and a very good evening to everybody, my students, the teachers, the team of SkillSphere and our very eminent judges and a very warm welcome to everybody who is watching us live on Facebook. We are here on day two of our event EQuest which is basically the working on the concept of IDEA, research and debate. And that is what our students have been doing over the last one week. They have been preparing themselves. And yesterday we had a very enriching case study presentation where Mr. Mishra Deshmukh and Dr. Shilpa gave some really meaningful insights to our students. And today on day two, our students are all geared up to present their debates on a very, very interesting topic. Without further ado, let me introduce the master for today, the person who's going to be taking on this event and leading this. Please put your hands together virtually for Ms. Pranjali Mughal. She is the trainer at SkillSphere Education. Everybody in Elk Road knows SkillSphere Education and the work that they do. It is India's largest and finest skill set based organization and has been associated with our school for over seven years now. Through their number of programs like EnlightenMUN and Emergence Lead and Global Geogasa, they have been making a difference in students' lives and training them on communication skills, public speaking skills and general awareness. Pranjali, welcome and the show is all yours. Thank you so much, Sugandha Ma'am, for that lovely introduction. And I'm so, so excited to see all our debaters from Elpa International School today who are going to debate. Without wasting any more time, let me tell you that today we're going to witness a debate on the motion online learning is here to stay. The COVID-19 virus has completely changed the way education operates. Online learning as a modality of teaching and learning has been thrust upon education and can no longer be considered an emerging reality. It is here. So today our debaters are going to actually discuss whether online education is here to stay or not. Without any further ado, let me introduce you to our exceptional debaters for the day. From the proposition side we have Kashwi Lalvani. Kashwi, can you say hi? Hello. Hello. Then we have Antara Mahale. Hello. We have Madhur Javle. Hello. Hello. And this was the proposition and now it's time to introduce the opposition. So from the opposition side we have Prakhar Sharma. Hi everyone. We have Anavi Khanna. Hello everyone. And we have Shubhika Jain. Hi. All right, so that was our debating team for the day and we also have some exceptional judges who have joined us today who will be judging our debate for the day. Let us welcome our first judge, Mr. Abdullah Parker. To introduce him, let me introduce you to Mr. Abdullah. Leadership, mentoring and understanding human behavior are some of the foundational traits that have helped Mr. Abdullah develop into an enabler of younger minds. His love for debating began back in graduate school through model UNs, a fresh affair even after nine years of initiation. Today, Mr. Abdullah is helming skills for your expansion in the Middle Eastern markets of UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. We really warmly welcome you, Mr. Abdullah, for today's debate. Thank you so much, Pranjali. I am honored to have this opportunity to judge this debate of these excited students. Wonderful, that's good to hear, sir. And let me introduce you to our next judge for the day. So Shubhi Mathur. Ms. Shubhi Mathur. Hi, Pranjali. Hi. So Ms. Shubhi Mathur is a policy consultant with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. She is driving up efforts to set up India's first skill regulator, National Council. And she also happens to be very instrumental in helping the Shiv Sena win the Maharashtra Legislative elections in 2019. She has also been the CAUTI member at Skills for Education since its inception. And she is extremely passionate about debating, public speaking and has also developed the entire global Jigyaasa resource base for us. So Shubhi, ma'am, we warmly welcome you to judge today's debate. Thank you so much for the lovely introduction and I'm really happy to be with the younger lot. I guess it will be a lot of fun. So all the best to all the students. Absolutely, absolutely. And in fact, it's time for me to explain to the students and all our audience members the basic flow of today's debate. So today we are going to follow the Bombay style of debate and this is how the flow would be like. The opening would be for three minutes each. So three minutes for the proposition and three minutes for the opposition followed by a rebuttal round for a total of seven minutes and closing for two minutes for each of the teams. So that is going to be the basic flow of today's debate. Let me also introduce you to the judging criteria that we're going to follow. So we're going to look at public speaking and delivery. The same time would be be focusing on argumentation, presentation of substantive performance in the rebuttals and overall discipline. So with that students and all our audience members, teachers and our esteemed judges, we are very happy to inform you that this begins the debate for the day without wasting any more time. Students, I want to wish you all the very best and you may proceed. Who are we starting with Pranjali? So we would have the proposition going first with their introduction. That would be me. Thank you for this opportunity. Good evening, honorable adjudicators and worthy opposition. My name is Madhur and I will be speaking on the affirmative side on the topic for today's debate. Online learning is here to stay. Online learning has been around for quite a bit of time and has had massive rates of success in the past. But due to the worldwide pandemic, it has become more widespread than ever before. A wide variety of reasons exist that prove online learning provides a platform that is stable for education. The first point I would like to bring up is the economic benefits of online schooling for school administrations. It is evident that school buildings will be put out of commission. This will reduce expenses for electricity, water, maintenance, printing, et cetera. Moving on from economic benefits, a massive misconception rather myth among most people today is that all forms of looking at a screen are bad. Let's dive deeper into this. Something known as blue light is the main source of harmful exposure to our eyes while using a screen. It is the reason the concepts of screens, it is the reason the concept of screens are harmful for us exist. But a feature that is inbuilt into most devices these days is called a blue light filter. It reduces the harmful blue light and enables us to use a screen for the longer period of time. We also look into the fact that many studies show online learning has shown better grasping of concepts as well as timely assignment submissions. Moving on, we come to the concept of assessments. An example of this is VVM online level one which restarts the test on switching the tab. So if you're 40 minutes into the test and you even minimize the tab or you switch a tab, the entire test will restart and you will have to give the entire thing all over again. Most secure ways will be developed once learning goes further. Now my teammate will go deeper into the advantages of online learning. Thank you, mother. Good afternoon, on-label educators, members of the opposition and audience. Due to the current pandemic, many nations are under lockdown. Educators and students have quickly translated to remote learning. Online learning is the new normal level due to the advancements in technologies like VR and more affordable internet access. You have access to quality education at the click of a button wherever and whenever you want. We have entered a new era, the accelerated acceptance of online education. It enables the teacher and the student to set their own learning pace. A case study by KPMG in India suggested that there is going to be a phenomenal six-fold rise in the number of users enrolled for various online learning courses. It is expected to grow to about 9.6 million by the end of next year. You can access world's best university courses by sitting in your room. A Brandon Hall study revealed that learning online typically requires 40% to 60% less employee time than learning the same subject in a traditional classroom setting. Other costs that are related to transport, infrastructure, et cetera, don't affect the online student. This gives online education more preference, meaning the changes this pandemic has caused might be here to stay. I would like to conclude by saying that change is the only constant. Thank you. Okay, do we have the third member from the proposition who would like to give the introductory speech or do we move ahead? Ma'am, I think we should move ahead. All right, thank you. With that, it's time for the opposition to present their views. Thank you, ma'am. A very good evening to the debate judges, moderator, worthy opponents, fellow teammates and distinguished guests. We as a team will be speaking against the motion online learning is here to stay. To start things off, we would like to discuss the concept of a blue light filter. How effective is it really? And let us do this substantially. In 1998, a study in the Journal of Cyber Psychology and Behavior found that a higher screen time is associated with social, psychological and occupational impairments. Now that was before filters. Ironically, 19 years later in 2007, the US study of citizens found that spending more than 6,000 a device, which is quite average for a student, including the time he spends to do homework and other assignments, is lethal, creates the risk of depression, anxiety and severe loss of productivity. We can say that the technological revolution, for in case the blue light filter would take, could not change this result even after a massive time period of two decades. WHO projected that by the year 2030, depression will be the leading disease. And if we let online education continue, we are only breaking that date closer to us. To what my teammate had to say, there are quite a few advantages of online learning that are worth consideration. In a country like India, access to the internet is pitifully low. This online education system is bound to fail. According to the 2017 to 18, national samples survey report on education, only 24% of Indian households had internet access and only 15% of rural households had internet services. And this has exposed us to the divide between a privilege and those who do not have access. And from a futuristic point of view, if we look at this gap in the future, it's going to be very hard to fill this and could in turn widen the gap between the rich and the poor and create serious social barriers. Exactly, just like my teammate said, we are grateful and we are blessed to be here on an online platform, to be debating and deliberating on such an important topic and we have a stable internet connection on like so many in our country and like so many around the world. But for those who have these resources, it