Welcome to the hindi news analysis by Shankar Ayes academy the list of topics chosen for today's discussion along with the page numbers is given here for your reference. Let us start today's news analysis. This news article talks about government's announcement on minimum support prices for different Karif crops. See, we all know that there are three crop seasons in India. They are Karif, Rabi and Zaid and Karif region starts with onset of monsoon that is in June and harvesting of this crop begins in October. So considering this, the central government has announced new minimum support prices for different Karif crops. So in this context, let us discuss in brief about minimum support price and then fair and remunerative price and about this news article. The syllabus relevant for this discussion is given here for your reference. So what does this news article say? The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the increase in MSP for all mandated Karif crops for the year 2020 and 2021. See this Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs is chaired by the Prime Minister. We have covered in depth about cabinet committees just two days back that is on 31st May. So if you have any doubts regarding cabinet committees, their constitution and who is their chairman, just watch the video of 31st May to get a detailed understanding. So coming back to the news article, it says that the minimum support price has been increased for 14 crops which include paddy, java, maize, cotton, niger seed, sesame, etc. See many times you have seen this term called MSP or minimum support price in newspapers. So what is this MSP? See we know that the price of agree commodities are quite unstable. If you recollect on 28th May, when we were discussing about an article written by Vice President Mr. Venkainoidu, we said that better price realization for farmers is still a dream. Even in case of a good harvest, the farmers might not get good returns due to sharp fall in price. So what happens if this sharp fall in price happens every year? One possible consequence might be the farmers won't continue with the farming in further years. If farmers won't continue with agriculture and farming, this will have a devastating scarcity of food supply in India. So to solve this problem and to offer better prices for farmers, the government has devised a concept called MSP or minimum support price. Now that you have understood the background of MSP, so how this MSP can be defined? So this MSP can be defined as the price at which government purchases crops from the farmers. By purchasing crop produce from the farmers, government guarantees a minimum and fair amount for the crop produce. In addition, the government announces the minimum support price even before the start of sowing season. So today's news article is all about this announcement of prices. We just discussed the background of MSP and how MSP can be defined. Now we shall see how this MSP is going to help the farmers. See, when farmers are assured a minimum price for their crop produce, they invest more in respect to commodities and thus minimizes the disruption in the farm chain. This will also ensure adequate supply of food grains in the country. In addition, this ensures that we have enough buffer stock and enough to support the poor people through PDS, that is public distribution system. So who fixes this MSP? Know that this MSP is fixed on the recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices. And short, CACP. This CACP is an attached office under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. See, whenever required, the CACP submits separate reports recommending prices for curry fund rabbi seasons. Know that these are only advisory in nature and not binding on the central government. The central government, after considering these reports and considering the views of state governments and also keeping in view of the overall demand and supply situation in the country, takes the final decision and announces the MSPs of different crops. As of now, the CACP recommends MSPs of 23 commodities, including 7 cereal grains, 5 pulses, 7 oil seeds and 4 commercial crops. This is all about minimum support price. At the start of discussion, we also said that we are going to discuss about FRP or Fair and Remunerative Price. So what is this Fair and Remunerative Price? See, this FRP is related to sugar cane. The concept of statutory minimum price was replaced with the Fair and Remunerative Price for sugar cane. This Fair price of sugar cane is determined under sugar cane order of 1966. Similar to MSP, this FRP is also fixed by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs based on the recommendations of Commission for Agriculture Cost and Prices. So if you see, this is same for MSP also. The price is recommended by CACP and fixed by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs. In addition, this Fair and Remunerative Price is staterally binding on sugar cane factories or sugar factories. These factories are legally binded to pay the minimum announced price that is FRP. So all those transactions or purchases at prices lower than the FRP are considered illegal. So with this fundamental information, let us get back to the news article. Here we need to have an overall understanding of increase in prices. The news article says that the highest increase in MSP is proposed for Niger seed followed by sesame, urad and cotton. This differential remuneration that is very high prices for different crops is aimed to encourage crop diversification. Also know that this increase in price is in line with the announcements made in budget of 2018-19. This announcement aimed at fixing the MSPs at a level of at least 1.5 times of the all India weighted average cost of production. So if average cost of production in India is 100 rupees, the minimum MSP will be at least 150 rupees. So that farmers will be getting at least 50% more than their cost of production. The expect returns to farmers over their cost of production are estimated to be highest in case of Basra followed by Urad and then Thor and then Mace. For rest of the crops written to farmers over their cost of production is estimated to be at least 50%. This is all about this news article. In this news article, we have discussed about MSP, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs. We also discussed about commission for agriculture cost and prices and then we discussed about FRP, that is fire and remunerator price of sugarcane, etc. The displayed prelims practice question is discussed at the end of the session. Let us move ahead with the next news article. The next discussion is going to be based on this article from editorial page. This article talks about India and China's outreach in social welfare across Africa during this COVID-19 pandemic. The syllabus relevant for this discussion is given here for your reference. At first, authors of this article talk about why Africa is more vulnerable to this pandemic. This is due to the poor economic conditions and poor health conditions across several countries in African continent. These countries are critically ill equipped to manage a public health emergency of this magnitude. This is mainly due to the shortage of masks, ventilators, even basic things like soap and water. In such a scenario, Africa is in need of medical protective equipment to support its frontline health workers. This made Africa dependent on external aid, particularly on India and China. This is when India and China have shown their support through medical assistance to Africa. As we know, both India and China are Asia's largest economies and also the long standing partners of African continent. Further, China and India are Africa's first and second single largest trading partners in 2018, which accounted for almost 21% of total African trade. However, in this news article, authors highlight the different approaches of India and China in assisting Africa during this global pandemic. So they point out that for China, three aspects are very critical. The first one is money, political influence, and elite level wealth creation. Second, strong state-to-state relations. And third one is hard infrastructure projects and resource extraction. In a complete contrast to this, India's approach focuses on people-to-people ties, building local capacities, and an equal partnership with Africans and not merely with elite people of Africa. So in this context, first, let us see how China supported the African continent during the pandemic. See, China has provided medical equipment, testing kits, ventilators, medical masks to several African countries. In addition, Jack Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba Group, donated three rounds of anti-corona virus supplies. Authors termed this donation as China's billionaire philanthropy. In addition, Chinese embassies across Africa have coordinated both public and private donations to local stakeholders. Here, authors again point out that the primary motive of such donations is only to raise China's profile as a leading provider of humanitarian assistance and public goods in the global public health sector. Authors also termed this as Beijing's donation diplomacy. This diplomacy is aimed to achieve three immediate objectives which favor China. According to the authors, the first one is shifting away the focus about the origins of virus. We all know that many countries have blamed China for this COVID-19 pandemic, and even many countries like America termed this virus as Wuhan virus or China virus. So the first objective of this Beijing's donation diplomacy is shifting away the focus about the origin of coronavirus. The second objective is building overseas goodwill and third one is to establish an image makeover. So we all know that many countries are worried about Chinese investment, Chinese diplomacy, Chinese military expansionism. So through this donation diplomacy, China is trying for an image makeover so that it can establish itself as a global public health provider. So according to authors, China almost succeeded in achieving these objectives. But this success was pulled back by the ill treatment of African nationals in the Guangzhou city of China. See this Guangzhou city in Guangdong province has China's largest African community. So what happened is in April 2020, Chinese authorities in that province forcibly tested Africans for coronavirus and even ordered them to self-isolate after quarantine in designated hotels. Then landlords evicted these African residents and forced many of them to sleep on the street. Even many hotels, shops and restaurants in the region refused African customers. It is said that other foreign groups in China have not been subjected to similar treatment. Only the people of African continent have been ill treated like this. So this ill treatment received a widespread backlash and created a political crisis in China. However, China was able to control this narrative using its political influence in Africa. So according to authors, the China's donation diplomacy towards Africa has received a mixed response. So far we have seen how China supported African continent during COVID-19 pandemic. Now let us focus on India's support to African continent. As you know, Africa holds a central place in India's foreign policy and economic policy. In recent years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made state visits to Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa. In addition, if you remember, India is planning to open as many as 18 new embassies in the African continent. All these initiatives reaffirm India's commitment towards enhancing its cordial diplomatic relations with the African