Guys, we are almost done with season 2, like, subscribe, turn on the notification bell so you don't miss an upload. Episode 9, Blackwater. So we're rooting for Sanus, man, because he's the rightful heir, though, right? I mean, but like, who's the rightful heir? Really, we should be rooting for Daenerys if you want to play that route. Yeah, but who had the throne before the Targaryens? Do we know that? I think we do. I think I just would fail the trivia test right now. Dude, I'm excited. Let's go, man. Two more episodes of the season. I'm like... I, like, hate Theon. So far, my opinion of the show is it is one of the, like, craziest things I've ever seen put together. It's nuts. There's no doubt about that. Not really sure why I'm so invested, but I am.  Because I want Rob to win so bad. I want Rob to win so bad. You want Rob to get his independence, and you want Sanus to win against the Lanister, right? No, I don't know if I want Sanus to win, because he kind of has some witchcraft. He's doing some, like, of the devil's work. Or is it? I don't know. It seems like it. What a great city. It never was and never will be. Oh, Blackwater. Sanus? Sanus the Manus. That's what everyone says in the comment. Sanus the Manus? Mm-hmm. Onion Knight. Oh, wow. I would hate to fall in there. Dang. They kind of got a lot of ships. They're going to run into each other. Well, I guess, yeah, didn't he gain Renly's people, so I get it. I'm just nervous, man, because there's going to be a ground invasion of King's Landing. That can't be overstated. It's not as simple as they're just going to meet now in an open field. He's attacking the city. I know. All the soldiers are going to sit. Oh, my gosh. I want to feel better. I feel like him. It's not the time of year. Tides against us. Oh, is Suns fighting? The wind should blow us straight to the gates.  King's Landing hasn't been home for 20 years. I spent most of my life dodging the Royal Fleet, and now I'm sailing right at them. This is the Royal Fleet. And you're not a smuggler anymore, you're the High Captain. Of course there are. Several Royal Fleets are the one. And the Sunrises, then, will sit in the Iron Throne, and you will be his hand. God will be good. God. Father, there is only one, and he watches over us. We're not over them. Over all of us. Oh, no. People are low. I did not choose the false King Joffrey Baratheon. They will be glad to see his head on the spike. But first, we have to put it there. Our ships aren't numbered. There's 10 to 1. Our army aren't numbered. There's 5 to 1. Those walls have never been breached. We see a stranger come to set their city on fire. This is stressful. I have faith in a lot of light. Whose head is going to be on the spike? Somebody's right. I have faith in my God. I don't know whose. I don't know. This show's probably about to shock us, baby. Expectations. Pew. Go away. I feel like I'm just itching to get in there. You know what I'm saying? Who's this Tyrion? Mm-hmm. Dang, they're approaching, and they're just chilling like that. Are you afraid, my lion? The city falls. Stannis will burn. Every Lannister he can find. Of course, I'm afraid. Didn't y'all do that to the Targaryens? Karma. I won't let him hurt you. I'm a Lannister. I don't have a choice in all this. It's not your war. It is now. You remember what you said when you met me in your tent? I should make love to you like it was your last day on this earth. Because it almost was for him. How'd he not got knocked out? You know, I don't think you would have made it through. When he's talking about Joffrey, about how he needs to be out on the battlefield, I'm like... As you know, Your Grace, he made his full duty of a maester to carry out the wishes of the house he served, but also to offer guidance and counsel in times of war. Your words are always wise and measured. If anything, a maester's duties become more urgent in times of war and turmoil. I remember. She doesn't want to hear it.  Essence of Nightshade. Three drops will bring on a deep and dreamless sleep. Ten drops, however. I know what ten drops will bring. That's smart. I thought she was ready to poison like Sonsa. Well, they'll capture you and torture you. The enemy will. True. Sometimes it's better to just, you know... Go out. Maybe. Your Grace. Or maybe it's for her kids. It's for everyone, yeah. She might take the whole squad out, you know what I'm saying? I don't know. What's my man doing over here? Just having a quick musical. Is this what you do before you fight the night before? You sing folklore? I mean, I'd imagine that's what I would do. Dude, the boys, let's go. Where'd you learn the Lannisters song? Strong Lannisters. How many times you break it? Welcome, friends. This round's on me. Why do I feel like they're not friends? Are they at like a bar? Or like, where are they at? I can't really tell. I wonder who would win against those two. I got the Hound, to be honest. Don't you dare. I want Bron to win. Why also dark at this little, like... I'm quicker. Your lord is going to miss you. Dang. Is he about to go down right now? No way. Something's got to walk in and break it up. Or a bell. There you go. Saved by the bell. Bron, you got lucky.  I think the Hound takes some, man. I don't know. One more drink before the war? I know one thing, though. They might need each other, so... I know. They should probably chill. I'm going to be friends. What is he going to do? Hide? Or drink, is that it? You don't know the name of every boy in town. Do you trust him? Oddly enough, I do. The map you asked for. Oh. Must be 20 miles of tunnels beneath the city. Closer to 50. The Targaryens built this city to withstand a siege. And to provide escape, if necessary. So the whole entire city has tunnels underneath it? 50 miles, he says. Wow. And if the ship goes down, I go with her. That is good to hear. Though I'm sure many captains say the same while their ship is afloat. Oh, excuse the battle, my lord. Well, I'm not. My little birds tell me that Stannis Baratheon has taken up with the Red Priestess from a shy. What of it? You don't believe in the old powers, my lord? Blood spells, curses, shape shifting. What do you think? I think you believe in what you see. You probably don't entirely trust me. I'm not sure if I do either. Yeah, I don't know. Yet I have seen things. Things I wish I had not. Why are you talking about it right now? I don't believe I've ever told you how I was cut. Oh, jeez. Are we about to find out? No, I don't believe you have. One day I will. What if y'all die today? For a man in service to such powers to sit on the iron throne, I can think of nothing worse. I believe you are the only man who can stop him. Tyrion? Yeah, why? Did Padre just give him a pickaxe? I don't know, but I'll be honest, guys. I'm really happy I didn't hear the story. You know what I'm saying? I wasn't trying to hear that right now. Oh, that was probably crazy right before this battle. Oh my god, look at them approaching. Crazy. I can't believe he's finding alongside his son. They're welcoming them, you king. I've never known bells to mean surrender. They want to play music with us, let's play. Drops! I would feel motivated to fight with this. You know, that's exactly what I was thinking. Did you grab your pitchfork or whatever? I don't know what the heck they're about to fight with. Magic Wand or something? Wait, Gimway. Enhances it, really. Enhances. Fancy word for a sell-sell. Been spending time with fancy folks. You just got a love brawn, right? Right, some of that education rubbed off on him. King Joffre sent for me to see him off. Wow. Sansa, come here! What the heck? I will pray for your safe return, my lord. Just as I pray for the kings. So not at all. Why does she hate him, though? Because he's a lannister. Your king rides forth to battle. You should see him off with a kiss. My new blade. Heart-eater, I've named it. Heart-eater. I thought he was going to be like... Kissing again when I return. And taste my uncle's blood.   So you'll be outside the gates fighting in the Vanguard. A king doesn't discuss battle plans with super girls. They say my brother Rob always goes with the fighting's thickest. And he's only a pretender. My brother's turn will come.  She said he's only a pretender. She's getting kind of bold, but I kind of like it. Right, you feel it? I kind of like it, though, even though it scares me. You know, I'm glad that she's getting bold, though, because that just means that something has to give, you know? She tried to send Joffrey off to the slaughter, didn't she? The worst one's always with. From Sansa's perspective, it'd be a miracle if Joffrey died on the back. I know, she's like, can you please go to the Vanguard to please? Was that Lantel? Poor guy. Well, he's scared already. He looks so stressed out that Cersei's side piece. Wait. Hound, tell the Hound that his king has asked him a question. King has asked your question. Lantel, tell the Hound to tell the king that the Hound is extremely busy. Why tell the Hound to cut you in half? You'll do without a second thought. That would make me the quarterman. Just don't have the same ring to it. Cut me in half, then I won't be able to give the signal. No signal, no plan. No plan, and Stannis Baratheon sacks the city, takes the iron throne, puts you up. Pinch little head of top of gates somewhere. Inch. Might be quite amusing.  Where are their ships? It was wise to attack at night. We took them by surprise. Lord Varys knows that you had for breakfast three days ago. So their sailors aren't out there, and Jofri's confused too. We're all confused why their sailors aren't out there. They ain't about to catapult that stuff. There's no way.  She hates me. Maybe she's jealous of you. She'd be jealous. Sansa. Oh no. That's not what you want to hear at your time of death.  Is your red flower still blooming? Fitting, isn't it? Men will bleed out there, and you will bleed in here. Poor lady Sansa's in wine. I'm not thirsty for grace. So I didn't offer you water. Who is that dude? Sir Illyn. He's the guy with no toe. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the one they cut his tongue out. When the axe has smashed down those doors, you may be glad to have him. But we have guards to defend us. Guards we have paid. Should the city fall, they'll be the first ones out of the doors. True. Oh wow. So they hired extra sell swords? Mm-hmm. The lads caught a groom and two maids trying to sneak away with a stolen horse and some gold cups. Have Sir Illyn's sea to them. The heads on spikes outside the stables as a warning. Oh god. Man, she doesn't even think about it, does she? She's so disconnected from like the humanitarian part of it. You said he was here to protect us. Traitors are a danger to us all. Well, why? I'm scared she laced it with that stuff. Yeah, but not yet. She's not gonna do that until the city falls. I thought the city's falling. No, and the enemy's beaten down the door. That's when you take that. Hold fast. What are you doing? We need to attack them. There's only one ship. Where are the rest of them?  I'm sure a lot of people fell that way. There's only one ship. Man, we're below! Look! I can't set! Draw! Oh my gosh. There's no one on board. Oh my god, what if it has that stuff on it? What is it gonna be? What if it has that stuff on it? The explosives. Oh, the wildfire stuff? What if they hit it?  Oh, that's that stuff.  Oh, so that stuff was leaking it. Braun's about to pull the trigger on it? Oh, dude. Oh my gosh. Oh, it's green. Oh no. His son. Is that Stannis? I was about to say where's Stannis? Where's Stannis?  Even Sir Bravo's is dead. Davos. Davos, I'm tripping. Even Sir Davos is dead, bro. Braun did that. Good shot, Braun. Good shot, Braun. Oh, wow. They had no idea that was coming. I had no idea that was coming. Tyrion's Loki, a master of warfare.  