I'm Sushila Pandit. I work for CARE in Nepal as a Resilience Specialist in our Good Nutrition Project. So my area of work is mostly on building resilience and focusing on nutrition-sensitive action. CBA is a very good platform for us to get connected to have the lesson learned around the world on community-based approaches, especially on adaptation. In Nepal, we are also working on community-based actions and adaptation practices. We work on designing LAPAs, the local adaptation plan of action, and also integrate nutrition component on it. Because most of the LAPAs, we have around 200 LAPAs we studied for our project. We studied around 200 LAPAs or LDRMPs and assessed that whether they are nutrition-sensitive or not. And our analysis got to know that they were not so much nutrition-sensitive. Only around like 3% of the projects were only focusing on nutrition. So this component is really lacking on when we discuss about disaster and climate change. So my intervention is mostly focused on how to integrate nutrition and food security issues on designing these climate actions and disaster plans. So this platform is a very good opportunity to share this and also learn how to integrate other components to mainstream these issues on the context like Nepal and in the global south. The CBS sessions I'm mostly following is on nature-based solutions because I personally believe that the knowledge is not on the books and the big research institute, the knowledge is really on the ground. So I got to know like the nature-based solution thing, this most of this work are in African region. So I want to learn from this African perspective of nature-based solutions so that we, the Asian countries can learn from the Africa and design some approaches on nature-based solutions. And also it's a platform where we can have this community and indigenous knowledge to be integrated with the systems, integrated with the climate policies and plans. So I'm very much looking forward to the nature-based solutions program in CVA. I'm really closely following the NVA group and hope I will learn something new and creative on the go. And while talking about the sessions I'm following is the youth leadership. Yesterday it was a late night for Nepal. Yesterday it was a youth leadership session where we discussed about how young people can be involved on designing this intervention, how they can involve in policy support and involve communities and the young people to link between the pilots works to the to the policy level. So one big lesson learned was that people who are involved in youth leadership, they are like someone who feel like they are very much knowledgeable and they want to change the society. They want to translate their information to the community, but sometimes they miss out that the community already have a lot of knowledge and things that they can pull out from and that can be translated to policies. So for youth we need to have this a separate kind of knowledge to them because youth are so much vulnerable to information. They are like so much molded in information. So until and unless we let them feel that information is on the ground, the information is not on the textbooks or not on the websites you follow. So this will let them realize that information that's on the community, they can translate it on on their practices. So we need the youths who really need to go on the ground and work rather than follow the social media, follow the internet platform and then only talk. So we need youth practitioners on the ground. That was the big lesson I grabbed from yesterday's topics. So I'm really much looking forward to have this interaction with natural best solutions and youth involvement to scale up much more.


My name is Lelitina Malam Suleiman, I'm from Togo, and I'm from the American Army. I'm Lelitina from Pantry, and I'm from the American Army. At age 24, First Lieutenant Malam left his home in search of a better life. He is part of the 101st Airborne's Task Force, TACOA. Being an African, I always dream to serve in Africa because I know the U.S. Army has bases in Africa. Their mission is to help strengthen Cameroon's military to help defeat Boko Haram. Boko Haram has murdered, kidnapped, and displaced thousands of people in the north region of the country. When I received an email from Branch that's saying that they're looking for somebody, infant to officer, that speaks French, an African background, that know the culture, that can go to Africa and help out, for me it was like, man, a prayer answer, answer already. I was so happy. Is he taking anything now? He helps soldiers as a translator at community engagements and gives them a better understanding of the local culture. Task Force TACOA provides security for the mission's intelligence platforms. As I say, I feel really great to be part of this. I hope if they could keep me here for my entire career, I will stay.


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Very good evening aspirants. Welcome to the Hindi news analysis by Shankar Aiz academy for the date third of May 2021 These are the list of news articles taken for today's discussion It has been provided along with page numbers of these news articles in different editions of in the newspaper Now before discussing these news articles, let us start over today's session with this first segment of previous year questions Discussion. This is a new segment and this we will see few questions every day that appeared in 2020 UPSC civil services preliminary examination This new segment will help aspirants and viewers to get hold of UPSC question pattern and trend and finally You will have a clarity on which areas to be focused in a particular topic So now let us start with this first question. It is based on Siachen Glacier Now the question asks Siachen Glacier is situated four options are given now before discussing these options Let us have a brief introduction about Siachen Glacier and its importance See Siachen Glacier is a part of India. It is situated in the Karakoram range of the northwest and Himalayas It is nearly 50 miles long and it ranges from 20,000 to 11,000 feet in elevation And it has temperatures as low as minus 60 degree Celsius plus it also has strong winds and lack of oxygen So it is also referred as the world's third pole and thus it is an inhospitable terrain Now additionally note that the glacier is the source of the Nubra River, which is a tributary of Shioke River Now these rivers are part of Indus River system Now here note that when we say the glacier region, it includes the Siachen Glacier Then the Salthoro Ridge and the area around it. So this gray area is the glacier region Now here just note that the Salthoro Ridge is a crucial mountainous stretch which acts as a watershed Now most importantly, the region is potentially a dangerous flashpoint on the disputed northern borders of our country See flashpoint means a place where violence flares up And because of this, the glacier region is the highest militarized zone in the world And the Pakistani military and Indian military have been occupying the Siachen Glacier and the surrounding regions for decades now And that is why it is often referred to as the highest and coldest battlefield in the world And because of this, soldiers have to endure the inhospitable terrain and they have to even fly in poor weather conditions That too in close proximity of the hills So now why is this glacier militarized? See the glacier and the adjacent regions are part of the larger territorial dispute between India and Pakistan And this dispute has its origin in the 1949 Karachi Agreement Because the Karachi Agreement of 1949 and the Shimla Agreement of 1972 have left the status of Indo-Pak boundary That is, there is no clear demarcation north of the point NJ 9842 See according to Karachi Agreement, the ceasefire line will be from this point running northwards to the glaciers But the Shimla Agreement does not even talk about it So this gave rise to confusions of where the ceasefire line is actually situated You just note that CFL is what is now known as the line of control So according to Pakistan, the alignment of the boundary runs in a north-eastward direction towards the Karakoram Pass Which is represented in this dotted red line So Pakistan views this entire shaded area within the triangle as its territory And due to this, Pakistan started cartographic aggression That is, it started showing this area as their own on their Pakistani maps But now India had to counter this So India occupied the glacier by launching Operation Meghdooth in the year 1984 So it was an operation to secure the control of the heights, predominating the Siachen Glacier And it was launched when the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force went into the glacier So the glacier region has been occupied by the Pakistani army and Indian militaries since the year 1984 And because of this only, Siachen conflict is said as the one that has surpassed all other India-Pak conflicts in its duration So to summarize, we can say that the region is strategically important for India First, mainly because the Salt River Ridge overlooks the area of Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan occupied Kashmir And as you know, this region is under dispute with Pakistan Now secondly, the region guards the routes leading to Leh And Leh is an important district of unitary of Ladakh And thirdly, the region also overlooks and dominates the Sakshgam Valley And this valley was illegally ceded to China by Pakistan And fourthly, the region is close to the Karakoram Pass And through this only, the Karakoram Highway passes And this highway connects the Gilgit-Baltistan to Zhingjian Province of China And it also makes it easier for Pakistan to team up with China So that is why this region is particularly strategically important for India So keeping these information in mind, now let us look at the question Now the first option given is, Siachen Glacier is situated to the option A is east to Aksai Chen See, as you can see in these maps, Aksai Chen is east of Siachen And it is not the other way round So this is an incorrect option Now the second option is east of Leh Now this is where Leh is located And as you can see here, Leh is south of the glacier So this option should have been north of Leh And that is why this option is also incorrect Now the next option is north of Gilgit Now this is also incorrect because from the map, it is clear that Gilgit is to the left of Siachen or the west of Siachen So the correct option would have been east of Gilgit only, not north of Gilgit So this is also an incorrect option And that is why the correct answer is option D, which is north of Nubra Valley Now look at this next question It asks, which of the following categories of fundamental rights incorporates protection against untouchability as a form of discrimination Now option A given is, right against exploitation Option B, right to freedom Option C, right to constitutional remedies Option D, right to equality Now let us briefly see about these rights Then we will finally arrive at the correct answer See, first one, the right against exploitation is enshrined in articles 23 and 24 of Indian constitution Now these are important fundamental rights that guarantee every citizen the protection from any kind of forced labour So this is about forced labour and it is not related to untouchability