is said that these people have been misusing these resources. But let me tell you how. Several teachers in the Delhi University said that they were abused and harassed by anonymous attendees during online classes. And this is not all. They have been writing obscene messages on the chat. They started swearing and they have started posting recordings of this on YouTube. And adding onto that, a survey conducted by the buyer shared that the other reasons for children's fondness towards virtual classrooms has absolutely nothing to do with learning because obviously no reprimands from teachers, getting up early in the morning to prepare for school and a large number of students also reported that the freedom to do any other thing, even while classes were on, was a primary appeal behind online classes. Plus everyone talked about how the screen is harmful and how there is a blue light and how we can grasp information in a more better manner and more efficient manner. Well, is this what we think of interaction between peers and teachers and students? Is this what we think of discipline? Is this what we think of education that students are doing something else while classes are going on? And in this case, teachers and students both are facing problems because teachers do not know if a student understood something like that because many a times they fake my problems because they don't know the answer. And those who genuinely have my problems cannot answer. And that is a huge backlog on their skillset. So if these- So if these two intervene, Ms. Anavi, let me inform you, you have exceeded the time limits by almost 45 seconds. So we wouldn't be able to continue with you. Apologies for that. Judges, please make a note of this. And with that, it is time for us to move in the rebuttal round. Students, please remember, you have a total of seven minutes. We start with the opposition presenting their arguments first. Hi, thank you. So in the year 2020 to 2021, the financial year, the resource, the development budget for digital e-learning was reduced to 469 crore from Rs. 604 crore in 2019. So does this show that the government of India itself has understood that e-learning has no scope to replace traditional classrooms? The argument here is that when governments on national levels are accepting that online learning does not deserve a good share in the budget, how does the proposition claim that it will continue and it is here to stay? Oh, first of all, you stated that the budget has definitely been decreased for the learning year 2020 to 2021. But so you didn't state the date when this announcement was made. So if this announcement was made around February or January, it holds no value because the COVID-19 pandemic had not become as great to it, not great to it, it's gravity, had did not get a lot of gravity by that time. It started getting gravity around the month of April, especially, and if this announcement was made any before that it does not really help your cause. Now, moving on, I would like to ask the opposition. The third speaker, Anvi, from the opposition stated that kids start abusing teachers in the middle of classes. Ma'am, I must inform you, there is an app called Microsoft Teams which exists. And this app, it only allows people who are already added to those teams to perform inside those teams. You cannot change your name, you cannot add extra people. If even one person is added to the team, the teacher will know and can kick them out very easily. And you cannot change your name, which is the biggest strength of Microsoft Teams, which allows you to know who is speaking, who is doing what at every single moment of time. How can you justify your statement if such apps exist? Well, see, I highlighted the point of teacher abuse with other points too. So I also highlighted and emphasized on the fact that teachers do not know if their student is understanding something because many a times the student does not or fakes having a mic problem and says that they have an internet issue while the chances are that that may not happen. And as a student who has been going to the experience of online classes, I say this with experience. So the fact that people have been writing obscene messages and disturbing classes, that can also count as abuse. But another main, main problem for the teacher is if she doesn't know what her students are understanding, she is of no value. And that should also count as abuse. Adding to this point. So I would like to ask the... Adding to this point. Yes, we would have Ms. Anavi go forward with her argument. Yes, Ms. Anavi. All right. So I would like to ask the proposition that they said that online learning has the economic benefits. But how would they explain that when I tell you that students in Kerala, 10 years student in Kerala, a class time student in Gujarat, or 50 year old in Assam of committed suicide, just because they couldn't afford resources like and devices like a smartphone or a laptop to conduct online classes? I would like to say to this that suicides have not only been committed due to online education, even previously due to the lack of education or lack of availability to reach to or nearby school suicides have been committed. It is not only because of online education, all this is happening. And taking this into consideration, even government has taken steps, apart from smartphones or laptops, there have been 12 DTH channels which have actually been launched which allow you to pursue your online education without a smartphone. You can just watch TV and understand a particular concept. Adding on to Kashmir's point. Ma'am, I believe I stated and I quote economic benefits for these schools. The schools do not have to pay electricity bills, the schools do not have to pay water bills, nor do they have to pay extra bills for Lichit, anything, except for making sure that their teachers are paid. And ma'am, with this extra money, they can actually help the students that are living or not studying in their school to get more access, to get access to online education, especially in government schools. To answer that, my friend Mazhar, you have mentioned a lot of economic benefits, but to add to that economic benefits of the school. As of 2015, by a UN report, there are more than 700 million people below the poverty line. These people struggle for water, food and sanitation. Do you think that it will be feasible for them to buy a TV, even if a DTH channel is supported? Will it be feasible for them to buy a TV, to get an internet connection, to get electricity when their means of survival are in danger? And adding to this, and adding a question, you have also mentioned that after the, after we knew that the COVID-19 pandemic would require online learning. After that, very recently, CBSC reduced 30% of the syllabus from grades nine to 10 for the academic year 2020-21. Does this not clearly show that the inefficiency and inflexibility of online learning has been accepted again at a national level? So I believe you're saying, sir, I believe that you're saying, we are not able to adapt quickly. So this has only been six months since online learning has been put into play. And out of those first three, four months, many schools did not even begin to teach through online learning methods. This has no correlation between the benefits or the disadvantages of online learning. Rather, it's many schools, especially even in our area, even government schools have started school very late, even in the month of July, even in the month of June. So this is the reason the syllabus was... This is the reason the syllabus was reduced, not because there's disadvantages of online learning. Added to this, I just wanna bring into your notice that 30% syllabus has been reduced only and only for assessment. You, the schools have the freedom to teach that amount of syllabus. In fact, in a better manner through activities and flip teaching. And I think through that, the concepts would actually be more clear as compared to the earlier setup. The 30% is only reduced for assessment sake, which is actually reducing the burden of the children. Redirecting Kashwis point into a question. Opposition, I believe you clearly stated that levels of depression have gone up. And yes, that is very true. But sir, don't you realize that the internet or screens have also led to happiness of many, many people around the world. Gaining access to wifi gives us an access to literally the entire world. We can search up whatever we want. It's in the palm of our hands. So we can search for movies. We can watch inspirational videos. We can look for information on the internet. And regarding the statement you made about blue light, that has no correlation. Blue light has been known to, yes ma'am, just give me two seconds. Blue light has been known to reduce strain on the eyes and allow people to actually stare at a screen for a much longer period of time, seven to eight hours even. Thank you. Thank you so much. Wonderful. That was a really fiery battle, must say. Wonderful and congratulations to all students. And with that, we come to the closing statements by both the teams, starting with the proposition. Yes. Good evening everyone. Rightly quoted by Albert Einstein, education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. While these words may have been intended in a good humor, they perfectly reflect the fact that education is constantly evolving. From live interactions to feedbacks, assignments to interactive games, digital labs to virtual tours by Google Earth, and even celebrating a birthday in a virtual classroom, the online education actually makes us fall in love with learning as even supported by the founder of the first education app in India, Sir Rabindran Baiju. Cultivating our curiosity and developing our minds, recording of online live lectures have actually helped a child make his concepts more clear by revisiting the topic several times, which was not possible in the earlier setup. The huge spike in internet users of rural areas, which is actually surpassing those of the urban areas by 10% as per the latest report of IAMAI proves its widespread acceptance with about 20 to 30% syllabus covered in the form of activities and flipped learning for higher grades. The existence of online learning not only facilitated education, this academic session, but it has also helped us to stay at home, rather more stay safe and protect our health by not being exposed to the virus. Before concluding, I would like to remind each one of us present here that this current ongoing debate has only and only been possible due to the existence of online learning. Our presence here proves our thorough consent to it and not following it or simply finding faults in it would just reveal an inner conservative nature. So now the choice is ours. Learn effectively by the means of online education or risk your health, go out and study. Thank you. Thank you so much, Ms. Kashmi for that lovely concluding statement. And judges, please note, Ms. Kashmi has actually exceeded the time limit by 20 seconds. With that, we move ahead to the opposition. The opposition, please present your closing statements. Thank you. So the proposition talked about how we are here on this online platform because of online learning. But let me point out, there are so many. I have said this again and again that there's so many in our country along the globe who are facing the challenge of digital poverty and that is not a joke. Now I would like to point out that in a study that was conducted, it was other students who have been failing some of their algebra classes, K-12 algebra classes. So they were divided into two groups. One who went for virtual learning and one who went for social and actually interacting with their teachers in school.  