I know, but he did all this behind the scene. Remember, Cersei was doing it for some reason. Maybe the same reason. I don't know. There's nobody that took out the whole fleet though, right? Is that Stannis? Like, I'm so confused that Stannis has gone too. I didn't see him. I don't know. Oh, there he is. What are you going to do, Stannis? That's a huge loss for you. So siege, fail. The battle continues. Oh, jeez. Thousands. Stannis the Manist. You think it's because that Melisandre's un-talked him up? Yeah, she's probably said, The Lord of the Light will be there when you need it. Take him on. He will guide you to victory. Good night to his full terrors or whatever she says. Oh my God. I just feel like this is a bad idea for you. Not one person out there is a realist. They're in there juggling. Cersei's getting trash. Stannis is praying to the Old Gods. I would be like, please just leave me alone. I'm going to go fight. I'm actually going to go fight. My queen. What are you doing? Praying. Praying. Praying. What are you praying for? For the gods to have mercy on us all. On all of us. Except you. I'd have left you out. Yeah. Definitely am. Joffrey is my way.  The gods have no mercy. That's why they're gods. My father told me that when he caught me praying.  I didn't really understand the concept of death. You do now. You love it. I thought that if I prayed very, very hard, gods would return my mother to me. Your father doesn't believe in the gods. He believes in them. He just doesn't like them very much. One for her. I would never listen to anything she has to say. She's poison. Especially when she's drunk.  You asked them here. It was expected of me. She's explaining herself. If my wretched brother should somehow prevail, these hens will return to their cocks and crow of how my courage inspired, lifted their spirits. And if the city should fall, you'd like that, wouldn't you? If the city should hold for time, long enough for me to go to the walls and yield to Lord Stannis in person, I'd have a better chance of seducing his horse. She's so confused. Tears aren't a woman's only weapon. The best ones between your legs. Drink. Sounds like this advice. If the city falls, these fine women should be in for a bit of a rave. You'll be glad of your red flower then. Precious thing that you will know very, very good. A slice of cake just waiting to be eaten. She's creeping me out. Just in case you didn't hate her enough, guys. If I was on time, I'd be like, give me that carafe. I'm chugging it if you're going to talk like this. Yeah, you're kind of grody, bro.  If these are our final moments, why are these the words you're saying? Right, seriously. Wow. It's a serious man, Stannis Baratheon. He really is. They're coming ashore. Duff. There ain't a fire on them. Too many. Hound, former welcome party. For any Baratheon troop, the managers have touched solid ground. Run to the king's gate. Bring any men guarding it here now. Dang, Tyrion's given order. I like it. He's kind of in charge, really, if you think about it. Which is crazy. There's no one in this whole entire city who can do a better job than Tyrion. They're all at war somewhere else. Yeah, I know. There's too many wars to fight. Joffrey started this. He needs some type of light. Who is he taking counsel on? Ron? Ron's sort of like Tyrion's hand right now on the way. Oh, you're wrong, guys. I'm not doubting Tyrion, you know. It's just that I don't really seem to be a warrior. He didn't just get introduced to the idea of strategy. Yeah, but he's killing it. He's proven to be good. What is Stannis' plan, though, now? Just to go attack Joffrey?  Oh, my gosh. This doesn't look successful at all. The thing is, I really like Stannis, but I would like Tyrion, too.  Stannis is a warrior. We would never have quotes with that Stannis. We shall see. He said hundreds will die. He said thousands. If he died by a boulder, I would be so annoyed. How does these Stannis take Joffrey on? Oh, my God. They're really going in there. Lancel's like in the vanguard. He's in the vanguard. I got a little more respect for him. He throws down in Cersei's bed and on the battlefield. Lord. Oh, my God. Is he going to die? Uh-uh, I really hope not. Oh, he did. Oh, no. He got shot. I'm actually going to sad about that one for some reason. When we were young, Jaime and I, we looked so much alike. Even our father couldn't tell us apart. That makes it worse. Jaime was taught to fight with sword and lance and mace. Look at that little son. He was heir to Casterly Rock, and I was sold to some stranger like a horse. You were Robert's queen, and you will be Joffrey. Stannis is just not giving it, is she? Uh-uh. She's just mind-blowing that this position isn't always cracked up to be yours. I know. It's not like rainbows and butterflies all the time. She thought she's about to be like Princess Peach or something.  It's not difficult. I mastered it when I was four. Straighten your back and bend. You learn fast. I wonder if I can do that. How long have you been in Lady Sansa's service? A few weeks. When did you leave Laura? Laura? When did you come to Westeros? Many years ago, your grace. From Larathi Commoner to the Red Keep, all without learning how to curtsy. Sus. What's your name? Shay, your grace. This is not good. When I was 13, I... Hundreds of ships are burning, maybe more. Stannis's fleet destroyed, but the troops have landed outside the city walls. Where is Joffrey? Bring him back inside at once. Over here? With the women and children.  Oh, my. I don't think she gets it. Like, he was just out there. He took an arrow. Right. That's not what I'm thinking. You want to hear the truth? You want to know why he's really here? He's here for us. Stannis may take the city. He may take the throne, but he will not take us alive. Oh. What a shot. And he's kind of lucky, because now he doesn't have to deal with that. Bows to bros. So, now you want an eye? What if they do the back-to-back sword fight? Oh, are they right back-to-back circle with each other? Dang. How do you even have time to have a moment? Are they pushing them back? They're having to fall back? That's not good. Oh, jeez. Stannis is, like, front. He's, like, not... He's not afraid. Robert told him to hold up that place with 50 men or whatever, and he did it. No way, they're reaching the walls. Oh, my gosh.  Look at him. Oh, my gosh. He's a Baratheon. He can fight. He's a Baratheon. He can't fight. Where's Joffrey at? Running. Who's got time to bring him a drink? Water break. You don't understand. I mean, at least swallow it. Why don't you take it out like a grenade? Oh, he just disobeyed an order. They're going to take this city.  Oh, my god.  You know what you're gonna do about it? Joffrey? He said do something about it. Joffrey said... He almost looked like he wanted to go to his mama, didn't he? I know.  I mean, if Joffrey was just like a young boy who couldn't really fight, everyone would still, like, fight to death for him if he was a good king, you know? Oh, yeah. Look at that. That's crazy, ain't it? Oh, they got boulders and junk, too? So where's the underground stuff? Where are you all gonna do that? Man, I swear I would just have to stab Joffrey right now. You little... I can't even say it, word.   Sorry for cussing, but jeez, man. He's all talk when someone else can cut someone's head off.  I'm not out here chopping people's heads off for no reason. I feel like, yeah, you're right. He kind of has to be out there for people to respect him or they're just gonna be throwing manure at him in the streets. Whoa. Tyrion? Tyrion? He's about to lead the attack. They say I am half a man. But what does that make the Lord of you? The only way out is through the gates. And there are the gates. There's another way out. I'm going to show you. Come out behind them and f*** in their arses. Do you think they got behind that? They're like, yeah. I mean, it sounds like a good plan. Don't fight for his kingdoms. Don't fight for riches because he won't get any. They're all for me. Protect this house. I'm knocking out our door. Let's go kill them. Hey, that was a dope speech.  Right, but that, hey, that one was nice. He had one more shotgun. You think he's going to make it through this one conscious? Let's go, Tyrion. All right, Tyrion. Do not get knocked out, bro. Oh my gosh. Don't be afraid. Joffrey's not hurt. He's fighting bravely. They will save the city. Should we sing a hymn? That's a good queen move right there. Everyone got distracted. Look, they didn't even notice she left. She started it. Is that the other thing Ned got her? The lady's starting to panic. What are you doing here? Not here for long. What are you doing here? I'm going. Where? Some place that isn't burning. North might be. What about the king? He can die just fine on his own. He said, I retire. I give up on this guy. I can take you with me. Take you to Winterfell. I'll keep you safe. He's kind of scary, though. To be honest, man, I really might take that deal, though. Just get me outside those city walls, man. Yeah, right. I'll be safe here.  He'll be safe there. Look at me. Stannis is a killer. The Lannisters are killers. Your father was a killer. Your brother is a killer. He's a killer. We all killers. Killer, killer, killers. The world is built by killers. So you better get used to looking at them. You won't hurt me. She's got a little catland in her, don't she? No, little bird. I won't hurt you. I don't know, bro. You say that right now if you're in a bad mood. What would you do, baby? You staying or going? I don't know. It depends on what kind of weapons I have. I know one thing. I'm going to get far away from the war. I'm leaving. For sure. There's really no good reason to stay there.   That was Tyrion? They didn't even see him coming. They're too busy looking at the people that are eyesight. Tyrion, the king of King's Landing. Or the king of the Seven Kingdoms. I mean, he's the warrior in the family. They defeat the Baratheons. Y'all thought it was Jaime. Half, man. That's his war chant, remember? They always say it to him. Wait, no.  Oh, my God. Because he's in the vanguard. He is the vanguard. Stannis is getting overwhelmed up there. Okay, honestly, though, is Stannis... Oh, my God. If Stannis makes it past all these people, he kind of deserves to be king, dude. He's fighting hard for that. Oh, no. Whoa. Oh, his squire. What was his name? Padre. Yeah. See, I'm getting better with the names, guys. See? Oh. Is he dead? They scarred him up.  They're still fighting. No one's going to hurt you. I'll tell you a story. In the Kingswood, I lived a mother and her cub. She loved him very much. But there were other things that lived in the woods, evil things. Like what? The starts of the Baratheons. Y'all are like Cersei's and Joffreuse. Hello. Let's go, Tyrion. They're howling in the night. Is that his dad? Is that Tywin? He's on that white horse. Oh, Stannis looked scared. For one day, all the beasts will bow to you. You will be king. All the stags will bow. All the wolves will bow. The bears in the north and the foxes of the south. What's his name? Thomas or something? Or Thomas. I don't remember.  It's hard to see who's who, except for you know Land of Surgeons on the horses, right? No. Oh my goodness. I will keep you safe. Uh-oh. Oh, yeah. I was about to say it's a Tyrell. So the Tyrells came to help him? Or to hurt him? They're fighting with the Land of Surgeons. Oh my gosh. The battle is over. We have won. Oh my God.  