So this is an incorrect option Now the next one is right to freedom So it is guaranteed by the constitution in the articles from 19 to 22 And these rights are concerned with the freedom of speech and expression freedom of assembly, freedom of association, movement, residence, profession, etc. And it does not deal with untouchability So this is also an incorrect option Now the third option is constitutional remedies See, the right to constitutional remedies provides for legal remedies for the protection of fundamental rights against their violation by the state or any other institutions or individuals So this is also an incorrect option Now the final option is right to equality See, as you know, right to equality is covered from articles 14 to 18 And it provides for equal treatment of everyone before the law It prevents discrimination on various grounds It treats everybody as equals in matters of public employment And it also abolishes untouchability and it abolishes titles And particularly the article 17 of Indian constitution which is under the right to equality part it explicitly abolishes untouchability And that is why the correct answer to this question is option D, right to equality Now this next question is an economics question The question asks If the army decides to adopt an expansionist monetary policy which of the following it would not do? See, when they say expansionary policy it seeks to stimulate an economy by boosting demand through monetary stimulus and fiscal stimulus So it is intended to prevent or moderate economic downturns and precessions So an expansionary policy boosts business investment and consumer spending And this is done by injecting money into the economy which can be done either through direct government deficit spending or even through increased lending to businesses and consumers So keep this explanation in mind Now let us see the options one by one First option is about statutory liquidity ratio See SLR is a minimum percentage of deposits that a commercial bank has to maintain in the form of liquid cash, gold or other securities This SLR is fixed by the RBI Now a lower SLR gives banks more room to lend So it is an expansionist monetary policy only So that means cut and optimize the statutory liquidity ratio expansionist monetary policy Now the second option is regarding marginal standing facility rate See, marginal standing facility is a window for banks to borrow from the Reserve Bank of India in an emergency situation when the bank liquidity dries up completely Now if the margin standing facility rate is increased then it makes the borrowing tougher But we saw that in an expansionist policy there is increased lending So that means an increase in the marginal standing facility rate is a contractionary monetary policy which is the opposite of expansionist policy And that is why this statement does not talk about expansionist policy rather contractionary monetary policy Now the third statement talks about cutting the bank rate and repo rate The bank rate is the interest rate at which a nation's central bank lends money to the domestic banks And this is often in the form of very short-term loans And then repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of any country lends money to the commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds So lowering the bank rate and repo rate will encourage borrowing That means it is an expansionary monetary policy So from the given options 1 and 3 talk about expansionist monetary policy whereas 2 talks about contractionary monetary policy Now read the question carefully Here the question asks If the RBI decides to adopt an expansionist monetary policy which of the following it would not do Here the goal of RBI is to have an expansionist monetary policy That means it will not do number 2 and it will do 1 and 3 And here the question asks what it would not do And that is why the correct answer is option B 2 only and not option C So even after decoding the question before marking your final answer in the answer sheet Read the question once again so that you don't make any mistakes So now let us take the next question Now this next question is a PAD-based question on one side international agreements or set-up is given And on the other side the subjects on which the agreements or set-up is based on it is given Now the first pair is Alma-Ata declaration healthcare of the people So first let us see about the declarations or conventions dialogues Then we will simultaneously see which of the pairs are correct or incorrect Now this Alma-Ata declaration was adopted in 1978 and it emerged as a milestone of the 20th century in the field of public health because it identified primary healthcare as the key to the attainment of the goal of health for all It expressed the need for urgent action by all governments all health and development workers and the world community to protect and promote the health of all people So it was the first international declaration underlining the importance of primary healthcare So that means this is a correctly matched pair Alma-Ata declaration talks about healthcare of the people The second pair is Hague Convention Biological and Chemical Weapons See the Hague Convention protects the children and their families against the risks of illegal adoptions irregular premature or ill-prepared adoptions abroad So that means it is about protection of children and not about biological and chemical weapons So it is an incorrectly matched pair Now the third pair is Telenova Dialogue This dialogue is a process designed to help countries to implement and enhance their nationally determined contributions by the year 2022 This dialogue was mandated by the parties to the UNFCCC to review the collective global efforts that was to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases So it was in line with the goals of Paris Agreement And here the subject given is Global Climate Change and that is why this is a correct pair Now the final pair is Undertook Coalition Child Rights See Undertook Coalition is a global community of state and regional governments that is committed to ambitious climate action in line with the Paris Agreement So this is also about climate action and not about child rights So this is an incorrectly matched pair And here the question asks for the correctly matched pairs only That is why the correct answer is Option C 1 and 3 only So today we have discussed four questions that appeared in UPSC Civil Service preliminary examination 2020 So with this, let us start our news article discussion session This discussion is based on this news article which talks about the AIDS received by India from other countries As you know, India is struggling with the second wave of the pandemic So to tackle it, many countries are extending AIDS to India For example, France had sent eight oxygen generators Germany sent ventilators Russia also sent oxygen generators and ventilators, etc, etc But this has raised questions on how these AIDS are being distributed and how they are being utilized by the government So there is a need for transparency from the side of the government in this regard And particularly this news article talks about France's AIDS to India And it also talks about healthcare as a potential area of collaboration between India and France And in the recent days also, we have been seeing international relations of India with other countries So today let us focus on Indo-French relations The syllabus relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference See, India-France relations dates back long into history In the 17th century, Mughal Emperor Aurangazeb had a French physician named François Bernier And the French were the last colonial power to enter into trade with India Which happened in the 17th century But even then, due to France's repeated wars with Britain France was left with very few colonies in India And Pudicherry was their last colony in India So this was the history of Indo-France relations But note that after India's independence France was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with India But in August 1962 only French ceded all their positions in India to the Indian government And this happened as per the Treaty of Session which was signed in 1956 Then in the year 1998 the two countries entered into strategic partnership which represents their convergence of views Now the principal pillars of this strategic partnership includes the area of defence and security cooperation then space cooperation and also civil nuclear cooperation So now let us look at these areas one by one Now in the nuclear arena France was the first country with which India entered into an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation And this happened after India received the waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group See this Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG's waiver allows for resumption of civilian nuclear commerce with India So it enabled India to resume full civil nuclear cooperation with the international community And the Jaithapur nuclear power plant is a product of this cooperation only Now coming to the space field We know that France and India shares robust ties And the first space agreement between France and India dates back to the year 1964 Now let us see some of the notable collaborations of India and France in the space arena First is the cooperation in the Gaganyan mission See India and France agree to cooperate for Gaganyan mission We know that Gaganyan is India's proposed first manned space mission And for that France will be training the physician astronauts in microgravity conditions Then second India space agency that is ISRO will also be launching a joint mission this year for France This joint mission is Oceansat-3 Argos mission See Oceansat-3 is the third flight unit of Oceansat program of ISRO And its main mission is ocean observation And this Oceansat-3 satellite will serve marine biology applications and ocean observing and monitoring applications And this Argos is an initiative of French space agency along with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration It is the only global satellite-based data collection and location system of its kind which is dedicated to studying and preserving the environment And India's ISRO joined this program in the year 2007 And the first fourth generation Argos-4 instrument is said to fly along with India's Oceansat-3 satellite Then next one is Trishna which is an important area of collaboration between the countries See Trishna is the acronym for Thermal Infrared Imaging Satellite for High Resolution Natural Resource Assessment It is the latest satellite in the joint Franco-Indian Satellite fleet which is dedicated to climate monitoring and operational applications So the French Space Agency and ISRO are partnering on the development of an infrared observation system with high thermal resolution and high revisit capability This includes a satellite and associated ground segment Then other than this we also have the Megatropics and CERL which are the other missions that saw the high point of India-France cooperation in the realm of space Apart from this back in 2018, India and France had also unveiled a joint vision for space cooperation And the two nations also agreed to work on interplanetary missions to Mars and Venus So that is all about the space cooperation Next