Now I would like to ask all of you a question. We are all here as students and I'm talking to you as a student. We are going and we're experiencing online learning right now. But if we had a chance to actually go to school and interact with our teachers, interact with our peers and interact with other students, would we not want that? Because clearly that is more effective. We are over here questioning the effectiveness of online learning because it is clearly just not effective. Now you talk about, are you really continuity to the point that you cannot grasp information as easily as you can through actually going to school? Now I would like to just conclude by saying one thing. Is this what we think of the future? Is this what we think of education? Would we want our children to have online classes rather than interacting with people? Would we, would our parents not want us to go to school and interact with people or would they want us to be here and sit for an online class? Clearly not. And if this continues in the future, I can tell you without taking it out with guarantee that online learning is not effective and that is why online learning is not here to stay. Thank you. Thank you so much, Ms. Anavi. In fact, this brings us to the end of the debate. I really want to congratulate all the debaters here. You all have done a fabulous job. I must congratulate the school as well for sending you all and encouraging you to participate in this debate. And with that, it is actually time for us to know the results. So I hope our judges are ready with the results. All right. Yes, Mr. Abdullah and Ms. Shubi, are you both ready with the results? We'll just take about two, three minutes. We're just discussing the final details. And I think we should be able to come up. Absolutely. So until the judges are discussing and coming with the results, I would like Mr. Prakash Sharma to share his views regarding today's debate. I love this debate. The whole idea that we will, the debate will be streamed on Facebook as the best part. This is the first time I have been in such an event. The COVID-19 pandemic has struck us hard. And since the advent of online learning is here and the advent of having Zoom and laptop and internet connection, we are, I'm really thankful for all of this. The debate was very fun. I got exposed to a lot of new content, new ways of speaking, and I learned a lot more than I came with. And that's all. Thank you so much, Mr. Prakash. Yes, it was definitely a wonderful debate. We all would agree to that. And with that, I would like to ask Ms. Antira. Ms. Antira, can you share your experience? Yeah. As I had said, this was my first experience. And to be honest, it was really fun. At first, I was a little tensed, but then I feel that the school has taken a very nice initiative in this situation, the pandemic. And yeah, that's it. It was really fun. I hope the school encourages further types of curricular activities. Wonderful, absolutely. In fact, we must be having such debates. The kind of arguments that you all have presented, the kind of questions that you all have raised are definitely something that we all need to think about in today's time and in this entire situation of lockdown. With that, I would like to ask Ms. Anavi to share her experience. Well, it was definitely a great experience. I don't know what to say. I really enjoyed debating. And this is the first online debate, online debate at a window. And I was looking forward to it. But I don't think what I was... So we have a very vast topic in front of us. I was really hoping we would get just a little more time to debate and deliberate on this. Because, well, of course, it's important. And every one of us, one of our at least two minutes to speak about being great. And we could have had a much more effective debate and more qualitative debate, I would say. But nevertheless, it has been great. The proposition was great. We had amazing speakers. And I mean, overall, the experience was really, really good. Amazing. Thank you so much, Ms. Anavi. And with that, let's come to Ms. Shubhika. Yes, Ms. Shubhika. I agree with whatever Anvi had to say that each speaker could have gotten a little more time to stress on more points. But overall, I had a lot of fun. And yeah. All right, thank you, Ms. Shubhika. With that, I would like to take this time to ask our esteemed judges if they have any questions for our debaters for the day. So over to you, judges. If you have any questions that you would like to ask our debaters, Ms. Shubhika and Mr. Abdullah, if you have any questions for our students, we would also be encouraging questions from our audience. So if the audience would like to ask any questions to our students, they are free to do so, all right? I believe the judges are quite stuck as to who should be the winner. Yes, yes. This is definitely a close call. I'm sure. Yes, Subhanda ma'am. I think you definitely agree to that. And we have our judges here. Ms. Shubhika, would you like to ask some questions to our debaters? So it was a wonderful debate, a very close call. All of you performed exceptionally well. So I just have a question for Pranjali. So is it a group win or individual win plus an entire proposition or position wins or are there particular students who get named as the winners? All right. So ma'am, it would be a group win. At the same time, you could announce the best speaker if you would like to. Definitely, definitely. In fact, all of the students were so talented. I was confused that how should it go? It is a very, very close call. One or two marks, right? Abdullah, would you agree with me? Yes, it is very close. I mean, they just shape it by, I think, one or two points. So yeah. Abhi, why don't you go ahead and tell our young friends over here how the scores are looking like? Or rather, let's disclose the winners. Yeah, yeah. So the group that wins is the opposition group. Wow. Congratulations to the opposition. That was really close. I'm definitely sure. Congratulations, Prakhar, Anavi, and Subhika. All right. And Subhi ma'am and Abdullah, so would you like to provide critical feedback to our debaters? Yes. In addition to that, I think there is a certain speaker that I would like to highlight who was the best speaker of sorts, according to me. Abdullah, please share your opinion with me. Madhu from the Proposition Group was, I believe, one of the very good speakers and leading. And just behind one mark was Anavi from the Opposition Group. So many, many congratulations to you both. I just add to Shobhi's statements. Thank you so much, Shobhi. So I believe there was a very close fight between Anavi and Madhu, these two individuals. I think they are just apart by one point. So the way in which the debates were being put forward, they were very, very well articulated. And I think we were super excited to see the debate. In terms of the debate, I just have one point which I noticed. We spoke about the blue light and the blue light filter. But it was almost like a cameo. It came and it went away. I was just wanting to understand more discussion with respect to the blue light. I just wanted people to speak more against it for it. I just wanted more engagement on that. But again, the discussions were amazing. We had a lot of fun. And I believe Shobhi would second me on that. We were really impressed with the level of debate that we had over here in this virtual room today. Yes, in fact, everybody spoke so well, Prakhar. And Shobhita Kashmi spoke just for a while, I believe, at the end. So we would have love to hear more of Kashmi. You're a powerful speaker if you're listening to me. So you should thank Shobhita. So, Saan, if you could stop the screen sharing for some time, please. Yes, Shobhi. I wanted to hear more of Kashmi during the beginning. However, she spoke only at the end. So Kashmi, you are too a very powerful speaker. So please participate more. That's all I would say. I mean, the students were brilliant. I mean, we don't have any specific feedback to give. I think it's just that they should keep doing more and more of these debates and keep entertaining judges like us who can come in on a weekend and have a great time with all of you. All right, thank you so much, Mr. Abdullah. And yes, I think even Sugandha ma'am would agree that today's debate was indeed a success, whether you won or not students. I think you all, we also had a wonderful time. Sugandha ma'am, would you like to share your experience today? I completely agree, Frangeli. I think it was a great debate. And as an audience purely, even I felt that maybe we could have got a teeny time a little bit extra for all the speakers. I would have loved to hear them more. I think they've done so much of research, so much of hard work that they've put in. And so yeah, I think I'm a little biased towards the students right now. And I wish they would have got a little bit more time. But having said that, I think it's important to follow protocol and discipline. And that is what we are here to learn. So well done to all of you. Congratulations to the winners. You will soon have your prizes and certificates coming your way. I'm sure you're all waiting for that. Keep participating. It just enriches you so much with every event that you participate in with every platform that you get, which enhances your public speaking skills. Because trust me, public speaking and communication skills are the skills of the 21st century. And they are one of the most important skills set that as a school also, we endeavor to develop in our students. So well done, all of you. My heartfelt thanks to Shubhi and Abdullah for being gracious enough to be our judges for today's event. Thank you so much. And thank you for giving them meaningful insights. And also identifying our best speakers for the day. So great, Madhu, and Anuvi, I'm proud of both of you. And I'm actually proud of all my students. Well done, everybody. Absolutely. Everyone has done a fabulous job. And with that, I would like to announce that this debate, this session comes to an end. Thank you so much to all the participants, to our esteemed judges, to the teachers who are present here to Elpa International School, Skills for Education, and all our viewers who are watching us live on Facebook. Thank you so much. Let me tell you, we are going to have a panel discussion soon that is going to start at 5.30. So stay tuned and we would be right back. Thank you so much, everyone.