I thought this witch was about to get it. Not yet. Something tells me that she will. Is this Stannis singing? All right, guys. That was Game of Thrones episode 9 Blackwater. That was nuts, man. So Stannis Baratheon finally made a landfall. They breached the walls, man, and right when everything looked like it was about to just be over for Cersei and the Lannister reign, her dad comes and saves the day, man. And the last shot that we got of the series or of the episode was Stannis looking really stressed out. So we were thinking about that episode. Stannis was getting captured, it seemed. And it seemed that the Tyrells have come to the Lannister side, which is scary because the Tyrells are known to have army and money. So if you put the Lannisters and the Tyrells together, it's probably a really rich realm. Right. Yeah, it looked like the show was sort of giving us an opportunity to move on from the Lannisters really.  But right now, man, it's looking like they're here to stay. I thought it was really crazy how Cersei got that poison. And you saw in the shot, she didn't really intend to drink it herself. It looked like she was mainly concerned about her child. That was pretty sad. Man, that's crazy, dude, yeah. It was really cool to see Tyrion step up.  Yeah, he went to bed, man. He basically, he said, how important was that business that my mom sent me to attend? Yeah, because even Lentil was like, I would like to just escort him back to battle so everyone can feel like we're fighting for something, not a little weasel. That's all Joffrey is, is a weasel. The Hound gave Sansa an opportunity in this episode, man. And you know, to be honest, I would have took it, but he was basically like, if you want to mean you can walk out of here. He said, ethygene jar, ethygene.  But man, dude, I would take that. I wouldn't stay in there. I mean, with the city being breached, you just have no idea what's going to happen. Yeah, you don't let anyone before us. But she just has full faith that Stannis isn't going to hurt her because she feels like Stannis isn't good standing when Ned, because Ned's the reason why Stannis even knew he had claimed. Yeah, but maybe like, maybe she won't be so lucky though. Maybe you want to send us a sign. Yeah, she just might not know. So it's risky business. Yeah, it's risky business, man. It's not that simple. So I would leave the city and I would just send a raven to go tell Stannis, like, sorry, I fled. Gee, this is just what happened. You know, I was a prisoner of war. I was a political prisoner. Hopefully I can come and go. I'm open to trade. So crazy episode, man. This show is ramping up. So basically I did not see, did you see Ser Davos? No, I was about to say. I didn't say. I definitely think his son didn't make it. I definitely don't think his son made it. What did I call that man in a lifetime? Ser Davos. So dumb. Guys, so sorry. Sometimes I struggle with the names. You guys know I know who I'm talking about, but it's the names. What else happened in that episode? Like, basically it was that battle that most of the time and basically we saw the hound straight up just give up. Yeah. He retired. I mean, really, we didn't see anything with Daenerys and we just saw a battle. We saw the attempt of a siege of King's Landing. We didn't see anything with Jon north of the wall. We didn't see anything like that. So, man, this was just a battle episode. Yeah, man, this was just a battle episode, man. So Stannis came. He tried to conquer and it looks like, but you know, at the same time, it didn't look like Stannis had a chance early in the war and then it looked like he was, you know, winning. So we really don't know how this is going to shape out. Right. So sorry for all the coughing members. Not whoever has not been feeling good specifically. She's been a trooper dude. She's really been stepping it up and she's been sick, but she hasn't complained and she's just been working and grinding. So, yeah, I appreciate her. I don't know what to say, man. I'm so ready to get into the next episode, guys. And this is the season finale. The season finale. So thank you guys so much for rocking with us. Thank you guys so much for liking the video, subscribing to the channel, turning on those notifications, man. We see y'all out there. So much support on this series and it's really not hard to see why, man. This junk is going freaking bananas and I'm just excited to continue this journey, man. This is a treat, man. So no more talking. Episode 10 season finale. Let's go.


The benefits of having good rapport with students It is important to establish rapport with students within a classroom for a variety of reasons It builds trust between students and teacher, insights confidence in students, and allows for a fun learning environment All aspects of teaching require a teacher to have some sort of rapport with students Students will retain more information and do better in classes when the teacher is engaged and shows love for their job as well as an interest in their students Most students will not learn well from a teacher who comes to class, does not greet the students let alone knows their names and just reads through the lesson without showing any interest whatsoever It is far more beneficial for a teacher to have a good rapport with his or her students as it will make not only learning more enjoyable for the students, but teaching will become more enjoyable for the teacher as well This post was written by our ITTT graduate Kelly F, no rapport Classroom disruptions Trust between the teacher and the student is crucial as there is a lot of time that is spent in a classroom Students need to be able to feel that they trust what the teacher is teaching them and trust that the teacher wants them to succeed A teacher that has a bad attitude or little to no rapport will not be an effective vessel of learning for students as the students will most likely not trust or respect the teacher This makes learning difficult for the rest of the class Students need to be able to trust that the teacher has his or her students best interest in mind when teaching lessons If a teacher chooses favorites in class, does not follow through with disciplinary actions or makes promises that he or she never keeps, students may view these actions as untrustworthy and will give less respect to the teacher This could lead to more classroom disruptions and thus less learning Good rapport equals confidence students Another important reason to have a good rapport with students is that especially in an ESL classroom where confidence may be lacking, students need to feel safe and secure A teacher that shows no interest in his or her students will only show students that he or she does not care enough about their students and is just trying to get through the lessons Many students will already walk into an ESL classroom feeling less confident as this is a completely new realm of learning and vulnerability for them, this may be more true for older children and adults rather than young learners A teacher must have a good rapport with his or her students in order to build confidence within them to attempt to speak a new language even if they need help with it at first They need to feel like it is okay for them to make mistakes and to look to their teacher for guidance A teacher who pokes fun at student pronunciation or refuses to assist a student when asked may show students that he or she does not care or respect the class This could lead students to reciprocate the disrespect and can lead to classroom disruptions It could also lead to students refusing to attempt to try because of fear of failure due to the lack of confidence created in the classroom Good rapport Fun classroom environment Lastly, it is important to have a good rapport with students as it creates a fun classroom environment When students feel like their teacher is happy about coming to class it, in turn, makes them feel happy about coming to class Generally, the teacher's attitude will translate onto the students Teachers who give off the impression that they hate their job, their students, or teaching in general, will only make their students uncomfortable and tense in the classroom Although learning can take place in rigid and tense situations, it is in more flexible and fun environments that learning really takes shape and student goals are met Good rapport is essential Teachers need not be best friends with each student in his or her classroom, but building relationships and rapport with students is a large part of teaching in general And the greater rapport built with students, the greater their learning If a teacher's greatest goals are to help their students achieve their learning potential, then showing concern and building confidence and trust in the classroom is a small feat to accomplish We as teachers need to have our students excited to learn and to come to class and we need to build a good rapport with our students in the process Are you ready to teach English abroad? Apply now for your TEFL TESOL certification course and start teaching in a matter of months Speak with an ITTT advisor today to put together your personal plan for teaching English abroad Send us an email or call us toll free at 1-800-490-0531 to speak with an ITTT advisor today


Welcome, everyone. We are so glad that you're joining us today. I'm very excited to introduce our special guest, Reverend Dr. Tiffany Barsotti. She's a spiritual and medical intuitive counselor and subtle energy specialist, teaching no-thyself tools for achieving clarity of life, purpose, spiritual maturity, and healing psycho-spiritual, emotional, energetic root causes of illness. Her recent book, The Biology of Transformation, The Physiology of Presence and Spiritual Transcendence was full of wonderful wisdom, and we'll be hearing about that today. Tiffany, it is such a great pleasure to have you joining us today. Welcome. Thank you, Helene. It's so awesome to finally be face-to-face with you. It's been many years of being in similar circles, but haven't had our own time yet, so I'm excited for this. Wonderful, wonderful. Well, let's just dive into this incredible work that you've been doing around healing. Can you share with us what you call the first key for true healing? Yeah. I just want to ground our space and welcome people who are listening and that when we're grounded, we can actually step into this first key a little more easily with this resonance idea. And to set this up as well, I'd like to say, what do three keys of healing have to do with the science of healing? And everything that I'm going to share is what I have found in my clinical practice for the last 20-some years, cases that I may not have written up or published, but certainly in my conscious awareness. And people are in my conscious awareness as these kind of themes. And something that also blends in with this is one of my teachers was direct teachers with Carolyn Mace for many years. And she wrote a beautiful book of why people don't heal and how they can. And as I was putting these details together, I was like, wow, this is really similar to some of the things that Carolyn Mace was putting out in that book. And she wrote it a little bit differently and more simplistically, but essentially the foundations are not just only my findings. It's also findings that I know in other colleagues of medical intuitives as well. So just wanted to set the stage for that. So to answer that, actually, I would love to show a cartoon that kind of looks at this opportunity to be able to how we can see resonance, how it would show up. So let me share these slides. Resonance, I just really appreciated this cartoon. When we think about resonance, so for those that can't see it, just imagine that you've got two doctors looking at a single patient. And the name or the title of the cartoon is the world and the way it would be if music and medicine were more closely linked. And these two doctors, one is looking at the other doctor saying, I can cure that illness in three