comes the Defence cooperation Now in the field of defence also, Indo-French cooperation is robust We all know about the Rafale fighter jets These were brought from France only We also buy other military equipments from France And France is the first and only country with which India has partnered to patrol the Indian Ocean region Before that, India has always done it alone Now besides this, the Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited Manufacturing Facility which is situated at the Mihan in Maharashtra This is a joint venture between India's Reliance Group and the French Aerospace Company called as the Dassault Aviation Then we also have another important project which is the P-75 Scorpion project This project is a contract for six Scorpion submarines And all these vessels are to be built under technology transfer at the Mazagon dogs limited in the Maharashtra Currently, this project's implementation is underway But note that the first submarine under this project was commissioned in December 2017 And its name is INS Kalwari Then apart from this, Indian France also indulge in periodic military exercises For example, we have the Shakti exercise Then Garuda and Varuna exercises which are annually conducted with France Now beyond these strategic areas of cooperation India and France also have joined hands after the Paris Climate Agreement to launch the International Solar Alliance Now finally comes the economic cooperation between both the countries See both India and France have important bilateral investments and trade and commercial cooperation Then France has also emerged as a major source of foreign direct investment for India And already more than 1000 French establishments are present in India And this is expected to grow in the following years as India-France cooperation is strengthening So you can see that India and France share a close cooperation in many strategic areas So these are some of the points that you should know regarding international relations of India with France Let's move on to the next discussion Our next discussion is based on this news article which mentions that Somali's President Mohammed Abdullah-e-Mohammed has recently relaunched talks regarding holding of fresh elections in the country So previously he was planning to extend his term by two years But now he has abandoned this idea it seems So he has planned to hold fresh elections which has been welcomed by the opposition parties of the country also So in this context let us learn about Somalia's geography and polity The syllabus relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference See Somalia is the easternmost country of Africa It is situated on the Horn of Africa It is bounded by the Gulf of Aden to the north And Indian Ocean is situated to its east Then it borders Kenya and Ethiopia to its west And it also borders Djibouti to its northwest So Somalia occupies an important geopolitical position between the Sub-Saharan Africa and the countries of Arabian Southwestern Asia Now note that the capital of Somalia is Mogadishu And equator passes through this country And Mogadishu is just north of the equator on the Indian Ocean Now coming to its geography Somalia is a country of geographic extremes See the climate is mainly dry and hot But the coastal areas of Somalia experience hot humid and unpleasant weather throughout the year Whereas the interior of the country experiences the Dry and hot climate Now most of the country is extremely flat Except for the mountainous coastal zones in the northern parts of the country And also in the river valleys of the country And its landscapes include Thonbush, Savanna and Samedesert If you see particularly The southern and northeastern Somalia have a relatively dense Thonbush, Savanna But the high plateaus of northern Somalia have wide grassy plains On the other hand the northeastern Somalia And the large parts of its northern coastal plains They are almost devoid of vegetation Now this is mainly due to inappropriate land use Because of this the original vegetation cover Especially in the northern Somalia has been heavily degraded And in various places it has been even entirely destroyed So this progressive destruction of plant life Has also impaired animal habitats in the country And it has reduced the forage for the livestock So it has also affected Somalia's livestock And wildlife Additionally unfortunately many species of wild animals Have been killed in this country For example giraffes, zebras, orings, hippopotamuses, rhinosurves And above all elephants have been killed mainly by the ivory poachers So measures to protect the endangered species in the country Was taken with the creation of natural reserves and national parks But these areas have been neglected Since the collapse of the central government in the end 1991 But now these issues have been getting attention After the formation of its new federal government So in this regard let us also talk about the history of Somalia See Somalia was known as Republic of Somalia And was formed in 1960 And from 1960 until 1969 Somalia was a democratic state But in all group illegally overthrew the existing government of Somalia And this group made Syed Bareh the president of Somalia But he was also later overthrown by opposing clans of Somalia in 1991 So after this incident the northwest part of Somalia Unilaterally declared itself as the independent republic of Somaliland But later the clan wars erupted And there was no stability in the country And this resulted in anarchy And by the year 1992 itself Around 3.5 lakh Somali people had died due to disease starvation Or due to civil war This is mainly because the country lacked the centralised government And as a result of this another autonomous region emerged in the country Which is the autonomous region of Puntland Or the Puntland state of Somalia It self proclaimed itself in the year 1998 So to handle the crisis in the country A new entering government was set up in the year 2004 And it was called as the transitional federal government But currently if you see the political scenario of Somalia The federal government of Somalia was formed in the year 2012 And it replaced the transitional federal government So after 2012 there was hope that the new government would flourish in the new era And it would bring peace to the country Which will help in rebuilding the country So currently the political framework of Somalia Is a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic And it also established a new constitution in the year 2012 So according to this constitution The president of Somalia is the head of the state And it also has a prime minister Who acts as the head of the government But the prime minister is appointed by the president With the parliament's approval Now know that the parliament of Somalia Is known as the federal parliament of Somalia And it is a bicameral legislature That is it has a upper house Which is called as Senate And it also has a lower house Which is called as national assembly of Somalia So on a whole we can say that Somalia's new constitution and new parliament Which represents diverse parties and factions of the country Has resulted in the stabilization of Somalia's political structure So that is all you need to know about Somalia And its quality knowledge Won't do the next discussion Our next discussion is based on this news article Which talks about India's merchandise exports and imports The news article mentions that in April 2021 India's merchandise exports were around 30 billion dollars And this was 197% higher than what was a year ago Because last year the exports had collapsed to around 10 billion dollars Due to the national lockdown And now it has increased to 30 billion dollars In the same lines, merchandise imports in April 2021 Were around 45 billion dollars And this is also 166% higher than what was a year ago So we can see that there is an improvement in India's trade of merchandise So now you may think why we are discussing about merchandise imports and exports So remember that in last year's prelims That is civil service preliminary examination 2020 There was a line regarding merchandise imports and exports in a question So sometimes when we see news like this You can just take note of it It will help you in attending a tough question So in this context let us discuss the merchandise trade portion of Indian economic survey of 2021 First note that Mercantize simply means the goods to be bought and sold Now let us discuss the important data in the economic survey related to merchandise exports According to the economic survey The total merchandise exports during April to December 2021 That is last financial year was amounted to 200 billion US dollars And this is a contraction that is reduction by 15% See the petroleum, oil and lubricants exports In short the POL exports They constitute about 10 to 15% of the total merchandise exports of our country And they have contributed negatively to the export performance during this period Now the fall in POL exports was largely driven by the softening of international crude prices On the other hand the non POL exports turned positive And it helped in improving the export performance during this same period So regarding the non POL exports You should note that the agriculture and allied products Drugs and pharmaceuticals and ores and minerals They proved resilient and they recorded expansion But however key commodities such as organic and inorganic chemicals Electronic goods, textiles and allied products, engineering products They pulled the export growth down Now based on the available data Drug formulations and biologicals have consistently registered positive growth in this regard And this has made drug formulations and biologicals As the second largest exported commodity among the top 10 export commodities of our country So this shows that India has the potential to be the pharmacy of the world Now other than this iron and steel is another commodity Whose share has increased in this period However due to the pandemic related disruptions There was a sharp fall in exports of motor vehicles or cars So in the last financial year till November 2020 Motor vehicles or cars was removed from the list of top 10 exported commodities So now what are the important export destinations for our country See the top export destinations include USA As USA continues to be the largest export market for India In April to November 2020 period also And China has occupied the second position in this same period Whereas Malaysia has entered into the top 10 export destinations of India for the first I note that Nepal is no longer among the top 10 export destinations of India So these are crucial data from Primm's perspective So this was about the merchandise exports Now let us come to the data related to merchandise imports See according to the economic survey The total merchandise imports during April-December 2020 period amounted to US$258 billion And this was a contraction or reduction by 29.1 percentage And this contraction was due to the sharp decline in POL imports See the POL imports constitute about a quarter of the total merchandise imports of our country So obviously the decline in POL imports pulled down the overall import growth during this period Also during this same period There was an accelerating positive growth in gold and silver imports And there was a narrowing contraction