continent. So according to authors, the pandemic presents another opportunity for India to demonstrate its willingness and capacity to undertake more responsibility. This is because even with limited resources, India is fighting the virus domestically as well as helping developing countries which are in need. This demonstration by India showcases India's status as a responsible and reliable global stakeholder. Further, we know that India is widely acknowledged for its role as the pharmacy of world and a supplier of low-cost generic medicines. So according to authors, pharmaceutical products along with the refined petroleum products account for more than 40% of India's total exports to African markets. Apart from these initiatives and these helping measures, one of the most India's notable initiatives is Mission Sagar. So what is Mission Sagar? See Mission Sagar is government's outreach during this COVID-19 pandemic. See, under this Mission Sagar, food items, medicines, special Ayurvedic medicines were provided to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Camaros. Along with these items, medical assistance teams were also sent to these countries. See, this Mission Sagar is in line with India's role as the first responder in the Indian Ocean region. Authors also talk about an important initiative called EITEC. So what is ITEC? So know that ITEC is Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Program. This was set up in 1964 as a bilateral program fully funded by Government of India. Under ITEC and its sister programs like Special Common Wealth African Assistance Program, 161 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, as well as specific and small island countries are invited to share in the Indian developmental experience which India had acquired over six decades as a free country. So Government has started an extension program called EITEC wherein training is imparted in partner countries by Indian institutes online in real time. Under this EITEC program, the classrooms are shifted to partner countries and tailor-made courses are delivered by Indian faculties through videoconferencing. During this pandemic times, under EITEC management strategies and training webinars are being provided. These are exclusively aimed at training healthcare professionals from Africa and Sark Nations and sharing the best practices by Indian health experts. As a result of these different activities, the other countries get to know about the competence of India as a provider of technical know-how and technical expertise. These programs have generated immense goodwill and substantive cooperation among the developing countries. And India's help to Africa include some prominent Indian businessmen and companies in countries like Nigeria, Kenya have donated money to respect to national emergency funds for tackling this pandemic. These are some of the India's support measures and friendly measures to Africa during the pandemic discussed by the others. So far we have discussed about India's and China's approach towards Africa in extending their help. Based on this discussion, you can infer that both India and China through their health and donation diplomacy are making their own space and positioning themselves as reliable partners of Africa. But others point out that their approaches are stark different and contrasting in nature. Hence, others conclude that these two models will come under great scrutiny and both the countries might find that they need to adapt to the rising aspirations of people of African continent. With this, we come to end of this news article. We spoke about China's help to Africa, India's help to Africa and how their approaches differed, etc. In the coming world, Africa is going to play a very important geopolitical role in both the United Nations as well as security of the world. In the future world, Africa is going to play a crucial role in the United Nations as well as international forums. We all know that America and Britain are the powerful countries and even permanent members in UN Security Council. But African countries together supported Mauritius in the Chagos Island dispute and even passed a resolution against the global powers. Now that you can understand how African countries and their representations in international fora are going to play a very important role. So in India's context, we all know that India is rising to be a next superpower and even aspiring to become a member of UNSC as well. In this scenario, India needs the support of all African countries to establish itself as a global superpower. This is all about this news article. The displayed practice main question will be discussed at the end of the session. Let us move ahead with this news article. This discussion is going to be based on this news article which talks about Mansoong. According to this news article, IMD announced that Mansoong has arrived in Kerala on June 1st. This is 4 days earlier than what IMD had predicted or forecasted. That is, initially IMD forecasted that Mansoong will arrive in Kerala around June 5th. But it came 4 days earlier, that is on June 1st. But know that June 1st is the date on which Mansoong normally sets over the state of Kerala. In this context, IMD also updated about a nascent cyclone named Nisargha developing in Arabian Sea. This cyclone Nisargha is likely to hit coastline of Nartan Maharashtra and southern Gujarat by June 3rd. It is also said that the presence of cyclone near landmass during Mansoong could delay and block the progress of Mansoong. In this context, let us discuss about the onset of southwest Mansoong, cyclone Nisargha and even the effect of cyclone on Mansoong. The syllabus relevant for this discussion is given here for your reference. If you recollect, we have studied in our childhood that Mansoong has originated from the word called Mausim or Mausam, which means season in Arabic. See this Mansoong is mostly related to seasonal reversals of wind direction along the shores of Indian Ocean, especially in the Arabian Sea. See this Mansoong blows from southwest during one half of the year and from the northeast during the other half. So simply put, the Mansoons are seasonal winds which reverse the direction with a change of season. So we can say that Mansoong is a double system of seasonal winds. First they flow from sea to land during summer. That is southwest Mansoong and from land to sea during winter, which is called northeast Mansoong. In this context, it is important to note that Mansoons are more pronounced and predominant in Indian subcontinent compared to any other region. We can also say that seasons in India are classified according to Mansoons. As we all know, India primarily has four seasons. They are winter season, that is January and February, pre-Mansoong season, March to May, southwest Mansoong season, June to September and northeast Mansoong season that is October to December. Now we shall see the factors responsible for formation of southwest Mansoong. One important factor responsible for the formation of southwest Mansoong is intense heating of Tibetan Plateau. The other important factor which can be attributed to Mansoons is high pressure area developed near Madagascar in southern Indian Ocean. The other factors that influence the Mansoons are El Nino, Madan Julian Oscillation, Indian Ocean Dipole, Somalia Jet Stream, etc. So what exactly happens during summer in Northern Hemisphere? See, in Northern Hemisphere, during summer, sun's position is apparently over Tropic of Cancer, that is 23.5 North latitude. Due to high temperatures and overheating, a low pressure area develops in central issue where this Tropic of Cancer passes through. At the same time, pressure over Indian Ocean is sufficiently high. This is due to differential heating of land and water. So this temperature variation between sea and the landmarks causes the action that is flow of winds. See, this temperature variation between the sea and land mass causes the action that is winds flow from ocean to land mass. This results in southwest Mansoons. So I'm repeating this once again. See, what happens is the pressure over the land mass that is India and Tibetan Plateau will be considerably less when compared to pressure in oceanic part of Indian Ocean. So we all studied that wind flow from high pressure area to low pressure area. So what happens is from high pressure area that is in Indian Ocean, the wind flows from here to the low pressure area on the land mass that is on Indian subcontinent. So this movement of winds from high pressure area in Indian Ocean to low pressure area in Indian subcontinent is called Southwest Mansoons. Know that the Southwest Mansoons brings intense rainfall to most of the regions in India and this happens mostly in the months of June to August or September. The months October, November, December, January, February are cooling period or cool seasons across India. So now what happens is a high pressure system gets developed over the land mass and a low pressure system gets developed in the ocean part. So exactly opposite is happening now. Now wind moves from high pressure area to low pressure area. So now wind moves from land mass to sea part. This is called Northeast Mansoons. This Northeast Mansoons brings rainfall to mainly southeastern coast of India like Tamil Nadu, part of Andhra Pradesh, etc. This is all about formation of Southwest Mansoons on Northeast Mansoons. Let us discuss about the onset of Southwest Mansoons. See, know that the Southwest Mansoons arrives in two branches. The first one is Arabian Sea Branch and second one is Bay of Bengal Branch. This Arabian branch extends toward a low pressure area over the Thar desert in Rajasthan and it is considerably stronger than Bay of Bengal Branch. Typically this Mansoon arrives over Indian territory by 25th May by striking the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal first. It strikes the Indian mainland around June 1st near the Malabar coast of Kerala. That is what mentioned in the news article. By June 9th, it reaches Mumbai. It appears over Delhi by June 29th. The Bay of Bengal Branch which initially tracks Kormandal coast from Cape Komorin to Odisha and moves ahead towards Indo-Gagetic plain. Then this Arabian Sea Branch that is West Branch moves northeast towards the Himalayas. By the first week of July, the entire country experiences the Mansoon Rain. When we were discussing about formation of Northeast Mansoons we said that by September or October high pressure area develops over landmass and low pressure area develops over sea part. So what happens is the pressure system is interchanged. That is high pressure area becomes low pressure area and low pressure area becomes high pressure area. So consequently this Mansoon retreats from western Rajasthan by first week of September. By the middle of December, the center of low pressure is completely removed from Peninsular India. So when there is no low pressure region winds won't move from high pressure to low pressure. So when there is no low pressure region on landmass winds won't come. That is we call it as end of southwest Mansoon. In this context, let us discuss about Cyclone Nisarga. Nisarga is a developing tropical cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea. This is moving northward at a speed of 4 km per hour and is currently 550 km away from Mumbai. It is expected to make landfall on June 3rd along Konkan coast. Dear viewers, we have discussed in depth about Cyclones and their formation and different types of Cyclones in our 20th May Hindu analysis video. If you have any doubts regarding Cyclonic formations and different types of Cyclones watch that video to get a detailed understanding