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When COVID-19 started, it came as a shock. It really was tasking. It really, it really asked a lot of our mental health. So this is like a very great friend. We volunteered together when we first started here, Dr. Gifad. And it was a big decision coming out from something that I really loved. I was initially in general surgery. She was initially in nephrology. And we decided to actually stop in that path and come and work for COVID. And you move to a place of denial. Then you move to a place of aggression where it's like you want everything to be perfect, but it cannot be perfect because nothing is perfect. But as a human being, you expect it to be perfect. And so after a point in time, you get very tired and you realize but there must be another way to deal with this, right? And it was only after paying attention to my mental health that I realized that I needed to be a little bit more conscious. I needed to be a little bit more aware. And it was only then that I actually, with the help of my colleagues, of course, counselors, psychiatrists, everybody who could have come on board and I would be honest, there's a lot of stigma for mental health. And it is something that has impacted significantly in COVID-19, not just the healthcare professionals, but the patients, the family members who are sitting at home worried whether their family member will come back, you know, the auxiliary staff, the kitchen who's under stress to ensure that they provide meals to keep these people nutritional-wise going. And what it took for me is sitting down and understanding my brain, understanding what I feel, understanding journaling, understanding putting down goals on paper, understanding the psychology of it. And now, as I've been going through, I started my awareness in February so I can tell you that I've come a long way in terms of growth in mental health. And if you can see probably in Ward 9, we have a vision board where I try to practice as much positive psychology as possible because sometimes we may not know what others may be feeling, even the patients, the healthcare workers, everybody around you. You may not know their situation, but sometimes we can give little pointers that they may not necessarily come to ask you, but if you give them those pointers, then they can use it to their advantage. They can use it at their own time. They can use it to say, okay, well, today I'll practice compassion. Today I'll practice ethics. Today I'll practice teamwork. Today I'll practice love. And as you put those core values in, as you remind them and remind them and remind them, you condition the mind. And so it helps you cope with the crisis that's actually happening on ground. So my back, you can see this board prepared by Dr. Chico. I mean, really, when you speak of resilience, you speak of both physicians who really have been here from the start. And this is all in an effort to help with the mental health aspect of just improving, giving us something to keep going. And this put together by her, her brain child, and we're very appreciative of it. We're also very appreciative of our Cuban colleagues who really have been here again from the start. This is a debt that we'll never be able to repay. And we say thank you from the bottom of our hearts and we say thank you on behalf of Saint Lucia. And again, we ask you to help us, help them, our Cuban colleagues, they're missing home as well. The psychological impact of this on them is significant. But we need to do our part to help them. Let's let them go home to see their families sooner or later.


This trustee August is hotter than ever at Appalachian Wireless as they are slashing all normal contract pricing on all smartphones by 50% when you sign up for service better service bigger saving serving you for the last 25 years at Appalachian Wireless It's time for mountain music presented by mountain music exchange the heart of music in the mountain Welcome to another edition of mountain music this week down at mountain music exchange We've got a face and a voice you're probably familiar with here's Prestonburg native Nick Jamerson. Check him out Family tradition and gospel music is a common thread with artists in this area and Nick is no different as Nick grew into adulthood He found that no matter where he sang who it was in front of or even if it was by himself He always gets the same benefit It's just it's just to me the the truest expression of myself Like sometimes just spoken word doesn't really you're not You're not letting it out necessarily, but for me when I'm singing and I'm playing that is That is you know my truest self. I feel like my higher self coming out. So it's freedom. It's it's a It's love Just everything good is what I'm experiencing when I when I'm singing a plan regardless of where that's at The country music highway has produced many great singer songwriters and the rest of the world is really just starting to recognize Just how ingrained in talent this area really is. I believe that it's a special place just as Austin, Texas is of the world the Nashville's Asheville's any there's so many music scenes All over the country all over the world and they're recognized for it and to me. I feel like This needs to be recognized as a place that is producing and putting out Really good music really good musicians. I think it's starting to change. I think that People are starting to understand that you can do it for me Sometimes the most powerful emotion of all can inspire a powerful song. It's called Eve and I sort of I was When it first came out it just kind of appeared the words just Started coming out and it's a beautiful thing when you can go and experience life and really know everything that you There is to know about someone know that they're not perfect, but still Love them still want to be with them in spite of that when you can really be just truly who you are and be accepted That to me is the truest love that there is and so that was that was pretty much my mindset and writing that and It happened in about 15


Jugo shumambo vipi. Uwa sana. Congratulation. Santisana mungu anasa hidi anara isisha. Anafanya na kwa niroro. Inam. Ni hadwa kini mungu? Ni ukora kidi oko? Ani mungu. Ia kuna hadwa kini. Ni kiaisama hadwa kini wongo. Hapa ni God man. Ni kiaisama hadwa kinda kuna danganya. Najiun piya tumeni mwa magali na. Tu engini hapa njuma. Raki ni nisao. Mungu ni nan. Laki ni ni God. Evan is happy to see you making moves. It's not a money move but it's a future investment. You secure in your future. Mungu anasa hidi ya man. I have no idea wili tu liyanda apa but tu kuhapa. Kira ni gewama but ua kenya. Pandeni gali. Guys, I'm sorry I'm out again. Okipata na nayao panda. Now what is the feeling now? Feeling I can't. I know uta se ma ni kama naji fanya. But see as he explain wili na feel. I can't explain how I'm feeling. See as he explain wili na feel. Like it's a. I think haija ni hit. I think it's a hit. But it's a beautiful feeling. I hope it works. We have more of this. I meant to that. Kenyazul want to know why did he decided to venture into matatu business? I imagine it's in hands. But ideally ni akuna place atu ingi next na ingi affirming. Tuna jari budu gila kitu. Evan is you considering maybe this year to invest more? Apart from now matatu business? I think the low hanging fruits are always the platforms. Kuna msi aliputin dewa kaka fanya bidi kafikama aliiko. Toka apa kama unani. Thank you. Kuna kitu apa musidi akuna? In the middle of my interview I heard you. So I think. So I think. Mba kakime fanya ni kapoteza mazura. I'm trying to say is. Zile platforms already mutua metia bidi ya kavekha. Tuna za take advantage of you. Kama for example vile taxes za simu zilika. Tuna msi aliputin dewa money. So you take advantage of it. So sa isi jini wa api next. Mali tuto onyeshwa. How do you feel when you see this having an impact now to the creative industry? Because now people want to now invest more. I think this is a way to go because asa una jua atu vile ua. Inakua ga kuna timeu koivi then kuna timeu takuaivi. So if we use the time that to koivi. To be able to make investment as an idea. Muna jio na jisa mecha si jii danifikisha wa api. But we keep trying to na jaribu everything that we can during your time to ko. Kumali zia maybe we seen inside the car you have your close friends. Photos of your close friends. Why did you decide to? It's because of Abel. It's because of Abel. It's because I think everyone around. Everyone of those people want to contribute. Ninge taka kuchora wa say, Wote kama atu wa li kuja TNT. One, two, three, na four, na five. Ninge wa chora apo. But for those guys, the key guys that. Wa me changia in one way or the other. Mutu tuha changia nandi wa manasi jamchora ni Abel. In one way or the other. In one way or the other. In one way or the other. Because kwa ii dunia wezi fanya bitu peki aako. In one way or the other wa say, Wa me changia. Kwa hale jina ii gidoge manu ko pali branding. Tugi elafi manu ko kabat. Kabat ni na ne? Kabat. Abel ya li kuna ningiri ate gali. Ninge li kuna. By thei gali. When we sold the TX. Io gari ni li tokai. So duka di siya. Wote batu liya di siya. But apon di li tokai. So Abel ya li kuna ita. Io gari ate siyo gari ni kabat. Imagine. Madarao. The stone they are throwing. I'm going to be their foundation. Alright Nygush. Thank you so much. Maybe a message to their fans. Your supporters. I know for sure TX. 25 is coming any time from now. A message mazeni. Thank you for the support already. To kuna wa say wa me baitiku manu. I can't even explain. Continue buying the tickets. Zikifunga pole. To TX. July 27th. Perle madfan.com. Get your tickets. Na Santene sana for your support. And for your prayers. A lot of people pray for us. Only that we don't know. Thank you so much for the support. Wea say yes mazeni. Thank you. Kuna iti am chere. Alright. That was one and only. Nygush Kreties. An exclusive interview with Nygush. We've seen it Nygush. Congratulations once again for investing in the Matata industry. God bless you. Till next time. For more videos subscribe to ASPM bars. Notification button. Waka on. Perle perle kuna comment. Is this a money move? Is this an investment? Alright. Thank you so much.