in non-POL non-golden silver imports also Here just note that gold and silver imports constitute about 7-9 percentage of India's imports Now the accelerating positive growth in gold and silver imports was primarily due to the rise In the international gold and silver prices Apart from this fertilizers, vegetable oil, drugs and pharmaceuticals And computer hardware and peripherals They have all contributed positively to the growth of non-POL non-golden silver imports So now what is the highest imported commodity It is the crude petroleum It continues to be the highest imported commodity in April, November 2020 also And it accounts for 14.3 percentage share And then the share of gold imports reduced in the same period to 5.6 percentage So as of April to November 2020 Gold imports was the third topmost commodity in the merchandise imports Now there is also one addition to the top 10 import commodities in April to November 2020 It is the computer hardware and peripherals Its increase in imports was driven by the increase in demand Due to more people working from home Now coming to the top countries which are import origin for India China continues to be the largest import source for India In April to November 2020 also I note that Switzerland is no longer the top 10 import sources of India As per economic survey 2020 Now in place of Switzerland we have Germany Which accounts for 3.7 percent share of total imports So these are some crucial data that you should remember Regarding the merchandise imports and exports of our country With this let us move on to the next discussion This discussion is based on this news article Which talks about the word press freedom day and its significance The article has been written since today is the world press freedom day So the author also delivers his opinion on press freedom in India At the time of COVID-19 pandemic So let us see these aspects now The syllabus relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference First let us see the background of world press freedom day See firstly a recommendation was adopted by UNESCO In its 26th session of general conference that held in the year 1991 And this was a response to a call by African journalists In the same year who produced the landmark Windhoek declaration on media pluralism and independence So thereafter in the year 1993 only The world press freedom day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly And since then the anniversary of this Windhoek declaration Is celebrated worldwide as world press freedom day And this falls on May 3rd every year So just remember that the Windhoek declaration is related to press freedom So in this regard let us also see about UNESCO in brief As you know UNESCO is the acronym for United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization It is the specialized agency of United Nations It was established after the United Nations conference That was held for the establishment of an educational and cultural organization And this conference convened in London in the year 1945 Now by the end of this conference UNESCO was founded in November 1945 So from then on UNESCO seeks to build peace Through international cooperation in education, sciences and culture I note that UNESCO stands up for the freedom of expression As a fundamental right And it also endorses freedom of expression As a key condition for democracy and development And that is why it also celebrates the world press freedom day So what is this day actually about? See this day acts as a reminder to the governments Regarding the need to respect their commitment to press freedom It is also a day of reflection among the media professionals About the issues of press freedom and professional ethics Further the day is also recognized as a day to pay tribute to the journalists Who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession And the theme for this year that is 2021's theme is information as a public good Now this theme affirms the importance of cherishing information as a public good And the theme is of high relevance to all countries across the world Because it recognizes the changing communication system That is impacting our health systems, our human rights, democracies And even sustainable development So in short world press freedom day 2021 Underlines the importance of information within our online media environment I note that this day's celebration is organized alongside an annual global Conference that is held since 1993 Now this global conference provides an opportunity to the journalists And even the broader public to discuss the challenges facing the press freedom And the challenges to safety of journalists Additionally the conference also lets the participants to work together on Identifying solutions to these challenges Now based on this only author of this article talks about the need for a free press He also highlights the impact of COVID-19 pandemic And the sacrifice made by several journalists during the working hours in the pandemic Author sides an important statement released by network of women in media India See this network is an informal association that emerged through slow participatory Process that was built upon the initiatives by media women In different parts of the country And this network promotes ethics, responsibility and social consciousness within the media Now this network in its statement mentioned about the journalists As the unacknowledged and unsung messengers who have been exposing the Disintegration of basic healthcare facilities in the middle of a pandemic And the statement also talks about the loss of more than 100 journalists Who have lost their lives in India over the past year So we can say that journalists put their life at stake to bring us Important information and the happenings around the world Now based on the statement issued by this network The author of this article criticizes the government By indicating its underperformance in the governance Author criticizes that government of India is busy attacking the international media Who are exposing the drawbacks in our healthcare facilities Rather than providing the infrastructural support That is actually necessary to fight the pandemic The author is also critical of the point that The government wants our diplomats to counter the narratives of foreign media Regarding Indian government handling the pandemic Rather than improving the welfare delivery systems that is required during the pandemic So that means author wants the government to focus on what is needed And provide support accordingly Here author has also provided a suggestion Which is extending the facilities that is provided to the frontline workers To the journalists and the media professionals And the reason for this given by the author is that Only if the journalists are alive to do their job Then only journalism can thrive as a public good in this pandemic So these are some of the points that you should know about world press freedom day Now let's move on to the next discussion With this we have come to the end of news article discussion session Now let's move on to the practice questions discussion session This is a map based question It asks which of the following countries do not border the Indian Ocean Option A Kenya Option B Ethiopia Option C Somalia Option D Tanzania See if you know that Ethiopia is a landlocked country You can easily arrive at the correct answer which is option B Ethiopia And as you can see here Somalia faces the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden And next to it is Kenya It also faces Indian Ocean And next to it is Tanzania Which also faces Indian Ocean Now this next question is based on UNESCO First statement is it is a specialized agency of United Nations This statement is correct Second statement is it is a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group See we saw that UNESCO seeks to build peace through international cooperation In education sciences and culture So it is a member of UN SDG that is United Nations Sustainable Development Group Which is a coalition of UN agencies and organizations That are aimed at fulfilling the sustainable development goals That means statement two is correct Now the third statement is all the UN member states are members of UNESCO See UNESCO has 193 members and 11 associate members And it is governed by the general conference and the executive board I note that three UNESCO member states are not UN members And they are Cook Islands, Neway and Palestine On the other hand, three UN member states are not UNESCO members also And they are Israel, Lake and Stain and United States And this makes statement three as incorrect statement And here the question asks for the correct statements So the correct answer is option A1 and 2 only Now the next question is about India's import and export First statement is as far as the top export destinations are concerned China continues to be the largest export market for India in April, November 2020 Second statement is as far as the top import sources are concerned USA continues to be the largest import source for India in April, November 2020 Now both the statements are wrong because it is the opposite China is the top import source whereas USA is the top export source And here the question asks for the correct statements So the correct answer is option D neither one nor two Now let us take one main question It is based on India-France bilateral relations You can answer this question in 150 words and post it in the comment section With this we come to the end of today's interview analysis And the practice questions discussion session If you like the video, don't forget to like, comment and share And do subscribe to Shankar IAS Academy YouTube channel For more updates related to service examination preparation