about Cyclones. So what are the effects of the Cyclone Nisarga on the southwest Mansoon? See, usually the Cyclones which emerge in Arabian Sea during this time interferes with normal progression of Mansoon. This interference could delay or even break the Mansoon. For example, the Cyclone Vayu which hit Gujarat last year formed a low pressure area in Arabian Sea just after the onset of southwest Mansoon over Kerala. So because of this low pressure area formed by Cyclone Vayu the Mansoon winds were not able to move forward till the dissipation of Cyclone. On the similar lines, the Cyclone Nisarga is expected or believed to break or delay the Mansoon over the Indian landmarks. The displayed practice question is discussed at the end of the session. With this, we conclude this news article. Let us take up another news article. Let us take up this question. This question is based on this news article which talks about presiding officers of both Lok Sabha and Raj Sabha. We know that each House of Parliament that is both Lok Sabha and Raj Sabha have their own presiding officers. There is Speaker and Deputy Speaker for Lok Sabha and Chairman and Deputy Chairman for Raj Sabha. In the news article, it is mentioned that the Speaker of Lok Sabha and Chairman of Raj Sabha are discussing the options on the meetings of Lok Sabha and Raj Sabha during Mansoon session. They are planning to conduct the meetings of Lok Sabha and Raj Sabha on alternative days to decongest the Parliament and to ensure the social distancing norms. In this context, let us discuss in brief about the presiding officers of Lok Sabha and Raj Sabha. That is the Speaker of Lok Sabha and Chairman of Raj Sabha. Coming to the Speaker of Lok Sabha, he or she is elected by the Lok Sabha from amongst its members. Whenever the office of Speaker falls vacant, the Lok Sabha elects another member to fill the vacancy. In general, the date of election is fixed by the President. Additionally, know that the Speaker remains in office during the life of Lok Sabha and even beyond that. In this context, it should be noted that whenever the Lok Sabha is dissolved, the Speaker does not vacate his office. He continues to be in office till the newly elected Lok Sabha meets. So, to understand this, we will see an example. Consider that the present Lok Sabha has dissolved in the month of July. That is the coming month. And elections happened in the month of August and new Lok Sabha met in, say, September. Even though the existing Lok Sabha dissolved in the month of July, the Speaker continues to be in his office until the next Lok Sabha meets and elects a new Speaker. This is very important in Plim's perspective. Coming to his powers and functions, know that the Speaker is head of Lok Sabha and its representative. He is considered the guardian of powers, the privileges of members and the House as a whole and its committees as well. He is the principal spokesperson of House and his decisions in all parliamentary matters are final. In order of Presidents, he is placed at 7th rank along with Chief Justice of India. It means he is placed even above all the Cabinet Ministers except Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Coming to his duties, the Speaker of Lok Sabha derives his powers and duties from three sources. They are the Constitution of India, the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of Lok Sabha and Parliamentary Conventions. When we talk about Parliamentary Conventions, they mean the residuary powers that are unwritten are unspecified in the rules. Some of the duties or functions include he maintains order and decorum in the House for conducting business and regulating its proceedings. He adjourns the House or suspends the meeting in absence of quorum. Whenever a joint sitting of two Houses is summoned by the President, the Speaker of the House presides over the joint sitting and not the Chairman of the House. So, we all know that mostly the Speaker comes from the ruling party. To ensure the independence and impartiality of the Speaker, there are few provisions in the Constitution. The first one is the Speaker is provided with security of tenure. It means he can be removed from office only on a resolution in Lok Sabha passed by a majority of all the then members of the House. Here the key word is then. This is also called Effective Majority. See, for example, we all know that there are 545 members in House of Lok Sabha. Assume that there are 45 vacancies. It means there are only 500 MPs as of now in Lok Sabha. So, when we talk about then members or effective majority, it means they remove the vacancies from total number. So, in this example, taking out 45 vacancies, the existing MPs are 500. To remove the Speaker, at least 251 people should vote in favor of this resolution of removing Speaker. Only then the Speaker is considered to be removed from his office. This is also called Effective Majority. Don't confuse this with Simple Majority. When we talk about Simple Majority, it means a majority of members present and voting in the House. Suppose if there are 300 people present in the House today, a majority means 151 people. So, if 151 people votes, it is called Simple Majority. But to remove the Speaker of the House, we need Effective Majority, which means a majority of then members of the House. In addition, his salaries and allowances are fixed by the Parliament and charged upon the Consulate Fund of India and not subjected to vote of Parliament. His work and conduct cannot be discussed and criticized in Lok Sabha except on a substantive motion. His powers of regulating procedure or conducting business or maintaining the order in the House is not subjected to jurisdiction of any court, including Supreme Court. And coming to Raj Sabha, we all know that the Vice President is the ex-officer Chairman of Raj Sabha. So, whoever is elected as Vice President of India, he invariably presides over the Raj Sabha. As a presiding officer, the powers and functions of Chairman of Raj Sabha are mostly same as that of the Speaker in Lok Sabha. However, there are few differences which we will discuss now. The first difference is only Speaker of Lok Sabha can decide whether a bill is money bill or not. Regarding this, the Chairman of Raj Sabha has no say. And we already discussed that whenever a joint sitting of Parliament is summoned by the President, only the Speaker can preside over the joint sitting and the Chairman of Raj Sabha cannot preside. Even in case of absence of Speaker, only Deputy Speaker can preside over the joint sitting and not the Chairman of Raj Sabha. Unlike the Speaker, who happens to be the Member of Lok Sabha, the Chairman is not a Member of Raj Sabha. This is one of the key differences between the Speaker of Lok Sabha and Chairman of Raj Sabha. Speaker is a Member of Parliament, but Chairman is not a Member of Parliament in Raj Sabha. With this information, let us address the given question. The first statement is incorrect because only a Member of Lok Sabha can become Speaker and the Members of Raj Sabha cannot be the Speakers of Lok Sabha. Coming to statement two, he or she can remove only by resolution passed in the Lok Sabha by a majority of Members present and voting in the House. We discussed in detail about the removal process of Speaker. We said that to remove the Speaker, the majority needed is effective majority, that is majority of then Members in the House. So in a given statement, it is said that a majority of Members present and voting in the House, which amounts to simple majority. So this statement is incorrect since the Speaker can be removed only by an effective majority. The Chairman of Raj Sabha presides over the Joint sitting of both the Houses when Lok Sabha Speaker is not available or absent. This statement is also incorrect because Chairman of Raj Sabha cannot preside over the Joint sitting of the Parliament. In absence of Speaker, only Deputy Speaker can preside over the Joint sitting of Parliament. In case if both Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha are not available for Joint sitting, the Deputy Chairman of Raj Sabha will preside over the Joint sitting. So first, the Speaker, if Speaker is not available, then it is Deputy Speaker. If Deputy Speaker is also not available, then the Deputy Chairman of Raj Sabha will preside over the Joint sitting. You can infer that the Chairman of Raj Sabha cannot preside over the Joint sitting of Parliament. So the correct answer is Option D, 1, 2 and 3 since we are supposed to identify the incorrect statements. Let us move ahead with next news article. Let us take up this question. Yesterday the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister took several decisions to tackle the economic impacts of COVID-19. So in that high-powered meeting, one important decision is special micro-crate facility scheme for street vendors. Yes, we are talking about Prime Minister street vendors Atman Erbar Nidhi, PM Svanidhi scheme. So what is this PM Svanidhi scheme or street vendors Atman Erbar Nidhi? See, it is a special micro-crate facility scheme launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. See, we all know that street vendors are one of the most affected economic groups due to pandemic-imposed lockdown. So this scheme is aimed to enable street vendors to resume work and earn livelihood by providing affordable loan. Know that the scheme targets to benefit over 50 lakh street vendors in urban areas. The duration of the scheme is till March 2022. It means the scheme is having a sunset clause of 2022 March. For the first time, the street vendors from rural areas are being included as beneficiaries under an urban livelihood program. So this is very important because we have separate livelihood program for rural areas that is Magna Reka and we have different schemes for people in urban areas. But this scheme aims to include even rural area people in urban livelihood program. So under this scheme, vendors can avail a working capital loan up to Rs. 10,000 and this amount can be repaid in monthly instalments in a tenure of one year. If a vendor pays money before the due date an interest subsidy of 7% per annum will be created to the vendor's bank account. This will be done through direct benefit transfer on a six-monthly basis. To make the scheme reach many street vendors to increase the outreach and speedy implementation of the scheme an online portal as well as a mobile application are also being developed. This IT platform will also help in integrating vendors into formal financial system. And also this platform will integrate with Udhyami Mitra portal of CIDB for create management as well as PISA portal of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Here it is important to know about Udhyami Mitra portal and PISA portal. See this Udhyami Mitra portal was launched by CIDB that is Small Industries Development Bank of India in 2017. This portal is aimed to improve accessibility of credit and hand-holding services to MSMEs. On coming to PISA portal PISA stands for Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access. This is an initiative under Dean Dayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihoods Mission under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. We just discussed that if a vendor repays the loan within the due date and interest subsidy of 7% is given this interest subsidy is charnalled through this PISA portal of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Also know that the lending institutions under this Swanidhi scheme also include NBFCs, MFIs, Self-Help Groups, etc. It is said that the urban local bodies will play a pivotal role in implementation of this scheme. With this information