outstanding theater of thrills the master of mystery and adventure William and Robeson they call themselves the beat generation by which they do not mean defeated they mean beatific which is to say blissful they're cool man they're way out there they dig jazz which has no melody and poetry which makes no sense at least to the rest of us squares their kids seeking an answer and to the beat generation the answer seems to be found in inaction in non feeling they couldn't care less but face a beat cat with reality facing with murder and what happened listen listen then as Dennis Day stars in like man somebody dig me which follows in just a moment like man somebody sorry mr.


So, someone left a comment on my tell saying the hospital should just euthanize me. As you can imagine, I'm a little pissed off about it. I've got a few things that I want to say. One, it's not okay to say that to anybody at all. I don't care who it's targeted towards, no one deserves to have that comment said some. Number two, I wouldn't be in hospital if I didn't need to be. It's the whole reason that I'm on a section. It's not like I'm in form anymore. I don't have a choice whether I'm here. So, it's not a matter of me taking up a bed. Not that I'm even in it. I'm not using an 8S bed. I'm using a private bed. Not that I'm even mad.  But you've got to remember that these things hurt and have a consequence on my human being. I'm going to react. And that's just how it is. You're not going to tell me that I'm not allowed to respond to these things when they're plastered all over the internet. When they're in the hospital, should you theorize me? If only it was Leo.  Three years ago.  Move on with your life. Get out of a hobby. Get a job. Do something other than spew hate.  Nobody wants to listen to all the hate that you're putting out on the internet. And you certainly don't want it back out of you. But if you need to tattoo that onto your forehead. I wish that those who saw hyperbully had it tattooed on their forehead what they were. Say someone sent a death threat. It had, I sent a death threat. I sent death threat, but on the forehead. How many people would go near them then? It's just wrong on so many levels. Like, who says this? Who thinks that's okay? I needed to rant. So I'm sorry that you got the rant video from me. But I needed to rant. I needed to get off my chest.


Make that apology and tell people the truth. Mukaechini, musemezane nini pomoja, muongi, make that apology. And if you don't want to make the apology, it's cool. Love is in the air. What's up guys, welcome back to SPM Buzz. Meneim Ishiko Gita. Of course, we are right here with Julie, the traveller. Because yesterday we also got happened. Piel kuangana a statement to make. But before that, Julie, how are you doing? I'm doing great. I'm happy. Love is in the air. Finally. Finally love is in the air. You're looking amazing. Thank you. Say it again. Ujanja. Ujanja na sema ni kupendwa. Ujanja kidogo. Na God. Na God. Nakahadu waak. Kidogo tu e. Una mix. Una mix. Lazi mu uchapeyo conkoshon. Otherwise it won't work. We pray, pray, pray. Una ujanja. How are you? Not going anywhere. Yo, I'm from your instastories. And my friend looks like kupiyo motiyu miyamwa. We are upgrading. Kus ii gari ni kama ilipata. Ii ongele wa wibaya. Kus somehow it was used. I don't know, could drop. Let's upgrade. Ata gari we are getting rid of it. Yeah, let's upgrade. It's all because of whatever happened. No, no, no, no. It's not because of that. But I think of... Atta is all because of that. I'm just upgrading my life. All together. Nani God. Yeah. So just to make it clear. Onaji wa hapenda ni S.P.M.B.A.S. Tuna sema Vitu. Jinsi, Viliwio. It's out there. Everybody knows. Of course we are here to get you side of the story. You've mentioned that gariako ilikuwa ilitumika to drop off. Pick and drop off. Yeah. Siju kusikuwa Vitu sdizili. Enda wa pizgarudi. This is a samtoilade. In all honesty, the car was borrowed. In all honesty. That's true. The car was borrowed. It's like from a friendly. No, na. Eni ningumu sana wuku injawatu. Waduna waka selvishina magarizao. True. Yeah. But ilikuwa sdivini safari. Refu sana. He came to me as a friend. Juli. Leo na tumiagariako. Yu going somewhere. Leo na kesho, whatever. I really need to do something. Kindly ni sa idea. And I was like... Yeah, it's okay. Yu make sure na rodisha maybe... But just, you know, take care of it as we will take care of someone. Yeah. But I did not like... Yeah, na enda kuchukuwa manguna zi drop. Yeah, chukuwa na enda kuchukuwa like... People make it a sif. I was like... Catalyst. Yeah, catalyst. And then... Yo, guys, stop. Do I look that mean though? No, I may put it. Like, ate na jua. If there was anything between us, hange pata oda sitiaku beba gari yungu, aende na yu kuwao, kuwao amani wa apikuli yendoa nguo. Mi yara I don't understand properly. Hange pata. Na ata, mi mi nigejoku na anything, kwa mami, no, there's no way my car is going there. Yu know, I'll be like... Mi, I'll be like, no, there's no way my car is going there. Yu know, but I just know... I just see the situation. I see whatever you've requested me. Yuna. Yu enda ota letter. Like a friend who do. Yeah. Na, of course yesterday, after Redna, where her YouTube channel story made it clear that they were back with some talent. Of course. Pale vo kuna NGC, kuna kumenta liye zaku tukwa pale vo from you. And you said after kunye kelea, hivi of yote.   I had to touch this. Am I allowed to touch? Yeah, it's okay.  You knew what you were doing. You wanted subscribers. You wanted sympathy. You wanted people to come together and boost with your life situation because it keeps going down and down. So, I feel like you have a good following, right? If you came to your followers wwambi e situation ni kuhivi na hivi. Eh? To me kusana, things are not well. I need wambi e to ukweli without dragging a situation in. Oh, Julin elfa tu kusana ni me moachia. So, Julie, he is. So, Julie, he is. That was so wrong. And the fact that she did that knowing. So, it's the people who are around you wwana ku advise fanya hivi, ita enda. And you know, it's funny. People wakuna inarati via fanya hivi, ita enda. Ita enda. Uuki se mahivi, ita enda? So, you self-think, alikwa na ku na tumi na tumi ya jimi ako for public sympathy? Yes. mena b Fields for public sympathyizu shelters for public sympathy min ta Bismuzi Ikodi hawa ts기도 joke wa vous gy nasıl mati ya darbe VELNG sakla Midence salamat short to kwanbe me nshk kwa mkit hati na bagi lo p straightforward to Bizz badawa wadi kwa n zeggen yao niumba ya ako kuchikuwa. Like, that's how God works, that's how God works, like, ato hu mianakana wuko, wosye nni. Weh ni. You know, ata kwa insta-storiesu za ako. Have seen you uh, ok Ekamimsu. Ity, uhokio namutua kisema eti, mimi ame bili yungu because right now people in the common section a relay, aizu apesa tulichanga turudisyeni. I'll let me tell you. The weird part is, kuchangisha weiwote alafu Rudi useme nili koniwa. Yo, such a comedy. What is wrong with you? What exactly is wrong with you? Nini nishida? Juli, kunam tu amba elabdaki kuski za okizumumzai, right now, as you speak, because Redna and Samtala are together. We have maybe one or two people who will be like, it's like you're not happy that they are together. Actually, I am happy. Reasons why I'm happy, because I knew this is a lie, this woman is doing, it's just for the subscribers nini. After we make a announcement, yaa, I knew mimi akunakwa chana imbewa chaniwa apo. So they were club chasing? No, no, no, no. I hope ati akuniachi ati am the reason. I hope ati akuniachi ati am the reason. Akuniachi tukama iyo. There's nothing like that. But ya, they did have some issues back and forth because I was there as a friend and he would tell me some things. I have seen him cry.  So I knew as they were having issues and it wasn't me. You know, akuniachi ati am the issues and I'm the problem, like I am the reason. So Sam used to share some of the issues weekly. Ya. And I wanna, like, for the respect and the time because of the privacy, you told me in discretion, say ziku japa niya zeku sema, sema. But ya. Thank you for opening up and at least you thought I was a good friend. That's why you opened up and you told me one, two, three and kame metume kisha na apo. I'm a bad friend. It's still cool. Ati zi oge na ekutoka, you situation, it happened. I've never talked to him because I don't need no closure in your friends. Means kwa zi o kibihafani, I just step. Kwa nuyani bwa na anguama tu na watoto, like we have, no, we just step. Friends, you're just feeling betrayed right now? I just feel redna did wrong. This mostly goes to redna. You did wrong. Make that apology. Otherwise. Otherwise. Kita kuramba, naya mugu ina kurambanga, wazi waz. Make that apology. Apology. You know very well I was not the reason why you two broke up. I was not in the picture.  You don't do that to good people. Kita kuramba. Karma, mimi. That's why I don't go around messing with people. So you're demanding an apology? Apology. I need a public apology. Go tell your people the truth I was not the reason because you made a bunch of people really to be sorry to believe this narrative. You need to make that apology. Na usingoja ni kufe de useme. Usingoja wakati na kufa de useme. Make that apology while I'm still alive. I can still consider forgiving you and interceding on your behalf. Make that apology and tell people the truth. Mukaechini. Musemezane ni ni pomoja muonge make that apology. And if you don't want to make the apology it's cool. It's cool. Na chia karma. If you don't want to make that apology listen Tuko 20? 