Pow what's up everybody once again it's brand man Sean and today we're going to go over the hustling rise of Metro Boomin. Initially I was going to do a branding video on Metro Boomin but I really thought about him so many of the things are what I consider to be obvious at the point but I'll mention of course he had the brand associations when you talk about rising together with Young Dug in the future and being a constant source for production. He did a great job of bringing visibility to himself by getting in some videos not saying I'm out there trying to be a superstar but he made sure he was seen people knew how he looked. He stepped into the fashion world which really helped elevate his brand as a rock star producer. He constantly alternates between headbands and glasses which creates an image consistency for his signature look and of course he's now making those power moves to have its own music that features other artists instead that elevates him as an artist outside of just being a producer. A lot of you guys already seen me talk about that specific strategy in one of these other videos I'll pop it up somewhere in this video but now I want to talk about the most important part of Metro Boomin's rise that I feel like gets overlooked but is especially the most relevant to where a lot of you guys are now. Back when Metro Boomin was still in St. Louis he was online all the time like a lot of producers especially are and he constantly stays seeking out people who are relevant to his career tweeting them finding them on my space. I believe he found Sonny Digital while he was on my space but he was also going on Wikipedia looking up A&Rs for all types of songs and tweeting them ceaselessly meaning without end. There's interviews with Sonny Digital talking about how Metro used to hit him up all the time and eventually he was responding not all the time as Metro said but he was responding. That was the beginning of their relationship. A friend of OJ the Juice Man got word of him the same way and OJ the Juice Man is basically a mentee of Gucci name. This is all when Metro was in St. Louis so he's leveraging the internet because St. Louis isn't necessarily as poppin as Atlanta musically particularly for producers. Atlanta is literally the best place for hip hop producers right now so when he went to college she decided to go to Morehouse so he could be here in Atlanta. I think he dropped out before he even completed an entire year at Morehouse but the biggest part that I want to highlight in this part of Metro's story that I think is useful is not that ooh he was hustling he was reaching out to people and he was successful. I know that's hard for a lot of people but it's really a lot more important to realize who he was reaching out to. Looking at album and song credits and finding out who are the A&R's, the engineers, producers, all these back end people that are involved in songs and reaching out to them. These are the people who don't necessarily get hit up by a lot of people because a lot of people don't even know them and I even know that some of you are familiar with the idea that it's a lot better to go for the team instead of going for the big name. It's like when they say don't go for the girl you won't go for her friends make them like you and then she's gonna like you but even still a lot of people who knew that didn't necessarily know how to find those people going on Wikipedia going through song credits and all that stuff is a great way to get that done and it's so easy the information is there. So many of my connections or research isn't done on social media sometimes I'll use social media to get in contact with people but I find people are fine out about them outside of social media first so I'm glad that this point came up in Metro's story because I think it'll help so many of you guys and once again I'll do some kind of document at some point that will kind of break down some great ways to reach out to people to make yourself more receptable but at the end of the day no matter what it's a numbers game into ways you know what to do hit that subscribe button


and Mr. Basil Chapman as we do each and every Tuesday at 20 past the hour. And don't forget folks, Basil has an outstanding show here. Every trading day, 10 to 11 Eastern standard time, also is a great newsletter, the opening call. Now it's very easy to get Basil's opening call, folks. Come over to our website at TFN, hit newsletters. You're going to see it right on the left hand side, right in the middle. You can get the opening call for one month for $149. You can get it for six months for $6.95, which is a savings of $199.22. And you can get it for one year for $11.95, which saves you $593.33. Now they all come with a 30-day money-back guarantee, folks. Okay, so you can go over there, check it out, get a great newsletter for the month. Basil has approximately 10 to 12 great archives, learning archives, just like going to a university so you can really understand how Basil looks at the market and how you ride that wave. Basil Tappan, what's going on? Hi, Tom, how are you doing? I'm doing good, man, yourself? Very good. Thank you. Have a good Thanksgiving.  Yeah, it was... And we know this is the only day, folks, that the week that we take one day off so everyone has four days off. And that is heaven because in our business we never get that. So, yeah, that was cool. No doubt. And also, it's nice to... This is one of the first times in decades that we had it at my house and we actually have leftovers. When you go out, it's great except you never get leftovers. And it's so worth it. I go through that myself. Sometimes you go out, folks, and it's great. You don't have to clean up. You don't have to make it because the cleanup is harder than making it. We cook, too, and I'm glad we did. It was awesome. It was amazing. Yeah, right. Nice. So, looking at Dow, this is very interesting. So the Dow, as I've been mentioning for, I guess, months now, is that my contention was that the Dow 30 is not the Dow industrial anymore. It's Dow 30 and it's a real good mix. And it's a real good mix for this particular economy as it stands right now. So the Dow has been leading. So we've been along the Dow since the day after the low in October. And we've added to that with three times along.  And I didn't want to change that. But what I did on yesterday, Tuesday, it feels like more than two days. It does. Yesterday morning before the opening, we went along the three times short the S&P. So the only reason I did that was I wanted to keep core positions. We don't have any shorts. That's the only short that we have. And my thinking was the Dow's the strongest. The S&P is weaker than the Dow. The QQQ is much weaker. But there's a lot going on in the QQ. So I thought the S&P, even if it's just a trade, that's what I wanted. And one of the reasons is this. You can see in this Dow chart on the left. This is on the left is the daily. In the middle is the weekly. And on the right is the monthly chart. If you go backwards, the monthly chart has finally broken the trend line that's been resistance for a long time. So it's the first time in 2022 that I can get a strong leg A to the upside. But I haven't got any real buy signal or buy modes in the monthly. It's just a really good candle. There's a lot that has to happen. The MACD has to cross positive. It's going to take a lot to do that. Unbalanced volume is good. But the stochastic is running, but it's still only at 28%. Then if I go to the weekly chart, there's a technique that I use called inside track, repellent or propellent. It was a repellent zone right here. There's green and red, little mini channel. And finally we broke above it. And for three weeks going to Friday's close, it was nicely above the downtrend line. And the nine-period moving average is sharply above the 14. That to me is really positive for the MACD strong stochastic holding steady at 89%. But in the near term, the Dow looked to me like it's a little bit top. It's still the nine-period moving average is good above the 14. MACD just turned down. Stochastic is still strong at 89%. But my thinking is we could have a digestive phase and we could start to pull back. And really the 33, we're at 33,829. Between 33,000 and 633,300, that's going to be key support. If we take that out, it means we're going to be in for a little bit longer of what I call a digestive phase. But now the interesting thing is this. If you look at the S&P itself, the S&P made this almost like a double top at 4,028, touching the 200-period moving average in the daily chart. And then it pulled back to the nine-period moving average. And then it ran up and for right at this, what I call peak G slash C. At 4,034, it's stalled and it's pulled back. If you look at the MACD, the MACD started to turn down. The stochastic is still good at 89%. But I'm thinking that there are levels to watch and I'm making it as simple as possible. If the S&P, the load today is 39,037.65. If we start to get below 39,33, then there's a real good chance that this is going to last a little bit longer than just a brief timeout. It could get a little bit deeper. So I'm looking at this purely technically. If you look at the weekly chart, you'll see that in the weekly chart, you've gone from this trend line resistance that I call the Insight Track Repellent Zone. And all of the last three weeks while the Dow was breaking out, this couldn't go above it. So I'm suggesting that there's been a huge move up, just as you were talking about gold a little while ago, saying that that was a fabulous move. You usually expect some kind of a digestive phase. It doesn't mean to say you have to shorten just a digestive phase. In this particular case, I am shorting because there were so many stocks that I looked at that made exact double tops.  But look at this, 98.02 back in the beginning of November, it pulls back to the 92 level, and then it pushes up. And then what does it do? For three days now, it hasn't broken out above the 98.02 level, even today with good news about Raytheon, because I think it's Finland that they had to give some military help to. So we're looking at 98 round number yesterday, and today's 97, 91. I just love that these resistance points, they're very subtle, but until the market or what you're following actually breaks out above it to turn a resistance level into a support level, I just take it that this is, it's really like, it looks like churning in the sense that money is going in, but it really isn't pushing the price higher. So there's so many stocks, even if you look at a Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs, the 389.58 on the October, the November, the 15th pulls back and in 12345, in six days, what does it do? It rallies back and it can only get to 389.44. So either all of these are ready for some spectacular move to break out to the upside. My thinking is we started a digestive phase, and I think I'll be speaking to you for about four weeks saying, I think that we started to get a little toppy in the sense that the upside is getting a little bit more difficult, but you've got just one leadership, and that's the doubt, and that's been breaking out, but the other indices haven't, and it's even the same in oil. Look at this Exxon mobile. I'll do more of this in my show tomorrow. I'll show some of these amazing double tops, triple tops, look at this. Exxon goes screens from down in the 30 area two years ago, rallies all the way to 114.65 pd, and then for three weeks, it's almost four weeks, it hasn't been able to break by one penny, the 114.66 high that was very fascinating. So I think we're just stalling here taking a breather. And folks, come over to our website at TFNN. You're going to go to newsletters. You'll see Basil opening call on the left hand side. Basil, you have a great one, safe one. We look forward to your show tomorrow. Thank you, Tom, and I'll be doing more of this tomorrow in my show. Yeah.