let's try to address the given question. Here three statements are given about Swanidhi scheme and we are supposed to identify the correct statements. By looking at the question we can say that the correct answer is option D, 1, 2, and 3. Since all the three statements are correct and we just discussed all the three statements. Let us move ahead with this news article. Let us take up this question with reference to Bar Council of India which among the following statements is or are correct? Three statements are given and we should identify the correct statements. Before answering the question we shall see what is Bar Council of India? This question has been framed on this opiate column which talks about recent tussle between Bar Council of India and Supreme Court Bar Association. So what is the issue? So the issue is that the Bar Council of India passed a resolution staying Supreme Court Bar Association's decision to suspend its secretary. So due to some issue Supreme Court Bar Association suspended its own secretary. In this context Bar Council of India has asked Supreme Court Bar Association to stay its decision of suspending its own secretary. In response Supreme Court Bar Association countered that the Bar Council of India has no power or no authority to control any Bar Association in the country including the Supreme Court Bar Association. Regarding this counter statement by Supreme Court Bar Association the BCIR the Bar Council of India has issued a show cost notice to the Supreme Court Bar Association president for refusing to act on its resolution. So in this context let us see what is Bar Council of India. See the Bar Council of India is a statutory body established by parliament under the Advocates Act of 1961. See this body was established to regulate and represent the Indian Bar. See the Bar means the profession of barrister or it represents the lawyers collectively. So what are the functions of the Bar Council of India according to Advocates Act of 1961? See the Bar Council of India performs the regulatory function by prescribing standards of professional conduct and etiquette. It also exercises disciplinary jurisdiction over the Bar. In addition, it sets standards for legal education and grants recognition to universities whose degree in law will serve as a qualification for enrollment as an advocate. Further, the Bar Council of India performs certain representative functions by protecting the rights, privileges and interests of advocates. In addition, the Advocates Act of 1961 provides first statutory functions and it covers the Bar Council's regulatory and representative mandate for legal profession and legal education in India. So using the powers issued under Section 7 of this Act, the Bar Council of India asked Supreme Court Bar Association to stop the process of removing the Secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association. The other important functions of Bar Council of India are given here for your reference. Also know that the Bar Council of India can constitute funds for different activities like giving financial assistance for welfare schemes for poor, disabled or other advocates, giving legal aid or for establishing law libraries. Next, coming to Chairman and Vice Chairman of Bar Council of India know that BCI elects its own Chairman and Vice Chairman for a period of two years. It consists of members elected from each State Bar Council for a period of five years. Here, it is important to note that Attorney General of India and Solicitor General of India are ex-officer members of Bar Council of India. With this information, let's take up the given question. See, the first statement says that the BCI is a statutory body. Yes, this statement is correct because BCI is established under the provisions of Advocates Act of 1961. The second statement says that the Attorney General and Solicitor General of India are its ex-officer members. Yes, this is also correct. And coming to third statement, it says that the BCI can constitute funds for providing financial assistance to organize welfare schemes for indigent advocates. Indigent means poor or needy people. This is also correct statement. Hence, the correct answer is option D, 1, 2, and 3. Let us take up brilliant practice questions. Consider the following. Three factors are given here. Which of the factors given above favor the southwest monsoon? If you see the first one, formation of high pressure system over Tibetan and Siberian Plateaus. The first one is incorrect. This is because a high pressure system over Tibetan and Siberian Plateaus favor northeast monsoon and not southwest monsoon. While discussing about news article, we said that when there is low pressure area on land mass, the wind moves from high pressure region that is the oceanic part to land part. So the wind from high pressure region that is the ocean part. From here, it moves to land part. So it becomes southwest monsoon. The wind enters India from southwest direction. So it is called southwest monsoon. So the statement 1 is incorrect because a low pressure system favor southwest monsoon and not high pressure system. By eliminating statement 1, you can arrive at the answer that is option B 213 only. However, we also discussed the factors 213 in detail. Coming to second one, formation of high pressure near Madagascar. This is correct because when there is high pressure system in the oceanic part, the wind from there moves to land and forms a southwest monsoon. So statement 2 is correct. And coming to third one, a positive Indian Ocean Dipole. So what is Indian Ocean Dipole? See, we have discussed in depth about Indian Ocean Dipole in our 31st May video. However, we'll have a brief recap regarding Indian Ocean Dipole or IOD. See, IOD refers to difference in sea surface temperatures between tropical western Indian Ocean and tropical southeastern Indian Ocean. So when temperature in western part that is Arabian side part, if temperature is higher on that side, we call it as positive IOD. When temperature on eastern side is more that is southeastern part, we call it as negative IOD. When a positive phase is formed, that is positive IOD, this will bring heavy rainfall in India and East Africa. But it leads to drought in Indian Ocean region. Similarly, when negative IOD forms that is high temperature on eastern side, it brings heavy rain to Indonesian region and droughts to Indian and East African regions. So based on this, you can understand that a positive Indian Ocean Dipole favors southwest monsoon. Therefore, the correct answer is option B, 2 and 3 only. Let us take up the next question. This question is based on our discussion regarding minimum support price. So the question says, with reference to minimum support price, consider the following statements. Two statements are given and we should identify the correct statements. The statement one, the central government fixes the MSP based on the recommendations of CACP. Yes, the statement one is correct. However, note that the recommendations are only advisory in nature and central government can increase or decrease the prices recommended by the commission for agricultural costs and prices. Coming to statement two, Paddy, wheat, cotton, sunflower and raw jute are covered under MSP. Yes, the statement two is also correct. So the correct answer for this question is option C, both 1 and 2. Let us take up this main question. During COVID-19 pandemic, both India and China are trying or tried to position themselves as reliable partners of Africa. Discuss. Dear viewers, please write the answers and send them to us. We will evaluate and get back to you with necessary feedback. With this, we conclude today's news analysis. 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Hey, this is Brett, and this 2021 Chevy Silverado 2500 Crew Cab Short Box Custom is stock number 1-4294Z. I am here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. You're new and used heavy-duty truck headquarters. This 2021 Chevy Silverado has the 6.6-liter V8 gas engine, puts out 401 horsepower. It's paired up with a six-speed automatic transmission. This truck has been fully-safetyed and inspected by our service shop per the state of Wisconsin inspection process that has a fresh oil and filter change, all the fluids have been checked and topped off, and this truck is 100% ready to go. I'm going to go all the way around in this video, inside, underneath, start it up, take a look under the hood, and just give you the most accurate representation that I can of the vehicle. Also, go over all the options. Black clear coats of color. I show all my videos in 4K. 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Passengers' side front fender, absolutely perfect. And the passengers' side front wheel, no major scuffs or scrapes. Looks really good. Now, as you go down this side of this truck, just take note of how nice this paint is and how clean the body is. Look at that. Look how mirror-like that paint is. I take these HD videos so if you're far away or even if you're close by and you just cannot make the trip down but you're still interested in purchasing the vehicle, you can see the truck, hear the truck, and have confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at before you even get here. So when you do get here, there's absolutely no surprises and you can make a smart and informed buying decision from wherever you're at. If this video helps you make that buying decision, let your salesman know that you saw the video that it was helpful and that Brett sent you. You get these side box steps on here.  Frame and underbody looks really good. Looks like it has been undercoated and the box rails all look really good as well. It's like that all the way underneath. Has all the remaining factory exhaust. And the lower rockers and cab corners look absolutely perfect. It has some nice step bars on there. And down the passenger side box, no major dents, no major dings. Really, really good. Coming around to the back, the rear bumper is in great shape. It does have the rear bumper steps. The full towing package, of course, with the receiver hitch four pin and seven pin wiring. Tailgate is in really nice condition. Believe it's the power drop down tailgate. Bed's got a little bit of light duty usage, but it is a truck. You get LED bed lights back here as well. And it does come with an auxiliary fuel tank. Look at that in just a second. Nothing a bedliner couldn't fix. Back here, coming around to the driver side, just as clean as that passenger side. Box looks really good. And for full disclosure, this back wheel, just as nice as the rest. That fuel tank, that is a 36 gallon fuel tank. You can see the model number and serial number there. Delta consolidated industries. Cab and doors all look really good. Look how a mirror like that paint is. Really nice truck. Has the heated telescopic tow mirrors, LED side lights, built in directional signals. They telescope out like so and fold in like that. Take a quick look at the back seats. Back seats are in nice shape. No rips or tears back here. It does have the latch child safety system for any child car seats you may have. The fixed glass rear window with the built in rear defrost. These headrests do fold down for better visibility if nobody's riding back here. These seats fold up. You get a almost completely flat floor back here and all weather floor mats. Very nice and clean as well. And you do get child safety locks on the back doors inside and bottoms of the doors all look really good. Show you the VIN sticker here. No previously owned in Canada trucks here as well as the trailering information sticker. And then the tire and loading information sticker. Inside the custom package gives you the black cloth interior, the 40, 20, 40 split bench seating in the front. No rips, no tears on those seats. They are in nice shape. Smells very clean inside this truck. Has the all weather floor mat up front. Auto headlamps, push button four wheel drive, power windows, locks and mirrors. And these mirrors might fold in. I'm not sure. We'll hop inside, check out the miles, radio and everything. Yeah, they do fold in. I always like showing both sides so you know that both sides are working properly. You can see that this one has 55,687 miles on it. You get a digital spinometer. Compass display, instrument cluster is very nice and clean. You get the cruise controls and forward collision warning controls on the left and Bluetooth and information center controls on the right. This one has the Chevy infotainment system on it and you get all your different audio controls. You get AM, FM and Sirius XM radio capabilities as well as Bluetooth capabilities. This one has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as well so you can project your cell phone to the screen and it's like you have nav right on the screen. And there is your backup camera. You can see that is working nicely as well. Down here are your volume, tune and climate controls.  