2024. 2024. April. If you don't want to make that apology good. You okay with it? It's okay. It's okay. Washa tu you will one day replay this clip. If you don't want to apologize it's okay. Karma will deal with you proper. Gods rather don't play. Let me ask you. We're messing around with gods people. How bad has this affected you? You being apparently kwa mwa kwa mwa you're part of the break up. How has it affected you? In all honesty God has given me grace. I don't even know how I have managed to manuva through. Sijui is been God. Ime kwa to God. It's getting dark in here. Ni kwa ngezeh light. Nikosawa? So when was Nikosawa? Nikosawa. What were you saying? Has it affected you? Of course you would see some things Even after me toa videos I mean I did a whole video na chats you went and took your time wukasoma chats and somehow you still believe I'm the reason. Like where's the honor kuna chesewan bayambaya. You couldn't see you were being used. You couldn't see this and I say probably mini kwa na sura jambas. You know? It's all I understand. It's all I understand. So it's so hard maybe for people people will think like I'm the bad one whatever and let me tell you neneza kuja nini we are back together and you were like oh she is so innocent I see through the bullshit I see what she was doing I see why and I was like it's a lot atawiki bili zili isha surely why would you do that? So sir I have 100 subscribers 100k subscribers you have 101 million 101 million around 35,000 Ya ya ya 35k you did all that together at 5k good and I said nene ma nile postili kanga Instagram I said mimi wa silishwi na views and I say that in the most humble way and probably where you need this ikulishe you know you could have done it in a much smarter way I believe your fans are your fans wongenda open up wongde situation wongde changiwa wongde changiwa wunona kama niku changiwongde changiwa kama ni story na YouTube wongde kusapot you didn't have to lie using my name you didn't because mothers and most people following her mothers and what what say wana what I know wuchungu ya moana nini failing marriages kii fail and I told you guys in him shezotu apa kana pa anya hii akuna apa akuna these are lies jana we also some apologizing kwenye YouTube channel wunona lakam nyongi ibo what's why you okay he says I look like a gonja do you still think are you comfortable pale I don't know whether he's comfortable or not I said in my other kuna video interview nili fanya nika sema even that time when I was a friend to Sam he was sick and people are making fun it's weird how people make fun of like what is funny na jana pia nili on I was like guy koni he is still sick he is sick and when I said he is sick it's been bad people will make fun people continue making fun wunona okay so to me I'm not in his life I don't know what's going on I've never talked to him again since I don't intend to talk to him not at a friendly level he is not like my friend wunona and it's like yo this is a very costly kind of friendship and it's a no Julie why do you think uli jipata in this mix why specifically because I believe Sam has other female friends why do you think Redna picked Julie to be in this whole mix because I'm out there my life is out there in the public people know one, two, three about me so it will be easy for people to be like oh Julie let Julie to travel out or whatever so it was a very good bait to use because my life is out there she had to pick someone and I don't know what to do oh what a fuel nia na sponsor life I don't pay for Sam's life I don't do whatever I'm not the mama you all claim I am oh and I'm very old at my age and I feel very old gone are the days I would go out and party till 6 a.m. gone are the days I will watch two episodes one I'm knocked out dead, I'm tired millennials that is does this feel like this I've grown so many things I feel old it's good it's life and we are growing so in an interview with Trudy and Martin of course I had you mention that you think probably Redna already had an issue with you way before because some had you a letter like Pamuja I could introduce you Redna this is Julie Julie this is Redna my wife I think in my trying to understand why she sometimes behave how she behaves could be in securities unona because I have male friends who are partners and they are partners are also my friend the man has taken initiative because if you are friends does it mean you keep at a family una una drop your friends what do you do you introduce them to najuwana I also have a partner probably wanajuwana sometimes we have women time girl time males piawana juwana they become friends and all that so in this case I think what complicated the thing is like he did not maybe properly introduce us to be friends so that we are hanging out as normal so that it's not weird unona that is the only upon admit that is the only difference na feel that is could have the reason na kusileza maybe I will introduce wanajuwana but wanajuwana but yeah that could be the reason and I understand why one last question maybe if it ever happens in future maybe tomorrow maybe next week next month next year it happens some toilet brings you together that is you and redna are you ready to sit down and solve this whole story you dragged my name down in the mud so bad only God knows some things wana fanyaga wana mungutwa don't know how you do it but you've dragged my name down the mud so bad I actually don't want to be associated with these people like you've dragged my name so bad in the mud it's bad so you are ready so what the best I can do is forgive them and intercede on your behalf and ask God to forgive you that is the best I can do and it's okay it's okay if we all live our separate lives we don't have to ever meet again we don't have to ever talk again if you ever meet I don't know where and how but if you ever meet just don't if you can say hi I'll say hi but I don't want you many Haribia jeena sana and you've made it bad you've made it bad and it's on lies it's bad this specifically to redna or redna ensam both I'm just saying because they are together you deserve better go do this I just want you to take a blanket because you don't know who I am and that's why I don't want to meet again I don't know what will happen as much as I know I was asked in the interview where are you do you think they are good for each other I said from a friendship perspective from I'm like if this is love you're in love and you're going through this and I'm seeing this I'm not even inspired to be to find love so I was saying from a perspective I wonder how things I'm like you're in there you're busy but you're in there if you come out there you love each other you change the behavior and remain less toxic because I feel there is a lot of toxicity I don't know what it is there is a lot of toxicity you can change you can work it out you just sit and talk and work you have a baby to raise raise you know you don't want friends like me in your life cool go find friends that you think are good for your life it's okay I have people who really appreciate me if you sit on my table it's a privilege if I have you as a friend you have me as your friend it's a privilege so it's gonna take a while before we get a nice one like me again alright thank you so much Julie but before I let you go umoti sasa una tokahapu nenda wapi Benz Hivi I'm told between Masides and BMW I wanted to maintain Subaru and go next level but I want change I want change so we see BMW, Masides Masides Gani BMW Gani but I thank God God is blessing me and God is good and I hope anyone who watches me me wusema hivi usini angali unyone kama competition if you are 25 see me as your big sister I hope my journey inspires you but you know we are not too far from where we used to live kuna nyumbatu kuna ishiya paraondi ikua yama bati e so from that kama bati house to where I am from that that commiserable life to where I am my story even when I share it is less to inspire kama ni 200 of you to inspire it's cool unona so me God see kubrag I hope it inspires people someone in a minute social media platforms Julie the traveler kila maali wali ni siju ni nani stagi kwa kusurongli wali ni reportia tik tokiyangu ika bani wa tumiansa afresh banata waki report do you know I do online works I am article writer let me just finish I do 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This is going to be a short video explaining the logic behind an infinite regress.  