notes. So when we speak about coherence and resonance and these things, it's not only just about sound in the way that we think about sound bringing healing, but also in what creates the conditions of having a sound mind, the conditions that allow for healing to happen in our bodies. And resonance being the first key, probably it makes sense to define this a little bit. So I'm using the physics definition to state when one object vibrating at the same natural frequency of a second object forces that second object into vibrational motion. So it's a match. And it's if you can imagine one guitar string being plucked and a then on a guitar across the room, the a vibration of that string would also resonate with on that string. So it's a fascinating phenomena that happens. And what I have found in my my clinical practice of what what does this really mean. So my definition that I have found is it's a reverberation in the field that creates an attraction type force in order to resolve itself in a matching vibration. So even to unpack that further is to say that resonance is neither our friend or foe, it just is. And the resonance can create the problem as much as it can solve it. So we attract things to our lives. And I very much see that it has to do with our soul's path. And what it is that we are needing to experience on our life in our lives path for maybe fate destiny kind of point of view. And then when we're in the right mind, mental, emotional, well being kind of mindset that we can allow the resonant answer to be able to also come in. So that's kind of what I'm I'm meaning by the first key. Can you share a little bit more about what you mean by resonance because from what you just shared, I can think about this in terms of the physical body and the cells resonating with each other on a very physical level. Or I can think of it perhaps interrelationally, like myself and my family or my coworkers and resonating with people around me. Can you share a little bit more about that, especially in terms of healing or not healing? Yeah. So if we think about that, how it is that we attract certain things, it's we, you know, we don't choose consciously our family, but we very much put it in motion when we're in the ethers and sort of waiting to come to earth. And so, you know, some people will say, oh my God, I created this. I created my family connection is like, well, and some people are like, wow, I chose really well. So there's, there are conditions that that happen in one's life that set us up. I like to sometimes call it a high self set up that where we get into these certain situations, relationships and there's there's a great saying you spot it, you got it. And that's the resonance and that can be like, oh, that person's super critical or judgmental or that person is so loving and what word comes from them. And so there's there, it can be both, it can be either one. This is what I mean about there's a neutrality with it. It's almost like the brain plasticity. It's it's not your it's not necessarily your friend. It's part of the function of life. And so what we do with it is is essentially whether or not it creates healing or creates dissonance and a lack of coherence in our lives. Yes. And so understanding just having the awareness of that resonance is essentially what you're saying is the first key, which I think is so incredibly powerful. What about the next key in tree healing? Yeah, so the next key what I like to say is really the discovery process. So the next key is really related to the conditions of mental, emotional and physical well being. And let me also share. So the key to we could actually call it the discovery phase of what's actually going on in our process. It's almost like a decoding. Why is my body giving me this message if it's a physical thing? Why am I constantly in a state of anxiety? There's an incredible wisdom that the body and the natural intelligence that is inborn and it gets our attention symbolically through injuries or illnesses or other experiences. And so this is our opportunity to stop, look and listen and say, OK, I've put some things in motion clearly. And now what? Now what what is the this signal that my body is giving me?  And what I have found is really all healing is self healing and to have an awareness of what our body's wisdom is and get in touch with the symbology of what is actually happening. And Mace always said also that healing happens in present time. The stressors are in the future or in the past, but they can also be part of what it is that's causing the unrest in the messages that may still need to be unpacked from our physical experience and our mental emotional experience, our spiritual experience, our energetic experience. So it's only can collisions that find a resonant match get to resolve. It's it's it's a like attract like and and so that's where the resonance plays that role as well like OK, I attracted this to me. People who do profound healing are people who say this happened for me, not to me. They're not stepping into a victim mindset. Those are people that tend to recreate the chronic conditions, the ones who are stuck in victim and or, you know, chronically on the drama triangle of victim rescue or persecutor and just kind of chasing that dynamic around, whether it be in family or other relationships. That's incredible because, you know, many of us are running around very busy. We have all this external stimulation. And so you're saying this just the simple process of stop, look and listen to be aware of what's happening with ourselves is part of this healing process, which I so absolutely resonate with because often what will happen is we're running around with our heads cut off.  And so can you explain how this arising of the physical element is connected to the mental and emotional experience? Yeah, absolutely. So isn't it so true that our body just really gives us messages when, you know, emotionally, something just did a drive by on me and I didn't quite catch it the first time. And then it or, you know, it's kind of like this repeat thing that tends to usually get our attention. And then we can be able to say, oh my gosh, that's familiar to me. I'm in the same situation, maybe different people, but same situation. And I've got, you know, or let's just choose a body part, a couple come to mind, knees, toes, legs, wanting to move forward. There's a certain amount of symbolism within the biofield or within the body's natural anatomy that is giving us clues about moving forward. And even I just consulted with a client recently who he was driving somebody else's car and they got rear-ended. And so what's going on in his life is he's in the middle of a divorce, but he's dragging it because he's this kind of person that is super uncomfortable with confrontation. So he's not moving things forward. Meanwhile, all these beautiful things are trying to happen in his life. And so the rear-ending, this is the symbology of, you know, it's like, move on or somebody that hits their head on a frequent basis. It's like, wake up and put the message. So there's this symbolism in, you know, even as we might find ourselves even accident prone or cutting ourselves with knives, there may be a need to slow down. You know, just listening to and paying attention to what is in our sphere of awareness, what am I attracting to myself? And what is my body actually trying to say? Because our body does it usually. Our body does it say, hey, I need more sleep until you come to the awareness of something that is actually saying, wow, I've become an insomniac and that's because I'm addicted to television at night. Or I'm drinking caffeine too late or whatever the outside stimulus may be. Or just the mental emotional stress of things that are going on. So yeah, that stop, look, listen, pay attention to the symbolism that is all around us and inside us. You know, sometimes when people hear this, they can take it in a, it's my fault type attitude. So, you know, if my mental emotional is somehow positive of my physical illnesses or these diagnoses, it's that fine line between feeling empowered by it and feeling to blame or guilt or shame about it. Can you speak to that a little bit because I want to make sure we're really clear about that for the audience. Yeah, thank you, Helen. It's such an important point. I really do like this concept of sitting with, okay, I, if you can get yourself to a point because it's hard to sit with the fact that I attracted this. I brought this to me. It's hard to sit in that sometimes. But that actually turns on the responsibility element in our lives to say, okay, really, if I allow myself to, it's not about fault finding, it's not about blame. It's not about even trying to control the situations because by the way, that's the drama triangle again is the blame in the control game. It's like looking for somebody to blame and those things can be very subtle. And this is why I have this or this is we're always looking to cast off a responsibility because it's more comfortable to then to do that than it is to take ownership. So, and just it's okay. That's the human condition. This is part of learning the landscape of knowing ourselves of, gosh, why is it that I am always getting injured or I'm always attracting these same types of relationships in my life? There's something there to unpack that it's intended to teach us. And a really poignant question that I ask clients and that I offer in my classes is the important question is, what was I intending to teach myself in this situation? And just once again, it's that stopping and looking from a different perspective. Because what's the famous saying that Einstein says, you can't solve a problem with the same mindset that actually brought you the problem. It's being able to shift into a different gear. The answers usually come in on a different frequency than the questions get broadcast on. Yes, absolutely. Can you share one example, which was really, I think, help bring it home. Can you share other examples of this connection with past clients and results? Sure. Well, a couple of things. One, two people, a couple of conditions come to mind. I had two women, they're almost identical to each other was uncanny to me.  