Carpeting and floor mat are in fantastic condition as well. No rips or tears and the headliner is in really nice shape as well. You do get map lights up here on star and SOS buttons as well. Let's start it up and take a look under the hood. Starts right up. No check engine lights or anything like that. I wanted to turn those cargo lamps on so you can see the lights on the mirrors. There they are. Those LED side lights are very bright. 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Hey everyone and welcome to Norris Cove. Today, you guys, we will be doing our monthly budget for the month of December. I am a little late, but better late than never. Nonetheless, let's hop right into our monthly budget. Okay, so this will be for the month of December. I just highlighted that there. I'm guesstimating $3,200 for the month, but I'll start with hair. $3,200. Shopify, I don't anticipate anything for Shopify, but I am going to be making an announcement probably in my Facebook group and also on my Norris Cove Instagram of what I'm going to be doing going forward for 2022. And then for nails, if we're doing about, I'd say 60 a week, let's just leave it at $60, it's $240. And I'll put miscellaneous, but I don't see anything. Now normally I get gifts for Christmas, which for my customers, which are like tips, but I basically use that to pay for bills or Christmas gifts. That's how I've been doing it. This will probably be my last year doing it because I was doing so well with saving my tips in 2021. So I'll just do $200 here. Just never know. So let's do a little calculating. I really don't want to count that though, but let's calculate. So I have the total being $3640. So that's what we're anticipating for the month of December. Also, if you're new here, I pretty much start out with the most important things that are important to me. So on the 11th, we have car note number one, and that's 181.60. On the 20th, we have car note number two. Again, that's 181.60. And then on the 20th, again, we have a loan through the credit union, and that is $96.11. And then T-Mobile, my God. It's due like on the 20th or 21st, but I got some arrangements going on with that. So this month, I believe I'm at like $500 with them. And I don't know. I've tried, like I've paid off my phone. My daughter has a new phone. She still has a balance on her phone. I've tried to like get rid of some things, like just unnecessary, but it's just, I always forget to pay this bill, y'all. I don't know why. And so, but my bill roughly is about two something a month, but I just forget. Doubles and that is that. Barclays, we have that on the 18th. That is a credit card. I am over my balance. It include is interest. And I try to give them a hundred, if not more. Next up, we have Citibank. They too are over the limit limit. Again, interest kicked in. Let's see. I've been giving them, I think they're at like, I'm going to do 50 here. They may be less. Amazon. Amazon is doing the first, which has been paid, and that is $13.77. I no longer have cloth and paper that normally would fall around my first of the month things. I no longer have Lane Bryant. I paid that credit card off. I did pay off Victoria's secrets. So now I have Ulta. I'm looking at an old August monthly. So that's why I'm bringing up the old things. But Ulta, $35 that's been paid. Walmart, I know it's like $28. We have credit one. That's not on this one. And I think I did 30 there. And that's still like on the fourth. Canva is due on the seventh. That'll be coming out this week. And that is $13.77. And I'm gonna keep it. But I'm not really using Canva like that anymore. Next up, I have Insta Inc. I believe Insta Inc. comes out on the 15th and that's $19.99. Apple. So here's the thing with Apple, like a bill just came out like on the fourth. I don't know why they break it up to $3.49. So it's two payments to $3.49. So let's say $7. And then I think I paid $2.99 for storage. So that's I'll just put it at about $12. Because I actually need to get some more storage. Booth rents. I'm gonna have to normally it's $8. So I think it should be $900. But let me double check. 225 times four. Yeah, $900 for my booth rent. It has gone up. I used to pay $8 a month. It's not a month. Way fair. Now, with way fair, I really want to pay this down because this will include interest. I paid attention this time. It will include interest starting January 25. And I think I have a balance of like $3.75. So being that it is the holiday season, I'm going to give them $75. I'm trying to get that balance paid off. Shopify. Shopify has come in. My due date is the eighth, but they just take it out whenever they want to. And I really don't appreciate that about Shopify that came out this morning. And because I have not sold anything, I did have one shipment on there. It was like $34 and 73 set. So that's what I have so far. Let me double check to see if there's anything that I'm missing. Y'all, I forgot car insurance. Car insurance is $206. Sometimes it's $213. That is $206. Okay, Capital One. Gosh, I forgot them. I put them down. Capital One. I know they're doing the 15th. Car insurance is doing 28th. And Capital One, I want to give them 50. This month, I've already sent them like 20. I sent that to them today. So let's do some total. So my total comes out to $2,527.57. I feel like I'm missing something. And I say that all the time but I am like over it at this point. I really am. I'm tired of paying bills. It's like, it appears there's nothing left. But what I do want to do, I do want to get back into my cash envelope stuffing. I think the only thing that I will stuff for the month of December would probably be my savings. I want to do 50. And then my emergency fund because there are some things that I am looking forward to doing in 2022. And an emergency fund, I'm going to start with 50 with them. Because I do want to get that up to 1,000. I'm not worried about the cash envelopes right now. Y'all, I'm just out here trying to make it okay. And for those who are new, I used to try to zero base my budget. I can do it on paper. But it's just really not logical for me to zero base my budget. It's just not going to happen because I am self employed. So we're going to take this $2,527.57. And we're going to subtract it from the 3640. And that leaves me with $1,112.43 set. So I'm going to move that up here. So we should have that leftover. And then when we take that $100, that's basically 100 from it. That should leave us with $1,012.43 set. Like I said, I'm not trying to put in cash envelopes at the moment. What is left is probably what I'll spend on Christmas. And my basic needs like my miscellaneous items, you know, things for the house, things like that. And then starting in January, I will be back to cash stuffing because I do have some financial goals that I'm trying to reach in 2022. So let's pop this in. And I'm going to clean this out. I'm going to clean out this planner. I still haven't put this planner together for y'all, but it just works for me like this. Like I can kind of find everything. So yeah, so what I'll do, I'll go in and I'll put everything on a state off camera. And that way I don't hold you guys up. 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Today, agricultural supply chains are more extensive than ever. Food crosses countries and oceans, moving from producers to retailers to consumers. These dynamics create millions of jobs around the world, critical for livelihoods, economic growth and development. They also help developing countries' access markets, inputs, finance and technology, and contribute to diverse and healthy diets worldwide. However, at times there can be harmful impacts along the way that can take place from the farm to your table. Globally, the agricultural sector contributes up to 25% of all greenhouse gas emissions, uses approximately 70% of freshwater resources, accounts for 70% of child labour, and is a driver of global deforestation, accounting for up to 73% of tropical deforestation. Businesses in the agricultural sector have an important role to play in addressing these issues. The OECD FAO guidance for responsible agricultural supply chains is the global standard for responsible business conduct in the agricultural sector. It introduces a five-step framework for risk-based due diligence to support companies in managing risks while contributing to development. Step 1. Establish strong company management systems. Step 2. Identify, assess and prioritize risks in supply chains. Step 3. Design and implement a strategy to respond to risks. Step 4. Verify supply chain due diligence. Step 5. Report on supply chain due diligence. Preventing and mitigating risks can help promote inclusive and resilient growth. Doing business responsibly today builds a better future for people and our planet.