Today we're going to talk about the differences between real hunger and fake hunger and other benefits of the low-carb Keto carnivore diet Hey there njroute22.com here with another low-carb keto carnivore chat today's topic is about hunger and I'll give you a little background here back when I ate the standard American diet sad I Was always hungry and my diet consisted of all the worst things, you know in retrospect I had bread. I had bagels. I had juice. I had pizza sandwiches Just bad bad things and I was always hungry. I was always hungry. I was snacking. I was eating Doritos I always needed to have food. It's it's bizarre and now throughout the years. I've understood or I now understand that Eating those types of food just you know Gets the next bout of food like lined up for you like eating the carby foods Even vegetable certain vegetables or like starches like potatoes they Just make they line up your next meal. You're hungry quickly and quickly I mean like now four hours or less.  You're up to now and then four slices and so on and so forth It's just weird. That's fake hunger because you spike your blood sugar and And that creates those hunger pangs I I'm convinced because I'm never hungry. I'm hungry slowly and and naturally over time It's never a forceful kind of hunger attack. So to say I'm drinking that What do you call it that Henry's still if you're not doing anything you have a normal Day at the office.  It doesn't scream for hunger for food but let me give you an example of real hunger and Like as opposed to like having your Chinese food an hour ago and still being hungry even though you put a lot of food in your belly. I Sometimes don't eat until late in the afternoon or I might even take a 24-hour fast not on purpose But on the flip side, let's just give you an example Yesterday I spent like eight or ten hours doing hardcore manual labor here at the house I'm lifting heavy bags of landscaping rocks chain saws weed whackers a 600-pound lawn mower that I push Well, it has a motor in it I still have to Shlep it around for eight hours ten hours.  I wasn't tired. I wasn't sluggish. I just did the work got it over with and then that was that now Today, you know, my body's recovering. I use a lot of muscles. I was genuinely hungry today I didn't eat any sugary things yesterday nor do I ever anymore But my body was you know telling me in like real real signals that I was hungry Needed it needed fuel for whatever muscle damage I did and calories I burned So today I was actually hungry and I ate That's the good thing about it. It's a guilt-free replenishment a guilt-free hunger. I Was hungry. I'm like my body's telling me. Hey, dude feed me So I had my I have tons of meat based leftovers. I had some smoked sausages I had I had some burgers I made and here's a great recipe by the way built into this little review here If you ever have like I bought six pounds of ground beef at Wegmans for like 12 bucks awesome awesome 80% Beat it's not the best, but it the value-wise. It's it's really really good And I also had some ribs some boneless ribs. I had smoked on my grill a couple days earlier I'm like, you know Pork pork is a little bit of a problem for me because when I eat ribs it gets stuck in my teeth Really really really easily and I have to floss like 10 times a day if I'm eating that type of food So I said let me take these last two ribs They were in the fridge and I ground them up in a blender or chopper and made like pork Minced pork and I mixed that in with the beef and that oh god, man And those burgers came out. It was it was like filet mignon meatloaf for me and That's just a recipe But what I'm trying to say is one of the benefits when you're doing low carb keto carnivore Right is that you have two ways of identifying hunger if you're not really overly active and you're just having a normal average day your hunger slowly ramps up and That's good because you don't need to hit the cabinet or the refrigerator or the vending machine if you're at an office You just deal with it and well until you can get to a place where you can have a good Low-carb meal, but in today's case.  You're done. You don't need to keep eating So that's just another benefit you you will Experience if you do the low-carb keto carnivore diet and I mentioned these three by the way Low-carb keto carnivore because there's so much overlapping with each one and I'm not sticking to one Camp or another and you could say low-carb You know some people eat a lot of vegetables in low-carb and that's fine for them if they can deal with it I don't do low-carb. I'm more of a carnivore type Dieter, but it's important because a lot of what I talk about applies to low-carb or even the keto people Because you keep ketogenic diet basically is just burning fat for fuel I don't follow the keto at all because it's too complicated. It's there's too many Conditions terms and conditions with so I do carnivore, but what I talked about mostly applies to you know It's applicable with the all all three. So so that's it It's a good hunger and it's nice to to respond to your body when it's telling you it needs fuel in the real way And not the fake way by spiking your sugar and and just eating for bad reasons So that's it if anybody has any comments on on this experience because I don't really see people talking about it in This way because hunger is not equal as you can see hunger is not equal There's the fake hunger and then there's the real hunger when your body just needs fuel To build that's it. Have a good week ahead


Hi, I'm George Cao. In today's short video, I'm going to inspire you with the possibility that you could write a new and thoughtfully edited book each year, or even write multiple shorter books each year. So let me show you this simple calculator I've created to help you see that this is possible. We're going to start with writing half a page a day. Can you write half a page a day? Yes you can. I'm not talking about perfect writing. I'm just talking about writing half a page a day because you can always rewrite, you can then edit, you can rewrite, edit, etc.   One example is Seth Godin. You can just Google Seth Godin, G-O-D-I-N.  Okay, so let's just say you're going to write five days a week and you're going to start with just half a page a day. Now, an important part of this program is that you increase your page limit a little bit every week. So I'm going to go easy on you and say that every additional week you're just going to increase how much you write by just one quarter of a page. Again, easy to do, especially as you get into the rhythm, adding just a little bit more each time is easy, relatively easy to do.  And by the way, once you get access to this template, which I will give you free access to with the link attached to this video, when you come into this template, you'll notice that you'll be able to double click on the yellow cells and edit them. So let's say instead you want to start with one page a day and see what happens. Then the calculator will calculate differently. But let's just start with half a page and then again, you can also edit these things. Now, how long will it take to write a book? Now, how long is a book? I'm going to assume that one book is 200 pages and you can also edit your assumption for that by clicking on this and changing the assumption. But I'm just going to say 200 pages. Now, let's scroll down and find out how long it takes to write a 200 page book. You start to see this number show up over here. It's going to take you less than 20 weeks, about 19 weeks. That's less than five months to write a 200 page book by just starting with half a page a day and increasing your weekly writing, increasing your daily writing each week a quarter of a page and maxing out that just writing three pages a day. Isn't that amazing? Because you could see the total pages written. It's all calculated here for you. So 200 pages you've gotten on your five months. Let's say that you want to write a 100 page book in six months and you want to write for and how long does it take to write 100 pages in this program? It takes about 12 weeks to write 100 pages and then you spend about seven weeks editing those 100 pages. So instead of writing each day, you're editing three pages a day. Now you've written and edited a 100 page book. Instead of 200 pages, be basically writing and editing 100 pages in under six months. Now what if we were to increase the maximum daily limit of writing to five? Okay. Now, by the way, this calculator also calculates automatically for this automatic calculation. In a 52 week period, you could write three and a half 200 page books. Or again, if you just want to write 100 pages, you could write, let's say you want to write and rewrite and rewrite and edit. Okay. Basically three and a half cycles of 100 pages. I'm sorry. Three and a half cycles of 200 pages. So it could be seven cycles of 100 pages that you could have done in one year. So a very thoughtfully written 100 page book a year, or you could do a very thoughtfully written 200 page book a year. So again, three and a half cycles, right? If you up this to five pages maximum per day, but just starting with half a page, that's five 200 page books a year. Or you could say two thoughtfully edited 200 page books a year. Isn't that amazing? Again, you could up this to 10 pages and you could see the limit keeps, the number of books keeps going up. So this is very, it's more doable than you can, than you think. It just takes a little bit of discipline each day. I invite you to use this template. Again, I'll give you the link in the notes attached this video, but when you come into the link that's, that you'll see, you'll then need to click on this button that says use this template. Click on this uses template button and Google will prompt you to log into your Google account to create a private template for yourself. It's free and I look forward to hearing how this template inspires you to write more consistently and if it inspires you to start writing a book or even complete a book, please comment under the video and let me know. I'd love to hear it. Until the next video, I wish you just a little bit of discipline every day to accomplish great things.


Oh my gosh, have you tried lifting your leg yet? We're so sore from the work yesterday. Hi guys, welcome to another vlog. I'm so sore. Honestly, going on a walk is gonna help us. Good morning guys, we're about to head off on a walk. This is like a hot girl morning routine.  It's very important.  I'm tired guys.  Walk sounds really nice. Here we are, subscribe if you're new. Like look at this beautiful view. I can't get over it. I'm hungry. It is now 12.40. I've just been editing and working on my computer and I just ordered sweet grain. Amazing. My first recording is at two. Today I'm recording with Harry Jousey from Too Hot to Handle and then Jennifer Stone from Wizards Away Really Plays. So like my childhood dreams are coming true. Then I'm going to Morgan's after. I am somehow tired and I don't understand how. I might actually order matcha to the studio. That actually is probably like my next move. I got the Harvestful Organic at the store launch yesterday. It's really good. Here we are, look at it. I know, we're here in the office guys. Do you ever think about how like our jobs are literally like we're seriously having a conversation about like making a TikTok to like a trend? Yeah, all the time. And it's like for a living. Yeah, like literally, yeah. I have friends that are, that do you see that mean industry?  That is like most people's thing. That was the worst experience of my entire life. People who are administrative, I'm sure they're impressive. What is the TikTok? I gotta find it. It's Besties, right? You know who else is coming in today? This thing? Yeah. I'm not the only person who doesn't know this. Guess what? Jennifer Stone, Wizard's Way, really plays Harper. She's coming in. Yeah. I'm really worried about my drink. I feel like it's never gonna come.  