And this really actually comes into point number three that we'll get into about the healing, the healing, the key to healing for number three. But these two women, and I couldn't believe they were in my practice at the same time. They both had a second recurrence of cervical ovarian cancer. It was kind of both for them. They both said this time, I am not going to do it your way. They would say this to their doctor. This time, I need to take things into my own hands because I paid attention and I gave you my power. Instead of me, I never wanted to do the recommendations that you gave me the first time. But I did it because I felt like that was what I had to do. And there was this disconnect from their own creative power, sacral region of the body in their own creative power. Oh, I get chills when I speak about this again. And these two women, this actually makes me emotional, these two women died. And it was too far. The treatments, they didn't have a chance to actually really use their own creative power. And both of them said, if I had this to do over again, I would not have done all of those things. Now, I am not getting medical advice to anybody here. I'm not saying if you have ovarian or cervical cancer by all means you need to follow your own resonant guidance. What I'm speaking to is that both of these women were out of their own resonance with what they and their bodies wanted because they gave their power. And the sacral center is a real center, as well as the solar plexus, as well as the throat. These are power centers within the body for how we make decisions in our lives. So you brought up empowerment earlier, and that's very much related to that as well. That's amazing. You alluded to a third key. That was a nice teaser, so can you share a little bit about that? Yeah. The third key is activating your own inner healer. Whatever you consider that to be, whether it's some people, there's some osteopaths that I love working with and they say, you know, turn on your own inner physician. What is it that your own inner physician says? Because we all have this innately. And when we talk about when what's really going to activate this inner knowing, and we can sometimes be at an argument with ourselves. I want to say this straight away. First hit, best hit. Your first mind, the first answer that comes is usually the correct one. So that's just a pearl as a takeaway. And when life gets messy, there's a transformation that is underway. So we want that transformation to ultimately be taking place. But that's usually when things are coming unglued and the way out is through. So this is where I say resonance over research. Oh, this is kind of juicy. This is something that just dawned on me the other day in looking at all of this beautiful new research, you know, that's coming out from dispensers group and what my husband Paul Mills was doing with Deepak Chopra and the Chopra Center for the self-directed biological transformation where they were looking at all these different factors and variables that allowed people to really get well. And this research is fabulous. But if it's not within your own resonance, if you're not finding that chord within yourself that says, yes, this is a match to me. My suggestion here is that resonance when in our personal sovereignty over what the research says, because research is is a way of observing and in the way of doing science that is phenomenal. But it doesn't necessarily mean that it's the right thing for you. And the both of these women that I just gave an example of it wasn't until they were in their second recurrence of their healing where there was some new advantages in genetic medicine. And then they were started started being treated as a unique person with their own genetic profile and started doing different kind of immunotherapies and things like that. And I said so much had already happened in their bodies that it was a little too late. So we want to, yes, get the information, get the research, be educated about what's going on. Don't bury your head in the sand and also be aware of what it is that is resonant within one's body. What is it that is that actually feels coherently solvent to me in my own sovereignty. So we're not seeking validity outside ourselves, and we're actually honoring our personal sovereignty. And this third key really is about when the solution is activating our own inner healer is and that's actually I gave a bonus for this summit of meditation of for meeting the inner healer. So if this is kind of a foreign concept to anybody, hopefully that guided process will be of assistance. This accessing our inner and latent powers. It's within all of us. And the solutogenesis, which is a fancy way of saying that the body's ability to heal is innate. It's always looking for that place of homeostasis, but that's a dynamic process. I actually like to call it homeo dynamic, but it really looks at the body's ability to self heal. So once we make the decision that this is my resonant direction in life in which to go, we can really turn on our own solutogenesis. And that means the self regeneration. That is the body's normal way of being. And even if there's a genetic disorder, that was part of the etheric template from a karmic arrangements, something that we all wrote into motion before we got here. So making peace with that as well, which would be really important. So it's about building an inner trust and a holistic interconnection with ourselves. And if we're not trusting ourselves, then there's usually work that needs to be done prior to that. But that's an important piece. That's so profound. There are so many nuggets in there. One is about this resonance over research. So the way research is done is really about generalizability and trying to find inference about large groups of people altogether. So it's the complete opposite of individualized medicine. And obviously there's huge benefit to that, to understanding it, but we need to take it for what it is. It is not individual advice necessarily. So I think that's an incredibly important point. And the other point I want to highlight that you shared is that this inner healer is within all of us. And being able to access it is available to everyone. So now that you've kind of shared all these three keys for us, what do you think is the next step for people to step into their true healing in their life as they're ready? Yeah. Allow that in what you just spoke to about seeing this resonance over research. Allow that uniqueness that is within our personality to bloom and use that as a discovery process and an opportunity to know ourselves more and more deeply. The Temple of Apollo at Delphi, that's what it is. It says know thyself and nothing in excess. And there's another third point too. But finding our own balances but really knowing thyself is a life's work. And this is the point of key number two is allow this discovery process. Don't just let it, just these events or things do a drive by on this. Unpack what it really means. And I'll say this Norm Shealy was one of my direct mentors for five and a half years and he's such a hoot. I love him. And he would say if something happened when we were in the midst of our studies, he would say, oh, we need to do a past life on that. I'm like, oh, God, please, really. Do I really need to go unpack the past life? No, just sit with ourselves and realize, all right, what's the message that is coming from my body? What is it that wants to be conveyed? And I'm not saying get overly cautious or but find that balance within ourselves of, okay, I'm seeing this as a pattern within my life. And even if it's not a pattern, even if this is one off, like I was saying about this person that got rear-ended, hopefully he's not getting rear-ended every day. Hopefully that one expectable person will be enough to like be a catalyst. And that's actually what our body selves, we actually have a subconscious self that we call the body self and that's using language from personal self integration. But this body self has this great wisdom and but it doesn't speak in language. It speaks in symbols. So what is it? You know, sometimes we use numbers. Sometimes we use symbols out in the native traditions. First Nations people, Indigenous cultures, they very much have this natural relationship with I'm going to go to the water. And I'm just going to listen to what the brook sounds like today, what the spring sounds like today. I'm going to put my feet in that water and receive the message of what is meant for me at this time. They have this innately in their culture to take a time out and use the situations and things that come up almost as a rite of passage. That's a good way to say it actually. These kinds of experiences could be a rite of passage. That's incredible. So you've shared so many gems with us today. Thank you so much. Considering everything that you've shared, what do you think is the most empowering take on the message about health and healing for audience? Probably that, which I just last said about really taking time in the busyness. We all have more information coming at us than we've ever had. We have less time in which to digest it and giving ourselves that time out, giving ourselves that permission to listen. How is the wind moving through? Listen to the elements. What's the fire saying? What's the wind saying? What's the water saying? You know, when it's beautiful snowing outside or is it hawing? There's messages in our weather. Hailing could be seen as more of a purging versus a soft snow that feels more purifying. And so this kind of just being in a rhythm and allowing that rhythm to have its way with us. And the last point that I would like to say for just a message to leave for everyone is that when you go to sleep at night, send a little ping to your inner physician, inner healer. Just sit with a question of, I'd like to connect with you and I'd like to know more information about fill in the blank. And amazing things happen in hypnagogic and hypnopompic moments. The moments before we're just falling asleep in that twilight and the twilight as we're waking up. There's great wisdom that comes in in those times. And so when we set that intention and that tone at those moments before falling asleep, the mind goes to seek for these answers. The mind doesn't like actually open questions. It likes for there to be certainty and organization to things. So it comes. I'm so aligned with that and a huge proponent of the power of intention. So thank you for leaving us with that beautiful gift. And thank you so much for all these gems of wisdom that you've shared with us about health and healing. Deeply grateful for your time today. And thank you all for listening. Thank you, Helen.


Helo, Kiva. Hai. My name is Kanondu Musini from Radio Africa. You mentioned that you are a very focused artist, right? Yes. How do you keep away from drama? That is my first question. My second question, which a lot of you guys also want to know, are you going to sign the papers? What papers? Ah, mihaz enzike mamboza. What is a kabisa? You know, drama o tekiwa, drama o tekiwa, I don't know what to say, lakini kiyukweli, mi am not into tang dramas. Kabisa. Sokobaya. Sometimes kuna sweet dramas, alaf kuna zili amboza na boa, na nila. But both of them, I'm not into tang them. At all. Sokomba, what will create dramas na nini scandals, lakini, o tekiwa, will treat your stress, hendu, stress katika halia kisimaku amba. If you cannot solve it, then leave it. Leave it to God if you cannot solve it. But if you have a solution to solve it, then you have to relax and be cool because you solve it. There's a solution. Even yonha hendu bitu viangu. So even that paper, that's not a problem. I can solve it. No, I cannot. Then last question. Who has a band question? You've asked. Is it the last question? Thank you. I understand. My name is Emos from Paslap Kenya. Emos. My question is, it's been 20 years in the game. So what are the most memorable years for you? Moka Gainu and Susan, how has this impact which you are going to get? Hard. Hard. The other question is, recently Bongo Flavor was also included in the Grammy Academy. It's prudent to know that you are among people who really pushed for the genre to really grow in the continent, in the region. So what is your reaction to that? Thank you. Thank you. Because you had time here. Me, Apakene, it's very sensitive. Your Grammy, kumgeza is categories and needs, I think it's nivizuri. Nivizuri sana, aso posisi usani, wana jua. Aiyo, kusma, to make watu kipigia, kipigia keleli sana. Uhatu, wana, usumbufusis, wana nerewa. Aakini, kifanya, something beautiful in a muvuti amutu. We tried. We tried to find na kitu ambachegu, chukwagi na to angusia, its quality of music ambachegu na tekiu. To record na deliver, aiko fikia katika target, your worldwide. But right now, tu na shukuru, tu na kongret, producers, music engineer, ambao wana fanyam ziki, wana kogatika quality, yakidunia. To save tu na producers, ambao wana fanyam ziki, wana fanyam ziki, wana fanyam ziki, wana fanyam ziki, wana ni toplini kualiti ambao wana tatar uskia rasbabu. Vipagihi tunabi, wasani wa zuli afrika tunal, rakini quality li ambao likwa na tekiu kufiki ya, yule wiwangu yemziki, international quality na sound di katsiki gobizuli, tu li ko hatuna before. Still.