Does anybody know a good hairdresser? Mine is busy and I'm suffering terribly.  Grab your water. Wonder if I should close that blind back there. Is that too bright? Hang on. If anybody shows up, you're going to see the back of me because I'm going to close that blind. Much better, don't you think? Hi, Carol. Hi, Teresa. What's happening, kids? Now, I want to preface by saying, and I'll have to say this a couple of times, hi, Renee. You really do have a life. We all do, but sometimes we just need to have a chit-chat pet-a-whack each other, right? I should have worn a turntlec. Not bad, honey. I mean, what good is it going to do me if you guys are at work or at the market or at home goods or anywhere home I've got to talk to if you guys go anywhere? I should have worn something. I should put on something with a neck. Renee, relax, lady. Just all you know what I care about? I don't care about any of those things. Do you have your water? I have my water, and I'm going to preface this whole chit-chat wherever it takes us, that I have been so good on my water. Excuse me, this whole week, today included, that I might actually have to excuse myself from our talks just so I can go to the bathroom, Carol. It's beautiful here too, Carol. Oh my gosh, it's so, so beautiful. And I should be out walking, but we're going to talk about that in a minute. Tracy's got her water. Hi, Brenda. Hi, guys. And if anybody has anything in particular you want to talk about, bring it up, because we're here to talk about everything. Now, let's talk about the fact that I left my glasses. My spectacles in the living room. It's absolutely gorgeous here today. And I was in the living room. I just finished having lunch. And I've had a great week. I had to get on here, and I want to talk about how our weeks are going, how our water intake is going, how our points are going, how our tracking is going. Good for you, Teresa, right on.  I'm sorry. Oh, you guys can't even see what I'm doing right now. Just looks like I'm staring at myself. My hand is right here, and I'm trying to get something off. I want to talk about that. I want to talk about getting to know our bodies and kind of giving ourselves what it needs, when it needs it. Renee says she used a lot of extra points yesterday. You've been hungry. You've been hungry? Well, who went gardening? Who was gardening here? Was it Teresa or Carol?  I bet you have. Not me. I don't garden. And hi, Barbara. I'm so happy to see you. How's your week going? I honestly care. I want to know how everybody's week is going. Carol was working in the art. OK, that's right. Because she's out here with me in California, and it's just like the weather is so, so beautiful. Like I said, two minutes ago, I've been walking six miles every day. I've been walking all over to school in the morning, and then going for a mile and a half, coming home, doing my chores, doing my stuff. Yay, painting commissions. And so doing my housework or whatever it is I need to do. Yesterday, I kind of rearranged my kitchen, not my chicken, because I don't have any chickens. Because I have a collab that I am a part of, and I have to shoot it. But I am happy. Everything is good, but I just have to tell you guys I'm having. Because this is part of what I want to talk about is recognizing when we have to take a break somewhere in our routine. Because I'm very routine oriented. That's what keeps me trekking. I keep it simple. My routine is simple. It's kiss. Keep it simple. Shweebert, Simon, Sunshine, SSS. I keep it so incredibly simple. But having a routine makes keeping it simple, simple. So here's what's happening. For those of you who are regulars here, thank you. If anybody wants to hit the like for me, I would love that. But if your hands are busy, your washing dishes, your cleaning the toilet, that's OK too. It's not that important. So OK, so here's how my day was progressing, and that's why I chose to call in the Patty Wack Party. So like I said, the walking, everything's been going great. I've had a great week. I'm just thrilled with it. But with my breakout of my skin, I often forget that my skin, my psoriatic arthritis, my skin is, when I have a breakout with my skin, my bones are bothering me too. And therefore, I get kind of lethargic, and I get kind of tired.  Get in your car, drive to the park, and walk. Which is what I was doing when I was in the living room, and he said, hey, lady, what are you doing? And I thought you were working out. Barbara, it's OK.  I just had an epiphany that I want to get out there in case anybody else needs to have the same epiphany. So I was like, it's a beautiful day. It's perfect for walking. You're on a walking streak. It's only going to help the scale on Friday. So I'm having this angel-devil conversation. And then when I realized last night, I had a horrible breakout with my hands, self-induced, which I'll tell you about in a minute. And I realized that I'm not being lazy, because that's how I was talking to myself. Quit being lazy.  I'm not being lazy. My body is asking me for right now to just stay home. Just relax. Give it a break. It's not feeling so good, even though my brain's good. And you know what, you guys? I would much rather have the upstairs be working and maybe the downstairs not so much, because I can override that. So you know what? I'm going to wait. And Oliver will be home from school in about an hour and a half. And then this evening, when Steve comes home, if my bones and my body are feeling like, no, it's OK. Nobody be sorry, you guys. It's OK.  Does it suck?  But it's OK. I don't want you guys to be sorry, even though I love you for being sorry. But I love having this realization that I'm not being lazy.  This is what my body is asking me to do, to just give it a break for right now. Lady, you've been walking, walking, walking for the last two days.  So I am here with you guys taking a break. Here's to you. Do you have your water? Oh my gosh, eight minutes into this. And I have not asked you guys if you have your water. I did it early on because I told you that. I drank so much water this week, already today too, that I sat next close to my bathroom in case I have to take a break. So let me come in and say hi to everybody when I take a drink. I'm such a nitwit. Let me just tell you. Hi, Esther. And where are you? Teresa says, I had to change to online, so I won't be able to go to the meetings because of money, so I hope it goes OK. Teresa, we here at the YouTube WW community totally have your back, honey. It's going to go fine. Nothing to worry about. I can direct you to my pal Sandy, who does online meetings every Saturday. She'll give you the whole rundown. And I find that her rundowns are sometimes better than my meeting because at my meeting, we're all like been there forever. So sometimes we all just kind of start talking about whatever we feel like talking about and stray from whatever watchers would have us talk about. So yeah, and if you need, let's get fit with Sandy. She's excellent at going over the meeting. And like I said, we've got your back. So anything you need, you ask us, OK? That's because that's why I'm here so that I can feel important like I'm helping somebody do something because I've never felt that way in my life. It is. You know what, Renee? Here's the thing. Renee says it's hard to deal with. If I can have this frame of mind and remember that I just need to cut myself some slack, that it's not my choice that I'm feeling like this, I would deal with it so much better. So if I ever need you guys to kick me in the butt and remind me a minute, you're not choosing to be lazy. You're doing the best you can. You're always welcome to do so. Hello, Susan Eddonfield. Done with workout. You know what, I need to go to Costco. Hi, Suze. Hi, Suze. I'm so happy to see you. AM says when my thyroid is off, I have no energy and talk.  See, I knew. See, it's always good when I come on here when I'm having these thoughts because you guys pack me up.  Oh, I don't have a load. I am. I'm sitting here in my little, my little, you're like force-gump with all the walking. I just walk, walk. But it feels good. It's good for my brain. This is our meetings. Oh, I wish that were so. If I'm helping with anybody with anything. And if anybody has any questions, if anybody pops in that's new, say hi, introduce yourself. Because this is the swell gang right here. These are on my buddies. Run, I need to run. Esther says I'm getting nervous. We are going on vacation next week eating out for most meals. So Esther, here's the thing about Esther. Esther knows the program. When you look at your, I don't even have to say anything to you. I'm not even going to say anything to you because I feel like that would be offensive. Because you have been doing this so long. And isn't it funny how we do that? We get nervous, but then it's like every time I talk about Friday nights that Steve and I are going to Don Cucos. And I'm like, oh, I don't know what to do. I want to have my salad. And I want to have this and I want to have that.  I bring the other half home. I have two bites of his salad. And it always works out. And it's going to work out for you too, my friend.  This I'm saying with the whole heart. And I'm looking you straight in the eye. You've had a rough couple of years. And just enjoy it. Please get any enjoyment that you can out of your vacation.  I'm going to get back. Wipe down the cart. Oh, you guys, I don't want to talk about the virus. It's all everybody's talking about. Theresa, talk about whatever you want. I'm just kidding. Theresa's money is tight. My unemployment ended. I need a job. So hard to find one here. I'm sorry, Theresa. I wish I had an answer to that. I am wanting to work so bad. Luckily, thankfully, I don't.  Because every time I think I'm good to go and work, I can't. Because I can't hold anything. I can't hold money. I can't hold prescriptions. The last thing anybody wants me is holding their stuff. Hi, Tracy. Esther, tell us about your vacation. Where are you going? What are you doing? I took many months off. Just restarted one and a half months now. We will be in California, but still not close enough to you. Ding, dang. Well, you're coming at a good time, because it's just beautiful out here right now. So this is when I'm wanting the lighting. And it's kind of funky, huh? Hi, Rachel. So I went. I've been marketing. And I found a seasoning packet the other day for, I think it said fajita salad seasoning, something to that effect for the slow cooker. And I've been taking every bit of convenience in the kitchen that I can so that I can cook so Steve doesn't have to. Because when these are this bad, literally, nobody wants me cooking and I don't want to cook. And the poor guy works all day. I don't want him to have to cook. So anyways, long story longer, I got the seasoning. And I got the cans. And it basically was seasoning for our good old WW taco soup that some of us make into like chili by keeping the broth out and whatnot. That's what it was. It was so delicious. It was just the seasoning, two cans of diced tomato, which I got first wrong, one of them with jalapeno, can of black beans, can of corn, and chicken, all diced up in the slow cooker. Perfect, right? Delicious, delicious, so delicious.  Because Steve had me thinking straight out that, hi, Sandy. Yay, I'm so glad you're here. Well, what do you know, lady? Oh, Susie, thank you. It's only because the girl who cuts my hair, she got a new job at a medical building, medical office, I'm sorry. And I can't get anybody to do anything with it, so I kind of have no choice. So OK, so let me finish my story. Sandy, do you have your water?  Because I can see you. Some of you don't have your water. So I was so thrilled. Steve didn't have to make dinner for anybody. Oliver was at the movies with his friends. It tasted delicious.   And right about bedtime, we would have been really early here. I mean, we would have been at like quarter to nine. We put Oliver in his bed. We get in our bed. We turn off all the lights. We say, good night, Mary Ellen. Good night, John Boy. Good night, Oliver. And we call it a night, even though I lay in bed with my earbuds in. My hands flared up so horrendously, you guys. I was literally ripping them up. Steve finally grabbed me and he grabbed. I have this. I was going to show you guys, but I don't know. Oh, I have to keep the gloves here from such things. And I mean, it was horrendous. It was really bad. And I told him. I said, it's the tomatoes and the peppers. Because I've known that because I'm not completely dumb, because he's been telling me, no, I think all your hands is the stress. You're stressed out about everything. You're born stressed out. So eat the tomatoes. I can't eat the tomatoes. And it sucks, because there's zero points on the Green Plan. Myself said everything. So why did I start to tell you guys this? Oh, because I was so excited that Steve didn't have to make dinner. Hi, Christy. Are you sneaking in from work? Should we keep it down? Shh. I'm glad you guys are here. So anybody who just rolled in, Christy, Sandy, the reason I wanted to get on here and talk was because I was giving myself negative talk a little bit earlier. I've been walking a lot this week, even though nobody's challenged me to go on their walking challenges. Just saying, I don't need no stinking challenges, because I've been walking six miles a day of mine myself. OK? Just teasing you guys. Sandy knows what I'm talking about. And after lunch, the weather was beautiful. I was giving myself negative, negative talk about not getting out walking. And my body just isn't up to it today. So I'm like taking that into consideration. Esther gets major neck and shoulder pain when she's stressed. Yeah, it affects us all in different ways, doesn't it? I don't know. I'm just so over this. Hand caca la poro. I just, like I have that collab I need to do. I want to just do a regular cook with me. I rearranged my whole kitchen, because it looks so cute for my next cook with me, and I can't do anything. I can stir, but I can't hold a knife. I can't hold. I can't do anything. It's ridiculous. So how's everybody else's week going on the program? Are you guys tracking? Are you drinking tens of water like I have been doing?  