That term comes up a lot in different fields of thought, especially in philosophy. I'll just give you a simple example of an infinite regress and then you can piece it together. Take any conclusion. It could be a conclusion that, oh, there's a cat sitting on the chair, or, oh, I have two feet, or, oh, the minimum wage causes unemployment. Take any conclusion and abstract away and say, this is conclusion D. We'll call it Proposition D. Somebody comes along and says, well, why do you believe in Proposition D? And you say, well, I believe in Proposition D because of Proposition C. I have reasons for my conclusion as Proposition C. It could be concretely, oh, I believe there's a cat sitting over there because I'm having a perception of a cat sitting over there. And somebody says, well, why do you believe in Proposition C? You say, well, I have Proposition B. And then, of course, I believe in Proposition B because of Proposition A and so on. So the question is this. Can you have an ultimately justified conclusion, conclusion D, with an infinite series of premises behind it? The answer is no, you can't, for simple logical reasons that I'll explain. So you can think of this infinite series of premises leading to this conclusion like a chain. The strength of a chain is determined by each link in that chain. And if you have a weak link, then the strength is not transmitted to the end and you have a broken chain. The same is true for this series of premises. If I have this elaborate series of premises leading to a conclusion and somewhere in the middle, one of my premises is wrong and the conclusion doesn't follow. So with the infinite regress, every link in that chain, every premise that is leading towards this conclusion, is essentially saying the following. This conclusion is fundamentally justified by the accuracy of the conclusion which precedes it. There is no self-evidence in this conclusion. It is 100% dependent on what precedes it. And the chain or the premise which precedes that says the exact same thing, that there is no inherent truth value in this premise. And this premise too is entirely dependent on whether or not the premise before it is true or false. And of course the same is true for that chain and the same is true for that chain and the same is true for that chain. So what an infinite regress means is that ultimately no link in the chain, no premise has its own truth value. No way in that chain of premises do you actually have truth to be transmitted to the end. I'll give you another analogy. It's as if each chain or each premise is a cup that transmits water. So they have this massive chain of cups. And the question is, can you get water transmitted to that final cup from an infinite series of cups? Which one is pouring the water into the one in front of it? And if it's an infinite series, the answer is no, because you have no water to transmit in the first place. By logical necessity of an infinite chain, every single cup is empty. If you ever have water in any of the cups, that implies that at some point you have the truth value to transmit. Which means that that premise is somehow self evidently justified. That the water in the cup or the truth in the premise is not something that's a function of the water in the cup of the premise which preceded it. One more example. Imagine that the truth is represented by the number one. And falseness, or not truth, is represented by a zero, okay? True is one, false is zero. Can it be that you can add up an infinite series of zeros of not true, not necessarily true premises, and end up with a one with truth? You have zero, you have an infinite number of zeros. By logical necessity of what we mean by an infinite regress, an infinite number of zeros. Can you ever get a one? And the answer is no, by definition. So the conclusion is twofold. One, any conclusion which falls into an infinite regress is there's no reason to believe it. There's no truth that could ever be transmitted to that final conclusion. There's no reason to ever believe it. Second of all, if you ever do find a true conclusion, it must be that somewhere in the chain of premises, there is some kind, there is water, if you will. There is some truth, there is some self-evident truth. This is, of course, related to the idea that I keep talking about, which is logical necessity. Eventually, you get to some premises that are like, well, existence is however it is, and things must be how they are. Things which are necessarily true, and that's the kind of reservoir of water from which all of these other conclusions follow. If you like the sound of this logic stuff, do make sure to subscribe and check out some of my other videos on the topic. And if you want to see more videos like this, head over to patreon.com slash Steve Patterson, and you can become a patron of philosophy.


In today's video, I want to showcase my friend's brand so here is a full face using up cosmetics. They just launched some new products which I am loving and I really wanted to share it with you along with showing you how to create this super easy makeup look. I'm also not using too many products to create this and I'll link them all below. I also want to clarify this video isn't sponsored but I was gifted these products by my friend. She doesn't even know I'm doing this video but I really am proud of her and proud of all the work that she's doing so I wanted to show you all of the products that I absolutely love. Now if you're new here to the makeup cheer channel and you enjoy tutorials like this then I might suggest hitting the subscribe button below it's totally free and if you're already subscribed then thank you and welcome back. Now let's get started creating this look. So I've done my skincare and I applied a sheer amount of foundation as my base and we're actually going to start off with the eyes. I'm going in with a cream to powder eyeshadow and I'm applying this using a small pencil brush but you can also use your fingertips to apply this. So starting on the outer edge of the eye I'm going to lightly buff in this area and then smudge it along the lash line keeping it nice and deep and dark right at the lashes. As you start to blend and build this up you can bring this up a little bit higher to kind of disperse the product. Now this product is called Five Second Eyes because it really does create an eye makeup look in five seconds. I didn't even use a primer. I have a little bit of foundation on my lid but I went straight in with this product. So we've blended this from the lash line right up to the lid but I would always recommend using a matte shade above the lid which brings us to our next product. I'm going to be using this matte sculpting product with a blending brush just to soften out any harsh lines that we might have above the lid. This creates some lovely framework it's kind of like contouring your eye shape and these two products work perfectly together. Next I'm going to apply a highlighter to the inner corner of the eyes. Now this is optional but I always like adding just a little touch of lightness to the eyes just to kind of brighten them up and it brings out your eye color as well. Oh and this is what I'm super excited for. This is their new product it's the Stretching Curl mascara by Oak Cosmetics they just launched it and I love it. I might be a little bit biased because my friend did create this product but I think it's amazing. Now whenever I'm applying mascara what I like to do is hold it at the lash line and then kind of lean into the curl and give you that really nice lift but some depth at the lash line. I would also recommend making sure you're switching up your angles so that the thinner side the more pointed tip is pointed to the inside of the eye. This is just going to give you the best angle and the best shape for your lashes. But look at this before and after this is just one coat. I love it so much. A few coats later and I am so impressed with this mascara. I didn't even know my lashes could look this way. Now moving back onto the face I'm going to be using that same sculpting product that we used on the eyes but this time I'm going to be using it on my face. I'm using a large fan brush and I'm going to sculpt my cheekbones with this. It's also great for along the jawline and I also apply a little bit on my hairline as well. But it's totally optional what way you like to sculpt your face this is just how I like to do it. And with the same highlighter that we used on the inner corner of the eyes I'm going to be using a small fan brush and just dusting this across my cheekbones. A little bit into the brow area. Anywhere really that you want to catch a little bit of light. It's great on the collarbones too. One of my favorite products by Up Cosmetics are their blushes. I love the texture. It's so creamy and blendable. I really do hope that they create more in this range because I think the formula is fantastic. This is the matte one but they also have a peachy glow and what I love is doing a mix and match. So applying the rosy one and then applying the peachy one and what I love is actually applying this even onto my eyelids a little bit around my face and then even lightly dusting my lips with it. It's a beautiful shade and the two of them work really well together. And then for the lips I lined with a nude lip liner and applied the shade Perfect Nude which is a perfect nude. Sometimes I'll even mix in a little bit of the blush with this lipstick. I just find that they blend really well together. And that is a finished look. I am ready for a date night and I think this is the only time in the last seven years or so that I've actually posted a makeup tutorial where I wasn't wearing lashes like that's how good this mascara is. I don't even need lashes but I really hope that you will check out my friend's brand. She is working so hard and she creates the most beautiful products and I'm just really proud of her. So go and check her out again not sponsored but just gifted and I also just wanted to support my friend. But let me know if there's any other brands you would like me to try out and as always my friends have a wonderful week. Be kind to yourself, be kind to others. Remember you are doing the best you can and that's amazing so stay well, stay hopeful and I will see you in a video really soon. Oh and here's some behind the scenes of me doing this video. This is Justin Scower.