Has Curtin University sent anything into space? Yes, we have. We sent a small spacecraft into space in 2021 called Binar One. Binar is the Nungar word for fireball and we're about to send another three within the next six months. It's part of a big program that we have with the goal of building a spacecraft, an Australian spacecraft that can get to the middle. Hopefully we'll get there in the next three years.


Alright, so we're about to begin an interview in downtown Montreal. First question, should you please state your full name? My full name is Julian Dion. I'm from Sudbury, Ontario. My home local is local, 6500. It used to be a very big local, 18,006. It's now about 2,500. And what did your parents do when you were a child? My dad was an accountant and my mother would help him. Okay. And you, for fun, what were your interests as a child? What did you do fast the time?  He's a very social guy. We all played outside. Okay. And how about in school, did you have specific strengths or interests or things you wanted to... I was good in math. Very good in math and spelling. We got 90s. Nice. Yeah. And going further into your education, did you know exactly what you wanted to do growing up? No, I didn't. But after high school, I went to a place called Centennial College and took a technicians course there, automotive technician, which is what brought me to go apply at INCO, because they said they had an apprenticeship for me. So I was in there. They used to do medicals then, but not me. No. I guess they needed an apprentice. So apprentice mechanic at that time? Yeah, apprentice mechanic. Yeah. And what do you remember from that first job? Well, that wasn't my first, but... First with INCO? First time with INCO, yeah. Okay. First in the mining business. So what do you remember? What I remember is, wow, it was fantastic. Now I had a job, because in those days, if you hired on for INCO, you were there for life. And it's not like your generation. Were you there? Contracts. Yeah, contracts and contracts. So that's really what turned me on the most, and what I remember the most. I remember my first day underground. They did two days of training. And underground is always drafty. Always drafty. And two days of training in a drafty drift. Okay. Drift, I don't know if you know what a drift is, but it goes with the old body. Crosscut goes against. A drafty drift. And after a while, you get pretty cold. Your hands just freeze up. And so a second day, I was properly dressed.  It's always around 54, I guess, somewhere around there. And I thought 54 was going to be warm, you know? But it isn't. Not when you're standing in a drift. And of course, it's high humidity. So I remember that very well after training. And so then you were gloves the next day? Absolutely. And so for your entire life, you worked as a mechanic, Franco? My entire life, yeah. Okay. And when did you decide to join the union? Or was that automatic when you joined Inco? It's a close shop. Okay. If you worked there, you were part of the union. Of the United Steelworkers at that time? Yeah. And when did you decide to get involved with the United Steelworkers? Or why? Why and when? And that's a very good question because a lot of people who became stewards, union stewards, or occupational health and safety reps, all that kind of stuff, do it for the same reason.  And say, okay, okay, I'll get you. And I did. Does it usually upset the bosses if you?  Yeah.  You're actually his enemy because if anyone has a grievance, they'll come and see you. And now you're talking to the boss as not as a worker and boss.  And Inco didn't train their bosses very well because they're too valuable. They couldn't spend the time training them. And that was a big peeve of the supervisors. We knew more than them. We had the occupational safety act.  We knew all those and they didn't. So a lot of them didn't feel very comfortable with that, especially when our pays were going up all the time. This was flat. They came in time when the early rated guys, especially the ones on bonus, were making more money than the boss. I think that's something, eh? Yeah. Because they weren't unionized. Well, because the company didn't give them a raise. Were there specific actions that early on that your boss did which are why it pissed you off? Oh, yeah. There's one I remember very well. There's different minds. I worked at Stobey mostly, but when I went to Creighton Mine, my boss then, a man by the name of... I don't know if I can say the name. Except to you? Except to you? His name was Al Keller. First day in the job, he says, Well, Deon, welcome. He says, things are going to go just fine between you and I. He says, as long as things are going my way.  Now my challenge is to blow out the flame. And that's really the one action that probably caused me to go the other way. Okay. So you still like the job, but you just didn't necessarily like the management? I love my job. Mechanic is a good job. You're dirty, so what? You clean up after, you know? It's like a plumber, right? You got to clean up after. Absolutely. And in those days, gloves, protective gloves like the nurses wear and all that kind of stuff. It just wasn't around. We didn't use it. Now they all use it.  And if you ever handle motor oil, it's quite dirty. It's hard to wash off. Yeah, it's hard to wash off. So you've got to wear a barrier cream and that kind of stuff. Okay. And so once you joined as a steward? Yeah, I began as a steward. And in the same year, I became a health safety commitment. Were there anything, any specific rules, regulations that you worked to bring upon as a health and safety regulator? No, a lot of people did both jobs, you know? Okay. And with that, the union spent a lot of time training me.  It couldn't have been without them, without sale workers. They probably still be in the hole, you know? But when the school, in those days, you had steward school and steward school was a week long. You had a health and safety school. That was a week long. And took a lot of courses, did a lot of stuff, and then I became an instructor. So I got to teach other guys to be just like me. Okay. And help them recognize who they're talking to. So throughout your career, do you remember a specific time where you were either working on a job or a specific mind, and it was dysfunctional or very challenging? Well, I also had a lot of training as a mechanic. So that part was pretty good. I remember my boss one time, I was working on a torque converter, like in a car. A little big urban.  I need this machine real bad. I said, Rainey, Rainey was his name. I said, take it easy. I'll get it done. You want it today? You want it tomorrow? Tell me. He says, you know, these studs, they break easy. I'm a torque converter. No, no, but I need the machine. Then I said, oops, I just broke one. Now they don't have the tool to take it out. So the job took an extra day. You've got to train them too, you know. Yeah. Now, I'm just trying to think here. Yeah, I'd like to see, I'd like to hear your opinion on or your take on from the beginning of your career to the end. What are the big issues that were there in the beginning that you'd say got a lot better throughout your career and issues regarding, you can look at the labor aspect of it? One of the bigger ones is dust. Some mines are dusty. Luckily, hard rock mines are not that dusty, whatever that means, because no dust is good. No dust can be harmful. So that big improvement, the way that, the way the mining methods, like before it was, you know, you'd have a jack-laid drill. I don't know if you know what that is, but I don't know. A drill. Like that. And anyways, mining methods changed an awful lot. So we went from jack-laid to panel mining rather than drill out 12-foot ground or whatever, you know. We went to panels which were like 200 feet high and you drilled from the top, not the bottom. So that was quite a bit safer. And brought up production, right? And brought up production, but now you didn't have any small falls of ground. You had some big falls of ground. To your mine panel, you take it out. There's still one here. Go around. You do the other one, do another one. So they're staggered, right? Sometimes calls, I think it's staggered panel mining. Very common in Elliott Lake where they had lots of dust. What did dust ever affect you? I don't know. Yeah, I guess it could take a while to realize it. I'm still, I just still breathe pretty good. Yeah, yeah. I think dust affects everyone. Yeah, absolutely. It's just a matter of amount. Yeah, and type. It's a matter of controlling. And type, absolutely. Because nickel dust is not smooth around it. It's like little birds sticking out here and there, you know. And so when that gets in your lungs, the stuff that's small enough to get down deep in your lungs, when that gets in your lungs, it scratches the inside of your lungs. It's like asbestos. Yeah, something like it, yeah. Asbestos is, I've found asbestos mostly on the outside of the lung. Nickel would be on the inside of the lung. Now, so nowadays you still, you don't work the retired, but you're still a member of the, you may still work this. Yeah, we have a group called Source. It's an organization of active retirees. Okay. And we have chapters here and there. And that's what this conference is. I'm at a solar conference. Oh, okay. For retirees. So what kind of things do you work on at the moment? Well, we try and of course get more members and all that kind of stuff because that's important. I mean, we need money to operate. And we're trying to, what we need to do is politicize our members. You know, if you think about seniors is the biggest voting block in Canada. Even in my organization, I can't control that block, you know. But really that's what we need to do is politicize. Teach people why. There's lots of good videos out there. Like if you've ever seen or heard of Mouseland, it's a speech by Tommy Douglas. Okay. Terrific. Very simple. If you don't get the point out to that video. But you've got to get the people in for them to see it. Yeah. Yeah. And actually with the directors I was just speaking with, what kind of theme was the challenges for the next generation. Kind of get the millennials to hop on the labor, the labor boat and really. That training is probably most important. That's all guys. We went through it, but we know what needs to be fixed and that kind of stuff. Our young guys, because of the economy, don't know much because they're all on contract. Lots of them are on contract. And there's no guarantee of lifetime work anymore and that kind of stuff. So it's kind of like working piecemeal. We've got to teach those guys that the road wasn't always paved. We didn't necessarily pave the road, not my generation, but just before us. And so we just widened the road a little bit and negotiated the better stuff. We've got to teach them. Otherwise they don't know where things come from. It was there all the time, forever and ever. No, it wasn't. It's things people can't take for granted. No, they can't. And just like often I hear in the mining industry itself, but along the labor aspect of the mining industry as well, it's things that people use every day that affect them in their lives every day, but they don't necessarily know or understand where it comes from or why mining is so important. When we talk about something as simple as a phone, you know? Yeah. Well, to give you an example of bad education, in Elliott Lake they had a lot of silica. And silica was hard on the lungs, right? Silicosis. So there was so much silica that the management handed out respirators to the people going underground. Of course they had to breathe this aluminum dust, Macintyre aluminum prophylaxis is what they called it. So they had to inhale aluminum dust to go down because some bright-eyed guy, management guy, who stayed up late at night, we were working for the Macintyre Foundation discovered that aluminum has an affinity to silica. They want to stick together. And if now it's aluminum and not silica, well, then you won't have any more silicosis, right? Real smart. Because they didn't consider that aluminum may cause things like dementia and Alzheimer's, you know? And again, in my group we're helping with that. We're going to have a clinic and we're not scientists, but it's not hard to ask someone what his symptoms are, his or her, and draw conclusions from that. And are there still a lot of people that seem to be coming out with these symptoms caused from labor and mining or things like that? Yeah, my generation. Your generation is still coming out. Yeah. And would you say after that, however, it got drastically better? Well, yeah, except that that's one of those that take so long, so long to... So it can take 30 years. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, so that's a real tough one. But we'll get it. The gold miners were in the same situation as the uranium miners and the same kind of stuff. They got recognized, not for this, but they got recognized for cancers and all that. We had an old guy by the name of Bomer Sige. I don't know if someone might have mentioned his name at some point. Who's the health safety guy? A real bull, you know? He just wouldn't let go. We've had some great, great people in steel. And I got to learn from everyone of them. I'm the right age. Now, in your opinion, there's no wrong answer here, but in your opinion, are there any events, people, disasters, anything whatsoever that you think must be mentioned when talking about the history of the natural resources in Canada, the history of mining or the history of mining in regards to the United Steel Workers? Mining, logging, and so, yeah. Yeah, but mostly for us, mostly mining metallurgy for this project. Any one instance? Yes, it could be, well, I'd say the past, within the past 100 years, it could be very recent, it could be when you were younger, it could be before you. But anything you think is worth mentioning, whether it's a positive thing, a negative thing, someone, something that you think has defined in a way, or changed in a way. In my eyes. Working at INCO, these had, I don't know, how many fatalities, there were so many fatalities that we had to have an inquest committee to go investigate and present the inquests and that kind of stuff. And so, I remember one time we had four in one shot. We got crushed, we were working on top of a cage and elevator, and the muck came out of a loading pocket and crushed four guys to death. The one who struck me the most is the guy who had changed shifts. He wasn't supposed to be there. A young guy, a young person, bang, and so fast. I don't know if you know what a runner muck is, but think a diarrhea, a runner muck. You ain't going to stop it. And yeah, so that, I think INCO had like 700 deaths in the last 100 years. I may be off by 100 or two years, but something like that. And do you think at one point these deaths affected the future of mining for better in the sense that, you know, they were forced to change a lot of rules, regulations, laws? Better in terms, yeah. The only problem is, is when you go to an inquest and the inquiry makes recommendations, there's nothing in any legislation that says those recommendations have to be implemented. So there's a big, big hole there. There's an, I used to be on the inquest committee and presenting at inquest and after the inquest they always give you the recommendations, you know, and some have been fixed already and some have not. And next thing you know, they just disappear. And the last thing with that is how long it takes in Ontario to get an inquest. The Ministry of Labor in Ontario takes their stab at it, but they won't prosecute until about a year after. So while that prosecution is going on, there's no inquest going on. So the families, families sometimes wait three years to know how, I shouldn't say how, well, to know how their families died, their loved ones. It's terrible. It's so aggravating for them. It sounds a bit like the West Ray Mining disaster. Very much so. Yeah, with the inquisition and how, I'm actually just talking about it earlier, how there was only, I think, one person criminally charged since the 13 years that the law has been implemented. Yeah, that's absolutely right. And that multiple there, the four guys, there was a, what happened, well, the loading pocket there ran over because of many things. When they come in and they charged the man who had opened a valve to control the muck, they charged him with four counts of criminal negligence, causing death, right at the mine. They wouldn't do that to management. Never, never. Of course they wouldn't have been doing that job. Yeah. But think about it, you're there, you change, you're going to work, and the cops show up and they handcuff you and take you out. Isn't that nice? And was he, was he sentenced? No, no, we, still workers have what we call the striking defense one. We had a very good lawyer, Leo did. And he got off. I was forced enough to have that, that particular lawyer at my house. So, did I pick his brain? Yeah. I bet. Now, I often ask this question too, and it'd be interesting to see throughout your career, how present or absent have women been throughout your career, and has that changed? It changed, I think it was 1978 when they changed the Mining Act. I shouldn't say when you change the Mining Act, but in the case of the Prison and Health Safety Act, we placed the Mining Act. In there, women were not allowed to work underground. So that law got changed, and only around that era did women start working underground, except in a federal workplace. Because they weren't covered by the provincial legislation, which is what I'm talking about now. So, yeah. Yeah, so not until 1978. In Ontario. 75 or 78. Because it was always considered bad luck, right, before that?  Management always said that, because we don't want a woman to be molested underground. Incidentally, the Corners Act came about as a result of supervisors not wanting to be dumped in all passes. Oh no, something happens. They're going to dump me. I'm sure that's why, and I've heard this, but I'm sure that's why the Corners Act has that stipulation in there. I'll finish with one question, and that's if you're speaking to someone much younger like a student, and they were thinking of getting into the mining industry, what would you tell them? What would be your piece of advice or life lesson? I'd say be careful which mine you go to work for. There's, you know, let me use this line. You know, at Inco, we had the best supervisors in the world, Barnard. We had the other guys too. And bad guys make the good guys look bad. And I often use that quote with management. That's the truth.  You know, that guy's making you look bad. And that'd be my advice. Be careful where you go to work. I mean, the big mines, like Valley, they have better safety programs, and there's an old saying that everyone pays for a safety program whether or not they have one. And, yeah, so big mines, big companies, a lot of safety. We brought Inco kicking and screaming and dragging. We brought them to the 20th century, you know, and trained them to the point where the union, their trains management, and workers together. And the management pays. No, that's pretty good. So they were doing very well there until Valley bought them. After Valley, things went backwards. And what do you think of, because this is also something that comes up in a lot of these interviews, what do you think of the many of the Canadian, big Canadian metallurgy or mining companies that have either disappeared or have been bought out by, I feel like, sort of, for example, Valley or Rio Tinto, Arsala Metal. What are your thoughts on that? Well, I wish our Canadian resources would stay in Canadian hands.  Yeah, it's maybe one, one and a half percent. So it's really, it's not very much. And Inco, in comparison to Valley, were angels, you know. Of course it was, I'm serious. Of course it was a long relationship there and took years to, you know, to mature and all that. And one of the first things that Valley did when they bought is, they took, I think it was the payroll, the Senate, the Toronto from Calgary.  And they're not right at hand, you know, or you ask someone something. I mean, the president's not in Sudbury. Yeah, they're centralized a lot, a lot of it outside of Canada. So they could have merged with the Falcon Bridge. What used to be Falcon Bridge, would have been a lovely, and you hear that a lot in Sudbury. I don't know why they didn't sell the Falcon Bridge. Oh, well. So they make decisions, and they're so remote from the decisions that they don't see. I also heard that when they first flew into Sudbury on a chopper, they flew over parking lots, company parking lots, and someone said, oh, look at those nice cars they got. They must be making too much money. Thank you very much. So, no, I, yeah. What was that question again? It was just your thoughts on many of these Canadian companies either disappearing or being bought out. Or, for example, value like, yeah. Or free trade. Yeah. All kinds. I mean, you've got lots of woods, a lot of wood in BC, but it's not necessarily processed in Canada. And that's a good one, because Canada keeps getting sued by the states if we do, as soon as we do anything in terms of free trade, and we're not winning. I was on a Governor-General's conference in 1987, and what we did, we toured 15 groups of 15. We toured Canada. And what we're supposed to do is bring a report back to the Governor-General, right? And we visited, in Quebec, the most perfect cow in the world. You've got to find that funny. I thought it was pretty funny. Big, big cow, and it was a beautiful cow. I don't know cows. Yeah, what determines that it's the most perfect cow? I don't know. Not a clue. Didn't ask. Didn't want to know really. So, we asked a farmer, 87. We asked him, well, Mr. Farmer, what do you think of free trade? He said, well, let me put it to you this way. Smart old guy, you know? He says, if you have a field and you put a fence in the field, right in the middle of the field, you've got one cow on one side and 200 on the other. At that time, 200 million, you know, the states and our, in comparison, our million. He said, who do you think is going to gain the most? You don't need the answer. I mean, it's so simple. Yeah, that's one lesson from that conference I'll never forget. Well, thank you very much. Okay, my pleasure.