That's why I have so many of them, because those are easy to hold on to. Bye, Renee. Thanks for popping in. And if you want to cover in the background, you can't. Susan got a blue dot. I hear that's awesome, Susan. Great job. I hear that the meetings are about blue dots this week, I think. Is that what Kat said, cat with a K, not cat with a C? Tracking and drinking? Good job, Rachel. Esther, you weigh in tomorrow, right on. Carol, tracking, drinking my water and moving? Perfect. And you know what? Tracking, drinking your water and moving. You're keeping it simple, and you're doing everything that you need to do, right? Do you guys remember a couple of weeks ago, I showed you my, hey, Jamie, I changed it up to purple this week, and it has been a happy productive week. Yeah. Excuse me, I'm reading a text from Oliver's teacher. I'm sorry, hang on a second. Oh, shoot, it went away. Christy's weighing in tomorrow, hoping for a loss after. Yeah, but you know what, you had a great week, so we don't even think about those losses as other than I had a great week loss, right?  And this week I'm like, OK, let's do it again. Let's keep going. Summer's coming, Anita. You like to get in the pool. Even though it's really kind of interesting, is that the word that we want to use? I don't know, it's about interesting. But each year, since I've been on, this is my third year on the WW program. And this is not negative top, this is just a fact, you guys. I'm going to be 58 in May. And as I get older and as I lose the sagginess, it just continues on. And I just have to get over that, because I don't know. I've talked about it before. I don't mind. I never minded being overweight in a bathing suit. It never bothered me, maybe because my whole life I was overweight and I've always been in a bathing suit because I'm a water baby. I love the water and I would get frustrated with friends who didn't want to go water skiing or boating or whatever because they didn't want to be seen in a bathing suit. You can't let that steal your joy from doing what you love, and water is what I love. But the sagginess and stuff, it's creeping up on my brain. And I have to work on that. So maybe that's what I need to work on. OK, Charlene, let's see what happened. Charlene, I missed it. I don't have my glasses, you guys. I gained five pounds this week. The last week of February, while sick. Very good. That's awesome. I'm sorry to hear that you were sick, though. Yeah, Esther. And it's just, you know what? People are like, oh, don't talk bad about yourself. I'm not talking bad about myself. It's just a fact. Things happen with age. Things happen with age. We've got, you know? I mean, all of us who are my age and older are dealing with menopause, perimenopausal, all that stuff. Christy, you're only 49. Trying to work on the saggy. See, OK, OK, I read it wrong. You still can work on it, honey. You've got time. You are good. See, I wish I would have realized at 49, what was ahead? I was down the road as far as losing weight for me, because I would have started working out. But I'm not, Esther, have you any interest on working on it now? Because I don't, and I'm not going to. So I have to learn to love myself with whatever's going on. Carol's a sink with a mild baby. 62, that's a good number. Your skin does change as you age. And fortunately, thank you, Barbara, right? It's just, it's just what it is. Susan uses her exercise clothes to swim in. Can you swim comfortably in them, Susan? See, I find I like to wear, that's another thing that's kind of a drag for the larger girls. They have so much material, and it's so heavy getting in and out of the pool. I like to try to find the lightest thing I can wear that covers me nicely. I got to think about my grand boy. It is what it is. The other option is gain and fill it out, right? Yeah. And this summer is going to be, I don't want to use worse. As I progress, it's going to become more. And I just have to, hi, Mamie. You're going to get a new suit this year? Oops, Sandy, I almost deleted you. I think I might need a new suit. I'm not sure. I need to go through my inventory, because I have a lot of suits just because I like being, since I have a pool, and I like being in the water, I like to switch it up a little bit, because I do go on Instagram and stuff when I'm out there. Because you know what, I go, hi, hi, Mandy. What I'm trying to say, help me out here, kids. It's just so nice. It's funny, because we have all this extra stuff to deal with at this age that we, I wish we would have known about when we were younger. But then we get to this age where we're kind of like, that's all right, right? I made it this long. Oh, OK, gotcha. Susan says she cut her exercise clothes off shorter, so she doesn't have quite so much material. But man, some of those, as I got larger, some of those bathing suits were so flippin' heavy. Getting in and out of the pool was like exercising itself. The weight of that water on those, exercise on those swimsuits was crazy, crazy, I say. Carol says I bought a new bathing suit because I'm going to Hawaii in April. Oh, haven't worn one in years, but I'm not going to miss out being on the beach with my grandbabies. All right, here's to Carol, because she has got the right idea. Oh my gosh, Carol, I love that. I love that so much. That's the right frame of mind. Mine shoes? The 20th. Let me go back for just a second. Sue's mine. I'm trying to see if anybody else, oh my gosh. Carol, I love that so, so very much. Esther, I never have. I'll have to, I need to remember to look that up. Mimi says I was invited to a week at a beach house in July, so thinking I might need to invest in one. Mimi, check out Lans and Esther's talking about. They have the best suits for us, for us gals. They have great sizes. I'm going to see for any of those, a couple of you guys have been asking about Julie lately. I am going to see her on Saturday. She's having a housewarming party and health permitting. I'm going to go and have a couple cocktails with the old girl. I haven't seen her in a year. Can you believe that? No sleeves, Barbara. No sleeves. Hi, Paula. Oh, see, Carol got hers at Lansend. So that's the place to go, kids, is Lansend. The only bummer, I guess, is ordering it online and hope it works out right. No sleeves, Christy. Christy, you have time, so you can't jump in this conversation. Keep it all packed in. See, I've never had a suit from Lansend, you guys. So I should check that out myself. I always end up at Kohl's, and I find cute stuff, but I bet I could find something that could pack me a little more. We could get those arm spanks, like the twins. They make those, hi, Esther. Other Esther, no, Los Esther's, hi, Lisa. They have those for regular wearing under, that's what those are for, is to wear under shirts and stuff. Because I remember when I first started WW three years ago, I was on some Facebook page. I think it was for the over 51, and they were talking about those. And I thought, oh, what a swell idea, but you can see them come out. I mean, the twins have them for obvious reasons, but I don't know, like, let's say the shirt I'm wearing now. I wish we could all see it, Carol. I wish there was a way to show pictures on here. OK, so the arm spanks. If we have sleeves, like, let's say the sleeve I have now. Would that compress it even more? But then they would come all the way out here, right? Because this, oh my gosh, you guys, this and this. I would just be perfectly happy with myself if it wasn't for this and this and this and this. Is it warm enough in California for me to need a suit? Yeah, I'd bring one. I'd bring one. Right now, I believe it's about 78. What part are you going again? It does hold in what it can't. Oh, Carol, you're being so helpful today. I'm so happy you're here. Thank you so much. Christy, I haven't read what you said yet, but there's no TMI with Anita, OK? Everybody who knows Anita knows that. But when I'm exercising and my arm flies back to side of my boot, it just, there's kind of a sound, too, if anybody else is in the area. Esther, six weeks, you haven't gained or lost anything. OK, you're ahead of the game. You haven't gained. That's a good thing. Look at the positive. If you have a positive and you have a negative, go with the positive. Let's get rid of the negative. You know, I was talking to Mel this morning at Mel's WW journey. Santa Clara. Oh, it's going to be beautiful up there. OK, so I was talking to Mel this morning about, we're just talking about weight loss, and she's concerned about her weight loss, weight loss, because that's what we're talking about, right? And she said something, what did she say? I don't know, but she had a little self-negative talk. And I told her, I said, you know what? You're one of the most beautiful ladies in our community on YouTube, in the weight loss community, just that I'm happy to know. Stop with the negative talk, and look at your beautiful face in the mirror, and look at it. And really, look how beautiful you are.  But we all need to do it, you guys. So the positive Esther you haven't gained, and that's great. Paula says, I'm 97 down. All right, here's to Paula. OK, but no buts. Oh, I hate when I see a bit, but have been playing with the same five pounds for four months. Started exercising and track like a mad woman, I will not give up. Paula, never give up. I'm never giving up, never. I'm never quitting. Quitting has never even been an option for me. Never quitting, and I'm never giving up. Santa Clara is, if you take a suit, but if they have an indoor pool, I'm thinking maybe if they have something inside or something. Because Esther Carroll is closer to there than I am. But bring it in anyways, because you just never know. Maintenance training, Esther. There you go. Because maintenance isn't easy either. None of it's easy, but look at us. We're tough, old, and younger broads.  I would never put anybody down. I'd get people who say to me all the time, Anita, quit calling yourself old. When I call myself old, I don't mean it as a negative connotation. I mean it as, I'm not young anymore. Esther was 64 last week. My mom's birthday is the 16th of this month, and she is going to be 83 years old. Wait, is that right? I don't do math. I don't do any thinking of any kind. I just pretend to. It's going to be beautiful up there. So yeah, enough with the negative talk. And if you hear somebody like such as myself say something that you think is negative, excuse me, I got a bubble right here in my chest. Mimi says, yes, us old ladies are around to do lots of training. I will be 60 this year and going to rocket. That is the attitude to have. I kind of wish I could just go from 57 to 60 and just be there.  