have had a discernible effect upon our delivery of services. In fiscal year 2010 our final budget was 12% less than our original request. This year we anticipate the total reduction to be approximately 6.4%. As over 80% of our budget represents personnel costs these reductions are very difficult to absorb. Our turnover savings rate or vacancy rate is approximately 7% resulting in the savings of nearly $5 million. This is up from a rate of 2.3% in 2008 and considerably higher than the state average of approximately 2.5%. Most of these unfilled vacancies are clerical positions. So although our courts are open we are barely keeping our heads above water. In addition to the high level of vacancies all judicial employees including all judges along with most state employees have undergone 12 unpaid days over the last fiscal year and a half. Some of those wages have been deferred and will be paid upon the employee's retirement. The balance will be compensated by additional vacation time. The impact of these budget cuts on our courts has been significant. Although we have not had to suspend all civil trials we did suspend jury trials in Superior Court for one day each week for a period of time to enable clerks to catch up on data entry and document filing and we are likely to do so again. The Superior Court business calendar was also suspended temporarily. This calendar has been very well received by the business community as it expedites cases involving commercial litigants. Budget cutbacks have also had a negative impact on our efforts to increase efficiencies and modernize our courts. We plan to initiate an e-filing system in all of our courts. This would make case management more efficient and ultimately decrease expenses. Unfortunately we have funds available only to convert the workers compensation court at this time which is the smallest of our courts. Our capital budget has been reduced by nearly 80% which jeopardizes our efforts to maintain our courthouses and adequately protect our assets. We have a relatively new courthouse with five unfinished shell courtrooms. Those courtrooms could be finished at a relatively modest cost yet we lack the funds to do so. Security is also an issue. The sheriffs do not fall under the authority of the judiciary. Rather they come under the executive branch. But they are essential to our operations. They are constantly understaffed and we often have too few sheriffs to man all of our courtrooms on a daily basis. Finally I would submit that it is all too often the case that the effects of inadequate funding fall disproportionately on the most vulnerable and those least able to afford it. The revenue received from IOLTA accounts for Rhode Island legal services, virtually the sole provider of civil legal services to low income persons in the state, has diminished from 975,000 to 245,000 over the past three years. It was cut in half this past year alone. These cuts are simply not sustainable if we are to fulfill our constitutional and statutory responsibilities. We must be provided resources to maintain adequate staffing and to implement technological advances. The simple solution is more revenue on the one hand and increased efficiencies on the other. The long term answer I believe is education. A greater emphasis on civics education and community outreach by both the judiciary and the bar. More immediately I would suggest that both pension bars should educate and lobby our legislators to make sure that they understand what we do and how vitally important our system of justice is. And I thank you very much and would be willing to answer any questions.


My grandfather was the Navajo talker. He helped in a way that at the time I guess I didn't really understand. Actually being in the Marine Corps and realizing the training and the things that go on. I guess it has more of an impact now than it did when I was younger. The more I think about it it's just kind of like I don't have the words to describe like how that feels. I'm very proud to say that I am from the Navajo tribe. I am Pecini. I am Boge. I represent the Navajo Nation. I'm grateful for what they were able to sacrifice, you know, away from their family and being able to have the courage to participate in the program. And you know, their dedication that they had, they used our language to win a war. I'm able to do the things that I do today because my grandfathers that were associated with the Navajo co-talker program they were able to put together something that unique. And for me to be here today on Iwo Jima, it's just unbelievable. I can't really grasp the concept that like I'm really here.