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Former US President Donald Trump has been asked to pay $454 million dollars his penalties in a fraud case. Trump and his associates including two of his sons were found guilty of manipulating his net worth so as to get better terms while taking loans and for insurance. Two of Trump's sons have also been hit with penalties in the millions. Trump can appeal this judgement but will have to find the money before doing so. Now what does this case mean for Trump and will it affect his presidential campaign at all? We go to Anish to find out. Well Anish thank you so much for joining us. So first of all maybe could you take us through what this case itself of course not the only case Donald Trump is facing. He's facing a wide variety of charges but this is a massive fine we're talking about over $450 million dollars here. So what is this case? What are the allegations against him and what has been the process so far? Yes Prashant. So the judgement right now what we have is on a civil fraud case for against the Trump organization and also Donald Trump himself and several of his associates who have made sure who have over the years we've found to have over evaluated their properties under the Trump organization to secure loans at very low interest rates. And also for other business practices they have actually over evaluated the wealth the rate or the pricing of the property. And in several cases it has you know more than doubled in some cases it has more it has you know it has been over evaluated by you know by 10 times more than the actual market prices and that clearly shows there was a significant fraud being done very intentionally so by the Trump organization and obviously people in the Trump organization. So in pretty much all of this what we are seeing right now is this massive fraud case which has been going on for quite a while. These are not new allegations. The allegations have been there since 2008 at the very least in some cases. So in most of these cases we are getting a judgment right now and this is going to have a significant impact on him. The penalties total to around four hundred and fifty four million dollars already. The actual penalties are about three hundred and fifty four on top of which the judge has imposed another hundred million dollars in pre-judgment interest. And on top of that Trump would have to pay a hundred thousand dollars per day interest if he continues to keep the penalties unpaid. He can obviously appeal the judgment and for that he would have to put up a bond that is going to also run in millions tens of millions of dollars and that for that he probably would have to you know mortgage one of his properties depending on how the bond company puts up conditions what kind of conditions it puts up for the bond and whether or not Trump has the capacity to actually pay the entire bond money in full. It could actually come to about fourteen million dollars at the very least or more than that. And it is quite doubtful if Trump has enough cash to actually make such a payment for a bond at the moment. So that is one of the one of these ways we can also say that this is this is going to be a significant financial strain for not just Trump but also his two sons and his associates all of whom have been banned from doing business and that is going to have a major impact on pretty much everything that Trump is going to do for the next year right now. Right Anish of course now every time there's a verdict of this kind every time a case of this kind comes up against Donald Trump the million dollar question is or this case of four hundred million dollar question is will this have any effect on his candidacy in any way either financially or in terms of in terms of popular support. So you know does this case play any role in the presidential campaign at all. Yes so the impact is always a very interesting question because in previous cases even where there have been decisions or rulings that have been against Trump in all of them it never really hit him in a manner that can actually prevent him from you know running or even impacted his campaign or his popularity for that matter. Currently what we're seeing is that this judgment by the New York State Supreme Court is going to have a significant financial impact on the Trump campaign. We are already looking at half a billion dollars in penalties. It could keep growing if Trump continues to keep the penalties unpaid. It could also attract seizures of his properties which includes trumped out his Mar-a-Lago residence and obviously his multiple properties across the United States including many of the golf courses that he actually owns very overpriced golf courses. In all of this definitely Trump is going to be put in a very difficult financial spot financially and even the Republican Party would be hard pressed to actually help him. Obviously the RNC the Republican National Committee has backed Trump in the civil frauds case even paying for the defense fees for the lawyers. But they do not have the money to even pay the bond for the appeals that is required for the appeals let alone the penalties itself. Trump could fund raise through his campaign which would but it would also be very difficult to fund his penalties through the campaign. And obviously the ban on them doing business is going to also impact how they're going to raise the money at the moment for the judgment. So depending the appeals process there is already a significant uncertainty over the Trump business and that in itself is going to impact his image as this very successful businessman that he has presented him. He has often used that as an attack as a weapon against his contenders and that has always been his kind of image because he has always funded his own campaign. He'd never really depended on fundraising or crowd sourcing his funding for his election campaign unlike many of his competitors. And so that is going to change obviously. So he might have to find other ways to at least fund his campaign at the moment because he would be very hard pressed to fund it financially himself at right now. So that is going to change a lot of what Trump will going to Trump will now stand for because he cannot. You know he has to change his entire style at the at that if you want to actually raise funds through corporations or from people or from his Republican Party supporters. All of this is going to have a very interesting set of development in the past couple of in the next couple of weeks. On top of that the looming danger of seizures of his properties of the Trump organizations properties are also going to have a significant strain on the campaign itself. And that will also have because of the responses that we are seeing right now is also kind of quite mixed. Obviously hardcore Trump supporters are completely backing him. But you have a large number of Republicans who are not very sure of how to what to make of this judgment and what to make of the findings of the judgment itself. Trump is trying to present himself as a martyr of a witch hunt. But nevertheless it is it's still it is not working in the manner or it is not rallying support in the manner that other judgments had attracted for him. And that is going that clearly shows how like that is one of because it is one of the you know the basis of his image right that he's a massively successful businessman. And the fact that he is now being convicted of fraud clearly shows that it is going to have a significant dent in his image and his popularity as well. How that is going to translate into votes in obviously the Republican parties and Republican supporters might still continue to support him. But the larger voting population might be divided on how they want to or what they want to make of this judgment. Thank you so much Anish but do stay back we'll come back to you for the next story as well. French farmers are once again staging protests weeks after they took to the streets in large numbers. The protests in France are part of a larger trend of similar agitations among farmers across Europe. Now many of these agitators are unhappy with policies by the European Union which has failed to communicate with them or address their concerns while taking such decisions. We go to Anish once again to understand more about this issue. Welcome back Anish. So a protest of course taking place in France is another round a few weeks ago that it's quite huge. This time also you know protesters I believe entering into Paris on Saturday. So what really are the issues around which farmers French farmers specifically are protesting. How is the government sort of responded. How do we see this you know this round of protests. Yes Prashant let's begin with why there is this new round of protests in previously with multiple protests which included blocking of highways by tractors. The the protests were actually called off or put on hold actually by the farmers groups after Prime Minister promised a four hundred billion dollar package. It was one of sorry a four hundred million euro package. And it was it was something that that held some level of you know a relief for the farming groups. But later right now the farmers groups have decided that since the elections are quite close it would be best for them to put pressure on the government to expand more help more support and deliver on promises that these the macro government had previously given to farmers farmers groups. You know and that is something that they think is right now the time is ripe. Since during the elections it would actually put immense pressures on the government right now. But aside from that we have to remember that these protests are part of a continent wide agitation by farmers farmers which is something that is that clearly shows the weaknesses and exposes the weaknesses within the European Union's agricultural policy or its free trade policy as well. Because some of the basic issues if you look at it the farmers are agitating because they are dealing with you know rising cost of production but also you know plummeting prices with the cost of production are increasing primarily because there is higher energy costs now for the farmers because of the war in Ukraine and also because there is a significant you know significant damage has been done very very recently by multiple natural calamities and so the French farmers were some were particularly affected with these natural disasters and the losses that they incurred really put up the brought up the cost of production but it wasn't coupled with you know any rising prices because you know the free trade the European Union dictated free trade policies have actually impacted prices in a manner that has actually impacted the farmers the worst at this point in time and you know coupled with the cost of living crisis that is that is still there it has not gone away because you know most because the French government hasn't really paid attention to that and it has affected across classes not just farmers is something that is going to also that has impacted how farmers are whether or not they're making gains they're pretty much making losses at this point in time. On top of that obviously there is the issue of obviously the free trade agreement but also there is the issue of the Ukraine war and its fallouts because the European Union especially France has actually taken measures to support the Ukrainian war by actually by actually subsuming or even completely side stepping national interest in this case by bringing in cheap Ukrainian grains that has actually caused the plummeting of prices back home and has impacted the profit margins or even any kind of hope for French farmers to cut the cost that they have that they were expecting or to cover the cost that they were expecting from their sales. So these factors have all you know come together to actually create a crisis for farmers in general and this is something that is not unique to Europe sorry France right now it is something that is happening across Europe right now and this there is a significant impact or a looming threat actually by the macro government who you know because of the rising cost of the Ukrainian war have actually because they are also funding it quite significantly have also decided that they will be or announced cutting of agricultural subsidies in the coming months and that in itself is a massive threat to the farming sector especially for small and small and middle farmers in France especially and this is definitely something that farmers are trying to bring attention to and also trying to put pressure on the government not just to roll back some of the existing policies that are dictated by the European Union's free trade regime and also this entire that is also fall out of the entire war in Ukraine but also to you know to support farmers in a much better manner by bringing in you know mechanisms that can actually support them from the vagaries of the market actually. Right and of course this is not just in France alone but part of a larger trajectory of protests taking place across the continent so could you tell us a bit about that as well why are farmers across the Europe in different countries protesting some demand seem to be aligned but some are also unique in their own ways. Yes so it isn't obviously as I said it is nothing it is not unique to France in fact the farmers protests began in Germany in Europe and actually spread to France Belgium and now across Eastern Europe in all of these cases the issue is primarily how the Ukrainian war has impacted the entire you know the working classes in across Europe earlier it was trade unions and working class movements who raise the problems and issues that are coming out of the fall out of the Ukrainian war that has significantly impacted a by bringing up energy costs for everybody. Not just farmers but everybody including household expenses you know that actually contributed to the rising cost of living crisis. And on top of that right now farmers are also having to deal with a flood of cheaper Ukrainian produce which is something that the European governments did by side stepping their own national interest in an bid to support the Ukraine's war against Russia and so in all of this the farmers are paying the price in some cases governments are you know announcing cutting down on subsidies. There is a Europe wide consideration to actually cut down on farming subsidies and also to you know to continue funding the war in Ukraine at the cost of you know welfare policies and social services back home. And that is something that has hurt everybody.