I'm not wishing away time. I just would like to just be there already, because to me 58 feels like 60. I don't feel like there's that much of a difference. But isn't it just like a total for, and I know you guys will get it, isn't it a total mind? I can't think of a word to use that isn't offensive.  What the heck? You know, just last week I was crawling out my bedroom window and doing things I wasn't supposed to do. Well, maybe that was just me. You guys are probably doing good things like going to church and volunteering and stuff like that. Tennis club. Not me. I can't believe I'm this. Let's see. Esther says we are all the same age. We are all the oldest. We have right. And Christie, I can tell you that even your 20 years younger than the rest of us in our head, we are all exactly the same age. Aging with Grace, Lisa, six decades. Being one year away from 60 is scary. I remember when my parents turned 60 and thought it was ancient. To me, and my head 65 was always like, if you're 65, you're old. And I'm talking about when I was in my teen years in my early 20s. Not five years ago, because I know Sandy's going to go, I'm 70. 65 was like that number. And I don't know how I got this close to it. And speaking of quitting and never giving up, when it crosses my mind, Bokito, just for like that half a second, it's because of age. I think, well, I'm already, why do I care? I'm 50, however old I am. Why do I care? That's when I'm like, or when I'm feeling super bad and I can't move and I can't cook and I can't walk. It's like, why am I even bothering? But it doesn't last long. It doesn't last long because I refuse to go down with the ship. I refuse. I'm a stubborn. I'm ornery. And if I just, if I find when I over, oh, I know what I was going to tell you guys about writing in my book. OK, hold on a second. Sorry about keeping it simple. I was talking about keeping it simple a minute ago. Hold on a second, you guys. I'm sorry. I need to put some stuff on my hands. I started writing the things down in that book that I showed you guys, that little journal type thing I got at Marshall's just because it was so pretty. Anything with roses on it, can you tell? Roses, flowers, I'll buy it just because I love roses. And then it lasted a week. It's just not me. I don't write things down. I don't meal plan. I don't make goals. I'm just saying that it's OK. I'm telling myself that it's OK that I don't do all those things. Because I pretty much, when I am personally doing the program, the way I know to do it, like I did it when I lost my 50 pounds, I had no problems. I never had to meal plan back then. I never had to write anything back then. So I'm just going to keep it the way that I'm doing it. And that's what everybody needs to do. You just do what's good for you. If it means writing down every single granule of salt that you eat, so be it. Shoot, now I'm not going to be on the scroll. Christy, call in sick, lady. Thanks for popping in. Oh, and I want to talk to you about your caramel apple bake, too. Have a good day, honey. Love you. Esther says, when my grandpa was 94, the doctor told him to stay away from sweets. He told him, I'm 94.  Absolutely. Absolutely. Oh my gosh. OK. Let's see, what is the date today? Because my mom's birthday is the 16th. I need to get a card in the mail to her. So yeah, everybody just hang in there. I haven't been online a lot because of this.  But never give up and never let the gains get you down. Because then you'll have the phantom loss, like I had last week. I mean, I was looking around like, am I on camera? It's just so awesome. You never know what's going to happen. And after everything that we've all done in our lives, the children that we've raised, the grandchildren that we're raising, the things that we go through as we get older, man, a little weight watcher is a little bit of nothing compared to all that. Is it going to go slower? Hell, yes, it's going to go slower. And it is going slower. But it's going, right? Sorry, you guys. I'm trying to scan or roll this back. Esther, you're an April baby, aren't you? Esther, American Esther, isn't your birthday in April?   Esther Ross Newman was last week. Thank you, Rachel. I'm trying March. OK, well, at least I had the right area of the calendar, right? I could, I remember that. Rachel, you know what? I'm trying. Because anybody who's hung out with me here at the Hederec party for any amount of time knows that it just, I can be like this one day. You guys can tune in and hang out with me tomorrow. And it can be a complete different Oprah, so to speak. Speaking of Oprah, did you guys see her fall? While she was talking about balance, I'm just going to take a sip. I'm not being mean. Did you guys see Oprah fall? Anybody class? Anybody see Oprah fall? Because if you didn't, how didn't you see it? She was on the stage out here in Los Angeles. She was doing whatever her tour is called. Hey, Carrie? Carrie, White Watchers with Carrie. Let's see, that name sounds familiar. I know that I know her. Sandy, do you remember Carrie from White Watchers with Carrie? Because I'm kind of embarrassed. I think I know her. But I think she's been gone for a while. She's going to come back. Carrie. All right, Hannah. OK, Sandy, I'm so glad you popped in. We'll talk to you soon. Love you. Got to give her a hard time. She can't be disappearing on us like that again.  It's something about falling, Rachel. It's, you know what? Here's the thing about falling. And I can tell you with relatively 100% positive that I'm sure Oprah is not watching me right now and can't read what you guys are writing. I'm fairly certain she's busy with other things.  OK, right? Has anybody ever, we've all fallen or almost fallen. But gosh darn it, it isn't the funniest thing to watch. It's like, I think maybe that's why. Maybe those emotions coincide. Mimi, you are on a computer right now. So when you get off, you have to Google Oprah falling. Five whole days now. OK, Carrie, a day at a time. Don't go anywhere. It's spring. Spring has sprung. Isn't that a song? Oh, Carol, you know what? The only thing that kind of disappointed me about Oprah's fall, this is what disappointed me, is because, OK, well, first of all, let me just put out there. I'm not an Oprah fan. Like, I'm not a super Oprah fan. I don't wish anybody any ill or harm or anything like that. But I'm not, you know.  I'm Oprah. You're going to call her. You're going to call her. You're going to call her. I'm going to fall. Well, lady, when you fall, you're so popular and people love you like crazy. She didn't bounce back very well. I mean, she should have laughed and said something.  She just said, oh, wore the wrong shoes. And then afterwards, she said something at the press conference like, I don't know. But she should have laughed. She should have given us. You didn't see it, Carrie? You know what, it was just like, OK, so here's the thing. For you guys that don't live in Los Angeles, she had our Kobe community in quite the upper. If you don't know who Kobe is, you do. Kobe Bryant, he was killed recently in a helicopter at Paula Crash. And she said some things that she just shouldn't have said about Kobe. It wasn't the time. It wasn't the place. And the thing going on here is people are saying that if you watch the fall, it looks like Kobe's just like knocking her over. Took a swipe at her for it. It's a Los Angeles thing. It's OK. But she should just Google it, Carrie. It's like it'll come up like that. She just should have laughed afterwards. But it was like, I watched it. I watched it over and over again. And I just thought, man, because I think as horrible as that would be to fall in front of so many people, I fell putting Christmas flowers on Mom and Dad's headstone. My sister and I laughed. Paula, you're my kind of gal, because I would have laughed, too. Then I made snow angels. Carol, I'm not at all either. Lisa says a friend fell, broke three ribs, and punctured her lungs. She was 84. She's doing fine. She told me I don't bounce like I used to. Lisa, absolutely. You guys, let me make it clear. And I shouldn't have to make it clear to you guys. Well, I didn't mean it like that. I never, I mean, she's OK. I wouldn't be saying that was funny if she hurt herself, obviously, like if she fell off a stage. Let me tell you something, OK? Steven Tyler is 185 years old. He is a hard rocker. He's been rockin' hard and lots of stuff for a long time. And he fell off a stage and popped back up and kept going. Esther, I know, right? Oh, my gosh. Listen, if she was injured or anything like that, I would not have the same reaction. I don't wish ill on Oprah. But it was just kind of funny, because she all of a sudden, she just fell over. I don't know, falling is funny. Now watch, when I hang up from you guys, this is what's going to happen. I'm going to get up. I'm going to roll down the stairs.  She's laid up like the guy, and it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Which one was it that was in the? Barbara, she did fall. You have to Google it. See, she's kept it a secret from the whole world. That's the kind of power she has. None of you guys have seen it. It's just wild. She just falls over. Boom. It's not like she got wrapped up in wires, or it was just odd. Don't do an Oprah, Lisa. I'm going to darn to my try. It's not to do an Oprah. One thing I've got going for me is I won't wear anything as high as Oprah. I'm sorry. I know Mimi. I know. So anyway, just Google it, you guys. It's just kind of weird how she just kind of just goes over. Mandy says, I've fallen so many times, I fell in Walmart one time. If I'm not her, I'm trying to think of the last time I fell. Because I fall too, because I'm just clumsy by nature. And I'm trying to think if I ever fell on stage. Like, because that's the worst. Falling off stage is the worst, not that I've ever fallen off any stage. Trying to think, I don't know, I don't remember. But it's horrible to fall. It's just, it's, it's not. All right, we need to change the subject.  I have fallen. OK, Mimi, there you go. She fell up the basement stairs and laid on the floor laughing. That's when I have fallen the most.   Because I have a staircase in my house. And sometimes I'll miss a whole step. And I'll be like, wow. I fall upstairs all the time. All right, well, I'm going to wrap this up because after all this water, I have to use the loo. Let's see what time I should. Oh, I have an hour until Oliver gets here. She, yeah, she's icing her leg and blamed us.  I promise you guys next time I fell while I laugh. So let's all just keep, keep going. It's always good to see your face. You guys, thanks for coming in and spending the afternoon with me. Carrie. All right, wait, hold on. I forgot Carrie is here. Cause see, she tried to, she tried to get all quiet on us. Carrie, you're not going anywhere, right?  Come on, you guys, let's tell her. Okay, hang in there. We are so here with and for you, lady. We're a community and we're, we're our own community too. Don't forget that. And when you find that things are getting tough, call me, call us. You know where to find me and we'll all get you back. Right, everybody? We're all here for Carrie. Okay? Okay. Cause that's what our little community's all about. All right, kids, I'm going to go in the bathroom. See, Carrie? You guys, you guys keep talking. Oh, Susan, I didn't know you were here, my honey. Hi, honey, bye, honey. I'm not trying to embarrass you. I'm just trying to show you how much we love you and how much you mean to us and how you can just totally do this. Slowly, it always happens slowly. All right, ladies, the bathroom calls, track, just track you guys, just track.  We've got this. I love you, ladies, and I will talk to you soon. Oh, I have a little haul I'm going to post, okay? At last, we're about two minutes. I love you guys rock.