I just got a moshack, because I'm for some reason very tired. I worked out yesterday. And I can barely walk today. I took a walk this morning and I worked out all the time. So I don't know what that was about, but. I, good for you. What? It's not your day too. Well, hop a lot is here. Like I'm literally a full blown psychopath. It's like become part of my personality. Like I'm one of those people, you know? Anything that I like, it also becomes a part of my personality. Like I really need to kind of stop with that. It's like Texas, hot bodies, you know? No, yesterday we did a health house, though. It was fun on the rooftop, almost Hollywood. But there's like apartments like on the roof, like right directly across. It's like people's apartments. So these were headphones. And yeah, he was cool, but it would be so annoying. Perfect. That makes sense. Cause we were ages, call me, thank you. Here we go. Is Taylor in today? Yes. Oh, wait. Like what the sound, the soundest is, is probably just. It was right here. You're right, I'm very moved by each one. How does it feel to be backed with your favorite talent that's ever crossed this, this past? So I wasn't here yesterday, but I saw you, you were here yesterday. Yeah, I was really excited. You know, that was the only day I actually, I would have came in specifically just to say hi. But you saw you're going to be here today. So I'm, if I can finish one thing, I'm going to probably replace whoever was sitting on that. But I have to finish one thing, but that's my intention. And if not, you're going to be here other days. Oh, I'm here like all week. Okay, perfect.  It's possible. Are you even hitting the gym? No, it's not that, it's, I think that I just eat less when I'm at home because there's nothing really, I don't want to make foods on my, I feel that.  Oh my God, no, it's crazy. You remember Saf, my best friend, and I had fun. Her and her spy are getting married to Rochla throughout this weekend. Yeah, I saw, I saw one. I think they, when they, I like posted this my profile. Yeah, you can post. I remember seeing that, I was excited. It's okay to say you start trends. Someone has to start a trend. Yeah, and if it's me, so be it, you know? How has it been, so when did you actually get back in Galette? Sunday night. All right, I'm back next week. Taylor, you know what haunts me? That I feel like everyone should have to endure solely because I had to endure it. No, why? The TikTok of the RIP that this is terrible. I'm getting ripped tonight. RIP that. The following podcast is a dear media production. You know what? Originally I didn't want to do anything and I said I would do it. You got flamed. When I actually filmed it, so originally when they said the idea, I immediately said, eh, it's not too bad. And then I was watching other people do it and I thought, fuck, what did I agree to? No, the best part about it is that Michael commented and I posted it on my story and Michael replied and was like, I have nightmares. Like it was like he literally in every aspect and he could comment on it. I didn't know that. Yeah, I'll send you videos. Bye. I didn't know that trend at all. I'd never seen it before and Lydia. Honestly it was funny. It was actually a good TikTok. I'm not seeing it here but. I didn't know the trend either. Lydia sent it to me with no text, no nothing, no just that video. And it was like not the sad thing. Oh, so you don't know?  I'm so confused. All right, Tina. Oh my God. Best idea ever. It really was so good. It gave me a midnight. I was like about it was like it's okay. It gave me such bad anxiety when I literally was watching and it was like oh my goodness. Well I said that if I have to endure that everyone else does as well. I know. It was really funny though. That was actually a really good one. It worked out better than I thought but the whole thing is it was all, I sat there and I was thinking to myself I haven't filmed anything.   How old were you when you got to LA? Nine. Oh my God, that's so yeah. And then they brought me in actually for Alex to audition for Alex. My family was about to go in for like our first family vacation forever and they called and were like we wanna fly you in to audition for Alex and I was like, okay. So when I'm like out and somebody looks at me and like they have that funny look where you're like oh okay. It still is like, especially at the hospital when it happens, I got for group messaging. Yeah. That was so dope. Yeah, cause we're all so busy, you know what I mean?  And like Deliwis has been like going back and forth to like Europe and Mexico. So it made me so grown up. It didn't make me feel seen as a patient. I wanna make sure I do my part that nobody ever feels like that again. And other people. And I was like, yeah, I acknowledge that cause I was like I do sometimes get wrapped up and making sure someone else is successful. Making things happen for them. Yeah.  Like I have to do that too. Yeah, exactly. All right, I'm at Morgan's now. Morgan, I'm updating her on my day as I'm also doing this. I literally just walked in the door. We haven't really talked yet but we have a lot of things happening in the next two hours. Okay, so Jennifer's on our BFFs. You would have asked me when I was 12 years old and she said all these nice things about me and I didn't know how I was really good and I literally teared up. And I was like trying to like be like chill about it. And I was like, she's actually just really cool. Like literally 12th percent of her. The Harry Jocelyn didn't happen. Yeah. Yeah. So that's that. I'm gonna close this up.  Oh my God, I have the best afternoon together actually. Oh yeah. So good. Literally love her. Anyways, life is so great. That was just such a good day in the studio. I'm back with everyone too, guys. That's not lie. Thank you. Ashley Graham Saltaner is a Saint-Tropez episode. It's the best episode ever. Had a great day in the studio. Very excited. I'm gonna be back in two weeks for like another week probably. So that's the plan as of right now. I'm like really like on one. It happens every time I go to the studio because I'm like in the best man I've ever been in. It's not LA, no offense everyone, I love LA, but it's just the studio. That's what makes me so happy. And I love the team there, I had a great day. I really love some important meetings. I was trying to get the morale up. It didn't need to be up, but I just took things into my own hands. Of course. Scheduled some more meetings.  Like that's so nice. She's from Texas. So crazy. I know. Anyways, I'm gonna change. Oh, maybe I can I get a, no I will, can I get a photo on the balcony? Guys, Morgan's already so bothered by me. I've only, I think I broke her door. Literally like. Sorry. Um, yeah, she's mad I'm vlogging you know, cause Uber's here, but here's my outfit. It's fine. No, I really, oh, sorry. Everyone involved. Oh, where did I put my mask? I think I lost it again. No, it has to be my purse right? Cause I just put it in there. I'm literally so tired of losing my bag. Where my mask? No, it's like a random men's shirt. I think I, I think Julia Haven posted this. That's why I bought it. Some jeans, shorts. We're going to get happy hour. It's going to be fun. If it's in LA, the girls are back in town. Okay. Morgan's been practicing her Instagram captions for months apparently. Okay. No, for our group reunion. I understand. Yeah. I think we're going to the Hamptons in like September. I think that's the plan. Oh, okay. Yeah. That'll be fun. I have really good pants that Zara just sent me that are perfect for the Hamptons. So I need this trip to happen. Interesting. I got a lot of white cover-ups recently. Your style is very Hamptons. You think so? Yeah. How? Just like classic elevated, but I think so. I'd have to cut the black, that's not very... Yeah, maybe not black, but... No, I mean more of your like flowy clothes. Okay, okay, okay. Yeah. But I guess those are also black. I think that would still work. I can spice it up. I can spice it up. I'm really hungry guys. I don't even realize how hungry I was. Love this. So right now, Morgan and I are filming a truth or drink. I drink all of my drink. Morgan's getting her second. This is my version of getting Morgan to film a truth or drink. Oh, I said that in your vlog, not my own. Morgan will film a truth or drink with me long story short. So. Why don't we have a drink? How am I supposed to do a truth or drink? Well, that's really just the joke. We weren't actually going to do it. Also guys, did you know that these mules at Zinc are wine-based? I swear to God, it made me tired. No, it was my Instagram caption. It made me tired. Really good mules though. You already said that to me. I said it to you as I said. I was two years old. You said it to them. Oh. I wish, I really wish. I'm really unfortunately not. Oh, there was like so much drama. It was really sad. There was a guy who came up and like threw all the stuff out. It was like really scary. Not to reheaters. Not to reheaters. There was class everywhere. Welcome to LA. I'm home. I'm working with nature's healing stuff. It was really sad, but it was also really scary. First off, of course I have John of the Dees. Save the corner. It's the Fairfax location. This song, back in the day with my YouTube intro and I got it from the LOL movie with Miley Cyrus. You guys have been here since the start. Yeah, here we are. We're walking to Gracias Madre now. I never really had an older sibling too annoyed. Like I have a view. And it's really fulfilling. I'm so glad that's over. Guys, I have the funniest story ever. I don't think I've ever told it. Okay, so basically I was at this lookout that I used to always go to. You have my own house in LA. I have these tour buses all over the place and they, whatever, they're trying to see like where the car. They don't actually go to these places. They just take advertisers and the Kardashians go to these places. You see what I'm saying? Yeah. Okay. So I'm sitting there in the morning. Oh my God. I'm sitting there one morning reading and a girl comes up and says, are you Kenzie? And these people are looking for celebrities, right? Like these people think that they're gonna see the Kardashians, okay? And I was like, oh my God, hi. Nice to meet you. Whatever, we just take a photo. At that point, everyone thinks I'm a full blown celebrity because this girl on the Hollywood tour bus comes up and takes a photo with me, right? Not because I have a YouTube channel. Okay. There's that auto thing. I've seen people. Yeah. They're all over the place right now. They're all over the house. They come up to you. The tour bus people. So for their like social media, they start taking photos and then they posted on the Hollywood tour bus thing of Kenzie Elizabeth spotting. So embarrassing. Like, imagine, Morgan's like, imagine that they're random people who are like looking at this and like, who is this girl? It was really something, guys. I like what they've done with the outdoor place. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Let's check this out. Okay. I have a flashlight out right now, but that is going to be the end of today's vlog.  We didn't end up recording with Harry long story short.  I also like literally grew up watching her on wizards. And then we just like really hit it off when I love her. I think getting to see Morgan was great. I am so sore from yesterday's workout. Also just like something about being in the studio makes me so happy. Like it just energizes me so much. And like I'm in the best mood ever when I'm there. It's not LA. It's the studio specifically. So I hope you guys enjoyed me taking you guys along a little bit. Love you guys so much. It's night 15. I'm going to go to bed. Val is out right now. I just want to go to sleep. I'm so tired. So hope you guys enjoyed. Subscribe if you're new here. Love you guys so much. And I'll talk to you soon. Bye.