Today on The Journey, we're going to talk about how to manage client expectations and set boundaries. People found yourself in one of these situations. Let's say you're at the dinner table for family gathering and you have to go excuse yourself to respond to a client via email or you missed your son's soccer game because you're responding to a client or their needs. But yeah, you may feel like these are just really bad clients, right? You may have thought these are bad clients, but really comes down to the expectations and boundaries, right? That you've set with your clients or forgot to set with them.  So that means you're probably going to end up jumping when they say jump and how high and doing things you don't want to be doing. Totally. Plus to get that testimonial.  Good testimonial. A good client referral. That's social proof. We all want it, right? And you might be finding yourself doing things that you never agreed upon doing because they're like, cool. Also, I need this and I need this and I need this. And then if this goes on too long, you begin to present your client and your future clients. Then you start getting mad and placing blame and blah, blah, blah. And you think there are just terrible, terrible clients. Yeah. So if you don't set these clear expectations, right?  And then what happens to you? You just keep saying yes, keep saying yes. So I got to know what are some best practices to really set like the clear expectations with your client. All right. So let's start off with just general response times. You really want to set the expectation of how long you're going to respond to a client, whether that's 24 to 72 hours between eight and five Monday through Friday. What if it looks like otherwise they're going to send you that email and expect an immediate reply. It doesn't matter if you're eating dinner. It doesn't matter if you're at your kids' soccer game. It doesn't matter what you're doing. Because if you don't set that expectation, they expect you to be at their beck and call. Yeah. And then here comes the next day, rise and shine. And you have a client that's dissatisfied and unhappy with you. Yeah. And I would probably get in the habit of not responding right away to client emails, even if you have the capacity to, because then they're just going to expect you to reply that quick every time. Set a timeframe on it. Give yourself that bit of breathing room. So it really helps basically train your clients to know when you respond. Yeah. Or you could even respond maybe in the moment that it's fresh, but have the email actually send a scheduled time, a later date. Yeah. Okay. So what about when clients decide they want to change the scope of things? Like, hey, that video that we're going to do, originally five minutes. Now the client comes to you and says, it needs to be 10 minutes long in duration. Plus like we need these cool graphics. Yeah. And we need all these special effects. Something we would do. We're not going to change the budget. That's called scope creep. So it happens a lot when you don't set expectations of what you'll actually be doing and the parameters within that clients can expect the world, right? So when you're talking to your clients and when you're setting expectations, you really want to lay out the services that you offer and what extra services are, right? So if they do want extra things, whether it's that extra five minutes or graphics or all these cool things set an hourly rate or set whatever that quote would look like. So they know if this project goes beyond and say the deadline or the features, whatever it is, they know upfront that, hey, it's going to cost them extra and the deadline might stretch. I like that too. Because then it does give you that chance to branch out, be more creative. Right. I hate to put a leash on creativity. Yeah. That way they know if we need to grow, like we can. We absolutely have that option. But here are the options and this is how we will go about it and have that clearly stated. So it sounds like communication is pretty key, right, Neely? What? Oh, communication. Yes, we're talking about that. So communication is key and it goes both ways. There are deadlines that you have to hit as the small business owner or freelancer or side house or whatever you are. The same goes for the client, right? So they may have to give you content for their website by one week and then images for the next one, whatever that looks like that you have to be upfront with those expectations and clearly communicate. Don't pull Neely. So something I mentioned with like the email example or, yeah, you might respond right away, but you don't actually send the response until later. It kind of ties into the tip of like, respect your time. Think about what expectations you want to set with your client. And one thing I like to do is when it comes to meetings, always be on time. And that sets the right example for your client as well. And to respect your time that you're giving that. Yeah. Show your client that your time is valuable, but also their time is valuable too. Both. Set it both ways, right? Goes back and forth. So set some ground rules and some boundaries of when it's appropriate to contact each other, the response times, all these things that way there's a cohesive, just... Clear communication. That's the word. I can't communicate. I'm working on it. Now going forward with setting those expectations and just those boundaries, you want to let your customer know or your client know that you're going to be consulting along the way, along this journey, right? Now, you don't expect them to do everything you tell them to, but you should set the expectation that they should have an open mind or at least engage in the conversation because at the end of the day, you are the expert and you have experience to share and they should at least hear what you're saying and then go from there. Totally. I know at GoDaddySocial, one thing when we onboard a customer, we let them know, like, hey, you're going to have a call with your dedicated account manager who you can consult. So as we're managing your Facebook and Twitter and Instagram, we're spying to Yelp reviews, Google reviews. Yeah, we do all that. You'll have an actual account manager that you can check in with and review, like, what are the results of all the work you guys are doing for me? So you as a customer can see and have those conversations.  So I love the ongoing consultation that you can have throughout. Now, this one might be a little tough to do, but you have to let your customer or your client know that you like to deal with nice people and you're not going to tolerate if they're going to be rude, offensive, vulgar or anything that's just not okay, right? And if they do, you're going to tell on them. But no, seriously, you want to set some ground rules that you're going to respect them and you expect for them to respect you. Yeah, and also embrace different communication types. Like, what are your expectations there? Are you going to be communicating with your client predominantly via email or on the phone or video call? We do a lot of video calls. Yeah. Or are you going to meet in person? People still do that, ironically enough.  I need to solve it. That's a boundary I have to set like right now. I'm going to stop coming to my house. It's a wrong communication type. It's also the wrong time of day. With setting boundaries with your client, you want to make sure that you relay the work required for them to do and in the medium that you request it. So like me, when I was a freelancer, when I was trying to get content for just from my clients, I would have them upload all of their images, their brand assets to just a local one drive folder. That way I can access it. They can update stuff and go from there. So I would request that. Now, if they asked me, if they just sent it to me via email, I would direct them back to the drive folder that I've shared with them saying, hey, to keep everything super organized and make sure nothing gets lost, please to the left, that's right to the left to the drive folder. So also you need to be clear about the participation required from your client. You need feedback from them, right? Input, revisions. You need to have that communication in order to grow with that client. Sounds a lot like a marriage. A little bit. So the benefits of all of this, setting the right expectations and the right boundaries for you and your client really sets you up for longevity and success in that relationship. Yeah. And you're going to start to feel like you have less and less bad clients because you're setting the right expectations, setting the right boundaries. Most of the time they're going to respect you and follow those expectations and boundaries and then those bad clients are just gone. All right. That's a wrap. You just learned how to manage client expectations and set boundaries. Be sure to like, comment and subscribe. Hey, and make sure you ring that bell so you get these episodes first. This is The Journey. We'll see you next time.