What's going on everybody? This is the 2020 Bowman baseball four-box jumbo and six-box hobby picker team two Ten boxes here. Thanks. Everybody for getting in we're gonna randomize the New York Yankees to everybody who joined this break 29 spots so five times Name on top will win the New York Yankees in this full break once again five times one two three Four and fifth and final time. Good luck five a Desiree. There you go Congrats, you have the Yankees a little Carrot next to your name All right Now here's the break. Good luck everybody Boxes were already chosen because the first half was already done in the video Here's the list. Good luck Do hobby first as you can see mixer to labeled so I'll probably open a few boxes at once Maybe do three hobby boxes and then three hobby boxes So if you're watching on the video, you could probably skip forward maybe 15 minutes and I'll have the hobby box open I'll be a little zoned out while I'm opening these Too tired to talk through the packs You can see on the top camera as well The Next break is Bowman mixer number three DJ remix. It's already sold out We're all booked for the day until 11 a.m. Pacific So about seven hours from now We'll have more breaks to fill up and then after bone mixture three select baseball and that'll be it for me Alright first auto is Luis Patino number to 499 Yeah, the hobby open pretty good the jumbo Leave a little bit to be desired a little extra glue this year Yeah, the hobby I guess I should open more, but I'll do that after this first box Maybe I'll go box by box. I don't know. Let me think about it Atomic Damon Jones But yeah, mr. Mike's daddy it's been pretty good so far today, I don't know if you saw it Teddy hit Pretty funny reaction to it. Maybe I'll show the video here I have it on my phone There's Anthony vote to 499 he hit on Instagram Let me show you after this box Clark Schmidt to 75 yellow chrome Actually from a hobby box, too This Yeah, so we're booked up for tonight or for today I should say this morning but In about six or so hours Jace will be live and I'll also be posting some more Bowman once I head off there I think we might have like two more jumbo pieces But yeah, check out this video Teddy pulled this you see if I got it here. Oh, sorry. I might have woken up people at your house, but yeah, it's funny Definitely a loud one, but it was it was awesome. I just woke up a ton of people or Teddy did I complain on him? But yeah, orange auto to 25 those crazy Yeah orange So that's been our biggest hit from Bowman so far Pretty crazy Joe hit a base auto Dominguez and so did Jason I'm the only one who hasn't hit a Dominguez auto yet. We'll open these three boxes at once and then some more We'll go through these three after and then open those two last hobbies And then we'll go through four jumbos and then we'll do it all over again with Bowman That's your three that actually sold straight up. That's cool. And then Like baseball if I'm able to find those boxes. I don't know where Joe put those Yeah, I'm gonna showcase Yeah, on the top camera you can see all the Cards in case they go off camera here a little bit. You can see the hole Yeah, I don't know I don't know why it's always a few teams like that But the Rangers and Tigers sold out straight up in the next one so I Wow, I didn't think they'd be the first ones back But I guess they struck a deal with the NHL PA kind of quickly compared to the other sport or the other main US sports Football basketball Yeah, it says NHL is gonna return in kind of a tournament format 2014 Leaks must still work on safety protocols before any return To play But I guess the top 2014 to make the playoffs kind of I think they'd play it in like two US cities Like maybe they get some somewhere else I Good luck three hobby boxes here Atomic Mason Denver that's one per box there There's Bobby Whit paper Our next auto Damon Jones autograph of the Phillies that's going out to Chad W Bobby Whit Chrome To Is No, I haven't any of those guys Cole went to 250 I hit a red autograph of the Dodgers prospect Miguel Vargas. I think it's pretty good There's Anthony vault to 150 nothing crazy though. No one-on-ones. I don't think we've any of us have hit a one-on-one Not even like a plate Joe hit a Bobby Whit junior who's a good one in this one to get Your own We should All right next autograph is Gus Varland blue auto Eight out of 150 that's Oakland going out to Chad W. You got it Brian Oh That's a nice one atomic Bobby Whit jr. One per hobby box the atomics Kansas City is Matthew s nice atomic there Oh Yeah, it was a nice one for sure Yeah, I like the atomic a lot definitely great great parallel set Which there are a number with the Non-autos, but the autograph of Tom X our number to 100 Mingas So you can No, no, no, but nice orange shimmer exclusive in the hobby boxes orange. Shea Langlears No, I didn't do one mark. I forgot to I should have though. I was gonna do a draft Kings, but I totally forgot It started earlier than I thought thought they usually I guess because it's Saturday or Saturday here, but Sunday there. I don't know but I've I thought the cutoff was 2 a.m. And then the game started. I was too late Dominguez paper It's just me here, but no, I'm not gonna take a breakfast break. I might might stop on the way back home before I sleep for like eight hours But I'm gonna power through this one and then one more of these Bowman mixers and Then select baseball, which is gonna be like a breeze Okay, they start early on the weekends. All right And then yeah, Jason will be live around 11 o'clock Pacific to Eastern 2 p.m. Eastern time atomic Franklin Perez and Gavin Lux auto Nice Gavin Lux EA with the Dodgers nice one EA. All right. That was the hit of that box Yeah, the rookie autos look pretty clean There's just so many new parallel the shimmers are New within like last couple years All right, Aaron judge the 499 Okay All right Yeah, we have another one of these Bowman mixers mark And then select baseball and then that'll be it for me I'll take me to like seven ish seven Eastern Sorry seven Pacific ten Eastern and Then Jason will be live like three four hours after me and he'll stream for probably eight hours Maybe less than that actually Like four or five hours And then Joe be on and then I might be on a couple hours later tonight Definitely not as late as I have been today Gotta post some stuff probably post some pack fillers for Jason as well Last two hobbies and then we'll move on to the four Jumbo's seen orange auto I Gala Maya the 250 Joe Dell 250 Jason Dominguez chrome very nice I Bobby Whit And we have a Joe Genord auto for the Mets going out to Armando I Tomic Jared Kalanick nice for the Mariners You Marco Luciano the 499 Brennan Davis number 125 Oh 2425 Bobby Whit with the 1990 Bowman design That's a nice one Kansas City Royals Matthews couple nice Bobby wits in this one Really Last stack here Jackson Rutledge auto base for the nationals that's going out to Ed To 250 Adrian more home Atomic Andrew Vaughn nice one for the White Sox Jeremy Tillman and that's it for the hobby six hobbies and now for Jumbo's Yeah, we're we're filled up until yeah until 11 a Pacific so actually 2 p.m. Eastern is when Jason will be live next So if you want in on some of breaks later today, definitely check out the website. I think there's like Yeah, Malt Malt three cases of jumbo two teams left two teams left two teams left.  You didn't miss anything too crazy Like I said, probably the biggest hit for me so far the red auto of Miguel Vargas, I would say red shimmer auto that is all right. I'm kind of lagging here Got another one of these to do And need a little bit of a break after this one What's up Clayton, this is a four box jumbo six box hobby pick your team number two A four box hobby sorry four box jumbo six box hobby pick your team three is next and then my last break is Select baseball number five Every other break should be on YouTube. That's not it's still uploading Yeah, so that'd be probably coming up about 40 minutes or so That next break is was that on a commercial? Yeah, you get those weird commercials late at night here We're watching this And remember you can see on the top the full Four boxes of jumbo goodness Goodness gracious to a quick auto recap at the end of this one This corn syrup and baddie oils and any way you slice it. They're just extremely unhealthy for you Avaros sejas for the St. Louis Cardinals that's going out to Richard base auto Oh Atomic auto to 100 Xavier Edwards Matt for the Badgers Usual The brown How much is the next day Atomic to 150 Jordan Balazzo bitch Your body With So this is four box jumbo six box PYT two Thirds coming up next and then the last break will be select baseball Jamie what's going on? Good morning Jason Dominguez? It's about to be light here soon here on the West Coast as well. Just hitting about 5 a.m.. We're about Hour and a half away from being live for 24 hours actually gonna be Kind of like a 25-hour stream after all said and done and then guess what there's Jason Dominguez Speaking of Jason Jason Jaspi will be live at 11 a.m.. Easter 11 a.m. Pacific 2 p.m.. Eastern today so grab your spots Jaspy's case breaks calm keep him busy and then Joe be coming on after him and then maybe I'll be live for a couple Hours depending on how busy it is Ronnie Mauricio to 499 We got an Anthony volt auto refractor number 499 New York Yankees that's going out to Desiree Blue shimmer cold whim the 150 Texas I Robert pass on for the A's number 499 Dominguez cross to 499 Oh Autograph of Joe Ryan for the race 10 of a Robert throne Dominguez paper Speckle Everson Pereira number 299 O'Neill cruise to 499 DJ Hall the 50 for the Orioles Dominguez as well It's owned out there for a minute Getting tired, but we're getting there next autograph is Philip Clark Blue jays Desiree with that one. There's a wit Target practice Click now to get battle vision by atomic beam for just It will double this entire offer absolutely free With no additional fees 100% free Amazon don't also get lifetime guarantee For just Yeah, I'd like to I'd like to get some Dominguez to It's Brady McConnell the 499 Grayson Rodriguez at 299 speckle. All right Last three stacks about a box and a half to go in this one Then we got a whole another one starting probably 15 20 minutes from now Anybody else still up other than Jamie just popped in clean axios that one Aussie DJ remix mark mr. Mike's daddy Got anybody else lurking blue auto Jordan Yamamoto for the Marlins. That's number 150 man only 10 p.m. There 10 p.m Feels like 20 days ago for me. That's when I started to it's kind of weird started breaking today So I'm breaking too long I Bring him a car with the 125 to you Our first dual auto it is Miguel Vargas and Jacob Amaya five of 25 At least the first one I've pulled Dodgers is EA Had a nice break Got a Gavin locks too about to be daytime here or daylight here Sun will be shining through the windows when I'm done with this next mixer Oh Refractor auto Hogan Harris number 499 that is Oakland for Chad, right? Okay Matthew S with the very nice Bobby Whit jr. 326 out of 499 refractor auto Big hit there East Coast people just waking up West Coast people. I don't know how many we have left maybe Brian Peoples But that's a big hit there Bobby Whit jr. Refractor auto Matthew Shira with that nice very very nice Tail ended this mixer to and purple paper to 250 Adrienne Moore home Deron to 499 refractor I Gold shimmer out of the 50 Micabello that's Fred Schultz with the brew crew Niko Holzer to 250 for the race Yeah, I got the office on I have been up. I've been up too long. I woke up at like 10 The day before but I definitely needed something like this. Oh, this is a nice one too Reds j griff with this Aquino 34 of 100 auto I think got it in a team random to or a pack one pack filler break But yeah had parks and wreck on earlier and now office popped on Don't hate it Brandon Hallett auto Boston Red Sox Darren McKenzie TBD All right, and that is the break here is the autograph recap Obviously the two big hits there a keynote of 100 atomic auto and Bobby Whit refractor auto to 499 Here's some of the other highlights mostly autos Hogan Harris, there's the dual auto Vargas and Amaya 25 So there you go, Bobby would atomic too. Thanks everybody for getting in that was the bowman of 4 box jumbo 6 box hobby pick your team to